Chapter Summaries

Chiba Yo attended a Hashira Meeting that also invited powerful swordsmen, where Tanjiro and Genya joined the gathered Hashira. Genya apologized for failing a task, while Mitsuri grew upset when he avoided greeting her; Obanai arrived with dumplings.

• Kagaya took hope from Chiba Yo’s belief that defeating Muzan might lift his curse and promised to hold on until the final battle.
• Chiba Yo, Kyojuro, and Tanjiro gathered for the expanded Hashira Meeting, and Chiba Yo explained that strong swordsmen had also been invited.
• Muichiro, Mitsuri, and Genya arrived, and Chiba Yo reflected on the differences between Muichiro’s Mist Breathing and the Cloud Breathing he had taught Genya.
• Genya told Chiba Yo he had fought Upper Rank Four and apologized for failing the task Chiba Yo had given him, but Chiba Yo reassured him.
• Genya greeted Kyojuro and Muichiro but ignored Mitsuri, who tearfully asked Chiba Yo whether she was disliked.
• Chiba Yo explained that Genya struggled to deal with girls and pointed out Obanai nearby with a large bag of dumplings.

Mitsuri’s misunderstanding about Genya made Obanai confront him, but Sanemi stepped in to protect his younger brother. Sanemi denied that he cared for Genya, leaving the others amused as everyone turned to Mitsuri.

• Obanai brought Mitsuri a bag of dango, and she eagerly ate it after thanking him.
• Obanai asked Mitsuri who had upset her, and she said Genya’s silence had made her think he hated her.
• Obanai moved to confront Genya, but Sanemi arrived and knocked his hand aside to shield his brother.
• Chiba Yo explained that Genya had been too nervous to speak to Mitsuri and that Genya and the others were there on the Master’s orders.
• Obanai teased Sanemi for protecting Genya after claiming he had no brother, and Sanemi insisted he had only stopped Obanai from bullying a lower-ranking swordsman.
• Mitsuri laughed at Sanemi’s explanation, drawing everyone’s attention.

Genya poured out his feelings to Sanemi, who acknowledged him as his brother but still insisted on protecting him. The reunion was interrupted when Sanemi confronted Giyu, and Tanjiro tried to stop them from fighting.

• Sanemi told Genya that someone who could not use a Breathing Style had no place in the Demon Slayer Corps, and Genya revealed that he had learned a Breathing Style and wanted to fight beside his brother.
• Genya told Sanemi he wanted to make up for the past and protect him, moving Sanemi to acknowledge him as his brother while still urging him to stay behind his big brother.
• Mitsuri cried out over the brothers' reconciliation, and both Sanemi and Genya blushed when they realized everyone had been watching.
• Giyu entered, and Sanemi confronted him about arriving late to patrol, prompting Tanjiro to rush in and warn them that the Corps rules forbade fighting.
• Giyu told Sanemi he did not look down on him and that his strength was different from Sanemi's.

Sanemi's anger at Giyu's blunt remark escalated into a confrontation, and Tanjiro tried to calm him by offering hagi mochi. The chapter left Sanemi trembling with fury after Genya said he would make the sweets for him.

• Giyu said his strength was different from the others, prompting Sanemi to attack him and Genya to kick him back.
• Tanjiro stepped between Sanemi and Giyu, defended Giyu's intentions, and challenged Sanemi over stabbing Nezuko.
• Tanjiro offered to buy Sanemi hagi mochi after realizing he liked it, while Mitsuri agreed that favorite foods could improve someone's mood.
• Giyu was surprised to learn Sanemi liked hagi mochi and imagined sharing it with him, while Sanemi grew increasingly furious.
• Genya interrupted Tanjiro and said he would make hagi mochi for Sanemi himself.

Amane Ubuyashiki told the assembled Demon Slayer Corps that Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s condition had worsened and that preparations for the final battle against Muzan should begin. The Hashira learned that Muzan’s location would be found by others and that the remaining Upper Ranks were Two and Three, while Kagaya refused to assign Hashira to guard him.

• Sanemi knocked Tanjiro unconscious during his argument with Giyu, then returned to attend the meeting as Tanjiro regained consciousness.
• Hinaki and Nichika led the gathered Hashira and others into a room, where Amane announced that Kagaya’s health had worsened and he could no longer appear before them.
• Amane revealed that the final battle was approaching, that Muzan’s location would be found by others, and that everyone present would be sent to fight once he was located.
• Sanemi proposed that two Hashira stay behind to protect Kagaya, but Amane conveyed Kagaya’s refusal and asked them to respect his wishes.
• Amane reported that Upper Ranks Two and Three remained, alongside Muzan, and that Chiba Yo had slain Upper Ranks Five and One.

