Recaps

Zenitsu Agatsuma confronted his former fellow disciple Kaigaku, now Upper Rank Six, and avenged their grandfather with a new Thunder Breathing form. With Kyojuro Rengoku protecting him, Zenitsu defeated Kaigaku and brought the long-standing disgrace to an end.

• Zenitsu found Kaigaku waiting for him and demanded to know why he had become a demon.
• Kaigaku mocked their grandfather and attacked Zenitsu with Thunder Breathing: Second Form: Rice Spirit.
• Kyojuro blocked Kaigaku’s attack, then guarded Zenitsu’s back as he faced his former senior disciple.
• Zenitsu revealed his self-created Thunder Breathing: Seventh Form: Fire Thunder God, while Kyojuro’s Flame Tiger cleared Kaigaku’s counterattack.
• Zenitsu beheaded Kaigaku and told his grandfather that he had done it.

Sasuke used his Rinnegan to find Nakime and rewrite her loyalty, taking control of the Infinity Castle. He ordered her to raise the castle to the surface, while Muzan found himself trapped and unable to reach the other battles.

• Sasuke tracked Nakime to her room and used Amenotejikara to appear behind her.
• Sasuke rewrote Nakime’s loyalty from Muzan Kibutsuji to Uesugi Sasuke and ordered her to raise the castle to the surface.
• Muzan, suffering the effects of Tamayo’s drug, called for Nakime to bring the Hashira and the Sun Breathing user to him.
• Muzan tried to escape as the castle’s rooms shifted, but Nakime’s control no longer answered him.
• Muzan saw Kokushibo fighting Gyomei Himejima, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and the others, but the view closed before he could reach them.
• Muzan realized Sasuke had taken control of the Infinity Castle and was trapping him inside it.

Sasuke returned to stop Kokushibo from killing the wounded Muichiro Tokito and sent Gyomei Himejima and Sanemi Shinazugawa to confront Muzan. Sasuke trapped Kokushibo in Chibaku Tensei, but Kokushibo gathered his strength for a slash at its gravitational core.

• Kokushibo overwhelmed Gyomei Himejima, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and the wounded Muichiro Tokito, then moved to kill Muichiro.
• Sasuke appeared and blocked Kokushibo’s blade, declaring that their duel was not over.
• Sasuke ordered Gyomei Himejima and Sanemi Shinazugawa to take Muichiro Tokito and attack Muzan while he fought Kokushibo.
• Kokushibo launched Moon Breathing, Fourteenth Form: Catastrophe, Tenman Crescent Moon, and Sasuke used Banshō Ten'in to pull him off balance.
• Sasuke formed Chibaku Tensei, drawing Kokushibo and the Infinity Castle’s ruins into a massive rock sphere.
• Kokushibo resisted the pull and prepared a giant slash aimed at Chibaku Tensei’s core.

Sasuke’s Chibaku Tensei nearly sealed Kokushibo, but Kokushibo’s sword intent shattered its core and unleashed a devastating explosion. Both fighters survived badly injured, and Sasuke prepared to end the battle through absolute destruction.

• Sasuke used Chibaku Tensei to draw the ruins of the Infinity Castle into a massive sphere around Kokushibo.
• Kokushibo unleashed Moon Breathing, Sixteenth Form: Moonbow: Lone Lingering Moon, and cut through the principle sustaining the gravitational core.
• The shattered Chibaku Tensei exploded, and Sasuke protected himself with Susanoo while suffering a backlash that made his left eye bleed.
• The explosion left Kokushibo half-destroyed, with three blinded eyes and a cracked Demon Blade, but he remained standing and praised Sasuke’s jutsu.
• Sasuke realized sealing would not stop Kokushibo and resolved to erase him and his sword path through absolute destruction.

Sasuke used the Preta Path to absorb Kokushibo’s Moon Breathing attacks, shaking Kokushibo’s confidence in his swordsmanship. Sasuke then revealed the Asura Path and fired a chakra cannon at Kokushibo.

