Chapter Summaries

Kirishima Bupai fled his family to join the Demon Slayer Corps, then rescued a girl from Lower Rank Two while completing his final system training task. After the system declared him graduated, he continued into the storm, determined to seek greater power.

• Kirishima Bupai escaped across the rooftops as the Kirishima Family’s ninja pursued him and begged him to return.
• Kirishima Bupai recalled his father’s objections to him joining the Demon Slayer Corps, then declared his resolve to face the storm outside the city.
• Kirishima Bupai heard a girl’s cry for help and found Lower Rank Two choking her in the woods.
• Kirishima Bupai summoned his system’s demons and killed all 50 of them and Lower Rank Two with a single sword technique, accidentally cutting the girl’s hair short.
• The system announced that Kirishima Bupai had surpassed its training benchmarks and graduated, and he left into the rain after declaring that he needed more power.

Kirishima Bupai reached the temple where Tanjiro and Nezuko first encountered Sakonji Urokodaki and found a demon eating a human. He defeated it with one slash that cut through the demon and the temple, leaving Tanjiro stunned.

• Kirishima Bupai considered the weapons in the system shop and realized that killing demons was likely how he would earn points.
• Kirishima Bupai recognized the mountain temple as the place where Tanjiro first met Sakonji Urokodaki.
• Tanjiro and Nezuko arrived at the temple and encountered Kirishima Bupai on the steps.
• Kirishima Bupai opened the temple doors and revealed a demon devouring a corpse inside.
• Kirishima Bupai ordered Tanjiro to stand back, then killed the demon with a sword strike that split the temple in half.
• Tanjiro stared in disbelief at Kirishima Bupai's effortless slash.

Kirishima Bupai introduced himself to Tanjiro and effortlessly destroyed the demon attacking them, astonishing Sakonji Urokodaki. Urokodaki questioned Tanjiro about what he would do if Nezuko ever ate someone, then slapped him when he could not answer.

• Sakonji Urokodaki appeared beside Kirishima Bupai and Tanjiro, and Kirishima introduced himself while Tanjiro introduced Nezuko.
• The severed demon charged at them, and Kirishima Bupai sliced it apart from a distance before Sakonji Urokodaki could explain how demons were killed.
• Sakonji Urokodaki watched Kirishima's draw in astonishment, then questioned Tanjiro about Nezuko and her ability to keep her human reason.
• Tanjiro froze when Urokodaki asked what he would do if Nezuko ate someone, and Urokodaki slapped him.

Sakonji Urokodaki made Tanjiro accept the responsibility of killing Nezuko and taking his own life if she ever ate a human, then agreed to train him on Mount Sagiri. Kirishima Bupai joined them out of boredom, and the group reached the mist-covered mountain ready to begin training.

• Urokodaki confronted Tanjiro about Nezuko’s danger and ordered him to kill her and himself if she ever ate a human; Tanjiro tearfully accepted.
• Urokodaki invited Tanjiro to Mount Sagiri for Demon Slayer training and said Nezuko’s self-control would also be tested.
• Kirishima Bupai said he would accompany them because he was bored, and Urokodaki allowed him to come.
• Tanjiro carried the sleeping Nezuko as the group traveled through the night toward Mount Sagiri, while he wondered about Bupai’s strength and motives.
• After roughly four hours, the group reached Mount Sagiri, where Urokodaki warned Tanjiro that the training would be grueling and led them into the thick mist.

Kirishima Bupai settled into Mount Sagiri while Tanjiro began Urokodaki’s training to split a boulder. After Tanjiro repeatedly broke his sword against it, Kirishima Bupai pointed out that he lacked basic force techniques, leaving Tanjiro confused.

• Tanjiro, Nezuko, Kirishima Bupai, and Urokodaki traveled through Mount Sagiri’s thick fog and reached the huts where Tanjiro and Kirishima Bupai would stay.
• Kirishima Bupai learned that the System Shop had opened, saw he had 100 points, and resolved to kill more demons as he thought about Muzan Kibutsuji.
• At dawn, Urokodaki took Tanjiro to a clearing and told him to split a large boulder with a sword.
• Tanjiro repeatedly struck the boulder, breaking the sword and exhausting himself without making a mark.
• Kirishima Bupai appeared and told Tanjiro that brute force would not work without basic techniques for applying force.

