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Rui's Mother - Explaining the Spider Family of Natagumo Mountain - A Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Discussion
Hey Everyone, how’s it going, Anime Fried Chicken Here. Today’s Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer video is discussing the Demon Moon Rui’s, Spider Family Mother. Let’s get into it.
The Natagumo Mountain arc has introduced some of the most interesting characters in the show so far. and the arc climax was easily the most high tension, it was excellently animated and had the most satisfying payoff yet.
The winning formula for building a block-buster shounen manga and anime adaptation, is a compelling cast of antagonists you can love to hate, and man did I hate R ui. Thematically, his character is brilliant, a stark contrast for Tanjiro and his core beliefs. His warped views of the necessaity of families and the role that each member plays in the house hold, was a far cry from the uncoditional love we have seen so far between the protagonist and Nezuko.
If you think back to how tragically Tanjiro lost nearly his entire family in the first episode, and that blood curdling scream as he first stumbled upon their bodies. Although in the manga I think it was a bit understated, but the voice actor in the anime really did it justice.
Now compare this with how casually Rui can inflct poth physical and mental torture on his newly founded family. He is the polar opposite to Tanjiro, and was an excellent villain for him to face. I’m hoping to make a video further down the line discussing Rui so let’s leave his discussion there for today and move on to explaining his spider family, starting with the Mother.
Rui’s mother is the first of the Spider Family we meet on Natagumo mountain. I’m curious to know, so give me a shout in the comments, did anyone else think that this demon was the big bad of the arc? I thought that her demon art and the Doflaming-esque ability to control people by threads, was incredibly strong. I especially didn’t expect it to turn out to be Rui as the Demon Moon on his first appearance, when we first see him speaking to his mother.
As part of Rui’s family fantasy, each member accepts blood from Rui and has their power boosted and gains the ability to change their appearance to match the rest of the family. The mother who initially appears to be an older, taller, bustier lady with a stern expression, reverts during a flashback into her original form, an innocent looking child-like demon. Her in-ability to maintain her new appearance is Rui’s trigger and sends him into a rage, and the mother is brutally punished by both Rui and the father spider.
Back to the mission, during the assault, the spider family mother capitalises on her Demon Art, and as the demon slayers that come to purge Natagumo Mountain, they essentially end up becoming her ammunition. It’s also important to know that as Tanjiro and team closed in on her location, her spider threads became stronger, and so she was able to have better control over her puppets, and was able to unleash her strongest puppet, a giant headless domesticated demon.
Our heroes made light work of the headless demon puppet and after it’s defeat, the mother lowered her defences and accepted her fate, choosing death by Tanjiro’s hands over whatever a scornful Rui may dish out for her failing to kill them.
As Tanjiro moves in for the kill, we see a familiar scene of empathy as a glimmmer of the Demon’s past humanity shines through. Not to excuse the scores of murders the mother spider had commited, but however fleeting, a part of her old self was in there. Tanjiro changed his attack as he realised she had lowered her defences. Initially he was going to use his first style attack, but changed mid-lunge into a fith style attack, The Merciful Rain of a Dry Day. Described as an attack of kindness, with no malice, designed to end a life, peacefully.
And that’s it for Rui’s Spider family mother. Let me know which of the Spider Fmaily were your favorite, and what you thought of the Natagumi arc. And if you liked this video, please subscribe and I’ll know to make more of them.
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