Amane assigned the Demon Slayer Corps fighters to face Muzan, Upper Rank Two, and Akaza, then distributed medicine that prevented awakened marks from shortening their lives. After the meeting, Zenitsu asked Chiba Yo why his senior fellow disciple Kaigaku had not been chosen and revealed that he had not seen him for some time.

• Amane assigned Chiba Yo, Gyomei Himejima, Sanemi Shinazugawa, Genya Shinazugawa, and Tanjiro Kamado to fight Muzan.
• Amane assigned Shinobu Kocho, Giyu Tomioka, Tengen Uzui, Inosuke, and Kanao Tsuyuri to fight Upper Rank Two, and assigned Kyojuro Rengoku, Obanai Iguro, Mitsuri Kanroji, Muichiro Tokito, and Zenitsu Agatsuma to fight Akaza.
• Amane distributed medicine that suppressed the demon slayer mark’s fatal effects, and everyone except Chiba Yo and Shinobu Kocho took a dose.
• After the meeting, Zenitsu pulled Chiba Yo aside and asked why Kaigaku had not been selected for the final battle.
• Zenitsu told Chiba Yo that he had not seen Kaigaku recently and asked whether Chiba Yo knew where he was.

Chiba Yo told Zenitsu that he had killed Kaigaku after Kaigaku became Upper Rank Six and slaughtered a village, and explained why the truth had to be kept from Jigoro Kuwajima. Zenitsu resolved to train for the coming final battle, while Tamayo and Yushiro followed Muzan’s blood through the night.

• Chiba Yo told Zenitsu that he had killed Kaigaku, who had become a demon and slaughtered innocent people.
• Zenitsu asked whether Jigoro Kuwajima knew, and Chiba Yo explained that revealing the truth could bring Jigoro a death sentence under Corps rules.
• Zenitsu thanked Chiba Yo and agreed to tell Jigoro that Kaigaku had left the Corps and disappeared.
• Zenitsu asked Chiba Yo to help train him, determined to stop running away and bring comfort to Jigoro.
• Tamayo and Yushiro followed Muzan’s blood through the night while concealed by Yushiro’s talismans.

Tamayo and Yushiro infiltrated the Infinity Castle by tracking Tamayo’s blood, while Chiba Yo, Kagaya, Kiriya, and the Demon Slayer Corps prepared to launch the Final Battle. Tamayo tricked Muzan into absorbing the Demon-to-Human Drug and confronted him as the large-scale teleportation preparations began.

• Yushiro shared his vision of the clearing with Chiba Yo and Kagaya through his talismans.
• Kagaya told Kiriya to begin preparations, and Kiriya alerted the Hashira and other swordsmen to prepare for teleportation.
• Nakime noticed Tamayo’s blood enter the Infinity Castle and asked Muzan whether she should remove it, but he let it approach.
• Muzan absorbed the blood and broke down its poison, then was struck by a thorn-based Blood Demon Art that also injured Nakime.
• Tamayo appeared and revealed that the hand Muzan had absorbed carried the Demon-to-Human Drug, while Yushiro remained hidden and concealed the coming teleportation attack.

Tamayo confronted Muzan with a drug and her Blood Demon Art, but Muzan killed and devoured her before Chiba Yo and Yushiro could intervene. Chiba Yo then wounded Nakime, allowing Yushiro to seize control of her and prepare to send Muzan and the Infinity Castle to the surface.

• Muzan mocked Tamayo by reminding her that she had eaten her husband and son after he turned her into a demon, and Tamayo admitted her guilt and vowed to die taking him with her.
• Muzan crushed Tamayo's head and devoured her, while Yushiro watched and wept.
• Chiba Yo arrived among the Special Talisman-bearing Flesh Seeds, and Muzan panicked when the drugs prevented him from splitting apart.
• Muzan ordered Nakime to teleport Chiba Yo away and summoned Akaza, Doma, and his other demons.
• Chiba Yo used Sun Breathing to sever and weaken Nakime without killing her, and Yushiro took control of her.
• Yushiro condemned Muzan for Tamayo's death and declared he would send everyone up to the surface.

Chiba Yo and the Demon Slayer Corps confronted Muzan inside the Infinity Castle, which Yushiro drove toward the surface. After Muzan fled behind a wave of demons, Chiba Yo erased nearly all of them with one Sun Breathing technique, and Yushiro brought the shattered castle aboveground.

