Recaps

After Muzan’s death, Kagaya arranged futures for the Demon Slayer Corps and held its final Hashira Meeting, where Tamayo explained her decision to die and entrusted Yushiro with the last reversal drug. Tamayo walked into the sunlight and vanished, seemingly reunited with her husband and children.

• Kagaya arranged jobs and financial support for the Corps members, while Tamayo cured those suffering from Demon Slayer Mark side effects.
• Kagaya thanked the Hashira and tried to persuade Tamayo to remain in the peaceful world after Muzan’s death, but she refused and said she intended to seek forgiveness from her dead family.
• Tamayo gave Yushiro the last dose of the demonification reversal drug and asked him never to do evil; he promised her he would.
• Tamayo told the Corps she had destroyed the demonification drugs, formulas, and research, and Kagaya agreed to protect Yushiro as long as he harmed no one.
• Tamayo said goodbye, stepped into the sunlight, and vanished as everyone glimpsed her embracing her husband and child.

After Tamayo’s death, Kagaya officially disbanded the Demon Slayer Corps and the former Hashira discussed their futures. The chapter ended with the author’s note outlining planned bonus and romance stories before the novel’s final wedding.

• Yushiro grieved Tamayo, and Kagaya resumed the meeting after he had calmed down.
• Kagaya thanked the Demon Slayer Corps and announced its immediate disbandment, while hoping their bonds would endure.
• Kagaya teased Kanzaki Kumo about marrying the girls around him, and Giyu revealed that Sabito had found a partner.
• The former Hashira shared their plans: Kyojuro would guard Kagaya, Tengen Uzui would start a beauty business, and others would teach, return home, or open businesses.
• The Butterfly Family planned a clinic, Mitsuri planned a nearby dessert shop, and Kanzaki Kumo planned birthdays and a wedding.
• The author explained the story’s shortcomings and outlined planned bonus chapters, romance volumes, and a final wedding.

Reporter Yun Kumo interviewed Koyuki, Hakuji, and Koyuki’s father in hell about their pasts, their reunion, and the dojo members the father had been beating while they waited. Yun Kumo fled after Koyuki’s father knocked down an attacker, then noticed a pot while looking for his next interviewee.

• Yun Kumo began his hell broadcast by showing Hakuji and Koyuki’s father beating a group of ghosts, then interviewed the shy Koyuki.
• Hakuji rushed over to shield Koyuki from the camera, but she reminded him she had agreed to the interview, and he took over answering questions.
• Hakuji told Yun Kumo that Kanzaki Kumo had defeated and beheaded him, but he held no grudge and was grateful to have reunited with Koyuki and his master.
• Koyuki’s father explained that he and his daughter had waited for Hakuji at the boundary between life and death, where he repeatedly beat the poisoned-dojo members who had insulted Koyuki.
• Koyuki’s father knocked an attacker unconscious with a punch, prompting Yun Kumo and his crew to leave and search for another interviewee.
• Yun Kumo spotted a pot and wondered what it was doing there.

Yun Kumo interviewed Gyokko about his pots and then spoke with Doma, whose stories about Kotoha Hashibira and his punishment in Hell left the reporter repeatedly at a loss for words. After escaping Doma, Yun Kumo spotted an irritable young man in an elegant suit as his next interview subject.

• Yun Kumo praised the patterns and shapes of Gyokko’s pots, and Gyokko cursed Kanzaki Kumo before vanishing with them.
• Doma approached Yun Kumo, discovered that Hell’s rules protected him, and agreed to an interview to relieve his boredom.
• Doma described his memories of Kotoha Hashibira and said he felt uncomfortable when he killed her; Yun Kumo noticed golden light that Doma said reduced his punishment.
• Doma shared his regret about never eating a woman whose beauty satisfied him, and Yun Kumo fled with his team after thanking him.
• Yun Kumo stopped after losing sight of Doma and spotted an irritated young man dressed in an exquisite suit.

Yun Kumo failed to interview Muzan, so he interviewed Nakime instead as she mocked Muzan and revealed why she betrayed him. Nakime shared more of Muzan’s past misdeeds before fleeing, leaving Muzan unable to stop her.

