Chapter Summaries

Kyojuro unleashed his mark and Crimson Blade to battle Akaza, while Akaza tried to persuade him to become a Demon. Their clash was interrupted when Hundred Eyes attacked Hiruma with an invisible beam, leaving Hiruma badly wounded and forcing Kyojuro and Akaza to retreat.

• Kyojuro activated his Demon Slayer Mark and Crimson Blade, then refused Akaza's invitation to become a Demon.
• Akaza used Compass Needle and fought Kyojuro with nearly ninety percent of its strength, while Kyojuro barely evaded its attacks.
• Kyojuro unleashed Flame Breathing, Ninth Form: Rengoku, as Akaza prepared its strongest punch, Annihilation Style.
• Hundred Eyes opened ninety-five eyes and fired an invisible beam at Hiruma.
• Hiruma gave up activating Golden Crow to evade, but the beam burned a large hole through his chest; Kyojuro and Akaza halted their attacks and retreated as the beam struck the distant forest.

Akaza switched his duel from Kyojuro to Tendo Hiruma, while Hundred Eyes Demon attacked Kyojuro. Sabito and the other Hashira arrived as backup, leaving both battles in a stalemate.

• Akaza ignored Hundred Eyes Demon's warning and attacked Tendo Hiruma, whose Vermilion Bird technique countered Akaza's assault.
• Hundred Eyes Demon confronted Kyojuro, and their clash ended with Kyojuro's sword broken and him nearly overwhelmed.
• Sabito arrived in time to block Hundred Eyes Demon's attack, and Kyojuro saw Sabito, Iguro Obanai, Giyu Tomioka, and Kanae join the fight.
• Sabito explained that Oyakata-sama had arranged backup for the mission and said they needed to hold out until dawn.
• Sabito and the other Hashira fought Hundred Eyes Demon together, while Akaza continued battling Hiruma.

Giyu and the others held Hundred Eyes at bay while Hiruma fought Akaza and beheaded him. Akaza survived by breaking through the limits of a Demon, and dawn began to approach.

• Giyu used Dead Calm to protect himself and his companions from Hundred Eyes' barrage, then joined the others in attacking it as they waited for dawn.
• Kyojuro arrived to protect Giyu with his half-broken Nichirin Blade, and Giyu said about half an hour remained until sunrise.
• Akaza trapped Hiruma with Falling Silver and struck with World Annihilation, but Hiruma escaped using Swamp Form: Winged Dragon and beheaded him.
• Akaza overcame his beheading and regrew his head, becoming vulnerable only to sunlight.
• Akaza challenged Hiruma to keep fighting as dawn's pale light appeared on the horizon.

Hiruma and the Demon Slayers survived their battle with Akaza, who escaped after awakening memories of Hakuji and unleashing a powerful attack. After reuniting in the sunlight, Hiruma and Kyojuro said farewell to their friends and returned by train, with the Corps one step closer to the final battle.

• Hiruma challenged Akaza to face him again and reminded him that sunlight could kill him, but Akaza fled into the forest.
• In a mountain cave, Akaza heard a voice call him Hakuji, then released a powerful beam that pierced through the mountain.
• Hiruma reunited with Kyojuro, Giyu, Kanae, Sabito, Iguro Obanai, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke in the sunlight; the group questioned why Akaza survived beheading.
• Hiruma and Kyojuro visited the ramen shop owner, who welcomed them and kept his promise to give them free ramen.
• At the station, Kofuku gave Hiruma and Kyojuro free bento and wished them luck before they boarded the train home.

At the Butterfly Mansion, Kanao shyly fed the recovering Tanjiro soup while Zenitsu pretended he was still injured to stay. Hiruma interrupted them, then Shinobu caught Inosuke running through the mansion and made him and Hiruma kneel for their misbehavior.

• Kanzaki Aoi caught Zenitsu pretending his ankle hurt and dragged him out to be checked, while Kanao came to bring Tanjiro soup.
• Tanjiro woke as Kanao smoothed his hair, and she offered to feed him when his injured arm made him spill the soup.
• Hiruma walked in on Kanao feeding Tanjiro, apologized, and left with Shinobu Kocho after telling her what he had seen.
• Shinobu Kocho scolded Hiruma and Inosuke as Inosuke burst through a window with his swords, then ordered Inosuke to kneel.
• Hiruma tried to defend Inosuke, but Shinobu Kocho listed Hiruma's past offenses, so Hiruma knelt beside Inosuke and endured her scolding.

