Chapter Summaries

Chinatsu accepted Oyakata-sama’s suggestion and became known as the Dawn Pillar as the Demon Slayer Corps dissolved and its history was preserved. After waking the next morning, she overheard Tanjiro and Kanao leaving together and enthusiastically imagined them as a couple.

• Mitsuri, Kyojuro Rengoku, and the others suggested titles for Chinatsu, and Oyakata-sama proposed Dawn Pillar.
• Chinatsu chose Dawn Pillar, and the Ubuyashiki Clan recorded her and the Corps’ history in its archives.
• Oyakata-sama began writing a novel about the demons and the Demon Slayer Corps, which later became a bestseller in the Taisho era.
• The Demon Slayer Corps officially dissolved after Chinatsu’s title was established.
• Chinatsu woke the next morning, overheard Tanjiro and Kanao arranging to buy ingredients together, and assumed they were flirting.

Chinatsu checked on the now-human Nezuko, then set out to demand her travel money from Oyakata-sama. After declining Mitsuri and Obanai Iguro’s lunch invitation, she secretly headed to their all-you-can-eat restaurant instead.

• Chinatsu quietly visited Nezuko, who had become human after taking Tamayo and Shinobu Kocho’s Human Transformation Drug, and let her keep sleeping.
• Chinatsu remembered that Oyakata-sama had not given her a bonus and hurried toward his mansion to get seed money for traveling the world.
• Chinatsu met Mitsuri Kanroji and Obanai Iguro as they prepared to buy groceries, and Mitsuri invited her to lunch at an all-you-can-eat restaurant.
• Chinatsu declined the invitation so Mitsuri and Obanai could eat together, then secretly made her own way to the restaurant for breakfast.

Chinatsu secretly watched Mitsuri and Obanai enjoy a meal at an all-you-can-eat restaurant, where Mitsuri’s appetite nearly emptied the food supply. After they left, Chinatsu finally headed to the buffet, leaving the restaurant staff unaware that an even greater eater was about to begin.

• Chinatsu followed Mitsuri and Obanai into the restaurant and took a seat far away so she could watch them unnoticed.
• Mitsuri enthusiastically loaded her table with food while Obanai ate very little and reassured the worried waiter that she could finish everything.
• After two hours, Mitsuri polished off the remaining food, then left with Obanai while the staff watched them nervously.
• Chinatsu stayed behind, pleased by the couple’s interaction, and went to the food service area after they departed.
• Chinatsu decided to take all the dishes she liked, while the restaurant staff remained unaware of the trouble ahead.

Chinatsu emptied a buffet restaurant, then returned to her Mansion and found Tanjiro and Kanao struggling with the food for the evening party. She took up the kitchen knife, and a surge of confidence left her poised to cook.

• Chinatsu ate all the food at the buffet, forcing the restaurant to close and eventually become an ordinary restaurant.
• Chinatsu strolled through town, attracting admiring looks from passersby, then returned to Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.
• Chinatsu found Tanjiro and Kanao in a smoke-filled kitchen after they burned their food for the evening party.
• Chinatsu agreed to help and grasped the kitchen knife, feeling the power of a master chef return.

Chinatsu finished most of the cooking with dazzling cleaver skills, then abandoned her planned nap to investigate Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho cooking together. She found Shinobu preparing a suspiciously purple, bubbling medicinal soup while Giyu chopped vegetables.

• Chinatsu transformed Tanjiro and Kanao's ingredients into dishes with astonishing cleaver skills, leaving them to handle the finishing touches.
• Tanjiro told Chinatsu that Giyu Tomioka and Shinobu Kocho were cooking together, and she decided to visit them instead of taking a nap.
• Chinatsu went to Giyu Tomioka's place but found neither him nor Shinobu Kocho there, so she headed to Shinobu's mansion.
• Chinatsu stealthily found Giyu chopping vegetables and Shinobu stirring a thick soup while listing medicinal herbs.
• Chinatsu peeked at the pot and saw that Shinobu's soup was purple and bubbling.

Oyakata-sama finished the second chapter of his book and gave Chinatsu the manuscript with her name listed as the author, promising her the royalties. At the Corps’ outdoor party, Shinobu unveiled her purple Century Soup, filling everyone’s vision with purple light.

• Shinobu continued simmering her Century Soup while Chinatsu left her residence, worried about whether the soup would be drinkable.
• Oyakata-sama finished writing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Chapter Two, and Amane massaged his aching arm.
• Chinatsu visited Oyakata-sama and made a money gesture to ask for appreciation; he gave her the manuscript with her name credited as its author and the royalties assigned to her.
• The Corps members gathered for an outdoor party and brought dishes, including Mitsuri’s sakura mochi and Obanai’s meat skewers.
• Shinobu brought her purple Century Soup to the table and lifted its lid, causing purple light to overwhelm everyone’s vision.

At the evening party, Shinobu Kocho’s medicinal soup knocked Oyakata-sama unconscious, while Giyu Tomioka drank it and called it salty. Chinatsu revealed she planned to travel around the world, and the party ended with her reminding everyone that drinking under twenty was illegal.

