Chapter Summaries

Sakonji Urokodaki fought Gyokko’s fish demons until poison paralyzed him, and Gyokko trapped him in a Water Prison Pot to suffocate. Giyu Tomioka sensed Urokodaki’s life fading and raced desperately toward him.

• Sakonji Urokodaki sliced through Gyokko’s fish monsters but struggled against Gyokko’s Thousand Needle Fish Kill.
• Poison needles struck Urokodaki, paralyzing him and making him fall to the ground.
• Gyokko trapped Urokodaki inside a Water Prison Pot and celebrated as he began to suffocate.
• Giyu Tomioka sensed Urokodaki’s vitality plummeting and sped through Mount Sagiri toward him.

Gyokko released Sakonji Urokodaki from the Water Prison Pot only to unleash ten thousand poisonous fish against him. Giyu Tomioka arrived but realized he could not reach Urokodaki or protect him in time, leaving his master on the brink of being devoured.

• Gyokko burst the Water Prison Pot, and Sakonji Urokodaki collapsed into the mud, gasping for air.
• Gyokko summoned ten thousand venomous fish with his Blood Demon Art and sent them to devour Urokodaki.
• Giyu Tomioka burst from the woods and saw Urokodaki helpless before the approaching fish.
• Giyu considered Water Breathing and Moon Breathing but concluded that neither could save Urokodaki without also endangering him.
• Giyu reached toward Urokodaki from too far away as the fish closed in and time seemed to slow.

Giyu Tomioka abandoned Water Breathing and unleashed Sun Breathing to save Sakonji Urokodaki from Gyokko’s poison fish. He burned through the attacking swarm, leaving Gyokko confronted by Giyu’s blazing blade.

• Giyu remembered Tanjuro Kamado’s sword swing and realized he needed to use a different Breathing Style against Gyokko’s poison fish.
• Giyu forcibly stopped his Water Breathing and drew in a breath that ignited his body with immense heat and power.
• Giyu raced through the poison fish and appeared in front of the fallen Sakonji Urokodaki, saving him from an attack at his throat.
• Giyu raised his sun-flaming Nichirin Blade and performed Sun Breathing—Dance.
• Giyu’s ring of fire vaporized the poison and burned Gyokko’s swarm into ash, lighting up the sky above Mount Sagiri.

Giyu Tomioka unleashed a blazing Sun Breathing attack on Mount Sagiri, terrifying the demons and making Tamayo recognize the technique that once threatened Muzan. Kokushibo saw Giyu amid the flames and mistook him for Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

• Giyu Tomioka's sword erupted in solar flames, leaving Sakonji Urokodaki stunned.
• Tamayo saw the fire and realized it was Sun Breathing, while Yushiro panicked over her tears.
• Gyokko's demons and artwork burned, and Muzan's inherited memories of Yoriichi terrified him into fleeing underground.
• Kokushibo struggled to reassemble his severed body, then saw Giyu standing amid the flames.
• Kokushibo's fear and jealousy resurfaced, and he called Giyu "Yoriichi."

Gyokko survived Giyu Tomioka’s fiery attack and tried to overwhelm him by rapidly moving between ceramic pots. Giyu saw through the trick with the Transparent World and waited beside Gyokko’s next hiding place, leaving him frozen at swordpoint.

• Gyokko emerged from a spare pot and convinced himself that Giyu’s fiery attack had exhausted him.
• Gyokko used Killer Fish Scales to flash between pots and taunt Giyu with his speed.
• Giyu watched Gyokko’s movements through the Transparent World and chose where to intercept him.
• Gyokko emerged from a pot to attack and found Giyu waiting with his blade aimed at his face.
• Giyu asked Gyokko whose head he had planned to turn into a flowerpot.

Giyu was about to kill Gyokko when Muzan Kibutsuji arrived and attacked him with a bone blade. Giyu blocked the strike and faced Muzan, who stood more than a hundred meters away.

