Recaps

Tengen Uzui nearly beheaded Gyutaro, but poison suddenly weakened him and allowed Gyutaro to escape. Facing the recovered siblings while badly poisoned, Tengen called for Kato to come out.

• Tengen Uzui pressed his Nichirin Blade against Gyutaro, who stopped it by biting down on the blade.
• Tengen’s blade cut Gyutaro’s mouth and reached his jaw, but a sudden palpitation made Tengen’s grip loosen.
• Gyutaro escaped the blade and counterattacked, forcing Tengen to retreat and spit blood.
• Tengen realized the poison had reached the vessels around his heart and thought he needed a doctor.
• Gyutaro and Daki recovered and challenged Tengen, who called out for Kato.

Teiichi stayed back with Nezuko so Tengen Uzui would face Gyutaro and Daki without expecting rescue and push himself to his limits. As the poison spread through Tengen Uzui’s body, he stopped calling for Teiichi and prepared to risk his life in the fight.

• Gyutaro and Daki recognized Teiichi’s threat and waited anxiously for him to appear.
• Teiichi told Nezuko he was letting Tengen Uzui keep fighting so he could experience a true life-or-death battle.
• Tengen Uzui repeatedly called for Teiichi, then wondered whether Teiichi trusted him to defeat Upper Rank Six alone.
• Tengen Uzui realized the poison had begun reaching the vessels around his heart but chose to stay and fight.
• Gyutaro accused Tengen Uzui of messing with him, and Tengen Uzui gripped his Nichirin Blades and prepared to put his life on the line.

Tengen Uzui struggled against the poison-weakened odds and used repeated gunpowder explosions to deceive Gyutaro and Daki. As Gyutaro focused on the dust and attacked into it, Tengen emerged from the side and struck for Gyutaro’s neck.

• Tengen found that he could no longer overpower Gyutaro and retreated to catch his breath.
• Tengen threw gunpowder bombs into the street again, prompting Gyutaro to move beside Daki and promise to protect her.
• Tengen repeatedly detonated more bombs while Gyutaro held his position and sent Blood Demon Art blades into the dust.
• Tengen broke through a wall at Gyutaro’s side and swung his golden broadsword at Gyutaro’s neck.

Tengen Uzui survived Gyutaro’s blood-blade attack by using Daki as a shield, but was badly wounded. As Inosuke took his blades and walked toward Upper Rank Six, Tengen watched him go.

• Tengen Uzui beheaded Gyutaro, then tried to kill Daki before Gyutaro’s blood blades erupted.
• A pink sash cut off Daki’s head before Tengen’s third strike could reach her.
• Tengen used Daki and his Nichirin Blades to shield himself from the blood blades, but the attack broke his blades and badly wounded him.
• Inosuke and Makio reached Tengen, and Makio began treating his wounds.
• Tengen told Inosuke to take Makio and run, but Inosuke drew his own blades and called Tengen “Master Uzui” before heading toward Upper Rank Six.

Inosuke fought Gyutaro to keep him away from the wounded Tengen Uzui and the others, refusing to accept their plan to sacrifice themselves. Gyutaro recognized Inosuke’s attachment to his companions and attacked him with both Blood Scythes.

• Gyutaro and Daki believed the battle was over as Inosuke approached them, but Inosuke resolved to protect the people who had treated him well.
• Gyutaro walked past Inosuke toward the others, and Inosuke attacked to stop him while blocking Daki’s sash attacks.
• Makio left Tengen Uzui to hold Daki off, while Tengen rested and called the situation hopeless.
• Gyutaro wounded Inosuke with a swift strike, but Inosuke stood back up and insisted he would not let Gyutaro pass.
• Gyutaro realized Inosuke considered the others family and attacked him relentlessly with both Blood Scythes.

Tanjiro fought Gyutaro with one hand while Inosuke was badly wounded, and Tengen Uzui took Inosuke’s swords to rejoin the battle. Gyutaro overwhelmed Tanjiro and sent him flying, but then noticed a figure approaching with two swords.

