Demon Slayer Went Full DBZ to End the Entertainment District Arc

 Demon Slayer's final battle against Daki and Gyutaro felt like an homage to Dragon Ball Z to end the "Entertainment District" arc.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2, Episode 17, "Never Give Up," now streaming on Funimation, Hulu and Crunchyroll.

The penultimate episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's sophomore season brought the central conflict of the "Entertainment District" arc to a close. As Tanjiro Kamado and Tengen Uzui screamed their way to victory over Gyutaro, Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuke Hashibira had their own lung-shredding showdown with Daki. Demon Slayer's most dramatic battle yet had mass destruction, lots of screaming and even a hair-spiking powerup for its protagonist, making this episode, "Never Give Up," almost feel like an episode of Dragon Ball Z. The only thing missing was a narrator at the end of the episode saying, "Find out next time on Demon Slayer Z." 

Yoshiwara, the titular city in the "Entertainment District" arc, has seen better days. A huge portion of (if not the entire) city was engulfed in flames for the final battle with Daki and Gyutaro, the demon siblings who share the title of Upper-Rank Six. Demon Slayer had never seen destruction on such a scale as Tanjiro scurried through the wreckage, trying to find a way to defeat Gyutaro. He would never have succeeded if Gyutaro hadn't fallen victim to the same curse that has been the demise of so many DBZ villains -- arrogance. Toying with Tanjiro instead of killing him was the beginning of the end for Gyutaro, as Tanjiro's final stand rallied his wounded comrades to action.