Recaps

Kanzaki Kumo recovered from his injuries over the winter and brought Makomo to visit his grandfather’s grave. There, Makomo asked whether Kumo could foresee the future, suspecting his past choices had been shaped by knowing he would meet Kanae.

• Kanzaki Kumo promised to spend more time with Kanao, who said she would try making friends when he was busy and that she did not dislike Nezuko.
• Nezuko and Kie shared lunch at the Butterfly Mansion before saying goodbye, and Kanzaki Kumo promised to visit once he had healed.
• After nearly three months, Kanzaki Kumo recovered and celebrated his sixteenth birthday at the Butterfly Mansion.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Makomo visited Kanzaki Keizan’s grave beneath falling snow and formally introduced Makomo to him.
• Makomo asked Kanzaki Kumo whether he could foresee the future, pointing to his earlier reluctance to define their relationship and his later meeting with Kanae.

Makomo confronted Kanzaki Kumo about his apparent foreknowledge, but believed his feelings for her were sincere after they shared their first kiss. Kanzaki Kumo then began explaining that a dream had shown him a story about their world.

• Makomo listed the clues behind her suspicion, including Kumo's knowledge of Kanao, the Upper Rank Demons, Tamayo, Nezuko, Sun Breathing, and Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
• Makomo admitted she feared Kumo's relationships and past actions might be part of a deceptive scheme, while Kanae had chosen to wait for him to explain.
• Kanzaki Kumo assured Makomo their feelings were real and kissed her; she returned the kiss and stopped pressing him about his foreknowledge.
• Kanzaki Kumo told Makomo that after being knocked unconscious by the person who ruined the temple's demon-repelling incense, he dreamed of a story about their world in which he did not appear.

Kanzaki Kumo reassured Makomo that the tragic story he remembered would not define their lives, and the two reaffirmed their bond despite her discovering that other women had caught his eye. As spring arrived, Kanzaki Kumo prepared for Makomo’s eighteenth birthday, only days away.

• Makomo thanked Kanzaki Kumo for saving her, and he avoided recounting the unhappy fates he remembered from the story.
• Kanzaki Kumo reflected on the many people now alive around him and vowed never to let them meet their original ends.
• Makomo guessed from Kanzaki Kumo’s guilty reaction that more women might join their family, then asked him to save a place for her in his heart.
• Makomo reminded Kanzaki Kumo that she had his first kiss, and he promised not to leave her behind.
• With spring underway, Kanzaki Kumo realized Makomo’s eighteenth birthday was only a few days away and began preparing a special gift.

Kanzaki Kumo brought Makomo to her abandoned childhood home as a birthday surprise, prompting her to remember her family, the demon attack that ended her childhood, and the life she had built since. She recognized that Kanzaki Kumo had restored the house and courtyard, and prepared to see the surprise inside.

• Kanzaki Kumo led Makomo along an overgrown path and explained that he had prepared a surprise for her.
• Makomo recognized the path, fields, well, and hillside as parts of her childhood home and remembered playing there with her friends.
• Makomo recalled how a demon had killed her parents and neighbors eleven years earlier before Sakonji Urokodaki arrived and defeated it.
• Makomo began to cry, and Kanzaki Kumo gently wiped her tears as she reassured him that she was all right.
• Makomo rounded the bend and saw that Kanzaki Kumo had restored the jujube tree, courtyard wall, and house at her abandoned childhood home.

Kanzaki Kumo showed Makomo a careful reconstruction of her childhood home and a cenotaph for her parents, giving her a chance to revisit her past. Makomo thanked him and shared her childhood story, accepting his unspoken declaration of love.

• Makomo explored the restored house and remembered her childhood, smiling through tears at a portrait of herself and her parents.
• Kanzaki Kumo explained how he had gathered villagers' recollections to recreate the house, and Makomo thanked him for the gift.
• Kanzaki Kumo led Makomo to a cenotaph for her parents, explaining that their remains had been cremated with other bodies by the Kakushi.
• Makomo touched the gravestone, then began telling Kanzaki Kumo the story of her past and the places where she had played.
• Makomo answered Kanzaki Kumo's declaration of love by willingly sharing her past with him.

Makomo and Kanzaki Kumo reunited and spent the night together, but his awkward remarks embarrassed her and earned him teasing. Later, Kanzaki Kumo discussed joining the Demon Slayer Corps with Mitsuri, while Kanae returned from Final Selection with a girl who shared his surname.

