Recaps

Nezuko’s blood turned Tanjiro’s Nichirin Blade bright red, and Tanjiro used Hinokami Kagura to behead Aizetsu and Karaku. The group found the tiny real demon among the bushes, but Genya’s shotgun failed to harm him.

• Nezuko grabbed Aizetsu’s spear and splashed her blood onto Tanjiro’s blade, igniting it and turning it bright red.
• Tanjiro used Head Dance of the Dragon of the Halo to behead Aizetsu and Karaku, then warned that the four headless clones were still alive.
• Tanjiro sensed a fifth scent and led Genya toward the bushes while Kanae and Mitsuri held off the reassembling clones.
• Tanjiro and Genya found the mouse-sized real demon, and Genya fired his shotgun at it.
• Genya’s shot struck the tiny demon’s neck and bounced off without injuring him.

Kanae saved Genya from Sekido’s attack while Tanjiro pursued the Coward Demon’s tiny true body. Tanjiro nearly severed its neck before a new demon appeared behind him, forcing him to abandon the strike and defend himself.

• Genya was nearly struck by Sekido, but Kanae deflected the Scepter and kicked Sekido away; Genya thanked her and promised to stay alert.
• Karaku, Urogi, Sekido, and Aizetsu reassembled, and Tanjiro left Kanae, Genya, and Mitsuri to fight them while he chased the escaping true body with Nezuko.
• Tanjiro found the Coward Demon hiding by a rock and used Extreme Blade Flash to cut into its unusually hard neck.
• As Tanjiro pressed on with the beheading, he sensed a powerful hostile presence behind him and turned to block; a young-looking demon with hate-marked taiko drums stood before him.

Zohakuten forced Kanae, Mitsuri, and Genya into an exhausting battle while Tanjiro and Nezuko pursued the fleeing main body. As the three prepared to face Zohakuten’s overwhelming final attack, Rokuya arrived in his Demon Form.

• Zohakuten fused the four clones’ powers and attacked Tanjiro with wooden dragons, but Mitsuri and Kanae intervened while Genya joined them.
• Kanae, Mitsuri, and Genya stayed behind to hold Zohakuten off, allowing Tanjiro and Nezuko to chase the main body into the woods.
• Zohakuten combined wooden dragons, sonic waves, wind, and lightning to wear down the three defenders as dawn drew near.
• With less than twenty minutes until dawn, Zohakuten gathered his attacks into a gigantic wooden dragon and prepared to strike Kanae, Mitsuri, and Genya.
• Rokuya crashed into the battlefield in his activated Demon Form, interrupting Zohakuten’s impending attack.

Rokuya arrived and killed Zohakuten, then pursued Tanjiro and Nezuko into the woods. He found Yuichiro and Muichiro victorious over Upper Rank Five, but the Coward Demon's main body was still fleeing toward villagers, with Tanjiro's blade stuck in its neck.

• Rokuya gave Kanae healing medicine, then defeated Zohakuten and destroyed the Wooden Dragons with his Shura Blade.
• Rokuya ordered Kanae, Mitsuri, and Genya to keep attacking Zohakuten's body while he pursued Tanjiro and Nezuko.
• Rokuya found exhausted Yuichiro and Muichiro, who told him they had slain Upper Rank Five.
• Rokuya and the Tokito brothers saw Tanjiro and Nezuko chasing the Coward Demon's main body across a plain toward villagers.
• Tanjiro struck the Coward Demon's neck, but his blade lodged in its tough flesh, and the demon continued charging toward the villagers.

Tanjiro faced a choice between saving Nezuko from the rising sun and stopping the Coward Demon from reaching the villagers, until Nezuko pushed him to continue fighting. After Tanjiro killed the Coward Demon and Hantengu, Nezuko’s sunburns healed and the sunlight stopped harming her, leaving Rokuya stunned.

• Yuichiro threw Tanjiro his Nichirin Blade as the Coward Demon raced toward the villagers, but sunrise scorched both the Coward Demon and Nezuko.
• Tanjiro abandoned the fight to shield Nezuko, and Nezuko kicked him away and urged him to save the villagers.
• Tanjiro used Hinokami Kagura to behead the Coward Demon and find and kill Hantengu’s hidden true body.
• Rokuya wrapped Nezuko in his haori, then saw her wounds heal and her demonic features fade as the sunlight ceased to burn her.

Nezuko survived the sunlight and spoke to Tanjiro, bringing the siblings together in tears of joy. Rokuya discovered evidence that Muzan had learned of Nezuko’s immunity and realized Muzan would soon pursue her with all his strength.

