Recaps

Teiichi rescued Delia from Kuroishi Village, promised the villagers support, and set out with Kanae and Nezuko for their next mission. On the road, Inosuke caught up with them and insisted on joining the hunt for the World Purification Cult’s demon.

• Teiichi reassured Delia, carried her away from the village, and promised Shinichi and the village chief that he would arrange support and have the sacrificed children buried.
• The next day, Teiichi told Kanae that the police would handle the villagers, and Kanae suggested asking the Master to relocate Delia’s family.
• Kanae explained that Demon Slayer Corps members had linked missing people to the World Purification Cult, the group’s next target.
• Inosuke caught up with Teiichi, Kanae, and Nezuko, complained that he had missed the previous demon, and demanded another chance to fight one.
• Inosuke refused Teiichi’s offer to spar and asked to join the group, declaring that he would handle the next demon.

Hase and Uchida decided to enter a demon’s compound after waiting more than a month for support, despite orders not to investigate on their own. As they watched followers arrive, they discussed their families and wills, and Hase ended by wondering whether Uchida had been turned into a demon.

• Hase confronted Uchida and said he would kill the demon that night because it had eaten more people while they waited for help.
• Uchida joined Hase, and the two headed through the mountain woods toward the compound where they believed the demon lived.
• Hase and Uchida watched followers enter the compound and planned to sneak inside after they had all arrived.
• Uchida mentioned that he had written a will, and Hase said he had no family left to write one for.
• Uchida tried to reassure Hase by saying that having no family was not entirely bad, prompting Hase to ask whether Uchida had become a demon.

Hase and Uchida infiltrated the courtyard of a religious gathering, planning to wait until the believers left so they could rescue the person left behind and kill the demon. As they searched from the roof, a figure in a dark room noticed a faint noise overhead while the founder addressed the gathered believers.

• Uchida clarified to Hase that he had meant no one would grieve for them if they died because they had no families.
• After the courtyard gate closed, Hase and Uchida climbed over the wall and entered the grounds.
• Hase and Uchida decided to locate the gathering from the roof to avoid being seen.
• A cross-legged figure in a dark room heard clicking above and looked toward the roof.
• The dark blue-black-haired founder acknowledged a believer's report while glancing toward a certain direction.

Hase and Uchida waited on a roof for a demon, then realized all thirty-eight people who had entered had left, meaning no one had been taken. A demon attacked them, mortally wounding Uchida, and Hase watched him die as the demon stood nearby.

• Hase joined Uchida on the roof, and they confirmed there were people in the room below.
• After the people left, Uchida told Hase that all thirty-eight had returned and no one was missing.
• A demon appeared behind them and attacked, striking Uchida with its claws and sending him off the roof.
• Hase drew his Nichirin Blade and saw Uchida lying in a trail of blood.
• Uchida warned Hase to be careful, then died, leaving Hase speechless.

Hase fought and killed the demon who had killed Uchida, then heard footsteps behind him and discovered a second demon with the same face. The chapter left Hase facing the apparent twin as it lunged at him.

• Hase blamed himself for Uchida's death and charged the demon with Flame Breathing.
• Hase exchanged blows with the demon, then struck it with Blooming Flame Undulation and cut off its head with Blazing Universe.
• Hase went to Uchida's body and apologized, grieving his death.
• Hase heard footsteps behind him, turned around, and saw another demon with the same face as the one he had killed.
• The second demon lunged at Hase, who wondered whether the demons were twins.

Hase fought the demon after his left hand was badly wounded, but blood loss and a devastating counterattack left him unable to rise. As the demon prepared to kill him, a shout of “Beast Breathing!” interrupted the moment.

• Hase sacrificed his left hand to block the demon’s claws, leaving it badly wounded and bleeding heavily.
• Hase struggled to defend himself with his right hand as blood loss weakened him.
• Hase charged the demon with Flame Breathing’s Fifth Form: Flame Tiger, but the demon struck him down and wounded his chest.
• The demon offered to spare Hase if he begged for mercy, but Hase spat in its face instead.
• As the demon raised its foot to kill Hase, someone shouted, “Beast Breathing!”

Teiichi and Kanae arrived to help Hase after the demon killed Uchida, while Inosuke fought the demon. Inosuke beheaded it, but Teiichi noticed its severed hand had no blood and its body vanished unusually quickly.

• Inosuke interrupted the demon as it was about to finish Hase, and Teiichi reassured Hase that the demon was not a Lower Rank.
• Teiichi taught Hase to focus on his chest wound and control its bleeding, while Kanae arrived and began bandaging him.
• Kanae confirmed that the motionless swordsman in the distance had died, and Hase recognized her as the Hashira who had once operated on his thigh.
• Inosuke overwhelmed the demon, severed its hand, and noticed no blood came from the wound.
• Inosuke used Beast Breathing, Third Fang: Devour to behead the demon, and Teiichi saw its body and head vanish unusually quickly.