• Kokushibo recovered from the earlier clash and unleashed a web of Moon Breathing blades to trap Sasuke.
• Sasuke used the Preta Path to absorb the incoming sword energy without moving.
• Kokushibo was shocked that Sasuke had devoured his attacks and began to doubt the value of his swordsmanship.
• Sasuke transformed his left arm into a chakra cannon with the Asura Path and fired a powerful beam at Kokushibo.

Kokushibo’s helplessness before Sasuke’s overwhelming abilities rekindled his jealousy of Yoriichi, driving him into a violent transformation. He charged Sasuke as a mindless monster, determined to kill the man who had reminded him of his brother.

• Sasuke fired a chakra beam that Kokushibo narrowly dodged, though it scorched his shoulder and resisted regeneration.
• Kokushibo compared Sasuke’s inexplicable power to Yoriichi’s and wondered why another person like his brother had appeared.
• Overcome by centuries of jealousy and resentment, Kokushibo roared and transformed, growing blade-like bone spikes and enlarging his Demon Blade.
• Kokushibo abandoned reason and defense, fixed his six eyes on Sasuke, and attacked with the intent to destroy him.
• Sasuke watched Kokushibo’s charge calmly, judging that his loss of reason would expose his weaknesses.

Sasuke used Rinnegan Genjutsu to trap Kokushibo in a vision of his past as Tsugikuni Michikatsu, creating an opening in the berserk demon’s attack. Sasuke used Amenotejikara to appear beside him, with the grim reaper’s scythe poised at Kokushibo’s neck.

• Sasuke dodged Kokushibo’s frenzied slashes and decided to target the inner demons driving his rampage.
• Sasuke spotted a brief pause in Kokushibo’s movements and struck his mind with Rinnegan Genjutsu.
• Kokushibo saw himself as Tsugikuni Michikatsu practicing beneath the moon while Yoriichi asked what he truly wished to become.
• Sasuke activated Amenotejikara and appeared beside the stunned Kokushibo with the grim reaper’s scythe against his neck.

Uesugi Sasuke fused Chidori with Amaterasu using Kagutsuchi to create the Kagutsuchi Blade. He pierced Kokushibo’s chest, and the black flames and lightning prevented the demon from regenerating.

• Uesugi Sasuke used Amenotejikara to appear before Kokushibo.
• Uesugi Sasuke combined Chidori, Amaterasu, and Kagutsuchi into the Kagutsuchi Blade despite the strain on his arm.
• Uesugi Sasuke drove the Kagutsuchi Blade through Kokushibo’s chest.
• The lightning destroyed Kokushibo’s cells while the black flames burned away any flesh that tried to regenerate.
• Kokushibo realized he had lost as blood and black electrical arcs poured from his mouth.

Uesugi Sasuke defeated Kokushibo with his Kagutsuchi Blade, leaving Amaterasu to consume him. As Kokushibo died, he remembered his brother Yoriichi and confessed that he had only wanted not to lose to him; Sasuke picked up the broken bamboo flute before turning his attention to Muzan Kibutsuji.

• Uesugi Sasuke watched as his black lightning wound and Amaterasu flames stopped Kokushibo from regenerating.
• Kokushibo remembered practicing swordsmanship beneath the moon while Yoriichi watched, then realized his obsession had been wanting not to lose to his younger brother.
• Kokushibo told Yoriichi that he had not wanted to lose to him before burning to ash, leaving behind a broken bamboo flute.
• Uesugi Sasuke picked up the flute and turned his Rinnegan toward another battlefield, preparing to face Muzan Kibutsuji.

After Kokushibo’s death reached Muzan, fear overcame his confidence and he abandoned his fight with the Hashira to flee the Infinity Castle. Sasuke watched Muzan race toward the real world, preparing to stop him.

• Muzan fought Gyomei Himejima, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Muichiro Tokito with bladed bone whips and relied on his regeneration to withstand their attacks.
• Muzan sensed that his connection to Kokushibo had vanished and realized Kokushibo was dead.
• Gyomei Himejima and Sanemi Shinazugawa struck Muzan while he was distracted, leaving him badly wounded.
• Muzan feared that the man with the Dōjutsu who killed Kokushibo could kill him too.
• Sasuke observed Muzan’s panic through his Rinnegan as Muzan unleashed bone whips in every direction and fled toward the real world.
• Muzan planned to find and devour Nezuko Kamado so he could overcome sunlight, while Sasuke prepared to stop him.