• Gyutaro drove Inosuke back, but Tanjiro attacked with Hinokami Kagura and forced him to turn away from finishing Inosuke.
• Suma carried the wounded Inosuke to Tengen Uzui, who asked for his swords because his own blades were broken.
• Tengen persuaded Inosuke to surrender his Nichirin Blades, saying he had to die before his student; Inosuke let go and sobbed that he was still too weak.
• Tanjiro continued attacking Gyutaro one-handed as Daki revealed that Makio and Hinatsuru were alive but being kept as reserve food.
• Gyutaro attacked Tanjiro at full strength, knocked his sword from his hand, and sent him flying before spotting a figure approaching with two swords.

Tengen Uzui fought Gyutaro and Daki while poisoned and badly injured, using his remaining gunpowder to keep them at bay. After completing his Musical Score, he began matching Gyutaro’s attacks more effectively, but Gyutaro suddenly swung his Blood Scythe at a different target.

• Gyutaro and Tengen Uzui traded insults before resuming their fierce fight.
• Daki sent her sashes into the battle, and Tengen used his dwindling gunpowder to disrupt the demons’ attacks.
• Tengen announced that his Musical Score was complete and charged Gyutaro with Inosuke’s Nichirin Blades.
• Tengen’s attacks began targeting openings Gyutaro struggled to defend, while his gunpowder continued to hinder Daki’s sashes.
• Gyutaro grew uncomfortable with the fight and swung his Blood Scythe away from Tengen.

Tengen Uzui, poisoned and gravely wounded, recalled Teiichi’s explanation of how his Musical Score related to the Transparent World and briefly awakened that ability before Gyutaro and Daki struck him down. As Daki moved to kill him, Suma stood alone to protect him and the others.

• Tengen Uzui fought off Gyutaro and Daki’s blood blades but exhausted his explosives and suffered severe injuries as the poison spread.
• As Gyutaro and Daki approached, Tengen Uzui recalled Teiichi explaining that his Musical Score was a simplified version of the Transparent World.
• Tengen Uzui briefly awakened the Transparent World and drew enough strength to raise his twin blades again, but Gyutaro and Daki knocked him down.
• Daki prepared to finish Tengen Uzui, but Suma stepped in front of him with a kunai and refused to move aside.
• Daki sent her sashes toward Tengen Uzui, and fierce wind blades swept across the street.

Teiichi arrived at the battlefield with Nezuko and stopped Daki and Gyutaro from escaping, intending to capture them alive so they could report that Nezuko could stand in sunlight to Muzan. He broke Gyutaro’s Blood Scythes, but withdrew his blade as Gyutaro attacked, leaving Gyutaro confident he could kill him.

• Teiichi arrived with Nezuko, who ran to check on Tanjiro, while he reassured Tengen Uzui that the group was safe from being killed.
• Teiichi used Wind Blades to hinder Daki and Gyutaro’s escape, then sent Suma to gather the injured and locate Zenitsu.
• Teiichi decided to knock out Daki and Gyutaro rather than kill them, so they could report Nezuko’s sunlight resistance to Muzan.
• Gyutaro charged Teiichi, and Teiichi’s vibrating Nichirin Blade shattered Gyutaro’s Blood Scythes.
• Teiichi withdrew his blade, and Gyutaro seized the opening and slashed at him, expecting to kill him.

Teiichi defeated Gyutaro and restrained Daki, then returned to the wounded Tengen Uzui. Tengen claimed he was dying from poison and began entrusting his three wives to Teiichi.

• Teiichi pummeled Gyutaro unconscious while his Wind Blades repeatedly cut down Daki whenever she tried to regenerate.
• Teiichi ordered Daki and Gyutaro to stay put, then went to check on the wounded Tengen Uzui and the others.
• Tengen told Teiichi he had mastered the Transparent World and would grow much stronger after recovering.
• Tengen claimed the poison would kill him, and Suma tearfully threw herself into his arms.
• Teiichi asked for Tengen's last words, and Tengen began asking him to look after his three wives.

Teiichi had Nezuko cure Tengen Uzui, then explained that he planned to lure Muzan out by revealing Nezuko had conquered sunlight. Daki contacted Muzan for help, but he abandoned her and Gyutaro, leaving their fate in Teiichi’s hands.

