Recaps

Rokuya and Kanae encountered three demons in the woods, and Rokuya swiftly defeated them before giving Kanae a chance to fight. Kanae killed the remaining two with Flower Breathing, Second Form: Shadow Plum, and waited for Rokuya's reaction.

• Rokuya heard three demons approaching and moved to protect Kanae.
• Rokuya struck two demons with a powerful kick, then killed the third with Thunder Breathing: Modified Extreme Blade Flash.
• Rokuya told Kanae to fight the two demons he had kicked away so she could test her training.
• Kanae used Flower Breathing, Second Form: Shadow Plum, to sever the demons' limbs and behead them.
• Kanae sheathed her sword and looked to Rokuya for praise.

Rokuya and Kanae encountered the Hand Demon, which revealed it had eaten thirteen of Urokodaki’s disciples, including the owners of the fox masks. Furious, Rokuya unleashed his demonic aura and prepared to attack, but the demon suddenly cried out for them to run.

• Rokuya defeated five more waves of demons while Kanae followed and his gratitude points recovered.
• Rokuya sensed a powerful smell of blood and rot as the ground shook and the Hand Demon approached.
• The Hand Demon recognized Rokuya as Urokodaki’s disciple and boasted that it had eaten thirteen of Urokodaki’s students.
• Rokuya told Kanae to retreat and vowed to kill the demon for harming those under his protection.
• Rokuya unleashed his demonic aura and readied a Thunder Breathing attack, but the Hand Demon shouted for them to run.

The Hand Demon used two injured swordsmen as human shields, forcing Rokuya to abandon a wide-range attack. Rokuya charged anyway, cutting through its attacking arms as they regenerated, while the Hand Demon kept the captives out of harm’s way.

• The Hand Demon revealed two captured swordsmen and taunted Rokuya to attack.
• Kanae warned Rokuya that a wide-range slash could kill the captives, while one swordsman urged him to flee and the other begged for help.
• The Hand Demon crushed one captive’s bones and threatened to eat an arm unless Rokuya acted.
• Rokuya concentrated his power on his blade and charged the Hand Demon to attempt a precise strike.
• Rokuya used Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash-Combo to sever the attacking arms, but the Hand Demon quickly regenerated them.

Rokuya struggled to protect two captured swordsmen while fighting the Hand Demon, and Kanae joined the battle to create an opening. The Hand Demon’s neck was exposed, leaving Rokuya a chance to strike.

• Rokuya endured the Hand Demon’s attacks rather than risk injuring the two swordsmen it held as shields.
• Rokuya refused the broken-legged swordsman’s plea to flee and insisted he would protect anyone under his care.
• Kanae attacked the Hand Demon with Flower Breathing, severing three arms and destroying its right eye.
• The Hand Demon struck back wildly, injuring Kanae and swinging the captured swordsmen away from its chest.
• Kanae saw that the Hand Demon’s neck had been left fully exposed.

Rokuya beheaded the Hand Demon with a powerful double strike, then collapsed from exhaustion as Kanae rushed to his side. After he reassured and praised her, Kanae embraced him in relief.

• Rokuya unleashed a double Extreme Blade Flash and cut through the Hand Demon's neck.
• The Hand Demon died, thanked Rokuya, and dissolved into ashes along with the souls it had devoured.
• The two young swordsmen fell free as the Hand Demon's arms turned to ash.
• Rokuya's power faded, and he collapsed from exhaustion and overwhelming hunger.
• Kanae hurried to Rokuya, and he reassured her and praised her role in creating an opening.
• Kanae embraced Rokuya, relieved that he was alive.

Rokuya saved Murata and an injured swordsman, earning a surge of Gratitude Points and unlocking basic access to the system shop. After sharing Kanae’s rice ball, he set out to kill every demon on Mount Fujikasane, drawing a procession of surviving candidates behind him.

