Recaps

Rokuya activated Invincible Might and overwhelmed Doma, but a mysterious biwa note rescued the gravely wounded Demon before Rokuya could kill him. Exhausted, Rokuya turned toward Kanae.

• Rokuya spent 5,000 Gratitude Points to activate Invincible Might, surrounding himself with azure armor and erasing Doma's ice domain.
• Doma summoned the Rime-Water Lily Bodhisattva, but Rokuya's slash cleaved the ice Buddha in two.
• Rokuya struck Doma with the Shura Blade, destroying his arm and shoulder and leaving him unable to regenerate.
• Rokuya asked Doma if he had learned to fear, then raised his blade to behead him.
• A biwa note opened a paper door beneath Doma and pulled him away; Rokuya's strike only tore away part of Doma's scalp and skull.
• Rokuya's armor receded, leaving him exhausted and hungry, and he turned toward the corner.

After Rokuya saved Kanae from Upper Rank Two, she recovered completely thanks to a potion made from Rokuya’s blood. Kanae and Rokuya went to report the encounter and the potion to Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who asked how badly Rokuya had wounded the demon.

• Kanae embraced Rokuya and thanked him for saving her, and he said he was hungry and wanted ten bowls of fried pork cutlets.
• At the Butterfly Mansion, Rokuya devoured a huge meal while Shinobu questioned how Kanae had recovered so quickly.
• Rokuya explained that Tamayo’s potion, extracted from his blood, had restored Kanae after her lungs were badly damaged by Upper Rank Two’s freezing Blood Demon Art.
• Kanae said they needed to report the demon’s abilities and the potion’s effects to Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
• At the Ubuyashiki Estate, Kagaya asked Rokuya whether his slash had taken only half of Upper Rank Two’s shoulder and a large patch of his scalp.

Rokuya reported to Kagaya that he had nearly killed Doma before a biwa note and a strange paper door rescued the demon. Kagaya recognized the rescue as crucial intelligence about a spatial Blood Demon Art, while Rokuya explained that Tamayo’s medicine had saved Kanae; he then left for the Butterfly Mansion.

• Rokuya told Kagaya that he had overpowered Upper Rank Two, Doma, but a biwa note summoned a black paper door that let Doma escape.
• Kagaya praised Rokuya for defeating Doma alone and identified the door as evidence of a rare spatial Blood Demon Art that could rescue demons or disrupt the Corps’ plans.
• Rokuya said Tamayo’s medicine had saved Kanae after her lungs were frozen, and Kagaya expressed relief and gratitude.
• Rokuya declared that he would protect those close to him, then left for the Butterfly Mansion to recover.
• Kagaya wondered whether fate had begun to turn in humanity’s favor.

At the Butterfly Mansion, Shinobu examined Kanae after the medicine had healed her and questioned Rokuya about its extraordinary effects. Kanae challenged him for spending such a rare resource on her, but Rokuya insisted he had used it because he could not bear to lose her; after she fled in embarrassment, he took a small metal cylinder from his clothes.

• Shinobu examined Kanae and found that her frostbite damage had completely healed.
• Shinobu pressed Rokuya for details about the medicine, and he said Tamayo had spent six months making a single dose.
• Kanae argued that the medicine should have been saved for Oyakata-sama, the fight against Muzan, or another critically injured Hashira.
• Rokuya told Kanae he had used the medicine because he did not want her to die, and Kanae became flustered.
• Shinobu interrupted their intimate moment, Kanae fled the infirmary, and Rokuya took a small metal cylinder from his clothes.

Rokuya lent Shinobu Tamayo’s precious Medicine to study while reflecting on his resolve to defeat Muzan, and Shinobu thanked him for helping her sister. Two weeks after the battle with Doma, Rokuya was still suffering extreme hunger from using his ultimate move, and the chapter left him taking a food box from a bashful Kanae at the Ubuyashiki Estate.

• Rokuya gave Shinobu the Medicine for research and warned her to return it without wasting it.
• Shinobu thanked Rokuya for helping her sister, and he told her they were family.
• Rokuya vowed to grow stronger and kill Muzan after the Corps’ victory against Doma’s cult and Doma’s severe injuries.
• Two weeks later, Rokuya complained that the aftereffects of Extreme Overexertion kept him ravenously hungry.
• Kanae brought Rokuya a food box at the Ubuyashiki Estate, and he leaped down from the tree and opened it.