• Teiichi called Nezuko over, and she used her pink flames to cure Tengen Uzui’s poison.
• Teiichi knocked Gyutaro unconscious again and told Tengen Uzui he planned to pass news of Nezuko’s resistance to sunlight to Muzan.
• Daki contacted Muzan, hoping he would arrange for Nakime to rescue her and Gyutaro.
• Muzan refused to save Daki, saying Teiichi was too fast to stop and that Nakime was the only subordinate who mattered to him.
• Muzan resumed his experiment and wondered why he had not yet heard news of Daki’s death.

After the battle, Teiichi and the others moved the injured away from the approaching police and collected blood from Daki and Gyutaro. At dawn, Daki and Gyutaro began swelling, and Teiichi launched them into the air just before they exploded.

• Tengen Uzui reassured Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma that they had helped during the battle, while Teiichi urged him to rest.
• Teiichi sensed that the police were approaching, so the group relocated to the outskirts and collected blood from Daki and Gyutaro using Suma's flasks.
• The injured rested through the night as Teiichi kept watch, and Daki remained afraid as dawn approached.
• Teiichi noticed Daki and Gyutaro swelling and, unable to think of another way to protect the others, kicked them into the air.
• Daki and Gyutaro exploded above the group.

After Daki and Gyutaro died in the explosion, Teiichi returned to the Butterfly Mansion with the wounded and gave Kanae their blood for research. Days later, Kanae, Shinobu, and Tengen left for the Hashira Meeting while Teiichi stayed behind to train Corps members.

• Teiichi concluded that Muzan had killed Daki and the others, then led the group back to the Butterfly Mansion.
• Kanae and Shinobu treated Tengen Uzui, Inosuke, Tanjiro, and Zenitsu, while Teiichi ate with Suma and the others.
• Kanae told Teiichi about the wounded and eagerly accepted the canteens containing Daki and Gyutaro's blood.
• Teiichi persuaded Kanae to postpone research so she, Shinobu, and Tamayo could rest.
• Several days later, Teiichi stayed at the Butterfly Mansion to train Corps members as Kanae, Shinobu, and Tengen departed for the Hashira Meeting.

While recovering at the Butterfly Mansion, Zenitsu discussed training with Tanjiro and Inosuke and realized he had stayed conscious during his latest fight because he had stopped seeing himself as helpless before demons. He resisted joining their training, but expected he would be made to train once his injuries allowed it.

• Zenitsu called his comfortable recovery at the Butterfly Mansion a dream, while Tanjiro agreed that the nearly empty ward felt unusual.
• Inosuke returned exhausted from training and said he wanted to grow stronger; Tanjiro resolved to train with him once his injuries improved.
• Zenitsu warned Tanjiro not to train before his injuries healed, but Inosuke said Mr. Kato would tailor their training to their condition.
• Inosuke asked why Zenitsu did not want to get stronger, and Zenitsu admitted that training was exhausting.
• Tanjiro pointed out that Zenitsu remembered his latest fight, and Zenitsu explained that he had stayed awake because he had seen himself clearly and was no longer afraid of demons.
• Zenitsu objected when Tanjiro invited him to train, but he expected he would have to do it once his turn came.

At the Butterfly Mansion, Teiichi considered how to inform Muzan that Nezuko had conquered sunlight after his plan involving Daki failed. He decided that Doma might be the easiest Upper Rank to locate, but ended the chapter wondering whether another potential demon would ever become one.

• Teiichi reviewed ways to get news of Nezuko to Muzan and ruled out a direct encounter and newspaper notices as impractical or dangerous.
• Teiichi considered passing the news through a demon’s memories, but Muzan had made Daki explode before she could relay it.
• Teiichi listed the surviving Upper Ranks Kokushibo, Akaza, and Doma and weighed what he knew about their whereabouts.
• Teiichi concluded that Doma, whom Kanae had encountered near Mine City and who led a religion, seemed the easiest to search for.
• Teiichi remembered Nakime and another possible Upper Rank, a senior fellow disciple of Zenitsu, and wondered whether that person would become a demon.

Teiichi considered how to draw Muzan out and fed Pufferfish while recalling rumors about the Hashira and their favorite animals. At Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, Tengen Uzui recounted the difficulty of fighting Upper Rank Six and revealed that Kato had defeated two Upper Ranks with his fists.