After defeating Kokushibo, Sasuke forced himself to act despite severe exhaustion and used Kotoamatsukami to take control of Nakime. He ordered her to gather the Demon Slayer Corps and Muzan at his coordinates and prepare to bring them to the surface, setting the stage for the final hunt.

• Sasuke reflected on Kokushibo’s downfall and wondered whether he might have followed the same path without meeting Tanjiro and the others.
• Sasuke saw Muzan fleeing through the Infinity Castle while Gyomei Himejima and the other Demon Slayers pursued him.
• Sasuke used his remaining chakra and Kotoamatsukami to override Muzan’s control of Nakime.
• Sasuke ordered Nakime to contract the battlefield, gather the Demon Slayer Corps and Muzan at his coordinates, and prepare to ascend.
• Nakime played her biwa, causing the Infinity Castle to collapse toward a central point.

Uesugi Sasuke used his control of the Infinity Castle to gather the surviving Demon Slayers and force Muzan Kibutsuji onto a sealed arena. With Muzan trapped and the Corps assembled, he began his final transformation as the reckoning started.

• The Infinity Castle shifted and pulled Gyomei Himejima, Sanemi Shinazugawa, Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira, and Kanao Tsuyuri toward its center.
• Muzan Kibutsuji realized that Uesugi Sasuke had seized control of Nakime and the Infinity Castle, cutting off every escape route.
• The castle’s moving spaces collapsed into a vast circular arena, where the surviving Hashira and other Demon Slayers gathered opposite Muzan.
• Uesugi Sasuke appeared at the Corps’ front, confirmed that everyone was present, and announced the final reckoning as the barrier closed.
• Muzan rejected the Demon Slayers’ challenge and began his most frenzied transformation.

Muzan devoured hundreds of demons and transformed into a colossal mass of flesh and bone, then launched a barrage of tentacles at Sasuke and the Demon Slayer Corps. Sasuke stepped forward to meet the attack as his purple chakra surged into the sky.

• Muzan swallowed his lesser demons to replenish his strength.
• Muzan's body mutated into a gigantic flesh-and-bone behemoth covered in faces and limbs.
• Sasuke reassured the Demon Slayer Corps and Hashira, keeping them from being intimidated by Muzan's new form.
• Muzan declared that he would devour everyone and unleashed dozens of bladed tentacles from every direction.
• Sasuke moved in front of the others and raised his purple chakra against the incoming attack.

Uesugi Sasuke summoned Complete Body Susanoo and formed an enormous shield to protect the Demon Slayer Corps from Muzan Kibutsuji’s devastating tentacle barrage. With everyone safe and the Hashira ready to attack, the final battle began in the collapsing Infinity Castle.

• Muzan Kibutsuji revealed his monstrous final form and launched a barrage of bladed tentacles at the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Uesugi Sasuke told everyone to hold their ground and summoned Complete Body Susanoo despite his exhaustion from fighting Kokushibo.
• Sasuke formed a vast energy shield that blocked Muzan’s attacks without letting any impact reach the Corps.
• Sasuke urged the Hashira to attack while Muzan was occupied, and Kyojuro Rengoku rallied everyone to strike.

Uesugi Sasuke protected the Hashira as they unleashed a coordinated assault on Muzan, whose wounds kept regenerating despite their Bright Red Nichirin Swords. Seeing the Hashira tire and Tanjiro Kamado’s Sun Breathing stirring into something new, Sasuke suspected Tanjiro could break the deadlock.

• Uesugi Sasuke ordered the Hashira to attack and maintained Susanoo’s barrier as they charged Muzan.
• Kyojuro Rengoku, Sanemi Shinazugawa, Gyomei Himejima, Giyu Tomioka, Mitsuri Kanroji, Obanai Iguro, and Muichiro Tokito struck Muzan with their Breathing techniques, cutting and crushing his flesh.
• Muzan’s wounds regenerated rapidly, while the Hashira’s breathing grew ragged under the strain of keeping their Demon Slayer Marks active.
• Uesugi Sasuke judged that Muzan’s shifting hearts and brains made a conventional killing blow difficult and that a battle of attrition would favor Muzan.
• Uesugi Sasuke noticed Tanjiro Kamado’s Sun Breathing surging as he pushed himself and suspected the boy held the key to breaking the deadlock.

