Recaps

Kanzaki Kumo brought Tamayo and Yushiro into contact with the Demon Slayer Corps while moving the Kamado family to safety, then fought Akaza and survived with severe injuries. After revealing what he learned about the Upper Ranks and the Transparent World, he returned to the Butterfly Mansion, where Kanao finally told him how much he meant to her.

• Kanzaki Kumo met Tamayo and Yushiro in Asakusa, asked Yushiro for concealment talismans, and offered Tamayo demon-targeting drugs in exchange for her research and help.
• Kanzaki Kumo visited the Kamado family, recognized Tanjuro’s Dance of the Fire God as Sun Breathing, and arranged to relocate the family in exchange for learning from Tanjuro.
• Hantengu attacked Tamayo’s hidden courtyard, so Kanzaki Kumo helped Tamayo and Yushiro escape with Kanae and brought them to the Kamado family’s home.
• Muzan sent Akaza after the Kamado family, and Kanzaki Kumo fought Akaza until sunrise, suffering severe injuries before Akaza fled.
• Kanzaki Kumo briefed Kagaya and the Hashira on the Upper Ranks, the Transparent World, and Tamayo’s work, then Tamayo and Yushiro asked to help defeat Muzan.
• Haganezuka apologized for Kanzaki Kumo’s broken Nichirin Blade and hurried away to forge him a replacement, while Kumo learned that Tanjuro might live about five more years if he avoided strenuous breathing techniques.
• Kanzaki Kumo introduced Nezuko to Kanao as a playmate, and Kanao eventually told him that she needed nothing except him.

Kanzaki Kumo deepened his bonds with Makomo and helped several people find their place in the Demon Slayer Corps before joining Tengen Uzui to defeat Daki and Gyutaro. After the Corps regrouped, Kumo helped Sanemi and Genya reconcile and set out to convince the Tokito brothers that demons were real.

• Kanzaki Kumo told Makomo about the story he had dreamed of after the temple incident, and she accepted that his feelings for her were real.
• Kanzaki Kumo restored Makomo’s childhood home and took her to her parents’ cenotaph, where she shared her past with him.
• Kanzaki Kumo welcomed Aoi Kanzaki to the Butterfly Mansion and encouraged her to value her work and stop taking on every duty alone.
• Kanzaki Kumo taught Mitsuri Flame Breathing, then visited the wounded Sanemi and learned about his injured friend and his conflict with Genya.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Tengen Uzui investigated Yoshiwara, identified Daki as a demon, and defeated Upper Rank Six by beheading her and Gyutaro.
• Muzan summoned the Upper Ranks after Daki and Gyutaro died and ordered them to find the Blue Spider Lily or destroy the Demon Slayer Corps.
• At a Hashira Meeting, Kanzaki Kumo shared intelligence about Daki, and Kagaya asked him to accompany Amane and her daughters to recruit the Tokito brothers.
• Kanzaki Kumo helped Sanemi and Genya speak honestly and reconcile, then showed Yuichiro and Muichiro Tokito a demon to prove that demons existed.

Kanzaki Kumo trained the younger slayers, supported Kanao and Mitsuri as they prepared to fight, and learned to accept the care his family offered him. After a Hashira Meeting and Kanae’s birthday celebration, the arc left him surrounded by his loved ones at the Butterfly Mansion.

• Yuichiro agreed to join the Demon Slayer Corps with Muichiro, and Kanzaki Kumo arranged for the brothers to train with Gyomei.
• Gyomei explained the Transparent World to Kanzaki Kumo, who continued strengthening his body while Tanjiro and the Tokito Brothers trained.
• Kanzaki Kumo helped Zenitsu develop his Thunder Breathing and tested his own strength against Gyomei, then trained Kanao and Mitsuri in their Breathing Styles.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Shinobu visited her old town and Kanzaki Keizan’s grave, where Kumo glimpsed his grandfather’s spirit and Shinobu urged him to accept support from his family.
• Kanzaki Kumo shared a birthday kiss with Shinobu, and Kanae later asked him not to leave her behind in danger, and he agreed to rely on her strength.
• At the Hashira Meeting, Kyojuro became the Flame Hashira, Sabito defeated him in a spar, and Kanzaki Kumo broke through Giyu’s Dead Calm and beat him.
• Kanzaki Kumo gave Kanae a hidden flower garden for her eighteenth birthday, and they embraced and kissed before returning to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Makomo teased and embraced Kanzaki Kumo, then asked whether he cared about her, and he reassured her that he liked her as she was.

Kanzaki Kumo accepted the support of those around him, mastered the Transparent World, and brought Inosuke into the Demon Slayer Corps. When Akaza and Hantengu attacked the Swordsmith Village, Kumo decapitated Akaza, who began to recover memories as he died.

• Kagaya confirmed Sanemi, Obanai, and Muichiro as the Wind, Serpent, and Mist Hashira, and Sanemi and Obanai sparred with Giyu.
• Makomo urged Kanzaki Kumo to stop carrying everything alone, and Kumo found peace by accepting the Butterfly Mansion as a home he could rely on.
• Kanzaki Kumo expanded his Transparent World, learned to control its range, and turned his Nichirin Blade red without friction.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei met Inosuke in the mountains, fed him, and brought him to the Butterfly Mansion to begin his path toward joining the Demon Slayer Corps.
• After a month watching the Eternal Paradise Cult, Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei failed to capture Doma when Nakime transported him away.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Kanae traveled to the Swordsmith Village, where Kumo calmed Haganezuka with dango and spent time with Kanae.
• Nakime’s surveillance revealed Kanzaki Kumo at the village, so he and Kanae organized the villagers’ evacuation as Akaza and Hantengu arrived.
• Akaza attacked Kanzaki Kumo, but Kumo dodged his techniques and decapitated him, prompting Akaza to recall figures whose memories Muzan had erased.