Chapter Summaries

Kirishima Bupai redeemed the Phantom Blade and Beowulf, then used a prolonged Devil May Cry combo to keep Muzan airborne and repeatedly tear him apart. After a final Dimension Slash collapsed part of the Infinity Castle, Kirishima asked whether Muzan could regenerate and challenged him to Test Two.

• Kirishima Bupai redeemed the Phantom Blade and Beowulf, linked his Summoned Swords to the Phantom Sword, and began playing “Bury the Light.”
• Kirishima launched Muzan into the air and chained Yamato attacks, including Wheel Dance, Dimension Sever, Void Sword World, and May Rain, while holding back to keep him alive.
• Kirishima continued the combo with Sin Devil Trigger, Hundred Blossoms in Riotous Bloom, punches, kicks, and Phantom Blade attacks that repeatedly launched and injured Muzan.
• Kirishima ended the combo with a powerful Dimension Slash that carved Muzan apart and caused the middle structure of the Infinity Castle to collapse.
• Kirishima stopped the music, put away the speaker, and asked whether Muzan could still regenerate before challenging him to Test Two.

Kirishima Bupai threw the defeated Muzan into the Hashira’s path, where Muzan exploded himself in an attempt to escape. Kirishima caught the fragments containing Muzan’s consciousness and handed them to Shinobu Kocho, who planned to make his death painful and show him to Miss Tamayo.

• Kirishima Bupai dragged Muzan to a window and hurled him into the Infinity Castle, ordering him to fight the Hashira below if he wanted to survive.
• Muzan crashed in front of the nine Hashira and Tanjiro’s group, then unleashed a devastating self-destruct attack to escape.
• The Hashira defended themselves, while Tanjiro realized Muzan’s scattered flesh was trying to flee and urged everyone to destroy every fragment.
• Kirishima Bupai revealed that he had trapped more than six hundred pieces of Muzan’s flesh in a special bag, including the fragments needed to form a complete head.
• Kirishima Bupai gave the bag to Shinobu Kocho, who promised Muzan a painful death and said Miss Tamayo would be happy to see him.

After Muzan was destroyed, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's curse lifted and the remaining demons vanished, ending the Demon Slayer Corps' thousand-year mission. Kirishima Bupai said farewell to the Corps as it disbanded.

• Shinobu Kocho and Tamayo tortured and experimented on Muzan's trapped flesh while Nezuko became human again with their reversal drug.
• At the final Hashira Meeting, the Corps exposed Muzan's remains to sunlight and concentrated wisteria, reducing him to ash and lifting Kagaya Ubuyashiki's curse.
• Every remaining demon disintegrated, and Kirishima Bupai received 6000 points for eliminating Muzan.
• Kirishima Bupai announced he was leaving and teased Obanai Iguro and Mitsuri Kanroji about their feelings for each other.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki thanked the Corps and officially disbanded it.

Kirishima Bupai returned to Kyoto after the Demon Slayer Corps disbanded and learned that political enemies and the emperor were trying to strip the Kirishima Family of its power. He demanded the family’s resources so he could rebel and rule Japan, leaving Kirishima Jisō stunned and speechless.

• Kirishima Bupai returned to the Kirishima Family estate and crushed a bottle of Viagra his father had hidden.
• Kirishima Bupai asked Kirishima Jisō about the family’s situation after the Demon Slayer Corps disbanded.
• Kirishima Jisō explained that political enemies and the emperor were pressuring the family to surrender control of medical resources, transportation hubs, and military nominations.
• Kirishima Bupai declared that he would rule Japan and demanded the family’s core forces and secret resources so he could rebel.
• Kirishima Jisō nearly collapsed in shock but could not bring himself to rebuke his son.

After fifteen years of rule, Kirishima Bupai left the Kirishima Shogunate and used a coordinate scroll to travel to the One Piece world. He arrived at the Baratie during Don Krieg’s attack and confronted the pirate when Krieg aimed a cannon at him.