Tanjiro Kamado surpassed his exhaustion and linked the twelve forms of Sun Breathing into the Thirteenth Form, grievously wounding Muzan. As Sasuke prepared to exploit the opening, he sensed Nakime’s consciousness being seized and feared Muzan would soon lash out.

• Sasuke’s purple Susanoo shield protected Tanjiro from Muzan’s attacks as Tanjiro struggled against exhaustion.
• Tanjiro drew strength from his father Tanjuro Kamado and Kyojuro Rengoku, then sensed Muzan’s fear and resolved to keep fighting.
• Tanjiro linked the twelve forms of Sun Breathing into a seamless cycle and struck Muzan with the Thirteenth Form.
• Tanjiro’s circular slash hit Muzan’s seven hearts and five brains, burned his flesh, and made him cry out in agony.
• Sasuke recognized Tanjiro’s opening, but sensed another mental force interfering with Nakime and realized Muzan was about to lash out.

Wounded and terrified by Tanjiro’s Thirteenth Form, Muzan tried to escape by ordering Nakime to separate the Demon Slayers, but she remained under enemy influence. Muzan killed Nakime, triggering the Infinity Castle’s collapse, and his hope of escaping faltered when Sasuke remained calm.

• Muzan, tormented by Tanjiro’s Sun Breathing and memories of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, ordered Nakime to send Tanjiro to the farthest reaches of the Infinity Castle.
• Muzan sensed that Sasuke’s Genjutsu and Yushiro’s Talisman were interfering with Nakime, then decided to kill her for becoming an enemy’s tool.
• Muzan activated the Curse in Nakime’s blood, and her head burst open as her body fell against her biwa.
• Sasuke sensed that his link to Nakime had vanished, and the Infinity Castle began collapsing chaotically without its controller.
• Muzan welcomed the collapse as a chance to escape, but saw that Sasuke remained calm and smiled mockingly.

As the Infinity Castle collapsed, Sasuke activated the final command he had planted in Nakime’s soul, causing her Blood Demon Art to send the entire castle and everyone inside it rising toward the surface. Muzan was dragged along despite his desperate resistance, and Sasuke prepared to finish their battle before dawn.

• Sasuke shielded the Demon Slayers from the collapsing castle’s space turbulence while Muzan tried to escape into the chaos.
• Sasuke’s command, “Rise,” activated in Nakime’s lingering instincts after her consciousness died.
• The castle’s falling fragments abruptly changed course and carried Sasuke, his companions, and Muzan upward toward the real world.
• Muzan attacked the walls and pleaded for the ascent to stop, but the force continued to sweep him toward the surface.
• Sasuke calculated that they were nearly at the surface and resolved to confront Muzan before dawn.

Uesugi Sasuke brought the Infinity Castle and Muzan Kibutsuji into the human world, where dawn was beginning to break. Muzan realized Sasuke had forced him into the sunlight’s path and prepared to attack before sunrise.

• Uesugi Sasuke and the Corps survived the Infinity Castle’s violent impact as it erupted into the city above.
• Uesugi Sasuke dismissed Susanoo and stood with the Hashira atop the ruined buildings, facing Muzan Kibutsuji.
• Muzan Kibutsuji recognized the human world and saw the first light of dawn on the horizon.
• Muzan Kibutsuji understood Sasuke’s plan and roared at the Corps as he prepared to attack.
• A piercing birdcall split the night sky as Muzan Kibutsuji moved to strike.

A Kasugai Crow announced that sunrise was an hour and a half away, giving the Demon Slayer Corps hope while Muzan Kibutsuji panicked and tried to escape. Sasuke searched for a way to keep Muzan trapped, but Tamayo’s face emerged from Muzan’s body as he lost control of it.

