Chapter Summaries

After completing their first mission, Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Nezuko ate at a roadside noodle stall and stayed at an inn for the night. As Chinatsu considered how little her strength had grown, she worried she would be unable to prevent the Flame Hashira's death in the future.

• Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Nezuko drew attention as they walked through town and celebrated their mission with noodles.
• The stall owner warned Chinatsu and Tanjiro that women had been disappearing at night, and Chinatsu said the disappearances would end the next day.
• After the stall owner mistook Tanjiro for Chinatsu's boyfriend, Tanjiro clarified that she was his older sister, and Chinatsu left the stall annoyed.
• Chinatsu and Nezuko shared an inn room while Tanjiro stayed in another; Nezuko tried to practice before falling asleep.
• Chinatsu reflected on the strength gap between the Demon Slayer ranks and wondered whether she could save the Flame Hashira from Upper Rank Three.

Chinatsu considered how to unlock the Transparent World or the Bright Red Nichirin Sword so she could become strong enough to save the Flame Hashira, but her first attempt at entering the Transparent World ended with her falling asleep. After Nezuko styled her hair and the group prepared to leave the inn, a crow waited anxiously outside for Chinatsu and Tanjiro.

• Chinatsu weighed the three combat enhancements and decided the Transparent World could counter Akaza's Compass Needle, but she fell asleep while trying to awaken it.
• Chinatsu concluded that she would keep practicing Hinokami Kagura and sparring with Tanjiro, then seek a Pillar to help her unlock a Bright Red Nichirin Sword.
• Nezuko braided Chinatsu's hair into a side ponytail, and Chinatsu accepted the hairstyle despite its ominous reputation.
• Chinatsu and Tanjiro left their room with Nezuko and her wooden box, and the inn receptionist mistook Tanjiro for Chinatsu's younger brother.
• A black crow waited outside the inn, anxiously wondering why Chinatsu and Tanjiro had not come out.

Chinatsu and Tanjiro followed a demon’s scent through Asakusa and met Tamayo and Yushiro at a pharmacy. Tamayo invited them to her residence and revealed that she and Yushiro had escaped Muzan’s control and were searching for a way to defeat him.

• Chinatsu and Tanjiro traveled to Asakusa after a crow directed them there.
• Tanjiro detected an unusual demon scent and traced it to a pharmacy.
• Tanjiro recognized Tamayo and Yushiro as demons, while Yushiro recognized the pair as Demon Slayers.
• Tamayo stopped Yushiro from attacking and invited Chinatsu and Tanjiro to her residence.
• Tamayo introduced herself and Yushiro and explained that they had broken free of Muzan’s control and were seeking a way to defeat him.

Chinatsu told Tamayo and Yushiro about the Kamado family's slaughter, and the group became allies in their efforts against Muzan. When Tanjiro sensed Muzan nearby, Chinatsu stopped him from rushing into a fight he could not win, then awkwardly described Muzan as “Michael... Jackson.”

• Tamayo explained how she and Yushiro survived on donated blood, and Chinatsu recounted the tragedy that befell the Kamado family.
• Tamayo asked Chinatsu and Nezuko for blood samples to study, and Chinatsu agreed while Tanjiro promised to help collect blood from powerful demons.
• Tanjiro smelled Muzan and sprang up, but Chinatsu caught his shoulder and warned him not to attack before he was strong enough.
• Tanjiro calmed down and acknowledged that he could not yet defeat Muzan, then asked Chinatsu what Muzan looked like.
• Chinatsu blurted out “Michael... Jackson,” confusing Tamayo, Yushiro, and Tanjiro.

Chinatsu and Tanjiro tracked down Muzan’s attendants, Susamaru and Yahaba, and began fighting them. Chinatsu beheaded Susamaru with Hinokami Kagura, while Yahaba remained in the battle.

• Tanjiro sensed ordinary demons nearby, and he and Chinatsu left Nezuko in Tamayo’s care before rushing to investigate.
• Chinatsu and Tanjiro found Susamaru and Yahaba eating humans and nearly severed both demons’ necks with a surprise attack.
• Susamaru sprouted extra arms and hurled temari balls at the Demon Slayers while Yahaba controlled their trajectories with invisible arrows.
• Chinatsu used Hinokami Kagura: Mirage Sun Rainbow to evade the temari balls and behead Susamaru.

