Recaps

After Giyu Tomioka killed Doma and challenged Muzan Kibutsuji, Muzan panicked at the possibility of a trap and ordered the Infinity Castle sealed instead of confronting him. Giyu waited three days outside the Eternal Paradise Cult ruins, then left for the Butterfly Mansion after eating breakfast.

• Muzan erupted in rage over Doma’s death and Giyu’s challenge, but imagined the Demon Slayer Corps had prepared a trap and refused to go to the ruins.
• Muzan ordered Nakime to seal the Infinity Castle and forbade the Upper Ranks from leaving without permission.
• Giyu waited outside the Eternal Paradise Cult ruins for three days, but Muzan and the demons never appeared.
• Giyu left as townspeople and guards discovered the cult’s ruins, its victims, and the rescued hostages.
• Giyu bought and ate two meat buns, concealed his identity, and hurried toward the Butterfly Mansion to see Kanae.

Giyu took ohagi and matcha to Sanemi, hoping to improve their strained relationship, but arrived at the Wind Hashira’s courtyard during a fierce sparring match. The chapter left Giyu holding out the sweets to an angry Sanemi as Sabito and Obanai watched.

• Giyu took the ohagi and matcha meant for Sanemi and decided to deliver them himself.
• Giyu encountered Kanae decorating the Butterfly Mansion and failed to guess that February 8 was a special day.
• Kanae learned Giyu was bringing Sanemi ohagi and wished him luck as he headed to Sanemi’s courtyard.
• Giyu found Sanemi and Sabito sparring with wooden swords while Obanai watched and mocked them.
• Sanemi and Sabito broke their swords, and Giyu entered the courtyard and raised the tray toward Sanemi.

Giyu delivered warm ohagi to Sanemi, but Sanemi, Sabito, and Obanai attacked him, and Giyu easily defeated all three with one Water Breathing strike. That evening, Giyu received Kanae's invitation to the Butterfly Mansion's main hall and set off, still guessing that she wanted help tasting food.

• Giyu offered Sanemi his favorite ohagi, embarrassing him and provoking him to attack with Wind Breathing.
• Sabito joined Sanemi to challenge Giyu, and Obanai also attacked, accusing Giyu of neglecting his swordsmanship.
• Giyu used Transparent World to evade all three attacks, then sent Sanemi, Sabito, and Obanai flying with a powerful Water Surface Slash.
• Giyu left the intact ohagi for Sanemi and returned to his room, dismissing the fight as a useful Water Breathing warm-up.
• Kanae's Kasugai Crow delivered her invitation for Giyu to attend an important gathering at the Butterfly Mansion's main hall.
• Giyu headed to the main hall, wondering whether Kanae needed his help taste-testing food.

Giyu Tomioka arrived at the Butterfly Mansion and discovered that his companions had prepared a surprise celebration for his eighteenth birthday. After blowing out the candles, he received Kanae Kocho’s salmon and daikon and happily ate as the others crowded around him.

• Giyu cautiously opened the dark main hall’s door and was surprised by a party with streamers, confetti, and cheering companions.
• Sabito teased Giyu while the Hashira and the Rengoku family welcomed him and presented gifts.
• Kanae Kocho brought out a three-tiered cake and revealed that the gathering celebrated Giyu’s eighteenth birthday.
• Giyu remembered that he had stopped marking his birthday after Tsutako died, then blew out the candles amid the crowd’s cheers.
• Kanae gave Giyu her salmon and daikon, and he began eating while Sanemi, Kyojuro, and Obanai jostled around him.

After a year of peace, Giyu Tomioka learned that a powerful demon had appeared on Mount Kumotori, where the Kamado family lived. Remembering his promise to protect them, he rushed there alone to confront the threat.

• Giyu Tomioka spent his day off with Kanae Kocho, and Shinobu Kocho interrupted their affectionate exchange.
• Kanzaburo reported a dead hunter and a powerful demon, possibly one of the Twelve Kizuki, on Mount Kumotori.
• Giyu remembered his promise to Tanjuro Kamado to protect the Kamado children.
• Shinobu offered to request backup, but Giyu said there was no time and prepared to leave.
• Kanae told Giyu to handle the demon and return for dinner, and Giyu raced toward Mount Kumotori.

Tanjiro Kamado stayed home with a fever while his family cared for him during a snowstorm. That night, he sensed a terrifying presence outside their cabin as his sleeping family remained unaware of the danger.

