Recaps

Teiichi and the others compared their lack of clues about the missing people while Zenitsu concealed what he had been doing. That night, Zenitsu found Daki abusing a little girl and turned back to confront her.

• Tanjiro and Inosuke reported that they had found no clues, and Zenitsu also claimed he had found nothing.
• Teiichi monitored the Entertainment District from a rooftop using the Wind Field, watching for signs of a fight.
• Zenitsu entered a room at Kyogoku House after hearing a little girl crying and discovered Daki behind him.
• Daki berated the girl for failing to clean and painfully pulled her ear as Zenitsu tried to leave and seek help.
• Zenitsu turned back, grabbed Daki's hand, and demanded that she let the girl go.

Daki attacked Zenitsu and knocked him unconscious while Tanjiro discovered her at Toki House and lured her onto the rooftops. Teiichi moved to the underground cavern with Nezuko as Tengen Uzui followed the wind’s signal toward Daki, leaving Inosuke to check the cavern.

• Daki struck Zenitsu unconscious after he rushed to protect a little girl, then began producing sashes from behind her waist.
• Inosuke told Tengen Uzui that a demon had burrowed underground inside Ogimoto House, and the two headed toward the cavern.
• At Toki House, Tanjiro delivered gifts to Koinatsu, sensed a powerful demon, recognized Daki, and jumped out a window to draw her away from the crowd.
• Teiichi saw Tanjiro and Daki head toward a secluded area, then took Nezuko with him toward the underground cavern.
• Tengen Uzui followed the strong wind toward Tanjiro and Daki, while he told Inosuke to check the cavern and run if he encountered an Upper Rank.

Tanjiro fought Daki on the rooftops and tried to hold her off until Kato and Uzui could arrive, while Teiichi watched the battles nearby. Tanjiro remained locked in combat with Daki as Teiichi prepared to help the people trapped underground escape.

• Tanjiro dodged Daki’s sash attacks across the rooftops, then faced her after she threatened to kill bystanders.
• Daki told Tanjiro that Zenitsu was alive but that she was deciding whether to eat him, angering Tanjiro.
• Tanjiro attacked Daki with Water Breathing, but her soft sashes blocked his blade as he continued fighting to draw help.
• Teiichi observed Tanjiro fighting Daki, Uzui fighting Gyutaro, and Inosuke battling the remaining sashes underground.
• Teiichi realized the others would need to dig their way out and slammed his foot into the ground.

Inosuke tracked a demon through Ogimoto House and found a hidden passage leading to a cavern filled with sashes containing people. He fought and destroyed one sash demon, but another appeared as the cavern’s threat continued.

• Inosuke smashed through the wall and floor of Ogimoto House to follow the demon’s hidden route.
• Inosuke squeezed through a narrow passage and fell into a cavern filled with pink sashes and scattered bones.
• Inosuke realized that the sashes held living people and dodged an attack from a sash with eyes and a mouth.
• Inosuke cut through the attacking sashes and destroyed the sash with eyes using Beast Breathing techniques.
• A new sash with red lips and bewitching eyes descended from the cavern ceiling.

Inosuke freed the captives from Daki’s sashes and learned that Tengen had gone to confront the demon controlling them. As the group hurried to help Tengen, Zenitsu and Inosuke heard how powerful Kato Teiichi was compared with the Hashira.

• Inosuke cut through the remaining sashes and freed Hinatsuru, Makio, Suma, and Zenitsu.
• Zenitsu and Inosuke argued, and Suma woke up and called Inosuke “Inoko,” prompting Zenitsu to laugh at him.
• Inosuke told the others that Tengen had gone after the demon controlling the sashes, and the women grew worried that Tengen was fighting an Upper Rank.
• Zenitsu said Kato Teiichi seemed far stronger than the Upper Rank he had faced, and Suma explained that Kato had escaped the demons’ lair after killing two Upper Ranks.
• Hinatsuru urged everyone to get back up and help Tengen, while Makio and Suma defended Tengen’s strength.

