Chapter Summaries

Hiruma and Shinobu treated Mrs. Tokito and began building ties with the Tokito family, while Hiruma learned that the family had a connection to the Demon Slayer Corps’ original swordsmen. After returning to headquarters, Hiruma discussed recruiting the Tokito brothers and bringing Tamayo into cooperation with the Corps, which Kagaya said required a Pillar Meeting.

• Mrs. Tokito welcomed Hiruma and Shinobu, but Hiruma noticed that she coughed up blood and told Muichiro her illness could be treated.
• Shinobu examined Mrs. Tokito, and Hiruma gave her a month’s supply of Save Your Life Three Thousand before he and Shinobu left.
• Hiruma returned to headquarters, where Ubuyashiki Kagaya embraced him and ordered him to rest instead of taking missions.
• Hiruma told Kagaya about the Tokito family, and Kagaya showed him journal records identifying the Tokitos as descendants of exceptionally talented swordsmen.
• Hiruma raised the possibility of bringing Tamayo to headquarters to deepen cooperation, and Kagaya said the proposal had to go before a Pillar Meeting.

At a Pillar Meeting, Kagaya and Hiruma revealed that Tamayo, a Demon who had broken free of Muzan’s control, made the life-saving medicine used by the Demon Slayer Corps. They asked the Pillars to decide whether to bring Tamayo and Yushiro to headquarters, leaving the meeting awaiting their response.

• Kagaya convened the Pillars at the Corps’ meeting hall, where Hiruma and the Pillars gathered.
• Kagaya asked Kanae to explain that Save Your Life Three Thousand had reduced casualties by nearly seventy percent.
• Hiruma confessed that his blood served as the medicine’s catalyst and that Tamayo, a Demon, prepared it.
• Kagaya explained that Tamayo had long exchanged letters with him and had not eaten humans for centuries, while Hiruma said she opposed Muzan.
• Kagaya proposed bringing Tamayo and Yushiro to headquarters, and he and Hiruma pledged their lives to guarantee the pair would not harm humans.

After the Hashira agreed to cooperate with Tamayo against Muzan, Hiruma arranged for the Tokito family to move to headquarters and traveled to Asakusa with Obanai and Sanemi to retrieve Tamayo and Yushiro. In Asakusa, Hiruma spotted a man he believed was Muzan Kibutsuji, leaving the group stunned.

• Obanai, Kyojuro, Sanemi, Kanae, Shinobu, and the other Hashira agreed to support Hiruma and Kagaya's plan, and Kagaya assigned Kanae to prepare a residence for Tamayo.
• Hiruma visited the Tokito family, explained the danger demons posed, and persuaded them to move to headquarters.
• Muichiro asked Hiruma to teach him swordsmanship, but Hiruma told him they would discuss it after his mission.
• Three days later, Hiruma brought the Tokito family to headquarters, then set out for Asakusa with Obanai and Sanemi to find Tamayo and Yushiro.
• While waiting for Chachamaru at a ramen stall, Hiruma spotted a man in a white suit and top hat and said he thought it was Muzan Kibutsuji; Sanemi crushed his bowl and Obanai stared into the crowd.

Hiruma helped Tamayo and Yushiro escape Asakusa and settle at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, then brought the Kocho sisters to learn medicine from Tamayo. The chapter ended with Tamayo revealing that she and Hiruma were developing a special medicine, while Yushiro and Shinobu grew suspicious of their private meeting.

• Hiruma, Iguro Obanai, and Sanemi met Yushiro in an alley and safely escorted him and Tamayo from Asakusa to headquarters.
• After a month of settling in, Hiruma brought Shinobu Kocho and Kanae to visit Tamayo and study medicine.
• Yushiro insulted the Kocho sisters, but Tamayo ordered him to apologize before welcoming them inside.
• Tamayo shared her medical knowledge with the Kocho sisters through the night, while Hiruma kept Yushiro from interrupting them.
• Tamayo asked Hiruma to join her in the pharmacy to continue developing a special medicine, prompting Yushiro and Shinobu to question him.

Tendo Hiruma gave Tamayo blood to develop special medicine, but his Demon Slayer Mark’s pressure overwhelmed Yushiro. Afterward, Shinobu confronted Hiruma out of jealousy, and he reassured her that he loved only her.

