Chapter Summaries

Giyu Tomioka brutally wears down Demon Tanjiro with a midair barrage, but Tanjiro compresses his remaining power and prepares to self-destruct. Giyu evacuates the Hashira with a massive Water Breathing attack as Tanjiro explodes, leaving the Ubuyashiki estate’s mountain engulfed in fire and ruin.

• Giyu ambushes Tanjiro with a crushing punch, then repeatedly kicks him through the air while the Hashira watch.
• Tanjiro realizes his energy is running out and compresses the Demon King's Blood in his body, preparing to self-destruct.
• Giyu uses Transparent World: Future Sight and sees that Tanjiro's explosion will destroy the mountain and kill everyone nearby.
• Giyu lands before the Hashira, draws his Nichirin Blade, and unleashes Water Breathing, First Form—Water Surface Slash: Secret Art, Towering Tsunami.
• Giyu's torrent sweeps the Hashira several thousand meters away just before Tanjiro explodes, destroying the mountain and turning the estate into a burning ruin.

After Tanjiro’s explosive rampage destroyed the Ubuyashiki Estate, Giyu emerged from the flames unharmed and carrying the unconscious boy. Seeing Tanjiro survive even his injuries, Sanemi gave up on trying to kill him.

• Sanemi, Tengen, Obanai, and the others surveyed the ruined estate after Giyu’s flood and Tanjiro’s explosion.
• Kagaya and Amane worried over the destruction of their ancestral home, but Kagaya accepted the loss as long as Giyu and Tanjiro were safe.
• Gyomei sensed movement, and Giyu walked out of the flames carrying the unconscious Tanjiro.
• Sabito and Kanae rushed to check on Giyu, while the other Hashira gathered around the badly injured but healing Tanjiro.
• Sanemi sheathed his sword, declared that he could not kill Tanjiro, and quit trying.

After Tanjiro’s overwhelming durability forced the Hashira to abandon their objections, Kagaya approved him as a human and a Demon Slayer Corps swordsman in training. While Tanjiro remained unconscious, Shinobu and Tamayo subjected him to risky medical tests at the Butterfly Mansion.

• Sanemi, Tengen, and the other Hashira accepted that Tanjiro could not be killed and agreed he could serve as a weapon against Muzan.
• Kagaya moved the meeting to the Butterfly Mansion after the Ubuyashiki Estate grounds were flattened.
• Shinobu injected the unconscious Tanjiro with wisteria poison and sedative while Tamayo monitored him, and Tanjiro expelled black smoke.
• Kagaya asked the Hashira whether they objected to Tanjiro joining the Corps, and each Hashira expressed support or withheld opposition.
• Kagaya formally declared that Tanjiro had passed the Hashira Meeting’s special judgment and would remain human as a swordsman in training.

Kagaya placed Tanjiro’s recovery, training, and safety under Giyu’s supervision, then dismissed the exhausted Hashira. After the others left, Kanae openly embraced Giyu while Sabito complained about being forced to witness their affection, and Giyu invited Sabito to dinner.

• Kagaya entrusted Giyu with responsibility for Tanjiro’s recovery, training, and safety in the Demon Slayer Corps.
• The Hashira hurried out of the meeting room after Kagaya ended the gathering.
• Kanae pounced into Giyu’s arms and declared that she loved him while Sabito protested from nearby.
• Kanae called Sabito her senior fellow apprentice and said their connections made them family.
• Giyu asked Kanae to let go, then invited Sabito to join them for dinner.
• Sabito silently lamented that he was already full from watching Giyu and Kanae flirt.

In Tanjiro’s consciousness, he confronted the demon personality who had taken control of his body and demanded to know why he had lost control. After learning the demon had emerged as a substitute to bear the pain Tanjiro could not withstand, Tanjiro decided he was responsible for the demon as his guardian, leaving Demon Tanjiro furious and horrified by the sudden change.