• A Kasugai Crow announced that sunrise was one and a half hours away.
• Kyojuro Rengoku, Sanemi Shinazugawa, Gyomei Himejima, and the surviving Corps members renewed their resolve to hold Muzan until dawn.
• Sasuke assessed his depleted chakra and sought a way to prevent Muzan from fleeing.
• Muzan tried to split his body into fragments, but an invisible force pulled the pieces back together.
• Tamayo’s face formed in Muzan’s chest and told him he would not escape.

Tamayo revealed the four medicines she had planted inside Muzan and used her final Blood Demon Art to weaken him from within. She urged Sasuke and the Demon Slayer Corps to strike before Muzan could assimilate her, and Sasuke led their all-out attack.

• Tamayo emerged from Muzan's chest and explained that her medicine combined a human-restoration drug, rapid-aging drug, fission suppressant, and cellular breakdown drug.
• Muzan tried to destroy Tamayo and expel the medicines, but her will and Blood Demon Art disrupted his control.
• Tamayo told Sasuke and the Hashira that Muzan could no longer split apart and that his regeneration had weakened.
• Tamayo faded into Muzan's flesh after asking the Corps to end the thousand-year nightmare before she was assimilated.
• Sasuke ordered the Hashira and Corps members to launch an all-out attack on Muzan.

The Demon Slayer Corps fought Muzan at the Judgment Platform, with the Hashira sacrificing themselves to pin him down while Sasuke exhausted himself protecting them. As dawn brightened, Sasuke rose above Muzan and told the survivors he would take over.

• Kyojuro Rengoku wounded Muzan with Flame Breathing, then used his body to pin a bone whip and open a gap for Sanemi Shinazugawa.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa charged through the opening and shredded a large portion of Muzan's flesh with Wind Breathing.
• Mitsuri Kanroji was pierced by a bone spike, and Obanai Iguro shielded her from further attacks until bone blades pinned him to the ground.
• Gyomei Himejima took a tentacle's blow meant for Tanjiro, then trapped it with his weapons and urged Tanjiro to finish Muzan.
• Uesugi Sasuke used Amenotejikara and Susanoo to protect the corps members until his chakra was depleted, then rose above Muzan as dawn brightened and told the survivors to leave the rest to him.

Uesugi Sasuke used his Rinnegan to immobilize Muzan Kibutsuji and crush him deep into the earth before sunrise. After exhausting his life force and ocular power, Sasuke lost consciousness and fell from the sky.

• Muzan Kibutsuji broke free of the Hashira's weapons and tried to burrow underground before sunrise.
• Uesugi Sasuke appeared above Muzan and used Samsara: Shackling to stop his body and regeneration completely.
• Sasuke used Shinra Tensei to press Muzan and the surrounding ruins deep into the earth.
• Sasuke's power faded, and he lost consciousness as he fell from the sky.

As Sasuke fell unconscious after exhausting his power, Giyu Tomioka caught him while Tanjiro Kamado continued attacking Muzan Kibutsuji. Muzan’s flesh began to move beneath the fading restraint, and poisoned bone whips trapped Giyu with Sasuke in his arms.

• Sasuke’s Susanoo vanished, and he fell from the sky, unconscious and depleted.
• Giyu abandoned the encirclement and rushed to catch Sasuke while Tanjiro stayed to attack Muzan.
• Giyu caught Sasuke just before he struck the ground and felt his faint breathing and feverish body.
• Muzan’s restraint weakened, and his flesh writhed as dozens of poisoned bone whips erupted toward Giyu and Sasuke.
• Giyu could neither dodge nor block the bone whips while holding Sasuke, and both faced imminent danger.

Giyu Tomioka shielded the unconscious Sasuke from the Demon Progenitor's Bone Whips, taking severe wounds before Sanemi Shinazugawa and Gyomei Himejima arrived to defend them. The three Hashira formed a protective line around Sasuke as the Flesh Behemoth began moving again.

• Giyu Tomioka used Dead Calm to deflect some Bone Whips while holding Sasuke, but the rest pierced his back.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa and Gyomei Himejima arrived and destroyed the Bone Whips attacking Giyu.
• Giyu kept Sasuke safe, and Gyomei confirmed that Sasuke was still breathing steadily.
• Sanemi, Gyomei, and Giyu formed a triangle around Sasuke as they faced the reawakening Flesh Behemoth.