• Makomo questioned Kanzaki Kumo about why he had only held her while they slept, and he tried to explain his restraint with a story about the River Crab Great God.
• Kanzaki Kumo blurted out that Breathing Style could regulate blood flow, prompting Makomo to yell at him and storm out.
• Kanzaki Kumo apologized to Makomo over breakfast until she forgave him, then she told the Butterfly Mansion residents about his supposed new use for Breathing Style.
• Kanzaki Kumo visited Mitsuri with Makomo, explained the Demon Slayer Corps, and told Mitsuri to discuss joining with her family first.
• Kanae returned from serving as a Final Selection examiner with a girl who shared Kanzaki Kumo's surname.

Kanzaki Kumo met Aoi Kanzaki, a nervous Final Selection survivor whom Kanae brought to the Butterfly Mansion to help Aunt Delia. After introducing her to the household over lunch, Kumo tried to learn why she felt so inferior, leaving Aoi to explain herself.

• Kanae introduced Aoi Kanzaki to Kanzaki Kumo, and Aoi nervously greeted him as the Rumble Hashira.
• Aoi admitted she had heard Kumo strung people up, and Kumo explained that he had punished two men for confessing to Kanae in front of him.
• Kanae said Aoi was unsuited to fighting but conscientious and responsible, so Kumo invited her to join the Butterfly Mansion and help Aunt Delia.
• Kanae brought Aoi to lunch, where she met Makomo, Shinobu Kocho, Kanao, and the Butterfly couple.
• Kanzaki Kumo reassured Aoi and asked why she kept lowering her head and feeling inferior to others.

Kanzaki Kumo tried to help Aoi Kanzaki overcome her shame about being afraid of Demons and reassure her that logistics work mattered. His argument accidentally made her cry, but Kanae comforted her, and Aoi eventually understood that the work was not useless.

• Aoi Kanzaki admitted that fear had kept her from fighting a Demon during final selection, and Kanzaki Kumo told her that fear was natural and shared his own embarrassing story about running from danger.
• Kanzaki Kumo encouraged Aoi Kanzaki to stop judging herself for being afraid and pointed out that admitting her shortcomings took courage.
• When Aoi Kanzaki called her future work at the Butterfly Mansion useless, Kanzaki Kumo asked whether she considered Aunt Delia's essential logistics work useless too.
• Aoi Kanzaki became overwhelmed and cried, so Kanae comforted her while Makomo and Shinobu Kocho teased Kanzaki Kumo.
• After calming down, Aoi Kanzaki understood that the Butterfly Mansion's logistical work was not useless.

Aoi Kanzaki joined the Butterfly Mansion as Kocho Delia’s assistant and threw herself into the work. Kanzaki Kumo warned her not to overwork herself, and she agreed to let Delia guide how she assigned tasks.

• Aoi Kanzaki thanked everyone at the Butterfly Mansion and asked Kocho Delia about her future duties.
• Kanae asked Kanzaki Kumo whether Aoi was his relative, and he explained that they were not related by blood; Kanao reacted possessively when he said he would not mind another little sister.
• Aoi became Kocho Delia’s assistant and proved so conscientious that she took on too much of the mansion’s work herself.
• Kanzaki Kumo stopped Aoi and urged her to rest, delegate tasks, and consult Kocho Delia instead of doing everything herself.
• Aoi thanked Kanzaki Kumo and left, while Makomo and Shinobu Kocho teased him about how effectively he had persuaded her.

Kanzaki Kumo visited Tanjuro for his examination and discussed Sun Breathing, which he had mastered beyond Tanjuro’s ability to guide. A few days later, Kanzaki Kumo brought Mitsuri to the Butterfly Mansion, where she was welcomed by its residents and drew the injured patients’ jealous attention.

• Kanzaki Kumo, Shinobu Kocho, and Kanao visited the Kamado family for Tanjuro’s routine examination.
• Shinobu Kocho confirmed that Tanjuro’s condition had not worsened, and Tanjiro listened as Kanzaki Kumo and Tanjuro discussed Sun Breathing.
• Tanjuro observed Kanzaki Kumo practice Sun Breathing and admitted that Kanzaki Kumo had made the forms his own.
• Kanzaki Kumo brought Mitsuri to the Butterfly Mansion and reassured her about her appearance on the way.
• The residents welcomed Mitsuri, while injured patients noticed her holding Kanzaki Kumo’s hand and returned to their rooms jealously.

Kanzaki Kumo brought Mitsuri to the Butterfly Mansion and began teaching her Breathing Styles the next morning. After she found Flame Breathing the most natural, he encouraged her to train in it and eventually adapt or create a style suited to herself.

