Recaps

Muzan concealed his identity behind a peaceful family life before summoning Kokushibo to report on the failed operation on Hachijōjima. Kokushibo described a young Water Hashira who wounded him and rapidly adapted to his sword techniques, then reported that he had severed the boy’s arm and cut him in half, leaving Muzan to ask whether he was truly dead.

• Tsukihiko shared a warm dinner with Chiyo and Sakuya, hiding that he was actually Muzan, the Demon King.
• After Chiyo and Sakuya left, Muzan summoned Kokushibo and threatened him over what had gone wrong on Hachijōjima.
• Muzan refused to examine Kokushibo’s memories because he feared encountering the memory of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
• Kokushibo reported that the Water and Flame Hashira had been staying at the Iguro Residence on Hachijōjima.
• Kokushibo said the young Water Hashira blocked his opening attacks, wounded his shoulder, and began imitating his sword techniques during their fight.
• Kokushibo said he severed the Water Hashira’s left arm and cut him in half, and Muzan asked if the boy was dead for good.

Muzan learned that the thirteen-year-old Water Hashira could regenerate in sunlight, and Kokushibo’s memories of Yoriichi drove him into a violent panic. Fearing the boy might become another Yoriichi, Muzan ordered the demons to lie low while secretly investigating the boy’s constitution and bloodline.

• Kokushibo told Muzan that the boy’s severed arm regenerated in sunlight without the boy showing any demonic traits.
• Muzan erupted in rage and relived Kokushibo’s memories of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, including the slash that had nearly killed him four hundred years earlier.
• Muzan ordered the demons to suspend hunts and large attacks, and to wait until the boy’s limits and future potential were understood.
• Muzan told Kokushibo to have Gyokko continue observing Hachijōjima without acting, then ordered Kokushibo back to the Infinity Castle.
• Muzan put on his gentle Tsukihiko persona when Sakuya called for him, while his fear of Yoriichi remained.

Shinobu tested an experimental medicinal brew on Giyu, who drank the bitter mixture without showing discomfort and reported that it slightly eased his breathing. She recorded the results and planned to improve the recipe, while Giyu offered to help with future tests.

• Shinobu brought Giyu a medicinal brew containing Breathing Grass and pressured him to drink it by threatening to tell Kanae he had eaten her sakura mochi.
• Giyu drank the entire bowl without changing expression, leaving Shinobu stunned.
• Shinobu tasted the residue, recoiled at the bitterness, and rinsed her mouth several times.
• Giyu said the brew made breathing slightly easier, and Shinobu recorded the effect while considering changes to the recipe.
• Giyu offered to help test future medicines but told Shinobu to leave out bitter melon root, and she noted his results in her notebook.

Giyu and Kanae spoke privately before her departure to Flower Valley, and Giyu called them good friends when she asked what their relationship meant. Kanae cried after he left, while Giyu heard her sobs and walked away believing that rejecting her was for the best.

• Giyu saw Kanae hiding a piece of red fabric and accepted her invitation to talk in her room.
• Kanae asked whether Giyu would miss her and what their relationship was, and Giyu answered that they were good friends.
• Kanae hid her tears and asked Giyu to leave so she could be alone.
• Kanae broke down crying after Giyu closed the door.
• Giyu heard Kanae sobbing but decided he had done the right thing and walked away.

Sabito returned to Mount Sagiri frustrated that the Demon Slayer Corps had raised the requirement for becoming a Hashira from fifty demons to a hundred. Urokodaki challenged him to prove his strength by lasting a hundred exchanges against Giyu, with the promise of a chance to join a Hashira's mission.

• Sabito returned from a month of missions with fifty-two demon kills, but learned that the promotion requirement had risen to a hundred.
• Urokodaki explained that demon sightings had increased and that a Hashira needed to be strong enough to shoulder frontline responsibility.
• Sabito said he wanted to catch up to Giyu and asked whether he could qualify by killing a Lower Rank demon instead.
• Sabito asked Giyu to recommend him for promotion, but Giyu said he had not heard about the rule change.
• Urokodaki told Sabito to spar with Giyu and promised to ask Oyakata-sama to let Sabito join a Hashira's mission if he lasted a hundred exchanges.

