Recaps

Su Mu studied Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu at the Hiko Dojo while caring for Kanao Tsuyuri, where he encountered the powerful swordsman Kenshin Himura. He rented a secluded room at an inn and dug a pit beneath the bed before sunrise forced him to hide.

• Su Mu arrived at the Hiko Dojo with Kanao Tsuyuri and saw Kenshin Himura standing silently on the training ground.
• Arakawa Akihiro identified Kenshin Himura as the dojo’s strongest student and continued teaching Su Mu Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu.
• After two hours of training, Su Mu left the dojo with Kanao Tsuyuri and headed to an inn.
• Su Mu rented the inn’s detached room and instructed the innkeeper to keep others out and have Kanao collect their meals.
• Su Mu used his Nichirin Blade to dig a pit beneath the bed and packed the soil into a storage chest.
• As sunrise approached, Su Mu finished concealing the pit and prepared to hide from the daylight.

Kanao Tsuyuri slept safely at the inn while Su Mu hid beneath the bed, and the Demon Slayer Corps searched for the demon that had vanished into town. After waking, Kanao brought food to Su Mu, but he refused it, leaving her wondering what he could eat.

• Kanao Tsuyuri fell asleep on the inn's soft bed while Su Mu hid in the hole beneath it.
• Hiroshi Furukawa learned the demon's trail had ended at the town and ordered the Hidden Ones to search dark places and monitor reports of missing people.
• Hiroshi Furukawa and his swordsmen decided to stay in town until they could slay the demon.
• Kanao Tsuyuri woke at midday, crawled beside Su Mu, and went to fetch food after he noticed she was hungry.
• Kanao Tsuyuri offered Su Mu food, but he refused, and she again asked what his food was.

Su Mu resisted his demon's hunger while caring for Kanao Tsuyuri, who had spent the day hiding beneath the bed. He began teaching her to make small choices by listening to her own feelings.

• Su Mu could not answer Kanao Tsuyuri when she asked what demons ate, and he told her to eat while he endured his hunger in silence.
• Kanao Tsuyuri ate all the food and stayed curled beneath the bed as children played outside.
• After night fell, Su Mu came out from beneath the bed and helped Kanao Tsuyuri clean the dust from her face.
• Su Mu told Kanao Tsuyuri to listen to the voice in her heart and explained that she could act on her own feelings instead of waiting for his instructions.

Su Mu took Kanao Tsuyuri out to help her learn to listen to her feelings, then trained at the Hiko Dojo and sparred with Arakawa Akihiro. When Arakawa decided he could no longer teach Su Mu, he introduced him to Kenshin Himura for further instruction.

• Su Mu gently encouraged Kanao Tsuyuri to take her time and try to feel the world around her as they walked to the Hiko Dojo.
• After training for four hours, Su Mu learned from Arakawa Akihiro that true mastery required actual combat.
• Arakawa Akihiro defeated Su Mu in a spar, catching him off guard with a swift counterattack.
• Arakawa Akihiro said Su Mu had become too strong for him to teach and offered to introduce him to his senior fellow disciple.
• Arakawa Akihiro brought Kenshin Himura to meet Su Mu, who asked Kenshin to teach him.

Su Mu trained with Kenshin Himura, gradually grasped Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, and saw the change reflected in his character panel. His increased spirit also strengthened his control over his hunger for human flesh and blood.

• Su Mu sparred with Kenshin Himura, who showed him that Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu relied on explosive, full-body power and speed.
• Su Mu unleashed his demonic strength, but Kenshin defeated him after their wooden swords shattered.
• Su Mu and Kenshin continued sparring with iron swords, and Kenshin guided him as he studied the style.
• Su Mu mastered Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, and his character panel gained a swordsmanship entry while his spirit rose from 1.2 to 1.5.
• Su Mu noticed that his clearer mind and greater self-control eased his fear of losing control amid his growing hunger.

Su Mu declined Kenshin Himura’s invitation to go to Kyoto and help end the fighting, while Kenshin remained determined to act. On the way back to the inn, Su Mu sensed a demon waiting for him in an alley.

