Chapter Summaries

After Tanjiro tried to reconcile Gyutaro and Daki, the siblings faded away, and the chapter recounted the brutal events that led to their becoming Demons. Their human lives ended in the snow after Ume was attacked and burned, and Gyutaro accepted Demon blood to save her.

• Tanjiro comforted Gyutaro and Daki, who apologized to each other before disappearing.
• The story revealed Ume’s childhood in the Entertainment District and her dream of giving Gyutaro a better life.
• After Ume blinded a samurai who attacked her, the samurai returned with others and burned her alive.
• Gyutaro returned, killed the samurai, and held his dying sister as snow fell around them.
• When a mysterious voice offered them life, Gyutaro asked it to save Ume, and the siblings became Demons.

Ume and Gyutaro chose to enter the karmic flames together, while Nezuko, Tanjiro, and the others escaped Dōkū’s collapsing Blood Demon Art and survived the battle. As the group reunited beneath the morning sun, Hiruma and Shinobu Kocho celebrated the Entertainment District’s splendid finale.

• Ume saw Gyutaro heading toward the karmic flames, and the siblings held hands and walked into them together.
• Nezuko returned Tanjiro to Tengen and the others before the dark-purple sphere shook and shattered after the Upper Rank Six siblings died.
• Hiruma used Wind Form: Modified Feilian — Fluffy Gale to guide Tanjiro, Tengen, and the others safely to the ground.
• Suma clung to the injured Tengen, while Tanjiro checked on Zenitsu and Inosuke complained about Zenitsu’s howling.
• Hiruma reunited with Shinobu Kocho, praised her beauty, and took her hand as the sun rose over the Entertainment District.

Hiruma tried to keep the swordsmiths from attacking the swordsmen whose blades had broken, but Inosuke’s treatment of his replacement blades enraged Tetsunazuka Kanzou. When Tanjiro arrived with dango for Haganezuka Hotaru, Hotaru still chased him with knives, leaving Tanjiro pleading with Hiruma to save him.

• Haganezuka Hotaru arrived at the Pillar Mansion with Tetsunazuka Kanzou to deliver replacement blades and demanded that Muichiro bring Tanjiro to him.
• Hiruma emerged from hiding and avoided Haganezuka Hotaru’s attack by showing that he had maintained his own blade.
• Inosuke received his twin blades, then used a rock to turn both carefully forged blades into serrated weapons before fleeing across the roof.
• Hiruma calmed Tetsunazuka Kanzou by explaining that Inosuke needed the serrated blades for his techniques.
• Tanjiro arrived with homemade mitarashi dango and apologized to Haganezuka Hotaru, who accepted the food but threatened to spare only one of Tanjiro’s legs.
• Tanjiro dodged Haganezuka Hotaru’s attack and ran to Hiruma, begging him to save him.

Tanjiro sought permission to visit Swordsmith Village after Haganezuka Hotaru threatened him for breaking his sword, and Hiruma and Shinobu joined him on the trip. After a secretive journey through the mountains, the group arrived at the hidden village.

• Hiruma helped Tanjiro evade Haganezuka Hotaru, who chased Tanjiro over his broken sword and left him a letter filled with threats.
• Hiruma told Tanjiro to visit Swordsmith Village, and Kagaya approved the trip and offered to write to the village chief.
• Shinobu told Hiruma she was joining the journey for a hot-spring vacation, and Mitsuri had already gone bathing with Iguro Obanai.
• Hiruma, Tanjiro, and Shinobu traveled with Kakushi escorts, wearing blindfolds and switching carriers along the way.
• The Kakushi removed the group's blindfolds on a hillside and directed them down a mountain path toward Swordsmith Village.

Hiruma, Shinobu, and Tanjiro visited Swordsmith Village, where the village chief promised to arrange a new sword for Tanjiro and Haganezuka resolved to forge better blades. Hiruma’s plans to visit the hot springs with Shinobu fell through as Mitsuri took her, and Muichiro invited Hiruma and Tanjiro to join him instead.

• Hiruma, Shinobu, and Tanjiro met village chief Tetsujikawara Tetsu-chin, who read Oyakata-sama’s letter about Tanjiro’s broken swords.
• Tetsujikawara apologized for Haganezuka’s temper and promised to arrange a new sword, while Tanjiro and Hiruma defended their friend and asked the chief not to scold him.
• Haganezuka watched from a nearby hillside, resolved to forge blades that would help Hiruma and Tanjiro win their battles, and returned to the forest.
• Hiruma learned about the hot springs and hurried back to take Shinobu, but Mitsuri carried Shinobu off to the women’s bath instead.
• Muichiro appeared and told Hiruma that he had come for a new sword; after saying his sick swordsmith was recovering, he invited Hiruma to the hot springs, and Hiruma told him to call Tanjiro.