Sabito challenged Giyu to a sparring match on Mount Sagiri, and Giyu’s skill overwhelmed him despite Sabito’s mastery of Water Breathing. The fight continued as Giyu exposed openings in Sabito’s Flowing Dance, while Urokodaki recognized that Giyu was using Transparent World.

• Sabito asked Giyu to fight, and Urokodaki allowed them to spar as long as neither got hurt.
• Sabito opened with Water Breathing’s First Form, but Giyu deflected or evaded all three slashes using his sheathed sword.
• Sabito attacked with Second Form: Water Wheel, and Giyu shattered the technique before stopping his blade inches above Sabito’s head.
• Sabito resumed the fight with Third Form: Flowing Dance, and Giyu met his rapid attacks with a barrage of precise strikes.
• Urokodaki observed that Sabito paused during direction changes and realized Giyu was anticipating his breathing with Transparent World.

Giyu decisively defeated Sabito in a training match, revealing the gulf between their skill and demonstrating his Eleventh Form, Dead Calm. Sabito accepted that he did not need to chase Giyu and promised to grow strong enough to fight beside him.

• Sabito continued fighting after Giyu narrowly avoided his Fifth Form and effortlessly countered his attacks.
• Giyu split Sabito’s Twisting Whirlpool and explained the flaw in his technique, but Sabito escaped the pressure and asked to unleash one final move.
• Sabito used Tenth Form: Constant Flux, and Giyu calmly dispersed its water dragon with Eleventh Form: Dead Calm.
• Urokodaki asked Sabito if he understood the difference between them, and Sabito acknowledged that Giyu had reached a different level.
• Giyu told Kanae and Shinobu that Dead Calm did not suit Shinobu and advised her to master the basics.
• Sabito asked if he would ever catch up to Giyu, and Giyu told him they were companions who would fight side by side; Sabito vowed to keep training until he could stand beside him.

Giyu and the others said goodbye to Kanae and Shinobu as they left Mount Sagiri to train in Flower Breathing. Kanae gave Giyu a repaired haori, and his heartfelt reaction brought them closer before Giyu and Sabito set off for the Hashira Meeting.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki summoned Giyu to the Hashira Meeting, while Master Urokodaki prepared to take Kanae and Shinobu away to learn Flower Breathing.
• Master Urokodaki advised Giyu and Sabito before the group parted ways on Mount Sagiri.
• Kanae gave Giyu a haori she had repaired with white fabric and embroidered with a butterfly, restoring the garment he had kept hidden as a reminder of his sister Tsutako.
• Giyu embraced Kanae and thanked her, then put on the mended haori as she blushed and returned to the group.
• Kanae and Shinobu left with Master Urokodaki, while Sabito teased Giyu and accompanied him toward the Hashira Meeting.

At the Hashira Meeting, Kagaya Ubuyashiki announced that Giyu Tomioka and Shinjuro Rengoku had driven back Upper Rank One and that Muzan Kibutsuji feared Giyu’s newly awakened power. He assigned Giyu and Sabito to capture demons for Mount Fujikasane, and Giyu was told his new sword would arrive the next day.

• Shinjuro Rengoku and Gyomei Himejima greeted Giyu Tomioka with respect, and Sabito introduced himself as Giyu’s senior disciple.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki announced that Giyu and Shinjuro had driven back Upper Rank One on Hachijōjima.
• Kagaya said Muzan Kibutsuji had gone into hiding because he feared Giyu’s mysterious power and was investigating it.
• Kagaya assigned Giyu and Sabito to capture demons over the next six months to replenish Mount Fujikasane for Final Selection.
• Kagaya told Giyu that his new sword would arrive the next day, and Sabito challenged him to a demon-catching contest.

Tecchin Tecchikawahara delivered Giyu a Nichirin Blade that balanced two Breathing Styles, and Giyu unleashed a powerful new slash. After Kagaya Ubuyashiki sensed the sword qi and declared a new era was coming, Giyu asked Sabito to go hunt demons.

• Sabito talked to Giyu about where they should begin hunting demons, but Giyu waited silently for his sword.
• Tecchin Tecchikawahara brought Giyu a Nichirin Blade forged by the Swordsmith Village's finest craftsmen.
• Giyu drew the blade, which took on blue and white colors as the powers of two Breathing Styles merged within it.
• Giyu leapt into the sky and unleashed a massive circular slash that combined both Breathing Styles.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki sensed the sword qi at Corps Headquarters and said a new era was coming.
• Sabito accepted that he could never catch up to Giyu, and Giyu invited him to hunt demons.