• Yun Kumo persistently tried to interview Muzan, who could not touch him and destroyed the surroundings in frustration.
• Nakime arrived, taunted Muzan, and endured his attacks without backing down.
• Yun Kumo asked Nakime why she had betrayed Muzan, and she described centuries of abuse and exploitation.
• Nakime listed Muzan’s flaws and recounted his past misdeeds while Muzan failed to interrupt her.
• Yun Kumo thanked Nakime and advised her to leave, and she ran away.

After leaving Muzan, Yun Kumo interviewed Kokushibo, who recounted his life of regrets and his complicated feelings about Yoriichi. As Yun Kumo prepared to leave Hell, a child's voice asking its mother to hold it stopped him.

• Yun Kumo found Hantengu hiding among rubble, but Hantengu screamed and fled when he approached.
• Kokushibo followed Yun Kumo and agreed to be interviewed, choosing not to give his former name, Tsugikuni.
• Kokushibo described his life as a chain of failures, then named Yoriichi as the person who had most affected and troubled him.
• Yun Kumo ended the interview and left when Kokushibo's answers made him seem like an obsessive admirer of Yoriichi.
• Yun Kumo spotted a man and a woman beating a ghost but continued searching rather than interrupting them.
• As Yun Kumo prepared to leave Hell, a young child's voice called, "Mommy... Hold me..."

Yun Kumo interviewed Tamayo in the peaceful courtyard she had bargained for in Hell, learning how her past and the price of the courtyard shaped her punishment. As his protection expired, his interview ended abruptly before he could say goodbye.

• Yun Kumo found Tamayo playing with her husband, Fujiwara Taro, and their young daughter in a courtyard that contrasted with Hell.
• Tamayo explained that she had bargained with Hell's unseen will for the courtyard so her husband and daughter would not have to live in a barren wasteland.
• Tamayo recounted how a man who promised to cure her illness turned her happy family into tragedy, and how she had killed her husband, child, and many innocent people.
• Tamayo's Karmic Flames flared, and Fujiwara Taro told Yun Kumo that she had made her punishment more painful to give her family a comfortable home and help them leave Hell sooner.
• Yun Kumo's protection from Hell's rules expired, abruptly ending the interview before he could say goodbye to Tamayo.

After filming the final battle, Kanzaki Kumo’s cast confronted him about the roles and storylines he had promised them. The production wrapped, leaving Doma satisfied with a viewer comment that Kanzaki had misleadingly framed as praise for his acting.

• Kanzaki Kumo called cut after Muzan Kibutsuji filmed his final cry, announcing that only post-credits extras remained before the production wrapped.
• Muzan Kibutsuji complained that his role lacked the promised brains and wisdom, while Sabito challenged Kanzaki Kumo about being reduced to comic relief and demanded to be the male lead.
• Giyu Tomioka told Sabito that comic relief was fine and said playing the character had helped him communicate through humor.
• Shinjuro, Kyojuro, Tengen Uzui, Obanai, and Sanemi confronted Kanzaki Kumo over missing character moments, an unflashy role, and Sanemi’s characterization; Kanzaki admitted he had failed to write an ensemble story.
• Gyokko objected to Kanzaki Kumo’s insults about his suit and pot, then Doma asked about a viewer comment comparing him with Giyu and left believing Kanzaki’s evasive explanation meant viewers praised his acting.

Kanzaki Kumo and the cast joked about his script, their roles, and how little the production had earned. Encouraged by everyone’s enthusiasm, he announced that filming for the specials of 'Demon Slayer: Heart's Home' would begin in two days.

• Makomo and Shinobu Kocho teased Kanzaki Kumo about writing himself as a hentai and giving the female leads romantic storylines.
• Kanzaki Kumo admitted the production had earned very little, and the cast and crew laughed about how little their two months of earnings could buy.
• The cast told Kanzaki Kumo they wanted to film specials and offered ideas for what they could do in them.
• Kanzaki Kumo announced that filming for the specials of 'Demon Slayer: Heart's Home' would start in two days.