• Rokuya told Tanjiro to turn around, and Tanjiro saw Nezuko standing unharmed in the sunlight.
• Nezuko greeted Tanjiro, and the siblings embraced as she spoke and comforted him.
• Rokuya inspected Hantengu’s ashes and detected a faint spatial fluctuation linked to Nakime and the Infinity Castle.
• Rokuya realized Hantengu had transmitted his view of Nezuko to Muzan just before dying.
• Rokuya concluded Muzan would abandon his plans and use all his strength to capture Nezuko.

After Hantengu’s death, Rokuya warned Tanjiro that Muzan had seen Nezuko standing in sunlight and would target her to overcome his own weakness. The survivors regrouped, reported the danger to Kagaya Ubuyashiki, and prepared for Muzan’s possible all-out assault.

• Rokuya told Tanjiro that Muzan had seen Nezuko in the sunlight through Hantengu’s eyes, then concealed her beneath his haori and hurried back to the battlefield.
• Rokuya, Tanjiro, and Nezuko reunited with Kanae, Mitsuri, and Genya after Hantengu’s remaining forms turned to ash.
• Rokuya explained that Muzan would focus his forces on capturing Nezuko, and gave Tanjiro, Genya, and Mitsuri improved healing medicine.
• Kanae summoned a Kasugai Crow and sent it to report Hantengu’s death, Nezuko’s immunity to sunlight, and Muzan’s knowledge to the Master.
• Rokuya predicted the Hashira would be summoned to protect Nezuko, then ate the rice ball Kanae had saved for him.

Rokuya organized the evacuation of the Swordsmith Village after warning that Muzan could attack again, while Muzan ordered the Upper Ranks to capture Nezuko and kill Takanashi Rokuno. As Rokuya led the exhausted villagers toward safety, he and Kanae sensed Muzan’s forces closing in, and the slow procession risked being caught before nightfall.

• Yuichiro returned with the village chief and swordsmiths, and Rokuya told them to evacuate to the Backup Village.
• Rokuya checked his depleted Shura Blade, reassured Genya about consuming demon flesh, and prepared everyone to leave.
• Rokuya led the villagers out with Kanae and Mitsuri guarding them while Tanjiro, Nezuko, Genya, and Yuichiro brought up the rear.
• Muzan summoned Kokushibo, Doma, and Akaza, ordering them to bring back Nezuko and tear Takanashi Rokuno apart.
• Rokuya and Kanae sensed Muzan’s forces moving, but the exhausted villagers were traveling too slowly to reach safety before dark.

Rokuya split from Kanae and the villagers with Tanjiro, Genya, Yuichiro, and Nezuko to draw Muzan’s forces away. After defeating a monstrous demon sent ahead, he led the group into battle against the approaching demons as night fell.

• Rokuya ordered Kanae and Mitsuri to lead the villagers along the evacuation route while he took Tanjiro, Genya, Yuichiro, and Nezuko into the mountains.
• Rokuya’s group found the forest eerily silent, and Yuichiro sensed the smell of blood approaching.
• A huge demon made of severed limbs attacked and demanded Nezuko, but Rokuya cut it in half with one slash and Yuichiro burned away its bloody remains.
• Rokuya sensed powerful demons closing in and told Tanjiro, Genya, and Yuichiro to do whatever it took to survive.
• As night fell, Rokuya, Tanjiro, Genya, and Yuichiro fought together through the demons’ onslaught.

Rokuya and the others tried to escape Muzan’s demons when Upper Rank Two Doma ambushed them, forcing Rokuya to defend the group while struggling to fight at full strength. Doma knocked Tanjiro away and approached Nezuko, leaving her exposed.

• Rokuya led Tanjiro and the others through the demon encirclement, but Doma attacked and revealed he had come for Nezuko and Rokuya’s head.
• Rokuya fought Doma with Thunder Breathing and the Flame Tiger’s Roar, but could not overpower him without the energy to use his armor.
• Doma spread an icy mist, and Rokuya ordered Yuichiro to clear it with Smoke Breathing while the group tried to retreat.
• Doma attacked Genya from within the mist, but Tanjiro blocked the strike with his Bright Red Nichirin Sword.
• Doma swept Tanjiro’s sword aside and kicked him into a tree, causing Nezuko to fall from his back.
• Doma approached Nezuko and declared that he had found her.