Tanjiro turned down an immediate promotion to Pillar, believing he needed more training before accepting it. Seven days later, Tengen went to the Butterfly Mansion seeking female Demon Slayers for an urgent mission after his three wives disappeared in the Entertainment District, but the Flower and Insect Pillars were absent.

• Kagaya offered Tanjiro a direct promotion to Pillar after hearing he had used Sun Breathing and beheaded Enmu, but Tanjiro declined because he felt the achievement belonged to his companions too.
• Tanjiro left the Butterfly Mansion after speaking with Kanao, and Kanao told Zenitsu he had already gone; Zenitsu immediately rushed after him, shouting about Nezuko.
• Seven days later, Tengen headed to the Butterfly Mansion after his three wives disappeared while investigating the Entertainment District.
• Tengen climbed over the Butterfly Mansion wall and asked for the Flower Pillar and Insect Pillar, but Kanzaki Aoi and the girls told him neither was there.
• Tengen remembered that he was a Pillar and could order ordinary Corps members to help, leaving the Butterfly Mansion residents uneasy.

Tengen recruited Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke for a mission after revealing that an Upper Rank was involved and his three wives had gone missing. The group left the Butterfly Mansion to gather information and search for Tengen’s wives.

• Tengen tried to requisition Aoi and Kiyo for his mission, and Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke attacked when they mistook him for a kidnapper.
• Tengen explained that he needed female members for a mission involving an Upper Rank and said his three wives had gone missing.
• Tanjiro and Inosuke agreed to go with Tengen, and Tengen grabbed the fleeing Zenitsu and took all three with him.
• Zenitsu learned that Tengen had three wives, challenged him to a duel out of jealousy, and ended up bruised and quiet.

Tengen brought Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Hiruma, and Shinobu to the Flower District to investigate the disappearance of his three wives and the suspected presence of Upper Rank Six, Daki. The group entered the crowded district, where Inosuke ran off and Hiruma and Shinobu flirted as Tengen struggled to keep the mission on track.

• Tengen told Hiruma and Shinobu that his three wives had gone missing while investigating a place with a suspected Upper Rank, then ordered them to join his mission.
• Shinobu learned the mission was in the Yoshiwara Flower District and changed her mind about going to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Tengen and the others rode into the Flower District, where Zenitsu gawked at the women and Inosuke charged into the crowd.
• Hiruma searched for Daki among the Oiran while Shinobu teased and scolded him, then pulled him into her embrace.
• Tengen retrieved Inosuke and looked exhausted by the group’s antics.

Tengen assigned Tanjiro, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Hiruma to infiltrate three Entertainment District houses and search for his missing wives. Shinobu Kocho disguised the men as women, and they entered the district, where house madams took notice of them.

• Tengen told the group that his wives had infiltrated Tokito House, Hagimoto House, and Kyogoku House, and that he had not heard from Hinatsuru in five days.
• Tengen assigned Tanjiro to Tokito House, Inosuke to Hagimoto House, and Zenitsu to Kyogoku House, while Shinobu Kocho and Hiruma stayed to prepare for the mission.
• Shinobu Kocho dressed Hiruma as a beautiful woman named Miss Makoto, then dressed Inosuke, Tanjiro, and Zenitsu in women's clothing.
• Tengen and the disguised group left Wisteria House and entered the Entertainment District, where Tengen warned Inosuke and Hiruma to keep quiet and conceal their identities.
• The house madams watched Tengen as he led the disguised group through the crowded streets.

Tanjiro worked at Tokito House and learned from Koisu that Suma had supposedly eloped, while Inosuke and Zenitsu settled into their disguises at other houses. Hiruma investigated a sealed room at Kyogoku House after realizing Warabihime was likely a Demon, and found someone inside whom he suspected was Hinatsuru.

• The proprietress sent Tanjiro to deliver Koisu's gifts, and Koisu invited him to dessert after he finished the work.
• Tanjiro claimed Suma was his older sister and asked to see her journal, and Koisu promised to help him.
• Inosuke became popular at Hagimoto House and was given only light chores and dance lessons.
• Zenitsu complained about his lessons at Kyogoku House, and Hiruma left to investigate a forbidden room.
• Hiruma overheard the proprietor and proprietress arguing that Warabihime was killing people, then avoided them by clinging to the ceiling.
• Hiruma forced open the sealed room and quietly asked whether Hinatsuru was inside.

