Chapter Summaries

Kirishima Bupai repeatedly crushed Ripper with a locomotive until the demon’s regeneration failed, then the train accidentally flattened another demon. As the Demon Slayer Corps and the workshop workers watched, over a hundred armed police arrived and surrounded them, accusing Kirishima Bupai of heinous crimes.

• Kirishima Bupai drove the locomotive over Ripper three times, destroying the demon until its aura vanished.
• A second demon arrived at the workshop entrance, but the slowly reversing locomotive ran it over before it could react.
• The Demon Slayer Corps members and maintenance workers watched the bizarre scene in stunned silence.
• More than a hundred armed police officers stormed the maintenance depot, led by a stout middle-aged officer holding a wanted notice for Kirishima Bupai.
• The police surrounded everyone and ordered Kirishima Bupai’s arrest, while guards beat workers who tried to flee and the foreman protested that they were innocent.

Kirishima Bupai surrendered to the guards at the Maintenance Station, but his Hui Division swiftly incapacitated them and reported on its search of the stations. The report linked the disappearances and abnormal trains to Central Station, where suspicious activity centered on the newly appointed inspector, and Kirishima Bupai wondered whether Enmu was responsible.

• A Demon Slayer reported that seven Corps members had been arrested and were being held at West City Police Station.
• Kirishima Bupai ignored the guards’ threats and offered to let them cuff him, warning them they would regret it.
• The Hui Division ambushed the guards, incapacitating them and removing them from the area.
• The Hui Division leader reported that East Station and North Station had been cleared and that its search of Central Station was still underway.
• Kirishima Bupai read intelligence connecting Central Station to the arrests, missing Demon Slayers, abnormal trains, and the inspector’s suspicious movements.
• Kirishima Bupai wondered whether Enmu had caused the trouble and whether Muzan would let Akaza come.

Kirishima Bupai destroyed the locomotive at the factory but found no demon inside, then sent Demon Slayer Corps members to search nearby stations for the Lower Ranks. At Central Station, Tanjiro, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira witnessed demons attack passengers whenever the lights went out.

• Kirishima Bupai cut the crimson Mugen Train locomotive in half, but found only machinery inside.
• Kirishima Bupai promised to compensate the maintenance workers and dispatched Demon Slayer Corps members to search the south and west stations.
• Kirishima Bupai warned the Corps members that their enemies were dream-controlling Lower Ranks and told them to be careful.
• Tanjiro, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira noticed the strange stillness and unusual smell at Central Station.
• The station lights went out, and a suited man was crushed into a train when they came back on.
• The lights flickered again, and another passenger's lower body vanished beneath a carriage as the crowd panicked.

Tanjiro fought a monstrous steel centipede formed from the train while Zenitsu, Inosuke, and the passengers lay trapped in a nightmare. After the monster knocked him unconscious, a Demon Slayer Corps squad arrived, realized they were all dreaming, and then fell asleep themselves when the lights went out.

• When the lights went out, Tanjiro sensed a deadly attack and blocked it, but the returning lights revealed Zenitsu and Inosuke had vanished.
• The train transformed into a steel centipede and slaughtered passengers before charging Tanjiro.
• Tanjiro dodged and fought the monster, but it wounded him and swept him away when he saw Zenitsu and Inosuke lying unconscious.
• The steel centipede approached as Tanjiro lost consciousness, while the passengers remained trapped in painful dreams.
• Ten minutes later, a Demon Slayer Corps squad found the sleeping victims and the unconscious Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke.
• The squad captain recognized that everyone was trapped in a nightmare, but the lights flickered and the corps members fell asleep too.

Crossing Dream trapped everyone entering Central Station in nightmares and fed on their fear as rescue teams repeatedly fell victim to his power. After Inspector Inoue begged for the sweet dream Crossing Dream had promised, Crossing Dream sent him into a nightmare instead.

• A Kasugai Crow witnessed the agonized victims inside Central Station and flew to warn the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Police and rescue teams repeatedly entered the station, but the flickering lights marked their deaths or collapse in terror.
• Crossing Dream watched from the station dome and rejoiced as the trapped victims' fear nourished him and fueled his ambition to become an Upper Rank demon.
• Inspector Inoue climbed onto the dome and told Crossing Dream that he had lured two-thirds of the city's armed forces to the station.
• Crossing Dream refused Inoue's plea for an eternal sweet dream, suggested he seek Enmu, and touched his forehead to send him into a nightmare.