• Shinobu Kocho took Mitsuri to choose a room at the Butterfly Mansion while Kanae and Makomo accompanied them, and Kanao leaped into Kanzaki Kumo's arms after the others left.
• Kanzaki Kumo carried Kanao to a lavish meal, where Mitsuri sat beside Shinobu Kocho and he imagined the family gathered around the table in the future.
• The next morning, Kanzaki Kumo brought Mitsuri to the training grounds and demonstrated Thunder, Flame, Water, and Sun Breathing for her to follow.
• Mitsuri said Flame Breathing felt most natural, though some movements felt awkward, so Kanzaki Kumo told her to begin learning it and adjust the movements or develop her own style.
• Kanzaki Kumo explained that Kanae had created Flower Breathing from Water Breathing and encouraged Mitsuri to discuss any future ideas with her.

Kanzaki Kumo taught Mitsuri Flame Breathing while she settled into life at the Butterfly Mansion. Sabito challenged Kanzaki Kumo after seeing him with Mitsuri, and the chapter ended with Kanzaki learning that Shinazugawa had survived a battle with Lower Rank One but that his friend had been badly injured.

• Kanzaki Kumo began teaching Mitsuri Flame Breathing, and she steadily learned its movements, breathing essentials, and principles.
• Sabito arrived at the Butterfly Mansion and challenged Kanzaki Kumo after seeing him with Mitsuri.
• Kanzaki Kumo defeated Sabito in their sparring match, while Mitsuri cheered for Kanzaki Kumo and Giyu told Sabito he could not win.
• Sabito explained that he and Giyu had defeated an illusion-creating Lower Rank One during a rescue mission.
• Kanzaki Kumo asked about a white-haired Wind Breathing user, and Sabito said Shinazugawa had survived but his friend was seriously injured.

Kanzaki Kumo visited the Medical Department to see Sanemi after his battle with Lower Rank One and learned about Masachika’s injuries and Genya’s determination to fight. Sanemi vowed to avenge Masachika and admitted he did not know how to stop Genya from risking his life.

• Kanzaki Kumo considered which demons the Corps might target next and decided to visit the wounded Sanemi.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Sabito discussed Sanemi’s talent and the limits Sabito had reached with Water Breathing as Giyu and Mitsuri followed along.
• Kanzaki Kumo met Sanemi outside the medical room, and Sanemi thanked him and the Water Hashira for saving him and Masachika.
• Sanemi told Kanzaki Kumo that Masachika’s right arm had been ruined, and he vowed to make the demons pay for it.
• Kanzaki Kumo asked about Sanemi’s younger brother, and Sanemi explained that Genya lacked talent for Breathing Styles but insisted on fighting demons.

Kanzaki Kumo planned to investigate disappearances in Yoshiwara and hunt Upper Rank Six, prompting Makomo to question his reasons for visiting the Entertainment District. He convinced her that he was going there to kill demons, but she still wanted to know why he needed a disguise.

• Kanzaki Kumo urged Sanemi to talk properly with Genya and offered to host a conversation between the brothers while Sanemi recovered.
• Kanzaki Kumo asked Makomo who was best at disguising someone with makeup, then said he planned to visit Yoshiwara.
• Makomo angrily demanded an explanation, suspecting Kanzaki Kumo meant to visit the Entertainment District for pleasure.
• Kanzaki Kumo showed Makomo Kagaya's intelligence about disappearances in Yoshiwara and explained that he intended to hunt Upper Rank Six.
• Makomo offered to accompany Kanzaki Kumo, but he declined because bringing her would attract too much attention.
• Makomo accepted that Kanzaki Kumo would go alone, then asked why he needed a disguise.

Kanzaki Kumo explained why he planned to disguise himself before investigating the suspected Upper Rank Six in Yoshiwara with Tengen Uzui. Tengen’s disguise transformed Kumo into a roguish-looking delinquent, and Kumo challenged him to spar after their mission.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Makomo rested together after training, and Mitsuri blushed when Kumo beckoned her to join them.
• Two days later, Kanzaki Kumo told Tengen Uzui that an Upper Rank might be hiding in Yoshiwara and proposed they investigate and defeat it together.
• Kanzaki Kumo asked Tengen Uzui to disguise him so the demon would not recognize his face and escape.
• Tengen Uzui and his wives gave Kanzaki Kumo an unhandsome, roguish appearance, and Tengen laughed at his handiwork.
• Kanzaki Kumo threatened to spar with Tengen Uzui after the mission, and Tengen agreed despite fearing the fight.

