Chapter Summaries

Yuko pretended that a deep cut proved she had turned human, and Shinobu treated the wound while seeing through her clumsy deception. As Yuko comforted Shinobu about her feelings over their difference in lifespan, Shinobu reassured her that she had done nothing wrong.

• Yuko secretly kept her wound from healing and told Shinobu and the Little Trio that she had turned human.
• The Little Trio celebrated Yuko’s return to humanity, while Shinobu recognized that Yuko had cut herself to make the claim convincing.
• After Yuko bathed, Shinobu changed her dressing, scolded her for cutting herself, and agreed to help maintain the story that the wound came from Muzan.
• Shinobu gazed at Yuko as she dried her hair, then accidentally bumped into her and admitted that Yuko seemed more real now.
• Yuko embraced Shinobu and apologized for overlooking her feelings, and Shinobu held her back and said Yuko had done nothing wrong.

Yuko comforted Shinobu Kocho, who secretly admired Yuko’s body after she returned to human form, and the two teased each other about their feelings and chores. Shinobu went to bathe, leaving Yuko wondering whether to flee before Shinobu made good on her suggestive threat.

• Yuko embraced Shinobu Kocho and reassured her, while Shinobu enjoyed the closeness and thought about Yuko’s figure.
• Yuko noticed Shinobu’s racing heartbeat and worried that Shinobu had discovered her secret thoughts, but realized Shinobu was staring at her damp pajamas.
• Shinobu praised Yuko’s beauty, and Yuko proudly agreed that she was beautiful.
• Yuko asked Shinobu to make breakfast while her hands recovered, prompting Shinobu to jokingly declare that Yuko should be her slave.
• Shinobu went to bathe and teased Yuko about what might happen afterward, while Yuko considered hiding in the Little Trio’s room.

After Shinobu Kocho tickled Yuko to punish her, she accidentally reopened Yuko’s injured hand and became distraught. Yuko reassured Shinobu that she liked her as she was, and Shinobu agreed to take over the housework until Yuko healed.

• Shinobu Kocho returned from her bath and pulled the covers from Yuko, then tickled her while the Little Trio listened from next door.
• Yuko begged Shinobu Kocho to stop, but Shinobu accidentally poked the wound on Yuko’s hand and made it bleed again.
• Shinobu Kocho apologized and treated Yuko’s hand while Yuko comforted her and said she liked both her gentle and short-tempered sides.
• Yuko suggested Shinobu Kocho handle the housework until her wound healed, and Shinobu agreed.

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho bickered as Shinobu cared for Yuko’s injured hand, then Shinobu noticed Yuko’s body was unusually cold. After Yuko explained it away, Shinobu wrapped herself around her, and Yuko realized she would not be going to sleep early.

• Shinobu Kocho suspected Yuko had used her injured hand to avoid housework, then squeezed Yuko’s cheeks when she teased her.
• Yuko pretended to be hurt and hid under the quilt, but Shinobu Kocho uncovered her and lay beside her.
• Shinobu Kocho felt Yuko’s cold body, and Yuko claimed the transformation medicine had not fully taken effect or that she was naturally cold.
• Yuko urged Shinobu Kocho to sleep, but Shinobu wrapped herself around Yuko and kissed her.

Yuko enjoyed her new human life with Shinobu Kocho, whose care extended to feeding her an oversized breakfast and indulging her requests. After Kanae scolded Yuko for injuring herself to prove she had changed back, Yuko found that her bandaged hand gave her an excuse to let Shinobu wait on her.

• Yuko opened the window, then joined Shinobu Kocho and the Little Trio for an oversized breakfast of pork-bone ramen.
• Shinobu Kocho insisted that Yuko finish her noodles, and Yuko ate the entire basin before Shinobu cleared the dishes.
• Yuko tended her vegetable garden, then walked with Shinobu Kocho to the clinic and talked about how Kanae and the others had reacted to her becoming human again.
• Kanae scolded Yuko for using self-harm to prove herself, but Yuko decided the choice had been worthwhile.
• Yuko used her bandaged hand to ask Shinobu Kocho for water and fruit, and Shinobu happily fulfilled her requests.

