Recaps

Kanzaki Kumo learned that Muichiro Tokito, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Obanai Iguro had been promoted to Hashira after clearing Spider Mountain. At the Hashira Meeting, Giyu made a remark that offended the newly promoted Hashira, just as Kanzaki Kumo had hoped.

• Kanzaki Kumo heard that Mitsuri had become an official swordswoman and that Muichiro had joined her in Final Selection.
• Ink Shadow reported that Sanemi Shinazugawa, Obanai Iguro, and Muichiro Tokito were being promoted to Hashira, surprising Kanzaki Kumo with Muichiro's speed.
• At the Ubuyashiki Estate, Muichiro greeted Kanzaki Kumo while Sanemi and Obanai acknowledged him, and Sabito kept Giyu from speaking.
• Kagaya explained that Sanemi, Obanai, and Muichiro had been sent to investigate Spider Mountain, where Muichiro killed Lower Rank Three Rui.
• Giyu remarked that the Demon Slayer Corps had all sorts of people, drawing the attention of Kagaya and the newly promoted Hashira.

During the Hashira meeting, Giyu repeatedly offended Sanemi and Obanai, then refused to spar with Sanemi and redirected him to Sabito. The sparring match left Giyu defending against both Sanemi and Obanai after Kanzaki Kumo encouraged Obanai to join in.

• Sabito apologized for Giyu’s blunt remarks, but Giyu continued insisting that Sanemi, Obanai, and Muichiro were different from them, angering Sanemi and Obanai.
• Kanzaki Kumo stopped Sanemi and Obanai from confronting Giyu in the Master’s house, and Kagaya confirmed the three newcomers as the Wind, Serpent, and Mist Hashira.
• At the sparring grounds, Sanemi challenged Giyu, who declined and told him to spar with Sabito instead.
• Sabito pushed Giyu into the match, and Sanemi attacked; Giyu steadily adjusted to the assault and blocked his strikes.
• Kanzaki Kumo persuaded Obanai to join Sanemi, and Obanai entered the fight against Giyu.

At Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, Sanemi and Obanai struck Giyu after his wooden sword broke, while in Infinity Castle Muzan decided to abolish the Lower Ranks and began killing them. The chapter left Kyogai and Enmu facing Muzan after Rokuro and Kamanué were devoured.

• Sanemi and Obanai coordinated their attacks against Giyu until his wooden sword snapped, and both landed a blow before stopping.
• Muzan summoned the newly appointed Lower Ranks Enmu, Rokuro, Kamanué, and Kyogai to Infinity Castle and declared that the Lower Ranks would be abolished.
• Rokuro pleaded for more blood and promised to defeat a Hashira, but Muzan swallowed him with a flesh tentacle.
• Muzan condemned Kamanué for his fear and crushed and devoured him before he could finish speaking.

Muzan killed the remaining Lower Ranks, spared Enmu, and gave him more of his blood. As Muzan’s search for the Blue Spider Lily took priority and the threat to the Demon Slayer Corps continued to grow, Kanzaki Kumo struggled to master the Transparent World and weighed awakening the Demon Slayer Mark.

• Muzan killed Kyogai and spared Enmu, whose Blood Demon Art he valued for gathering intelligence.
• Muzan injected Enmu with a large quantity of his blood, then left the Infinity Castle.
• Muzan deprioritized searching for the Kamado Family after deciding their Dance of the Fire God was not authentic Sun Breathing.
• The Demon Slayer Corps faced the prospect of Nakime locating them and Upper Ranks attacking, while Kanzaki Kumo’s plan to fight Doma with Gyomei stalled because he had not mastered the Transparent World.
• Kanzaki Kumo considered awakening the Demon Slayer Mark but hesitated because it would cost him lifespan.

Makomo visited Kanzaki Kumo late at night and confronted him about his growing impatience over failing to master the Transparent World. She tried to offer him someone to lean on, leaving him to consider how he had never found a new place for his heart to rest after Kanzaki Keizan died.

