Chapter Summaries

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho teased Tomioka Giyu for working at the festival to earn enough money for rent and travel after his luggage was stolen. Giyu agreed to join them at the Kocho family home after the festival, while Yuko and Shinobu shared their ice cream and talked about Yuko eating Muzan’s flesh.

• Yuko teased Tomioka Giyu about being taken in by Aunt after he was left helpless, and Giyu calmly agreed with her description.
• Shinobu Kocho asked how long Giyu planned to work, and he said he would continue until the day after tomorrow because he needed money for rent.
• Yuko offered to lend Giyu money, then reminded him that guests at the Kocho family home would not need to pay rent.
• Giyu realized his savings would be enough and said he would find Yuko and Shinobu after the festival, then returned to help Aunt at the stall.
• Yuko called Giyu an idiot, and Shinobu Kocho stole a bite of Yuko’s ice cream before inviting her to taste hers.
• Yuko ate from Shinobu’s ice cream and explained that Muzan’s flesh was broken down in her mouth, though it tasted awful.

Shinobu mistook Yuko’s dark joke about eating meat as a sign of pain, then realized Yuko truly did not see her demonhood as something to mourn. The two argued over ice cream, and Shinobu ended by asking Yuko to buy them both another one.

• Yuko joked about disliking meat, prompting Shinobu to apologize for her supposed suffering.
• Yuko revealed she had been joking and said that, as a demon, she enjoyed eating meat, leaving Shinobu speechless.
• Shinobu angrily took a large bite of Yuko’s ice cream, and Yuko swallowed the small piece Shinobu still held.
• Yuko apologized and offered to buy another ice cream, while Shinobu told her not to joke about things that might make her sad.
• Shinobu asked Yuko to buy ice cream for both of them, and Yuko accepted the money.

At the Summer Festival, Shinobu Kocho worried that her temper had become too harsh, but Yuko reassured her that her anger came from concern. After watching the portable shrine procession, they planned to see the midnight fireworks from a small mountain outside the city, though Yuko hesitated at the climb.

• Shinobu Kocho pulled Yuko along and asked whether she had a terrible personality, and Yuko explained that Shinobu had only been angry out of concern for her.
• Yuko took Shinobu Kocho's hand, and they continued enjoying the Summer Festival together.
• Yuko and Shinobu Kocho moved aside for the repaired portable shrine procession, and Shinobu said the festival made her feel that the Demon Slayer Corps' struggles had been worthwhile.
• Shinobu Kocho suggested watching the midnight fireworks from the small mountain where Muichiro had chopped down trees.
• Yuko balked at climbing a mountain at night, but Shinobu Kocho said she wanted to see the fireworks and looked at Yuko pleadingly.

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho climbed a mountain to watch the summer festival fireworks, where their teasing gave way to a quiet moment together. When Shinobu leaned in for a kiss, Yuko panicked and accidentally knocked their foreheads together.

• Yuko and Shinobu Kocho used their Breathing Techniques to reach the mountaintop in just over ten minutes.
• Shinobu showed Yuko the city view, and the two watched the fireworks begin and agreed they were beautiful.
• Shinobu teased Yuko by brushing her hair across Yuko's face until Yuko opened her eyes.
• Yuko lay beside Shinobu and looked at the wooden flute Kokushibo had given her, thinking about Kokushibo and Yoriichi's deaths.
• Shinobu leaned toward Yuko, but Yuko closed her eyes and accidentally slammed her forehead into Shinobu's.
• Shinobu sat up, holding her forehead with a gloomy expression.

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho reconciled after Yuko’s clumsy mistake, shared a kiss beneath the fireworks, and teased each other about romance. Shinobu Kocho challenged Yuko’s romantic skills, only to be left speechless by Yuko’s proud, awkward peck on her cheek.

• Yuko apologized after accidentally upsetting Shinobu Kocho, who laughed and then kissed her beneath the fireworks.
• Shinobu Kocho forgave Yuko, and they lay together watching the fireworks as Yuko called them beautiful because Shinobu was there.
• Shinobu Kocho compared Yuko’s romantic behavior unfavorably to Inosuke’s, and Yuko protested that she was better than him.
• Shinobu Kocho said she would not need to be so proactive if Yuko were as shameless as Zenitsu, provoking Yuko to press her down and peck her cheek.
• Shinobu Kocho wiped her cheek and felt speechless when Yuko proudly asked how she had done.

