Recaps

Sasuke used Susanoo to restrain Gyutaro and fend off Daki, giving Tengen Uzui time to analyze their attacks by sound. Gyutaro broke free with a storm of spinning blood blades, but Tengen said he was close to completing his score and asked Sasuke to buy him more time.

• Sasuke's Susanoo trapped Gyutaro's blood scythe and blocked Daki's sashes, suppressing both Upper Rank Six siblings.
• Tengen Uzui listened to the siblings' attacks and began turning their rhythms into a score.
• Gyutaro unleashed Blood Demon Art: Circular Slashes: Rotating Sweep, forcing Susanoo to release him and defend against the blades.
• Tengen told Sasuke that his score was almost complete and asked him to keep fighting so they could coordinate their lightning and sound.

Sasuke used Susanoo to fight Gyutaro and Daki at once, then targeted Daki to break the stalemate. Gyutaro sacrificed his chance to attack Tengen Uzui to save his sister, and Tengen realized the siblings’ heads had to be severed simultaneously.

• Gyutaro’s poison corroded Susanoo’s hand, but it regenerated and kept him trapped.
• Daki reattached her head and sent her obi to harass Susanoo while Gyutaro remained caught.
• Sasuke released Gyutaro and redirected Susanoo’s hand toward Daki.
• Gyutaro abandoned Tengen Uzui and intercepted Susanoo’s attack, saving Daki.
• Tengen Uzui concluded that Gyutaro and Daki had to be beheaded at the same time.

Tengen Uzui’s wounds spread Gyutaro’s poison through his body, leaving him increasingly unable to fight as Sasuke struggled to shield him from Gyutaro and Daki. The chapter ended with Gyutaro exploiting a moment of paralysis to strike at Uzui’s unguarded heart.

• Tengen Uzui felt the poison from his cheek wound spread, blurring his vision and weakening his body.
• Gyutaro attacked Uzui, and Uzui barely blocked the poisoned sickle despite his delayed movements.
• Daki sent her sashes after Uzui, and one cut his calf, giving the poison another path into his body.
• Sasuke knocked Gyutaro back and destroyed most of Daki’s sashes, but he could not stop every attack.
• Uzui forced himself to keep fighting and said he would remain flashier than Gyutaro, but the poison briefly paralyzed his right arm.
• Gyutaro seized the opening and plunged his poisoned sickle toward Uzui’s unguarded heart.

Sasuke activated Susanoo’s second stage and stopped Gyutaro’s poisoned scythe just before it struck Tengen Uzui. With Gyutaro trapped in Susanoo’s grip, Sasuke asked whether Tengen had finished his score before he crushed the demon.

• As Gyutaro’s scythe neared Tengen Uzui’s chest, Sasuke warned that Gyutaro did not get to decide whether Tengen lived or died.
• Sasuke’s Susanoo grew flesh and muscle, transforming from a skeleton into a towering demonic half-body.
• Susanoo seized Gyutaro’s scythe in its bare hand, stopping the blade inches from Tengen.
• Gyutaro failed to pull his weapon free, while Daki and the distant Tanjiro, Inosuke, and others stared at Susanoo in terror.
• Sasuke told Tengen Uzui to finish his score before he crushed Gyutaro.

Sasuke used Susanoo to overpower Gyutaro and defend against Daki’s attacks, leaving the Upper Rank Six siblings unable to break through. As Tengen Uzui watched from behind Susanoo, Sasuke demanded to know whether his Musical Score was ready.

• Gyutaro failed to pull his Blood Scythe free from Susanoo’s grip, and fear appeared on his face.
• Daki attacked Susanoo with dozens of sashes to make it release Gyutaro.
• Susanoo’s left arm knocked away every sash while its right hand held Gyutaro fast.
• Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Tengen Uzui watched Sasuke suppress the siblings.
• Sasuke asked Tengen Uzui whether his Musical Score was ready and warned that he would die if he delayed.