• Murata and the injured swordsman thanked Rokuya for saving them, and the system awarded him Gratitude Points, including a bonus for Kanae’s attachment, unlocking basic system shop access.
• Rokuya ordered Murata and the injured swordsman to follow the wisteria scent down the mountain, while Kanae bandaged his shoulder and gave him a rice ball.
• Rokuya declared he would kill every demon on Mount Fujikasane and continued through the night, killing three demons with a burst of gold and blue lightning.
• Murata and the other surviving candidates followed Rokuya through the forest, watching him with reverence.

Rokuya wiped out the demons on Mount Fujikasane during Final Selection, allowing nearly all the candidates to survive. After the selection ended, he chose unusually dense ore and ordered a massive cleaver-style Nichirin Blade.

• Rokuya hunted down every demon on Mount Fujikasane and earned Gratitude Points as he protected the candidates.
• At dawn on the seventh day, more than forty candidates survived, and Kanae Kocho offered to treat Rokuya to tempura.
• The Ubuyashiki twins congratulated the candidates, explained their ranks, and invited them to select tamahagane for their Nichirin Blades.
• Rokuya chose a dense piece of black ore and instructed the swordsmiths to forge him an oversized, heavy cleaver.

After passing Final Selection, Rokuya parted from Kanae and promised to protect her and Shinobu before returning to Mount Sagiri. His return ended Urokodaki and the others’ grief, and he began to reveal the bundle he had brought back.

• Rokuya parted from Kanae, promising to find her and protect her and Shinobu.
• Three days later, Urokodaki, Sabito, Makomo, and Giyu feared Rokuya had died after failing to return from Final Selection.
• Rokuya arrived at the cabin battered and hungry, announcing that he was craving Cantonese food.
• Urokodaki served Rokuya rice and soup, and Rokuya ate fifteen bowls before reassuring everyone he was fine.
• Rokuya pulled the rag-wrapped bundle toward him.

Rokuya brought Urokodaki the broken Warding Masks recovered from the Hand Demon, revealing that thirteen of his former students had died under its curse and allowing Urokodaki and his surviving students to grieve together. A month later, swordsmith Haganezuka Hotaru arrived on Mount Sagiri with the enormous Nichirin Blade Rokuya had ordered and challenged him to lift it.

• Rokuya showed Urokodaki the broken fox masks the Hand Demon had swallowed, and Urokodaki recognized them as the masks of thirteen dead students.
• Urokodaki collapsed in grief and apologized to his students, while Sabito, Makomo, and Giyu comforted him and wept with him.
• Rokuya left the cabin, relieved that Urokodaki's grief and guilt had finally been released.
• Over the next month, Rokuya trained Sabito, Giyu, and Makomo harshly, and Giyu began swinging his sword with renewed determination.
• Haganezuka Hotaru arrived carrying a giant wooden case and berated Rokuya for demanding an unusually shaped blade.
• Haganezuka dropped the three-hundred-jin Nichirin Blade case and ordered Rokuya to pick it up.

Rokuya awakened the enormous Nichirin Blade with arcana power, turning it into a blue, silver-lit weapon he named Shura. Later, as he prepared to leave Mount Sagiri for a mission, Makomo, Sabito, and Giyu shared a meal with him.

• Rokuya lifted the three-hundred-jin blade one-handed, astonishing Haganezuka Hotaru and the others.
• Rokuya channeled arcana power into the blade, making it dark blue with flowing silver-blue light.
• Haganezuka Hotaru prostrated himself before the transformed weapon, and Rokuya kicked him away before naming the blade Shura.
• The narration noted that the [Shadow Battle Axe] progress bar was three hundred points short of completion.
• At Mount Sagiri, Rokuya devoured a huge rice ball and Giyu offered him his untouched grilled fish as he prepared to leave for a mission.

Takanashi Rokuno left Sakonji Urokodaki’s mountain home for his first mission, investigating disappearances in Mochizuki Village. On the way, he intimidated the arrogant Tanaka, who had been assigned to accompany him, and the two continued toward the village.