At a Hashira Meeting, Kagaya Ubuyashiki reported that Takanashi Rokuno and Kanae Kocho had rescued civilians and wounded Doma, Upper Rank Two, while learning that Muzan could use a spatial Blood Demon Art. He promoted Kyojuro Rengoku, Sanemi Shinazugawa, Sabito, and Giyu Tomioka, leaving the Demon Slayer Corps with eight Hashira-level swordsmen poised to face Muzan.

• Rokuya shared food and flirted with Kanae before Gyomei Himejima and Tengen Uzui arrived and announced that several new Hashira would be recognized.
• Kyojuro Rengoku thanked Takanashi for confronting his father’s despair and accepted the position of Flame Hashira.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa, Sabito, and Giyu Tomioka joined the gathering, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki arrived to begin the meeting.
• Kagaya reported that Rokuya and Kanae had rescued civilians from the Eternal Paradise Cult and that Rokuya had grievously wounded Doma before Muzan rescued him with a spatial Blood Demon Art.
• Kagaya promoted Sanemi to Wind Hashira and appointed Sabito and Giyu as joint Water Hashira alongside Kyojuro’s succession as Flame Hashira.
• Kagaya concluded that the Corps now had eight Hashira-level swordsmen and entrusted them with ending Muzan’s thousand-year reign.

After Sabito and Giyu became Hashira, Rokuya reunited with them and Makomo, then led the group toward Mount Sagiri to share the news with their former master. Along the way, he criticized each of their fighting styles and warned them to prepare for Upper Rank demons.

• Sabito challenged Rokuya to a duel, but Rokuya mocked his Water Wheel technique and flicked him on the forehead.
• Giyu told Rokuya he could protect himself if Rokuya died, provoking Rokuya to chase him around the courtyard with his sheathed sword.
• Makomo arrived, and Rokuya invited her, Sabito, and Giyu to eat at the Butterfly Mansion before returning to Mount Sagiri.
• As the four traveled toward Mount Sagiri, Sabito and Giyu teased Rokuya about getting lost on the road.
• Rokuya warned Sabito that his powerful Water Wheel could leave him vulnerable to Doma and criticized Giyu’s Dead Calm for relying too heavily on defense.
• Rokuya told Makomo to build her strength by eating more meat so she could cut through demons’ hard necks.

Rokuya brought Sabito, Giyu, and Makomo back to Mount Sagiri, where Sakonji Urokodaki joyfully reunited with his surviving disciples. As they celebrated their return, Rokuya resolved to keep protecting the peace they had found.

• Rokuya watched Sabito and Giyu swiftly kill a three-armed Abnormal Demon, then criticized their swordsmanship.
• Three days later, Rokuya, Sabito, Giyu, and Makomo reached Mount Sagiri and found Sakonji Urokodaki chopping firewood outside his cabin.
• Sakonji Urokodaki dropped his axe when he saw them return, and Sabito and Giyu knelt to tell him they had become Hashira.
• Makomo hugged Sakonji Urokodaki, who stroked her hair and wept with relief.
• Rokuya cut off Urokodaki's emotional thanks and demanded food and drink, prompting Urokodaki to laugh and promise a feast.
• Rokuya watched the reunion and vowed to use his strength to protect their peace and end Muzan's tragedies.

Rokuya praised Shinobu Kocho’s growing speed and precision but agreed with Kanae that she was not yet ready to become a Hashira. After seeing Shinobu’s discouragement, Rokuya considered a practical way to help her overcome her weakness, and the chapter ended with the Butterfly Mansion’s laboratory lit late at night.

• Rokuya watched Shinobu Kocho practice and praised her improved speed, technique, and control.
• Shinobu Kocho worried that her lack of strength made her unfit to become a Hashira and fight alongside Kanae and Rokuya.
• Kanae told Shinobu Kocho that she was not ready, explaining that her restless state of mind and the responsibility of the rank could endanger her.
• Shinobu Kocho accepted Kanae’s judgment but remained dejected, and Kanae asked Rokuya to help her.
• Rokuya decided Shinobu needed a practical way to overcome her strength bottleneck, and a few days later the medical research laboratory remained lit late at night.