• Teiichi decided that, as a last resort, he could discreetly publish photographs of Nezuko to attract Muzan, and planned to tell Kagaya Ubuyashiki so the Corps could search for Kokushibo and the others.
• Teiichi fed Pufferfish and thought about rumors concerning the Hashira, including their animal companions and preferences.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa and the other Hashira questioned Tengen Uzui about his injuries after fighting Upper Rank Six.
• Tengen Uzui explained that the demons had to be beheaded simultaneously and said he had brought Kato along as insurance.
• Tengen Uzui revealed that Kato had taken down two Upper Ranks with his fists alone.

Teiichi told Kanae he planned to visit the Swordsmith Village to replace his damaged Nichirin Blade, then meet Kagaya Ubuyashiki to discuss Muzan Kibutsuji. Kanae supported his trip, and Teiichi planned for Kanon to oversee the Corps members’ regular training while he was away.

• Kanae returned from the Hashira meeting and told Teiichi that Tengen Uzui had risen to first place while she fell to third, and Sanemi Shinazugawa nearly pushed her to fourth.
• Teiichi said he would leave in a few days, and Kanae worried he was going away to train and travel again.
• Teiichi showed Kanae the cracks in his Nichirin Blade and explained that his Sixth Form damaged it too quickly for battles against Muzan Kibutsuji and Akaza.
• Teiichi said he would visit the Swordsmith Village to get a new heavy sword, while Kanon led the Corps members’ usual training in his absence.
• Kanae asked whether Teiichi had contacted the Master, and he said he planned to visit Kagaya Ubuyashiki in person to discuss Muzan Kibutsuji.

Teiichi visited Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who discussed their shared willingness to make difficult sacrifices to protect others and keep the Demon Slayer Corps going. Kagaya left Teiichi with the admission that he had been happy when Teiichi left the Corps, because he had found someone like himself.

• Teiichi visited Kagaya Ubuyashiki at the Corps Headquarters and made tea for him.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki described Teiichi as gentle toward the people he accepted, and Teiichi admitted he would make the same morally difficult choice again.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki explained that keeping the Demon Slayer Corps alive required sacrifices, including sending members on missions where they might die to hold demons in place.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki coughed badly, and Teiichi moved his tea closer so he could drink.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki said he had been happy when Teiichi left the Corps because he had finally met someone like himself.

Teiichi told Kagaya Ubuyashiki he planned to inform Muzan that Nezuko had conquered sunlight, and they agreed to investigate the remaining Upper Ranks while allowing time for the demon-to-human drug research. Teiichi then traveled to the Swordsmith Village and headed inside to find its chief.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki questioned whether they should delay telling Muzan about Nezuko until Kanae and the others finished researching a demon-to-human drug.
• Teiichi and Kagaya Ubuyashiki agreed that finding an Upper Rank would be more reliable than waiting for a Lower Rank, and Teiichi shared clues about Kokushibo, Akaza, and Doma.
• Teiichi asked Kagaya Ubuyashiki to arrange investigations into the Upper Ranks and said he also intended to visit the Swordsmith Village.
• Teiichi arrived at the remote Swordsmith Village, where a Kakushi member directed him to the village chief's house.

Teiichi arrived at the Swordsmith Village to have a new Nichirin Blade made and met the village chief, Tecchin Tecchikawahara. The chief learned Teiichi’s former sword had been forged by Tetsumoto Homura, while Okahira came in complaining that someone had frightened Kotetsu by pretending to be a demon.

• Teiichi walked through the village and pretended to be a demon, scaring a boy named Kotetsu into running for help.
• Teiichi met the village chief, Tecchin Tecchikawahara, who introduced himself and jokingly told Teiichi to kowtow.
• Teiichi introduced himself as Kato Teiichi and explained that he needed a new Nichirin Blade because his previous one had broken in battle.
• Teiichi told Tecchin that Tetsumoto Homura had forged his former sword, prompting Tecchin and the man behind him to discuss Homura’s skill.
• Okahira entered and said he had been chasing Kotetsu, who was shouting that a demon had entered the village.