Rokuya and his companions escaped Doma after the Hashira arrived to help, then returned to Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters. Rokuya began reporting to Kagaya about the battle at Swordsmith Village and critical intelligence.

• Rokuya wounded Doma and led Nezuko, Tanjiro, and Yuichiro through the woods, but Doma pursued them to a cliff.
• As Doma cornered the group, Kyojuro Rengoku, Giyu Tomioka, Sabito, Obanai Iguro, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and other Demon Slayers arrived, forcing Doma to withdraw.
• Rokuya and the others returned to headquarters after the battle, with Tanjiro carrying the sleeping Nezuko and Genya and Yuichiro wounded.
• Rokuya sent Tanjiro, Genya, and Yuichiro to the Butterfly Mansion for treatment, then knelt before Kagaya Ubuyashiki and reported that the battle of Swordsmith Village was over.
• Rokuya told Kagaya he needed to give a detailed battle report and share critical intelligence, and Kagaya asked Lady Amane to prepare paper and a brush.

Rokuya reported Kokushibo’s Transparent World and warned that Muzan had learned Nezuko could survive sunlight. Kagaya decided to use himself as bait to draw Muzan to the Ubuyashiki estate and entrusted the Demon Slayer Corps and humanity’s future to Rokuya.

• Rokuya confirmed that Gyokko and Hantengu had been slain and that most of the Swordsmith Village’s core swordsmiths had evacuated safely.
• Rokuya told Kagaya that Kokushibo possessed the Transparent World, which let him see bodily movements and anticipate attacks, and said multiple Hashira would need to overwhelm him.
• Rokuya revealed that Muzan had learned of Nezuko’s resistance to sunlight through Hantengu’s Coward Demon and expected Muzan to come after her.
• Kagaya saw Muzan’s pursuit as an opportunity to destroy him and announced that he would serve as bait at the Ubuyashiki estate.
• Kagaya bowed to Rokuya and entrusted him with the lives of the Demon Slayer Corps and humanity’s future.

Rokuya rejected Kagaya’s plan to die as bait for Muzan and proposed using his magic energy to protect Kagaya and Amane during the mansion explosion. Kagaya agreed to the revised plan, and the remaining Hashira gathered for the final meeting as the battle approached.

• Kagaya announced the final Hashira Training and said Rokuya would be their sharpest weapon against Muzan.
• Rokuya refused to let Kagaya use himself as bait and argued that losing the Corps’ leader would weaken the Hashira.
• Rokuya proposed shielding Kagaya and Amane with magic energy through the mansion explosion, leaving Muzan gravely injured and vulnerable to the Hashira.
• Kagaya accepted Rokuya’s plan and resolved to survive and help end the thousand-year nightmare.
• Rokuya prepared for the final Hashira Meeting, where all the Hashira except Mitsuri Kanroji had gathered.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki announced that Nezuko’s conquest of sunlight had brought the final battle with Muzan near, and ordered Hashira Training to begin. The training started under Tengen, while Tanjiro helped a struggling swordsman and vowed not to abandon his comrades.

• Sanemi and the other Hashira waited outside as Kagaya and Takanashi Rokuno spoke, then knelt when they emerged.
• Kagaya told the Hashira that Muzan knew Nezuko could survive sunlight and ordered them to train every swordsman starting the next day.
• The Hashira pledged to follow Kagaya’s orders and prepare to drag Muzan into hell.
• Tengen began the first stage of training, making ordinary members run up a mountain trail carrying heavy logs.
• Tanjiro helped a fallen member stand, and told Tengen he would not abandon any comrade while he still had breath.

Takanashi Rokuno toured the Hashira training grounds, where the Corps members endured punishing drills in stamina, flexibility, evasion, footwork, and combat. He left the fourth stage to continue through the training, while Tanjiro tried Sabito’s river-footwork exercise.

• Takanashi Rokuno agreed with Tengen that the Corps members needed grueling stamina training to survive battle.
• Mitsuri Kanroji forced a Corps member into a painful split, while Kanae Kocho used Flower Breathing to send fallen leaves flying at trainees practicing evasion.
• Obanai Iguro struck a trainee for moving too slowly, and Sabito demonstrated how to use the river’s current before inviting Tanjiro to try the rapids.
• Takanashi Rokuno watched Tanjiro begin the river exercise, then moved on to the fourth stage.
• Kyojuro Rengoku pushed trainees through relentless sword clashes, while Sanemi Shinazugawa knocked several down and berated them for lacking fighting spirit.

