Recaps

Rokuya protected those around him, helped Obanai and Sanemi grow stronger, and joined Kanae to investigate the Eternal Paradise Cult. The mission revealed Doma as Upper Rank Two, and Rokuya began a fight with him after saving Kanae.

• Rokuya completed Tanjuro’s Kagura dance vigil, then fought demons near Tokyo Prefecture and reported his success to Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
• During three days off, Rokuya took Kanae on a date, promised to protect her, and then rescued Obanai from his clan’s snake demon.
• Rokuya restored Ruka Rengoku’s vitality, encouraged Shinjuro and Kyojuro, and learned that Tamayo had made emergency medicine from his blood.
• Rokuya helped Obanai develop Serpent Breathing and trained Sanemi before leading both to Mount Natagumo, where he killed Rui after they failed to finish him.
• Kagaya sent Rokuya and Kanae to investigate the Eternal Paradise Cult, and Kanae entered its sanctuary while Rokuya waited outside.
• Kanae discovered Doma, the cult leader and Upper Rank Two, but his icy Blood Demon Art weakened her until Rokuya crashed into the hall and intervened.
• Rokuya fought through Doma’s ice attacks and wounded him with the Shura Blade, whose arcana power prevented Doma’s wound from healing.

Rokuya wounded Doma and helped Kanae recover, then supported Shinobu as she developed a demon-killing poison and rescued Kanao. After a year of demon hunts and training, he tested his strength with Kyojuro and sought Wind Breathing instruction from Sanemi.

• Rokuya used Invincible Might to destroy Doma’s ice techniques and severely wounded him, but a biwa note opened a paper door that let Doma escape.
• Rokuya told Kagaya that Tamayo’s medicine had saved Kanae, and Shinobu took the remaining medicine to study it.
• Kagaya promoted Sanemi to Wind Hashira and appointed Sabito and Giyu joint Water Hashira, recognizing the Corps’ expanded strength.
• Rokuya helped Shinobu combine his Arcana Power with wisteria poison, and she killed a demon with the resulting formula on a mission.
• Rokuya and Shinobu rescued Kanao from traffickers, brought her to the Butterfly Mansion, and Kanae helped her choose her name and begin sword training.
• Rokuya left the mansion for a year of demon hunts, redeemed Infinity Edge, and developed powerful techniques by combining Breathing Styles with Arcana Power.
• Rokuya visited the Rengoku family to study Flame Breathing, then shattered Kyojuro’s attack and accidentally unleashed a slash that wrecked the training hall and courtyard.
• Rokuya went to Sanemi’s training base and asked him to teach him Wind Breathing’s core power-generation techniques.

Rokuya and Obanai fought Enmu aboard the Mugen Train while Rokuya entered Shinobu’s dream and confronted the pain caused by rejecting her. After defeating Enmu and saving the passengers, Rokuya confessed his love for Shinobu, and Kanae accepted their relationship.

• Rokuya developed new techniques, and Shinobu became the Insect Hashira while hiding her feelings for him.
• Rokuya visited Shinobu in her laboratory, enhanced her poison, and learned how deeply she resented being unable to fight demons like he and Kanae did.
• After Rokuya told Shinobu he considered her family and hoped she would find another man, Shinobu broke down, and Rokuya later boarded the Mugen Train with Shinobu and Obanai.
• Enmu trapped the passengers in dreams, and Rokuya entered Shinobu’s mind, where he witnessed her memories, her devotion to him, and the despair his rejection had caused.
• Obanai fought Enmu on the train, endured repeated hypnosis, and broke Enmu’s neck bone while Rokuya replaced his dream self and told Shinobu they were family and lovers.
• Rokuya protected Shinobu through the train’s wreck and helped rescue the passengers, then apologized for pushing her away as dawn broke.
• Rokuya confessed that he loved Shinobu and would no longer reject her, and they returned hand in hand to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Kanae teased Shinobu, accepted her relationship with Rokuya, and heard Rokuya explain how Enmu had exploited his rejection to trap Shinobu in despair.

Rokuya recruited Mitsuri and the Tokito twins, then encountered Muzan at the Kamado home and helped Nezuko resist becoming a demon. After the Hashira accepted Nezuko and Kagaya assigned Tanjiro to Rokuya, Tanjiro began training his ability to sense emotions.

• Kagaya promoted Obanai to Serpent Hashira and praised Rokuya for protecting Shinobu and rescuing the Mugen Train passengers.
• Rokuya and Obanai met Mitsuri Kanroji at a failed matchmaking date, encouraged her to accept herself, and brought her to Corps headquarters, where Kyojuro invited her to train with Shinjuro.
• Kagaya sent Rokuya to recruit Yuichiro and Muichiro Tokito, and Rokuya persuaded the brothers to leave their remote mountain home for safety.
• On Mount Kumotori, Rokuya found Muzan attacking the Kamado family, severed Muzan’s arms and head, and wounded him before Muzan escaped through Nakime’s portal.
• Rokuya suppressed the demon blood in Nezuko, explained the attack to Tanjiro, and helped Giyu recognize that Nezuko had protected her brother instead of attacking him.
• Rokuya brought Tanjiro and Nezuko to Kagaya, who agreed to shelter Nezuko, then defended her before the Hashira as Sanemi tested her with his rare blood.
• Nezuko resisted biting Sanemi, and Kagaya accepted her and Tanjiro into the Corps, assigning Tanjiro to Rokuya for training.
• Rokuya discovered Tanjiro could smell emotions and sent him to comfort injured Corps members, where Tanjiro sensed hope and gratitude from a cherry tree.