Demon slayer: Breath Of The Eclipse

Chapter Fifty Nine: Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka pain

Tanjiro and Nezuko were talking with Zenitsu who had just came back from a difficult mission. The yellow clad Demon Slayer was very dismayed at having to go back to training after coming back from such a hard mission.

"I'm the one who thought of a second Hashira Training session, we need to get stronger, Muzan and the surviving Uppermoons could attack at any moment." said Tanjiro, Zenitsu was not amused, Tanjiro already put them through harsh training once and now he was going to due it again!!!.

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Watching as several Demon Slayers struggled to run, the Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui criticized the Demon Slayers lack of fitness and demanded that they run for their lives as if a demon was attacking them. Several of them collapsed from exhaustion and fatigue, much to Tengen's annoyance, one of the Demon Slayers got beaten with a bamboo sword by Tengen, the Sound Hashira remarked that the other Hashiras training will be even more harsh!. Hinatsuru, Suma and Makio were lively as ever, the three women had joined Tengen in his efforts and had prepared Onigiri and Miso for the trainees. Makio called out that lunch is ready, causing the trainees to run for food though some continued to lie in the dirt. When Hinatsuru asked Tengen to not be to harsh on the trainees, the Sound Hashira replied that if they were not sufficiently trained when sent to the next Hashira, he'll be blamed. Given Miso by Makio, Tengen took a sip as he told the trainees that what they are dealing with now is nothing compared to what is to come.

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Suma asked about the other stages, Tengen explained that upon completing his stage, the next will be Muichiro's high-speed movement training, followed by Mitsuri's flexibility training. Afterwards is Obanai's training to improve swordsmanship, Sanemi's endless striking training, Gyomei's muscle strength training followed by Kyojuro's intense offensive focused training designed to push the Slayers to their limits and finally Tanjiro's special training designed to increase the Slayers strength in all aspects. The Hashira themselves also must improve their strength by sparring with the Corps members. Several trainees were sent flying into the air during Sanemi's stage, the Wind Hashira had sent them flying with just one swing!.

"You are the most disgusting, pathetic lot i have ever seen!." said Sanemi fulled with anger and disappointment .

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And Mitsuri's stage wasn't any better, the trainees coward in fear as Mitsuri stretched one of them with her strength!. And those who made it to Obanai's stage got chastised by the Serpent Hashira as he knocked them down with his serpent-like swordsmanship, instructing the trainees to feel where the enemy will strike. In Muichiro's stage, a trainee struggled to defend himself, Muichiro criticized the Demon Slayer for his poor stance which was fulled with numerous openings. The trainees in Gyomei's stage struggled to keep up right as they stood under a waterfall, several of them faint and float down the water, the Stone Hashira gave the trainees words of encouragement, telling them to give it their all for the sake of Kagaya, the fallen Demon Slayers and those who were still alive. And then came Kyojuro's intense offensive focused training which all the trainees were deriding, the Flame Hashira was known for his hard training, his training was so brutal that it made many of his Tsugukos run away!. The former Flame and Water Hashira, Shinjuro Rengoku and Sakonji Urokodaki also helped training the Demon Slayers, and finally came the Eclipse Hashira Tanjiro Tsugikuni's training which was the most brutal and difficult of them all!.

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While the other Hashiras training focused on improving one specific aspect, Tanjiro's training was about improving every single aspect. The first part of the training was getting to Tanjiro, that its self was a challenge, in order to get to Tanjiro, the trainees had to first complete all the other Hashiras training and then they had to climb a high mountain, because of this only the most tenacious could reach Tanjiro, Nezuko was the first one to reach Tanjiro. Nezuko had arrived at Tanjiro's stage, the boy rushed to greet his sister and hugged her, he had been so busy with his duties as a Hashira, he hadn't seen his little sister in a long time. After their reunion Tanjiro and Nezuko began sparring, Nezuko had grown quite stronger over the course of their journey, she had improved her use of the Hinokami Kagura as well as her Blood Demon Art. Zenitsu and Inosuke would arrive later and they also sparred with Tanjiro, Zenitsu was strong but was lacking in self-esteem, while as for Inosuke, the Beast Breathing Demon Slayer didn't need much improvement,he just needed to increase his raw power.