It doesn’t take a genius to determine that Demon Slayer is all about demon slaying. Nonetheless, that’s simpler mentioned than carried out, as these precise demons are on no account weak.

Eliminating even the tiniest of demons is already a laudable feat; which is why the titular group always hones its forces in preparation to face the mightiest of foes. However, apparently sufficient, the one at its helm isn’t a swordsman with unparalleled expertise however a dying man named Kagaya Ubuyashiki.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki has all the time been painted as bodily pained. Regardless of trying to coach himself in swordsmanship, his physique merely can’t endure the bodily pressure. And within the newest season of the Demon Slayer anime, the Hashira Coaching Arc, Kagaya has turn into too weak to even sit down and face the Hashira. So, what’s really plaguing him?

Kagaya Ubuyashiki is cursed

Kagaya isn’t the primary Ubuyashiki to undergo from this situation, and that’s as a result of Kagaya isn’t merely coping with a illness however, a curse — a curse so potent that it impacts the complete Ubuyashiki bloodline. The curse stems from the truth that Kibutsuji Muzan, the forefather of demons, shares a blood relation with the Ubuyashiki Clan from a thousand years again.

The curse causes the Ubuyashikis’ our bodies to be bodily weak and constantly deteriorate. The spreading scars on Kagaya’s face are a manifestation of that curse. Now that the curse has already unfold right down to Kagaya’s physique and arms, he not has the energy to stand up.

Given their physique, many of the Ubuyashikis don’t dwell to 30. The curse can also be extra deadly for males, as the opposite Ubuyushakis have the choice to flee their accursed destiny by marrying exterior the household on the age of 13. Regardless that their circumstances are fairly dire, all hope isn’t misplaced. There’s a strategy to dispel the curse. All they should do is remove the supply of the curse — Kibutsuji Muzan himself. As such, the Ubuyashiki household has made it their mission to kill the Demon King as soon as and for all.