After a month of capturing demons, Giyu Tomioka and Sabito received a mission to investigate a suspected demon in Asakusa. They arrived in the bustling city, where Giyu took the amazed Sabito to a noodle shop before beginning their search.

• Sabito chased a three-armed demon through the forest until Giyu Tomioka cut off its legs and the Kakushi Division took it to Mount Fujikasane.
• Kanzaburo delivered Giyu Tomioka's ten-million-yen check and Sabito's five-million-yen check, then assigned them to investigate a suspected demon in Asakusa.
• Sabito marveled at Asakusa's bright streets, automobiles, tall buildings, and fashionable crowds as Giyu led him through the city.
• Several young women approached Giyu, but he pulled Sabito away through the crowd.
• Giyu took the still-amazed Sabito into a noodle shop and said they should eat before continuing.

Giyu bought a shop’s entire stock of butterfly hairpins after thinking of Kanae, then sensed he was being watched and spotted Tamayo and Yushiro. Tamayo fled after feeling an overwhelming, terrifying urge to consume Giyu, leaving her convinced that he was dangerous to her.

• Sabito and Giyu struggled to find a demon in Asakusa’s crowded streets until a Western shop caught their attention.
• Giyu saw a purple crystal butterfly hairpin and, thinking of Kanae, bought every item in the shop.
• Sabito carried the huge crate of Giyu’s purchases while complaining as they continued through the streets.
• Giyu used Transparent World to spot Tamayo and Yushiro watching them, and he identified them as demons when they fled into an alley.
• Tamayo told Yushiro that meeting Giyu’s gaze had triggered an overwhelming urge to consume him and insisted they leave because he was dangerous to her.

Giyu and Sabito confronted the concealed demons Tamayo and Yushiro in a dark alley. Sabito’s instincts let him strike Yushiro and sever his arm, and Giyu ordered both demons killed.

• Giyu entered the alley and spotted Tamayo and Yushiro through the Transparent World while Sabito remained unaware of them.
• Yushiro decided to attack Sabito before Lady Tamayo lost control and lunged at him from behind.
• Sabito’s instincts warned him of danger, and he used Water Breathing, Second Form: Water Wheel to sever Yushiro’s right arm.
• Yushiro’s pain disrupted his Blood Demon Art, revealing him and Tamayo to Giyu and Sabito.
• Sabito asked whether Giyu wanted the demons alive, and Giyu ordered him to kill them.

Giyu and Sabito confronted Tamayo and Yushiro, and Giyu cut off Tamayo’s arms and dismembered Yushiro without killing him. Noticing that the demons barely smelled of human blood, Giyu questioned what kind of demons they were.

• Yushiro shielded Tamayo and urged her to escape, but Tamayo recognized in Giyu’s eyes a resemblance to Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
• Tamayo tried to use her Blood Demon Art to create an opening for escape, but Giyu swiftly severed her right hand and left arm.
• Yushiro charged Giyu in rage, and Giyu used Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide to dismember him while leaving his head intact.
• Giyu prepared to behead Tamayo, then paused after sensing that she and Yushiro had barely any trace of the blood scent associated with demons.
• Giyu asked Tamayo and Yushiro what kind of demons they were.

Tamayo explained to Giyu and Sabito how Muzan turned her into a demon and how she had spent centuries seeking revenge while saving people. Giyu verified that she was telling the truth and let go of his remaining suspicion.

• Tamayo offered to tell Giyu everything, and Giyu sheathed his sword and agreed to hear her out.
• Tamayo injected Yushiro with medicine, and their scattered bodies reassembled.
• Tamayo and Yushiro led Giyu and Sabito to their villa, where Sabito and Yushiro argued until Giyu and Tamayo stopped them.
• Tamayo recounted her human life, the deaths of her husband and child, her escape from Muzan's control, and her search for a way to kill him.
• Giyu used the Transparent World to confirm Tamayo was telling the truth and released his remaining killing intent.

Giyu asked Tamayo to explain Muzan Kibutsuji, and she revealed the Demon King’s motives, hidden identity, and possible resistance to beheading. She named Yoriichi Tsugikuni as the swordsman who once nearly defeated Muzan, leaving Tamayo wondering whether Giyu might be his return.