• Kanzaki Kumo let Makomo into his room, where she teased him before saying she had come to talk.
• Makomo told Kanzaki Kumo that he had become more impatient and seemed unable to relax or play along as he once had.
• Makomo explained that she and the other girls believed his frustration came from being stuck at the threshold of the Transparent World, and had sought advice from Tanjuro Kamado and Gyomei.
• Makomo said the girls thought Kanzaki Kumo needed to stop shouldering everything alone and have someone to lean on.
• Makomo recalled how Master Urokodaki and the Butterfly Mansion had given her a home, then asked whether Kanzaki Kumo had found anyone to lean on since Kanzaki Keizan died.

Makomo comforted an exhausted Kanzaki Kumo by letting him rest against her, and they fell asleep together. The next morning, Kumo woke with his head on Makomo’s thighs and realized his view was unobstructed, while Makomo’s gaze turned dangerous.

• Kanzaki Kumo reflected on how he had always been the person others relied on and admitted to Makomo that he was all right.
• Makomo urged Kanzaki Kumo to lean on her, and he relaxed and fell asleep against her shoulder.
• Makomo laid Kanzaki Kumo on the bed, joined him, and held him as they both fell asleep.
• Kanzaki Kumo woke the next morning with his head on Makomo’s thighs and realized his face was pressed against her clothes.
• Kanzaki Kumo blushed as he noticed his unobstructed view, and Makomo’s gaze turned dangerous.

Kanzaki Kumo massaged Makomo after she spent the night with him, and her involuntary moan led Kanae and the others to suspect they had been intimate. At breakfast, Kumo explained the misunderstanding, leaving Makomo and Kanae embarrassed while the household reacted with a mix of relief, curiosity, and disappointment.

• Kanzaki Kumo massaged Makomo's shoulders and legs after she let him sleep against her overnight.
• Makomo moaned as she relaxed, and Kanae heard the sound while calling them to breakfast.
• Kanae returned to the dining table flustered, prompting Shinobu Kocho and the others to wonder what had happened.
• Kanao ran into Kanzaki Kumo and Makomo on their way to breakfast and noticed their awkward expressions.
• Kanzaki Kumo explained at breakfast that Makomo's moan had only been caused by the massage, and the household reacted with surprise and relief.

After finding comfort in Makomo, Kanzaki Kumo finally mastered the Transparent World by accepting that he could rely on the people around him. He explored its extraordinary perception throughout the Butterfly Mansion and realized Gyomei had held back far more than he had thought.

• After breakfast, Makomo checked the spot she had pinched on Kanzaki Kumo, and he stole a kiss before she left.
• Kanzaki Kumo went to his training clearing and, with a newfound sense of inner peace, extended the Transparent World beyond himself.
• Kanzaki Kumo realized that his memories of a solitary past had kept him from accepting the people around him as a home he could rely on.
• Kanzaki Kumo used the Transparent World to sense everyone and everything throughout the Butterfly Mansion, even seeing inside bodies and objects.
• Kanzaki Kumo reflected that Gyomei must have held back an entire ocean during their earlier encounter.

Kanzaki Kumo reflected on how the Transparent World revealed the natural rules underlying Breathing Styles and found a new direction for improving his techniques. He left the Transparent World planning to study lightning and thunder during the next storm.

• Kanzaki Kumo compared his reflexes with Gyomei's and explained that Divine Punishment: Fivefold had forced Gyomei to use his Axe.
• Kanzaki Kumo sensed faint threads of nature's rules through the Transparent World and realized Breathing Styles imitated those rules.
• Kanzaki Kumo traced the origins and principles of Sun, Wind, Flame, Water, Thunder, and Stone Breathing to their users' observations of nature.
• Kanzaki Kumo recognized that he could use this understanding to improve his Breathing Style movements, but needed a thunderstorm to study lightning and thunder more clearly.
• Kanzaki Kumo dismissed thoughts of immortal cultivation and withdrew from the Transparent World.

Kanzaki Kumo practiced controlling the Transparent World until he passed out, but discovered he could use it to conceal his presence, control his strength, and activate a Bright Red Nichirin Sword with his bare hands. After Shinobu Kocho and the others revived him and scolded him for overdoing it, he led everyone to lunch.

• Kanzaki Kumo reentered the Transparent World and learned to control its perception range and his own strength while suppressing his presence.
• Kanzaki Kumo concentrated his strength into his grip and turned his Nichirin Blade bright red without using friction.
• Kanzaki Kumo repeatedly expanded and shrank the Transparent World's range until he passed out from mental strain.
• Shinobu Kocho found Kanzaki Kumo unconscious, helped revive him, and listened as he explained his training.
• Shinobu Kocho scolded Kanzaki Kumo for overdoing it, and he redirected everyone toward lunch.