As Tengen Uzui neared death and Sasuke’s Susanoo struggled to hold the Upper Rank Demons, Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma decided to intervene. Hinatsuru fired their lethal wisteria-poisoned kunai at Gyutaro, leaving the attack’s outcome unknown.

• Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma watched Tengen Uzui bleed out while Sasuke’s Susanoo held the Upper Rank Demons at bay.
• Hinatsuru realized the stalemate would soon collapse and chose to use the wives’ poisoned kunai launcher.
• Makio steadied Hinatsuru’s arm, while Suma accepted Hinatsuru’s request to care for Tengen if she died.
• Hinatsuru aimed at Gyutaro and unleashed dozens of wisteria-poisoned kunai toward him.

Sasuke used Susanoo to pin Gyutaro as Hinatsuru’s wisteria-poisoned kunai struck and briefly slowed him. Tengen Uzui completed his Musical Score and charged at Gyutaro, ready to exploit the opening.

• Sasuke seized the moment Gyutaro prepared to break free and crushed his Blood Scythe arm in Susanoo’s grip.
• Hinatsuru’s poisoned kunai pierced Gyutaro, and the wisteria toxin briefly slowed his movements.
• Daki cried out and tried to rush to her brother’s aid.
• Tengen Uzui completed his Musical Score, having deciphered Gyutaro’s attacks and openings.
• Tengen Uzui charged at the temporarily paralyzed Gyutaro and called for a duet with the Thunder Hashira.

Tengen Uzui completed his Musical Score and charged through Gyutaro’s attacks, creating an opening for the others to hold Daki back. As Tengen drew near Gyutaro, Sasuke prepared Susanoo’s lightning for the final strike.

• Tengen Uzui used his completed Musical Score to dodge Gyutaro’s Blood Scythes and advance through the barrage.
• Inosuke pinned Daki down while Zenitsu severed the sashes she sent toward Tengen.
• Tanjiro recognized that Tengen was trying to create an opportunity to behead both demons at once.
• Tengen predicted Gyutaro’s attacks and drew closer to him, declaring that he had seen through their rhythm.
• Sasuke raised Susanoo’s arm and gathered blue lightning for the final movement.

Inosuke and Zenitsu teamed up to keep Daki from reaching Gyutaro, repeatedly cutting through her Obi and suppressing her Blood Demon Art. The chapter left Daki trapped between them, unable to reach her brother’s battlefield.

• After hearing Tengen Uzui’s declaration, Daki abandoned Tanjiro and sent her Obi toward Gyutaro.
• Inosuke charged Daki while Zenitsu cut apart the Obi aimed at him, allowing Inosuke to keep her occupied.
• Zenitsu repeatedly severed Daki’s Obi as Inosuke pressed his attack, preventing her from breaking away.
• Daki unleashed Eightfold Obi Slash, but Inosuke shredded the Obi in front of him while Zenitsu’s Sixfold Strike tore a gap through the attack.
• Daki found herself wounded and pinned between Inosuke and Zenitsu, unable to reach Gyutaro.

Tengen Uzui completed his Musical Score and pushed Gyutaro to unleash a deadly area attack that hid a lethal strike. Uesugi Sasuke used Amenotejikara to displace Tengen out of danger and into position behind Gyutaro, where Tengen prepared to strike.

• Tengen Uzui used his Musical Score to read Gyutaro’s attacks and fight through the Flying Blood Scythe.
• Gyutaro disrupted Tengen’s predictions with a spinning, all-direction blood scythe attack.
• Gyutaro concealed a lethal upward strike within the spinning attack and caught Tengen unable to dodge.
• Uesugi Sasuke used Amenotejikara to swap Tengen’s position with a chunk of roofing stone.
• Tengen appeared behind Gyutaro and poured his remaining strength into his twin blades.

Sasuke unleashed Susanoo Chidori on Gyutaro while Tanjiro used Hinokami Kagura to behead Daki. Both demons were struck down in a coordinated attack.