Chinatsu and Tanjiro killed Susamaru and Yahaba, and Muzan discovered a mark left by Chinatsu’s Hinokami Kagura that reminded him of Yoriichi Tsugikuni. Terrified that Yoriichi had a successor, Muzan summoned all the Upper Ranks to the Infinity Castle.

• Chinatsu killed Susamaru, and Tanjiro beheaded Yahaba with Water Breathing before they returned to Tamayo’s residence.
• Muzan sensed that Susamaru and Yahaba had been killed, sent his human family away, and examined the battle site.
• Muzan recognized Chinatsu’s sword mark as a sign of Hinokami Kagura and feared that Yoriichi Tsugikuni had a successor.
• Muzan destroyed the marked section of the wall and urgently summoned every Upper Rank to the Infinity Castle.
• Akaza wondered if Doma had been killed, and Doma appeared to deny that he was easy to kill as the Upper Ranks gathered before Muzan Kibutsuji.

Muzan ordered the demons to hunt anyone with hanafuda earrings and a red-and-black Nichirin Blade, frightening Kokushibo. Chinatsu and Tanjiro left Tamayo's mansion for the Drum Mansion and encountered Zenitsu Agatsuma, who immediately begged Chinatsu to date him.

• Muzan ordered the demons to kill anyone who wore hanafuda-like earrings and wielded a red-and-black Nichirin Blade, and Kokushibo noticed fear in Muzan's eyes.
• Chinatsu and Tanjiro returned to Tamayo's mansion, where Chinatsu accidentally hurled her sheathed sword through a door and nearly hit Yushiro.
• Chinatsu and Tanjiro apologized to Tamayo and Yushiro, then left to collect blood from powerful demons and received a new mission from their crow.
• Chinatsu and Tanjiro traveled toward the Drum Mansion under black coats to protect Nezuko's box from the intense sunlight.
• Tanjiro tried to stop a girl from slapping Zenitsu Agatsuma, who mistook her concern for affection and then asked Chinatsu to date him.
• Chinatsu refused Zenitsu Agatsuma.

Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Zenitsu reached a mansion where a powerful demon was hiding, and Chinatsu entered alone to confront it. She tore through the mansion’s shifting rooms with Water Breathing, startling a boy wearing a boar’s head mask.

• Chinatsu refused Zenitsu’s advances, and Zenitsu recognized her and Tanjiro from the Final Selection.
• Tanjiro understood Zenitsu’s Little Sparrow and learned that Zenitsu was heading to slay the same demon as they were.
• The three arrived at a mansion, where Tanjiro sensed a powerful demon inside and Chinatsu went in alone while he stayed to protect two children.
• Chinatsu used Water Breathing, Tenth Form: Constant Flux, to smash through the mansion’s walls and search for the demon.
• A boy wearing a boar’s head mask watched a water dragon burst through the walls and wondered what he had just seen.

Chinatsu killed the Drum Demon inside the mansion and rescued a wounded boy, then encountered the boar-headed boy who accused her of stealing his prey. After sending him flying, she faced his challenge and began fighting him.

• Chinatsu used Constant Flux to badly wound the Drum Demon, then beheaded him while he was distracted by her praise.
• Chinatsu reassured the wounded boy and led him toward the mansion's exit, promising that others would search for any remaining children.
• The boar-headed boy accused Chinatsu of stealing his prey and tried to tackle her, but she dodged him and tossed him outside.
• Chinatsu told Tanjiro to search the mansion for injured people, and Tanjiro went back inside with Zenitsu and the other children.
• The boar-headed boy challenged Chinatsu with his twin notched Nichirin Blades and attacked with Beast Breathing, Second Fang: Slice; Chinatsu drew her sword and slashed back.

Chinatsu defeated the boar-masked Inosuke, who accepted her as his Big Sis and asked her to teach him. After the group shared a meal with the boys they had rescued, Chinatsu told one boy not to join the Demon Slayer Corps because she believed the age of demons would soon end.

• Chinatsu overpowered the Boar's Head Boy and made him admit defeat.
• The Boar's Head Boy called Chinatsu his Big Sis and asked her to teach him how to become strong.
• The group ate with the rescued boys, and the Boar's Head Boy revealed that his name was Inosuke.
• The rescued boys learned about the Demon Slayer Corps, and one boy asked if he could join.
• Chinatsu told the boy not to join, saying demons would soon be gone.