• Kenshin Himura celebrated Su Mu’s mastery of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu over drinks, while Su Mu cared for Kanao Tsuyuri.
• Kenshin told Su Mu he planned to leave the mountains and use his sword to stop the killing, then invited him to join him in Kyoto.
• Su Mu refused, warning that one person could not change the era alone and that joining a faction could lead to endless slaughter.
• Kenshin accepted that someone had to act and drank until he was thoroughly drunk; Su Mu arranged for the tavern staff to take him home.
• Su Mu spotted Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen carrying Nichirin Blades and avoided them as he led Kanao toward the inn.
• In a secluded alley, Su Mu stopped before a powerful man whose familiar aura revealed him as one of Su Mu’s kind.

Su Mu confronted a territorial demon who demanded Kanao Tsuyuri as compensation for trespassing and disturbing his hunting. When the demon reached for her, Su Mu drew the blade concealed at his waist, leaving the demon staring at its fiery gleam.

• The territorial demon accused Su Mu of drawing the Demon Slayer Corps to his hunting ground and demanded that he leave.
• The demon noticed Kanao Tsuyuri and demanded Su Mu hand her over as food.
• Su Mu pulled Kanao Tsuyuri behind him and blocked the demon from reaching her.
• Su Mu grasped the weapon concealed at his waist and drew a blade that radiated scorching heat.

Su Mu killed a demon with his Nichirin Blade while Kanao Tsuyuri watched, and he sensed the demon’s sorrow as it died. After the Demon Slayer Corps investigated the scene, Hiroshi Furukawa learned that Kanae Kocho and Shinobu were the only other swordsmen to contact the local Hidden Ones recently.

• Su Mu swiftly beheaded the demon with his Nichirin Blade after it failed to recognize the weapon’s danger.
• As the demon disintegrated, Su Mu sensed its grief over the human life it had lost, and Kanao Tsuyuri noticed its tears.
• Su Mu took Kanao Tsuyuri away from the alley before passersby gathered around the foul smell.
• Hiroshi Furukawa and several companions investigated the demon’s recent death and asked whether other Corps teams were nearby.
• A Hidden One reported that only Miss Kanae and Miss Shinobu had contacted them, prompting a swordsman to identify Kanae Kocho as the Flower Hashira.

Hiroshi Furukawa’s Demon Slayer Corps team investigated the demons Su Mu had killed and waited for a report from their superiors, while Su Mu avoided them with Kanao. Kanao offered to let Su Mu eat her if hunger became unbearable, but he promised she would never be his food and said he hoped to soon find a cure for his hunger.

• Hiroshi Furukawa’s team examined the site where the demons had died, suspected the Flower Hashira was responsible, and sent a Kasugai Crow to report the incident.
• Hiroshi Furukawa ordered his swordsmen to remain nearby while they awaited a reply, recalling that a teammate’s Nichirin Blade was still missing.
• Su Mu watched the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen from the inn and relaxed when they left without searching the area.
• Su Mu returned to their room with Kanao, checked that she was not frightened, and told her to sleep.
• Kanao asked why someone had called her Su Mu’s food and said she would be happy if he ate her; Su Mu firmly promised he would never do so.
• Su Mu said he hoped to find Tanjiro Kamado and the Blue Spider Lily soon so he could remedy the hunger caused by becoming a demon.

Su Mu struggled with his growing hunger and hid in an underground hole to escape the rising sun. Kanao tried to comfort him by basking in the sunlight for him, and her kindness eased his fear as he stayed in the darkness.

• Su Mu watched the dawn approach and crawled beneath his bed to hide from the sunlight.
• Kanao joined him under the bed and asked to stay in the underground hole with him.
• Su Mu told Kanao he could not go into the sunlight and asked her to feel its warmth for him.
• Kanao basked in the sunlight and described its warmth, believing Su Mu could feel it through her.
• Su Mu watched Kanao through a crack in the cover, then closed it as her kindness calmed his unease.

Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho argued about Shinobu’s hatred of demons and her refusal to abandon demon hunting. A Kasugai Crow then brought news that a demon had been killed in a town they had recently visited, though no Demon Slayer was known to be nearby.