Hiruma and Tanjiro encountered Kōtetsu and Yoriichi Zero Style in Swordsmith Village. Tanjiro fought the puppet using Sun Breathing, leaving Kōtetsu convinced he might be the destined person mentioned in his family journal.

• Hiruma soaked in the hot spring with Genya and the others, then explored Swordsmith Village the next morning.
• Hiruma overheard Tanjiro and Kōtetsu discussing Yoriichi Zero Style and found the six-armed puppet in a grove.
• Kōtetsu mistook Hiruma’s appearance for the puppet coming to life, then agreed to let Tanjiro spar with it.
• Kōtetsu activated Yoriichi Zero Style, and Tanjiro recognized its Sun Breathing techniques and fought back with Dance of the Fire God.
• Tanjiro handled the puppet’s twelve forms as they repeatedly returned to Circular Dance, while Hiruma watched and Kōtetsu wondered if Tanjiro was the person of destiny in his family journal.

Tanjiro trained against Yoriichi Zero Style until he mastered the continuous sequence of Sun Breathing forms and destroyed the puppet, revealing an ancient sword hidden inside. Haganezuka Hotaru took the sword away to restore it, bringing Tanjiro one step closer to defeating Muzan.

• Tanjiro fought Yoriichi Zero Style for hours, but Hiruma had Kōtetsu stop the puppet when Tanjiro grew exhausted.
• Over the next two days, Tanjiro improved as Kōtetsu and Hiruma watched him train against the puppet at its highest level.
• Tanjiro linked all twelve forms of Sun Breathing into the thirteenth form and struck Yoriichi Zero Style after Kōtetsu urged him not to hold back.
• The damaged puppet revealed a centuries-old black sword engraved with the character for “Destroy.”
• Haganezuka Hotaru appeared, took the ancient sword, and left to restore it after tossing Tanjiro a newly forged Nichirin Blade.

Gyokko attacked Swordsmith Village, but the Tokito brothers rescued Kōtetsu and drove it away. At the village, Hundred Eyes challenged Hiruma to a duel while a cloaked Muzan Clone rose from the rubble near the evacuating swordsmiths.

• Gyokko sucked a swordsmith into a porcelain pot and nearly captured Kōtetsu, but the Tokito brothers saved him and sent Gyokko retreating.
• Muichiro awkwardly apologized to Kōtetsu for breaking his family's ancestral doll, and the brothers escorted him home before searching for Gyokko.
• Hundred Eyes struck a cloaked Muzan Clone aside and challenged Hiruma to a fight to the death.
• Shinobu Kocho, Kanroji Mitsuri, Tanjiro, and Genya led the swordsmiths out of the village as a blast destroyed the area around the village chief's residence.
• The cloaked Demon emerged from the rocks near the evacuating group, opening its scarlet eyes.

Tanjiro, Genya, and Mitsuri fought Muzan's Clone while Shinobu and Nezuko protected the fleeing swordsmiths from its attacks. The villagers reached safety, but Tetsujikawara Tetsu-chin discovered that Haganezuka Hotaru was missing and hiding in a rundown house far from the village.

• Muzan's Clone charged Tanjiro, and Genya used a Demon Blood Capsule to help hold it back until the villagers could escape.
• Mitsuri awakened her Crimson Blade and joined the fight while Shinobu urged the swordsmiths to flee.
• When Muzan's Clone hurled a light orb toward the villagers, Shinobu split it with her blade and stood alone to protect them.
• Nezuko helped Shinobu awaken her Crimson Blade, and Shinobu used Butterfly Breathing: Immortal Butterfly Rain Fall to destroy the incoming light orbs.
• The swordsmiths fled beyond the front lines, and Tetsujikawara Tetsu-chin learned that Haganezuka Hotaru was hiding in an abandoned house far from the village.

Haganezuka Hotaru continued forging despite Gyokko’s attack until Muichiro drove the demon out of the hut. The Tokito brothers fought Gyokko together, and Muichiro awakened his Demon Slayer Mark after his brother was badly wounded.