Kirishima Bupai helped Tanjiro improve his strength technique as he trained under Sakonji Urokodaki for six months. When Urokodaki began teaching Tanjiro Water Breathing, Bupai started chopping down trees around the training clearing, creating new obstacles for Tanjiro.

• Kirishima Bupai showed Tanjiro how to channel strength through his body by splitting a rock with a branch, and Tanjiro adjusted his practice.
• Tanjiro trained for six months, growing strong enough to leave marks on the rock while Kirishima Bupai occasionally offered pointers.
• Sakonji Urokodaki began teaching Tanjiro the breathing rhythm behind Water Breathing, but Tanjiro struggled to control his breath.
• Kirishima Bupai cut down nearby trees, claiming they blocked airflow, and Urokodaki angrily confronted him.
• Tanjiro continued practicing around and on the fallen trunks while Kirishima Bupai chopped down more trees and called himself Big Bro Qiang.

Kirishima Bupai’s disruptive training and antics continued at Urokodaki’s cottage, where he demonstrated overwhelming power by destroying two demons that attacked Tanjiro. Impressed, Tanjiro became more determined to grow stronger, and Kirishima Bupai took over as his personal coach.

• Tanjiro trained among falling trees, gradually improving his reactions and finding a rhythm in his Breathing Style.
• Urokodaki explained the Demon Slayer Corps and its seven-day Final Selection on Mount Fujikasane.
• Kirishima Bupai ate Urokodaki’s lunch, prompting Urokodaki to chase him and list his past mischief.
• Two demons emerged from the mist and targeted Tanjiro, but Kirishima Bupai unleashed void slashes that erased them.
• Tanjiro resolved to become stronger, and Kirishima Bupai began training him through actual combat.

After a year and a half of training, Tanjiro split the boulder with Water Breathing’s First Form, completing Urokodaki’s training. Urokodaki sent Tanjiro and Kirishima Bupai to the Final Selection on Mount Fujikasane, and watched them leave Mount Sagiri.

• Tanjiro defeated the boulder with Water Breathing, First Form: Water Surface Slash, and thanked Kirishima Bupai for helping him improve.
• Kirishima Bupai teased Sakonji Urokodaki about the empty plates, and Urokodaki brought food so the three could share hot pot.
• Sakonji Urokodaki told Tanjiro his training was complete and invited Kirishima Bupai to join the Demon Slayer Corps' Final Selection; Kirishima agreed.
• Sakonji Urokodaki gave Tanjiro and Kirishima Bupai Disaster Ward Masks and explained how demons grew stronger.
• Sakonji Urokodaki returned Kirishima Bupai's cleaned black coat, then saw Tanjiro and Kirishima Bupai off as they departed for Mount Fujikasane.

Tanjiro and Kirishima Bupai reached Mount Fujikasane for Final Selection, where candidates had to survive seven days among hundreds of demons. Kirishima Bupai raced ahead to hunt demons and earn points while Tanjiro entered the forest determined to pass on his own.

• Tanjiro and Kirishima Bupai arrived at Mount Fujikasane and joined the candidates gathered for Final Selection.
• Two girls explained that the candidates had to survive seven days inside the demon-filled Inner Side of Mount Fujikasane.
• Kirishima Bupai dashed through the gate ahead of Tanjiro, telling him to do his best and meet him after seven days.
• Tanjiro steadied himself, gripped his Nichirin Blade, and entered the mountain alone.
• Kirishima Bupai killed several demons, gained system points, and continued hunting through the forest.

Kirishima Bupai slaughtered demons during Final Selection and rescued Zenitsu Agatsuma from a pursuing group. After unlocking the System Shop and enjoying chocolate, he faced Zenitsu’s warning that more demons were approaching.

• Kirishima Bupai cut through the demons while other participants watched and chose to hide.
• Kirishima Bupai recognized Zenitsu Agatsuma fleeing from more than a dozen demons and rushed to intercept them.
• Kirishima Bupai killed the demons in moments, earning enough points to unlock the System Shop as Zenitsu stared in shock.
• Kirishima Bupai found that the shop sold snacks, exchanged points for chocolate, and eagerly ate it.
• Zenitsu spotted more demons approaching, clung to Kirishima Bupai’s thigh, and begged him for protection.

During the selection, Kirishima Bupai dealt with Zenitsu’s desperate clinging by scaring him into letting go, then chased him through the woods for fun. Their encounter was interrupted by a scarred boy who accused Kirishima Bupai of trying to kill another candidate.