Yuko teased Shinobu Kocho about her healing hand, but Shinobu caught on and punished her with relentless tickling. The chapter ended with Shinobu resuming after Yuko faked a coughing fit to escape.

• Yuko asked Shinobu Kocho to fetch her another popsicle and pretended her wound hurt when Shinobu warned her not to overdo it.
• That evening, Shinobu Kocho found that Yuko's hand had nearly healed and confronted her about prolonging her recovery.
• Yuko tried to claim the wound was not healed, then attempted to flee when Shinobu Kocho threatened to punish her.
• Shinobu Kocho pinned Yuko down and tickled her until Yuko began coughing.
• Yuko claimed her lungs might still be injured, but Shinobu Kocho saw through the excuse and resumed tickling her.

Yuko settled into life at the Kocho family home, helping the clinic grow and eventually becoming a skilled doctor. As the younger generation joined the clinic and her reputation improved, she remained content with her markings because Shinobu liked how she looked.

• Yuko continued helping at the busy Kocho Medical Clinic as the Kocho and Kamado families stayed close and the Demon Slayer Corps members shared news of marriages and children.
• The Little Trio grew up, graduated from school, and began helping at the clinic, easing the workload on Kanae and Shinobu.
• Yuko studied medical texts and used her experience and Clear and Transparent World to treat patients, earning praise from Kanae and Shinobu.
• Patients began to regard Yuko more favorably after she became a doctor, despite their initial prejudice against her facial markings.
• Yuko accepted that she would keep her markings while Muzan remained alive and cared more about Shinobu thinking she looked good than other people's opinions.

Shinobu Kocho felt lonely and anxious about aging after the younger women in the household married and left. Yuko teased her about growing older, but the two remained together in their quieter home.

• Shinobu Kocho sighed over Kiyō Terauchi's recent marriage, and Yuko reminded her that children eventually left home.
• Shinobu Kocho lamented that the house had become quiet after Kanao, Aoi, and the Little Trio had moved out.
• Shinobu Kocho worried about wrinkles and aging, while Yuko joked that Sanemi Shinazugawa's wrinkles came from glaring.
• Yuko suggested that they drink Tamayo's blood to stay young, then reminded Shinobu Kocho that aging was natural.
• Shinobu Kocho responded to Yuko's teasing with a sweet smile and asked if her calm expression looked all right.

Yuko and Shinobu Kocho grew old together with Kanae and Sanemi, while the generations around them passed and their old friends gradually died. As Kanae’s spirit departed, Yuko let Shinobu and some of the family see her one last time.

• Yuko, Shinobu Kocho, Kanae, and Sanemi settled into retirement at the Kocho family home as their descendants grew up and the old generation lost touch with former friends.
• Sanemi died first, followed over time by Genya and others, while Yuko saw their souls leave the human world and comforted the grieving Shinobu Kocho.
• At Kanae’s spirit hall, Yuko wiped Shinobu Kocho’s tears, and Shinobu suddenly saw and spoke with her sister’s spirit.
• Yuko brushed the eyelids of The Little Trio and some descendants, allowing them to see Kanae and other departed loved ones.
• Kanae thanked Yuko as her spirit dispersed, while Shinobu and the others said their final goodbyes.

Yuko revealed her true appearance to Shinobu and stayed with her through the end of her human life. After Shinobu died of old age, Yuko left behind a letter and disappeared, watching the funeral from a distance.

• Kanae's soul appeared at the funeral, then vanished as Yuko and Shinobu watched.
• Yuko apologized to Shinobu and transformed from an old woman into her youthful appearance.
• Shinobu died of old age, and Yuko bid farewell to her soul after offering to turn her into a demon.
• Yuko tended the vegetable garden and sat beside Shinobu's body, preserving their memories before disappearing and leaving a letter that said, "Take care."
• Kanae's children and Kiyō Terauchi attended Shinobu's funeral while Yuko watched unseen from behind a tree.

Decades after the people she loved had died, Yuko visited Tamayo and Yushiro, struggling to hide her grief beneath jokes and casual conversation. She stayed with them as she mourned everyone who was gone.