Teiichi and Inosuke discovered that the demon they had fought was one of several identical copies, while Kanae deduced that its Blood Demon Art created clones. Teiichi revealed that he had located the real demon inside the house below as Inosuke continued fighting a copy.

• Inosuke assumed the battle was over, but Teiichi pointed out another identical demon climbing onto the roof.
• Hase told Inosuke that he had already killed a demon with the same appearance, and he mistook the three demons for triplets.
• Inosuke charged the new demon and fought it with his Nichirin Blades while Teiichi watched.
• Kanae guessed that the demon's Blood Demon Art involved clones, and Teiichi confirmed her suspicion.
• Teiichi told Kanae that his Wind Field had found the real demon inside the house downstairs.

Teiichi considered the limits of his Wind Field while Inosuke fought a Clone Demon and defeated it. As Inosuke prepared to leave, another demon climbed onto the rooftop, leaving Hase astonished.

• Teiichi reasoned that demons underground, underwater, or concealed among humans could evade his Wind Field, and thought Tanjiro's nose might be needed to find them.
• Inosuke fought the Clone Demon and imagined becoming stronger, while Nezuko guessed what he was thinking.
• The Clone Demon taunted Inosuke about there being thousands more, and Inosuke struggled to name a number larger than a thousand or ten thousand.
• Inosuke intensified his attacks, cornered the Clone Demon, and beheaded it with Beast Breathing, Second Fang: Slice.
• As Inosuke prepared to leave, another demon climbed onto the rooftop, and Hase exclaimed that there were quadruplets.

Inosuke cut down the first clone and faced four more, while Teiichi watched and wondered when he would recognize the Blood Demon Art. One clone tried to recruit Inosuke by promising strength and a boar’s head, but Inosuke’s final question about defeating Muzan Kibutsuji left it speechless.

• Inosuke used Beast Breathing’s Third Fang: Devour to behead the first clone and waited as four more appeared.
• Hase mistook the clones for multiple births, and Teiichi chose not to explain the Blood Demon Art to Inosuke.
• A clone invited Inosuke to become a demon and promised him greater strength and the boar’s head he wanted.
• Inosuke considered the offer, then asked whether becoming a demon would let him defeat Muzan Kibutsuji, causing the clone’s smile to stiffen.

Inosuke fought four clone demons at once, delighting in their attacks while Teiichi assured Hase that the demons could not defeat him. Inosuke unleashed Beast Breathing, Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting, and the four demons collapsed onto the rooftop.

• The clone demon said Muzan was the strongest being in the world, and Inosuke declared that he would become the strongest.
• Inosuke charged the four clone demons and fought them alone while Hase watched anxiously and Teiichi told him not to worry.
• Inosuke dodged the demons’ attacks, smashed through the roof with a powerful strike, and leaped back onto the rooftop to keep fighting.
• Inosuke escaped the demons’ encirclement with spinning leaps, then used Beast Breathing, Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting.
• The four clone demons collapsed onto the rooftop after Inosuke’s attack.

Inosuke used his Beast Breathing to defeat several demon doubles and locate the real demon, then warned Hase just before it burst through the roof. Teiichi pulled Hase to safety and stomped the demon away, leaving Hase to realize his superior had anticipated its attack.

• Hase mistook four demon doubles for multiple-born humans, and Inosuke scolded him for failing to recognize a Blood Demon Art.
• Inosuke cut down the doubles with Beast Breathing, Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting, then used Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness to search the nearby houses.
• Inosuke sensed the real demon running toward Hase and shouted a warning.
• Teiichi pulled Hase aside as the demon burst through the roof where Hase had been lying.
• Teiichi stomped the demon and sent it flying across the roof, and Hase realized his superior had known where it would appear.

Teiichi’s kick badly injured the Clone Demon, but Inosuke let the demon recover so he could fight its main body. The demon created four clones and fled with them, and Teiichi pointed Inosuke toward the real one as the chapter ended with Inosuke beheading it.

• Teiichi kicked the Clone Demon through the roof and checked that Hase was unharmed.
• Inosuke waited for the Clone Demon to recover, then attacked when it refused to get up.
• The Clone Demon created four clones, surrounding Inosuke with five figures as Teiichi watched.
• The Clone Demon and its clones fled in different directions, and Inosuke lost track of the main body.
• Teiichi pointed out the Clone Demon's direction, and Inosuke chased it and cut off its head.

Teiichi exposed the Clone Demon's ability to switch places with his clones, and Inosuke killed the demon after Teiichi immobilized it. Later, Sanemi Shinazugawa and Giyu Tomioka prepared to approach the Eternal Paradise Cult's temple, where Doma was believed to be, and Giyu criticized Sanemi's temperament training.