• Zenitsu clung to Kirishima Bupai and refused to let go, insisting he needed protection from the demons.
• Kirishima Bupai killed the approaching demons, then frightened Zenitsu into releasing his leg by pretending he would kill him.
• Kirishima Bupai chased Zenitsu through the woods until Zenitsu ran into a tree and begged for his life.
• A scarred boy carrying an oddly shaped firearm emerged and shouted at Kirishima Bupai for fighting to kill during the selection.

Kirishima Bupai defeated Genya after Genya tried to stop him, and Zenitsu and Genya followed him through the Final Selection. When Bupai sent Zenitsu into a demon-filled forest to draw enemies out, Zenitsu fled back with more than a dozen demons pursuing him.

• Genya confronted Kirishima Bupai for drawing his sword and fired his gun, but Bupai deflected the bullets, crushed the weapon, slapped Genya, and kicked him.
• Kirishima Bupai warned Genya to make use of his demon-eating constitution, then continued onward with Zenitsu following and Genya joining them.
• Kirishima Bupai killed demons along the way, bringing his point total to 1,000, while Zenitsu trembled and Genya silently followed behind.
• Kirishima Bupai told Zenitsu to draw the demons out of the woods, threatening to throw him in if he refused.
• Zenitsu entered the woods, screamed for help, and scrambled back out with more than a dozen demons chasing him.

Kirishima Bupai slaughtered demons while forcing Zenitsu to scout and teasing both him and Genya with food. As the seven-day trial neared its end, the three reached a blood-filled valley where Kirishima Bupai suspected the Hand Demon was fighting Tanjiro and headed toward it.

• Kirishima Bupai killed groups of demons while Zenitsu drew their attention, and Genya recognized how powerful he was.
• Kirishima Bupai teased Zenitsu into calling him bro Strong and bro Mighty in exchange for a hamburger, while Genya secretly ate the hamburger he had refused.
• Kirishima Bupai continued killing demons and refused to team up with other participants, while Zenitsu repeatedly failed to escape him and Genya grew more awed by him.
• Kirishima Bupai accumulated more than 1,400 points, and Zenitsu became less frightened of demons as more than half of the trial's seven days passed.
• Zenitsu warned Kirishima Bupai about a powerful demon in a blood-filled valley, but Kirishima Bupai suspected it was the Hand Demon fighting Tanjiro and went deeper into the valley with Zenitsu and Genya following.

Kirishima Bupai led a growing group of Final Selection participants through Mount Fujikasane, killing demons as he went. After Kanao Tsuyuri mistook his excited pursuit for a threat and fled deeper into the valley, he followed the same route and kept slaughtering the demons she drew behind her.

• Two frightened participants recognized Kirishima Bupai as a relentless demon slayer, while more candidates joined his group for protection.
• Kirishima Bupai killed seven or eight demons on the mountain path and gained points from the kills.
• Kirishima Bupai spotted Kanao Tsuyuri after she defeated a demon, and she fled deeper into the woods after seeing his strange smile.
• Kanao Tsuyuri believed Kirishima Bupai was a dangerous lunatic following her and sped farther into the valley.
• Demons drawn by Kanao Tsuyuri attacked Kirishima Bupai and his companions, and he eagerly cut them down as he pursued her route.

Kirishima Bupai pursued Kanao Tsuyuri until she mistook him for a threat and attacked, so he knocked her unconscious and had another girl help her. He then followed the sounds of battle and found Tanjiro Kamado fighting a huge demon, which recognized Kirishima Bupai’s mask and announced its intention to eat two of Urokodaki’s disciples.

• Kanao Tsuyuri tried to flee from Kirishima Bupai, but he caught up and warned her about demons ahead.
• Kanao Tsuyuri attacked Kirishima Bupai, who dodged her strikes and tapped her neck, knocking her unconscious.
• Kirishima Bupai told the girls to help Kanao Tsuyuri, then headed toward the sounds of Tanjiro Kamado fighting.
• Kirishima Bupai, Zenitsu, Genya, and the other participants found Tanjiro battling a giant demon made of twisting arms.
• The demon saw the Disaster Ward Mask at Kirishima Bupai’s waist and declared that it would eat two of Urokodaki’s disciples.

Kirishima Bupai saved Tanjiro and the other Final Selection participants by annihilating the Hand Demon with a single sword technique. He led the group through the rest of Mount Fujikasane, killing every demon they encountered as the participants followed safely behind.

