Chapter Summaries

Giyu Tomioka and Kanae Kocho arrived in a southern city to investigate the Eternal Paradise Cult, which Giyu suspected was controlled by Upper Rank Two. After finding the city steeped in devotion to the cult, they took the inn’s only available room and spent the night together while Giyu kept watch.

• Kanae Kocho flirted with Giyu Tomioka as they walked through the city, and Giyu fed her takoyaki before asking the stall owner about the Eternal Paradise Cult.
• The stall owner praised the cult and said the city lord’s daughter had gone to serve its leader, prompting Giyu to pull Kanae away and warn that the leader was a demon.
• Giyu and Kanae checked into the Spring Breeze Pavilion after learning that the cult’s prayer day had filled the inn, and they took its only room, a honeymoon room with one large bed.
• Giyu inspected the room’s escape routes and chose to keep watch by the window while Kanae slept in the bed.
• Kanae repeatedly tried to coax Giyu into bed, then fell into his arms; Giyu wrapped her in a blanket and kept her close as she settled against his chest.

Kanae Kocho and Giyu Tomioka infiltrated the Eternal Paradise Cult, where Kanae found Doma about to eat two captive girls. After Doma killed them in front of her, Kanae drew her blade to fight him.

• Giyu and Kanae left their inn at night and split up inside the cult’s temple complex: Kanae searched for captured women while Giyu headed for the main hall and study.
• Kanae found two frightened girls in a room with Doma, the cult leader and Upper Rank Two, and tried to keep him talking while looking for a chance to rescue them.
• Kanae offered to stay with Doma if he released the girls, but he refused, claiming he had promised to save them by eating them.
• Kanae rushed toward the girls after spotting an opening, but Doma cut off their heads with a casual wave of his iron fan.
• Kanae condemned Doma as trash and drew her pink Nichirin Blade.

Kanae fought Doma in the courtyard, trying to stall him despite his deadly ice attacks. As Doma prepared to finish her, Giyu sensed her injury and raced toward them.

• Kanae attacked Doma, but he blocked her strike and unleashed ice crystals that forced her to flee while holding her breath.
• Doma pursued Kanae through the courtyard with ice vines and freezing mist, wounding her shoulder as she struggled to evade him.
• Giyu searched Doma’s study for information about Muzan and the Infinity Castle, but found only a diary describing Doma’s victims.
• Giyu detected Kanae’s Flower Breathing and her injury with the Transparent World, then smashed through the study wall and sped toward the courtyard.

Giyu Tomioka arrived in time to protect Kanae and confronted Doma, demanding Muzan Kibutsuji’s whereabouts. After defeating Doma’s Blood Demon Art with a single sword strike, Giyu killed him and told Muzan he was waiting for a fight.

• Giyu burst into the courtyard and kicked Doma through several structures before shielding the exhausted Kanae.
• Giyu demanded to know where Muzan Kibutsuji was hiding, but Doma refused to reveal his location.
• Doma summoned his Water Lily Bodhisattva and warned Kanae and Giyu about its poisonous ice crystals.
• Giyu shattered the giant ice bodhisattva with one sword strike and seized Doma as he tried to escape.
• Giyu taunted Muzan through Doma, then beheaded Doma and turned back to Kanae.

Giyu sent Kanae away to the Butterfly Mansion before preparing to face Muzan alone. He waited in the town, betting that Muzan's fear and suspicion would keep him from attacking, while keeping an escape plan ready.

• Giyu told Kanae that she would be a liability against Muzan and ordered her to return to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Kanae agreed to leave after Giyu promised he would come back alive, then departed for a safe route out of town.
• Giyu used the Transparent World to confirm Kanae had reached safety before continuing to plan over his ramen.
• Giyu reasoned that Muzan might mistake his solitary challenge for a trap, but prepared to flee if Muzan arrived with the remaining Twelve Kizuki.
• Giyu left the ramen shop, sat in an open space with his Nichirin Blade across his knees, and waited for Muzan.

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.