Shinobu returned Tamayo’s Medicine to Rokuya and showed him a powerful healing medicine she had developed using his Arcana Power. Rokuya suggested mixing the destructive power into her demon poison, and their experiment succeeded, giving Shinobu a way to attack demons despite her limited strength.

• Rokuya brought udon to Shinobu, who returned Tamayo’s Medicine after failing to reproduce it.
• Shinobu showed Rokuya a healing medicine that used Arcana Power to accelerate recovery and resist demon toxins.
• When Shinobu lamented that her work only made her a medic, Rokuya proposed adding his destructive Arcana Power to her wisteria poison.
• Rokuya infused a drop of his blood with Arcana Power, and Shinobu mixed it into her poison.
• Shinobu tested the altered poison on demon flesh, which melted almost instantly, and she cried with relief when she saw it had worked.

Shinobu gained confidence in her ability to become a Hashira after Rokuya urged her to develop her resolve through real battles, and she joined him on a demon-slaying mission. The chapter left them walking through a dark forest as Shinobu prepared to test her poison.

• Shinobu celebrated that her poison could kill demons, then worried that she lacked the resolve to bear a Hashira's responsibilities.
• Rokuya told Shinobu that Hashira were not free of fear and urged her to build confidence through missions and battle.
• Shinobu loaded her poison into a special syringe fitted to her Nichirin Blade and asked Rokuya to accompany her on a mission.
• Rokuya agreed to support Shinobu in exchange for udon and fried pork cutlets, and they set out into a forest.
• Rokuya reassured the nervous Shinobu that her speed and poison gave ordinary demons little chance to react.

Rokuya encouraged Shinobu Kocho to trust her new poison, and she tested it on a demon, destroying it in seconds. The pair left for a nearby town after Shinobu celebrated her success and Rokuya complained that he was hungry.

• Rokuya reassured Shinobu Kocho that he trusted her and urged her to test the poison they had developed.
• Rokuya sensed a demon feeding nearby, and Shinobu Kocho crept up on it.
• Shinobu Kocho stabbed the demon with her Nichirin Blade, and the Arcana-infused wisteria poison reduced it to ash within seconds.
• Shinobu Kocho excitedly hugged Rokuya, then blushed and backed away when she realized what she had done.
• Rokuya complained that he was starving, and he and Shinobu Kocho headed toward a nearby town for food.

While eating with Shinobu Kocho, Rokuya spotted traffickers leading a group of abused children through town and intervened when one of them tried to kick a fallen girl. Shinobu freed the girl and promised to take her away, but the bald trafficker ordered his men to attack them.

• Rokuya ate a huge meal with Shinobu Kocho and joked that he was building strategic reserves.
• Rokuya and Shinobu Kocho saw a bald trafficker leading several shackled children toward Yoshiwara.
• Shinobu Kocho noticed a little girl at the back of the line whose eyes seemed lifeless, and Rokuya decided to intervene.
• When a scar-faced man tried to kick the girl after she fell, Rokuya crushed the man's ankle.
• Shinobu Kocho cut the rope and took the little girl's hand, telling her she would take her away.
• The bald man drew his machete and ordered his men to kill Rokuya and capture the girl.

Rokuya and Shinobu Kocho rescued a group of children from traffickers, and Shinobu decided to bring a traumatized little girl to the Butterfly Mansion. Two days later, Kanae Kocho mistook the girl for Rokuya and Shinobu’s child, leaving Shinobu flustered.

• Rokuya defeated the traffickers who had surrounded him and Shinobu Kocho, then dragged them into an alley to question them about their accomplices.
• Rokuya arranged for the police to handle the traffickers and the rescued children, while Shinobu chose to take the emotionally withdrawn little girl to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Rokuya agreed to bring the girl home with them, and Shinobu led her away by the hand.
• Two days later, Rokuya and Shinobu arrived at the Butterfly Mansion with the girl and met Kanae Kocho in the courtyard.
• Kanae teased Shinobu by suggesting that the girl was her and Rokuya’s child, and Shinobu blushed and protested.

Rokuya and the Kocho sisters took in an abused, withdrawn girl and named her Kanao Tsuyuri, promising her safety and a home at the Butterfly Mansion. Despite their efforts, Kanao remained unresponsive, and Rokuya found her sitting silently for hours.

