Recaps

Giyu Tomioka defeated Rui and protected Tanjiro and Nezuko, then clashed with Shinobu Kocho over whether Nezuko should be killed. The chapter ended as Shinobu thrust her blade toward Nezuko and Giyu blocked her attack.

• Giyu used Water Breathing, Eleventh Form: Dead Calm to nullify Rui's threads, then killed him.
• Tanjiro checked that Nezuko was safe and asked Giyu not to trample Rui's remains.
• Shinobu Kocho arrived and questioned Giyu before declaring that Corps rules required her to kill Nezuko.
• Giyu defended Nezuko, telling Tanjiro to stay close as Shinobu attacked.
• Shinobu vanished and thrust her blade toward Nezuko, but Giyu blocked the strike.

Kanon joined Shinobu Kocho in fighting Giyu Tomioka after Tanjiro fled with Nezuko, while Inosuke was knocked unconscious. Shinobu caught up to Tanjiro and thrust her blade toward Nezuko, but Giyu shouted that Kato and Kanae knew about the siblings.

• Kanon told Inosuke that someone stronger than her was ahead, and he eagerly followed her toward the fighting.
• After arriving, Kanon sided with Shinobu Kocho against Giyu Tomioka and knocked Inosuke unconscious when he moved to help Tanjiro.
• Giyu urged Tanjiro to run with Nezuko, and Shinobu Kocho and Kanon continued battling Giyu to pursue them.
• Shinobu Kocho caught up to Tanjiro and aimed her Nichirin Blade at Nezuko as Giyu and Kanon raced after them.
• As Tanjiro despaired that he could not protect Nezuko, Giyu shouted that Kato and Kanae knew about them.

Giyu revealed that Teiichi and Kanae knew about Nezuko and accepted her, persuading Shinobu to let Nezuko live. At Cape Ashizuri, Teiichi told White Feather he supported Nezuko and sent word to Kanae to help protect her at the Hashira trial.

• Giyu told Shinobu and Kanon that Teiichi and Kanae knew about Tanjiro and Nezuko, and that he had asked them to keep it secret.
• Tanjiro explained that Teiichi accepted Nezuko and that she had never eaten anyone, so Shinobu agreed to accept her existence.
• A Kasugai Crow announced orders to take Tanjiro and Nezuko to headquarters, and Shinobu said she would see what Kanae intended at the trial.
• White Feather told Teiichi that Nezuko had been taken to headquarters and that Ubuyashiki wanted his opinion.
• Teiichi told White Feather he accepted Nezuko and asked him to tell Kanae to support her and find a way to save her if the decision was to kill her.
• White Feather complained that Teiichi had made him fly against the wind, and Teiichi promised to change the wind next time.

Shinobu Kocho, Giyu Tomioka, and a Kakushi brought Tanjiro and Nezuko to Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters for a Hashira meeting. The Hashira questioned why Giyu had spared Nezuko, and Tanjiro woke to find himself before them.

• Shinobu handed Nezuko's box to Kanae while the Kakushi laid the unconscious Tanjiro in the courtyard.
• Sanemi asked Shinobu about the report of a swordsman traveling with a demon, and she explained that a Kasugai Crow had ordered them to bring Tanjiro back.
• Giyu admitted that he had stopped Shinobu from killing Tanjiro and said Nezuko was different from ordinary demons.
• Kanae explained that Tanjiro and Nezuko were siblings, and the Hashira recognized that judging them was an important matter at the meeting.
• The Kakushi woke Tanjiro and shoved his head down, telling him to show respect to the ten Hashira.

Tanjiro woke to find the Hashira debating whether to execute him and Nezuko, and he learned that Kanae and Giyu had evidence Nezuko had never eaten a human. The Hashira remained uncertain, and Shinobu asked Tanjiro to explain how Nezuko became a demon and why he kept her with him.

• Obanai, Kyojuro, and Tengen argued for executing Tanjiro and Nezuko, while Mitsuri felt reluctant to kill them.
• Kanae had the Kakushi release Tanjiro and told him Nezuko was safe inside her box in a sunless room.
• Kanae revealed she had visited Tanjiro on Mount Sagiri and said Nezuko was unlike other demons because she did not eat humans.
• Obanai challenged the evidence, but Kanae cited Tanjiro's Kasugai Crow and Giyu confirmed Nezuko had not eaten anyone since becoming a demon.
• Giyu explained that Nezuko and Tanjiro had stayed with Sakonji Urokodaki before Tanjiro joined the Corps, and Shinobu asked Tanjiro why Nezuko became a demon and why he kept her with him.