• Gyokko pleaded with Giyu to spare him, but Giyu prepared to cut him down.
• Muzan launched a crescent-shaped sword aura at Giyu, who blocked it and was driven backward.
• Muzan emerged from the ice-blue mist, and Gyokko celebrated his arrival before falling silent under Muzan's gaze.
• Giyu used the Transparent World to see Muzan's five brains and seven hearts, then tightened his grip on his Nichirin Blade.
• Giyu and Muzan stood facing each other in silence as the tension between them mounted.

Giyu Tomioka and Muzan Kibutsuji faced off at a distance on Mount Sagiri Back Mountain, each mistaking the other's stillness for a deadly trap. When Gyokko's noisy praise distracted Muzan, Giyu spotted an opening.

• Giyu concluded he could not defeat Muzan and held his stance rather than attack first.
• Muzan sensed Giyu's lack of fighting spirit and remembered Yoriichi Tsugikuni, convincing himself Giyu was baiting him.
• Giyu and Muzan remained motionless a hundred meters apart, each waiting for the other to strike.
• Gyokko praised Muzan and urged him to crush Giyu, irritating Muzan with his noisy interruption.
• Giyu noticed Muzan's momentary distraction through the Transparent World and tightened his grip on his Nichirin Blade.

Giyu Tomioka killed Gyokko with a blazing Sun Breathing strike after Gyokko threatened his master, Sakonji Urokodaki. With Gyokko reduced to ash and Muzan still before him, Giyu turned his attention back to the Demon King.

• Giyu remembered how close Gyokko had come to killing Sakonji Urokodaki and resolved to avenge his master.
• Gyokko boasted to Muzan that he could defeat Giyu without using his Blood Demon Art and crawled toward him.
• When Gyokko came within ten paces, Giyu ignited his Nichirin Blade and beheaded him with Sun Breathing: Dance.
• Muzan recognized the Sun Breathing flames and fled more than ten meters instead of saving Gyokko.
• The flames prevented Gyokko from regenerating, and he burned to ash as Giyu faced Muzan again.

Gyomei overwhelmed Zohakuten while Sanemi, Obanai, and Masachika cornered Hantengu’s Coward Demon, but Muzan used Nakime’s Infinity Castle to rescue the demons and retreat. Giyu remained behind as dawn broke, relieved that the battle was over and ready to go down the mountain for salmon and daikon.

• Gyomei smashed Zohakuten’s wooden dragons, endured his sound-wave attack, and battered him until Nakime’s door pulled him into the Infinity Castle.
• Sanemi chased Hantengu’s Coward Demon while Obanai blocked its escape routes and Masachika guarded the clearing’s far side.
• Sanemi, Obanai, and Masachika cornered the Coward Demon and swung their blades at its neck, but Nakime’s biwa sent it into the Infinity Castle at the last moment.
• Muzan ordered Nakime to evacuate, and Kokushibo, Akaza, and Muzan retreated through the Infinity Castle door as he warned Giyu they would never meet again.
• Giyu waited until the demons’ presence vanished, then watched dawn break and sheathed his sword, relieved that the battle had ended.

The Demon Slayers’ victory on Mount Sagiri came at a devastating cost, and the wounded were rushed into treatment. Giyu returned unharmed and reunited with Kanae, whose embrace was interrupted by Shinobu’s teasing.

• Sanemi, Obanai, and Masachika lay gravely wounded as the medical team found that only a little over thirty of nearly two hundred elite members were still alive.
• Tengen, Gyomei, and Shinjuro were badly injured, while Sabito and Giyu remained largely unharmed.
• Shinobu ordered the critically wounded moved indoors for surgery, where Tamayo prepared to treat them, while Kanae cared for the lightly wounded outside.
• Giyu returned from the forest, and Kanae rushed to embrace him, crying with relief that he had survived.
• Giyu awkwardly returned Kanae’s embrace, and Shinobu teased him about his stamina and a supposed secret Water Breathing technique.

Muzan berated the Upper Ranks for their defeats and ordered them to avoid the Demon Slayer Corps, especially Giyu Tomioka, because he feared Giyu was Yoriichi Tsugikuni reincarnated. The demons were left in hiding while the Demon Slayer Corps enjoyed a brief lull.