Zenitsu, Inosuke, Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma searched for a way out of the cavern until Teiichi and Nezuko broke through the ceiling to rescue them. Teiichi sent the group ahead to help Tanjiro and Uzui fight the Upper Rank while he stayed behind to escort the trapped civilians to the surface.

• Zenitsu and the others spotted a tiny exit hole, but Hinatsuru decided they should dig upward instead of trying to squeeze through it.
• Zenitsu heard rumbling above, and Teiichi and Nezuko broke through the cavern ceiling.
• Zenitsu mistook Nezuko’s arrival as a rescue for him, then argued with Inosuke after she called out Inosuke’s name.
• Teiichi told the group that Uzui was doing okay but Tanjiro was in danger, and ordered them to hurry to the fight.
• Teiichi blasted Zenitsu, Inosuke, Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma up through the opening, then stayed behind to help the trapped civilians.

Tengen Uzui arrived in time to save Tanjiro and faced Gyutaro, who had emerged from Daki's back. After learning that Gyutaro and Daki shared one body and had to be beheaded simultaneously, Tengen fought Gyutaro while Tanjiro moved to keep Daki occupied.

• Tengen Uzui cut off Daki's head, but Gyutaro separated from her back, caught her, and put her head back on.
• Gyutaro and Daki accused Tengen Uzui of attacking unfairly and discussed killing him before moving elsewhere.
• Tengen Uzui told Tanjiro to leave, but agreed to let him fight Daki after explaining the demons' shared body and simultaneous beheading weakness.
• Tengen Uzui and Gyutaro began a rapid blade fight, while Tanjiro ran across the rooftops toward Daki.
• Daki lifted herself onto a rooftop with her sashes, and she and Tanjiro clashed again.

Tengen Uzui fought Gyutaro in a fierce clash, rejected Gyutaro’s offer to become a demon, and forced him to retreat and use his Blood Demon Art. The chapter ended as Tengen faced a swarm of dozens or hundreds of blood blades.

• Tengen Uzui and Gyutaro tested their strength, then exchanged rapid blows with their Nichirin Blades and Blood Scythes.
• Gyutaro offered Tengen a place among the Upper Ranks if he became a demon, but Tengen refused and called himself the god of festivals.
• Tengen used Sound Breathing, First Form: Roar, and later cut Gyutaro’s neck before Gyutaro blocked his follow-up strike and withdrew.
• Gyutaro unleashed Blood Demon Art: Flying Blood Scythe, sending blood blades at Tengen and controlling them after launch.
• Tengen dodged the first wave, shattered the returning blades, and turned to face a swarm of dozens or hundreds of blood blades.

Tengen Uzui charged through Gyutaro’s blood blades and struck him with a powerful sword technique, cutting deeply into his body and neck. Gyutaro regenerated and unleashed a devastating counterattack, leaving Tengen Uzui facing the challenge of fighting an enemy who could recover from his injuries.

• Tengen Uzui used Constant Resounding Slashes to block Gyutaro’s blood blades, then charged forward despite the strain on his arms.
• Gyutaro redirected half of his blood blades behind Tengen Uzui, forcing him to widen his defense and slow his advance.
• Tengen Uzui endured several cuts as he pressed closer, then leaped above Gyutaro’s Blood Scythes and struck down with his First Form.
• Tengen Uzui slashed Gyutaro’s neck, but Gyutaro transformed his blood into enormous blades that tore through the street and forced Tengen Uzui to retreat.
• Tengen Uzui cut through the weakened blood blades and saw that Gyutaro had reattached his severed head.

Tanjiro used Hinokami Kagura to cut off Daki’s head, but she reattached it and wounded his left shoulder. Unable to use his left hand, Tanjiro raised his blade and prepared to keep fighting as Daki waited for something.

• Tanjiro switched to Hinokami Kagura and sliced through Daki’s sashes.
• Tanjiro rushed Daki and cut off her head, then turned to alert Uzui.
• Daki attacked Tanjiro from behind, piercing his left shoulder before he severed the sash.
• Daki reattached her head while Tanjiro tried to stop the bleeding and realized his left hand was unusable.
• Tanjiro faced Daki with his blade in his right hand, and Daki stood still as though waiting for something.