• Takanashi Rokuno prepared to leave with Shura, and Sakonji Urokodaki warned him to beware demons and return alive.
• A Kasugai Crow ordered Rokuno to investigate missing travelers and lost contact with villagers in Mochizuki Village.
• Rokuno set out, hoping to earn enough Gratitude Points to buy the Shadow Battle Axe and intending to save civilians.
• After three days of travel, Rokuno encountered Tanaka, a higher-ranked Demon Slayer who mocked his weapon and ordered him to stay out of the way.
• Rokuno’s killing intent frightened Tanaka, and Rokuno walked on while Tanaka reluctantly followed.

Rokuya and Tanaka discovered a demon-run farm holding 112 villagers captive in a cave. Tanaka tried to claim the potential glory for himself, while Rokuya recognized the strong demonic presence as a trap and confronted him.

• Rokuya and Tanaka followed drag marks from the silent village to a cave behind it.
• Rokuya found more than a hundred villagers chained inside a fenced enclosure, where demons had been keeping them as livestock.
• The villagers begged Rokuya and Tanaka to save them, and the system estimated a reward of 3,000–5,000 Gratitude Points if Rokuya rescued them.
• Tanaka focused on the prospect of promotion and ordered Rokuya not to interfere while he claimed the credit.
• Rokuya seized Tanaka by the collar and warned him that the farm was too large for ordinary demons and that something was watching them from the darkness.

Rokuya and Tanaka discovered that the cavern held nearly fifty demons, including a powerful grotesque leader. Tanaka was crippled and trapped at the entrance, while Rokuya faced the demons as they attacked.

• Tanaka ignored Rokuya’s warning, attacked a shadow with Water Breathing, Second Form: Water Wheel, and broke his blade against the demon’s body.
• Nearly fifty demons emerged around the cavern, led by a towering, blue-green-scaled grotesque demon.
• The grotesque demon struck Tanaka, crushing his chest and crippling his arm, while Tanaka panicked and tried to flee.
• A four-legged demon pinned Tanaka at the cavern entrance, leaving Rokuya and the villagers surrounded.
• The grotesque demon taunted Rokuya and swung its enormous fist toward his head.

Rokuya killed the malformed demon with one strike of Shura, stunning the villagers and demons in the cavern. He ignored Tanaka’s pleas and threats as nearly fifty demons gathered before him, then challenged them to attack.

• Rokuya used Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash-Extreme Blade Flash to cleave the malformed demon in two.
• The demons and villagers stared in shock as the malformed demon’s corpse turned to ash.
• Rokuya threatened the remaining demons and told them to come at him one by one.
• Tanaka begged Rokuya to save him, then cursed him and threatened to report him to the Master and the Hashira.
• Rokuya dismissed Tanaka and faced nearly fifty demons as they jeered and called for his flesh.

Rokuya fought fifty demons in the cavern while the captive villagers watched, and his strength began to falter under their numbers. He unleashed Returning Blade to slow several demons and restore his stamina and heal his wounds, leaving the battle still underway.

• The villagers despaired as Rokuya faced the demon horde alone, while he checked that he was still 300 Gratitude Points short of unlocking the Shadow Battle Axe.
• Rokuya used Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash to charge into the demons and split a giant demon in two with Shura Greatblade.
• Rokuya fought through the horde, but the demons' numbers and regeneration wore him down and left him wounded.
• Tanaka mocked Rokuya as he struggled, and Rokuya insulted him before deciding to stop letting the demons wear him down.
• Rokuya used Returning Blade to strike four demons, slowing them, then the projectile returned to him and restored stamina while his wounds began to heal.

Rokuya fought alone to protect the villagers from the demons, earning enough gratitude to unlock and fuse with the Shadow Battle Axe. Its power let him cut through the demons’ defenses, and he prepared to press his advantage with his enhanced Demon Form.