A month after the Demon Slayer Corps disbanded, Kanzaki Kumo gathered and washed cicada molts for Butterfly Zemu while worrying that he had not prepared a suitable lasting gift for Shinobu Kocho's approaching birthday. Shinobu called him to lunch, and the chapter left them together in their courtyard home.

• Kanzaki Kumo used the Transparent World to find cicada molts and carefully washed them for Butterfly Zemu.
• Kanzaki Kumo remembered how he had once crushed a molt out of curiosity, earned a scolding from Butterfly Zemu, and taken on the gathering task as a result.
• Kanzaki Kumo considered the lasting gifts he had made for Makomo and Kanae and worried that he had no comparable keepsake planned for Shinobu Kocho.
• Shinobu Kocho sprinkled water on Kanzaki Kumo's face, asked what he was thinking about, and called him to lunch.

Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho enjoyed a summer festival date in Asakusa, sharing shaved ice and choosing a goldfish-shaped lantern. They stopped at a goldfish-scooping stall, where Kumo was confident he could win using the Transparent World.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho strolled through the festival while eating shaved ice, and Kumo stuffed an entire mouthful into his mouth.
• Kanzaki Kumo noticed a goldfish-shaped lantern Shinobu Kocho liked, bought it, and watched her carry it happily through the crowd.
• Shinobu Kocho asked whether Kumo thought she or the lantern was pretty, and he told her she was.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho stopped at a goldfish-scooping stall, where Kumo thought the game would be easy with the Transparent World.

Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho continued their festival date, catching fish and visiting a crowded shrine stall for prayer plaques and masks. They left with matching wishes on their ema and playful memories of trying to scare each other with masks.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho caught two fish and left the stall with a portable tank as the crowd grew behind them.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho joined the line at a shrine stall and fed each other candied hawthorn while they waited.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho wrote wishes on ema, discovering that both had expressed hopes for their shared happiness and safety.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho tried to startle each other with fierce-looking masks, then laughed and chose masks to buy.
• Kanzaki Kumo bought a cloud-patterned fox mask, while Shinobu Kocho chose a butterfly-shaped purple half-mask and hinted that it was good birthday luck.

Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho watched the festival fireworks together, then celebrated Shinobu's birthday with a long series of kisses. After the display ended, Kanzaki Kumo realized he had missed the purple butterfly firework he had ordered, but Shinobu told him she had seen it.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho continued through the festival with a custom fox mask and a fishbowl.
• The fireworks display began, and Kanzaki Kumo watched Shinobu Kocho admiring the sky.
• Kanzaki Kumo wished Shinobu Kocho a happy birthday and kissed her beneath the fireworks.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho kept kissing until the fireworks display had ended and the crowd dispersed.
• Kanzaki Kumo remembered his purple butterfly firework, and Shinobu Kocho told him she had seen it.

Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho celebrated her birthday, then spent their first night together after returning home. The next day, Shinobu recovered in bed and declared she would start working out, while Kanzaki Kumo encouraged her to rest.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho looked through their birthday photos and walked home together.
• Kanae and Makomo gave Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho privacy at dinner, while Butterfly Zemu protested and the family teased them.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu Kocho entered their bedroom, and Kanzaki Kumo guided her through their first night together.
• Kanzaki Kumo fed Shinobu Kocho nourishing soup the next morning as she complained of feeling weak.
• Shinobu Kocho resolved to start working out, but Kanzaki Kumo told her to rest and offered to take her for a walk later.

Kanzaki Kumo kissed Mitsuri after she became flustered while discussing her birthday, then went with her to visit her family. Mitsuri reunited with her siblings, while Kanzaki Kumo spoke with her father about how much happier and more confident she had become.

• Kanzaki Kumo asked Mitsuri to listen as he suggested visiting her family and celebrating her birthday with them.
• Mitsuri got distracted by embarrassing thoughts, and Kanzaki Kumo kissed her; she responded dazedly before hiding her face and pretending to faint.
• Kanzaki Kumo told Mitsuri they would go to her house the next day, and she answered despite pretending to be unconscious.
• Mitsuri and Kanzaki Kumo arrived at her family home, where her younger siblings greeted him enthusiastically for the sweets he carried.
• Mitsuri's father thanked Kanzaki Kumo for helping her become more confident and happy, then told him the pastry chef he had asked about was ready to meet.

Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri trained with pastry chef Nagano Akihara, learning the theory and honing their practical skills until they made a fruit cake together. Nagano declared their training complete and encouraged each to develop a distinctive pastry style.

• Kaito took Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri to meet Nagano Akihara, who tested Kumo’s pastry fundamentals and gave him a textbook to study.
• Kanzaki Kumo studied the pastry theory for a week, then began practical training and quickly matched Mitsuri’s skill.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri made a fruit cake together while Nagano Akihara guided them and praised their results.
• Nagano Akihara advised Mitsuri to build on her thinly sliced fruit as a possible signature and urged Kumo to develop insights of his own.
• Nagano Akihara completed their training, and Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri thanked him.

After finishing their cake-making lessons, Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri shared affectionate moments and returned home, where the family celebrated their time together. A few days later, Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri left as her birthday approached.

• Nagano Akihara left Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri alone after their baking lesson, and Kanzaki Kumo ate the cream from Mitsuri's face and cake.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri walked home hand in hand, and Mitsuri showed the townspeople that she was happy with him.
• Mitsuri kissed Kanzaki Kumo on the cheek, then hid against his shoulder in embarrassment.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri told Hina that they had completed their training with Mr. Nagano.
• After spending a few more happy days with the family, Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri left as Mitsuri's birthday neared.

Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri Kanroji celebrated the opening of their cake shop, Cloudborne Sweet Nothings, with friends and family. Kumo surprised Mitsuri with a custom birthday cake, and the night ended with him guiding her through a more intimate lesson in love.

• Cloudborne Sweet Nothings opened in a lavishly decorated storefront near a clinic, restaurants, and a martial arts school.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri Kanroji hosted friends and supporters for a meal after the opening ceremony.
• Kanzaki Kumo brought out a five-tier cake he had made for Mitsuri’s birthday, and their guests sang to her.
• Kanzaki Kumo presented Mitsuri with the cherry blossom-flavored top tier as everyone wished her a happy birthday.
• After the guests left, Kanzaki Kumo guided Mitsuri through a private lesson in love.

Kanzaki Kumo learned from Makomo that Nezuko liked him and was bewildered as he tried to recall when her feelings had changed. The chapter revealed that Kanao had noticed Nezuko’s feelings during Mitsuri’s birthday and confronted her afterward.

• Makomo dragged Kanzaki Kumo away from Mitsuri, while Kanae and the others led Mitsuri in the opposite direction.
• Kanzaki Kumo noticed Kanao blocking Nezuko in the corridor, but Makomo took him away before he could ask what had happened.
• Makomo pinned Kanzaki Kumo against a wall, then leaned into his arms when he pulled her close.
• Makomo told Kanzaki Kumo that Nezuko liked him, leaving him stunned.
• Kanzaki Kumo recalled that Nezuko and Tanjiro had returned to Mount Kumotori after the Demon Slayer Corps disbanded and that he had mentioned Mitsuri’s birthday in a letter.
• Kanao had noticed Nezuko looking at Kanzaki Kumo differently during the birthday celebration and waited until afterward to block her way.

Nezuko realized she had fallen in love with Kanzaki Kumo and admitted her feelings to Tanjiro while asking to attend Mitsuri’s birthday celebration. Tanjiro recognized whom she wanted to see, while Tanjuro and Kie overheard and reacted with alarm.

• Nezuko reread Kanzaki Kumo’s letters and reflected on her growing romantic feelings for him.
• At dinner, Nezuko told Tanjiro she wanted to attend Mitsuri’s birthday celebration and stay longer at the Butterfly Mansion.
• Tanjiro noticed Nezuko’s guilt and asked whether she wanted to see Kanzaki Kumo most.
• Nezuko admitted she had fallen for Kanzaki Kumo, despite knowing he was a womanizer.
• Tanjuro and Kie overheard Nezuko’s confession, and Tanjuro found himself holding an unsheathed Nichirin Blade.