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho teased each other after the fireworks ended, then Yuko used her Blood Demon Art to create platforms in midair so they could descend from the mountain together. They reached the city outskirts safely, where Yuko kept her ability out of sight.

• Yuko tried to kiss Shinobu Kocho, but Shinobu bit her and teased her for being clumsy.
• Shinobu Kocho told Yuko that she liked her, and they bickered about missing the rest of the fireworks.
• Yuko stepped off the cliff and revealed that her Blood Demon Art could create platforms beneath her feet.
• Shinobu Kocho joined Yuko in descending through the air, using her Breathing Technique to leap between the platforms.
• Yuko and Shinobu Kocho reached the city outskirts, and Yuko used her Blood Demon Art in an uninhabited corner to avoid being seen.

Yuko teased Shinobu Kocho by removing the platforms beneath her, then caught her when she jumped down and carried her toward the city. Shinobu Kocho grew embarrassed as pedestrians watched them arrive, though burying her face against Yuko’s chest brought an unexpected distraction.

• Yuko withdrew the platforms beneath Shinobu Kocho, but Shinobu twisted in midair and landed safely on a branch.
• Shinobu Kocho jumped toward Yuko, who caught her and found that Shinobu had wrapped her arms around her neck.
• Yuko carried Shinobu Kocho toward the city while Shinobu insisted she was too angry to walk.
• Shinobu Kocho asked Yuko to put her down, but Yuko pretended not to hear and kept carrying her toward the city gate.
• Pedestrians noticed Yuko carrying Shinobu Kocho, who buried her face against Yuko’s chest and became distracted by its size.

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho left the Summer Festival and spotted Tamayo and Yushiro together at a jewelry stall. Yuko let them leave without interrupting, then remembered she still needed to ask Tamayo about the human transformation medicine.

• After setting Shinobu Kocho down, Yuko walked with her toward the Kocho family's home as the festival wound down.
• Yuko spotted Yushiro placing a hairpin in Tamayo's hair and smiled at their closeness.
• Tamayo noticed Yuko across the crowd but chose not to approach, and she and Yushiro headed home.
• Shinobu Kocho noticed Yuko staring behind them, and Yuko said they should continue back.
• Yuko remembered she needed to ask Tamayo about the human transformation medicine and decided to write to her later.

Shinobu Kocho and Yuko returned to the dark Kocho family house and prepared late-night ramen for the group still at the festival. Their attempts to make noodles turned into a mishap when a piece of dough struck Shinobu Kocho in the face, and Yuko struggled to stop laughing.

• Shinobu Kocho and Yuko found the Kocho family house empty and decided to make late-night snacks for the others.
• Shinobu Kocho chose ramen, and she and Yuko gathered flour, leftover chashu, and other toppings.
• Shinobu Kocho kept adjusting the flour and water while estimating how many people, including Mr. Himejima’s children, would need to eat.
• Yuko finished preparing the toppings while Shinobu Kocho struggled to pull the oversized dough.
• Yuko took over the dough, accidentally smacked Shinobu Kocho in the face with it, and failed to finish apologizing without laughing.

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho finished preparing ramen after Shinobu smeared flour on Yuko’s face in retaliation for teasing her. Worried that the others had not returned from the festival, Shinobu dragged Yuko toward the entrance, where they heard the group approaching.

• Shinobu Kocho smeared flour on Yuko’s cheeks and insisted that she keep the makeup on as punishment.
• Yuko and Shinobu Kocho finished making the ramen, then noticed it was past one in the morning.
• Shinobu Kocho worried that the others might have gone to a hotel and decided to go find them, pulling Yuko along.
• Yuko reconsidered Shinobu Kocho’s concern, imagining how worried she would be if her own sisters stayed out late with their boyfriends.
• Yuko and Shinobu Kocho heard Kanroji Mitsuri, Uzui Tengen, and Iguro arguing about a magician’s pigeon trick outside the door.

Kanae and the Demon Slayer Corps returned to the Kocho home late after enjoying the festival, where Shinobu’s gloomy expression frightened them. Yuko helped smooth things over and offered the hungry group ramen.