Tanjiro defended Nezuko before the Hashira, but several of them still demanded that she be killed. Kagaya Ubuyashiki asked the Hashira to accept her, and the chapter ended with a calm voice pledging to kill both siblings and commit seppuku if Nezuko ever ate someone.

• Kanae gave the wounded Tanjiro water, and he began recounting what had happened to his family.
• Gyomei Himejima, Obanai Iguro, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Kyojuro Rengoku opposed sparing Nezuko, while Tanjiro argued that Hashira should distinguish good demons from evil ones.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki arrived and revealed that he had accepted Nezuko's existence, asking the Hashira to do the same.
• When Sanemi challenged Tanjiro to guarantee Nezuko would never eat anyone, Tanjiro promised to kill her himself if she did.
• A calm voice promised to find and kill Tanjiro and Nezuko, then commit seppuku, if Nezuko ever ate someone.

The Hashira voted to allow Nezuko to live, with Kagaya Ubuyashiki announcing that the decision passed seven to four. At the Butterfly Mansion, Tanjiro recovered and greeted the newly awakened Zenitsu, who described being bitten by a spider demon.

• Giyu Tomioka and Tanjiro defended Nezuko, while several Hashira argued that she should be killed.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki called for a vote, and six Hashira accepted Nezuko while four rejected her.
• Giyu promised to kill anyone Nezuko might eat and then commit seppuku himself, and the Hashira raised no further objections.
• Tanjiro was taken to the Butterfly Mansion for treatment and later saw Zenitsu wake in the next bed.
• Tanjiro asked whether Zenitsu had gone into the mountain again, and Zenitsu said a spider had bitten him and nearly turned him into one.

After recovering from Mount Natagumo, Tanjiro and Zenitsu endured grueling training before meeting Inosuke at the station for their mission aboard the Mugen Train. The chapter ended with Tanjiro mistaking the train for a guardian deity and then recognizing it as a steam train.

• Tanjiro reunited with Zenitsu and Murata in the ward, learned Inosuke had become the Sound Hashira's Tsuguko, and resolved to train harder.
• Tanjiro endured intensified training arranged by the Insect Hashira, and Zenitsu grew anxious as his own training approached.
• Zenitsu struggled through physical conditioning and stretching, wondering whether he should attend training the next day.
• Tanjiro and Zenitsu hurried to the station, where they found Inosuke treating the Mugen Train as a dangerous creature ruling the land.
• Zenitsu explained that the train carried people, and Tanjiro compared it to a steam train.

Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke boarded the Mugen Train to support Kyojuro Rengoku, while Tanjiro worried that he had failed to tell Mr. Kato about the mission. They found Rengoku eating in a carriage, and he recognized Tanjiro and agreed not to harm Nezuko unless she hurt someone.

• Tanjiro regretted not notifying Mr. Kato that he was going on a railway-train mission, but Zenitsu said he could explain later.
• Inosuke charged toward the Mugen Train, struck his forehead against it, and then boarded with Tanjiro and Zenitsu.
• Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke searched the train carriages for the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku.
• The three found Rengoku eating and repeatedly calling the food delicious, and Tanjiro tried to speak with him.
• Rengoku recognized Tanjiro as the boy traveling with a demon and promised not to kill Nezuko unless she harmed someone.
• Tanjiro told Rengoku that they had come to provide support because casualties aboard the Mugen Train had continued to rise.

Tanjiro asked Kyojuro about Hinokami Kagura, but Kyojuro did not recognize it and encouraged Tanjiro to use the style that suited him. After the group fell asleep on the Mugen Train, Tanjiro dreamed that Kyojuro defeated a demon and accepted Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke as Tsuguko; the dream ended with Inosuke chasing a train centipede alongside animal-like versions of the others.

• Tanjiro explained Hinokami Kagura to Kyojuro, who watched him use it and said he had never seen the style before.
• Kyojuro reassured Tanjiro that he could use any Breathing Style that suited him and offered to make him his Tsuguko.
• A conductor checked the group's tickets, and an overwhelming drowsiness soon caused Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Kyojuro to fall asleep.
• In Tanjiro's dream, Kyojuro defeated a demon on the Mugen Train and agreed to train Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke as Tsuguko.
• In the dream, Inosuke chased a train centipede through a cave while Nezuko, Zenitsu, Tanjiro, Uzui, Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma cheered him on.