Crossing Dream killed Inspector Inoue as Enmu's nightmare feast began, while trains across the city mutated into flesh monsters and raced toward Downtown Central Station. Enmu fused with sixteen trains, believing their multiple necks would make him nearly impossible to defeat and bring him closer to becoming an Upper Rank.

• Crossing Dream killed Inspector Inoue and eagerly anticipated Enmu's feast of fear.
• Trains at East Station, West Station, and South Station transformed into flesh monsters and devoured passengers before racing toward Downtown Central Station.
• Passengers swallowed by the trains remained peacefully trapped in sweet dreams as the flesh consumed them.
• Enmu spread his flesh through sixteen trains and declared that they would become his powerful, flexible necks.
• Enmu fused with the locomotive and accelerated toward Downtown Central Station, intent on becoming an Upper Rank.

Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke were trapped in nightmares that preyed on their deepest fears while their train raced toward the convergence point. Nezuko awoke in the real world, burst out of Zenitsu’s wooden box, and landed beneath the station dome.

• Tanjiro repeatedly relived his family’s massacre and despaired over failing to protect them and Nezuko.
• Zenitsu was trapped in a swamp as Kaigaku mocked him and visions of his friends and Jigoro Kuwajima condemned him.
• Inosuke fought beasts in the cave where he had been raised and was tormented by visions of abandonment and his unknown parents.
• Nezuko’s consciousness awakened in response to Tanjiro’s intense pain, and she forced open the lid of Zenitsu’s box.
• Nezuko burst from the box and landed beneath the glass dome as moonlight fell over her pink kimono.

Nezuko used her Blood Demon Art to repeatedly burn Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke awake from the nightmare assault at Central Station. Tanjiro found the giant eye controlling the nightmare network and launched an attack against it.

• Nezuko spotted the demon's presence above the station and used her flames to wake Tanjiro from his nightmare.
• As the station lights flickered and the nightmare repeatedly pulled Tanjiro under, Nezuko burned him awake each time.
• Nezuko's flames also pulled Zenitsu and Inosuke out of their nightmares.
• Tanjiro followed the malice to a giant eye hidden at the center of the dome and recognized it as the source of the nightmare network.
• The giant eye turned toward Tanjiro with increased malice, and he attacked it with Water Breathing, Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin.

Tanjiro pierced Crossing Dream’s giant eye with his Nichirin Blade, disrupting the nightmare field and briefly freeing the sleepers. Crossing Dream retaliated by turning the civilians into puppets and sending them after Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Nezuko, leaving Tanjiro unarmed and the group surrounded.

• Tanjiro hurled his Nichirin Blade into the center of Crossing Dream’s giant eye, badly injuring him and weakening the nightmare field.
• Nezuko’s flames woke Zenitsu and Inosuke, who saw the trapped civilians briefly relax as the field cracked.
• Furious, Crossing Dream used Blood Demon Art: Puppet Dream Threads to control the sleeping civilians and order them to attack Tanjiro and the others.
• Inosuke tried to cut the invisible threads but failed, and he hesitated after his blades wounded some of the controlled civilians.
• Tanjiro fought the puppets without his sword, protected Inosuke, and shouted at Zenitsu to stop freezing as the crowd closed in.

Tanjiro, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Nezuko discovered that Nezuko’s flames and Zenitsu’s strikes could sever the mental threads controlling the puppets, while Tanjiro moved to retrieve his Nichirin Blade. Outside Central Station, Enmu’s flesh-covered trains collided and exploded, and Kanao Tsuyuri began cutting the trains loose from their carriages as another swordsman attacked.

• Nezuko burned the mental threads controlling two puppets, and Zenitsu used Thunder Breathing to sever more threads and clear a path.
• Inosuke protected Nezuko as she burned dense clusters of threads, while Tanjiro darted through the crowd toward his Nichirin Blade and the pale figure on the dome.
• Sixteen flesh-covered trains raced toward Central Station as Demon Slayer Corps members struggled to cut through Enmu’s regenerating flesh.
• Two trains collided when Enmu’s control faltered, setting off explosions that derailed nearby trains and sent the remaining trains charging toward the station.
• Kanao Tsuyuri severed the flesh connecting one train’s engine to its carriages, then rushed toward the next train as a shout announced Flame Breathing, Esoteric Art, Ninth Form: Purgatory.