• Muzan demanded an account of the previous night's failures and scolded Kokushibo, Akaza, Doma, and Hantengu for losing to the Demon Slayers.
• Doma blamed Giyu Tomioka's poisonous blood for his weakened body, and Muzan severed Doma's head with a tentacle.
• Daki and Gyutaro arrived late and complained that they had spent all night traveling from the Entertainment District to Mount Sagiri.
• Muzan privately panicked that Giyu was Yoriichi Tsugikuni reincarnated and ordered the Twelve Kizuki to avoid the Demon Slayer Corps, especially Giyu.
• Muzan withdrew into the darkness, leaving the Upper Ranks to begin a long period of hiding as the Demon Slayer Corps gained a brief calm.

After the final battle, Giyu Tomioka enjoyed leave while the injured Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro argued in the Butterfly Mansion. Kanae Kocho took Giyu to the Asai District for salmon and daikon, then kissed him in a secluded alley, pleased that her repeated advances had made him more responsive.

• Sanemi Shinazugawa raged from his bandaged hospital bed while Kakushi restrained him, and Obanai Iguro insulted him from the next bed.
• Giyu Tomioka considered visiting the new salmon and daikon restaurant during his leave, and Kanae Kocho appeared in casual clothes.
• Kanae linked arms with Giyu and persuaded him to accompany her to the Asai District as her bodyguard, and they bought boxed meals.
• On the way back, Kanae led Giyu into a secluded alley and kissed him, while he remarked that it was her third kiss that day.
• Kanae praised Giyu for becoming more practiced at returning her kisses, then linked arms with him again as they continued back to the Butterfly Mansion.

Kanae came to Giyu’s room claiming postwar trauma had left her unable to sleep, then cuddled against him all night while he struggled to stay composed. By morning, Giyu was exhausted and asked whether her trauma was cured, warning he might sleep in the courtyard if it was not.

• Giyu tried to settle down for the night after recalling Kanae’s earlier surprise kisses.
• Kanae entered Giyu’s room in a nightgown, claimed she was frightened and cold, and asked to share his bedding.
• Giyu let Kanae stay, and she wrapped an arm around his neck and a leg across his waist as they lay together.
• Giyu stayed awake all night, trying to calm himself with Water Breathing while Kanae slept peacefully against him.
• Kanae woke to find Giyu exhausted, and he asked if her postwar trauma was cured or whether he should sleep in the courtyard that night.

Kanae arranged for Shinobu and Giyu to be alone together in the kitchen, hoping to help her sister get closer to him. Their awkward cooking session turned into an argument, and Kanae watched from outside, pleased that her plan had begun.

• Kanae found Shinobu stealing glances toward Giyu's room and decided to play matchmaker.
• Kanae brought Giyu to help in the kitchen, then left Shinobu and Giyu alone by pretending urgent herbs needed sorting.
• Giyu used Total Concentration Breathing to slice daikon radishes with perfect precision, prompting Shinobu to tease him.
• Shinobu argued with Giyu over whether the other Hashira hated him, then poked his chest and was met with concern for her finger.
• Shinobu angrily split a pumpkin and cracked the chopping board, while Giyu complained that the damage made it impossible to cut the radishes.
• Kanae watched through the kitchen door and decided the first step of her matchmaking plan had succeeded.

Giyu relaxed beneath the wisteria trellis until Sabito interrupted him to demand a duel, then Shinobu arrived to perform a physical exam. Shinobu fled after Giyu expressed concern for her, leaving him confused about whether she had complimented or insulted him.

• Giyu refused Sabito's challenge, and Kanae dragged Sabito away to chop firewood for disturbing the Butterfly Mansion.
• Shinobu came to give Giyu a routine post-battle physical exam and became flustered while checking his chest and abdomen.
• Giyu noticed Shinobu's exhaustion and told her not to push herself too hard, assuring her that he was there.
• Shinobu called Giyu a hopeless big idiot, hurried away, and left him wondering whether she had complimented or insulted him.

At the Asai District night market, Kanae and Shinobu joined forces to draw Giyu closer, and Shinobu hinted at her feelings during the fireworks. Kanae then clarified that Shinobu’s request for Giyu to look after her applied to both sisters, leaving him alarmed by their intentions.