• Tanjiro confronted Demon Tanjiro in the consciousness space and accused him of losing control and nearly making him kill the Hashira.
• Demon Tanjiro explained that he was a newborn substitute personality created because Tanjiro could not withstand Muzan Kibutsuji’s blood and its painful effects.
• Tanjiro realized he was responsible for the demon’s existence and began treating him like a child in need of a guardian.
• Tanjiro apologized and promised to teach Demon Tanjiro right from wrong with love and patience.
• Demon Tanjiro reacted with disgust and angrily told Tanjiro to shut up.

Tanjiro woke in the Butterfly Mansion and reconciled with Giyu after their shared apologies. Giyu told him the Corps would use him as bait for Muzan, urged him to tame the demon within, and sent him to Mount Sagiri to see his family.

• Tanjiro woke in the ward and found Giyu waiting with food.
• Tanjiro and Giyu apologized to each other, and Tanjiro thanked Giyu for saving him.
• Giyu told Tanjiro that Oyakata-sama planned to use his immunity to sunlight as bait to lure Muzan, and Tanjiro agreed.
• Giyu advised Tanjiro to speak with and tame the demon inside him so he could become strong enough to face an Upper Rank.
• Giyu told Tanjiro to go to Mount Sagiri the next morning because his family was there, and Tanjiro prepared to return to his consciousness space.

Tanjiro asked the demon consciousness inside him to lend him power so he could survive the dangers ahead, but learned that using it would overwhelm him with hunger for human flesh. He left determined to train until he could control that power, while the demon consciousness secretly looked forward to his progress.

• Tanjiro visited his spiritual space and asked the demon consciousness to lend him some of its power.
• Tanjiro explained that Giyu Tomioka had told him he would serve as bait and that he planned to train at Mount Sagiri.
• The demon consciousness warned Tanjiro that even a small amount of demon power would overwhelm his human body and turn him into a ravenous monster.
• The demon consciousness said Tanjiro could borrow its power once his human strength reached Upper Rank level and his will could defeat the hunger.
• Tanjiro thanked the demon consciousness and vowed to grow strong before leaving the spiritual space.
• The demon consciousness watched Tanjiro depart and quietly hoped he would return stronger soon.

Kanae and Giyu shared an intimate evening at the Butterfly Mansion while discussing Tanjiro’s recovery and Giyu’s upcoming trip to Mount Sagiri. As Giyu prepared to leave with Tanjiro for months of training, Kanae decided to take their relationship further and tore open his yukata.

• Giyu returned to his room and found Kanae waiting for him in a revealing silk slip.
• Giyu told Kanae that Tamayo’s medicine had suppressed the demon blood in Tanjiro and that Tanjiro was mentally stable.
• Giyu explained that he would take Tanjiro to Mount Sagiri the next morning and supervise his training, leaving Kanae without him for months.
• Kanae climbed onto Giyu’s lap and ripped open his yukata.

Kanae and Giyu spent the night together before Giyu was due to leave, but his strength and rapid recovery left Kanae exhausted. By morning, Giyu was refreshed and Kanae had to return to work.

• Kanae told Giyu she no longer wanted to wait, and he accepted her advances.
• Kanae initially guided Giyu, but he quickly adapted and overwhelmed her with his stamina.
• Near dawn, Kanae rested in Giyu's arms, and he noticed blood on the sheet; she reassured him that she was not hurt.
• Giyu asked Kanae to continue after recovering his strength, and she protested that she could not endure more.
• When the sun rose, Kanae returned to work while Giyu dressed and left the guest room feeling refreshed.

Tanjiro prepared to leave the Butterfly Mansion with Giyu for Mount Sagiri, but the mansion’s farewell gifts and attention were all directed at Giyu. As they were about to depart, Shinobu wondered where her sister was.

• Tanjiro eagerly opened his arms for a farewell hug, but Kiyo, Sumi, and Naho hurried past him to give Giyu food, tea, and medicine.
• Tanjiro realized the farewell preparations were for Giyu and sulked over being overlooked.
• Shinobu wished Giyu a safe journey and warned him to watch what he said and how he acted.
• Shinobu pushed Kanao into bowing to Giyu on her behalf, and Giyu accepted the farewell gifts.
• As Giyu prepared to leave with Tanjiro, Shinobu looked around and asked where her sister was.