After Gyokko’s death, Muzan ordered Doma to have the Eternal Paradise Cult search for the Blue Spider Lily, while Gyomei and Kanzaki Kumo tried to find Doma at the cult’s headquarters. They left after three nights without seeing him, unaware that Doma had just returned to the Infinity Castle.

• The chapter described how Doma’s upbringing and lack of empathy led him to regard being eaten by him as salvation, turning the Eternal Paradise Cult into his feeding ground.
• Muzan ordered Doma to use the cult’s followers to search for the Blue Spider Lily, while warning him not to investigate the Demon Slayer Corps.
• Gyomei and Kanzaki Kumo watched the cult’s headquarters, but the Transparent World showed that Doma was not there.
• Gyomei and Kanzaki Kumo waited three nights for Doma to return, then gave up and left.
• Doma returned to the Infinity Castle before dawn and listened silently as Muzan scolded him for making no progress.

Doma failed to find the Blue Spider Lily and was ordered by Muzan to search again. Meanwhile, Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei discovered that Inosuke Hashibira was following them, and the chapter left Inosuke eyeing the two men as potential targets.

• Muzan berated Doma for failing to find the Blue Spider Lily and ordered him to resume the search.
• Doma returned to the Eternal Paradise Cult, unaware that Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei had just left and narrowly avoided encountering Muzan.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei sensed someone following them through the woods and used the Transparent World to identify Inosuke Hashibira.
• The chapter recounted how Kotoha Hashibira fled the Eternal Paradise Cult with infant Inosuke, was killed by Doma, and left Inosuke to be raised by a wild boar.
• Inosuke, hungry and searching for food, spotted Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei while traveling through the mountains.

Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei encountered the starving Inosuke Hashibira, who had secretly followed them in search of food. After seeing Inosuke’s unusual ability to shift his internal organs, Kanzaki Kumo lured him into traveling with them by offering jerky and challenging his courage.

• Inosuke followed Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei, hoping to find food, but Kanzaki Kumo silently appeared behind him.
• Inosuke threatened them and demanded food, while Kanzaki Kumo realized he was hungry rather than hostile.
• Kanzaki Kumo watched Inosuke move his heart and other vital organs around his body using the Transparent World.
• Kanzaki Kumo offered Inosuke jerky and invited him to come with them to a nearby town for more food.
• Kanzaki Kumo taunted Inosuke for being afraid to go, and Inosuke snatched the jerky and agreed to come along.

Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei brought Inosuke to a meal, and Inosuke agreed to join them after deciding he could not resist them. He challenged Kanzaki Kumo to an eating contest, wagering that the winner would be the boss, and began eating while Gyomei judged.

• Inosuke realized Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei could easily overpower him, so he followed them in hopes of getting food.
• Kanzaki Kumo considered how to bring Inosuke into the Demon Slayer Corps, since Inosuke had not yet learned about demons or the Corps.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei served Inosuke a lavish meal, which he struggled to ignore.
• Inosuke challenged Kanzaki Kumo to an eating contest and declared that the winner would be the boss.
• Kanzaki Kumo accepted, Gyomei agreed to judge, and Inosuke lifted his mask and began wolfing down the food.

After defeating Inosuke in an eating contest, Kanzaki Kumo told him about demons, the Demon Slayer Corps, and Breathing Styles. Inosuke insisted on learning a style so he could challenge Kumo again, then fell asleep in the carriage taking them onward.

• Inosuke gave up after eating until he was nearly sick, while Kanzaki Kumo remained only about seventy percent full.
• After leaving town, Kanzaki Kumo explained the demons and the Demon Slayer Corps to Inosuke.
• Inosuke asked whether Breathing Styles had made Kumo so strong, then declared that he wanted to learn one and defeat Kumo in strength and appetite.
• Kanzaki Kumo reminded Inosuke that he was now his boss, told him to use his name, and led him to a carriage prepared by Ink Shadow and the Kakushi.
• Inosuke got drowsy after sitting down in the carriage and soon fell asleep, trusting Kumo and Gyomei because he sensed no malice from them.