• Kanae and Shinobu left Hiruma to work on his special medicine, while Yushiro insisted on staying with him and Tamayo.
• Hiruma activated his Demon Slayer Mark, and its oppressive aura made Yushiro faint before Tamayo could collect Hiruma’s scorching blood.
• Tamayo accepted Hiruma’s blood and promised to do her best to develop the medicine that could help end Muzan.
• Hiruma left Tamayo’s residence and calmed his mark in a secluded spot, where Shinobu found him and assured him she had stayed far away.
• Shinobu asked whether she or Tamayo was prettier and pressed Hiruma about their meeting, so he vowed that he loved only Shinobu.
• Shinobu said she believed him, then told Hiruma to hurry up and comfort her because she was jealous.

Hiruma arranged for Sanemi to accompany Kanae and Shinobu on their day off, hoping to help Sanemi and Kanae grow closer. After Sanemi complimented Kanae, Hiruma and Shinobu began planning how to give the pair more time together.

• Kanae told Shinobu that they would visit a nearby town the next day to buy medicinal ingredients, and Hiruma hurried off to ask Oyakata-sama for the day off.
• Hiruma brought Sanemi to the Butterfly Mansion and encouraged him to spend time with Kanae, then slipped inside to find Shinobu.
• Kanae met Sanemi at the entrance, and he nervously complimented her kimono and appearance.
• Shinobu scolded Hiruma for secretly arranging Sanemi and Kanae's outing, but admitted she wanted her sister to find a good match.
• Hiruma kissed Shinobu and proposed giving Sanemi and Kanae more time alone together, and they began planning as wingmen.

Hiruma and Shinobu arranged a staged rescue to bring Kanae and Sanemi closer together, but Kanae took control of the plan and followed the script herself. Shinobu and Hiruma reunited in the alley, leaving Sanemi alone with Kanae.

• Hiruma left Sanemi outside the pharmacy and paid three thugs to pretend to rob Kanae and Shinobu.
• Shinobu faked a fall, and Kanae deliberately let Sanemi catch her before thanking him.
• Shinobu led Kanae and Sanemi into a secluded alley, while Kanae improvised excuses that kept Sanemi with her.
• Kanae reminded Shinobu to get lost, and Shinobu realized her sister seemed to know the plan.
• Shinobu got lost and reunited with Hiruma, leaving Sanemi and Kanae alone in the dim alley.

Sanemi carried the pretending-to-be-dizzy Kanae through the alleys, where they encountered a trafficker beating a little girl. Hiruma and the others rescued the child, and the group adopted her as Kanao Tsuyuri.

• Shinobu and Hiruma forced three punks to carry out their job despite their fear of Sanemi.
• Sanemi found a way out of the alley, and Kanae feigned dizziness so he would carry her.
• Kanae recalled seeing Sanemi tenderly care for his younger siblings and realizing his fierce manner was a shield.
• Sanemi confronted a trafficker beating a little girl, and Hiruma and the three punks beat the man and rescued her.
• Hiruma recognized the girl as Kanao Tsuyuri, paid the trafficker for her, and took her with the group to adopt her.

After arriving at the Butterfly Mansion, Kanao received care from Kanae, Shinobu, and the other girls until she began to regain hope. On her birthday, she chose the name Kanao Tsuyuri, and Hiruma gave her a coin to help her make decisions.

• Sanemi left Kanae and Kanao at the Butterfly Mansion, where the girls tried unsuccessfully to engage the silent child.
• When Kanao woke in terror, Hiruma carried her outside and calmed her with a lullaby.
• Over the next month, Kanao received care from the Butterfly Mansion girls, Hiruma, Sanemi, and visiting swordsmen.
• On Kanao's birthday, she picked the surname Tsuyuri from a paper ball and read her full name aloud.
• Hiruma revealed that he had secretly added Tsuyuri to the papers and celebrated Kanao's new beginning with a birthday cake.
• After the party, Hiruma gave Kanao a coin and told her to flip it whenever she did not know what to do.

Hiruma allowed his disciples Yuichiro and Muichiro to enter Final Selection, then learned that Tamayo had completed the special drug for the Demon Slayer Mark. The chapter ended as Tamayo presented Hiruma with the case containing the drug.

• Yuichiro announced that he would participate in this year's Final Selection, and Muichiro asked to go as well.
• Hiruma allowed both Tokito brothers to take part after Muichiro explained his abilities and desire to help.
• Yushiro told Hiruma that Tamayo wanted to see him because the medicine he had requested had been developed.
• Hiruma visited Tamayo in her pharmacy and discussed her Wisteria Poison research and the need for more Upper Rank demon blood.
• Tamayo gave Hiruma a case labeled Demon Slayer Mark and announced that she had successfully developed the special drug after 219 experiments.