Daki absorbed her separated sashes, transforming her hair white and greatly increasing her strength, then battered the injured Tanjiro through a house. Tanjiro fought his way back to his feet and challenged Daki over why she killed people.

• Daki merged her clones’ sashes into herself, turning her hair white and intensifying her aura.
• Tanjiro refused Daki’s demand to surrender, and she attacked him with her sashes.
• Daki’s blows overwhelmed Tanjiro and sent him crashing through a house, leaving him badly injured among the rubble.
• Daki taunted Tanjiro and sent another barrage of sashes at him, but he blocked them and leaped back into the street.
• Tanjiro asked Daki why she killed people and demanded to know what she thought life was.

Tanjiro pushed through his injuries to attack Daki, but her Blood Demon Art overwhelmed him. A sudden gust knocked him clear of her attack, though he collapsed and vomited blood, leaving Daki to prepare to finish him off.

• Daki dismissed her former human life and argued that becoming a demon had freed her from human suffering.
• Tanjiro’s pain eased despite his severe wounds, and he charged at Daki as the scar on his forehead began to spread.
• Daki used Blood Demon Art: Eight-Layered Obi Slash, but Tanjiro deflected the falling obi and rushed through the dust toward her.
• Daki formed two awls from her obi and launched them at Tanjiro as he pressed forward with Hinokami Kagura: Flame Dance.
• A fierce gust blew Tanjiro out of the path of an awl, and he fell to the ground, coughing up blood.
• Daki decided to finish Tanjiro quickly and then go help her brother.

Inosuke and the others arrived to help Tanjiro, who was badly injured and had to be evacuated while the fight against Daki continued. Meanwhile, Teiichi watched the separated battles from a rooftop with Nezuko, who shared her taiyaki with him.

• Inosuke cut through Daki’s sashes and attacked her, while Zenitsu and the others arrived to support Tanjiro.
• Hinatsuru examined Tanjiro’s severe injuries and ordered Suma to take him away for treatment.
• Tanjiro warned the group that Daki and Gyutaro had to be beheaded at the same time and that Daki’s body could still attack after her head was cut off.
• Makio and Hinatsuru left to check on Tengen, leaving Zenitsu to decide whether to support Inosuke against Daki.
• Teiichi sensed the two distant battles with Wind Field and shared Nezuko’s taiyaki after she offered it to him.

Tengen Uzui fought Gyutaro’s blood blades while trying to devise a way to kill the separated demons, and realized Gyutaro had poisoned him. He kept fighting despite the poison, while Gyutaro grew frustrated and worried that Ume had not returned.

• Tengen Uzui considered plans to kill Gyutaro and Daki at the same time, but realized Tanjiro Kamado had already lured Daki away.
• Tengen Uzui rejected relying on Tanjiro Kamado to coordinate a simultaneous beheading and continued battling Gyutaro’s blood blades.
• Tengen Uzui noticed numbness from his wounds and realized Gyutaro’s attacks had poisoned him.
• Gyutaro stopped attacking and demanded to know why Tengen Uzui was still standing after being struck by his poisonous slashes.
• Tengen Uzui claimed his experience as a ninja let him endure the poison, and Gyutaro worried that Ume had run into trouble.

Inosuke attacked Daki but was repeatedly driven back by her sashes, and after finally cutting off her head, he was pierced and left hanging in the air. Teiichi prepared to intervene as Zenitsu struggled to decide whether to save his teammate.

• Inosuke charged Daki, but her sashes blocked his attacks and forced him to retreat.
• Daki sent a cone of sashes burrowing through the roof and then struck Inosuke from behind, blasting him onto another rooftop.
• Inosuke charged Daki again and managed to cut off her head, but a sash pierced his abdomen and another carried her severed head toward her neck.
• Zenitsu watched Inosuke hang motionless from a sash while Teiichi worried that the battle was diverging from what he remembered.
• Nezuko asked Teiichi whether Inosuke would be okay, and Teiichi reassured her before preparing to act.
• Zenitsu imagined an angel and a devil arguing over whether he should save Inosuke.

