Chapter Summaries

Kokushibo faced the six Hashira as their strength, Transparent World abilities, and Demon Slayer Marks forced him to take the group seriously. Muichiro’s surprise attacks and Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei’s coordinated strikes kept the battle intense, and the chapter ended with Kumo and Gyomei pressing their attack to prevent Kokushibo from regaining control.

• Gyomei knocked Kokushibo’s meteor hammer away, while Kanzaki Kumo and Giyu caught Kanae and Sabito; Muichiro was thrown into a pillar but escaped serious injury.
• Kokushibo remarked on Gyomei’s strength and was astonished that four of the Hashira had entered the Transparent World; Sabito, Kanae, and Gyomei activated their Demon Slayer Marks.
• Muichiro entered the Transparent World and attacked Kokushibo from behind, prompting Kokushibo to unleash a broad Moon Breathing attack against the group.
• Gyomei, Kanae, Giyu, and Sabito attacked together, while Kanzaki Kumo used Thunder Breathing to slip through Kokushibo’s crescent blades and reach his flank.
• Kokushibo blocked Muichiro with a blade grown from his body, then sent the surrounding Hashira and Muichiro back with a barrage of blades.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei quickly recovered and attacked again with Thunder Breathing, Ninth Form and Stone Breathing, First Form.

Kanzaki Kumo and the other Demon Slayers coordinated their attacks to overcome Upper Rank One, Kokushibo. After Kokushibo disintegrated, Giyu returned with his Demon Slayer Mark awakened and remarked that no one had died.

• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei forced Kokushibo to retreat, then Kanzaki Kumo nearly severed his neck with Thousand Birds.
• Gyomei, Giyu, Sabito, Muichiro, and Kanae joined forces to break through Kokushibo's defenses and sever his neck.
• Kokushibo began regenerating into a monstrous form, but Kanzaki Kumo struck again and the others repeatedly attacked him with Red Blades until he died.
• Giyu returned after awakening his Demon Slayer Mark and said, "Good thing no one died," prompting everyone to press a hand to their forehead.

Muzan tried to take control of Nakime after discovering she was helping the Demon Slayer Corps, but he detonated her demon blood when he failed. Nakime used her final moment to teleport everyone outside and strand Muzan far from his accumulated reserves, leaving him surrounded by Kanzaki Kumo and the others.

• Muzan sensed that Naraku and Kokushibo had died and ordered Nakime to send him to the surface.
• Yushiro used a talisman to control Nakime, teleporting ordinary Swordsmen outside and guiding Hashira to demons in the Infinity Castle.
• Muzan tried to seize control of Nakime, then detonated her demon blood when he could not take over.
• As she died, Nakime's biwa teleported everyone out of the Infinity Castle, including Muzan, and the castle collapsed.
• Nakime's final act stranded Muzan away from his crimson reserves and placed Kanzaki Kumo and the others around him.

Kanzaki Kumo and the Hashira surrounded Muzan at the ruined Ubuyashiki Estate, planning to stall him until sunrise. After Kumo provoked him into revealing his true form and attacking, Kumo and Sabito led a coordinated counterattack with Kanae and Giyu.

• Kanzaki Kumo assessed the battlefield and concluded that the fighters needed to hold out for three or four hours until sunrise.
• Kanzaki Kumo deduced that Yushiro and likely Makomo had reached Nakime, who betrayed Muzan before he killed her and drained some of his reserves.
• Kanzaki Kumo taunted Muzan, who transformed into his monstrous original form and threatened to make the Hashira suffer.
• Kanzaki Kumo interrupted Muzan's speech with another joke, prompting Muzan to attack with thorned, barbed whips.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Sabito coordinated their Breathing forms, with Kanae and Giyu following them as the four advanced on Muzan while the other six held back.

Kanzaki Kumo and the Hashira took turns attacking Muzan, whose immense strength and poisonous whips made it difficult to gain ground. As Kasugai Crows and Makomo’s group arrived, Muzan was horrified by the figure leading their charge.

• Gyomei stopped Sanemi and the others from joining the first attack, so Kanzaki Kumo, Sabito, Kanae, and Giyu engaged Muzan while a second team waited.
• Kanzaki Kumo used Thousand Birds to strike the scars Yoriichi Tsugikuni had left on Muzan, then escaped Muzan’s nine back whips as the first group withdrew.
• Gyomei and Muichiro took over, while Sanemi and Obanai and then Kyojuro and Tengen Uzui reddened their blades and joined the attack.
• Muzan’s back whips halted the six fighters’ advance, and his counterattacks began to turn the fight in his favor.
• Kasugai Crows and Makomo’s group arrived as Kanzaki Kumo and the others prepared to rejoin the battle, and their leading figure used Sun Breathing, Eleventh Form: Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance.