• Giyu told Tamayo that the Demon Slayer Corps knew too little about Muzan and asked her to describe him.
• Tamayo explained that Muzan could sense demons’ rebellious thoughts, sought the Blue Spider Lily to overcome sunlight, and hid behind countless identities.
• Tamayo warned that Muzan might have evolved beyond being killed by Nichirin decapitation, alarming Sabito and Giyu.
• Tamayo revealed that Yoriichi Tsugikuni had once driven Muzan into hiding and had created Sun Breathing to destroy him.
• Tamayo explained that Yoriichi’s death let Muzan return, and that Sun Breathing later gave rise to the five basic Breathing Styles.
• Giyu recalled Kokushibo comparing his talent to Yoriichi’s, while Tamayo wondered whether Yoriichi had returned in a different way.

Giyu Tomioka let Tamayo draw his blood, which proved to be an extraordinarily potent Marechi that overwhelmed her and Yushiro with its allure. After Tamayo asked him and Sabito to stay in Asakusa while she tested it, Giyu arranged for the Kakushi to deliver a box to Kanae Kocho and headed off to hunt demons.

• Yushiro confronted Giyu Tomioka, who earnestly insisted that he was not hated.
• Tamayo drew Giyu's blood, and its scent nearly overwhelmed her and Yushiro.
• Tamayo identified Giyu's blood as exceptionally powerful Marechi and asked him and Sabito to remain in Asakusa while she tested it.
• Giyu and Sabito left Tamayo's villa, and Giyu said they would hunt demons in Asakusa.
• Giyu ordered the Kakushi to take Sabito's box to Kanae Kocho, then gave Sabito a ten-million check as hush money and walked away.

Giyu and Sabito hunted demons in Asakusa, where Giyu swiftly killed a demon stalking a girl. They then reached a mansion provided by the Ubuyashiki Family for Giyu, leaving Sabito stunned by the privileges Hashira received.

• Giyu used Transparent World to find a demon stalking a girl in a crowded shopping street.
• Giyu vanished from Sabito’s sight and beheaded the demon before it could touch the girl.
• Giyu told Sabito to leave before the authorities arrived, and they escaped the panicking crowd.
• A Kasugai Crow led Giyu and Sabito to a grand mansion, where the housekeeper explained that the Master had transferred it to Giyu.
• Sabito learned that Hashira had Ubuyashiki properties available across the country and lamented the unfair gap between their lives.

Tamayo told Giyu and Sabito about the Demon Slayer Mark, a power that greatly enhanced a swordsman but usually shortened their life to before age twenty-five. Her explanation revealed how much knowledge of the Demon Slayer Corps' history had been lost, and the two left the conversation facing the weight of their predecessors' sacrifices.

• Tamayo asked Giyu whether his strength had been increasing and whether markings had appeared on his body, and Giyu confirmed his growing strength but knew nothing about the marks.
• Tamayo discovered that Giyu and Sabito had never heard of the Demon Slayer Mark and questioned how the Corps had lost knowledge of it.
• Tamayo explained that the mark enhanced a swordsman's physical abilities and Breathing Style beyond human limits.
• Tamayo warned that swordsmen who awakened the mark usually died before turning twenty-five, while Yoriichi Tsugikuni had escaped the curse because he was born with it.
• Tamayo described how marked swordsmen made the Sengoku-era Corps its strongest generation and nearly drove Muzan Kibutsuji to defeat, leaving Sabito shaken by their sacrifices.

Tamayo discovered that Giyu Tomioka's blood could poison demons and might help create a demon-killing toxin or a human-enhancing medicine. She asked for more samples, and Sabito volunteered Giyu before Giyu could respond, leaving him pinned to the table and staring silently at his teammate.

• Tamayo explained that Giyu's blood had rapid regenerative properties and was deadly poison to demon cells, potentially including the Twelve Kizuki.
• Tamayo proposed using Giyu's blood to develop a demon-killing poison and a medicine to enhance Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen.
• Sabito excitedly asked when the enhancement medicine would be ready, but Tamayo warned that Giyu's blood made test animals explode and could kill humans without a neutralizing agent.
• Tamayo asked Giyu for more blood samples, and Sabito pinned him to the table and offered as much blood as she wanted.
• Tamayo and Yushiro stared in shock as Giyu silently looked back at Sabito.

