Drama
The Rainmaker
This adaptation may lack the depth of its source material, but it isn’t a bad option if you’re itching for a new legal drama.
Everyone knows Tanjiro Kamado is always willing to assist those in need. Whether it’s fixing a broken door, carrying some heavy objects or even sniffing out a culprit, Tanjiro’s your guy. And nobody depends on him more than his family. Ever since his dad passed away, Tanjiro’s mom and five younger siblings have counted on him to keep their family safe and provide for them financially.
But one day, Tanjiro returns home to find his whole family slaughtered. He soon learns they were attacked by a man-eating demon. His sister Nezuko was the sole survivor, but she’s been transformed into a demon, too.
So, Tanjiro embarks on an impossible journey to cure Nezuko and to seek vengeance against the demon that murdered their family.
He joins forces with the Demon Slayer Corps, a secret organization with the sole purpose of destroying all demons. Trained by the Hashira, the highest-ranking members of the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjiro learns how to defeat demons. Everyone, or thing, has a weakness: Demons can’t survive in sunlight. They can also be defeated through beheading; though as Tanjiro learns, that’s very difficult to do.
Throughout the series, Tanjiro works hard to become a strong member of the Corps, gathering allies to take down demons and ultimately coming face to face with the most powerful demon of them all: Muzan Kibutsuji, the Demon King.
Demon Slayer first began as a popular manga series by author Koyoharu Gotouge. It has since been adapted into various movies, video games and TV series. Season One of the anime show was first released in 2019, followed by three more seasons and three movies, too: Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train in 2020, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–To the Swordsmith Village in 2023 and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–To the Hashira Training in 2024.
The fourth and final season of the show is available to stream, however, the story won’t be completed until the release of Infinity Castle, a planned movie trilogy that will round out the Demon Slayer plot. The first Infinity Castle movie is set to be released internationally Sept. 12.
Fans of the show certainly have a lot to look forward to. Nonetheless, parents should be advised that this show does not hold back. In the first episode, Tanjiro says, “Whenever happiness is destroyed it’s always followed by the smell of blood.” And that paints the scene for the rest of the series.
Demons eat humans and are extremely difficult to destroy. The only way to kill one is by beheading or exposing it to sunlight. So, the fight sequences between the Demon Slayers and demons can get quite bloody. Demons have remarkable regeneration abilities: The show depicts limbs growing back and bloody faces regrowing skin. Demons also leave messy attacks wherever they go. When we first see Tanjiro’s family after they’re killed, they’re each covered in blood, with his mom and sister lying protectively (though uselessly) over the bodies of Tanjiro’s younger siblings.
A few profanities slip in throughout the show, including “d–n,” “b–tard” and “h—.” We’re also exposed to some brief (though not explicit) nudity as characters bathe.
While Tanjiro and these trained fighters slay demons, parents might find it best to slay this show from their kids’ watchlist.
Tanjiro Kamado returns home after an overnight stay in the nearby village to discover his family has been slaughtered by a demon during his absence.
Before their deaths, Tanjiro’s little siblings, Takeo and Hanako, beg Tanjiro to let them tag along for the journey. He gives them a smile and promises to bring gifts and read to them as soon as he returns. As he starts down the path he runs into his sister Nezuko, who tells Tanjiro that he has become a positive influence in his siblings’ lives since the death of their father.
Customers from the village comment on what a hard worker Tanjiro is. One villager pleads for Tanjiro to stay the night to evade possible demon attacks (though Tanjiro doubts whether demons exist at the time).
When Tanjiro arrives home, he finds a massacre. Nezuko (unconscious but still alive) has a bloody wound on her head. The rest of the family lies on the ground, blood covering their bodies and the inside of their home. It’s clear Nezuko and Tanjiro’s mother tried to save the youngest children from their body positions. One child’s lifeless eyes are still open.
Nezuko is the only one who is still warm, so Tanjiro rushes her to the village to get help. Along the way, Nezuko awakens, immediately attacking her brother. A stranger named Giyu, wielding a glowing sword, comes to destroy Nezuko, explaining that she has been transformed into a demon.
Giyu is a Demon Slayer, whose job is to kill demons. He tells Tanjiro that a human becomes a demon if their wounds are exposed to demon blood. We are told that demons eat humans. Nezuko, as a demon, grows claw-like nails and sharp teeth. Her eyes turn white, and she growls. She also gains super strength and the ability to change her size. However, she is afraid of the sun, since demons will die if exposed to sunlight.
Tanjiro prays after burying his lost family members. His family appears to him in a dream, saying it is time for them to go. Nezuko seems to maintain some of her humanity since she stops attacking Tanjiro and instead protects him from Giyu.
In town, a guy with a bloody nose pleads for Tanjiro’s help. Tanjiro has a scar mark on his forehead seemingly from an old wound. One guy falls off a cliff and is struck in the back by a sword hilt. Someone is stabbed in the chest with a knife before getting knocked out. Tanjiro throws a stone and ax at Giyu’s head, narrowly missing him. Nezuko wears a muzzle after her demon transformation.
The word “d–n” is used once.
The demon king Muzan Kibutsuji attempts to destroy the head of the Demon Slayer Corps, Ubuyashki, once and for all.
Ubuyashki recites a curse placed on his family by Muzan: All children in his family die at birth. Marrying the daughters of priests prevents this, but nobody in his family has lived past 30. Muzan says that for all the lives he has taken, he has yet to see any “divine punishment” or to “see the gods’ or Buddha’s wrath even once.” Two characters tell each other they will be going “straight to hell.” One character says he’ll “atone my sins” by killing someone else.
Muzan brings out his demon claws, ready to strike. Before he can, Ubuyashki’s home explodes. Ubuyashki, his wife and two children are consumed by the flames. But Muzan survives. His injuries from the explosion make him resemble a living corpse, with lost limbs and broken bones poking through muscles. However, he begins to regenerate. We see limbs growing back, an eye socket forming and skin reappearing across his body.
More Demon Slayers are summoned to Ubuyashki’s aid by talking crows, and a bloody battle ensues. One character’s flesh is pierced by spiked balls. He is later beheaded. Muzan pierces someone’s skull with his claws. Ubuyashki is seen covered with bandages. He coughs up blood, and more drips out of one eye.
Someone uses demon magic (known as Blood Demon Art) to poison another. Muzan uses his demon powers to trap the Demon Slayers in a castle-like labyrinth. It is said Ubuyashki can see into the future.
A few female characters wear revealing outfits while some of the men are seen shirtless. One character wears a boar-head mask over his face.
“H—” is used twice. “B–tard” is used once.
Natalie Dean is Plugged In’s 2025 Summer Intern. A native from South Dakota, she recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a degree in Journalism and in the fall will be pursuing a master’s at Liberty University. Growing up in the Black Hills, Natalie enjoys spending her time outside, whether that be riding bikes or kayaking with her sisters, walking the dogs or going on long hikes. Her love for movie soundtracks stems from her sister asking, “what movie is this from” and “name the movie scene.” She has a passion for writing and hopes to one day be a published author.
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