• Kirishima Bupai used a sword-drawing technique to slice apart the Hand Demon, which crumbled to ash after its head fell.
• Tanjiro thanked Kirishima Bupai for saving him, while Zenitsu, Genya, and the other participants stared at him in shock.
• Kirishima Bupai led the group toward the outskirts of the valley, and the participants hurried after him for safety.
• Kirishima Bupai spent the remaining time on Mount Fujikasane killing demons throughout the forest and gaining points.
• The participants followed behind Kirishima Bupai as spectators, with some beginning to treat Final Selection like a spring outing.

Kirishima Bupai led nearly every Final Selection participant to survive Mount Fujikasane, then planned to give the newcomers special Hashira-level training. After the survivors passed, they received Kasugai Crows, but Zenitsu was assigned a tiny sparrow and loudly protested.

• Nearly every Final Selection participant returned alive, giving the trial a one hundred percent pass rate.
• Kirishima Bupai credited himself with saving the survivors and decided to give them special attention after becoming a Hashira.
• The twin sisters congratulated the survivors, explained the Demon Slayer Corps, and introduced the Kasugai Crows as messengers for intelligence and missions.
• The Kasugai Crows landed with their assigned candidates, while a small brown sparrow settled on Zenitsu’s finger.
• Zenitsu complained that his sparrow was too small to deliver messages safely, and Inosuke sneezed in the forest before angrily wondering who was insulting him.

After the Final Selection, Kirishima Bupai and the other survivors chose their steel and received Demon Slayer Corps uniforms. A Kasugai Crow then announced that Kirishima Bupai had been promoted directly to Hashira, and he left for Corps Headquarters while Tanjiro headed home to check on Nezuko.

• Zenitsu mourned being assigned a sparrow while the other survivors received Kasugai Crows, and the group laughed at his despair.
• The survivors chose steel for their Nichirin Blades, with Kirishima Bupai choosing first and Genya reluctantly following.
• The two girls distributed Demon Slayer Corps uniforms, and Kirishima Bupai admired his black uniform and cloak.
• A large Kasugai Crow announced that Kirishima Bupai had been promoted straight to Hashira for slaying every demon during the Final Selection and ordered him to attend the Hashira Meeting.
• Kirishima Bupai said goodbye to Tanjiro, who planned to return to Mount Sagiri to see Nezuko, and asked him to give Urokodaki his regards.

Kirishima Bupai reached Demon Slayer Corps headquarters and met Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Hashira, where he learned that Ubuyashiki had known his father. Ubuyashiki recounted how Gyomei Himejima had once saved his father from a Lower Rank demon, leaving Kirishima surprised by the connection.

• Tanjiro set off for Mount Sagiri to return to Sakonji Urokodaki and visit Nezuko, while Zenitsu fretted over his marriage prospects and Genya left alone.
• Kirishima Bupai followed a Kakushi through the mountains to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, surrounded by wisteria.
• Tengen Uzui mocked Kirishima Bupai's flamboyant outfit and questioned whether he was strong enough.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki welcomed Kirishima Bupai and said he had met Kirishima's father several times.
• Ubuyashiki recalled that Gyomei Himejima had saved Kirishima's father from a Lower Rank demon about ten years earlier, despite his father's opposition to Kirishima joining the Corps.

Ubuyashiki explained how Kirishima Bupai’s father had supported the Demon Slayer Corps and described the boy’s extraordinary strength and eccentric childhood. Tengen Uzui challenged Kirishima’s place among the Hashira, and Kyojuro Rengoku demanded a sparring match as Sanemi Shinazugawa and Shinobu Kocho prepared to act.

• Ubuyashiki recounted how Kirishima’s father became a major benefactor of the Demon Slayer Corps after a brush with death.
• Ubuyashiki shared Kirishima’s childhood feats and his father’s prediction that he would either become a great swordsman or disrupt the Corps.
• Ubuyashiki said Kirishima had proved his strength by clearing Mount Fujikasane in an unprecedented feat.
• Tengen Uzui slammed a pillar and objected that Kirishima had not demonstrated his Breathing Style or earned a Hashira seat.
• Kyojuro Rengoku formally requested a sparring match with Kirishima to test his strength.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa gripped his sword as a cutting whirlwind gathered around him, while Shinobu Kocho touched the hilt of her blade.