Kanzaki Kumo and Tengen Uzui set out to find the demon hiding in Yoshiwara, with Kumo restraining his anger over Tengen’s prank. At the Kyogoku House, they meet the oiran Warabihime, whom Kumo recognizes as Daki, while her past as Ume and her transformation with Gyutaro are recounted.

• Kanzaki Kumo suppresses his anger at Tengen Uzui’s prank, and the two leave to investigate the demon in the Entertainment District.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Tengen Uzui decide to ask after famous oiran and arrive in Yoshiwara the following evening.
• Tengen Uzui’s looks and generosity win them a meeting with Warabihime at the Kyogoku House.
• Kanzaki Kumo recognizes Warabihime as a likely demon after she ignores the owner and shows contempt for him.
• The chapter recounts how Ume was burned by a samurai, how Gyutaro killed her attackers, and how Doma turned the siblings into demons who became Upper Rank Six.

Kanzaki Kumo and Tengen Uzui confronted Daki at Kyogoku House, but Gyutaro emerged to protect his sister and force a split in the fight. Tengen pursued Daki while Kanzaki Kumo battled Gyutaro, whose blood-scythe defense kept Kanzaki from landing a killing blow.

• Kanzaki Kumo identified Daki and attacked her with Thunder Breathing, but Gyutaro emerged from her body and blocked the strike with a Blood Scythe.
• Gyutaro narrowly dodged Kanzaki Kumo's follow-up attack, then kicked at Kanzaki and Tengen Uzui before hurling Daki away and telling her to run.
• Kanzaki Kumo told Tengen Uzui to pursue Daki and keep her severed head away from her body, then charged Gyutaro again.
• Gyutaro used Flying Blood Scythes against both swordsmen, but Kanzaki Kumo intercepted them while Tengen chased Daki toward the exit.
• Kanzaki Kumo exchanged blows with Gyutaro but could not safely overcome his poison and defenses; Gyutaro surrounded himself with blood scythes using Arc of Oblivion.

Kanzaki Kumo and Tengen Uzui defeated Upper Rank Six Gyutaro and Daki, collected their blood, and left the Entertainment District. On the journey home, Uzui tried to ease Kumo’s troubled silence, but their conversation ended with the question of Kumo’s makeup coming up.

• Kanzaki Kumo broke through Gyutaro’s blood scythes and beheaded him with Thunder Breathing, Ninth Form: Divine Punishment.
• Daki attacked Tengen Uzui with her sashes, but he destroyed them with Sound Breathing and explosives, then beheaded her.
• Tengen Uzui collected Daki’s blood while Kanzaki Kumo collected Gyutaro’s, and they left after notifying the Kakushi.
• Kanzaki Kumo explained to Tengen Uzui that the Upper Ranks varied greatly in strength and that Gyutaro and Daki were dangerous when fighting together.
• After nearly two days of travel, Kanzaki Kumo and Tengen Uzui returned to Uzui’s residence, where the matter of Kumo’s makeup came up.

Muzan summoned the Upper Ranks after Gyutaro and Daki were killed, and blamed Doma and Akaza for the losses. He ordered the demons to find the Blue Spider Lily or destroy the Demon Slayer Corps, warning that another Upper Rank must not die.

• Akaza arrived at Infinity Castle and saw Kokushibo, Doma, Hantengu, and Nakime already gathered; Nakime's eye showed the rank of Five.
• Muzan announced that Gyutaro and Daki had died and scolded the Upper Ranks for losing two members to the Demon Slayer Corps in less than two years.
• Doma joked about taking responsibility, prompting Muzan to injure him through his demonic cells.
• Muzan blamed Akaza for failing to kill the Swordsman, and Akaza endured the injuries Muzan inflicted on him.
• Muzan ordered the Upper Ranks to find the Blue Spider Lily or destroy the Demon Slayer Corps, warning that another Upper Rank's death would mean the Twelve Kizuki had no reason to exist.
• After Muzan left, Doma approached Akaza, who knocked his arm away and asked Nakime to send him back.

Kanzaki Kumo restored his face and caught Tengen Uzui trying to sneak away from the rest he had promised to arrange, then beat him in a training-ground spar until he was bruised. After three days of covering Tengen’s duties, Kanzaki received notice of a Hashira Meeting about the operation that killed an Upper Rank.