• Kie stopped Tanjiro from going out to sell charcoal because he was sick, and Takeo reminded him that Giyu Tomioka had left the family money.
• Nezuko brought Tanjiro ginger soup, while Takeo cooled his fever and the family spent a warm day together.
• After dark, Tanjiro could not sleep and noticed a foul, frightening scent coming through the cabin door.
• Tanjiro heard someone walking through the snow and realized the presence had stopped just outside the door.
• Tanjiro reached for the old woodcutting axe as the stench of blood flooded the cabin.

Tanjiro Kamado confronted Muzan Kibutsuji outside his home and accidentally frightened him into blowing himself apart before discovering Tanjiro was not Yoriichi Tsugikuni. The chapter left Muzan furious and threatening to turn Tanjiro into a demon and make him kill his family.

• Muzan arrived at Tanjiro's home searching for the Blue Spider Lily, but mistook Tanjiro's appearance and earrings for Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
• Tanjiro remembered Giyu Tomioka's advice and charged Muzan with an old axe, briefly igniting it with Sun Breathing.
• Muzan panicked at the sight of the flame and exploded into more than a thousand pieces to escape the attack.
• Tanjiro's weak flames barely touched Muzan, who reassembled unharmed and realized Tanjiro was only a boy who resembled Yoriichi.
• Muzan grew furious at being frightened and threatened to turn Tanjiro into a demon and force him to attack his family.

Muzan Kibutsuji forced his blood into Tanjiro Kamado, hoping to turn him into a powerful demon, while Tanjiro struggled to protect his family. Giyu Tomioka arrived at the Kamado cabin and severed Muzan’s arm, standing between the demon and Tanjiro’s family.

• Muzan stabbed Tanjiro in the forehead and poured his demon blood into him as the Kamado family rushed outside to help.
• Tanjiro resisted becoming a demon and vowed not to hurt his family, while Muzan discovered that Tanjiro could absorb his blood at an extraordinary rate.
• Muzan decided to make Tanjiro his strongest demon and continued pouring blood into him as Tanjiro’s body and eyes transformed.
• Giyu Tomioka rushed to the cabin and attacked Muzan with Moon Breathing, severing the arm that was embedded in Tanjiro’s forehead.
• Giyu placed himself in front of Tanjiro and the Kamado family, then confronted Muzan Kibutsuji.

Giyu Tomioka unleashed powerful combined Breathing attacks against Muzan Kibutsuji, who escaped by scattering pieces of his body. As Giyu turned toward Kie Kamado’s scream, he saw that Tanjiro had become a demon and was attacking his mother.

• Giyu Tomioka confronted Muzan Kibutsuji and attacked him with flaming crescents created by his Sun-Moon Symphony.
• Muzan endured the barrage and counterattacked with bone whips, but Giyu evaded them and severed Muzan’s body with Sun Breathing.
• Giyu trapped Muzan in a sea of flames, but Muzan briefly froze the fire with Blood Demon Art: Extreme Cold Hell and then exploded into pieces to escape.
• Tanjiro awoke as a demon, knocked Kie Kamado into the snow, and tried to bite her while Nezuko and Takeo cried out.
• Kie pleaded with Tanjiro to resist the demon as Giyu looked between the fleeing pieces of Muzan and the Kamado Family in the bloodied snow.

Giyu Tomioka fought to stop the newly transformed Tanjiro as the demon rapidly regenerated and evolved beyond the Hashira’s expected strength. The chapter ended with Tanjiro’s punch colliding with Giyu’s blade amid a massive shockwave, as Giyu prepared to fight in earnest.

• Kie’s plea briefly stirred Tanjiro’s human awareness, giving Giyu a chance to kick him away from her.
• Tanjiro quickly regenerated and continued evolving, so Giyu tried to attack while Nezuko, Takeo, and Kie begged him to spare Tanjiro.
• Tanjiro’s demon blood surged, and he lunged at Kie; Giyu used Water Breathing, Fourth Form, to sever all four of Tanjiro’s limbs.
• Tanjiro regenerated his limbs and reached Upper Rank strength, then attacked Giyu with a punch.
• Giyu blocked Tanjiro’s punch with his Nichirin Blade, and their clash unleashed a huge shockwave and blizzard.

Giyu’s Red Nichirin Blade and the rising sun failed to kill Tanjiro, who conquered sunlight and rapidly became stronger. A new, cruel personality awakened in Tanjiro and unleashed a Blood Demon Art that turned the snowy mountainside into a sea of fire and lava.