• Shinobu blushed over Giyu’s earlier words, and Kanae reminded her that they had agreed to pursue him together.
• Kanae took Shinobu to the Asai District night market, where both sisters linked arms with Giyu.
• Kanae left Shinobu alone with Giyu, and he protected her when the crowd surged around a parade float.
• Shinobu asked Giyu to continue looking after her as fireworks lit the sky, leaving him confused about her meaning.
• Kanae returned, linked arms with Giyu, and told him that Shinobu had been speaking for both sisters.

Giyu arrived at Tamayo’s cabin to find Sabito undergoing a successful strength-enhancement experiment, then became trapped in a teasing physical examination by Shinobu and Kanae. After the sisters finished, Kanae joined Giyu on the journey to the Hashira Meeting.

• Giyu rushed into Tamayo’s cabin after hearing Sabito howl, expecting a demon attack, and found Sabito restrained for an experiment.
• Tamayo injected Sabito with a serum made using Giyu’s perfect cells and blood from Upper Rank Seven, Yaoshi, and Sabito’s muscles rapidly grew stronger.
• Tamayo explained that the serum could suppress uncontrolled cell division and potentially boost Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen’s physical abilities.
• Shinobu examined Giyu’s abs while Kanae held him from behind, leaving him flustered and unable to escape.
• Kanae announced that Giyu’s examination was complete and joined him to travel to the Hashira Meeting.

On the way to the Ubuyashiki Estate, Kanae teased Giyu and asked him to protect her, while he bluntly judged her too weak to be a Hashira. At the estate, the injured Hashira gathered, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki arrived to begin the meeting.

• Sabito, Giyu, and Kanae traveled to the Ubuyashiki Estate, where Giyu questioned why Kanae had come along.
• Kanae said the Master had summoned her and suggested she might be made a Hashira, but Giyu used the Transparent World to assess her and declared that promotion impossible.
• Kanae clung to Giyu and asked him to become her personal knight, flustering him as she dragged him toward the estate.
• Giyu and Kanae arrived at the courtyard, where Gyomei Himejima, Tengen Uzui, and Shinjuro Rengoku displayed injuries from the battle at Mount Sagiri.
• Lady Amane announced Kagaya Ubuyashiki's arrival, and the gathered Hashira knelt as he appeared.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki praised the Demon Slayer Corps’ victory at Mount Sagiri, then announced that Shinjuro Rengoku would retire as the Flame Hashira because of his injuries. Shinjuro passed the Corps’ hopes to the younger generation, and Kagaya began to announce a second matter, turning toward Kanae Kocho.

• Kagaya praised Giyu Tomioka for defeating powerful enemies and protecting the Corps during the battle at Mount Sagiri.
• Kagaya announced that Shinjuro Rengoku would officially retire as a Hashira.
• Shinjuro explained that he could no longer fight effectively with one arm and urged the younger slayers, especially Giyu, to carry on the fight against Muzan Kibutsuji.
• Tengen Uzui and Gyomei Himejima reacted emotionally to Shinjuro’s farewell, while Giyu silently accepted the responsibility.
• Kagaya turned toward Kanae Kocho and announced that he had a second matter to discuss.

Kagaya promoted Kanae Kocho to Flower Hashira for her work at Mount Sagiri, shocking the other swordsmen and angering Giyu over her combat ability. Kanae teased Giyu about their equal rank before Kagaya summoned him privately, hinting at a major change in his career.

• Kagaya praised Kanae's medical coordination and her role in defeating an Upper Rank demon, then promoted her to Flower Hashira.
• Sabito, Tengen Uzui, Gyomei, and Giyu reacted with shock or skepticism, while Kanae accepted the promotion calmly.
• As Kanae and Giyu left, Kanae slipped her hand into his and teased him about being the same rank and taking care of her at work and in life.
• Sabito called Giyu to join him at the Butterfly Mansion, but Kagaya summoned Giyu to speak with him privately.
• Giyu went to the inner room, suspecting Kagaya's message would bring a major change to his career.