• Rokuya held the route to the Blood Food Farm and fought off the demons while the villagers realized he was protecting them.
• The villagers prayed for Rokuya and expressed their gratitude, causing his Gratitude Points to rise past 5,000.
• Rokuya redeemed and fused with the Shadow Battle Axe, which strengthened him and gave his weapon armor-piercing power.
• Rokuya used Twin Extreme Blade Flash to slice through fifteen demons, whose bodies could no longer reconnect.
• Rokuya called for his Demon Form to possess him as his enhanced Magic Energy Aura surrounded him like armor.

Rokuya slaughtered the demons in the cavern and freed the villagers, earning a surge of Gratitude Points. He then confronted the wounded Tanaka, who begged for mercy after Rokuya rejected his excuses and pleas.

• Rokuya separated the powerful demons and killed them, ending the battle in less than five minutes.
• Rokuya broke open the villagers’ cage and told the 112 survivors that the demons were dead and they could escape.
• The villagers knelt and thanked Rokuya, causing his Gratitude Points to climb past three thousand.
• Tanaka begged Rokuya to spare him, claiming he had only been testing him and offering to become his servant.
• Rokuya struck Tanaka across the face with the back of his blade and condemned him for abandoning the villagers and wishing Rokuya dead.

Rokuya left Tanaka hanging in the cavern and reported his desertion to headquarters, then emerged at dawn with 112 rescued villagers from Mochizuki Village. After gaining Gratitude Points and buying the Shadow Battle Axe, he told the villagers he needed food, and their chief ordered a feast.

• Rokuya had the Kasugai Crow report Tanaka’s desertion and injuries to headquarters for a trial, then warned Tanaka not to become a demon before leaving him hanging.
• Rokuya walked out of the cavern at dawn, starving, and headed toward Mochizuki Village for food.
• Rokuya emerged with 112 rescued villagers, whose gratitude notifications raised his Gratitude Points above five thousand.
• Rokuya used his points to obtain the Shadow Battle Axe and felt its power strengthen his body and attacks.
• The village chief and villagers knelt to thank Rokuya, who identified himself as a Demon Slayer and asked for a great deal of food.
• The village chief ordered the villagers to bring out their stored meat and rice and cook for Rokuya.

Rokuya gained a steady stream of Gratitude Points after the villagers began worshipping him as their sun. On the sixth morning, Kakushi Corps members arrived and discovered the cavern’s horrific aftermath, including the remains of dozens of demons and the badly wounded Tanaka.

• Rokuya ate an enormous feast while villagers served him in Mochizuki Village.
• The village chief led over a hundred villagers in a jumping chant of praise for Rokuya, earning him frequent Gratitude Points.
• Rokuya allowed the villagers to continue their worship because he needed Gratitude Points to unlock the next Magic Path Skill Tree node.
• Several Kasugai Crows guided Goto and nine Kakushi Corps members to the cavern, where they found signs of a devastating battle and at least fifty dead demons.
• Goto and his team found Tanaka, a gravely injured swordsman who had been presumed to have deserted, and ordered the Kakushi to treat him.

After Goto exposed Tanaka’s cowardice and Rokuya’s deeds in Mochizuki Village, Rokuya went with the Kakushi Corps to headquarters. There, Tanaka accused him before Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Hashira, and Rokuya challenged him to survive one strike.

• Tanaka begged the Kakushi Corps to rescue him and accused Rokuya of abandoning him, but Goto showed that Tanaka’s wounds came from fleeing and that Rokuya had slain fifty demons and saved 112 villagers.
• Goto saluted Rokuya in Mochizuki Village and left the cleanup to the Kakushi Corps; Rokuya agreed to go to headquarters with them.
• Three days later, at the Ubuyashiki Estate, Tanaka accused Rokuya of hiding his strength, abandoning him, and using sorcery, while Gyomei Himejima and Tengen Uzui watched.
• Rokuya ignored Tanaka’s accusations, then said he would grant Tanaka’s wish to die and challenged him to take one strike.

After Goto confirmed that Rokuya had killed fifty demons and Tanaka had fled and lied, Kagaya expelled Tanaka and proposed promoting Rokuya to Hashira. Tengen Uzui objected that Rokuya was too young and inexperienced for the deadly rank, leaving the promotion contested.