• Kanae tried to comfort the silent girl, while Shinobu explained that she had not spoken or reacted since they found her.
• Rokuya gave the girl a red bean cake and concluded that prolonged abuse had left her unable to act without instructions.
• Kanae declared the girl part of their family, and Shinobu had her draw a bamboo slip for a name.
• The girl drew Kanao and then Tsuyuri, becoming Kanao Tsuyuri.
• Rokuya promised Kanao that no one at the Butterfly Mansion would hurt or sell her, but she did not respond.
• Two hours later, Rokuya found Kanao sitting silently on the veranda and asked whether her legs had gone numb.

Rokuya and the Kocho sisters struggled to help Kanao act on her own, so Kanae gave her a coin to guide small decisions. Rokuya accepted the idea as a first step but warned that Kanao also needed the strength to protect herself in a dangerous world.

• Shinobu and Rokuya tried unsuccessfully to get Kanao to eat or respond, and Rokuya explained that her past abuse had erased her will to act.
• Kanae proposed letting Kanao toss a coin to decide whether to do something, explaining that tossing it would help her begin acting independently.
• Rokuya and Shinobu questioned the coin method, but Rokuya agreed it could help Kanao through her current paralysis.
• Rokuya warned Kanae that Kanao was too weak to survive safely without learning to protect herself.

Kanao chose to learn a Breathing Style by tossing a coin, and Kanae took her to study Flower Breathing with her former Cultivator. After Kanae left, Rokuya and Shinobu were alone at the Butterfly Mansion, where Rokuya began to suggest what they could do together.

• Rokuya proposed that Kanao learn a Breathing Style so she could protect herself and awaken her will to survive.
• Kanae let Kanao decide by coin toss, and Kanao flipped heads, choosing to train as a swordswoman.
• Kanae chose Flower Breathing for Kanao and said she would take her to her former Cultivator for training.
• Kanae departed with Kanao, leaving Shinobu in charge of the Butterfly Mansion and warning Rokuya to eat properly.
• Shinobu told Rokuya that only the two of them remained at the mansion, and Rokuya began speaking with a deepened gaze.

After Kanae left with Kanao, Shinobu and Rokuya shared a late-night sukiyaki meal at the quiet Butterfly Mansion. Rokuya asked Shinobu what they were to each other, and she struggled to answer as her feelings and fears overwhelmed her.

• Shinobu and Rokuya joked about having sukiyaki after he asked for ten portions.
• Shinobu cooked while Rokuya ate pot after pot, and he urged her to eat more to build her strength.
• Shinobu watched Rokuya fondly as they ate, then denied looking at him when he noticed.
• Rokuya asked Shinobu what they were to each other, leaving her flustered and unable to answer.

Shinobu called Rokuya family to shield her complicated feelings, and he teased her before leaving the Butterfly Mansion for a mission in Tokyo Prefecture. While caring for injured swordsmen in his absence, Shinobu repeated that they were family and described him as something like an older brother.

• Shinobu declared that she and Rokuya were family, and Rokuya jokingly asked her to bring him more beef.
• Rokuya left the Butterfly Mansion for Tokyo Prefecture after warning Shinobu to stay safe and take charge while he was away.
• Shinobu resolved to manage the Butterfly Mansion and treat wounded Demon Slayer Corps members in Rokuya’s absence.
• An injured swordsman asked whether Rokuya was Shinobu’s boyfriend, and Shinobu said they were family and called him something like an older brother.

Shinobu struggled to deny her growing feelings for Takanashi Rokuno while treating wounded Demon Slayers, then Rokuya used a year of accumulated Gratitude Points to obtain Infinity Edge. The new equipment merged with Shura, and Rokuya drew the blade to test its power.

• Shinobu took out her irritation on a wounded swordsman, treating him roughly and criticizing his weakness as she compared him to a certain someone.
• After the patients were treated, Shinobu realized how deeply Takanashi Rokuno had influenced her and tried to dismiss her feelings by vowing to put extra wasabi in his sukiyaki.
• Another year passed as Rokuya traveled across Japan, slaying demons and earning more than 102,000 Gratitude Points.
• Rokuya spent 80,000 Gratitude Points to redeem Infinity Edge, which added attack and critical-strike attributes and merged into Shura.
• Rokuya drew Shura after the equipment's violent power surged through his body.