Rokuya inspected the final stages of the Demon Slayer Corps’ training before receiving urgent news that Kaigaku had become a demon. He concealed the report to prevent Jigoro Kuwajima from being blamed and committing seppuku.

• Rokuya watched Muichiro and Yuichiro train Corps members to fight through smoke, then demonstrated his ability to sense Muichiro’s attack without sight.
• Rokuya observed Gyomei Himejima’s grueling strength training beneath a waterfall and across the mountains.
• A Kakushi Corps operative delivered an emergency report stating that Kaigaku had accepted Muzan’s blood and become a demon.
• Rokuya feared that Jigoro Kuwajima would be held responsible and choose seppuku, so he ordered the operative to keep the news secret.

Rokuya secured Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s agreement to keep Kaigaku’s defection secret from ordinary Demon Slayer Corps members, then told Zenitsu that Kaigaku had become a demon. Zenitsu was devastated by the news but rose with a newfound resolve and anger.

• Rokuya ordered a Kakushi Corps member to conceal the intelligence that Kaigaku had become a demon.
• Rokuya told Kagaya Ubuyashiki about Kaigaku’s betrayal and asked him to suppress the news to spare Jigoro Kuwajima from having to atone through seppuku.
• Kagaya agreed to restrict knowledge of Kaigaku’s transformation to the Hashira for the time being.
• Rokuya took Zenitsu aside and told him Kaigaku had accepted demon blood after encountering an Upper Rank.
• Zenitsu grieved over Kaigaku’s betrayal and swore that Jigoro must not die, then stood with an unfamiliar resolve and anger.

Zenitsu asked Rokuya for brutal training so he could defeat Kaigaku himself, and Rokuya agreed. Rokuya then visited Tamayo to warn her about Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s plan to lure Muzan to the Corps headquarters and reveal that the explosion would only begin the decisive battle.

• Zenitsu asked Rokuya to train him so he could personally kill Kaigaku, and Rokuya agreed to begin individual training the next day.
• Rokuya found Tamayo’s hidden clinic in Asakusa, overcame Yushiro’s attack, and entered the secret room with Tamayo and Yushiro.
• Rokuya warned Tamayo that Muzan would soon locate the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters after learning Nezuko had overcome sunlight.
• Rokuya revealed that Kagaya Ubuyashiki planned to use himself as bait and detonate explosives beneath the estate when Muzan arrived.
• Rokuya explained that the explosion would not kill Muzan but would serve as a signal to expose him and possibly force him to open the Infinity Castle.

Rokuya asked Tamayo to prepare a poison for the final battle against Muzan, and she revealed that she and Shinobu Kocho had already developed one. The medicine would turn Muzan human, age him rapidly, prevent him from splitting apart, and ultimately destroy his cells, leaving him vulnerable to the Demon Slayers.

• Rokuya explained that Muzan would likely pull nearby Demon Slayers into the Infinity Castle after being wounded, where they would launch a counterattack.
• Rokuya warned Tamayo that Muzan might split into countless pieces to escape and asked for a medicine that would weaken him and prevent his escape.
• Tamayo revealed that she and Shinobu Kocho had created the medicine using Rokuya's blood, wisteria toxin, and Tamayo's knowledge of Muzan's cells.
• Tamayo explained that the medicine would first transform Muzan's demon cells into human cells and then accelerate his aging at a rate of tens of thousands of years per minute.
• Tamayo said the medicine would then prevent Muzan's cells from splitting before triggering their self-destruction and stopping his regeneration.
• Rokuya listened to Tamayo's explanation and smiled coldly.

Tamayo vowed to inject her medicine into Muzan during the final battle, and Rokuya promised to destroy him once the drug took effect. Rokuya also obtained humanization medicine for Nezuko and brought her to a hidden cabin on Mount Sagiri, where he prepared to administer a specially enhanced dose.

• Tamayo told Rokuya she would risk her life to inject the fragile medicine directly into Muzan during the mansion explosion.
• Rokuya promised Tamayo he would prevent Muzan from escaping and destroy every trace of him in sunlight.
• Rokuya asked Tamayo for humanization medicine for Nezuko, and Tamayo gave him a dose she said would turn Nezuko human over several days.
• Rokuya ordered Yushiro to keep Tamayo hidden and protected until the final battle.
• Rokuya and the Kakushi Corps carried Nezuko to a trapped cabin on Mount Sagiri, where Sakonji Urokodaki had secured the area.
• Rokuya opened a test tube containing medicine that combined strong Magic resistance with a humanization antidote.