• Shinobu Kocho urged Kanae Kocho to make demons suffer, while Kanae reminded her that demons had once been human.
• Kanae Kocho asked Shinobu to give up demon hunting and live an ordinary life, but Shinobu refused because a demon had killed their parents.
• A Kasugai Crow delivered a letter asking whether Kanae and Shinobu had killed a demon in a town they had recently passed through.
• Kanae Kocho said a Demon Slayer squad had tracked a demon to the town and found it already dead, despite no nearby swordsmen being on a mission.
• Shinobu Kocho wondered who could have killed the demon and dismissed the idea that a demon could wield a Nichirin Blade.

Hiroshi Furukawa and his squad investigated the unexplained demon death after learning that no Demon Slayer had killed it. Su Mu saw the Demon Slayer Corps and local authorities searching the town, and realized that staying there risked exposing him.

• Hiroshi Furukawa received the Flower Hashira's reply confirming that she had not killed the demon and that no other Corps swordsmen had passed through.
• The swordsmen debated how the demon could have died, and Hiroshi Furukawa ordered them to keep investigating.
• After nightfall, Su Mu emerged from his hiding place with Kanao and spotted Corps members searching the alley where he had killed the demon.
• Su Mu saw a swordsman carrying a cloth-wrapped object that appeared to be a Nichirin Blade, while Corps members enlisted the town patrol to search and question residents.
• Su Mu realized the search put him at risk of discovery and felt that the Demon Slayer Corps was more difficult to evade than he had expected.

Su Mu prepared to leave town with Kanao, worrying about her future while hiding his identity as a demon and carrying a Nichirin Blade. They slipped past the inn’s investigators and reached the town gate, where Hiroshi Furukawa noticed Kanao and reflected on how differently people’s lives could turn out.

• Su Mu combed Kanao’s hair, fastened a Butterfly Hairpin in it, and told her to care for herself if he was ever gone.
• Su Mu dressed Kanao warmly, concealed his Nichirin Blade beneath his clothes, and endured the weapon’s weakening effect on him.
• Su Mu left the inn with Kanao just as a constable and a man wearing a wisteria emblem arrived to ask questions.
• Su Mu and Kanao blended into the nighttime crowd, bought fried oysters, and walked toward the town gate.
• Hiroshi Furukawa saw them leaving and recognized Kanao as resembling the girl he had once seen in Taro Town, though she now looked well cared for.

Hiroshi Furukawa reaffirmed his resolve to protect people’s happiness by hunting demons, while Su Mu left town with Kanao and continued toward Tanjiro Kamado’s home in search of the Blue Spider Lily. The scent of wisteria forced Su Mu off the road, where a Demon Slayer Corps Hidden member stopped him and demanded to inspect him.

• Hiroshi Furukawa watched Su Mu and Kanao leave and remembered that protecting ordinary happiness was why he had joined the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Su Mu passed through the city gates with Kanao, then carried her away at an ordinary walking pace to avoid attracting attention.
• Su Mu thought about finding Tanjiro Kamado’s home and having Kanao help him search for the Blue Spider Lily.
• Su Mu smelled wisteria incense ahead and instinctively stepped off the road to avoid it.
• A Hidden member wearing the Demon Slayer Corps emblem ran up behind Su Mu and ordered him to turn around for inspection.

Su Mu killed a Hidden One who discovered the markings in his eyes, then fled as Hiroshi Furukawa and other Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen gave chase. A Wind Breathing swordsman intercepted Su Mu and struck him hard, leaving them facing off.

• A Hidden One stopped Su Mu and demanded to see his eyes, then discovered the clear markings that identified him as a demon.
• Su Mu cut down the Hidden One and fled when his companion spotted the body and shouted an alarm.
• Hiroshi Furukawa arrived, recognized Su Mu, and ordered the pursuit.
• Su Mu ran to escape the Demon Slayer Corps, but a Wind Breathing swordsman attacked him from above.
• The swordsman blocked Su Mu's blade and kicked him back, then landed in front of him.