• Giyu struck Tanjiro in the chest with a Red Nichirin Blade, leaving him unable to regenerate.
• Sunlight burned Tanjiro until he suddenly stopped suffering, healed his wounds, and became immune to the sun.
• Giyu saw Tanjiro’s strength rise to the Super Hashira level and stopped Kie and the children from approaching him.
• Tanjiro awakened a cold, unfamiliar personality and insulted Kie and the Kamado children.
• Tanjiro used Blood Demon Art—Heat Haze, spreading blood-red flames and lava across the mountain as Giyu faced the danger.

Newly conscious Demon Tanjiro believed conquering the sun made him invincible, but Giyu Tomioka overwhelmed him with precise Water Breathing attacks and drained his strength. After Giyu defeated Tanjiro’s ultimate fire dragon with Constant Flux, Tanjiro collapsed unconscious on Mount Kumotori.

• Demon Tanjiro boasted that sunlight and Red Nichirin Blades could no longer harm him, while Giyu resolved to exhaust his energy through repeated attacks.
• Giyu split Tanjiro’s enormous Heat Haze fireball with Water Surface Slash, then used the Transparent World and Flowing Dance to evade and redirect Tanjiro’s punches.
• Giyu repeatedly severed Tanjiro’s regenerating limbs with Striking Tide until Tanjiro’s regeneration slowed and his Heat Haze weakened.
• Tanjiro unleashed Heaven-Burning Scarlet Rage Dragon, and Giyu countered it with a massive water dragon created by Constant Flux.
• Giyu’s water dragon crushed Tanjiro’s fire dragon, leaving Tanjiro’s energy drained and his body unable to heal; Giyu sheathed his sword as Tanjiro lay unconscious.

Giyu brought Tanjiro, whom Muzan had transformed into a demon immune to sunlight, to the Butterfly Mansion. Tamayo and the others learned that Tanjiro’s condition could fulfill Muzan’s long-sought goal.

• Shinobu and Tamayo discussed adding Thunder Knot Grass juice to a Wisteria poison treatment.
• Yushiro brought tea to Tamayo, who had become human again after taking the Demon Transformation Medicine.
• Giyu kicked open the door and placed Tanjiro on a medical bed.
• Yushiro sensed a powerful demonic presence in Tanjiro and warned that he was no longer human.
• Giyu explained that Muzan had infused Tanjiro with Demon King's Blood and that Tanjiro had overcome sunlight weakness.
• Tamayo dropped her pen and reacted with shock when she heard Tanjiro could withstand sunlight.

Giyu brought the unconscious, sunlight-immune Tanjiro to the Butterfly Mansion and asked Tamayo to turn him human again. As Tamayo and the others gave Tanjiro their last dose of medicine in an underground isolation ward, Giyu stood guard with Kanae beside him, and Tanjiro’s heartbeat suddenly changed.

• Giyu told Yushiro, Tamayo, Shinobu, and Kanae that Tanjiro had surpassed the Upper Ranks, overcome sunlight, and passed out after Giyu exhausted him in battle.
• Giyu asked Tamayo if she could turn Tanjiro back into a human, and she warned that their last dose of medicine might fail or make him more dangerous.
• Shinobu, Tamayo, and Yushiro restrained Tanjiro, moved him to the underground isolation ward, and administered the medicine.
• Giyu stood guard outside the blastproof door, ready to kill Tanjiro if the medicine failed and he threatened anyone inside.
• Kanae embraced Giyu from behind and stayed close despite his warnings, while Tanjiro’s heartbeat suddenly changed.

Demon Tanjiro woke in a secured laboratory and tried to attack Shinobu Kocho, Tamayo, and Yushiro, but their drugs and Demon Transformation Medicine Agent suppressed his powers and restored his human form. The operation succeeded, and Giyu Tomioka learned that Tanjiro was now an ordinary patient in critical condition.

• Demon Tanjiro awoke restrained on an operating table and threatened Shinobu Kocho, Tamayo, and Yushiro.
• Yushiro struck Tanjiro with a metal tray, and Tanjiro failed to use his Blood Demon Art because the drugs in his body suppressed his powers.
• Shinobu Kocho and Tamayo explained that they had sedated Tanjiro with Wisteria poison and muscle relaxants, then used a drill to make way for the Demon Transformation Medicine Agent.
• Tamayo injected the medicine, which overwhelmed Demon Tanjiro's cells and forced his consciousness back into the depths of Tanjiro's mind.
• Tanjiro's demonic features and aura vanished as he returned to human form, and Tamayo confirmed that the treatment had worked.
• Giyu Tomioka prepared to enter the laboratory after hearing Tanjiro scream, but Shinobu Kocho opened the door and told him the danger had passed.