Kanzaki Kumo brought Inosuke Hashibira back to the Butterfly Mansion and arranged for a Cultivator to train him in Wind Breathing. Inosuke left with a Kakushi after becoming terrified of Kanao and the other residents, leaving Kanzaki Kumo wondering whether the mansion seemed like a death trap to him.

• Kanzaki Kumo considered asking Sanemi to train Inosuke but decided to arrange a Cultivator for him instead.
• Kanzaki Kumo returned to the Butterfly Mansion with Inosuke, where Kanao reacted jealously to his description of the boy as an orphan he had picked up.
• Inosuke sensed Kanao's dangerous gaze and abandoned his attempt to contradict Kanzaki Kumo.
• Inosuke watched Kanae and Makomo spar and decided that the people at the mansion seemed more frightening than the Demons Kanzaki Kumo had described.
• A Kakushi took Inosuke away, and Kanzaki Kumo wondered whether the Butterfly Mansion seemed like a death trap to him.

Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei failed to catch Doma, but Kumo identified the biwa sound that marked his escape and warned that the demon responsible might lead to Muzan. After pursuing demons for experiments and wearing down his Nichirin Blade while chopping trees, Kumo planned a maintenance trip to the Swordsmith Village with Kanae, where they could also visit its hot spring.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei spent a month staking out the Eternal Paradise Cult but failed to capture Doma when a demon used a spatial Blood Demon Art to whisk him away.
• Kanzaki Kumo recognized a faint biwa note and told Gyomei that another demon had likely transported Doma, possibly to Muzan's location.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei discussed Muzan's resistance to decapitation and the Demon Slayer Corps' need to hold him until sunrise, with Tamayo's drugs preventing his escape.
• Kanzaki Kumo hunted demons for experiments and used his Nichirin Blade to chop trees for pinning them down, causing the blade to need maintenance.
• Kanae offered to accompany Kanzaki Kumo to the Swordsmith Village to maintain her own blade and soak in its hot spring.

Muzan learned from Nakime that she had located the Swordsmith Village and ordered Akaza and Hantengu to destroy it. While Muzan’s search for the Blue Spider Lily yielded nothing, Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae set out for the village without the usual travel restrictions.

• Nakime reported that she had found a suspicious location likely to be the Swordsmith Village, and Muzan praised her discovery.
• Muzan ordered Nakime to send Akaza and Hantengu to attack the village, warning Akaza that failure would cost him his life.
• Muzan searched the medical practitioners’ books for information about the Blue Spider Lily, found nothing useful, and destroyed the books and nearly the room.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae departed for the Swordsmith Village after Kagaya had abolished the rule requiring Hashira to travel there blindfolded and with their ears plugged.

Kanzaki Kumo visited the Swordsmith Village to have his Nichirin Blade maintained after using it to chop trees, and Haganezuka discovered the damage. The furious swordsmith charged at him with a newly forged blade.

• Kanae asked Kanzaki Kumo how he planned to face Haganezuka, and he said he would let the swordsmith chase him without letting him catch up.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae arrived at the Swordsmith Village and went separately to find the smiths who had forged their blades.
• Kanzaki Kumo waited while Haganezuka worked, then checked his recovery with the Transparent World and noticed his forging rhythm seemed to follow a fundamental law.
• Haganezuka asked Kanzaki Kumo to persuade the Village Chief to let him forge more swords, but Kanzaki Kumo refused and handed over his Nichirin Blade for maintenance.
• Haganezuka examined the blade, recognized marks from chopping wood, and attacked Kanzaki Kumo while denouncing him for abusing the sword.

Kanzaki Kumo led Haganezuka on a chase after accidentally offending him by using his Nichirin Blade to chop trees. Kanae calmed Haganezuka with freshly made Mitarashi Dango, and the chapter ended with Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae sharing a sweet moment while onlookers watched.

• Kanae saw Kanzaki Kumo fleeing from Haganezuka and learned that Haganezuka was angry because Kanzaki Kumo had used his Nichirin Blade to chop trees.
• Kanae borrowed a villager’s kitchen and prepared Mitarashi Dango as Kanzaki Kumo’s plan to calm Haganezuka.
• Kanzaki Kumo doubled back to Kanae, took the dango, and offered it to Haganezuka, who stopped chasing him and began eating.
• Kanae gave Kanzaki Kumo a skewer of dango, and he kissed her on the cheek before they shared the snack.
• Haganezuka turned away from the affectionate couple while the Swordsmith Village residents watched them.