Rokuya spent the chapter testing his enhanced power and combining Breathing Styles with Arcana Power to create new techniques. He ended by identifying Wind Breathing’s range and Flame Breathing’s explosive power as the next abilities he needed to develop.

• Rokuya’s critical-strike Shura Blade cut through a distant boulder, and he exchanged all his remaining Gratitude Points to raise his four attributes to 50.
• Rokuya used Thunder Breathing and Arcana Power to create Extreme Blade Flash, a high-speed attack that changed direction and severed three trees.
• Rokuya combined Sun Breathing with Arcana Power to use Flying Wheel Sunflare: Modified Phantom Blade Slash, whose hidden crescent attack melted a distant cliff.
• Rokuya infused Returning Blade with Water Breathing, making it follow unpredictable curves as it cut through trees and rocks before returning to him.
• Rokuya concluded that he needed Wind Breathing’s range and Flame Breathing’s explosive power to complete his techniques.

Rokuya visited the Rengoku family and found Shinjuro recovered, Ruka improving, and Senjuro training. He asked to borrow the family’s Flame Breathing guide, and Shinjuro immediately sent Senjuro to retrieve it.

• Rokuya arrived at the Rengoku residence and was welcomed by Senjuro.
• Rokuya watched Shinjuro train a young swordsman and learned that Shinjuro taught swordsmanship daily.
• Shinjuro thanked Rokuya for helping the family, and Rokuya saw that Ruka’s health had improved.
• Rokuya asked to borrow the Rengoku family’s Flame Breathing guide.
• Shinjuro told Senjuro to fetch the locked rosewood box from his study.

Rokuya received the Rengoku family's Flame Breathing scrolls and learned Shinjuro's explanation of Wind Breathing's force generation. After Kyojuro challenged him to a duel, Rokuya effortlessly blocked Kyojuro's powerful attack with a wooden sword, leaving the Rengokus stunned.

• Senjuro brought Shinjuro the Flame Breathing scrolls, which Shinjuro gave to Rokuya along with an explanation of Wind Breathing's tearing force.
• Shinjuro suggested Rokuya study Wind Breathing with Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Rokuya revealed that Sanemi had trained under him.
• Kyojuro returned home, recognized Rokuya, and challenged him to spar; Rokuya accepted to test his strength.
• Kyojuro attacked Rokuya with Flame Breathing, Fourth Form: Blazing Flame Undulation, but Rokuya shattered the strike with a wooden sword and did not move.
• Kyojuro staggered back from the recoil, while Shinjuro watched in amazement at Rokuya's strength.

Kyojuro urged Rokuya to stop defending and show him the view from his summit, so Rokuya unleashed a single strike that nearly killed him and devastated the Rengoku estate. The chapter ended with the strike's destruction revealed and the estate frozen in stunned silence.

• Kyojuro praised Rokuya's skill but pleaded with him to attack so he could break through his limits.
• Rokuya warned Kyojuro that even a wooden-sword strike could be dangerous, then agreed to deliver one blow.
• Rokuya's system activated a boosted lethal critical strike, and Arcana Power enveloped his wooden sword.
• Kyojuro's survival instincts made him crouch as Rokuya swung, causing the strike to pass over him.
• Rokuya's sword shattered, but its silver-blue blade radiance carved through the training hall floor, split the courtyard wall, and uprooted a century-old tree.
• The dust settled over the ruined training hall, and the Rengoku estate fell silent.

After nearly killing Kyojuro during a demonstration, Takanashi Rokuya received the Rengoku family's thanks and went to Sanemi Shinazugawa to learn Wind Breathing's power-generation techniques. Sanemi was left baffled by Rokuya's lofty explanation of why he wanted to learn from him.

• Rokuya accidentally unleashed a powerful slash that destroyed the courtyard wall and narrowly missed Kyojuro.
• Shinjuro praised Rokuya's sword strike, and Kyojuro thanked him for the instruction and vowed to grow stronger.
• Rokuya said he had memorized the theory of Flame Breathing and planned to seek instruction from the Wind Hashira.
• Rokuya arrived at Sanemi's training base and asked him to teach the core power-generation techniques of Wind Breathing.
• Sanemi questioned why someone with Rokuya's strength needed instruction, and Rokuya replied that some learned the Way sooner and each had a specialty, leaving Sanemi unable to understand him.