• Kanzaki Kumo asked Tengen Uzui’s wives where he was, then claimed Tengen had minor injuries and needed several days of rest.
• Tengen Uzui tried to sneak away, but Kanzaki Kumo intercepted him and led him to the training ground.
• Kanzaki Kumo defeated Tengen Uzui in a spar, striking his face despite Tengen’s request and leaving him covered in bruises.
• Kanzaki Kumo pulled Tengen Uzui to his feet as Makio, Suma, and Hinatsuru hurried over.
• After Kanzaki Kumo spent three days covering Tengen’s duties, a notice arrived for a Hashira Meeting about the operation against an Upper Rank.

At the Ubuyashiki Estate, the Hashira discussed Upper Rank Six and acknowledged the threat posed by the Upper Ranks. Kagaya told Kanzaki Kumo that two Tsugikuni descendants had been found and asked him to escort Amane and his daughters when they went to invite the brothers to join the Demon Slayer Corps.

• Tengen Uzui and Kanzaki Kumo shared their intelligence on Daki, and Shinjuro Rengoku regained confidence after hearing how she had fared in battle.
• Kanzaki Kumo warned the Hashira that Daki was not a reliable measure of Upper Rank strength, and Kagaya encouraged them by recalling the Corps’ recent victories.
• The Hashira exchanged Breathing Style insights and sparred, where Sabito continued challenging Kanzaki Kumo and showed progress.
• Kagaya told Kanzaki Kumo that descendants of the Tsugikuni family had been found, but the two young brothers, now surnamed Tokito, had declined the Corps’ invitation.
• Kagaya asked Kanzaki Kumo to escort Amane and his daughters when they went to invite the Tokito brothers, and Kanzaki Kumo agreed.

Kanzaki Kumo brought Sanemi and Genya together to talk about Genya’s wish to fight demons alongside his brother. Genya revealed his demon-eating ability, but Sanemi remained opposed, warning that Genya could die before he could use it.

• Kanzaki Kumo seated Sanemi and Genya apart and asked them to explain their positions, while keeping Sanemi from attacking Genya.
• Sanemi told Genya to give up fighting demons because he could not use a Breathing Style and was too weak.
• With Kanzaki Kumo’s encouragement, Genya said he wanted to help Sanemi and had killed a demon by eating its flesh and blood to gain temporary strength and regeneration.
• Sanemi realized Genya must have discovered his ability in a desperate fight and blamed himself for not being there to protect him.
• Sanemi rejected Genya’s offer, explaining that Genya might not be able to bite a powerful demon and could die before using his ability.

Genya insisted on fighting demons beside Sanemi, and Sanemi agreed to let him pursue the Final Selection if he could endure a test against him. After the brothers reconciled, Kanzaki Kumo reflected on his stalled progress toward the Transparent World.

• Genya challenged Sanemi's reasons for forbidding him from fighting demons and explained that he wanted to protect his brother.
• Sanemi agreed to let Genya enter the Final Selection if he could last as long as an incense stick against Sanemi without a Breathing Style.
• Sanemi told Genya he had never blamed him for the past, and the brothers bowed to Kanzaki Kumo before leaving together.
• Kanzaki Kumo agreed with Kanae that the brothers cared for each other but had failed to communicate, and Kanae said she appreciated his support for her training.
• Kanzaki Kumo considered his difficulty progressing from seeing himself with his heart to seeing the world with his heart.

Kanzaki Kumo took Amane and her daughters to Mount Fujikasane to capture a demon, planning to use it to convince Yuichiro Tokito that demons existed. After securing the demon in a sack, they continued toward the Tokito Brothers' home.

• Kanzaki Kumo explained that Yuichiro Tokito doubted demons existed, so he planned to show him one while recruiting the Tokito Brothers.
• Amane agreed to Kanzaki Kumo's plan, while the Kakushi driver recognized the situation from a previous unsettling assignment.
• Kanzaki Kumo found a weakened demon on Mount Fujikasane and bound it with rope.
• Kanzaki Kumo stuffed the demon into the sack and carried it back to the carriage, leaving Amane and her daughters uneasy.

Kanzaki Kumo and the Demon Slayer Corps found the Tokito brothers in the mountains and proved demons were real by showing them a captured demon. Muichiro responded with unusual resolve, and the brothers watched the demon vanish in sunlight.

• The group met Yuichiro and Muichiro Tokito on a mountain path, where wary Yuichiro refused their invitation to join the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Kanzaki Kumo tossed the sack containing a demon in front of Yuichiro and told him to look inside.
• Yuichiro opened the sack and froze in fear at the demon, but Muichiro pulled him back and showed killing intent.
• Kanzaki Kumo explained that sunlight was a demon's bane, then tipped the demon into the sun, where it vanished before the Tokito brothers.