• Gyokko entered Haganezuka Hotaru’s hut and attacked him, but Haganezuka kept hammering his blade without reacting.
• Muichiro forced Gyokko out of the hut and provoked it into revealing its shed-skin form and Blood Demon Art.
• Gyokko attacked Muichiro with its unpredictable movements and turned part of his sword into fish, but Muichiro’s brother joined the fight.
• The brothers struggled against Gyokko’s attacks, and Gyokko wounded Muichiro and destroyed the remaining half of his sword.
• Muichiro awakened his Demon Slayer Mark and resonated with his brother as the battle continued.

Yuichiro and Muichiro worked together to defeat Upper Rank Five Gyokko, with Muichiro landing the beheading blow after Yuichiro encouraged him to fight on. Afterward, they found Haganezuka Hotaru still repairing the ancient sword despite his severe blood loss.

• Yuichiro cut off Gyokko's arm but collapsed from his wounds, and he urged Muichiro to finish the fight.
• Muichiro used Obscuring Clouds to confuse Gyokko and deliberately baited him into lowering his guard.
• Muichiro beheaded Gyokko with his Crimson Blade and declared that he and Yuichiro had killed him as Tendo Hiruma's disciples.
• Muichiro returned to Yuichiro, and the brothers agreed they had defeated Gyokko together.
• Muichiro ran to stop Haganezuka Hotaru from hammering while badly injured, and Yuichiro tossed him medicine.

Tanjiro and the others shattered a Muzan Clone’s armor but could not kill it by decapitation, while Hundred Eyes entered its Full Bloom form and battled Hiruma. Hiruma was overwhelmed and left embedded in a crater wall, where an unknown woman appeared between him and Hundred Eyes.

• Tanjiro, Nezuko, Mitsuri, and Genya broke a Muzan Clone’s blood-colored armor and severed its head, but it kept fighting.
• Hundred Eyes unleashed its Full Bloom form, and Hiruma activated his Demon Slayer Mark, Crimson Blade, and Golden Crow technique to face it.
• Hundred Eyes and Hiruma’s clash destroyed Swordsmith Village and carved out a vast crater.
• Hundred Eyes battered Hiruma until he was lodged in the crater wall, then approached him in disappointment.
• Darts and Wisteria Poison failed to reach Hundred Eyes, and a woman appeared before the injured Hiruma.

Hiruma relived memories of his training and swordsmanship as Shinobu Kocho stood between him and Hundred Eyes. When Hundred Eyes attacked, Hiruma awakened the Transparent World and stepped in to protect Shinobu, and the two prepared to fight.

• Shinobu Kocho refused to move and shielded Hiruma from Hundred Eyes despite her fear and injuries.
• As bloody water flowed past him, Hiruma saw memories of his childhood, his training in several Breathing Styles, and a Sun Breathing demonstration.
• Hundred Eyes decided to attack Shinobu to provoke Hiruma, then rushed her with a killing blow.
• Hiruma awakened the Transparent World, appeared between them, and blocked Hundred Eyes' fist while protecting Shinobu.
• Hundred Eyes welcomed a duel to the death, and Hiruma said that Hundred Eyes would die.

Hiruma and Hundred Eyes fought fiercely while Tanjiro and the others battled Muzan's Clone and struggled to last until dawn. Hundred Eyes acknowledged Hiruma as a worthy opponent and prepared its strongest technique.

• Hiruma and Hundred Eyes traded blows that devastated the valley as both waited for the other to make a mistake.
• Tanjiro, Genya, Mitsuri, and Nezuko fought Muzan's Clone, and Tanjiro's Sun Breathing combined with Mitsuri's attack beheaded it for the fourth time.
• Five minutes later, Muzan's Clone began moving again while the battle between Hiruma and Hundred Eyes reached its fiercest stage.
• Hundred Eyes praised Hiruma and said it would remember him, then gathered the eyes across its body around its right arm.
• Hundred Eyes used Hundred Eyes Style: Final Form: Falling Remnant Stars, Chaotic Heaven Meteor, and asked Hiruma to advise it.

Tendo Hiruma defeated Hundred Eyes and stayed with the unconscious Shinobu Kocho as dawn approached. Tanjiro, Nezuko, Mitsuri, and Genya defeated Muzan's Clone, and Nezuko survived exposure to sunlight, greeting Tanjiro at last.

• Hiruma entered the realm where man and blade became one, struck down Hundred Eyes, and received the Demon’s admission of defeat before it dissolved into ashes.
• Hiruma carried the unconscious Shinobu Kocho to safety and rested beside her as dawn neared.
• Nezuko used Exploding Blood to restrain Muzan's Clone, and Mitsuri cut off its head while blocking its final punch.
• Tanjiro shielded Nezuko from the sunlight, but she pushed him away to save him from the Clone’s last attack.
• Nezuko endured the sunlight and greeted Tanjiro, who realized she was still alive.