Rokuya injected Nezuko with Arcana Power and medicine, suppressing her demon traits as she began turning back into a human. He then began training Zenitsu in a new two-strike Extreme Blade Flash, but Zenitsu lost his balance during his first attempt.

• Rokuya injected Nezuko, whose body convulsed as Arcana Power suppressed the demon markings within her.
• Nezuko's fangs and nails returned to normal, and Rokuya told Sakonji Urokodaki she would sleep for a long time while he guarded her.
• Rokuya left Nezuko in Sakonji Urokodaki's care and traveled to Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters.
• Rokuya pushed Zenitsu to his feet and explained how to use his legs and waist to change direction during the Extreme Blade Flash.
• Zenitsu attempted the technique, but the conflicting forces knocked his body off balance in midair.

Zenitsu completed Rokuya’s special training by mastering eight consecutive changes of direction with Thunder Breathing, while the Demon Slayer Corps prepared for battle during a tense lull in demon activity. The chapter ended with Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro reporting winged eyeballs marked with “Four” and mysterious paper doors to Kagaya Ubuyashiki.

• Zenitsu endured three days of punishing training before successfully executing eight changes of direction and slicing a boulder in half.
• Rokuya recognized Zenitsu’s talent and reflected that Jigoro Kuwajima had been right about him.
• The Hashira and ordinary Corps members improved through intensive training, and the Hashira learned to activate Bright Red Nichirin Swords by clashing blades.
• Rokuya shared information about Kokushibo with the Hashira as demon activity fell silent and he sensed Muzan was preparing an attack.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro returned from patrol with winged eyeballs marked “Four” and reported paper doors appearing in empty spaces.

Rokuya identified the new Upper Rank Four’s spatial Blood Demon Art as the source of the paper doors and warned that Infinity Castle had located the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters. Kagaya Ubuyashiki prepared to lure Muzan into a trap, and Rokuya reassured the Hashira that he could protect Kagaya, Amane, and the children from the planned explosion.

• Rokuya concluded that the eyeballs marked “Four” belonged to Hantengu’s replacement, the new Upper Rank Four, whose Blood Demon Art created entrances to Infinity Castle.
• Rokuya told Kagaya Ubuyashiki that Muzan had found the Headquarters, and Kagaya announced that the final battle would begin within days.
• At a meeting in the Butterfly Mansion’s basement, Rokuya revealed that Kagaya and the Ubuyashiki Estate would serve as bait while explosives detonated beneath the estate.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa, Kanae, and Shinobu Kocho protested the plan, fearing for Kagaya, Amane, and the children.
• Rokuya demonstrated his protective power and promised to shield everyone from the explosion and arrange their escape afterward.

Rokuya laid out the plan to attack Muzan after an explosion weakened him, and agreed to let Tanjiro join the main assault team. With the final battle twenty-four hours away, Rokuya told Kanae and Shinobu Kocho that he feared losing them and wished they could stay out of danger.

• Rokuya told the Hashira to surround Muzan after the explosion, work together to wear him down, and wait for Rokuya to take over the battlefield.
• Tanjiro asked to join the fight, explaining that Sun Breathing and his ability to activate a Bright Red Nichirin Sword could hurt Muzan, and Rokuya assigned him to the main assault team.
• The Hashira ended their meeting and made final preparations as the countdown to the final battle reached twenty-four hours.
• During a hot pot meal at the Butterfly Mansion, Kanae and Shinobu Kocho urged Rokuya to share his burdens, and he showed them four doses of Tamayo’s life-preserving medicine.
• Rokuya admitted that he did not want Kanae and Shinobu Kocho to fight because he feared they would be hurt or leave him, and Kanae clasped his hand.

As the Demon Slayer Corps prepared for the final battle with Muzan, Rokuya asked Kanae and Shinobu to stay by his side if Muzan escaped the trap, and they agreed. The next morning, Rokuya ate at the Butterfly Mansion and watched Sabito and Giyu spar as the battle drew near.

• Rokuya asked Kanae and Shinobu not to leave his side during the coming battle, and both agreed.
• Aoi Kanzaki hung quilts and dried herbs before preparing food at the Butterfly Mansion.
• Aoi Kanzaki stopped Inosuke from stealing food, and Rokuya threw him out of the kitchen.
• Rokuya ate a large meal, thanked Aoi Kanzaki, and went to the backyard to watch Sabito and Giyu spar.
• Rokuya watched Sabito and Giyu trade blows with wooden swords and remarked that it was good to be young.