• Yuko visited Tamayo and Yushiro after decades away, and Tamayo welcomed her into their home.
• Yuko joked about their modern appliances and Yushiro's portrait of Tamayo while Tamayo encouraged her to cry if she needed to.
• Yuko asked Yushiro to make egg fried rice, then smiled when he snapped at her as she had hoped he would.
• Yuko admitted that everyone, including Sanemi, Kanae, and Shinobu Kocho, was gone, and Tamayo asked Yushiro to prepare a room for her.
• Tamayo asked what Yuko wanted for dinner, but Yuko said she did not feel like eating anything.

Yuko, Yushiro, and Tamayo shared dinner and bickered over Yushiro’s painting of Tamayo, before Tamayo made Yuko bathe and then asked her to sleep beside her. The chapter ended with Tamayo seeking closeness with Yuko as she worried that time could not heal a wounded heart.

• Yuko praised Yushiro’s egg fried rice and asked whether he had painted the picture in the living room.
• Yushiro insisted that his painting could not capture Tamayo’s beauty, and Yuko asked why he had painted such an ugly picture and hung it there.
• Tamayo stopped their argument and made them sit down to finish their dinner.
• Tamayo prepared clean clothes and a towel for Yuko, who resisted bathing until Tamayo threatened to throw her out.
• After bathing, Yuko played with Tamayo’s hair dryer until Tamayo took it away and had Yushiro put it out of reach.
• Tamayo asked Yuko to sleep beside her that night.

Tamayo insisted that Yuko sleep beside her, and Yuko’s teasing and anxious antics gave way to a serious question about whether Tamayo thought she was pretending. The chapter ended with Yuko asking if she really seemed fake to Tamayo.

• Tamayo took a bath while Yuko teased Yushiro about his relationship with her.
• Tamayo refused to let Yuko sleep alone and dragged her into the bedroom, while Yushiro went to practice painting.
• Yuko hid in a corner and then rolled off Tamayo’s bed while wrapped in a blanket.
• Tamayo pulled Yuko back onto the bed and asked if she had relaxed.
• Tamayo held Yuko and told her she did not need to put on an act around her.
• Yuko wriggled out of Tamayo’s embrace and asked whether Tamayo really thought she was putting on an act.

Yuko grieved for Shinobu and the people she had lost, and Tamayo comforted her while urging her to keep living and return whenever she needed. After years of traveling alone, Yuko arrived near Tanjiro’s home and began climbing the mountain, wondering what had become of the place and the graves.

• Yuko broke down in Tamayo’s arms over the deaths of Shinobu and the others, and Tamayo reassured her that she would always be welcome at home.
• Tamayo coaxed Yuko into admitting she had not recovered, and Yuko stayed with Tamayo and Yushiro for more than half a month.
• Yuko left Tamayo’s home, hid her fear of loneliness, and promised herself she could return to freeload whenever she needed company.
• Yuko traveled for more than a decade without visiting Tamayo and Yushiro, sending only occasional letters to say she was well.
• Yuko recognized the mountain near Tanjiro’s home and climbed it, wondering whether the graves of Yoriichi and Kokushibo remained and whether Tanjiro’s descendants still lived there.

Yuko settled into the Kamado family's abandoned mountain home after tending the graves of her old companions. When Kamado descendants arrived, she saved their son Tanjiro from falling off a cliff and invited them to her home, where they began asking about her connection to the family.

• Yuko climbed to the deserted Kamado home, cleared the weeds from the graves, and apologized to Uta for arriving without offerings.
• Yuko decided to settle in the abandoned house, cleaned and repaired it, and lived there for more than half a year.
• Kamado Tanjiro ran along a dangerous cliff path, and Yuko caught him before he fell.
• Tanjiro called Yuko by name, and she confirmed to his mother and Kamado Kanata that her name was Yuko.
• Yuko told the family she lived in their abandoned house and described herself as a lifelong friend of the Kamado family.
• Yuko served the visitors wild tea as they looked around her home, and Tanjiro's mother asked whether she lived there alone.

Yuko hosted the Kamado family at their ancestral home, while Kanata grew suspicious of her and searched for proof that she was not human. When Yuko returned with a wild boar and called herself a Demon, Kanata denied that Demons could exist.