Muzan mistook Tanjuro for Yoriichi Tsugikuni and froze, allowing the Demon Slayer Corps to attack while Tamayo’s medicine prevented him from splitting apart to escape. Once Muzan realized Tanjuro was not Yoriichi, he launched a frenzied assault that pushed the fighters toward a stalemate, and Gyomei abandoned his defense to create an opening.

• Muzan saw Tanjuro’s resemblance to Yoriichi Tsugikuni and froze in terror, leaving himself open to attacks from Gyomei and the others.
• Tamayo’s medicine suppressed Muzan’s ability to split apart, and Tanjuro struck him with a sun-like blade while Muzan remained motionless.
• Muzan recognized that Tanjuro was not Yoriichi and attacked him in a fit of rage, prompting the Hashira and Kinoe-ranked Swordsmen to join the battle.
• Kagaya assigned lower-ranked Swordsmen to evacuate wounded Hashira, serve as a rescue squad, or transport supplies while the fighting continued.
• Muzan’s relentless offense drained the Demon Slayer Corps’ strength, so Gyomei abandoned his defense and used Stone Breathing to try to create an opening.

Gyomei’s attack gave the Demon Slayer Corps an opening to pressure Muzan, while Tamayo’s drugs weakened and aged him. Muzan unleashed a devastating sweep that injured Kanzaki Kumo, Kanae, and Makomo, but Mitsuri struck him as he prepared to gloat.

• Gyomei created an opening but was struck by Muzan’s whip and carried away for treatment.
• Kanzaki Kumo used Yushiro’s talisman to vanish and attack Muzan, inspiring the other swordsmen to use talismans and exploit openings.
• Muzan realized that Tamayo’s drugs were making him age rapidly and killing his cells, but chose to fight rather than retreat.
• Muzan grew whips from his legs and swept the nearby fighters away, badly injuring Kanzaki Kumo, Kanae, and Makomo.
• Shinobu Kocho rushed to treat them while Mitsuri struck Muzan’s head with her flexible blade.

Gyomei and the others kept Muzan occupied while Shinobu treated Kanzaki Kumo, Kanae, and Makomo. When the injured fighters returned to battle, dawn was nearing, and Muzan panicked as time ran out.

• Gyomei, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Kanao, Inosuke, and Mitsuri coordinated their attacks to keep Muzan from retreating or finishing them off.
• Shinobu Kocho treated Kanzaki Kumo, Kanae, and Makomo with an antidote and bandages, and Kanae and Makomo returned to the battlefield first.
• Kanzaki Kumo recovered enough to stand and ran back toward the battlefield despite the nick in his Nichirin Blade.
• Kanzaki Kumo and the other injured Hashira returned to confront Muzan, who was shocked they had recovered so quickly.
• Muzan saw the night sky beginning to brighten and panicked as dawn approached.

As dawn approached, Muzan desperately tried to break through the Demon Slayer Corps’ encirclement, but Tanjuro awakened and stopped him with Sun Breathing. Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei took over the fight as Tanjuro withdrew, leaving Muzan still trapped and weakened.

• Muzan tore through the Corps’ encirclement, but Gyomei and Kanzaki Kumo repeatedly blocked his escape while Mitsuri, Kanao, and Kanae pulled him down and he sacrificed his lower leg to get free.
• Muzan unleashed a powerful sound wave that blasted away the surrounding Swordsmen and Kakushi, but the shock also awakened Tanjuro.
• Tanjuro struck Muzan with Sun Breathing, and Muzan recognized his appearance and technique as resembling Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
• Tanjuro repeated the forms of Sun Breathing to hold off Muzan, but the toxins in his wounds spread and left him close to collapse.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei returned to the fight and took over holding Muzan back, while Tanjuro withdrew due to his injuries.

Tanjuro activated his Demon Slayer Mark to protect Tanjiro, then Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei held Muzan off until sunrise. Kanzaki Kumo tricked Muzan into chasing a fake Blue Spider Lily, and Muzan disintegrated in midair.

• Tanjuro confirmed Tanjiro was alive, activated his Demon Slayer Mark, and charged Muzan before Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei took over.
• Kanzaki Kumo and Gyomei endured Muzan's attacks until the sun rose and began burning him.
• Muzan transformed into a giant infant and tried to dig a shelter, but Kagaya's prepared forces restrained him with iron chains.
• Muzan broke the chains and began smashing a hole in the ground as his body burned in the sunlight.
• Kanzaki Kumo displayed a fake Blue Spider Lily and threw it into the air, luring Muzan into leaping after it.
• Muzan swallowed the fake flower, realized the deception too late, and turned to ash beneath the morning sun.

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.