Zenitsu overcame his fear and used Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed to cut Daki’s sashes and rescue Inosuke. After learning the siblings could only be killed by decapitating them simultaneously, Zenitsu went to face Daki while Inosuke tried to work out how to kill both demons at once.

• Zenitsu realized Inosuke had charged ahead without hearing Tanjiro’s warning, and blamed himself for not passing it on.
• Zenitsu used Thunder Breathing: First Form, Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed, to sever Daki’s sashes and catch Inosuke as he fell.
• Inosuke stopped the bleeding from his abdominal wound and asked how Daki could survive having her head cut off.
• Zenitsu explained that Daki and her brother had to be decapitated at the same time, then told Inosuke to stay back because his wound could reopen.
• Zenitsu asked Inosuke to figure out how to kill both demons simultaneously, then leaped away to confront Daki.

Zenitsu fought Daki as she revealed the Six-Eyed mark and became more powerful, while Inosuke devised a way to defeat her by bringing her head to Tengen. Tengen remained locked in battle with Gyutaro and ordered Hinatsuru and Makio to have Inosuke and the others lure Daki to him.

• Daki complained to Gyutaro about the Demon Slayers’ repeated ambushes, and he promised to handle the fight after she revealed that other slayers might still be nearby.
• Daki raised her head to reveal a vertical eye marked with a six, then unleashed faster and stronger sash attacks as Zenitsu retreated.
• Inosuke told Zenitsu to cut off Daki’s head and carry it to Tengen so Tengen could cut off Gyutaro’s head too.
• Tengen struggled to approach Daki because Gyutaro’s blood blades threatened him and Gyutaro ran toward the residential district when Tengen tried to leave.
• Hinatsuru and Makio reported that Tanjiro had been injured and taken for treatment, so Tengen ordered them to have Inosuke and the others lure Daki to him.

Zenitsu struggled to reach Daki while conserving his limited uses of Godspeed, but Inosuke helped him break through her Blood Demon Art. Zenitsu decapitated Daki and ran toward Uzui’s battlefield carrying her head.

• Daki used her sashes to keep Zenitsu from approaching, forcing him to avoid spending Godspeed just to close the distance.
• Zenitsu charged through the sashes with Thunder Breathing, First Form, but Daki trapped his path with Blood Demon Art: Death Web.
• Inosuke threw gunpowder bombs that scattered Daki’s sashes and urged Zenitsu to keep moving despite his wound.
• Zenitsu used Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed to cut through the sashes and sever Daki’s head.
• Zenitsu caught Daki’s head and ran toward Uzui’s battlefield while cutting apart the sashes pursuing him.

Zenitsu brought Daki’s severed head to Tengen Uzui, who began a fierce assault on Gyutaro. Daki revealed that decapitating her had not ended the fight, and her head exploded, blasting Zenitsu away.

• Zenitsu met Hinatsuru and Makio, told them Inosuke was injured, and sent them to check on him before heading to Tengen Uzui.
• Zenitsu showed Tengen Uzui Daki’s head, and Tengen charged Gyutaro using Sound Breathing’s Fifth Form, String Performance.
• Daki asked Zenitsu what was good about being a demon and hinted that cutting off her head would not be enough to kill her.
• Daki’s head began swelling in Zenitsu’s hands and exploded, hurling him away in a powerful shock wave.

Teiichi considered whether to intervene as Daki and Gyutaro’s regeneration made them difficult to kill, while Daki regrew her head and confronted the wounded Inosuke and Hinatsuru. Zenitsu woke after the explosion and realized the demons might both still be alive, leaving him worried about Inosuke and Tengen Uzui.

• Teiichi decided to wait and see whether Tengen Uzui could reach his limit and unlock the Transparent World.
• Daki regrew her head on the rooftop, and Hinatsuru sent Makio to check on Tengen Uzui while she and Inosuke held Daki off.
• Inosuke told Hinatsuru he could still fight, and he challenged Daki as her sashes attacked them.
• Zenitsu woke on a rooftop, remembered Daki’s head exploding in his arms, and feared that both demons were still alive and Inosuke was in danger.