• Shinobu Kocho served her purple medicinal soup, and Oyakata-sama tasted it before collapsing into Chinatsu’s arms.
• Shinobu Kocho explained that Oyakata-sama was asleep, while Giyu Tomioka drank a bowl and said it was a little salty.
• The guests praised Chinatsu’s cooking and suggested she open a restaurant, but Chinatsu said she had no plans to go into business.
• Chinatsu announced she intended to travel around the world, and Tengen Uzui poured sake for the group to celebrate.
• Chinatsu declined to raise her cup and reminded everyone that drinking under twenty was illegal.

Chinatsu and Tanjiro prepared to leave the Demon Slayer Corps after Muzan’s defeat, while the Corps members began parting ways. Sanemi and Genya left together after reconciling, and Chinatsu gave Sanemi a casual farewell.

• Chinatsu practiced her two Sun-Moon Style forms before sunrise and recalled drinking Shinobu Kocho’s leftover soup at the party.
• Chinatsu and Tanjiro pretended they had slept, while Nezuko noticed their act and patted their heads after they crouched down for her.
• Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Nezuko went to the Corps headquarters entrance, where Genya waited with luggage for Sanemi.
• Sanemi arrived with the rest of his luggage, and Chinatsu recognized that he and Genya had reconciled.
• Chinatsu and Sanemi exchanged a high five, and Sanemi and Genya left the headquarters together.

Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Nezuko left Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters and set out for the Kamado home, carrying their retirement money. They stayed overnight with children Chinatsu and Tanjiro had once rescued, and Chinatsu told them that the age of demons had ended.

• Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Nezuko packed their belongings and the money Oyakata-sama had given them, then left Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters for home.
• The Kamado trio traveled along country paths until nightfall and searched for somewhere to stay.
• A boy and a girl recognized Chinatsu and Tanjiro as the people who had saved them from the Drum Demon.
• Chinatsu and the others accepted the children’s invitation to stay at their home, where Chinatsu cooked dinner.
• The boy asked whether demons had appeared nearby, and Chinatsu told him there were no demons and never would be again.

Chinatsu and Tanjiro told the children about the end of the demons and continued their journey home, reaching the Kamado family house after three years away. As they began to clean it, the rotten floor collapsed beneath Tanjiro.

• Chinatsu told the children that the age of demons had ended, and Tanjiro excitedly recounted her deeds to an eager boy.
• Tanjiro stayed up telling stories until he lost his voice, while the boy also spent the night awake and thrilled.
• Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and the others said goodbye to the children and traveled to the foot of their home mountain.
• The group reached their dilapidated house and the family gravestones, where Chinatsu urged Tanjiro to start cleaning.
• Tanjiro stepped inside, and the rotten floor broke beneath him, trapping half his body in the gap.

After returning to their ruined home, Chinatsu, Tanjiro, and Nezuko discovered an old notebook of Hinokami Kagura instructions hidden beneath the floor. The next morning, Chinatsu bought lumber to rebuild the house, surprising the shop owner with her money and strength.

• Tanjiro fell through the rotten floor, and Chinatsu and Nezuko found him holding a battered notebook from a box beneath the house.
• Chinatsu opened the notebook and found it contained instructions and precautions for every form of Hinokami Kagura, then gave it to Tanjiro to keep as a family heirloom.
• The Kamados spent an uncomfortable night in the creaking house, and Tanjiro stayed awake while Chinatsu headed down the mountain to buy lumber.
• The lumber shop owner recognized Chinatsu and led her to his stock after she said the family planned to renovate or rebuild their home.
• Chinatsu paid for the lumber and easily lifted a thick timber, leaving the owner stunned.

Chinatsu bought lumber and Konpeito in town, then followed the sound of sword practice to a dojo where a cruel instructor was beating his apprentices. She challenged the dojo, asking whether it accepted challengers.

• Chinatsu used an exaggerated act of helplessness to hide her strength from the lumber merchant and arranged for timber to be delivered up the mountain.
• Chinatsu bought several jars of Konpeito for Tanjiro and Nezuko.
• Chinatsu heard wooden swords clashing and learned from the candy shop owner that a nearby dojo had opened a few years earlier.
• Chinatsu entered the dojo and saw a middle-aged man beating an apprentice while berating the other students.
• Chinatsu took a Training Wooden Sword and asked the middle-aged man whether his dojo accepted challengers.

Chinatsu challenged the All Under Heaven Sword Hall’s teacher and defeated him after easily evading his attacks. She advised his apprentices to seek a refund and find another teacher, but the next morning they arrived at her doorstep with their parents, asking her to teach them swordsmanship.

• Chinatsu challenged the middle-aged sword teacher and blocked his opening attack, then dodged his repeated strikes.
• Chinatsu struck the teacher in the abdomen and urged him to give up, prompting him to remember how he had built a reputation by defeating other sword halls through any means necessary.
• The teacher tried to throw his wooden sword at Chinatsu, but she appeared behind him and knocked him unconscious with Sun-Moon Style, Second Form: Sun and Moon Renewed Radiance.
• Chinatsu told the apprentices to ask their families to seek refunds and find another place to learn swordsmanship, then left the hall.
• The next morning, the apprentices arrived at Chinatsu’s home with some of their parents and asked her to teach them.