Kanzaki Kumo took Kanae on a stroll through the Swordsmith Village after Haganezuka left. They met Kotetsu repairing the old Yoriichi Type Zero doll, then headed to the Village Chief’s residence for a meal.

• Haganezuka finished his dumplings, warned Kanzaki Kumo not to cut trees with his forged sword again, and left.
• Kanzaki Kumo agreed to show Kanae around the Swordsmith Village, though he had no particular route in mind.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae walked past swordsmiths at work and hurried away after hearing one apprentice being scolded.
• They found Kotetsu tinkering with Yoriichi Type Zero, and Kanzaki Kumo explained the doll’s history and condition.
• Kotetsu recognized Kanzaki Kumo’s battle achievements and became an enthusiastic admirer before Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae said goodbye and went to the Village Chief’s residence.

Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae shared an intimate, teasing soak in the Swordsmith Village hot springs. They eventually relaxed into a peaceful embrace, enjoying their time alone together.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae arrived at the hot springs together, unaware they had overlooked the signs for the men's and women's baths.
• Kanzaki Kumo entered the spring first, and Kanae joined him wearing a towel after asking if she looked good.
• Kanzaki Kumo tried to control his excitement with his Breathing Style and the Transparent World as Kanae playfully moved closer.
• Kanae hugged Kanzaki Kumo from behind, and they both gradually relaxed before settling into a quiet embrace.

Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae left the hot springs, but he detected a hostile spying eye in the forest and destroyed it. Nakime had discovered the Swordsmith Village and recognized Kanzaki Kumo, prompting Akaza to demand an immediate trip there; the chapter ended with Kanzaki ordering Kanae to get her Nichirin Blade and organize the villagers’ evacuation.

• Kanzaki Kumo kissed Kanae’s cheek as they left the hot springs, then noticed a hostile gaze from the nearby forest.
• Nakime watched the Swordsmith Village through a Blood Demon Art eyeball and recognized Kanzaki Kumo when he appeared with Kanae.
• Akaza demanded that Nakime send him to Kanzaki Kumo, but she explained that Kanzaki had destroyed her spying eye and she could not open a portal there yet.
• Kanzaki Kumo shattered the eyeball and told Kanae to get her Nichirin Blade, organize the villagers’ evacuation, and lead them away from its location.

Kanzaki Kumo helped evacuate the Swordsmith Village while disrupting Nakime’s surveillance, then prepared to face Akaza again as night fell. The chapter ended with Akaza confronting him and Hantengu moving toward the village.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae split up to warn the village and prepare for the demons’ arrival.
• Kanzaki Kumo took a Nichirin Blade from Hotaru Haganezuka and told him to evacuate with the others.
• Kanzaki Kumo destroyed Nakime’s eyeballs as the villagers gathered and began evacuating.
• After sunset, Akaza and Hantengu arrived outside the village, unable to teleport closer because Kanzaki Kumo had disrupted Nakime’s surveillance.
• Akaza claimed Kanzaki Kumo as his prey and sent Hantengu to attack the village and stop anyone from escaping.
• Akaza reached Kanzaki Kumo, who stood ready with his blade, and greeted him.

Kanzaki Kumo defeated Akaza with the Transparent World, his Bright Red Nichirin Sword, and Thunder Breathing. As Akaza died, memories of two erased figures surfaced, and Kanzaki Kumo froze when one became clear before him.

• Akaza realized his Compass Needle could not detect Kanzaki Kumo and recognized that Kanzaki Kumo had entered the supreme realm.
• Kanzaki Kumo nearly severed Akaza’s neck with Thunderclap and Flash, and Akaza barely escaped the follow-up strike.
• Akaza used Blue Silver Chaotic Afterglow, but Kanzaki Kumo dodged its shock waves without being touched.
• Kanzaki Kumo counterattacked with Dragon’s Roam and decapitated Akaza.
• As Akaza died, he recalled two figures whose memories Muzan had erased, and one appeared clearly before him as Kanzaki Kumo watched.