Demon Slayer is a story that largely focuses on the main character, Tanjiro Kamado, whose journey starts after his family is massacred and his sole surviving sister is turned into a demon. Immediately after the initial setup of the Demon Slayer world, we are quickly introduced to the concept of Hashira. The Hashira are the most powerful division of Demon Slayers among the corps that have vowed to fight Muzan and his underlings.

Each one of the nine Hashira is powerful, but as of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Part 1, three of them have left the organization either through retirement or via death. As the story edges closer to its end, all but two Hashira will remain. By the end of Demon Slayer and after Muzan’s defeat, there will no longer be any point in continuing the organization, leading to the permanent end of the Hashira as a whole.

Demon Slayer has become quite a hit anime. Initially, it was created by Koyoharu Gotouge and was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump between February 15, 2016, and May 18, 2020. While Demon Slayer had a short run in the magazine, its anime is still currently ongoing and is airing its final trilogy of movies, being adapted into Infinity Castle Parts 1, 2, and 3. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Part 1 premiered in July 2025, and by the end of the movie, we have already lost quite a few members of the Hashira. In the world of Demon Slayer, this is no light loss, as the Hashira are some of the very strongest members of the Demon Slayer Corps who have proved their might and their worth.

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