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All demon slayers were given crows after the final selection for communication but Zenitsu was given a sparrow which apparently can't even talk. Why is this so?

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  • It was never explained. Most likely it is due to comedic relief, but I have suspicion that this is just regular sparrow (no way to confirm it though). – lentinant Sep 11 '19 at 07:50

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It was never explained (though the manga is over already), but some people say it's a sparrow because of its symbol. Sparrows are often related to peace and happiness, away from worries and fear. It is a good sign to send to someone like Zenitsu, who is always scared and anxious.

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It could also be a symbolic thing where since when we meet zenitsu is during the finals,where he is clearly a lightweight coward, compared to all others, as well as a less serious demon slayer, he is given a smaller and lighter bird.

Also, since every other slayer in the scene is more composed and serious they were given more serious looking birds.

Another, could be him getting a sparrow as subtle foreshadowing. Because, we know that later he becomes as fast as lightning, the author gave zenitsu a bird that has to be faster in order to compete with the other strong birds, i.e. crows.

Finally, As demonstrated by tanjiro, the sparrow can talk, since he can understand the sparrow. The reason that we can't hear it is that for some reason zenitsu also can't understand the sparrow.

Jaques reduict
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