Shinobu questioned Giyu about Kanae, but his guilty, evasive behavior only made her more suspicious before he hurriedly left with Tanjiro. Shinobu went to check on her sister and found Kanae asleep in a wrecked room, covered in suspicious marks.

• Shinobu asked Giyu where Kanae had gone, and Giyu nervously denied knowing.
• Giyu grabbed Tanjiro and rushed away, leaving Shinobu puzzled by his red ears and suspicious behavior.
• Shinobu imagined Kanae heartbroken over Giyu and carried breakfast to her room.
• Shinobu opened Kanae's door and dropped the tray when she saw the disordered room.
• Shinobu found Kanae sleeping beneath a sheet with reddish marks scattered across her skin.

Shinobu discovered that Kanae had spent the night with Giyu and learned how satisfied her sister was. Kanae teased Shinobu about joining them, and Shinobu fell asleep beside her while secretly wondering about Giyu.

• Shinobu found Kanae asleep in bed and heard her murmur Giyu's name, leading her to assume they had spent the night together.
• Kanae woke and enthusiastically told Shinobu that Giyu had kept her awake all night using Total Concentration: Constant Breathing Style.
• Shinobu protested that Kanae had gotten a head start, explaining that the sisters had agreed to pursue Giyu together.
• Kanae hugged Shinobu and asked her to help share the burden of Giyu's strength, then fell asleep with Shinobu beside her.
• Shinobu blushed and quietly wondered whether Giyu was really as impressive as Kanae claimed before closing her eyes.

Tanjiro reunited with Nezuko and the rest of the Kamado family at Mount Sagiri after Giyu brought him safely to Sakonji Urokodaki. During the reunion dinner, Tanjiro secretly worried that his demon blood remained dangerous despite being suppressed by Tamayo’s medicine.

• Giyu brought Tanjiro to Mount Sagiri and entrusted his special training to Sakonji Urokodaki.
• Nezuko rushed out of the cabin, and Tanjiro embraced her before reuniting with Kie, Takeo, Delia, and Shigeru.
• The Kamado family shared a warm dinner with Sakonji Urokodaki and Giyu, while Kie repeatedly thanked Giyu and filled his bowl with food.
• Tanjiro worried that Tamayo’s medicine had only suppressed his demon blood and feared his family would learn he could still lose control.

Tanjiro shared a warm dinner with his family while Giyu kept quiet about the secrets surrounding Tanjiro's recovery. Afterward, Tanjiro asked Sakonji Urokodaki to train him in Water Breathing, but Urokodaki flatly refused.

• Tanjiro silently begged Giyu not to reveal what had happened at the Hashira Meeting, and Giyu chose not to expose him.
• Nezuko, Takeo, Delia, Shigeru, and Kie welcomed Tanjiro with a warm family dinner, while Giyu ate three pots of rice.
• Tanjiro vowed to protect his family's happiness and prepared for training outside the cabin on Mount Sagiri.
• Tanjiro prostrated himself before Sakonji Urokodaki and pleaded to become his disciple and learn Water Breathing.
• Sakonji Urokodaki rejected Tanjiro's request, leaving him stunned.

Tanjiro was rejected as Urokodaki’s disciple, but Giyu explained that he had brought him to learn to use Sun Breathing properly. Urokodaki began Tanjiro’s deadly Mount Sagiri training, and Tanjiro spent the morning struggling through its traps.

• Urokodaki refused to teach Tanjiro Water Breathing because Giyu had ordered him not to.
• Tanjiro begged Giyu to take him as his Tsuguko, but Giyu rejected him and explained that Tanjiro already had a foundation in Sun Breathing.
• Urokodaki agreed to train Tanjiro, then warned him that Mount Sagiri would be hell.
• At dawn, Urokodaki told Tanjiro to run to Mount Sagiri’s peak and back before sunset while avoiding traps.
• Tanjiro triggered a bamboo trap on his third step and spent the morning dodging deadly traps across the mountain.