Hiruma obtained medicine to counter the Demon Slayer Mark’s side effects and distributed it to the Hashira, then learned Kanae and Sanemi were traveling to investigate a Twelve Kizuki. In Cloud Town, Kanae and Sanemi heard about a family forcing their daughter into the Eternal Paradise Cult.

• Hiruma thanked Tamayo for the twenty pills, and Tamayo urged him to take them soon after activating the Mark and spoke of Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s legacy.
• Hiruma told Ubuyashiki Kagaya about the medicine, and the Hashira at headquarters received doses fashioned into bracelets by the Kakushi.
• Hiruma gave Kanae a bracelet before she left with Sanemi for a mission in Cloud Town and asked her to pass another bracelet to Shinobu.
• Kanae and Sanemi arrived in Cloud Town, ate breakfast, and playfully teased each other while waiting for information.
• Kanae asked a vendor about a girl whose parents had dragged her away, and the vendor said the family had become devoted to the Eternal Paradise Cult.

Kanae rescued Kaka from her parents and discovered that the Eternal Paradise Cult was tied to a Demon. Sanemi and Kanae confronted Byoya, Lower Rank Three, whose Blood Demon Art was about to unleash an attack.

• Sanemi and Kanae investigated Kaka’s home after learning that missing swordsmen had encountered a Lower Rank Demon.
• Kanae overheard Kaka’s mother call her a sacrifice for the cult’s leader and realized the parents might be controlled by a Demon.
• Kanae found Kaka bound and gagged, freed her, and promised to kill the man-eating monster.
• Sanemi broke through the courtyard wall and warned Kanae that Byoya, Lower Rank Three, had arrived.
• Byoya’s Clones attacked with a barrage of stones, and Byoya activated Blood Demon Art: Incandescent Bomb in front of a nearby man.

Kanae and Sanemi drove off Byoya, rescued the family’s daughter, and learned from Kaka that the demon might be hiding in an abandoned village. After the Pillars left, Doma arrived at the ruined house and was welcomed by the couple as their Cult Leader.

• Byoya fled after Kanae’s Flower Breathing attack destroyed the courtyard, while Sanemi rescued the unconscious woman from the ruins.
• Kanae examined the couple and discovered they had no apparent demon control, but they remained devoted to the Eternal Paradise Cult.
• Kaka begged to leave with Kanae and told Sanemi that people dressed like him had gone toward an abandoned village west of town.
• Kanae left Kaka with the Kakushi, and she and Sanemi departed to hunt down Lower Rank Three after the couple refused to leave their ruins.
• Doma arrived at the ruined courtyard and feigned sympathy as the couple crawled toward him, praising him as their Cult Leader.

Doma learned that a woman Demon Hunter had gone to an abandoned village and killed the couple who told it where to find her. Sanemi and Kanae found Byoya in the village and killed Lower Three.

• Doma questioned a couple about the two Demon Hunters and learned they had gone to an abandoned village outside town.
• Doma killed the couple with ice spikes and left their bodies to turn into sparkling powder.
• Sanemi and Kanae followed the trail of broken blades and blood to the abandoned village, where Byoya prepared an ambush with its Clones.
• Sanemi destroyed the self-destructing Clones with Wind Breathing Fifth Form: Autumn Mountain Gale, exposing Byoya.
• Kanae attacked Byoya as it fled, and Sanemi finished it with Wind Breathing First Form: Dust Whirlwind Slicing Slash, slaying Lower Three.

Hiruma raced toward Cloud Town, where Sanemi and Kanae faced Doma, Upper Rank Two. Sanemi discovered that Doma’s ice crystals damaged the lungs and countered Breathing Styles, and Kanae charged at Doma after he injured Sanemi.

• Hiruma learned from Sanemi’s Kasugai Crow that Sanemi had defeated Lower Rank Three, but continued toward Cloud Town to see him and Kanae.
• Sanemi and Kanae celebrated their victory until Doma appeared and revealed himself as Upper Rank Two.
• Sanemi attacked Doma with Wind Breathing and a Crimson Blade, but Doma blocked his strikes and unleashed ice crystals.
• Sanemi realized Doma’s ice crystals damaged the lungs and weakened Breathing Styles, warned Kanae, and injected himself with Save Your Life Three Thousand.
• Doma sent ice spikes at Sanemi, and Kanae recovered from his pressure and charged at Doma in fury.