• Kirishima Bupai built the Kirishima Shogunate into a powerful industrial state and implemented compulsory education and healthcare.
• Kirishima Jisō and his wife died peacefully in the shogunate’s tenth year, and Kirishima Bupai honored them with grand funerals and posthumous titles.
• Bored with the settled state of his world, Kirishima Bupai spent 10,000 points on a Plane Coordinate Scroll and opened a passage with Yamato.
• Kirishima Bupai arrived in the One Piece world near the Baratie and saw Don Krieg threatening its cooks for food.
• As Kirishima Bupai prepared to leave, Don Krieg aimed a concealed cannon at him, and Kirishima Bupai ordered him to move it.

Kirishima Bupai defeated Don Krieg and was confronted by Hawkeye, Dracule Mihawk, who challenged him to a sword fight. As Zoro was immobilized by Kirishima’s killing intent, the duel left Hawkeye badly wounded and Kirishima in control.

• Kirishima Bupai smashed Don Krieg into his flagship and left him unconscious on its wreckage.
• Hawkeye, Dracule Mihawk, arrived and sliced the flagship into three sections with a flying slash.
• Kirishima recognized Hawkeye and drew Yamato as Don Krieg clung to debris and watched from the sea.
• Zoro tried to leap from Baratie to challenge Hawkeye, but Kirishima’s killing intent pinned him to the deck.
• Hawkeye drew Yoru and fought Kirishima, but Kirishima’s attacks destroyed Hawkeye’s boat and sent him into the sea.
• Hawkeye unleashed powerful slashes and pressed Kirishima with his swordsmanship, but Kirishima evaded and countered until Hawkeye was covered in wounds.

Kirishima Bupai defeated Hawkeye Mihawk with a devastating sword strike, leaving Zoro and the Baratie’s survivors stunned by the gulf in strength. As Bupai ignored Zoro’s request to spar and sat down to eat, Don Krieg recovered on a boat and prepared to attack the Baratie with his remaining poison gas bombs.

• Kirishima Bupai unleashed Judgment Cut End, destroying the wreckage around him and hurling Hawkeye Mihawk through the Baratie wall.
• Hawkeye Mihawk asked whether that was Kirishima Bupai’s true strength, and Kirishima answered no before Hawkeye lost consciousness.
• Zoro, Zeff, and Sanji watched in shock as Kirishima Bupai returned to the restaurant and ordered the cooks to remake several dishes.
• Zoro asked Kirishima Bupai to spar, but Kirishima ignored him and ate while Zoro withdrew in frustration.
• Gin the Man-Demon rescued Don Krieg, who found his surviving HD5 poison gas bombs and aimed them at the Baratie.

Don Krieg fired a poison gas shell at the Baratie, but Hawkeye Mihawk destroyed it and sent Krieg and Gin flying into the sea with a sword slash. When Hawkeye pressed Kirishima Bupai for his name, Kirishima discovered he had no money to pay for his meal and tried to hint that Hawkeye should lend him some Berries.

• Gin tried to stop Don Krieg from firing because their men were still at the restaurant, but Krieg struck him down and fired the poison gas shell.
• Hawkeye woke, struggled to his feet, and asked Kirishima Bupai to identify himself.
• Kirishima pointed out the incoming shell, and Hawkeye used Yoru to destroy it and blast Don Krieg and Gin away in their boat.
• Hawkeye again demanded Kirishima's name as Zoro watched, but Kirishima realized he had no Berries to pay for his meal.
• Kirishima hinted at his empty pockets while looking at Hawkeye, who was baffled and only slowly guessed that Kirishima could not pay the bill.

After Johnny and Joseph accused Nami of stealing their treasure, Kirishima Bupai secretly accepted 150,000 Berries from Hawkeye Mihawk to cover his bill. He revealed that he was called V, and when Zoro challenged him to a spar, Hawkeye declared that V had defeated him and was now the world’s greatest swordsman.

• Luffy pulled Johnny and Joseph from the sea, and they accused Nami of stealing their treasure and abandoning them.
• Hawkeye discreetly gave Kirishima Bupai 150,000 Berries, which Kirishima used to pay his bill at the Baratie.
• Kirishima told the restaurant that V was his title and invited them to call him Big Brother V.
• Zoro asked V to spar with him, but V pointed him toward Hawkeye instead.
• Hawkeye told Zoro that V had completely defeated him and was now the world’s greatest swordsman, while V protested that he did not want the title.