Chinatsu trained Nezuko while Tanjiro revealed that he and his sister could maintain Total Concentration Breathing all day, prompting Zenitsu and Inosuke to try learning it. The group left for Mount Natagumo, their next mission and the last dungeon before the death dungeon.

• The boy who had considered joining the Demon Slayer Corps gave up and said he would pray for Tanjiro and the others.
• Chinatsu taught Nezuko Water Breathing and swordsmanship while Tanjiro slept beside Zenitsu and Inosuke.
• Zenitsu and Inosuke noticed Tanjiro maintained Total Concentration Breathing in his sleep, and Tanjiro explained that he and Chinatsu could sustain it for twenty-four hours.
• Tanjiro offered to teach Zenitsu and Inosuke Total Concentration Breathing, but their attempts left them aching and exhausted.
• The next morning, the group received their next mission at Mount Natagumo.

Chinatsu, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke answered a call for reinforcements at Mount Natagumo, where a Lower Rank demon was lurking. They met Murata and encountered a Demon Slayer controlled by spider threads, while Murata mistook the newcomers for powerful swordsmen in disguise.

• The crow summoned Chinatsu and her companions to Mount Natagumo, and they hurried there after saying goodbye to the children at the house.
• Murata asked the newcomers their ranks and despaired when they all said they were Mizunoto.
• A spider-thread-controlled Demon Slayer charged at the group, and Chinatsu pinned him down while Tanjiro cut the threads.
• Murata watched Chinatsu and Tanjiro react with startling speed and decided they were secretly high-ranking swordsmen.
• Murata noticed Zenitsu and Inosuke using Total Concentration Breathing and resolved to stay close to the group to survive the mountain.

Chinatsu and Tanjiro split up with Zenitsu and Inosuke to eliminate the demons controlling people on Spider Mountain. After Tanjiro killed the thread-controlling demon, Chinatsu confronted Rui and deliberately faced his attack with her eyes closed to test whether she could enter the Transparent World.

• Chinatsu and Tanjiro split up to hunt the demons controlling people, with Zenitsu following Tanjiro and Inosuke following Chinatsu.
• Tanjiro tracked down and killed the female demon controlling the spider threads, freeing the people nearby.
• Chinatsu and Inosuke encountered Rui, who trapped Inosuke in threads and hurled him across the ground.
• Chinatsu drew her azure Nichirin Blade and faced Rui using Water Breathing.
• Chinatsu closed her eyes and stayed put as Rui's threads rushed toward her, hoping the attack would help her approach the Transparent World.

Chinatsu’s attempt to awaken the Transparent World failed as her beast instinct repeatedly helped her evade Rui’s attacks. She accepted that the two abilities conflicted and charged into a fierce battle with Rui, while Tanjiro and Zenitsu tried to reach her and were confronted by a demon.

• Chinatsu dodged Rui’s spider threads with her beast instinct, and Inosuke recognized her movements as those of a wild beast.
• Chinatsu concluded that her sharpened senses and the Transparent World conflicted, then stopped trying to suppress her instincts.
• Rui trapped Chinatsu with his Blood Demon Art: Killing Eye Cage, but she sliced through his hardened threads and challenged him.
• Rui unleashed Blood Demon Art: Thread Rotation as Chinatsu charged him with Water Breathing, beginning an intense clash that demons across Spider Mountain sensed.
• Tanjiro and Zenitsu tried to go to Chinatsu, but a huge muscular demon landed in their path to prevent them from interfering with Rui.

Tanjiro and Nezuko fought Rui’s demon family on Spider Mountain while Chinatsu kept Rui on the defensive. The Demon Slayer Corps sent Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho as reinforcements, but Chinatsu’s battle with Rui remained unresolved.

• Spider Father struck Tanjiro, but Tanjiro blocked the powerful punch with his Nichirin Blade.
• Nezuko leapt from Tanjiro’s box, kicked Spider Sister away, and wounded Spider Brother with a Water Breathing sword technique.
• Tanjiro and Nezuko stood back-to-back as they prepared to face the surrounding demons.
• The Corps leader dispatched Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho to Spider Mountain after hearing a Twelve Kizuki member might be there.
• Chinatsu evaded Rui’s lethal threads and repeatedly threatened his neck, leaving Rui frightened and at a disadvantage.

Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho arrived at Spider Mountain and found Tanjiro defending Nezuko before they hurried to confront a Lower Rank demon. They discovered Chinatsu had defeated Lower Rank Five, meeting the requirement to become a Pillar.

• Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho found signs of fighting but no demons as they reached Spider Mountain.
• Giyu recognized Tanjiro, while Shinobu raised her Nichirin Blade against Nezuko.
• Tanjiro blocked Shinobu's strike and warned that his older sister might be fighting one of the Twelve Kizuki.
• Giyu and Shinobu ran ahead to help and found Lower Rank Five defeated beneath Chinatsu.
• Giyu and Shinobu realized Chinatsu had met the requirement to become a Pillar.

Chinatsu killed Rui on Spider Mountain and agreed to go with Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the others to Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, where Nezuko’s status could be addressed. After hearing the report, Oyakata-sama hoped this generation would finally defeat Muzan and end his family’s curse.

• Chinatsu dismissed Rui’s claims of strength and severed his head with a clean strike.
• Tanjiro reunited with Chinatsu, and Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho arrived and questioned who she was.
• Zenitsu explained the group’s history to Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho, who learned about their talent and Nezuko’s demon identity.
• Giyu Tomioka asked the group to return to headquarters, and Chinatsu agreed so Nezuko’s status could be discussed with Oyakata-sama and the Pillars.
• Oyakata-sama received the crow’s report that Chinatsu had defeated Lower Rank Five Rui and reflected on Muzan’s origins and the curse on his family.

Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Nezuko faced the Demon Slayer Corps Pillars at headquarters, where Oyakata-sama asked them to trust Nezuko. Sanemi tested her with his rare blood, and Nezuko resisted despite her hunger, while Chinatsu found the blood tempting too.

• Sanemi Shinazugawa confronted Nezuko, and Chinatsu sent her back into her wooden box as dawn approached.
• Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and the Pillars greeted Oyakata-sama, who said the former and current Water Hashira had pledged their lives for Nezuko.
• Sanemi cut his arm and demanded Tanjiro's box so he could test Nezuko with his rare blood, but Chinatsu stopped him from taking it by force.
• Oyakata-sama told Sanemi to use only his blood as a temptation, and Tanjiro placed Nezuko's box inside the building.
• Nezuko resisted the blood dripping onto her face, astonishing the Pillars, while Chinatsu noticed that she was salivating too.

After Shinazugawa accepted Nezuko, Oyakata-sama appointed Chinatsu as the Demon Slayer Corps’ tenth Pillar for defeating Lower Rank Five. Chinatsu postponed choosing a title and settled into her new residence, where she planned to prepare for the Mugen Train arc and save the Flame Hashira.

• Shinazugawa accepted Nezuko after she resisted the temptation of his blood.
• Oyakata-sama announced that Chinatsu qualified to become a Pillar, and the Corps appointed her as its tenth.
• Oyakata-sama let Chinatsu postpone choosing her Pillar title, and she was assigned a residence at headquarters.
• Chinatsu asked why Zenitsu and Inosuke had followed her, and Zenitsu claimed he was learning Total Concentration: Constant from Tanjiro.
• Chinatsu went to sleep, planning to meet the other Pillars and find a way to keep the Flame Hashira alive.
• Inosuke knocked Zenitsu to the ground and shouted that he would master Total Concentration.

Chinatsu searched Demon Slayer Corps headquarters for Kyojuro Rengoku but met Mitsuri Kanroji instead, and the two quickly bonded over their enormous appetites. The chapter ended as they prepared to compete in an arm-wrestling match.

• Chinatsu left the estate after advising the sleeping Tanjiro to build up his strength and avoid awakening the Demon Slayer Mark.
• Chinatsu searched headquarters for Kyojuro Rengoku but found Mitsuri eating sakura mochi and a large lunch instead.
• Chinatsu reassured Mitsuri that she also had a huge appetite, and Mitsuri invited her to sit and talk.
• Chinatsu and Mitsuri grew close, then moved to a stone table and clasped hands to begin arm wrestling.