Tanjiro escaped Enmu’s dream by stabbing himself awake, then confronted Lower Rank One on the Mugen Train. After Tanjiro beheaded Enmu, the demon’s body erupted into masses of flesh and blood.

• Zenitsu and Nezuko enjoyed a dream in a peach grove while Tanjiro dreamed of life with his family in their snowy home.
• Tanjiro recognized the dream and stabbed himself with chopsticks, waking aboard the Mugen Train.
• Tanjiro found ropes connecting him and the others to strangers, freed himself and his companions, and asked Nezuko to protect them.
• Tanjiro followed Enmu’s scent onto the train roof and attacked Lower Rank One.
• Enmu put Tanjiro to sleep, but Tanjiro woke himself by killing himself in the dream and beheaded Enmu.
• Tanjiro wondered if the victory was another dream as Enmu’s body burst into masses of flesh and blood.

Tanjiro and the others fought Enmu, who had merged with the train and threatened its passengers. They defeated him and survived the derailment, but Tanjiro spotted a crimson meteor falling from the sky.

• Enmu revealed that he had merged with the train and was digesting its passengers, forcing Tanjiro to choose between protecting them and killing him.
• Rengoku sent Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Nezuko to help Tanjiro attack the train’s engine while he protected the passengers.
• Tanjiro and the others fought through Enmu’s tentacles, and Inosuke struck at the demon’s neck.
• The train overturned, but Kyojuro confirmed that every passenger survived without injury.
• Tanjiro looked up and saw a crimson meteor plummeting from the sky.

Akaza appeared before Kyojuro Rengoku and revealed that he had become Upper Rank Two by defeating Doma in a Rank Replacement Blood Battle. When Akaza attacked, his first clash with Kyojuro sent Tanjiro and the others flying, leaving them unable to see the battle clearly.

• A meteor crashed nearby, and Akaza emerged from the settling dust wearing weights and bearing dark blue tattoos.
• Kyojuro recognized Akaza as an Upper Rank, while Tanjiro moved to shield Nezuko from Akaza's gaze.
• Akaza confirmed he was now Upper Rank Two and explained that he had defeated Doma in a Rank Replacement Blood Battle.
• Kyojuro told Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke to escape, but Akaza threatened to kill them if they ran.
• Akaza vanished and struck Kyojuro's blade, sending Tanjiro and the others flying as the battle began.

Tanjiro and the others tried to leave as Kyojuro fought Akaza, but Akaza stopped them and offered to spare everyone if Kyojuro revealed Kato’s whereabouts. Kyojuro refused to abandon anyone or become a demon, and Akaza raised his glowing fist over the fallen Hashira.

• Tanjiro told Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke to leave, but Akaza suddenly attacked Zenitsu and Kyojuro blocked the blow.
• Akaza offered to spare Kyojuro and everyone on the train if Kyojuro told him where Teiichi was; Kyojuro refused to abandon anyone.
• Kyojuro attacked Akaza with Flame Breathing, but Akaza shed his weights and broke Kyojuro’s shoulder and leg bones.
• Tanjiro, Inosuke, and Nezuko rushed to protect Kyojuro, and Akaza sent them flying aside.
• Akaza asked Kyojuro to reveal Kato’s whereabouts and then offered to turn him into a demon; Kyojuro refused, and Akaza raised his fist.

Tanjiro revealed Teiichi's location to Akaza to stop him from killing the injured Demon Slayers. Akaza learned that Teiichi was at Cape Ashizuri and prepared to knock everyone unconscious so they could not warn him.

• Tanjiro realized Akaza would kill the others unless he gave up Teiichi's location.
• Akaza kicked Kyojuro away and demanded that Tanjiro tell him where Teiichi was.
• Tanjiro weighed protecting Teiichi against saving everyone on the battlefield, then told Akaza that Teiichi was at Cape Ashizuri.
• Akaza confirmed Tanjiro was telling the truth and decided not to leave anyone awake to warn Teiichi.
• Akaza raised his hand to knock Tanjiro and the others unconscious, while Tanjiro protested.

