Recaps

Shimizu advanced from Special Jonin to Demon Slayer, while expanding Hogg United’s power and confronting Batman, Ra’s al Ghul, and Gotham’s crises. After entering the Demon Slayer Corps, he found Tanjiro and Nezuko and traveled with them and Tomioka Giyu toward Corps headquarters.

• Shimizu helped Kurokawa’s squad destroy Konoha supply strongholds, learned that Tsunade might have hemophobia, and received his Special Jonin appointment.
• Shimizu sparred with Kaigaku, mastered Thunder Breathing’s six forms, and built the armored puppet White Warrior.
• Shimizu captured Scarecrow to obtain Fear Gas formulas, then joined forces with Harvey Dent to attack Penguin and rescue Mr. Freeze.
• Shimizu killed Solomon Grundy and offered to examine Nora, but Dr. Hugo Strange’s missile assault on Gotham led to a clash between Shimizu and Batman.
• Shimizu drew Ra’s al Ghul into appointing him a deputy leader of the League of Assassins, then passed Demon Slayer Final Selection and received Nezuko as his Kasugai Crow.
• Shimizu stopped a demon in Higashisaka Town and hurried toward the Kamado family, but found Tanjiro and Nezuko after Muzan had killed their family.
• Shimizu offered to teach Tanjiro in exchange for Hinokami Kagura, sparred with Tomioka Giyu, and traveled with them toward Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.

Shimizu advanced his Separation Breathing, helped restore Nora and defend Central City, and earned authority over Sunagakure’s canal project. The stretch ended with Shimizu and Victor preparing Solomon Grundy with freezing systems and restoring his lightning-charged heart.

• At the Hashira Meeting, Tanjiro demonstrated Hinokami Kagura, and the Pillars recognized it as the long-lost Sun Breathing while Kagaya agreed to protect Nezuko.
• Shimizu developed Separation Breathing and helped Sunagakure navigate the war, hire Kakuzu, agree to a ceasefire with Konoha, and secure a deal with Rōran.
• In Central City, Shimizu helped Victor and Katherine thaw and treat Nora, then used a modified White Warrior to destroy the Mechanical Warriors threatening the city.
• Shimizu sparred with Uzui Tengen and unveiled Separation Breathing’s Fifth Form, Wind Lightning Separation Storm, before Gyomei Himejima stopped their exhausted duel.
• The Third Kazekage promoted Shimizu to Jonin and appointed him deputy leader of a canal project linking the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain.
• Shimizu selected the Art of Heart’s Reflection and Scorching Sand Body from Sunagakure’s Secret Scroll of Sand, then worked with Victor to develop a Freeze Gun and prepare Solomon Grundy with freezing devices.
• Shimizu placed Solomon Grundy’s lightning-charged heart into his chest and pressed the switch as the floor descended on an elevator.

Shimizu became a Hashira, killed Doma and Gyokko during the Swordsmith Village attack, and found Blue Spider Lilies to investigate their properties. He also advanced the canal project and helped Hamilton become Gotham’s mayor, while signs of a wider threat emerged.

• Shimizu restored Solomon Grundy as a combat puppet, then chose Hamilton Hill as Hogg United’s candidate for Gotham mayor.
• After tracking Byakuya to avenge Uesugi Shirakawa, Shimizu killed him and joined Mitsuri Kanroji as the Separation Hashira.
• Shimizu repaired Yoriichi Type Zero and built Yoriichi Type One before Doma attacked him near Swordsmith Village.
• Shimizu awakened the Transparent World and killed Doma, then helped Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji defeat Gyokko.
• Shimizu and Sasori developed plans for chakra-powered puppets, while the Third Kazekage appointed Shimizu deputy leader of the Wind-Rain Nations Waterway System project.
• Shimizu negotiated with Hanzo over the canal survey, hired hydraulic engineering experts, and agreed to work with Jason Todd on Hamilton’s campaign.
• Shimizu helped organize Hashira training with Gyomei Himejima and Uzui Tengen, then found Blue Spider Lilies with Shinobu and began testing them with a daylight lamp and Scarlet Iron.
• Hamilton became Gotham’s mayor, Penguin was killed, and Bruce Wayne warned Shimizu that powerful people would oppose his efforts as Shimizu overheard Bruce and Commissioner Gordon discussing possible targets.

Shimizu helped close a portal to a doomed world, then navigated Sunagakure’s rising tensions with Konoha and advanced technology across several worlds. The arc ended as Zod demanded that Earth surrender Kal-El, forcing Shimizu and Lex Luthor to consider how humanity could defend itself.

• Shimizu, Batman, and Barry crossed into a dying alternate world and fought Cthulhu Batman to free Bruce Wayne, Jason, and Jewonni.
• Barry used the dark-matter Batarangs to close the portal, and the group returned to their world as the threat subsided.
• Shimizu and Pakura survived an assassination attempt during the alliance gathering between the Third Kazekage and Hanzo, and Sunagakure prepared to confront Konoha.
• Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s push for war, then learned that Hatake Sakumo had committed seppuku and blamed Danzo for his death.
• Shimizu helped Sunagakure set negotiation goals, and the village secured a favorable agreement with Konoha before appointing him captain of the Puppet Force’s Sixth Division.
• Shimizu tested Daylight Lamps and Crimson Blades with the Demon Slayer Corps, and Ubuyashiki Kagaya pledged support for factories and materials.
• Shimizu entered Clear Wade’s body in another world, gained influence at Osborn Group, and secured leadership of its new-energy electric vehicle department.
• Zod demanded that Earth surrender Kal-El within twenty-four hours, and Shimizu and Lex Luthor agreed that humanity would need to face the Kryptonians itself.