Gu Kouyi confronted Su Mu and assumed he planned to use Kanao as a hostage, while Su Mu sent the girl toward him instead. As Kanao approached Gu Kouyi, Su Mu raised his Nichirin Blade and lunged toward her, leaving Gu Kouyi to face the apparent attack.

• Gu Kouyi used his Wind Breathing speed to stop Su Mu, then waited for his companions rather than risk fighting alone.
• Su Mu set Kanao down and told Gu Kouyi he would not yield, while Gu Kouyi declared he would kill the demon even if Kanao had to be sacrificed.
• Su Mu told Kanao not to hate anyone if he died and ordered her to go to Gu Kouyi, though she initially clung to his sleeve.
• Kanao obeyed and walked toward Gu Kouyi, who urged her to hurry away from the demon.
• Gu Kouyi saw Su Mu raise his Nichirin Blade toward Kanao and believed the demon had been waiting to attack her.
• Su Mu lunged toward Kanao with his blade raised, while Gu Kouyi faced the choice of saving her or avoiding the fight.

Su Mu killed Gu Kouyi while escaping with Kanao, using her as bait to exploit Gu Kouyi’s attempt to save her. Hiroshi Furukawa and the other Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen found Gu Kouyi’s body and silently swore vengeance.

• Gu Kouyi rushed to save Kanao, but she obeyed Su Mu’s command to get down, leaving Gu Kouyi exposed to the demon’s attack.
• Su Mu killed Gu Kouyi with Dragon Hammer Flash and fled with Kanao, troubled by the swordsman’s sacrifice but determined to survive.
• Hiroshi Furukawa and the other Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen found Gu Kouyi’s corpse and mourned their fallen comrade.
• Hiroshi Furukawa and the swordsmen cut their arms and let their blood fall beside Gu Kouyi’s body, their grief turning to murderous intent.

Su Mu escaped the pursuing Demon Slayer Corps while carrying the weakened Kanao and searched the mountain for shelter from daylight. As they traveled, Kanao grieved over the swordsman Su Mu had killed and insisted she would never leave her uncle, while Su Mu reflected that people always changed.

• Su Mu confirmed he had shaken off the Demon Slayer Corps and helped Kanao rest before carrying her onward at a gentler pace.
• Kanao remembered the warmth in the slain swordsman's eyes and asked Su Mu whether the man had died because of her.
• Su Mu told Kanao that the swordsman had died because of him and warned her to stay away from demons, including himself.
• Kanao declared she would never distance herself from Su Mu, and he said people always changed as he looked at his blood-stained hands.

Su Mu sheltered Kanao in a cave and reflected on the guilt he felt after killing a human swordsman, while Hiroshi Furukawa’s squad pursued the demon toward Mount Sagiri. The squad decided to seek help from Sakonji Urokodaki in tracking their target.

• Su Mu carried Kanao into a cave, made a fire, and let her sleep beside it.
• Su Mu recalled killing a swordsman who had protected children and wondered whether Kanao would be affected by witnessing it.
• Hiroshi Furukawa and his squad identified the mountain ahead as Mount Sagiri and discussed Sakonji Urokodaki and his disciples.
• A swordsman suggested asking Urokodaki to help track the demon, and Hiroshi Furukawa agreed.

Hiroshi Furukawa sought Sakonji Urokodaki’s help tracking an unusual demon near Mount Sagiri, but Urokodaki received an urgent message and refused. The message revealed that a dangerous demon had appeared.

• Hiroshi Furukawa reached Sakonji Urokodaki’s home on Mount Sagiri and met Makomo, who went to fetch her master.
• Makomo worried that Sabito had died at Mount Fujikasane after Sakonji Urokodaki received news of his apparent failure to return.
• Sakonji Urokodaki descended the mountain with Makomo and heard Hiroshi Furukawa’s report about an unusual demon nearby.
• A Kasugai Crow delivered a letter, and Sakonji Urokodaki read it before telling Hiroshi Furukawa he could not help.
• After Hiroshi Furukawa left, Sakonji Urokodaki told Makomo that the demon had appeared.