Tanjiro woke at the Butterfly Mansion while Kanae and Shinobu discussed the mysterious battle with Akaza. After the Upper Ranks discovered Teiichi’s training ground, Teiichi went to meet all six of them at Cape Ashizuri and drew his Nichirin Blade.

• Tanjiro woke in the Butterfly Mansion, learned he had slept until late at night, and asked Aoi Kanzaki how long he had been unconscious.
• Shinobu Kocho and Kanae wondered why Akaza had left everyone alive, and Shinobu said Zenitsu could not explain the battle.
• Aoi Kanzaki rushed in and told Kanae and Shinobu that Akaza had obtained Teiichi’s location.
• Kokushibo found ashes at Cape Ashizuri and led the Upper Ranks toward the nearest town to search for Teiichi.
• Teiichi, unable to sleep, traveled through the mountain forest to Cape Ashizuri and confronted Kokushibo, Akaza, Doma, Hantengu, Gyokko, and Daki.
• Teiichi drew his Nichirin Blade and began Wind Breathing’s Modified Seventh Form: Wind Field.

Teiichi unleashed a powerful wind field and attacked the demons with a massive Wind Blade, using the clash with Akaza as a feint to target Gyokko. Kokushibo saved Gyokko at the last moment, leaving Teiichi facing the upper-rank demon’s intervention.

• Teiichi activated Wind Breathing: Modified Seventh Form: Wind Field, surprising the demons with the gale.
• Teiichi assessed the six demons and chose Gyokko as his first target.
• Teiichi fired an enormous Wind Blade toward Gyokko, and Akaza intercepted it with Annihilation Style.
• Teiichi used the explosion as a feint and lunged at Gyokko, but Kokushibo blocked the Nichirin Blade with his pink sword.
• Gyokko thanked Kokushibo for saving him and promised to make him his second-most beautiful pot.

Teiichi fought Akaza, Kokushibo, and Doma while the other Upper Ranks supported them from a distance. As their attacks converged, Teiichi held his ground against the three powerful demons.

• Kokushibo ordered Hantengu, Gyokko, and Daki to support the fight from a distance and warned them to avoid being killed in one slash.
• Doma objected to Kokushibo’s order, but joined the battle after Kokushibo insisted he contribute.
• Teiichi parried Akaza’s rapid punches and slashed his neck, sending him flying backward.
• Doma attacked Teiichi with ice lotuses, but Teiichi’s wind blew them back and shattered Doma’s attempt to form ice figures.
• Kokushibo and Doma attacked Teiichi together, and he blocked their weapons as attacks converged from every side.

Teiichi fought Kokushibo, Akaza, and Doma while Hantengu, Gyokko, and Daki stayed back and waited for an opening. After Kokushibo unleashed a powerful Moon Breathing attack, Teiichi realized he could not afford to fight all three at once and began considering Doma as his next target.

• Daki asked Hantengu and Gyokko how she could support the battle, and Gyokko told her to wait because the fight had only begun.
• Teiichi countered Kokushibo, Akaza, and Doma as he assessed their relative strength and considered targeting the demons who had not joined the fight.
• Kokushibo unleashed his Eighth Form, Moon-Dragon Ringtail, but Teiichi began overpowering him before Doma's icicles forced Teiichi to retreat.
• Teiichi judged that he could handle two opponents but would struggle against three, then considered targeting Doma to thin the enemy ranks.
• Hantengu, Gyokko, and Daki cautiously followed the fighters through the forest, retreating whenever Teiichi seemed likely to approach them.

Teiichi used the cleared forest and the gale to slow Akaza and Kokushibo while he targeted Doma. He cut through Doma’s defense and began slashing through his neck.

• Teiichi shattered Akaza’s guard, split his arm, and slashed open his chest before Akaza was sent flying.
• Teiichi knocked Kokushibo away, and Kokushibo realized Teiichi was targeting Doma and warned Akaza.
• Akaza and Kokushibo rushed back, but the gale across the felled forest slowed their approach.
• Doma attacked Teiichi from behind with Blood Demon Art: Barren Hanging Garden, but the reversing wind hindered him.
• Teiichi turned and forced Doma’s folding fan down before slicing into his neck.

Kanae and Shinobu hurried toward Shikoku while Himejima rushed to Shimizu City after learning that all six Upper Ranks were there. Teiichi escaped a lightning strike just before he could behead Doma, then fought Kokushibo and Akaza as the other demons tried to interfere.