Nezuko told her family that she planned to confess her feelings to Kanzaki Kumo, and Tanjiro agreed to accompany her on the journey. When they arrived at the pastry shop on Mitsuri’s birthday, Nezuko sent Tanjiro away so she could meet Kumo alone, leaving him to realize she had treated him like an obstacle.

• Nezuko told Tanjiro she planned to tell Kanzaki Kumo how she felt, and Tanjiro agreed to travel with her.
• Kie and Tanjuro supported Nezuko’s decision and wished her happiness.
• During the journey, Nezuko deliberately kept her distance from Tanjiro as practice for maintaining boundaries with men other than Kumo.
• Nezuko and Tanjiro reached the pastry shop on Mitsuri’s birthday, where Nezuko told him to go home while she met Kumo.
• Tanjiro returned in the carriage and only near home realized that Nezuko had thought he was getting in her way.

After Mitsuri's birthday celebration, Kanao confronted Nezuko about coming to see Kanzaki Kumo and learned that Nezuko intended to confess to him. The girls agreed to leave Kumo alone for Mitsuri's birthday and planned to talk with Nezuko before he made a decision.

• Kanao told Nezuko that Kanzaki Kumo's time belonged to Mitsuri that day, and Nezuko admitted she had come to see him.
• Kanae arrived, learned Nezuko wanted to confess to Kumo, and praised Kanao for keeping her emotions in check.
• Makomo and Shinobu Kocho joined them and agreed to teach Kumo a lesson the next day, with Shinobu telling Kanae not to help him.
• Makomo took Nezuko home and asked her to explain what had led her to develop feelings for Kumo so they could rule out a misunderstanding.

Nezuko’s feelings for Kanzaki Kumo were revealed during the girls’ discussion, and they planned to teach him a small lesson before he met her. Makomo explained the plan to Kanzaki Kumo, teased him and let him soothe her, then brought him to Kanao and Nezuko.

• Nezuko recounted how she had fallen for Kanzaki Kumo, and the girls realized she wanted to confess to him.
• Shinobu Kocho and Makomo arranged for Makomo to teach Kanzaki Kumo a lesson while Kanae explained the situation to Mitsuri and Kanao watched over Nezuko.
• Makomo told Kanzaki Kumo what the girls had planned, and he admitted that Nezuko’s affection pleased his vanity.
• Makomo pouted, bit Kanzaki Kumo’s exposed shoulder, and teased him as he tried to provoke her into expressing her feelings.
• Makomo brought Kanzaki Kumo to Kanao and Nezuko, then left; Kanao asked him to hug her.

Kanzaki Kumo comforted Kanao before Nezuko confessed her feelings to him. He accepted Nezuko’s hand and walked with her, leaving her happy with his response.

• Kanzaki Kumo held Kanao and soothed her while Nezuko watched.
• Makomo met Shinobu Kocho, who guessed that Makomo had only acted spoiled and bitten Kanzaki Kumo rather than seriously punishing him.
• Makomo and Shinobu Kocho playfully tussled as Kanae laughed and Mitsuri watched in confusion.
• Kanao left Kanzaki Kumo’s embrace so he could speak with Nezuko, and he invited her for a walk.
• Nezuko took Kanzaki Kumo’s hand, and he gently returned her grip, reassuring her as they left the courtyard.

Nezuko confessed her feelings to Kanzaki Kumo, and the two began dating after spending the morning sharing stories beneath a tree. Their first kiss was interrupted by Kanzaki Kumo’s growling stomach, so Nezuko suggested they hurry back for food.

• Nezuko held Kanzaki Kumo’s hand and shared stories about her childhood and how her feelings for him had grown.
• Kanzaki Kumo accepted Nezuko’s confession and confirmed that they were dating.
• Nezuko kissed Kanzaki Kumo, and he guided her through their first kiss.
• Kanzaki Kumo’s stomach growled before they could kiss again, and Nezuko suggested they return so he could eat.