Kyojuro Rengoku and Kirishima Bupai fought to stop the flesh-and-blood trains and save their passengers while Tanjiro pressed toward Crossing Dream on the dome. Kirishima killed Crossing Dream in one strike, and Rengoku faced two more trains threatening Central Station.

• Kyojuro Rengoku destroyed the engines of four flesh-and-blood trains, stopping them from reaching Central Station.
• Kirishima Bupai severed the tentacles attacking passengers as Tanjiro fought through the puppets toward the dome.
• Crossing Dream raised a shield and reached for the Nichirin Blade embedded in the giant eye, but Kirishima appeared behind him and cut off his head.
• Kirishima vanished as Crossing Dream's body crumbled to ash on the steel framework.
• Two more flesh-and-blood trains charged toward Central Station, and Kyojuro Rengoku met them with a blazing tornado of fire.

Kirishima Bupai and the Demon Slayers stopped Enmu’s flesh-and-blood trains from reaching Central Station by attacking their shared cores. The trains came to a halt, and Kakushi members began rescuing passengers from the wreckage.

• Rengoku destroyed four charging trains with a single slash as more trains surged toward Central Station.
• Kirishima Bupai struck Enmu’s phantom clone with his Bright Red Blade, burning the demon’s consciousness and slowing the trains.
• Kirishima Bupai borrowed nearby Demon Slayer Corps members’ Nichirin Blades and hurled them into several train cores, creating an opening.
• Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Kanao Tsuyuri, and Kyojuro Rengoku severed the remaining train necks, stopping the locomotives near Central Station.
• Kakushi members began rescuing passengers from the damaged carriages as the battlefield fell quiet.

After Akaza appeared at Central Station and targeted Kirishima Bupai, Kirishima struck him with a single punch and sent him crashing through the station wall. The stunned swordsmen watched as Akaza came to a stop in a long trench.

• Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Purgatory, and Kanao Tsuyuri recovered from the train wreck and helped rescue the passengers.
• Kirishima Bupai wondered whether Akaza would appear, and a terrifying demonic presence descended through the shattered dome.
• Akaza entered the ruins, identified himself as Upper Rank Three, and locked his attention on Kirishima Bupai.
• Akaza rushed Kirishima and swung a punch at his face, but Kirishima dodged and hit Akaza with his right fist.
• Kirishima's punch sent Akaza through steel beams and Central Station's outer wall, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Kirishima Bupai fought Akaza outside Central Station and rejected his offer to become a demon, while trying to awaken the memories of Hakuji. Akaza briefly regained clarity before Muzan Kibutsuji’s influence drove him to attack, and Kirishima Bupai severed his arm with the Bright Red Blade.

• Kirishima Bupai told the stunned rescuers to help the injured and prepare fireworks, then faced Akaza in the ruined clearing.
• Akaza praised Kirishima Bupai’s strength and urged him to abandon humanity and become a demon.
• Kirishima Bupai dodged Akaza’s attacks and called him Hakuji, stirring painful memories of his past.
• Kirishima Bupai reminded Akaza of the people he had once protected, and Akaza briefly began to remember Hakuji’s life and Koyuki.
• Muzan Kibutsuji’s voice overwhelmed Akaza, who launched Destructive Death: Annihilation Type at Kirishima Bupai.
• Kirishima Bupai drew the Bright Red Blade and severed Akaza’s right arm, suppressing its regeneration with the blade’s solar energy.

As fireworks restored Hakuji’s memories of Koyuki, he resisted Muzan’s control and accepted death at Kirishima Bupai’s hand. Kirishima watched Hakuji turn to ash, then looked toward the ongoing rescue work.

• Akaza urged Kirishima Bupai to become a demon, but the distant fireworks triggered Akaza’s memories of Koyuki and his former life as Hakuji.
• Hakuji remembered his promise to Koyuki, his master, and his father, and wept over becoming a man-eating demon.
• Muzan tried to seize control of Hakuji, but Hakuji rejected him and declared that he would find Koyuki.
• Kirishima Bupai killed Hakuji with the Bright Red Blade, and Hakuji accepted his death with thoughts of reuniting with Koyuki.
• The system awarded Kirishima Bupai 2,000 points, bringing his total to 3,122, and he turned toward the rescue site.