• Kanae kept running toward Shikoku despite Shinobu warning that she would exhaust herself before arriving, and Shinobu reminded her that Himejima had been summoned to help Teiichi.
• The Kasugai Crow told Himejima that Kato was facing all six Upper Ranks, and Himejima raced toward the battle.
• Teiichi withdrew his Nichirin Blade from Doma's neck when danger sensed a lightning strike, narrowly avoiding the bolt.
• Kokushibo and Akaza attacked Teiichi again, and he clashed with them before turning toward the source of the lightning.
• Sekido ordered Karaku to blow away the wind around the battle, but Karaku's repeated fan strikes failed to stop the gale from growing.

Teiichi fought Kokushibo and the other demons while Hantengu’s group joined the battle and worsened his exhaustion. Unable to reach Hantengu through the demons guarding him, Teiichi used the Wind Field to raise a barrier of branches, leaves, sand, and dirt, leaving the battlefield obscured.

• Doma thanked Sekido for saving him, and Sekido promised that Hantengu’s group would attack Teiichi when they found an opening.
• Teiichi used the Wind Field to dodge Sekido’s lightning and weaken Gyokko’s slime-fish and Daki’s sashes while continuing to clash with Kokushibo and the others.
• Teiichi realized he could not reach Hantengu’s group while Kokushibo and the others blocked him, and he shifted the Wind Field across the battlefield.
• Teiichi drove branches, leaves, sand, and dirt into a wall that blocked Daki, Gyokko, and Sekido’s view of the fight.
• Daki asked Sekido and Gyokko what they should do now that they had lost sight of Teiichi.

Daki, Sekido, and Gyokko tried to find a way through Teiichi’s wind wall so they could attack him from afar. Daki briefly opened a view of the battlefield with her sashes, but the wind overwhelmed them, leaving the demons unable to reach or strike Teiichi.

• Daki asked Sekido and Gyokko what they should do, and Sekido rejected the idea of using his lightning against the wind wall.
• Daki proposed holding back the wind with her sashes, and Sekido told her to try.
• Daki sent her sashes through the wall, revealing Teiichi as he blocked Kokushibo’s attack and dodged Sekido’s lightning.
• Sekido and Gyokko attacked through the opening, but Teiichi dodged their strikes as the wind bent Daki’s sashes.
• The sashes went limp and the wind wall closed again; Daki apologized, and Sekido called her and Gyokko useless after Gyokko said his Blood Demon Arts could not block the wind.

Gyomei Himejima arrived to help Teiichi, who was fighting Kokushibo, Akaza, and Doma while keeping Hantengu, Gyokko, and Daki at bay. As Kokushibo resumed his attack, Teiichi told Gyomei to hold off the three outer Upper Ranks.

• Sekido considered absorbing the other clones to become Zohakuten, but worried about leaving Hantengu exposed.
• Teiichi fought off Kokushibo, Akaza, and Doma more easily after the other demons stopped interfering.
• Gyomei Himejima arrived and attacked Sekido and Gyokko, though Urogi's shriek diverted his weapons.
• Teiichi and Gyomei joined forces, and Gyomei explained that a Kasugai Crow had warned him about the battle.
• Kokushibo, Akaza, and Doma assessed Gyomei before Kokushibo charged Teiichi again.
• Teiichi ordered Gyomei to hold off Hantengu, Gyokko, and Daki while he continued fighting the inner group.

Gyomei Himejima fought off Gyokko and Sekido while Teiichi monitored him from his battle against Kokushibo, Doma, and the others. Gyomei awakened to the Transparent World and killed Sekido, but Doma summoned his enormous Water Lily Bodhisattva against Teiichi and his opponents.

• Gyokko and Sekido attacked Gyomei Himejima with slime-fish and lightning, breaking through his Stone Skin defense and tearing at his body.
• Gyomei Himejima recalled Teiichi's words about the Transparent World, sharpened his perception, and drove the fish away with his chain.
• Gyomei Himejima leaped into the air and used Stone Breathing, Fifth Form: Arcs of Justice, killing Sekido while Gyokko escaped into his pot.
• Teiichi noticed Gyomei's awakening through the Wind Field and turned his attention back to fighting Kokushibo, Doma, and the others.
• Doma summoned his forty-meter-tall Water Lily Bodhisattva, and Teiichi raised his Nichirin Blade to meet its incoming fist.