Tanjiro endured a brutal mountain run, sparring with Sakonji Urokodaki, and Giyu Tomioka’s demand for three thousand sword swings, discovering that extreme strain activated his demon body’s rapid recovery. After his siblings comforted him, his renewed enthusiasm prompted Giyu to raise tomorrow’s training target to five thousand swings.

• Tanjiro returned from the mountain run, but Sakonji Urokodaki immediately attacked and sparred with him for half an hour.
• Giyu Tomioka ordered Tanjiro to complete three thousand sword swings or go without dinner.
• As Tanjiro struggled through the swings, his demon body rapidly healed his hands and restored his strength, allowing him to continue faster.
• Nezuko and Tanjiro’s other siblings welcomed him home, cleaned him up, and helped ease his soreness.
• Inspired by his family’s care, Tanjiro loudly declared he could do even a million swings, and Giyu decided to assign him five thousand the next day.

Giyu Tomioka demonstrated all twelve Sun Breathing techniques to Tanjiro Kamado on Mount Sagiri. Tanjiro began his grueling training by practicing each technique’s sword swings one hundred times before sunset.

• Giyu explained that Tanjiro’s unusual body meant Water Breathing could not use his strengths and said he needed to awaken the power in his bones.
• Giyu demonstrated all twelve Sun Breathing techniques with a Red Nichirin Blade, melting the snow across the training ground.
• Tanjiro marveled at Giyu’s skill and argued with the demon consciousness in his mind, insisting he had memorized the techniques and would master Sun Breathing.
• Tanjiro asked to begin practicing, and Giyu ordered him to perform the swing patterns of all twelve techniques one hundred times each before sunset.

After Giyu effortlessly disarmed Tanjiro in their first combat test, Tanjiro regained his resolve and asked the demon consciousness in his mental space to lend him its dangerous power. The demon was stunned by Tanjiro’s request, leaving their agreement unresolved.

• Tanjiro attacked Giyu with Sun Breathing’s First Form, but Giyu deflected his strike and sent his sword flying without moving his feet.
• Giyu awkwardly tried to comfort the discouraged Tanjiro by telling him he still had plenty of room to improve.
• By evening, Tanjiro recovered his resolve, retrieved his sword, and asked Giyu to fight him again.
• Tanjiro closed his eyes and entered his mental space to ask the demon consciousness to lend him its strength.
• Tanjiro promised he would resist the power’s dangers and said he believed in the demon, leaving it speechless.

Tanjiro borrowed five percent of the demon's power and fought Giyu Tomioka during training, finally forcing him to step back half a pace. The power overwhelmed Tanjiro with hunger, and Giyu knocked him unconscious before he could attack further.

• Tanjiro agreed to borrow five percent of the demon's power, with the condition that he cut their mental link if he wanted to eat meat.
• Tanjiro unleashed demon aura fused with Sun Breathing and attacked Giyu Tomioka, who blocked his strikes while giving him advice.
• Tanjiro pushed past his exhaustion and used a feint followed by a rising slash that forced Giyu to scrape half a step backward.
• Giyu praised Tanjiro's final strike, but Tanjiro's hunger overwhelmed his reason and he lunged at Giyu with his teeth bared.
• Giyu slipped behind Tanjiro and struck the back of his neck with his scabbard, knocking him unconscious in the snow.

Tanjiro Kamado completed Giyu Tomioka’s sword-swinging training on Mount Sagiri, and Giyu left after a farewell with the Kamado family. An urgent summons brought Giyu to the Ubuyashiki Estate, where Obanai Iguro followed him, furious after being ignored.

• Tanjiro Kamado finished ten thousand sword swings, and Giyu praised him and urged him to honor the Water Breathing lineage.
• Kie Kamado gave Giyu a warm rice ball, and Nezuko asked him to visit again before he departed Mount Sagiri.
• Kanzaburo delivered an urgent order from the Master, and Giyu hurried to the Ubuyashiki Estate.
• Obanai Iguro mocked Giyu as he arrived, but Giyu gave him only a brief nod and continued toward Oyakata-sama’s room.
• Obanai Iguro grew furious that Giyu ignored him and followed him, vowing to make him pay on the mission.