• Yuko realized Shinobu was upset because Kanae and the others had stayed out late.
• Kanae brought the festivalgoers back to the Kocho home after they played until one or two in the morning.
• The group fell silent when they saw Shinobu waiting in the courtyard, and Kanae apologized for returning late.
• Shinobu welcomed the children inside with a gentle smile, easing everyone’s tension.
• Yuko teased Kanae about enjoying the evening and offered ramen to the group.
• Inosuke eagerly demanded ramen, drawing the children’s attention.

The group gathered at the Kocho family home for late-night ramen and discussed their plans after leaving the Demon Slayer Corps. Yuko realized Tomioka Giyu was missing, then learned he was selling ice cream at the festival to earn money for a train ticket after his luggage was stolen.

• Kanae and Aoi Kanzaki cooked ramen while the group talked about their futures, including Kanroji Mitsuri and Iguro Obanai’s plan to open a restaurant.
• Uzui Tengen called out Zenitsu Agatsuma for squeaking and staring at him because he envied Tengen’s three wives.
• Yuko noticed someone was missing, and Tanjiro explained that Tomioka Giyu was helping an Aunt sell ice cream at the festival.
• Tanjiro revealed that Tomioka Giyu’s luggage had been stolen on the train, leaving him to earn money for a ticket; Sanemi Shinazugawa and Uzui Tengen laughed at him.
• Kanroji Mitsuri finished an enormous basin of ramen, and Iguro Obanai acknowledged that opening a restaurant was necessary to afford her appetite.

At the festival gathering, Kanroji Mitsuri accidentally ate the noodles left for hungry Tomioka Giyu, while the others teased him about supposedly begging for money. Yuko brought Giyu rice balls and leftover char siu, and he settled down to eat.

• Kanroji Mitsuri ate the bowl of noodles Kanae had meant for Tomioka Giyu before anyone could stop her.
• Tomioka Giyu arrived, and his stomach growled, revealing that he had not eaten at the festival.
• Yuko went to find food for Giyu, while Sanemi Shinazugawa and Uzui Tengen teased him about begging for money under a bridge.
• Tanjiro explained that he had only said Giyu was selling ice cream, and Giyu calmly accepted his explanation.
• Yuko returned with rice balls and leftover char siu, and Giyu thanked her before beginning to eat.

After helping prepare sleeping arrangements for the late-night guests, Yuko tried to settle down with Shinobu and the others, but Mitsuri interrupted them with a pillow fight. The chapter ended as Shinobu rose to address Mitsuri.

• Uzui Tengen questioned Sanemi Shinazugawa about why he had not picked a fight with Yuko, and Sanemi brushed him off.
• Yuko helped Shinobu Kocho finish laying out bedding, then Shinobu held on to Yuko to cool off instead of calling the children to bed.
• Kanae entered without knocking, then told the group to wash up and rest once the rooms were ready.
• Himejima Gyomei arrived with the children, and Shinobu assigned him the largest room while the others split into rooms by family and gender.
• Yuko tried to sleep beside Shinobu, Nezuko, Kanao, and Aoi Kanzaki, but Kanroji Mitsuri burst in and challenged everyone to a pillow fight.
• Yuko dodged Mitsuri's thrown pillow as Shinobu stood up and began to warn her.

A pillow fight that began when Kanroji Mitsuri accidentally hit Shinobu Kocho spread through the dormitories and kept everyone up until dawn. Shinobu later woke to find Mitsuri beside her, still dreaming about sakura mochi.

• Shinobu Kocho challenged Kanroji Mitsuri to a pillow fight after Mitsuri hit her, and Mitsuri reluctantly fought back.
• Mitsuri’s pillow struck Kanao and Aoi Kanzaki, prompting Aoi to bring out more pillows and intensify the fight.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa was hit by a stray pillow, then joined the battle with the pillows from his room.
• Kyojuro joined the fight and hit Iguro Obanai, who went outside carrying the blankets after finding his room out of pillows.
• The pillow fight spread throughout the dormitories, including the nursery, and continued until dawn.
• Shinobu woke beside Mitsuri, who was sleep-talking about not wanting more sakura mochi.