Kirishima Bupai sparred with Zoro and overwhelmed him, but Zoro turned his defeat into a renewed vow to become the world’s greatest swordsman. Kirishima vanished into the sunset and found that his system’s points feature was still awaiting activation.

• Zoro challenged Kirishima Bupai to a spar, and Kirishima accepted after recognizing his resolve.
• Zoro attacked with his three-sword style, but Kirishima casually deflected every strike and criticized his technique.
• Kirishima struck Zoro in the chest, sending him through a wall and leaving him badly injured.
• Zoro swore to Kuina that he would become the world’s greatest swordsman, while Luffy cheered him on.
• Kirishima disappeared from the restaurant and walked through the clouds, where he saw that his system’s method for earning points remained inactive.

Kirishima Bupai exchanged his remaining Berries for a few System Points, then stopped for the night at a hotel on a quiet island. Captain Nezumi and his men extorted the hotel and threatened its guests alongside a gang of pirates, ending with a cannon blast aimed at the lobby.

• Kirishima Bupai discovered that 50,000 Berries could be exchanged for only 5 Points and reluctantly made the trade.
• Kirishima Bupai spent the night’s remaining money on a luxury suite at a hotel near the harbor.
• Captain Nezumi barged into the hotel with Marines and demanded protection money from the owner.
• Captain Nezumi kicked the elderly manager and dismissed the guests’ accusations of repeated extortion and collusion with pirates.
• Captain Nezumi ordered pirates outside to aim a cannon at the unarmed crowd and commanded them to fire.

Kirishima Bupai survived a cannon blast at the hotel and confronted the pirates and Marines from the second-floor breach. After he cut down several pirates with Yamato, Captain Nezumi ordered another attack and tried to flee.

• A cannonball smashed through the hotel wall as Kirishima Bupai’s music blared from the second floor.
• Kirishima Bupai rose from his chair, confronted the crowd, and challenged Captain Nezumi over firing a cannon at him.
• The pirates aimed their weapons at Kirishima Bupai and shouted for the cannons to fire again.
• Kirishima Bupai drew Yamato slightly and disintegrated five or six pirates with a single strike.
• Captain Nezumi panicked, ordered the Marines to fire, and stumbled toward the hotel entrance.

Kirishima Bupai slaughtered the pirates attacking the hotel and forced the Marine soldiers to pursue Captain Nezumi. When Nezumi tried to escape by ship, Kirishima Bupai hurled a steel pipe through him and pinned him to the shore.

• Kirishima Bupai cut down nearly all the pirates outside the hotel with invisible slashes and ordered the Marines to bring Captain Nezumi back.
• Most of the Marine soldiers threw down their weapons and chased Captain Nezumi, while the few who attacked Kirishima Bupai were reduced to dust.
• Hotel guests and residents joined the Marines in capturing the remaining pirates.
• Kirishima Bupai spotted Captain Nezumi fleeing toward a Marine warship and threw a steel pipe across the distance.
• The pipe pierced Captain Nezumi and pinned him to the sand beside the warship, where he screamed in pain.

Kirishima Bupai brutally executed Captain Nezumi after civilians and Marines beat him and soldiers uncovered evidence of his crimes. He left the stunned crowd to deal with the aftermath and went to sleep, warning them not to fire another cannon at him.

• The Marines and civilians beat Captain Nezumi and dragged him to Kirishima Bupai.
• Captain Nezumi threatened Kirishima Bupai, who severed his hand and then his leg as he counted down.
• Marine soldiers returned with evidence of Captain Nezumi's corruption and crimes.
• Kirishima Bupai had Captain Nezumi tied to a pillar and fired a cannon at him, killing him.
• Kirishima Bupai told the stunned crowd to do what they wanted and went to his room, warning them not to fire a cannon at him again.

After Kirishima Bupai returned to his room, Captain Nezumi survived the cannon blast and escaped with his followers. Days later, he reached Arlong Park and convinced Arlong to seek revenge against the white-haired man, sending the Fish-Men toward Syrup Village.