After recovering from the Demon Transformation Medicine Agent, Tanjiro woke at the Butterfly Mansion and discovered Muzan’s blood still left a demon personality in his mind. Giyu took him for a walk and confronted him about his weakness, leaving Tanjiro determined to grow stronger.

• Tanjiro awoke from a nightmare, confirmed he was human again, and remembered being unable to control his body during his transformation.
• The demon personality spoke from Tanjiro’s mind, claiming the medicine had only suppressed its cells and predicting that Tanjiro would eventually beg for its power.
• Giyu entered Tanjiro’s room and took him outside for a late-night walk after confirming his demonic aura had disappeared.
• Tanjiro apologized for failing to protect his family, but Giyu told him his weakness had nearly made him kill them.
• Tanjiro accepted Giyu’s criticism and vowed not to let it happen again, and Giyu told him to get stronger.

Giyu told Tanjiro that his family was safe at Mount Sagiri and that he had reported Tanjiro’s transformation to Master Ubuyashiki, prompting an emergency Hashira Meeting in two days. He warned Tanjiro about the demon shadow still lingering in his mind and promised to stand by him if he held to his humanity, while Muzan realized his connection to Tanjiro had been severed.

• Giyu reassured Tanjiro that his family was safe at Mount Sagiri and said Tanjiro would go there to train under Master Urokodaki.
• Giyu revealed that he had reported Tanjiro’s transformation and ability to withstand sunlight to Master Ubuyashiki, who scheduled an emergency Hashira Meeting for two days later.
• Giyu told Tanjiro to prove his humanity to the Hashira and warned that the demon shadow in his consciousness could tempt him to surrender his will for power.
• Tanjiro vowed to remain human, and Giyu promised to stand by him if he kept his principles.
• Muzan discovered that his connection to Tanjiro had been completely severed and wondered whether Giyu had killed him.

Giyu and Kanae watched Shinobu train Tanjiro in the Butterfly Mansion courtyard, where Tanjiro pushed himself to the brink and briefly unleashed overwhelming power. Shinobu evaded his strongest strike and defeated him, leaving him collapsed on the stones.

• Giyu woke early and found Shinobu sparring with Tanjiro in the courtyard.
• Kanae explained that Tanjiro had been training recklessly and that Shinobu was testing his strength and reflexes.
• Kanae bet that Shinobu would win, and Giyu predicted her victory because Tanjiro lacked endurance and control.
• As Tanjiro neared exhaustion, he used Total Concentration and Hinokami Kagura: Dance to launch a powerful attack at Shinobu.
• Shinobu evaded Tanjiro's strike with Insect Breathing: Butterfly Dance: Caprice, then tapped him on the head as his body gave out.
• Tanjiro collapsed on the stones, and Shinobu praised his explosive power while declaring that an attack that missed was meaningless.

Tanjiro learned that Kanao had shut away her emotions after enduring abuse, and Kanae asked him to help her find genuine happiness. As Tanjiro tried to reach Kanao, Giyu visited Kagaya ahead of the Hashira Meeting to ask him to give Tanjiro a chance to prove himself.

• At breakfast, Tanjiro smelled Kanae and Shinobu’s affection for Giyu and discovered that he could not sense any emotions from Kanao.
• Kanae explained that Kanao had suffered abuse and relied on a coin to make decisions, then asked Tanjiro to help her smile sincerely.
• Tanjiro tried jokes and acrobatics to get a reaction from Kanao, but she stayed detached and walked away.
• Giyu went to the Heroes' Tomb at the Ubuyashiki Estate, where he asked Kagaya to let Tanjiro prove himself at the upcoming Hashira Meeting.
• Kagaya recognized Giyu’s concern for Tanjiro and said that Giyu had become more like a person of flesh and blood.

Kagaya explained why the Demon Slayer Corps could not easily accept Tanjiro, an immortal demon who had conquered sunlight, and asked Giyu whether he could subdue him if he went berserk. After Giyu claimed he was completely confident, Kagaya revealed a risky plan for the Hashira Meeting to force the Corps to confront its prejudice and accept Tanjiro.

• Kagaya told Giyu that the Corps’ grief and hatred of demons made it dangerous to reveal Tamayo’s past or expect the Hashira to accept Tanjiro.
• Giyu explained that Tanjiro could not be killed by ordinary means and that only Muzan might be able to destroy him at the source.
• Kagaya asked whether Giyu could protect everyone and subdue Tanjiro if he went berserk, and Giyu answered that he was one hundred percent confident.
• Kagaya devised a plan for Giyu to play the villain at the Hashira Meeting, and Giyu reluctantly agreed despite fearing it could go wrong.
• Giyu left to prepare for the meeting in two days, while Kagaya reflected that proving Tanjiro harmless would not be enough to secure reconciliation.