• Tengen Uzui held Gyutaro in place and gave the signal for Sasuke to attack.
• Sasuke gathered lightning into Susanoo’s palm and formed it into a massive spear.
• Tanjiro prepared his Nichirin Blade as Inosuke and Zenitsu kept Daki restrained.
• Sasuke’s Susanoo Chidori pierced Gyutaro’s neck and disintegrated his body.
• Tanjiro used Hinokami Kagura: Mirage Sun Rainbow to sever Daki’s head.

Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Tengen Uzui, and Sasuke defeated Gyutaro and Daki, whose severed heads met and argued as they crumbled into ash. Gyutaro apologized to Ume before both demons disappeared, ending Upper Rank Six’s life.

• Tengen Uzui’s lightning attack destroyed much of Gyutaro’s body as it severed his neck.
• Tanjiro beheaded Daki, and Zenitsu struck again to ensure her neck was cut through while Inosuke held her body.
• Gyutaro and Daki’s severed heads flew together and landed on a ruined rooftop instead of immediately disintegrating.
• Daki and Gyutaro blamed and cursed each other as the boys watched in confusion and Tengen Uzui looked on sorrowfully.
• As they crumbled into ash, Gyutaro apologized to Ume and wished she could be born into a good family without him as her brother.
• Gyutaro and Daki vanished, and Upper Rank Six fell for good.

Uesugi Sasuke and Tengen Uzui defeated the Upper Rank siblings, but Uzui collapsed as Gyutaro’s poison overwhelmed him. As his wives and Tanjiro gathered around, the Sound Hashira appeared close to death.

• The Upper Rank siblings vanished, and Uesugi Sasuke collapsed after exhausting his chakra and ocular power.
• Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma rushed to Tengen Uzui, who fell as soon as the enemy was confirmed dead.
• Hinatsuru discovered that Gyutaro’s poison had spread through Uzui’s body and that his heartbeat was weakening.
• Tanjiro knelt beside Uzui as his wives wept, while Uzui opened his remaining eye and tried to comfort them.

Nezuko used her Blood Demon Art to remove the poison killing Tengen Uzui and pull him back from the brink of death. After Tengen recovered, Nezuko collapsed into Tanjiro’s arms, while Uesugi Sasuke witnessed the life-restoring flames.

• As Tengen Uzui began to die from the poison, Nezuko crawled out of Tanjiro’s box and approached him.
• Nezuko placed her hand on Tengen’s chest and engulfed him in pink flames, and Tanjiro stopped Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma from intervening.
• The flames made Tengen’s poison marks disappear and restored his heartbeat and breathing.
• Uesugi Sasuke watched Nezuko’s flames restore Tengen and felt a crack form in his hardened heart.
• Nezuko fell asleep in Tanjiro’s arms after Tengen survived.

Nezuko’s pink flames cured Tengen Uzui’s poison and restored his heartbeat, leaving him alive as the battle’s survivors greeted the dawn. The Corps defeated Upper Rank Six without a death, but Tengen had to retire, and the vacant Upper Rank position promised a fierce response from the demons’ progenitor.

• Hinatsuru confirmed that Tengen Uzui’s heartbeat had returned and the poison was gone, while Suma and Makio wept with joy.
• Tanjiro placed the sleeping Nezuko back in her box, and Uesugi Sasuke watched her power save Tengen and reflected on the strength of bonds.
• Dawn broke over Yoshiwara as Sasuke closed his eyes and the survivors recognized that the battle was over.
• Kakushi members arrived and reported that Tengen, Tanjiro, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Sasuke were alive.
• The Demon Slayer Corps learned that Tengen would retire because of his injuries and that Upper Rank Six had been defeated, leaving an Upper Rank vacancy.

After the victory over Upper Rank Six, Tengen Uzui woke to find that he had lost his left arm and eye but that everyone he cared about had survived. He declared his retirement as the former Sound Hashira, while Sasuke watched from a distance.