Shinobu woke to find Yuko and Kanae making sushi, then mistakenly thought Kanae was preparing to leave. Kanae reassured Shinobu and Kanao that she was staying, after Yuko helped clear up the misunderstanding.

• Shinobu woke after the late-night pillow fight and found Yuko making sushi in the kitchen.
• Yuko told Shinobu she had gone to the market for ingredients and had not needed to sleep.
• Shinobu praised the sushi and suggested Yuko take over cooking, but Kanae revealed that she had helped make it.
• Yuko teased Kanae about leaving, making Shinobu worry that her sister would move away to be with Sanemi.
• Yuko reminded Shinobu that Kanae could live nearby and visit, calming Shinobu before Kanao overheard and grew worried too.
• Kanae eventually reassured both Shinobu and the more sensitive Kanao that she would not leave them.

After the Summer Festival, Tanjiro’s family left the Kocho household, and life gradually settled into a quieter routine as the clinic grew busier and Yuko spent six months with Shinobu Kocho and the others. The chapter ended with Kanae dressing the Little Trio in New Year outfits before their shrine visit.

• The Hashira and their guests shared lunch and recalled the chaotic Pillow Fight that had kept them awake through the night.
• The Summer Festival ended, and Tanjiro’s family prepared to leave; Inosuke admitted he had taken Yuko’s notebook from Tanjiro’s luggage.
• Yuko let Tanjiro keep the notebook, and she quietly encouraged him to visit again with the people behind her in mind.
• After the guests departed, the Kocho clinic grew more popular while Sanemi Shinazugawa spent much of his time near Kanae.
• Six months passed, and Kanae dressed the Little Trio in New Year outfits for a visit to the shrine.

Yuko, Shinobu, Kanae, and the others dressed in kimono and visited a shrine together for the New Year. As they waited to pray, Shinobu questioned whether the gods could grant wishes, drawing disapproving looks from nearby visitors.

• Shinobu dressed Yuko in a black yukata and a silver hairpin, while Kanae helped the others get ready.
• Kanae led the family to meet Sanemi Shinazugawa and Genya, who were waiting outside in kimono.
• The group walked through the decorated, snowy streets to the shrine after the first rush of New Year visitors had passed.
• Kanae explained the custom of visiting the shrine first, and the others teased her about her cold breakfast from an earlier morning.
• While they waited in line, Shinobu questioned whether the gods could grant wishes, and Yuko wished to get rich overnight.
• Shinobu's remarks about the gods drew hostile looks from the visitors, while Yuko reflected that few members of the Demon Slayer Corps believed in them.

Yuko and the Kocho family celebrated the new year by visiting a shrine and shopping, then spent the evening at home. Over dinner, they agreed to visit Tanjiro and Nezuko, while Yuko and Shinobu quietly considered Kanao’s feelings for Tanjiro.

• Yuko prayed for Tamayo to develop the human-transformation medicine, then followed Shinobu Kocho and the others on a long New Year’s shopping trip.
• After returning to the Kocho family home, Yuko teased Sanemi Shinazugawa about proposing to Kanae, embarrassing him and prompting Kanae to object.
• Yuko prepared dinner for the household and the Shinazugawa brothers.
• Shinobu Kocho suggested visiting Tanjiro and Nezuko, and Kanae agreed because Tanjiro had been kind to them.
• Yuko and Shinobu Kocho noticed Kanao’s reaction to Tanjiro’s name and exchanged knowing smiles.

Yuko and the others visited Tanjiro and Nezuko in town, where the families reunited and reminisced about the past. Zenitsu confronted Tanjiro for teasing him, while Old Master Kuwajima raised his cane behind him.

• Tanjiro greeted Yuko and the visitors, and Shinobu Kocho remarked on how much he resembled Yoriichi.
• Yuko teased Tanjiro about asking after Kanae before greeting Kanao, then explained that Kanae had stayed behind with a white-haired boy.
• Yuko, Shinobu Kocho, and the others entered the Kamado home, where Kie Kamado and the children welcomed them.
• The group warmed themselves inside and talked about charcoal, trains, and Tanjiro's embarrassing behavior on the Infinity Train.
• Zenitsu rushed in and grabbed Tanjiro by the collar for badmouthing him as Old Master Kuwajima raised his cane behind him.