• Rokuya slammed Shura into the courtyard ground, and the blast sent Tanaka crashing into a wall and unconscious.
• Goto reported that Tanaka had fled from the demons and falsely accused Rokuya, while Rokuya had killed fifty demons alone.
• Kagaya stripped Tanaka of his swordsman qualification and ordered him exiled from the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Kagaya proposed promoting Rokuya to Hashira, citing his record of killing nearly one hundred demons in a month.
• Tengen Uzui objected that Rokuya was too young and inexperienced to face the Twelve Kizuki, and Gyomei Himejima agreed that the burden could break him.

Rokuya challenged Tengen Uzui to a practical combat assessment after dismissing his doubts about Rokuya’s strength. Rokuya’s opening attack forced Tengen to use explosives to escape, and Tengen ended the exchange taking Rokuya seriously.

• Rokuya told Tengen Uzui to stop talking and challenged him to withstand one of his strikes.
• Tengen Uzui asked Kagaya Ubuyashiki for permission to assess Rokuya in combat, and Kagaya agreed as long as neither was seriously harmed.
• Tengen Uzui rushed Rokuya with a punch, but Rokuya precisely dodged it.
• Rokuya swung the sheathed Shura at Tengen with a Thunder Breathing-powered strike.
• Tengen Uzui used gunpowder bombs to blast himself out of the strike’s path and landed on a rock formation with a torn uniform.
• Tengen Uzui recognized Rokuya’s terrifying strength and compared it to Himejima’s.

Takanashi Rokuno fought Tengen Uzui to prove his strength and won, earning the approval of Tengen, Gyomei Himejima, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki. Kagaya then asked Rokuno to choose a Hashira title, leaving the name undecided.

• Takanashi Rokuno and Tengen Uzui fought fiercely across the courtyard, with Rokuno overpowering Tengen's blades and explosives.
• Rokuno stopped his sheath just short of Tengen's forehead and restrained his twin blades, ending the duel in victory.
• Tengen accepted Rokuno's strength and praised him as worthy of the title of Hashira.
• Gyomei Himejima acknowledged Rokuno's strength and character, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki welcomed him among the Corps' swordsmen.
• Kagaya explained that Hashira chose names based on their fighting styles and asked Rokuno what title he wanted.

Rokuya chose the name Kai Hashira and was formally appointed the Demon Slayer Corps’ fourth Hashira. While waiting at headquarters for Shura’s engraving, he ate enormous quantities of food and refined his destructive control with a wooden stick.

• Rokuya told Kagaya Ubuyashiki that he relied on his battle-tempered body and heavy blade, and chose the title Kai Hashira.
• Kagaya appointed Takanashi Rokuno the Corps’ fourth Hashira and arranged for Shura to receive the Destroyer of Demons engraving.
• Rokuya stayed at headquarters for half a month, where his enormous appetite overwhelmed the logistics department but won him the Kakushi Corps members’ affection.
• Rokuya practiced with a wooden stick and discovered he could pierce an ancient tree and shred its internal structure with precise force.

Haganezuka Hotaru delivered Shura to Takanashi Rokuno and marveled that the blade showed no damage after killing fifty demons. Rokuya demonstrated his control of the weapon, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki assigned his patrol territory as Tokyo Prefecture.

• Haganezuka Hotaru confronted Takanashi Rokuno and demanded to know how his sword had survived a battle against fifty demons without a scratch.
• Haganezuka Hotaru delivered Shura, engraved with the words [Destroyer of Demons], and praised Rokuya as a genius swordsman.
• Rokuya lifted Shura effortlessly and said his sword cut only what it should, then accepted Haganezuka Hotaru's prediction that he would defeat the strongest demon.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki explained that Hashira-level swordsmen guarded assigned regions, and Rokuya asked where he would patrol.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki assigned Rokuya to Tokyo Prefecture.