After Akaza’s death, the Kasugai Crows spread news of Kirishima Bupai’s victory while he confronted the corrupt police superintendent at Central Station. The superintendent led him toward the imprisoned Demon Slayers, then suddenly drew a handgun and fired at him.

• Kasugai Crows announced that Kirishima Bupai had single-handedly slain Upper Rank Three, Akaza, and spread the news across the Corps.
• The police superintendent woke among the station ruins and tried to flee, but Kirishima Bupai stopped him and demanded an explanation for the false wanted notices.
• The superintendent blamed two demons for forcing him to issue the notices and confessed that they had wanted control of the station and to capture Corps members.
• Kirishima Bupai ordered the superintendent to lead him to the imprisoned Demon Slayer Corps members, and the superintendent guided him toward a concealed passage.
• Seeing an opening while Rengoku stayed behind with Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, the superintendent drew a police handgun and fired at Kirishima Bupai.

Kirishima Bupai and the Demon Slayer Corps escaped Central Station as police and military forces arrived. Mr. Kirishima ordered Matsumoto to report the disaster as an electrical accident, leaving the Corps’ actions concealed by an official cover story.

• Kirishima Bupai deflected the Police Superintendent’s bullets and severed his remaining wrist as reinforcements closed in.
• A Corps member and Purgatory urged Kirishima Bupai to leave before authorities blamed them for the disaster.
• Zenitsu and Inosuke dragged the hesitant Tanjiro away from the injured civilians as the Corps retreated.
• The Police Superintendent accused the Demon Slayer Corps of causing the disaster, but Matsumoto dismissed him as useless.
• Mr. Kirishima told Matsumoto to explain the Central Station disaster as a power-line failure that caused electrical interference, collisions, and explosions.

Matsumoto killed the Police Superintendent and covered up the ruins as an electrical accident, while a Kasugai Crow carried the truth to the Demon Slayer Corps. At headquarters, Kagaya Ubuyashiki learned that Kirishima Bupai had slain Akaza and that the captured members had been released, leaving him filled with hope.

• Matsumoto accepted Mr. Kirishima's order to declare the disaster an electrical accident caused by aging wiring and arrange citywide inspections.
• Mr. Kirishima condemned the Police Superintendent for dereliction of duty, and Matsumoto shot him dead as the survivors watched.
• Mr. Kirishima ordered Matsumoto to manage the remaining people, then left the ruins with his motorcade as a Kasugai Crow flew off carrying news of the events.
• A Kasugai Crow told Kagaya Ubuyashiki that Void Hashira Kirishima Bupai had single-handedly slain Upper Rank Three Akaza.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki celebrated the unprecedented victory as a sign that change had begun and declared that their generation would defeat the man they opposed.
• Another Kasugai Crow reported that the captured members had been released and returned safely to the Corps.

After the Corps members were released, Kirishima Bupai spent more than three weeks recovering at the Butterfly Mansion while the Demon Slayer Corps adjusted to the fall of Upper Rank Three. A Kasugai Crow then arrived with urgent orders from Kagaya Ubuyashiki for Kirishima Bupai.

• Kasugai Crows told Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Purgatory that the arrested Corps members had been released and returned safely.
• Purgatory urged the group to focus on their comrades' safe return and prepare a report for Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
• Authorities classified the Tokyo Central Station battle as an accident, while Kirishima Bupai became a celebrated figure within the Corps.
• Kirishima Bupai stayed at the Butterfly Mansion to recover, watched Tanjiro and his companions train, and evaded Shinobu Kocho's questions.
• More than three weeks later, a Kasugai Crow delivered urgent orders from Kagaya Ubuyashiki to Kirishima Bupai.

Kirishima Bupai received a secret mission to investigate disappearances in Yoshiwara, where a demon suspected to be Upper Rank level was hiding, and was assigned to work with Tengen Uzui. He reached the Entertainment District and met Tengen, leaving the investigation yet to begin.

• The Kasugai Crow reported the disappearances in Yoshiwara and said Tengen Uzui was waiting outside the district for Kirishima Bupai.
• Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Shinobu Kocho watched as Kirishima Bupai casually left the Butterfly Mansion.
• Tengen Uzui waited in a back alley near Yoshiwara, tossing a gold coin and grumbling about Kirishima Bupai's delay.
• Kirishima Bupai appeared silently at the alley entrance, and Tengen Uzui greeted him with an exuberant welcome before turning to business.