Teiichi visited the Swordsmith Village chief and asked to have Tetsumoto Homura forge his new blade. Tokichi led him to the village workshops and pointed out a nearby hot spring for him to use while he waited.

• Okahira and the village chief discussed Kotetsu’s mistaken search for a demon before returning to Teiichi’s request for a new blade.
• Teiichi told the chief he wanted Homura to forge his blade again, and the chief sent Tokichi to guide him to Homura.
• Tokichi explained that Homura spent his days studying blade forging at the workshops and often forgot to eat unless someone called him.
• Tokichi showed Teiichi a path to the hot spring and praised its many supposed benefits as they continued toward the workshops.
• Tokichi led Teiichi through the busy workshop district and explained that smiths could forge elsewhere if they carried their own supplies.

Teiichi asked Tetsumoto Homura to forge him a new Nichirin Blade, but Homura refused because Teiichi had broken the blade he made. After seeing Teiichi overpower the workshop door, Homura agreed to forge a replacement if Teiichi defeated Kotetsu’s mechanical doll using swordsmanship alone.

• Tokichi brought Teiichi to Tetsumoto Homura’s workshop and explained that Teiichi needed a new Nichirin Blade.
• Tetsumoto Homura refused to forge for Teiichi because he had broken the blade Homura made, despite Tokichi’s protests.
• Teiichi stopped Homura from closing the door, and Homura could not move it against Teiichi’s strength.
• Tetsumoto Homura challenged Teiichi to defeat Kotetsu’s mechanical doll through swordsmanship alone in exchange for a new blade.
• Teiichi accepted the challenge, while Tokichi warned that the doll was extraordinarily strong.

Teiichi stayed in the Swordsmith Village while searching for Kotetsu so he could challenge the puppet and earn a new Nichirin Blade. After learning why Homura refused to forge replacement blades for some Demon Slayers, Teiichi set out alone to find Kotetsu, using Wind Field to search the forest.

• Tokichi and Teiichi searched the forest for Kotetsu but failed to find him before dark, so Tokichi led Teiichi to a quiet house on the mountainside.
• The village chief apologized and explained that Homura had stopped forging replacement blades after a swordsman repeatedly destroyed the blades Homura made and insulted his work.
• The village chief told Teiichi that the swordsman later died on a mission, then left Teiichi to spend the night at the house.
• The next day, Teiichi declined Tokichi's offer to search together and went into the forest alone to look for Kotetsu.
• Teiichi activated Wind Field, sending a gentle breeze through the forest as he searched.

Teiichi persuaded Kotetsu to let him train against the family’s mechanical doll, Yoriichi Type Zero, and carried it into the woods. As Kotetsu worried about the doll’s durability, Teiichi said he might be just a tiny bit stronger than a Hashira.

• Kotetsu tried and failed to catch fish in a stream until Teiichi startled him and approached.
• Teiichi convinced Kotetsu to let him fight Yoriichi Type Zero by promising Kotetsu the chance to see him get beaten.
• At Kotetsu’s quiet family workshop, Kotetsu explained that his parents had died and worried that his lack of forging talent would end his family’s trade.
• Kotetsu showed Teiichi Yoriichi Type Zero, and they carried the doll into the woods.
• Teiichi asked whether the doll could withstand a beating, then claimed he was a tiny bit stronger than a Hashira.

Teiichi tested Yoriichi Type Zero’s swordsmanship and power by fighting the combat puppet in the woods. After discovering that its strength and speed had reached their limit, he wondered how it could understand commands and adapt in battle.

• Kotetsu activated Yoriichi Type Zero and challenged Teiichi to fight it.
• Teiichi and Yoriichi Type Zero exchanged rapid sword strikes as Teiichi recognized similarities and differences between its forms and the Sun Breathing forms Tanjiro had used.
• Teiichi matched the puppet’s strength and speed to avoid damaging it, then increased his own abilities as Yoriichi Type Zero grew stronger and faster.
• Teiichi realized the puppet’s movement was powered by its winding and the gears driven by collisions, and that its components had reached their limits.
• Teiichi judged Yoriichi Type Zero to be as strong as a Hashira and wondered how it could understand commands, seek enemies, and adapt in combat.