• Kirishima Bupai returned to his damaged hotel room and went to sleep, dismissing Captain Nezumi as an insignificant enemy.
• Captain Nezumi survived the cannon blast but lost his right arm and leg and suffered severe burns.
• Captain Nezumi's subordinates carried him to a reconnaissance boat, and they fled toward Arlong Park.
• At Arlong Park, Captain Nezumi described Kirishima Bupai's attack to Arlong and claimed he had insulted Arlong and threatened the park.
• Captain Nezumi offered Arlong his savings and asked him to take revenge before losing consciousness.
• Arlong ordered Kuroobi, Choo, and Hatchan to gather the Fish-Men, bring weapons, find Nami, and head toward Syrup Village.

The Straw Hats reached Cocoyasi Village and learned that Arlong had taken Nami west to guide his crew toward a fight with Kirishima Bupai. Arlong confronted Bupai on an island near Syrup Village, while Luffy and the others sailed after Nami.

• Kirishima Bupai lounged near Syrup Village, bored and watching the sea as the Arlong Pirates approached.
• Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji arrived at Cocoyasi Village and learned from an old woman that Arlong had taken Nami west.
• Luffy ordered the Merry to sail west and rescue Nami, with the Straw Hats pursuing Arlong's ship.
• Nami guided Arlong's warship toward Kirishima Bupai's location while worrying about the danger to her village.
• Arlong brought Nami and his officers ashore, confronted Bupai, and demanded to know whether he felt brave after insulting Arlong and attacking a Marine captain.

Kirishima Bupai confronted Arlong and killed him with a single kick, then subdued the rest of the Arlong Pirates with his killing intent and a trial of Subject One. He left the fish-men alive but demanded territory and reparations as the Straw Hats sailed toward the island to rescue Nami.

• Arlong threatened Kirishima Bupai and demanded that he beg for mercy, while Nami recognized Kirishima and feared what would happen.
• Kirishima killed Arlong with one casual kick, sending his body through the figurehead and hull of his flagship.
• Kirishima's killing intent forced the fish-men, including Kuroobi, Choo, and Hatchan, to their knees.
• Kirishima tried Subject One on the fish-men, then accepted their pleas for mercy and demanded territory and reparations.
• The Straw Hats approached the island, and Luffy called out that they were coming for Nami.

After Kirishima Bupai defeated Arlong and his pirates, Luffy and the others arrived to find the battle already over. Nami feared Kirishima would punish Cocoyasi Village, so she begged him to spare its people.

• Luffy and the crew arrived at the beach and found Nami safe, the fish-men kneeling, and Kirishima Bupai resting nearby.
• Luffy went aboard the damaged ship and found Arlong dead, while Zoro and Sanji recognized that Kirishima had killed him with a devastating attack.
• Kirishima told the fish-men he would settle the score with them, prompting them to beg for mercy.
• Nami feared Kirishima would blame Cocoyasi Village for sheltering Arlong and pleaded with him to spare the villagers, explaining that they had been forced to serve the pirates.

Kirishima Bupai reassured Nami that Cocoyasi Village was safe and accepted her hundred million Berries as payment for Arlong's head. A crowd of reporters and admirers then descended on the beach, leaving him overwhelmed by the attention.

• Nami offered Kirishima Bupai her hundred million Berries in exchange for sparing Cocoyasi Village.
• Kirishima Bupai told Nami he had no intention of harming the village and accepted the money as payment for Arlong's head.
• Nami broke down in relief, and Luffy called Kirishima Bupai a good guy while Zoro and Usopp reacted warily.
• Speedboats carrying reporters from news organizations rushed to the beach and crowded around Kirishima Bupai with questions about Mihawk and his future.
• News Coos and island residents joined the gathering as Kirishima Bupai tried to escape the growing crowd.

After escaping the reporters, Kirishima Bupai remembered Nami’s promised 100 million Berries and waited aboard the Going Merry to collect it. He took 30 million Berries from Nami and joined the Straw Hat Crew for a feast, while the rest of his payment remained due.

• The reporters trampled Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Nami, and Sanji as they chased after Kirishima Bupai, while islanders and navy soldiers captured the remaining Arlong Pirates.
• Kirishima Bupai remembered Nami’s 100 million Berries reward, went aboard the Going Merry, and waited for the Straw Hat Crew.
• Nami gave Kirishima Bupai a chest containing 30 million Berries, which he made vanish, and he agreed to collect the rest in a few days.
• Luffy invited Kirishima Bupai to a feast, and the Straw Hat Crew prepared food and rum for him.