Giyu brought Tanjiro to the Ubuyashiki Estate, where the Hashira condemned him as a demon and threatened to kill him. Giyu revealed Tanjiro in direct sunlight, leaving the assembled Hashira stunned when he showed no sign of burning.

• Kanae reassured Tanjiro as she and Giyu led him toward the Ubuyashiki Estate, where the Hashira had gathered.
• Sanemi threatened Tanjiro and Giyu, while Sabito defended them and Tengen, Kyojuro, and Gyomei called for Tanjiro to be slain.
• Obanai accused Giyu of bringing a demon to headquarters and bitterly criticized his closeness with Kanae.
• Giyu stated that Tanjiro had become human and that Kanae was the Flower Hashira, then exposed Tanjiro to the midday sun.
• The Hashira stared in disbelief as Tanjiro stood unharmed in the sunlight, and Mitsuri urged them to stop picking on him.

Giyu Tomioka protected Tanjiro from Sanemi and Obanai’s attempt to kill him, overwhelming both Hashira and giving Tanjiro a chance to swear he would never harm a human. Kagaya Ubuyashiki arrived as the Corps prepared to hear the case against Tanjiro.

• Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro attacked Tanjiro, but Giyu stepped in and sent them flying with a powerful counterattack.
• Tanjiro swore before the Hashira that he had eaten no one and would never harm a human, even if it cost him his life.
• Mitsuri Kanroji urged the Hashira to stop fighting and wait for the Master, and the others’ hostility began to waver.
• Sanemi and Obanai rose and accused Giyu of fighting dirty, but neither dared attack him again.
• Lady Amane announced Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s arrival, and the demon defense assembly began.

At the emergency Hashira Meeting, Giyu stood beside Tanjiro as the Hashira argued over whether the demon boy should be killed. With the debate deadlocked and the Hashira on edge, Giyu quietly told Tanjiro not to resist whatever happened next.

• Giyu refused to kneel, and Tanjiro followed his example while the Hashira gathered before Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
• Kagaya opened the meeting to discuss Tanjiro, and Sanemi, Obanai, Kyojuro, Gyomei, and Tengen demanded that he be killed.
• Kanae testified that Tamayo's medicine had suppressed Tanjiro's demon blood, while Sabito argued that Tanjiro had shown no intent to harm anyone.
• Sanemi rejected their claims, insisting they had provided no convincing proof that Tanjiro was harmless.
• Giyu leaned toward Tanjiro and instructed him not to resist.

Giyu refused Sanemi’s wager because Tanjiro had conquered sunlight and Giyu could not kill him. He then challenged the Hashira to attack Tanjiro until sunset, promising to make him a Demon Slayer if he survived.

• Sanemi demanded that Giyu stake his and Sakonji Urokodaki’s lives on Tanjiro never eating a person.
• Giyu said he could not accept the wager, shocking Tanjiro and the Hashira.
• Giyu explained that Tanjiro had conquered sunlight and that he could not kill him if Tanjiro ever ate someone.
• Giyu withdrew his protection of Tanjiro and invited the Hashira to attack him until sunset.
• Giyu promised to make Tanjiro a member of the Demon Slayer Corps if he survived every attack, prompting Sanemi and the other Hashira to prepare to fight.

Sanemi Shinazugawa beat Tanjiro Kamado while Tanjiro obeyed Giyu Tomioka’s order not to resist, and Giyu used Future Sight to monitor what would happen when Tanjiro’s hidden demon nature awakened. Sanemi beheaded Tanjiro in the Ubuyashiki courtyard, and an eerie stillness fell over everyone.

• Sanemi Shinazugawa punched and battered Tanjiro Kamado as Tanjiro suppressed his Breathing Style and refused to fight back.
• Kanae Kocho, Sabito, and Mitsuri Kanroji urged Giyu Tomioka to stop the beating, but Giyu stayed still and watched with Future Sight.
• Giyu reasoned that Tanjiro had to be pushed to the brink of death to awaken his hidden demon personality, and prepared to intercept its first attack if needed.
• Sanemi kicked Tanjiro into a stone pillar, then drew his Nichirin Blade and beheaded him as Kanae and Mitsuri screamed.
• Sanemi mocked Tanjiro’s corpse and declared the danger over, but the world fell into an eerie stillness.