Hiruma rescued the poisoned Hinatsuru and rushed her toward the Wisteria House, while Zenitsu encountered Warabihime and discovered she was a Demon. After Zenitsu intervened to protect a girl, Warabihime abducted him and killed the proprietress, leaving the Entertainment District owner confronting her.

• Hiruma found Hinatsuru bound and poisoned, gave her Save Your Life Three Thousand, and carried her toward the Wisteria House for treatment.
• Zenitsu found a frightened girl who had broken Warabihime's makeup box and saw Warabihime attack her.
• Zenitsu recognized Warabihime as a Demon and seized her arm to stop her from hurting the girl, then urged the girl to run.
• Warabihime used her pink sash to drag Zenitsu through a tunnel beneath the Entertainment District.
• Warabihime killed the proprietress by throwing her from a window, and the owner confronted her as she offered him her admirers' gifts.

Tengen found Hinatsuru poisoned but recovering, then prepared with Hiruma to rescue Suma and Makio and confront the Demon at Kyogoku House. Inosuke tracked Makio’s captor through Hagimoto House and entered a vast underground chamber covered in human bones.

• Tengen gave Hinatsuru the antidote, and she urged him to rescue Suma and Makio.
• Tengen and Hiruma planned to move that night, while Hiruma warned that Zenitsu had disappeared and they should not alert the enemy.
• Inosuke discovered a Demon had taken Makio and pursued the living sash through Hagimoto House.
• Inosuke squeezed through a narrow opening beneath the floor and reached an underground space covered in human bones.

Inosuke freed the captives from Daki’s underground granary and found Makio among them, while Tanjiro protected Koisu from Daki’s attack. The chapter ended with Tanjiro facing Daki in the street as their battle was about to begin.

• Inosuke cut down the cocoons in Daki’s underground chamber and freed the captives, including Makio and Zenitsu.
• Makio and Inosuke argued with the frightened Suma while Zenitsu remained unconscious.
• Tanjiro apologized to Koisu for lying about being a girl and accepted a pouch she had sewn for him.
• Daki attacked Koisu’s room with her sashes, but Tanjiro deflected the strike and urged Koisu to flee.
• Tanjiro severed Daki’s sashes with Fire God Kagura: Circular Dance and faced her on the street.

Tanjiro battled Daki, who recalled her Clones and grew stronger to avoid his killing blow. Meanwhile, Tengen and Hiruma rescued Inosuke and Tengen’s wives from underground, and Inosuke and Zenitsu were sent toward the fight.

• Daki insulted Tanjiro and attacked him with her sashes, but Tanjiro wounded her Clone with Sun Breathing techniques.
• Tanjiro’s attacks drove Daki to recall her Clones, restoring her strength and allowing her to evade his attempt to behead her.
• Tengen and Hiruma blasted open the ground and found Inosuke, Makio, and Suma in a pit, then helped rescue the people trapped below.
• Tengen reunited with his wives, while Inosuke tied Zenitsu to a rope and was pulled out of the pit.
• Hiruma urged Inosuke to attack the Upper Rank, and the mention of Nezuko caused lightning to flare around sleeping Zenitsu.

Zenitsu and Tanjiro fought Daki to protect civilians, and Inosuke joined the battle after interrupting her attack. Daki glimpsed Inosuke’s face and called him beautiful, but he put his boar mask back on and continued attacking.

• Zenitsu rushed to help Tanjiro and blasted Daki into the ground with Thunderclap and Flash: Eightfold.
• Daki unleashed Eightfold Sash Slash against the nearby civilians, and Tanjiro and Zenitsu destroyed the sashes to protect them.
• Daki prepared another attack while mocking the Demon Slayer Corps, and Tanjiro defended the Corps’ respect for life.
• Inosuke arrived, cut off Daki’s arm, and fought her alongside Tanjiro and Zenitsu.
• Daki’s sash knocked off Inosuke’s boar headgear, and she called his revealed face beautiful before he replaced the mask and attacked again.

Inosuke and Zenitsu decapitated Daki, but she survived and revealed her brother Gyutaro, the other half of Upper Rank Six. Gyutaro attacked Zenitsu while his blood blades trapped Inosuke, leaving Zenitsu to face his full assault alone.