Kanae and Sanemi fought Doma in the abandoned village, while Hiruma arrived at Cloud Town expecting to find them at the Wisteria House. The chapter left Hiruma puzzled after Kaka told him Sanemi and Kanae had not returned.

• Doma blocked Kanae's attack and trapped her in Frozen Cloud, but Kanae and Sanemi combined their blades to create a Crimson Blade and break free.
• Kanae attacked Doma with Flower Breathing, and Sanemi arrived in time to cut off Doma's arms and throw Kanae to safety despite his own injuries.
• Doma created four Crystal Children to keep Kanae occupied, then challenged Sanemi to a duel for the right to marry her.
• Sanemi charged Doma despite his painful lung injuries, and their battle devastated the abandoned village.
• Hiruma reached Cloud Town and went to the Wisteria House, where Kaka told him Sanemi and Kanae had not returned.

Hiruma learned that Sanemi and Kanae had gone to an abandoned village to hunt a monster and rushed to save them. Sanemi and Kanae awakened their Demon Slayer Marks against Doma, and the chapter ended as they prepared to stake their lives in battle.

• Kaka told Hiruma that Sanemi and Kanae were hunting a monster in an abandoned village, and Hiruma set off to rescue them.
• Sanemi fought Doma for hours while Kanae held off Doma’s Crystal Children, and Doma agreed to spare Sanemi when Kanae threatened to take her own life.
• Doma released Sanemi, who climbed out of the pit and awakened his Demon Slayer Mark as his body heat melted the ice on him.
• Sanemi swallowed the pill on his wrist and attacked Doma with Wind Breathing, Ninth Form: Idaten Storm.
• Kanae swallowed her pill and awakened her Demon Slayer Mark, and she and Sanemi prepared to fight Doma together.

Hiruma arrived just as Doma was about to kill Sanemi and Kanae, rescued the wounded couple, and confronted Upper Rank Two. Doma summoned all sixteen Crystal Children and retreated to recover while Hiruma launched his Thunder Breathing attack.

• Doma trapped Sanemi and Kanae in a frozen battlefield, pierced Sanemi's chest, and took a deep wound from his Crimson Blade.
• Sanemi urged Kanae to flee, but she vowed to die with him, and the pair exchanged their love as Doma prepared to strike.
• Hiruma interrupted Doma's attack, carried Sanemi and Kanae out of the frost, and injected Sanemi with Save Your Life Three Thousand.
• Hiruma taunted Doma about his fake smile and turned his blade red without activating his Demon Slayer Mark.
• Hiruma unleashed Thunder Form: Kirin—Thunderlight Thousand Slashes, forcing Doma to retreat behind sixteen Crystal Children while he recovered.

Hiruma unleashed his strongest sword form against Doma after Doma summoned the Water Lily Bodhisattva. He pierced the ice giant and reached Doma’s neck, leaving Doma frozen by his fear of sunlight.

• Hiruma shattered Doma’s iron fan and cut off his head, but Doma regenerated and decided to fight seriously.
• Doma summoned the Water Lily Bodhisattva and engulfed Hiruma in a storm of ice crystals.
• Sanemi regained consciousness and shouted for Hiruma as Hiruma activated his Demon Slayer Mark and compressed his battle aura.
• Hiruma used Way Breathing: Heaven Breathing: Golden Crow, melting the Bodhisattva’s arm and escaping the ice storm.
• Hiruma pierced the Bodhisattva’s chest with his Nichirin Blade and pointed it at Doma’s neck, while Doma stood paralyzed by the light.

Hiruma and Doma pushed their new abilities to their limits in a fierce battle, leaving both badly weakened. Doma then abandoned the fight and rushed to eat Kanae.

• Doma absorbed the Water Lily Bodhisattva and formed Water Lily Blood Armor, while Hiruma prepared to finish him before he grew stronger.
• Hiruma attacked with Way Breathing techniques, but Doma used the Bodhisattva to stop his strike and spent blood to defend himself.
• Hiruma unleashed Water Form: Coiling Dragon as Doma sent sixteen Crystal Children against him, and the clash blasted Hiruma away and buried Doma in the ground.
• Doma pulled himself free with only forty percent of his blood remaining, saw Kanae, and decided to eat her.
• Doma appeared before Kanae with a savage gash from his neck to his stomach and told her he would eat her more elegantly in another life.