Giyu Tomioka had Tamayo and Yushiro agree to travel with him to Mount Sagiri, where he would keep them safe and seek Oyakata-sama's approval. Tamayo saw Giyu as a new hope in the fight against Muzan, and the unlikely group set out under cover of night.

• Tamayo drew four tubes of Giyu Tomioka's blood, which seemed to grow more vital as he lost blood.
• Giyu asked Tamayo and Yushiro to come to Mount Sagiri, promising to protect them and report their presence to Oyakata-sama.
• Yushiro angrily objected, but Tamayo accepted Giyu's offer and said she trusted him.
• Tamayo remembered a red-haori-wearing man who had once asked her to help defeat Muzan and felt that a new hope had appeared.
• Giyu sent Kanzaburo to deliver his letter to Oyakata-sama, and the two swordsmen and two demons departed for Mount Sagiri.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki learned from Giyu Tomioka that two demons had escaped Muzan's control and agreed to cooperate with the Demon Slayer Corps. He and Amane set out for Mount Sagiri to meet them, where Giyu arrived with Tamayo and Yushiro and reached Sakonji Urokodaki's cabin.

• Kagaya received Giyu's letter reporting that Tamayo and Yushiro had escaped Muzan Kibutsuji's control and agreed to cooperate.
• Kagaya decided to travel to Mount Sagiri despite Amane's concerns, and Amane insisted on accompanying him.
• After two days of travel, Giyu led Tamayo and Yushiro up Mount Sagiri while Yushiro complained about the path and worried about danger.
• Giyu reached Sakonji Urokodaki's cabin and knocked on the door.
• Sakonji Urokodaki opened the cabin door.

Giyu brought Tamayo and Yushiro to Mount Sagiri, where Urokodaki discovered that they were demons but chose to welcome them. As Urokodaki and the others built a guest room, Tamayo began to feel safe, and Yushiro reluctantly joined the work.

• Urokodaki mistook Tamayo for Giyu's older romantic partner before realizing from her scent that she was a demon.
• Giyu confirmed Tamayo and Yushiro were demons, and Urokodaki restrained his hostility and invited them inside.
• Tamayo felt safe in Urokodaki's home while Yushiro stayed wary of the Demon Slayers around her.
• Giyu told the group that Kagaya Ubuyashiki would come to Mount Sagiri after receiving his letter.
• Urokodaki, Giyu, and Sabito went to gather lumber and began building a guest room.
• At Tamayo's request, Yushiro joined the work and started bickering with Sabito as Tamayo relaxed with tea.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki visited Mount Sagiri, where he thanked Giyu Tomioka for giving the Demon Slayer Corps hope and welcomed Tamayo and Yushiro as allies. Tamayo and the Corps agreed to cooperate against Muzan Kibutsuji, while Tamayo and Yushiro would remain on Mount Sagiri until the Hashira could accept them.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki arrived at Mount Sagiri with Amane and met Sakonji Urokodaki, Giyu Tomioka, and Sabito.
• Kagaya bowed deeply to Giyu and told him that he was the one who had given the Corps hope of defeating Muzan Kibutsuji.
• Tamayo watched Kagaya's exchange with Giyu and resolved to join the Corps in killing Muzan.
• Giyu asked to return to his territory, and Kagaya gave him permission to leave immediately.
• Kagaya met Tamayo and Yushiro, agreed to protect and support their research in exchange for their help, and asked them to stay on Mount Sagiri until the other Hashira could accept them.

A Demon Slayer squad led by a Wind Breathing swordsman fought off waves of beasts controlled by an unseen demon’s Blood Demon Art. After their leader reminded them that they only had to stay alive until reinforcements arrived, the survivors broke through toward the east.

• Murata and his squad were surrounded by demon-controlled beasts while waiting for a Hashira to arrive.
• The squad leader cut through the beasts with Wind Breathing, creating an opening for his teammates.
• Murata killed a lunging wolf with Water Breathing but was bitten on the shoulder before a teammate rescued him.
• The leader rallied the demoralized squad, telling them to survive rather than defeat the demon.
• The leader unleashed Wind Breathing, Fifth Form, Cold Mountain Wind, and wiped out the beasts around them.
• The leader ordered the survivors to break through to the east, and they fled toward the forest’s edge.