Makio found Zenitsu badly wounded and treated him before returning to help Inosuke and Hinatsuru fight Daki. Hinatsuru was pierced by Daki’s sash, but Inosuke cut her free and carried her toward Makio, leaving Daki to watch their escape.

• Makio found Zenitsu, treated his abdominal wound, and left him resting while she returned to the battle.
• Inosuke struggled to cut through Daki’s sashes as he and Hinatsuru tried to keep her occupied.
• Daki turned her sashes toward Hinatsuru, who dodged several attacks before a sash pierced her abdomen.
• Inosuke severed the sash, caught Hinatsuru, and ran toward Makio, while Daki watched them flee.

Tengen Uzui fought to keep Gyutaro talking while the poison weakened him, waiting for Makio and the others to lure Daki over. Gyutaro revealed that Ume was leading them in circles, leaving Tengen to suspect the demons had discovered his plan and that Gyutaro had been stalling for the poison to take effect.

• Tengen Uzui dismissed Gyutaro’s offer to become a demon and claimed the poison would not stop him from cutting off Gyutaro’s head.
• Gyutaro said he had killed Demon Slayer Corps members who begged him for mercy, and Tengen criticized him for toying with defeated humans.
• Tengen held back from attacking Gyutaro because fighting would make the poison affect him faster, and he waited for Makio and the others to bring Daki.
• Gyutaro told Tengen that Ume was leading the others around in circles and offered to have her bring them over.
• Tengen realized the demons might share information and suspected Gyutaro had been waiting for the poison to weaken him further.

Daki pursued Inosuke, Makio, and Hinatsuru before changing course toward Gyutaro and Tengen Uzui. Tengen prepared to fight the reunited demons while weighing how long his poisoned body could hold out and whether he would need Kato's help.

• Daki ignored Inosuke's taunts and pursued Makio and Hinatsuru, who realized she was no longer being lured toward Tengen Uzui.
• Makio changed course with Hinatsuru, but when Daki continued toward her original destination, Makio left Hinatsuru to treat her injuries and went after Daki.
• Tengen Uzui and Gyutaro waited on the street and traded remarks about Tengen's strength and the poison spreading through his body.
• Daki arrived beside Gyutaro as Tengen decided to test himself against the siblings first and keep track of how long he could endure the poison.

Gyutaro and Daki resolved to kill Tengen Uzui and rise to Upper Rank Five while Inosuke joined the injured Hashira. Tengen attacked the demons, then burst from a nearby house and struck at Daki with his First Form: Roar.

• Daki complained to Gyutaro about the Demon Slayers interfering, and he promised they would kill them and rise to Upper Rank Five.
• Inosuke caught up with Tengen Uzui, but Tengen told him that both demons’ heads had to be cut off at the same time and warned him not to fight them head-on.
• Makio led Inosuke away from the battle, and Inosuke told Tengen not to die before leaping toward the rooftop.
• Tengen attacked Gyutaro and Daki with explosive charges, using the resulting smoke and rubble to conceal his approach.
• Tengen burst out of a house beside Daki and attacked her with First Form: Roar.

Tengen Uzui battled Gyutaro and Daki, using bombs and a feint to decapitate Daki while taking a serious wound. As he moved to attack Gyutaro, the demon was caught off guard by a dirty trick.

• Gyutaro blocked Tengen Uzui's strike against Daki, but the explosion wounded her and sent her flying.
• Tengen Uzui fended off Gyutaro's Blood Scythes and Daki's sashes with Constant Resounding Slashes while Inosuke and Makio watched from a rooftop.
• Gyutaro retreated from Tengen Uzui's bombs and rushed to protect Daki, but Tengen used more explosions and blood blades to hide his approach.
• Daki's sashes struck Tengen Uzui as he slashed through them, and he severed her head again despite suffering a bloody wound.
• Tengen Uzui charged Gyutaro, who doubled over in pain after Tengen struck him between the legs.