Makomo realized that Sakonji Urokodaki had been summoned because Muzan Kibutsuji had appeared, while grieving the disciples who had not returned from Mount Fujikasane. Determined to pass next year’s selection, she took her Nichirin Blade and pursued Hiroshi Furukawa to face demons herself.

• Sakonji Urokodaki left Mount Sagiri after telling Makomo to keep training because a demon had appeared.
• Makomo recalled that Sabito and Giyu Tomioka had not returned from the Mount Fujikasane selection and suspected they had died.
• Makomo concluded that the demon who had alarmed the Demon Slayer Corps was Muzan Kibutsuji, the progenitor of demons.
• Makomo took her Nichirin Blade and vowed to pass the next Mount Fujikasane selection.
• Makomo put on her fox mask and set off after Hiroshi Furukawa to test herself against demons.

Su Mu nearly lost control when Kanao offered him her arm, forcing him to confront how his growing hunger could turn him into a monster. He apologized and gave Kanao the rescued drumstick, but remained troubled by the thought that he would eventually succumb to his demon instincts.

• Kanao woke in the cave and shared the food she had secretly hidden with Su Mu.
• Su Mu roasted a drumstick for Kanao and reassured her that she would not go hungry again.
• Kanao offered Su Mu her arm, believing he could eat her to satisfy his hunger, and he nearly bit her before angrily pushing her away.
• Kanao feared Su Mu would abandon her, then cautiously returned to lean against him.
• Su Mu regretted frightening Kanao, apologized, and gave her the drumstick while worrying that his hunger would one day overcome him.

Su Mu watched Kanao eat by the bonfire, then sent her outside to enjoy the sunlight while he practiced swordsmanship in the cave. Meanwhile, Hiroshi Furukawa’s group resumed their search for the demon, and Makomo asked to join their hunt so she could prepare for the Mount Fujikasane examination.

• Su Mu silently watched Kanao eat the food he roasted, then told her to go outside and get some sunshine.
• Kanao sat near the cave entrance in the sunlight, watching Su Mu practice with his Nichirin Blade.
• Hiroshi Furukawa returned from Mount Sagiri and told his companions that Master Urokodaki could not help them.
• Makomo arrived wearing her fox mask and asked Hiroshi Furukawa and the other swordsmen to let her hunt demons with them.
• Makomo explained that she wanted to face demons before the Mount Fujikasane examination so she would not panic.

Makomo persuaded Hiroshi Furukawa and his companions to let her join their demon hunt after defeating one of their swordsmen in a one-minute trial. She set out with them under orders to follow their instructions, and learned they were hunting a cruel demon skilled at disguise.

• Makomo asked Hiroshi Furukawa to let her join the hunt, and he refused because she had not passed the trial on Mount Fujikasane.
• Makomo insisted she would follow the group regardless, so Hiroshi Furukawa offered to accept her if she lasted one minute against his companion.
• Makomo used a flowing sword technique to blunt the swordsman's attack and placed her Nichirin Blade at his throat.
• Hiroshi Furukawa agreed to take Makomo along but ordered her to follow the group's instructions.
• Makomo asked what demon they were hunting, and Hiroshi Furukawa said it was cruel, cunning, and skilled at disguise.

Su Mu and Kanao searched a remote town for the Kamado family, but no one recognized their names, so they continued traveling. At Wild Wasteland Mountain, Makomo cooked for a group of swordsmen tracking a dangerous demon and asked Hiroshi Furukawa about it.

• Su Mu took Kanao from house to house, and she politely asked residents whether they knew the Kamado family; an elderly man did not recognize them and offered the pair shelter for the night.
• Su Mu declined the old man's offer and praised Kanao for helping him ask questions before carrying her onward to the next place.
• At Wild Wasteland Mountain, Makomo cooked a hot meal for the swordsmen gathered around the campfire.
• Hiroshi Furukawa told Makomo that a cruel demon skilled at disguises had killed a Hidden Ones member and a swordsman, and that they had been tracking it.
• Makomo hoped they would find the demon and cut off its head, while Hiroshi Furukawa grew flustered and walked away.