• Kakushi members arrived at dawn and confirmed that Upper Rank Six had been slain and the battle’s core participants had survived.
• Tengen Uzui regained consciousness after Nezuko’s flames burned away the poison, then realized he had lost his left arm and eye.
• Tengen surveyed the battlefield and saw Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Sasuke, and his three wives alive.
• Tengen laughed with relief and told his wives that, despite their injuries, they had won in a flashy way.
• Tengen announced to the gathered survivors that he was officially retiring as the former Sound Hashira.
• Sasuke watched Tengen’s proud departure and reflected that he could not understand the Demon Slayer Corps’ people.

At Headquarters, the Hashira learned that Tengen Uzui and the others had slain Upper Rank Six without any deaths. The report revealed that Nezuko Kamado had burned away Tengen’s poison and that Uesugi Sasuke’s purple skeletal demon god had decided the battle, leaving the Corps stunned by powers beyond their understanding.

• The Hashira waited anxiously at Headquarters for news of the battle in Yoshiwara.
• A Kasugai Crow reported that Gyutaro and Daki had been slain and that Tengen Uzui, Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira had all survived.
• The crow explained that Nezuko Kamado had used her Blood Demon Art, Exploding Blood, to burn the poison from Tengen’s body.
• The crow reported that Uesugi Sasuke summoned a purple skeletal demon god and used it to overpower and finish Upper Rank Six.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Hashira reacted with relief and disbelief as the battle report challenged their understanding of combat.

After Gyutaro and Daki were erased, Muzan Kibutsuji learned that an unknown power had destroyed Upper Rank Six and summoned every remaining Upper Rank to Infinity Castle. The five demons gathered before him for the first time in a century, with Muzan’s fury hanging over them.

• Muzan Kibutsuji sensed that Gyutaro and Daki had been erased, leaving the Upper Rank Six position blank for the first time in over a hundred years.
• Muzan saw Gyutaro’s final vision of a purple skeletal giant and a boy with blood-red eyes, then ordered Nakime to summon all the Upper Ranks.
• Doma, Akaza, Hantengu, Gyokko, and Kokushibo each received the summons in their own location.
• Nakime transported the five demons to Infinity Castle, where they knelt before Muzan.

The five Upper Ranks assembled in the Infinity Castle after Muzan Kibutsuji issued a compulsory summons. Muzan appeared and forced the demons to kneel before him, leaving them awaiting his reason for calling them together.

• Akaza arrived first and bristled when Doma appeared and tried to provoke him.
• Gyokko and Hantengu arrived, frightened by the tension between Akaza and Doma and by Muzan’s anger.
• Kokushibo appeared and silenced the other Upper Ranks, completing the assembly of all five for the first time in a hundred and thirteen years.
• Nakime moved the demons to a raised platform, where Muzan Kibutsuji appeared.
• Muzan’s killing intent forced Akaza, Doma, Gyokko, and Hantengu to kneel as he looked down at them without speaking.

Muzan summoned the Upper Ranks and showed them Gyutaro’s final vision, revealing the red-eyed Demon Slayer Uesugi Sasuke and his overwhelming power. He ordered the demons to kill Sasuke and bring back his eyes while continuing to search for the Blue Spider Lily, warning that failure would cost them their ranks.

• Muzan condemned the Upper Ranks after learning that Gyutaro had been killed, while Kokushibo remained composed.
• Muzan forced the Upper Ranks to witness Gyutaro’s final vision of Sasuke wielding a purple lightning-armored demon god.
• The Upper Ranks reacted with fear, excitement, and astonishment when they saw Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Muzan ordered the Upper Ranks to find and kill Sasuke, preserve his eyes, and keep searching for the Blue Spider Lily.
• Muzan warned the Upper Ranks that failure would let other demons take their places, then vanished.

Uesugi Sasuke discovered that his wakizashi had cracked during his battle with Gyutaro, while Hotaru Haganezuka chased Tanjiro Kamado over another broken sword. A Kakushi delivered the Master’s order for Sasuke and Tanjiro to travel to the Swordsmith Village to have Sasuke’s blade reforged.