• Kiriya sent fourteen Demon Slayers into the Infinity Castle and ordered them to focus their attacks on Muzan.
• Muzan killed Nakime, fled from Chiba Yo, and sent Akaza and Doma to hold back the pursuing swordsmen.
• Yushiro used Nakime’s remaining flesh to raise the Infinity Castle while Kiriya directed the Corps to divide their forces between Muzan and the Upper Ranks.
• Chiba Yo used the Third Form of Sun Breathing to annihilate nearly the entire demon horde and send slashes toward Muzan, Akaza, and Doma.
• Doma stopped Chiba Yo’s weakened slashes with his ice bodhisattva, and the Demon Slayers were stunned by Chiba Yo’s strength.
• Yushiro flung the shattered Infinity Castle aboveground, exposing the fighters beneath the night sky.

Chiba Yo pursued Muzan across the surface while Akaza attacked him with his strongest technique, also striking Doma and Muzan. Chiba Yo repelled the attack, wounded Akaza with flames that resisted regeneration, and continued closing in on the drug-weakened Muzan.

• After the Infinity Castle shattered, Chiba Yo chased Muzan while Akaza and Doma stood in his path.
• Akaza unleashed Blue-Silver Chaotic Afterglow, hitting Doma and sending projectiles toward Muzan as he fled.
• Chiba Yo blocked Akaza's projectiles with Inferno Mirror Wall and countered with Mirror-Turning Flame Elephant.
• Chiba Yo's flaming projectiles badly wounded Akaza, whose injuries resisted regeneration, while Doma mistakenly thought Akaza had protected him.
• Chiba Yo bypassed the Upper Ranks and resumed his pursuit as Muzan struggled against the effects of the drugs in his body.

Muzan tried to escape Chiba Yo, while Shinobu Kocho confronted Doma, the demon who had killed her sister, in the Infinity Castle. Shinobu joined forces with the other Demon Slayers against Doma, whose ice constructs and attacks kept the battle going.

• Muzan used Black Blood Thorns to attack Chiba Yo and speed his escape, but Chiba Yo burned through the thorns without slowing down.
• Shinobu Kocho recognized Doma as Kanae's killer and pierced his eye with a wisteria-poisoned blade.
• Doma attacked Shinobu with freezing ice, but Giyu blocked the cold and urged her to fight alongside their allies.
• Kanao encouraged Shinobu to avenge Kanae with her, and Shinobu joined the battle with Kanao, Tengen, Inosuke, and Giyu.
• Doma created ice figures to hold off Tengen and Kanao, then used Freezing Clouds against Shinobu while Giyu attacked his true body.
• Doma blocked Giyu's Water Surface Slash and taunted him, saying that Giyu was the one his companions disliked.

Giyu and Inosuke fought Doma, whose ice Blood Demon Arts hindered their attacks and let him take Inosuke’s boar mask. Doma recognized Inosuke’s face and began recounting a memory from fifteen years earlier about a woman who had come to his cult with a baby.

• Giyu argued with Doma about who was disliked by his companions and attacked him with Water Breathing.
• Inosuke arrived and joined Giyu, cutting through Doma’s ice vines while Giyu landed a slash on Doma’s abdomen.
• Doma sent freezing air at Giyu and Inosuke, then seized Inosuke’s boar mask and examined his face.
• Doma claimed he remembered Inosuke from his human memories and dug into his temple to retrieve the memory.
• Doma recalled a woman who had sought shelter at his Eternal Paradise Cult with her baby, saying her husband beat her and her mother-in-law bullied her.

Doma told Inosuke about his mother, Kotoha, prompting Inosuke to recover memories of her love and promises to protect him. As Giyu and Inosuke fought Doma, Doma revealed that Kotoha had fled his temple after discovering he ate his followers.

• Doma told Inosuke that his mother Kotoha had been beautiful and looked like him, but Inosuke denied remembering her.
• Giyu attacked Doma with Water Breathing, Tenth Form: Constant Flux, and Doma countered with his Rime-Water Lily Bodhisattva.
• Inosuke rushed Doma to reclaim his boar mask while Giyu protected him, but ice crystals struck and froze Giyu's shoulder.
• Doma described Kotoha singing to Inosuke, and Inosuke remembered her face and her promise to protect him.
• Doma said Kotoha discovered he was eating his followers, cursed him, and fled the temple with Inosuke in her arms.

Inosuke remembered that Doma had eaten his mother, Kotoha, and vowed to make him suffer as the Hashira and Kanao joined the fight. Tengen completed his Musical Score and helped the group land a coordinated attack that left Doma’s neck pinned beneath their blades.