After the battle, Tanjiro accepted the ancient blade as the inheritor of Sun Breathing, and the survivors escorted the swordsmiths to a new village. Later, Hiruma and Shinobu shared a private hot spring visit and reaffirmed their affection, ending the chapter together in quiet happiness.

• Tanjiro embraced Nezuko as the survivors reunited, and Muichiro and the others arrived safely.
• Haganezuka Hotaru gave Tanjiro the ancient blade, and Hiruma told him to accept it as the Sun Breathing inheritor.
• Hiruma and the others escorted the swordsmiths to Swordsmith Village’s second location after their home was destroyed.
• Hiruma and Shinobu went to the hot spring together, where Shinobu wore the bikini Hiruma had bought for her.
• Shinobu told Hiruma she was happy she could protect him, and the two kissed and fell asleep together in the hot spring.

Himejima Gyomei encountered Sayo, the girl he had believed betrayed him as a child, and learned that her accusation had been a misunderstanding. After saving her from a Demon, he forgave her and left, released from the resentment that had burdened him.

• Gyomei learned from Zekka that Hiruma and the others had defeated the Demons at Swordsmith Village.
• Gyomei met Sayo at her ramen shop, but left before she could explain what happened at the temple.
• Zekka spotted a Demon heading toward the ramen shop, and the Demon attacked Sayo and her adoptive parents.
• Sayo offered herself to protect her parents, and Gyomei arrived and killed the Demon with his Broad Axe.
• Sayo explained that she had pointed at the Demon beneath Gyomei, not at him, and Gyomei realized the truth behind their childhood misunderstanding.
• Gyomei forgave Sayo, gave her medicine and Wisteria Flower seeds, and left as the rain stopped.

Hiruma returned to Peach Mountain to visit Jigoro Kuwajima, where he found Kaigaku attacking the old man. Zenitsu arrived in time to strike Kaigaku with Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Hiruma noticed that Gyomei had grown closer to a new realm, then left to visit his grandfather.
• Kaigaku arrived at Peach Mountain as an Upper Rank Demon and taunted Jigoro Kuwajima.
• Jigoro drew his Nichirin Blade and fought Kaigaku, who slashed his chest and prepared to stomp on him.
• Zenitsu rushed in to protect Jigoro and blasted Kaigaku away with Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed.
• Kaigaku stared at Zenitsu in disbelief and questioned how the First Form could be so strong.

Kaigaku attacked Kuwajima Jigoro, but Hiruma arrived and drove him off when Dōkū made him vanish. As the Demon Slayer Corps recovered and Muzan prepared for the final battle, the Demons disappeared from public view, leaving Kagaya and Hiruma to await the coming conflict.

• Zenitsu fed medicine to Kuwajima Jigoro, activated his Crimson Blade and Demon Slayer Mark, and tried to shield him from Kaigaku's attack.
• Hiruma arrived, frightened Kaigaku, and struck at him, but Dōkū covered Kaigaku in dark purple sludge and made him vanish.
• Hiruma stayed with Zenitsu and Kuwajima Jigoro while they recovered, then they returned to Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters and warned Ubuyashiki Kagaya to watch the trainers.
• Muzan ordered the remaining Upper Ranks to stay hidden, demanded that Nakime continue searching for the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, and promoted Kaigaku to Upper Fifth.
• For the next month, no Demon attacks were reported, and Ubuyashiki Kagaya and Hiruma discussed how the final battle was approaching.

At Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, the Hashira and their allies planned special training as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji approached. After Tamayo reported that Nezuko’s human transformation medicine might be ready within half a month, the Corps summoned all its swordsmen, and training began.

• Ubuyashiki Kagaya announced that Muzan’s growing anxiety over Nezuko meant the final battle was nearing and proposed Hashira Training.
• Tamayo said Nezuko’s blood sample had accelerated development of the Human Transformation Drug and that it might succeed within half a month.
• Zenitsu teased Tanjiro about marrying Nezuko, and Mitsuri and Obanai’s flustered reactions prompted jokes from the meeting attendees.
• The Corps assigned five training programs, gave the Kocho sisters and Tamayo medicine work, and put the remaining members on patrol; Hiruma was chosen to lead Hashira-level training.
• Kasugai Crows summoned the Corps’ swordsmen, and one week later all 198 had returned as supplies were prepared and training began.