Chinatsu and Tanjiro began rebuilding their house, but a crowd of children and parents arrived asking to learn swordsmanship. Chinatsu agreed to teach them through Tanjiro, whose demonstration ended with him cutting down a large tree using a wooden sword.

• Chinatsu and Tanjiro started rebuilding their house and planned to expand it.
• A crowd of children and parents came to Chinatsu’s home and asked to learn swordsmanship.
• Chinatsu agreed to teach them under strict rules, but said Tanjiro would be their teacher.
• Tanjiro demonstrated his strength with a wooden sword, shattering it and severing a large withered tree.

After Tanjiro amazed the children by splitting a tree, he agreed to try teaching swordsmanship while Chinatsu helped plan the school. Chinatsu told Tanjiro she intended to travel once things settled down, and promised she would return to visit.

• Tanjiro split a tree with one strike, and the children and parents eagerly asked him to become their swordsmanship teacher.
• Chinatsu asked whether Tanjiro truly lacked interest in teaching, and he decided he wanted to try while continuing the family business.
• Chinatsu sent the children and parents home and advised Tanjiro not to teach breathing Sword Techniques or neglect the students' character.
• Tanjiro realized Chinatsu still planned to leave and travel around the world, and she promised she would come back to visit.

The Kamados built their residence and Sword Hall at astonishing speed while the children in town practiced on their own and waited for lessons. Chinatsu revealed the Sword Hall was nearly finished, and the children and their parents arrived to find the grand complex already complete.

• The Kamados worked together to build a residence and Sword Hall, sparing no expense on materials or decorations.
• The children in town kept practicing sword swings while they waited for the Sword Hall to be finished.
• Chinatsu warned one of Tanjiro's future students that practicing without guidance could reinforce mistakes, then told him the Sword Hall was almost ready.
• The boy ran through town to announce the news, and three days later the children and their parents visited the Kamado home.
• Chinatsu opened the gate and welcomed the stunned visitors into the magnificent residence and its grounds.

Tanjiro began teaching swordsmanship at the Kamado Mansion, putting his students through grueling flexibility training while Chinatsu watched. Kanao Tsuyuri arrived at the gates to see Tanjiro, and they greeted each other.

• Chinatsu led the visitors to the Sword Hall, where Tanjiro prepared to teach his first students.
• A few weeks later, Tanjiro stretched his students' ligaments through a painful training session while Chinatsu listened to them tease one another during their break.
• Chinatsu told Tanjiro to resume training after the students rested, and he announced that the stretching was only a warm-up.
• Chinatsu sensed a visitor and sent Tanjiro to answer the gate because the visitor had come for him.
• Tanjiro opened the gate and found Kanao Tsuyuri, who greeted him with a smile.

Shinobu encouraged Kanao to follow her feelings for Tanjiro, and Kanao devoted herself to medical study until Shinobu let her leave for Mount Kumotori. After Kanao set out, Shinobu returned to her clinic, where Tomioka arrived.

• Shinobu noticed Kanao was distracted by thoughts of Tanjiro and encouraged her to follow her heart.
• Kanao remembered how Shinobu and Kanae had rescued and raised her, then cried in Shinobu's arms.
• Kanao studied medicine intensely and mastered the basics under Shinobu's instruction.
• Shinobu gave Kanao permission to leave, and Kanao departed for Mount Kumotori at daybreak.
• Shinobu returned to her clinic and was surprised when Tomioka walked in.

After Muzan’s destruction, Giyu Tomioka visited his former master, Sakonji Urokodaki, and admitted he did not know what to do with his future. He began traveling and eventually found Shinobu Kocho’s clinic, where he approached her and accepted her invitation to have tea.

• Giyu returned to Mount Sagiri and shared a meal with Urokodaki, who had stopped wearing his Tengu Mask.
• Giyu told Urokodaki he felt lost now that Muzan was gone, then said he would keep moving forward until he found his path.
• Giyu spent the following days traveling, meeting people, and trying different foods without settling on a future goal.
• Giyu heard residents mention Shinobu Kocho and went to her clinic, where he awkwardly asked if she had eaten.
• Shinobu laughed at Giyu’s improved attempts to talk and invited him inside for tea and conversation, and Giyu walked toward her.

Chinatsu took over training the exhausted apprentices while Tanjiro and Kanao spent an hour shyly reuniting. After leaving the Sword Hall, Chinatsu received a letter from Mitsuri Kanroji.

• Tanjiro and Kanao stood bashfully together outside the Kamado family mansion while Chinatsu sensed them from the Sword Hall.
• Chinatsu told the apprentices Tanjiro would be away, then took over their training and pushed them until they collapsed from exhaustion.
• Tanjiro returned with Kanao, apologized for the delay, and found Chinatsu training the apprentices.
• Chinatsu greeted Kanao, teased her and Tanjiro for holding hands, then left them to take over the lesson.
• A Kasugai Crow dropped a letter into Chinatsu’s hand, and she guessed it was from Mitsuri Kanroji.