• Zenitsu created an opening for Inosuke, who used Beast Breathing: Third Fang: Fang Rend to cut off Daki’s head.
• Daki survived decapitation and cried for her brother, while Zenitsu warned Inosuke and Tanjiro of danger.
• Gyutaro emerged from Daki’s body and comforted his sister before turning his killing intent on the Demon Slayers.
• Gyutaro overwhelmed Zenitsu with his Blood Sickle, then used Flying Blood Sickle to trap Inosuke with returning blood blades.
• Gyutaro unleashed eighteen more blood slashes at Inosuke, leaving Zenitsu to face his full-strength attacks alone.

Tanjiro escaped the rubble and joined Zenitsu and Inosuke, but Hiruma’s arrival turned the battle against Gyutaro and Daki. Dōkū separated the Demon Slayers from Hiruma with his spatial sludge, then watched in shock as Hiruma quickly reached the top of his giant purple sphere.

• Nezuko woke, retrieved Tanjiro’s Nichirin Blade, and helped him escape the rubble so he could join the fight.
• Hiruma arrived and shattered Gyutaro’s blood blades, then ordered Tanjiro to help the Kakushi evacuate civilians.
• Gyutaro and Daki shared their vision, but Hiruma and Tengen cornered them with coordinated attacks.
• Dōkū’s spatial sludge saved the siblings and swallowed Tanjiro, Nezuko, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Tengen, leaving Hiruma outside the arena.
• Dōkū taunted Hiruma from atop a massive purple sphere, but Hiruma launched himself upward and reached its summit.

Dōkū unleashed waves of mass-produced Demons over the district, and Hiruma fought to protect the fleeing civilians. Inside the purple sphere, Gyutaro and Daki transformed their battle with Tengen and the others by activating their strongest Blood Demon Art, Blood Cocoon.

• Dōkū vanished into its spatial Blood Demon Art and released more than a hundred black Demons from cocoons above the district.
• Hiruma leaped into the sky and destroyed the falling Demons before they could reach the ground, then ordered the civilians to keep running.
• Hiruma concealed his injuries from Dōkū while Shinobu steadied herself and prepared for the next wave of Demons.
• Inside the purple sphere, Tengen fought Gyutaro while Daki was repeatedly cut down by The Trio and Nezuko.
• Gyutaro formed the Death Blood Scythe, and Daki wrapped herself in a blood-red cocoon as the siblings activated Blood Cocoon.

Tengen and the others battled Gyutaro, whose Blood Cocoon and Daki repeatedly shielded him from their attacks. Zenitsu used Godspeed to sever the Blood Threads and wound Gyutaro, while Nezuko survived a blow meant for Tanjiro; Tengen’s musical score was nearly complete as the fight continued.

• Tengen led the attack, but Gyutaro sliced apart his explosives and blocked the team’s combined strikes with Daki’s Blood Cocoon.
• Gyutaro poisoned Tengen and nearly killed him, but Nezuko’s flames burned away the poison while Tanjiro blocked the killing blow.
• Gyutaro targeted Tanjiro, and adult-form Nezuko took the blood scythe through the heart in his place.
• Zenitsu unleashed Thunder Breath: Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed, severing the Blood Threads and breaking Gyutaro’s Blood Barrier before shattering his scythe and wounding him.
• Tanjiro and Tengen pressed Gyutaro while Inosuke intercepted the Blood Threads, and Tengen’s musical score neared completion.

Tengen completed his Musical Score analysis and fought Gyutaro with Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Nezuko’s help. Tanjiro beheaded Gyutaro, and Zenitsu cut off Daki’s head, leaving both siblings defeated as the exhausted Demon Slayers collapsed.

• Tengen completed his Musical Score analysis and used it to predict Gyutaro’s attacks while Nezuko burned away poison and Inosuke joined the fight.
• Tengen sent Tanjiro after Daki, but Gyutaro unleashed his final Blood Tornado and rushed to protect his sister.
• Nezuko caught Gyutaro’s blood scythe, giving Tengen time to break the Blood Threads and help Tanjiro land a flaming strike that severed Gyutaro’s neck.
• Gyutaro claimed his sister was still safe, but Zenitsu arrived and cut through Daki’s Blood Cocoon and neck with Godspeed’s second strike.
• Daki cried beside Gyutaro’s fallen head as Tengen and the other Demon Slayers collapsed from exhaustion.