• Yuko told the Kamado mother that she had known the family's ancestors and invited her to pay respects while Yuko prepared lunch.
• Kanata secretly explored the house, found Yuko's Nichirin Blade, and nearly fell while trying to take it; Yuko caught him and returned the blade to the wall.
• Yuko served the family wild vegetables, then persuaded the mother to stay for dinner as the afternoon passed.
• Kanata returned and urged his mother to leave, saying Yuko might be a Demon, but she stayed because Yuko had invited them to dinner.
• Yuko returned from the woods dragging a wild boar, confirmed she was a Demon, and frightened the mother; Kanata challenged her claim and insisted Demons could not exist.

Yuko revealed that she was a demon to Kamado Kanata and his mother, then used an old photograph and her connection to their ancestors to reassure them. The family accepted her, and Yuko began preparing the wild boar for dinner using a Nichirin Blade as a spit.

• Yuko tried to calm Kamado Kanata and his mother, but Kanata insisted she prove she was a demon after realizing she had made an impossibly fast trip to buy seasoning.
• Tanjiro Kamado woke and said he already knew Yuko was a good demon because he had seen his ancestors' memories in a dream.
• Yuko revealed her horns, split golden pupils, and facial markings, while Tanjiro reminded his family that she appeared in their ancestral photograph.
• Yuko showed the family the photograph and explained that she was Tsugikuni Yuko, a demon who had known their ancestors since the Sengoku Era.
• Yuko and the woman processed the wild boar, and Yuko used a Nichirin Blade as a roasting spit after they could not find a suitable iron rack.

Yuko shared a meal and a night at the Kamado family’s former ancestral home with Kamado Kanata, Tanjiro, and their mother, revealing her Demon nature and performing the Dance of the Fire God. After breakfast the next morning, the family invited Yuko to live with them.

• Yuko explained to Kamado Kanata that she had once been human and still wished she could return to being one.
• Yuko performed the Dance of the Fire God while the woman recorded her, then shared roasted wild boar with the family.
• The family asked Yuko to tell them about her past friendship with the Kamado family, and she began recounting memories from the Sengoku Era.
• Yuko went into the city to buy breakfast, and the family ate soup dumplings before preparing to leave.
• The woman invited Yuko to live with her family.

Yuko agreed to leave her mountain home and move in with the Kamado family, then years later lived with them in the city. As the descendants of the Demon Slayer Corps went about their school lives, Zenitsu read his great-grandfather’s fictional account of the demon battles and arranged to meet Yuko.

• The woman invited Yuko to live with her family, and Yuko reluctantly accepted after she was persuaded by the woman’s kindness.
• Yuko packed her Nichirin Blade and belongings, then took Tanjiro Kamado and Kanata hunting, where the boys caught a wild boar.
• Yuko left the mountain with the family and, years later, worked at a laptop while Kanata tried to wake Tanjiro for school.
• Zenitsu Agatsuma read Great-Grandfather’s novel about the Demon Slayer Corps, and Tokō Agatsuma urged him to study for his exams.
• Zenitsu and Tokō saw news about Aoba Hashibira’s Blue Spider Lily research and met Kanata on their way to school.
• Zenitsu learned that Yuko could introduce Tokō to the painter Yushiro Yamamoto, then planned to visit Yuko after school; Tanjiro climbed out the window after waking late.

Yuko reflected on the Demon Slayer Corps members’ reincarnations and arranged for Tamayo and Yushiro to meet them. After Tanjiro got in trouble for reckless shortcuts to school, Yuko encountered several descendants and ended the chapter speaking with a schoolgirl who resembled someone from her past.

• Yuko told Tamayo she had seen people resembling Kanae, Shinobu, and other former companions, and arranged for Tamayo and Yushiro to meet Tokō.
• Tanjiro raced to school with Kyojuro, evading the police and vaulting over the school gate.
• Yuko answered a police officer’s call about Tanjiro and recognized the caller as Sanemi, then joked about the incident with Tanjiro’s mother.
• Yuko visited a ramen shop run by people resembling Mitsuri and Obanai, then passed a kindergarten teacher who resembled a former companion.
• Yuko returned a dessert coupon to a schoolgirl who resembled someone from her past, and the girl asked whether they could meet again.