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Demon Slayer: Analysis of why Akaza is younger than Doma 🧐
This video analyzes why Akaza, a character from Demon Slayer, must be younger than Doma. Based on the episodes and historical background set by the author, it estimates Akaza's birth year and develops the logic through his relationship with Doma and other characters. It gathers various opinions from viewers and also raises the possibility of setting errors.
1. 🔥 The Debate Over Why Akaza Must Be Younger Than Doma Re-ignites
- ✅ The topic of Akaza's age was covered in a previous video, but many viewers suggested that Akaza couldn't possibly be younger.
- ⚠️ This video aims to explain why Akaza must be younger with more detailed evidence.
00:00 - 00:09
1. 🔥 The Debate Over Why Akaza Must Be Younger Than Doma Re-ignites
- ✅ The topic of Akaza's age was covered in a previous video, but many viewers suggested that Akaza couldn't possibly be younger.
- ⚠️ This video aims to explain why Akaza must be younger with more detailed evidence.
00:10 - 00:47
2. 🗓️ Estimating Akaza's Birth Year: The Importance of Tattoo Punishment in the Edo Period
- ✅ Generally, Akaza is considered to be born in the Edo period (starting in 1603), estimated to be about 300 years old based on the timeline of the story.
- ⚠️ However, a scene in Akaza's past flashback shows him receiving tattoo punishment from the Edo period.
- ✅ Since tattoo punishment was implemented from 1778, Akaza must have been born after 1778.
- ⚠️ Even after explaining this fact, many claim that Akaza is over 200 years old, and there are even accusatory comments.
00:48 - 01:23
3. ⏳ Akaza's Estimated Birth Year and Tanjiro's Era Background
- ✅ Considering the time when Akaza received the punishment, it can be estimated that he was born in the late 1770s to 1780s.
- ✅ Tanjiro's era is around 1920, and there is a mention that the Upper Ranks were changed 113 years after the death of the Daki siblings.
01:24 - 02:05
4. 👹 Comparative Analysis of Doma and Akaza's Upper Rank Summoning Time
- ✅ 1920 - 113 = 1807 (first Upper Rank summoning).
- ✅ Akaza was a boy in the 1780s, and he became a demon in the 1790s.
- ✅ In other words, Akaza experienced the first Upper Rank summoning about 17 years after becoming a demon.
- ✅ The first Upper Rank summoning is when the Daki siblings entered as Upper Rank 6, and at this time, Doma was already in the Upper Ranks.
- ⚠️ This means that Akaza became an Upper Rank within 17 years of becoming a demon and was demoted to Upper Rank 3 after losing the replacement battle with Doma.
02:06 - 02:49
5. 🤝 Additional Evidence Through the Relationship Between the Daki Siblings and Doma
- ✅ Doma is the one who turned the Daki siblings into demons.
- ✅ The Daki siblings were present at the first Upper Rank summoning 113 years ago.
- ⚠️ It is unlikely that the Daki siblings became Upper Ranks as soon as they became demons (they became Upper Ranks on Doma's recommendation).
- ✅ Demons can use Blood Demon Arts after gaining strength, and their potential is revealed at that time.
02:50 - 03:45
6. ⚖️ The Seniority of Doma and Akaza Considering Gyutaro's Age
- ✅ It would have taken time for the Daki siblings to gain the strength befitting an Upper Rank, and assuming it took about 20 years, it would be 1787 since the Upper Rank summoning was in 1807.
- ✅ Adding Gyutaro's age as a human makes it the early 1770s, making him older than Akaza.
- ⚠️ The power of the Upper Ranks can only be obtained by living long and eating many humans, but it is a setting error that it took less than 10 years.
- ✅ Akaza was strong from his human days, and Muzan injected a lot of blood directly, making him an exceptional case.
- ⚠️ The Daki siblings were ordinary humans, so it would have taken time for them to gain the strength befitting an Upper Rank.
- ✅ Since the Daki siblings met Doma when they were humans, it is likely that Doma became a demon before Akaza.
03:46 - 04:53
7. 🩸 Analysis of the Difference in Muzan's Blood Injection Method: Akaza and Doma
- ✅ Assuming the year the Daki siblings became Upper Ranks was 1797, Doma was already Upper Rank 6 at that time.
- ✅ Doma lived as a human for 20 years before becoming a demon, so he was born in 1777.
- ✅ Doma would also have needed time to show Muzan the strength to be recognized.
- ⚠️ When Muzan turned Akaza into a demon, he showed his intention to make him an Upper Rank and injected a large amount of blood.
- ✅ The Daki siblings became Upper Ranks on Doma's recommendation, and it is likely that Doma did not receive a large amount of blood from the beginning.
- ✅ Akaza was an Upper Rank from the start, and the Daki siblings and Doma started as ordinary demons and had to grow stronger and prove themselves to Muzan.
- ✅ Therefore, the Daki siblings and Doma must have been demons for a longer time than Akaza.
04:54 - 05:49
8. 🤔 Pointing Out the Author's Lack of Detailed Settings and the Danger of Stereotypes
- ✅ These are parts where the author did not set the character settings in detail.
- ✅ If there was no setting of Akaza's Edo period regional tattoo punishment, there would have been room to interpret Akaza as a person from the early Edo period.
- ✅ However, the tattoo punishment setting has confirmed Akaza's age range.
- ✅ The setting of the first Upper Rank summoning 113 years ago is also a form of the author tying their own hands.
- ✅ In terms of the narrative, it would be natural for Akaza to be older than the others.
- ✅ It would be natural for Akaza to be the strongest demon after Kokushibo, and then have his position taken by Doma, who came in as a successor.
- ⚠️ The author did not properly calculate the historical accuracy and added the tattoo punishment setting, making Doma inevitably a senior demon to Akaza in terms of time.
05:50 - 06:42
9. 🤯 The Danger of Distorting Settings: Interpretations Trapped in Stereotypes
- ⚠️ It is not right to make conclusions based solely on the feeling that Akaza is older, without any historical analysis.
- ⚠️ It is dangerous to distort the existing situations for the reason of wanting to make Akaza older.
- ✅ For example, the argument that the tattoo punishment occurred before the law was revised is far-fetched.
- ✅ With that logic, it is possible to argue that Akaza is over a thousand years old (the logic that Edo period clothing may not have been worn only in the Edo period).
06:43 - 07:50
10. 💬 The Importance of Accepting Reasonable Evidence and Sharing the Creator's Experience
- ⚠️ When trapped in a paradigm, a phenomenon occurs where people twist external factors to prove that they are not wrong.
- ✅ Making it so that there is no right answer when their argument is unfavorable.
- ✅ If a convincing reason comes out, admit it, and conclude that the author made a mistake in the setting.
- ⚠️ This is because it feels like they are losing if they agree with an argument that is different from their own.
- ✅ The creator also initially thought that Akaza was naturally older than Doma.
- ✅ However, while planning a video about the age of the Upper Ranks, they confirmed that Akaza could not be older based on the settings.
07:51 - 08:11
11. 📢 Gathering Viewer Opinions and Concluding
- ✅ Asking viewers what they think after hearing the explanation about Akaza's age.
- ✅ Asking for opinions on whether they still think Akaza is older than the other Upper Ranks, or whether the setting is wrong due to the author's mistake, and concluding.