Chapter Summaries

Rokuya persuaded Kagaya to let him accompany Kanae on an investigation into the Eternal Paradise Cult, suspected of hiding a powerful demon. Two days later, the pair headed undercover toward the cult, posing as husband and wife, while Rokuya worried that Kanae’s beauty would make their disguise unconvincing.

• Kagaya told the Hashira that young women had been disappearing near the Eternal Paradise Cult and that three investigating swordsmen had vanished, suggesting a Twelve Kizuki demon was involved.
• Kanae accepted Kagaya’s order to investigate the cult, but Rokuya grew uneasy and requested to accompany her.
• Rokuya argued that his skills could protect Kanae from ambushes, and Kagaya approved the pair’s joint mission while warning them to retreat if they encountered an Upper Rank.
• Two days later, Rokuya and Kanae traveled toward the cult in civilian clothes, with Kanae dressed as a married woman and Rokuya posing as her husband.
• Kanae asked why Rokuya looked so tense, and he admitted he feared her beauty would make their husband-and-wife disguise look fake.

Rokuya and Kanae entered the Paradise Cult town and discovered its residents were under a strange, brainwashing influence. Kanae entered the cult’s sanctuary alone to investigate while Rokuya watched from a bell tower, ready to intervene.

• Rokuya sensed a nauseating, bloody scent around the town, where smiling residents praised the cult leader and salvation in paradise.
• Rokuya and Kanae joined a line of female believers at the sanctuary, but masked guards barred Rokuya from entering because he was a man.
• Kanae calmed Rokuya and went inside alone, while he agreed to wait and warned her to fire a signal flare if anything went wrong.
• After Kanae passed through the gates, Rokuya climbed the nearby bell tower and prepared to redeem attribute points if necessary.
• Kanae followed a maid through the sanctuary and detected the faint smell of dried blood beneath the heavy incense.

Kanae infiltrated the Eternal Paradise Cult’s main hall and confronted its leader, Doma, who revealed himself as Upper Rank Two. After Doma’s Blood Demon Art filled the room with lung-freezing mist, Kanae fought back despite her breathing being disrupted.

• Kanae waited among the cult’s devotees, then slipped through the compound at night and followed the scent of blood to the main hall.
• Kanae drew the Nichirin Blade hidden inside her umbrella and entered the empty hall.
• Doma appeared behind Kanae, blocked her attack, and identified himself as the cult leader and Upper Rank Two.
• Doma unleashed Frozen Clouds, and its icy mist damaged Kanae’s lungs and disrupted her Breathing Style.
• Kanae used Flower Breathing, Fifth Form: Peonies of Futility, to attack Doma from nine angles.

Rokuya burst into the Eternal Paradise Cult’s hall just as Doma was about to kill Kanae, rescued her, and destroyed Doma’s lotus pedestal. He faced Upper Rank Two with the Shura Blade and challenged him to withstand one strike.

• Doma overwhelmed Kanae with his ice and nearly slashed her neck as her frozen body left her unable to dodge.
• Rokuya crashed through the hall’s roof, drove Doma back, and destroyed the lotus pedestal with the Shura Blade.
• Rokuya stood between Doma and Kanae, dispelled the chill affecting her, and gave her a potion.
• Doma lamented the destroyed pedestal and threatened to kill and eat Rokuya.
• Rokuya pointed the Shura Blade at Doma and challenged him to take one strike.

Rokuya fought Doma, overpowering the Upper Rank demon with his speed, strength, and arcana-infused Shura Blade. After Rokuya wounded Doma and prevented his regeneration, Doma asked who he was, and Rokuya declared that he would kill him.

• Rokuya rushed Doma and dispersed his Frozen Clouds with a powerful strike.
• Doma attacked with Scattering Lotus, but Rokuya charged through the ice petals and shattered them with Blade Tempest.
• Rokuya cut through Doma's White Princesses and slashed open his chest.
• Doma discovered that the arcana power in Rokuya's wound prevented it from healing and asked who Rokuya was.
• Rokuya told Doma that he was the one who would kill him.

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.