• Uesugi Sasuke found a fine crack in his wakizashi while cleaning it at the Butterfly Mansion.
• Hotaru Haganezuka charged after Tanjiro Kamado, furious that Tanjiro had broken his sword again.
• Tanjiro hid behind Sasuke, but Haganezuka stopped when he noticed the crack in Sasuke’s blade and feared confronting him.
• Haganezuka redirected his anger toward Tanjiro and resumed chasing him around the courtyard.
• A Kakushi told Sasuke that the Master had ordered him and Tanjiro to go to the Swordsmith Village to reforge his damaged blade.

Uesugi Sasuke and Tanjiro were carried under strict secrecy protocols toward the hidden Swordsmith Village. Sasuke used Chakra perception to map their route and left the Kakushi carrying him terrified by revealing what lay beyond the next ridge.

• Kakushi arrived at the Butterfly Mansion and ordered Uesugi Sasuke and Tanjiro to wear blindfolds and earplugs before leaving for the Swordsmith Village.
• Tanjiro was impressed by the Kakushi's careful relay system and felt a greater sense of responsibility for the village.
• Uesugi Sasuke used Chakra perception to track the carriers and map their route despite being blindfolded and unable to hear.
• The ninth Kakushi stopped to rest near the final mountain trail and murmured that they were almost there.
• Uesugi Sasuke told the Kakushi that a ridge, a downhill path, and a hot spring lay ahead, frightening him into hurrying toward the village.

Tanjiro and Uesugi Sasuke arrived at the Swordsmith Village, where Chief Tecchin Kawahara welcomed them and arranged for their recovery and new blades. Sasuke discovered that the village’s crimson ore could conduct chakra, and Tecchin said he would forge Sasuke’s Nichirin Blade himself.

• A Kakushi carried Uesugi Sasuke into the Swordsmith Village, while another brought Tanjiro by a separate route.
• Tanjiro admired the village and its sulfurous hot springs, while Sasuke examined its metalwork with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sasuke discovered that crimson ore could conduct energy and might carry his chakra.
• Tecchin Kawahara welcomed the two and recognized Tanjiro as the Corps member who kept breaking Haganezuka’s blades.
• Tecchin said Haganezuka was forging Tanjiro’s blade and offered to forge Sasuke’s, then directed them to recuperate in the hot springs.

Tanjiro and Sasuke recovered in the Swordsmith Village hot springs when Mitsuri Kanroji arrived to have her chipped sword repaired. She met Nezuko and was instantly smitten with Sasuke, leaving the encounter flustered while he remained indifferent.

• Tanjiro relaxed in the hot spring beside Nezuko's box while Sasuke quietly regulated his chakra.
• Mitsuri Kanroji leaped into the spring, greeted Tanjiro, and explained she had come to get her chipped sword repaired.
• Mitsuri delighted in Nezuko, who peeked out of her box and waved at her.
• Mitsuri noticed Sasuke and was struck by his appearance and cold manner.
• Tanjiro introduced Sasuke as the newly appointed Thunder Hashira, and Mitsuri blurted out that he was amazing and handsome before turning bright red.

Tanjiro encountered Muichiro Tokito in the village, but the Mist Hashira ignored him until he noticed Sasuke. After a silent exchange of looks, Muichiro continued on his way, leaving Tanjiro shaken by the unspoken confrontation.

• Tanjiro searched the village for Hotaru Haganezuka and greeted Muichiro Tokito when he saw him watching the clouds.
• Muichiro ignored Tanjiro and walked past him without looking his way.
• Muichiro stopped and fixed his gaze on Sasuke, who was studying unfinished blades at a nearby weapon rack.
• Sasuke briefly met Muichiro's gaze with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and the two remained silent.
• Muichiro looked away and continued down the path, while Tanjiro realized he was soaked in cold sweat.