Recaps

Giyu trained with the Kamado family to master the Hinokami Kagura, then returned to Kanae and joined her on a mission to kill Doma. After defeating Doma, Giyu sent Kanae to safety and waited alone for Muzan.

• Kagaya relieved Giyu of his other duties so he could focus on defeating Muzan, and Giyu agreed to visit the Rengoku residence with Kanae before training.
• Giyu sparred with Kyojuro, refused Shinjuro’s request to take him as his Tsuguko, and gradually grew closer to Kanae.
• Giyu traveled to Mount Kumotori, learned the Hinokami Kagura from Tanjuro, and trained while helping the Kamado family.
• After Tanjuro died, Giyu promised to protect his family, left them money and firewood, and returned to the Butterfly Mansion, where Kanae welcomed him.
• Giyu tried to help Kanao make decisions and attended a Hashira meeting with Kanae, then accepted Kagaya’s assignment to investigate Doma with her.
• Giyu and Kanae infiltrated the Eternal Paradise Cult, where Doma killed two girls and wounded Kanae as Giyu searched his study for information about Muzan.
• Giyu arrived in the courtyard, defeated and beheaded Doma, then sent Kanae away after she promised to wait for his safe return.
• Giyu confirmed Kanae had reached safety, prepared to flee if Muzan brought the remaining Twelve Kizuki, and waited alone for Muzan.

Muzan transformed Tanjiro into a sun-resistant demon, but Giyu exhausted him and Tamayo’s medicine restored his human form. At the Hashira Meeting, Giyu withdrew his protection and let Sanemi attack Tanjiro to provoke the demon within him, ending with Tanjiro beheaded and the world falling still.

• Muzan found Tanjiro’s family, mistook him for Yoriichi, and turned him into a demon before Giyu arrived and drove Muzan away.
• Tanjiro attacked his family, but Giyu fought him until Tanjiro’s strength ran out and he collapsed.
• Giyu brought Tanjiro to Tamayo, who administered the remaining medicine and restored him to human form.
• Tanjiro vowed to remain human, and Giyu prepared him to prove himself at the emergency Hashira Meeting.
• Giyu asked Kagaya to let Tanjiro prove himself, and Kagaya planned for Giyu to appear to turn against him at the meeting.
• The Hashira challenged Tanjiro’s humanity, but he stood unharmed in sunlight and swore he would never harm anyone.
• Giyu refused to stake his and Urokodaki’s lives on Tanjiro, withdrew his protection, and invited the Hashira to attack him until sunset.
• Sanemi beat Tanjiro as Giyu watched, then beheaded him, and an eerie stillness fell over the world.

After Demon Tanjiro overwhelmed the Hashira, Giyu defeated him and persuaded the Corps to accept him as a human swordsman in training. Tanjiro reunited with his family at Mount Sagiri, where Urokodaki began his brutal training.

• Demon Tanjiro emerged beneath the midday sun and fought the Hashira, forcing them to work together before his hunger took over.
• Giyu faced Demon Tanjiro alone, endured his attacks, and used a massive Water Breathing technique to sweep the Hashira to safety before Tanjiro exploded.
• Giyu carried the unconscious Tanjiro from the burning ruins, and the Hashira agreed they could not kill him and would let him fight Muzan.
• Kagaya approved Tanjiro’s place in the Corps, while Giyu took responsibility for his recovery and training.
• Tanjiro apologized to the demon personality inside him and learned that he would need to strengthen his human body and will before borrowing its power.
• Giyu and Tanjiro left for Mount Sagiri after Giyu spent the night with Kanae, prompting Shinobu to discover them together.
• Tanjiro reunited with Nezuko and his family at Mount Sagiri, then asked Sakonji Urokodaki to teach him Water Breathing.
• Urokodaki agreed to train Tanjiro and sent him up Mount Sagiri through deadly traps before sunset.

Tanjiro trained to master Sun Breathing while Giyu, Shinobu, and Obanai investigated disappearances in Nara Prefecture and fought two demons. Obanai survived the quarry battle, and Tanjiro faced Urokodaki’s final test as Final Selection approached.

• Giyu trained Tanjiro in Sun Breathing, and Tanjiro borrowed some of the demon consciousness’s power to push himself in their sparring.
• Giyu left Mount Sagiri for a mission with Obanai and Shinobu after Kagaya reported disappearances near a western quarry.
• Shinobu and Giyu defeated the Dark Demon in the city, then rushed to the quarry after sensing a powerful demon there.
• Obanai fought the Rock Demon and its giant puppet, awakened the Transparent World, and used Giyu’s sword to sever the demon’s neck.
• Shinobu treated Obanai while Giyu helped her gather rare herbs, and Shinobu overheard Giyu tell Kanae he saw her only as a trusted colleague and her sister.
• Giyu proposed capturing a Twelve Kizuki demon for Tanjiro’s Final Selection, then accepted a mission to Mount Natagumo after swordsmen vanished there.
• Tanjiro completed ten thousand swings and renewed his resolve as Final Selection drew near.
• Urokodaki began Tanjiro’s final test with a real Nichirin Blade, and their Water and Sun Breathing techniques collided in a climactic exchange.