• Doma told Inosuke that he had eaten Kotoha, causing Inosuke to recover his childhood memories and swear revenge.
• Tengen completed his Musical Score against Doma’s ice clone and began predicting its attacks.
• Inosuke dislocated his arm to extend his reach and sliced away half of Doma’s head.
• Giyu, Shinobu, Kanao, Inosuke, and Tengen attacked Doma together, with Tengen breaking the falling icicles that threatened them.
• Shinobu poisoned Doma, Giyu cut through his waist, Kanao pierced his chest, and Inosuke and Tengen drove their blades into his neck.

Akaza’s beheading did not stop him from fighting, but a woman called him Hakuji and awakened memories of his human life. As he recalled his father, Keizo, and Koyuki, the truth of his past and the tragedy that led him to become a demon began to surface.

• Kyojuro beheaded the severely wounded Akaza, but Akaza kept fighting and tried to strike him.
• A woman with snowflake ornaments took Akaza’s arm and pleaded with him to stop, calling him Hakuji.
• Akaza remembered stealing medicine for his sick father, enduring punishment, and learning that his father had taken his own life.
• Hakuji recalled meeting Keizo and caring for his ill daughter, Koyuki, while training at Keizo’s dojo.
• Keizo asked Hakuji to inherit the dojo and marry Koyuki, and Hakuji promised to protect them both.
• Hakuji remembered that poisoners had poisoned the well, killing Keizo and Koyuki.

Akaza regained his memories and died after reuniting with his father, Master Keizo, and Koyuki. Chiba Yo pursued Muzan and cut him into pieces, leaving Muzan begging for his life as the Corps announced victory.

• Akaza remembered his past, became Hakuji again, and apologized to his father, Master Keizo, and Koyuki before his body vanished.
• Kiriya announced through Yushiro's talisman that Chiba Yo had slain Muzan Kibutsuji and that they had won.
• Chiba Yo pursued Muzan, burned away his severed limbs, and used Sun Breathing to slice Muzan into countless pieces.
• Muzan knelt before Chiba Yo and pleaded for his life, offering immortality and his help in exchange for being spared.

Chiba Yo annihilated Muzan, ending the Demon Slayer Corps’ final battle, while Muzan was dragged into hell by the demons and people he had harmed. The Corps celebrated their victory, and Nezuko awoke human again and learned that Tanjiro and the others had survived.

• Chiba Yo overwhelmed the weakened Muzan with Sun Breathing, Twelfth Form: Dusk Glow, and Muzan died as the victims he had condemned to hell dragged him down.
• Chiba Yo repeatedly attacked the remaining ash until the Transparent World showed no trace of Muzan, then Tanjiro thanked him and the Hashira reacted to the battle’s end.
• Kagaya and the others learned through Yushiro’s talismans that Chiba Yo had slain Muzan, and Kiriya announced the Corps’ victory.
• Nezuko regained her memories and returned to human form while Suma, Makio, and Hinatsuru cared for her at headquarters.
• A Kakushi member told Nezuko and the others that Muzan had been slain and everyone who fought had survived.

The returning Demon Slayers reunited with the people waiting at Corps Headquarters, and Tanjiro found Nezuko human again. As the celebration began, Yushiro grieved alone in Tamayo’s laboratory and resolved to keep living while remembering her.

• At dawn, the returning fighters reached Corps Headquarters, where the waiting crowd welcomed all fifteen of them home.
• Tanjiro ran to Nezuko after seeing that she could stand in the sunlight, and the siblings embraced and apologized to each other.
• Chiba Yo stopped Zenitsu from rushing at Nezuko and told him to ask Tanjiro for advice if he hoped to marry her.
• The crowd celebrated the returning fighters as Tengen reunited with his wives and Giyu realized the others did not dislike him.
• Yushiro entered Tamayo’s empty laboratory, remembered her, and broke down in tears while holding Chachamaru.
• Yushiro vowed to keep living, remember Tamayo, and wait for the day they could meet again.

After the Demon Slayer Corps defeated Muzan, Kagaya convened the final Hashira Meeting, announced the Corps’ dissolution, and thanked the Hashira before his heart stopped. His curse then vanished, his body recovered, and he awoke, leaving the Hashira rejoicing.

• Chiba Yo and the other Hashira rushed to the Ubuyashiki Estate after learning Kagaya was close to death.
• Kagaya announced that Muzan had been defeated and officially disbanded the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Kagaya gave the Hashira personal advice and blessings, then thanked them before his heart stopped beating.
• Chiba Yo noticed Kagaya’s marks fading, and the doctor confirmed that Kagaya’s body was rapidly recovering.
• Kagaya opened his eyes, found that his pain had vanished, and asked what had happened as the Hashira wept with joy.