• Teiichi noticed that the fleeing figures had not vanished with the severed head and realized the demon could swap places with his clones.
• Teiichi pierced the heads of four fleeing figures with roof tiles, leaving the real Clone Demon temporarily immobilized.
• Teiichi explained the demon's Blood Demon Art to Inosuke, who then cut off the demon's head and killed it.
• Teiichi examined the fallen Corps member and gently closed the dead member's eyes.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa and Giyu Tomioka stopped at the foot of the mountain and discussed approaching the Eternal Paradise Cult's temple with Kato.
• Giyu reminded Sanemi that the Master had ordered them to go with Kato, then told him his training with Himejima had fallen short.

Sanemi and Giyu investigated a temple after hearing that Doma might be there, despite disagreeing about how to approach the mission. They confirmed that the cult’s leader matched Doma’s appearance and learned he was at the temple, then ordered a cult member to take them to his room.

• Sanemi nearly drew his sword on Giyu, but Sorai announced that Kato and Kocho were on their way, and Giyu agreed to head toward the temple after asking how soon they would arrive.
• Sanemi and Giyu reached the temple and argued over how to investigate before sneaking inside.
• Sanemi threatened a bald cult member with his Nichirin Blade and demanded information about the cult’s leader.
• The cult member described a white-haired leader with rainbow-colored eyes, and Sanemi and Giyu recognized the description as Doma.
• The cult member said Doma was at the temple to receive a follower, and Sanemi ordered him to lead them to Doma’s room.

Giyu and Sanemi followed a bald cultist through the temple to Doma’s room, planning to catch him off guard. After knocking the cultist unconscious, they coordinated an entry, and Sanemi rushed through the opened door to attack.

• Giyu told the bald cultist to identify Doma’s room from a distance so they could avoid drawing attention.
• The bald cultist led Giyu and Sanemi to a corridor and pointed out the room where Doma was meeting a believer.
• Giyu knocked the bald cultist unconscious and quietly lowered him to the floor.
• Giyu and Sanemi listened at the silent room, then agreed that Giyu would open the sliding door while Sanemi charged in first.
• Giyu opened the door, and Sanemi rushed inside while beginning Wind Breathing, Seventh Form.

Sanemi and Giyu found the cult leader Doma gone from the room, though Giyu discovered the cushion was still warm. Meanwhile, Doma appeared before Kotetsu in the Swordsmith Village woods and claimed to be a demon, but Kotetsu laughed and dismissed him as a liar.

• Sanemi and Giyu searched the empty room and found no sign of Doma.
• Sanemi brought the bald cultist back and accused him of lying, but Giyu confirmed that the cultist had told the truth.
• Giyu noticed the cushion was still warm, suggesting Doma had left shortly before they arrived.
• Kotetsu complained about being sent away while Tetsumoto finished polishing a sword, then laughed to himself on his way home.
• Doma approached Kotetsu in the woods, called himself a demon, and was dismissed by Kotetsu as a liar.

Doma let Kotetsu mistake him for a Demon Slayer and decided to experience the Swordsmith Village’s hospitality before killing its residents. As Kotetsu escorted him toward the guesthouse, he asked Doma about his rank, leaving Doma unsure what ranks Demon Slayers had.

• Kotetsu mistook Doma for a Demon Slayer visiting to have a sword forged, and Doma agreed to the misunderstanding.
• Kotetsu offered to take Doma to the guesthouse and explained that the village’s visiting Demon Slayers had separate lodgings.
• Doma followed Kotetsu up the mountain and studied the village homes and swordsmith workshops below, planning to kill the Demon Slayers and residents after his visit.
• Kotetsu asked Doma what rank he held, and Doma realized he knew little about the Demon Slayer Corps’ ranks beyond the Hashira.

Doma disguised himself as a Hashira while Kotetsu led him toward the guesthouse, where two Hashira were staying. After learning that Kato Teiichi had already left, Doma relaxed, while Kotetsu decided to help the two men make up when Kato returned.

• Doma told Kotetsu he was a Hashira and learned that two Hashira were still at the guesthouse.
• Doma asked Kotetsu to summon the Hashira without revealing his name so he could surprise them.
• Kotetsu named the Hashira who had visited, including Kato Teiichi, and Doma froze at the name.
• Kotetsu told Doma that Kato had already left on a mission, and Doma sighed with relief.
• Kotetsu mistook Doma's fear of Kato for a past disagreement and promised to help them make up when Kato returned.

Doma arrived at the Swordsmith Village guesthouse, ate dinner, and waited for Kotetsu to bring Mitsuri and the others to meet him. Mitsuri and Tengen reached the dining room, where Doma greeted them with a cheerful “Konnichiwa.”

• Kotetsu brought Doma to the guesthouse and asked Yamashita to serve him dinner.
• Doma ate the meal Yamashita prepared while waiting for Kotetsu to fetch Mitsuri and the others.
• Kotetsu led Mitsuri and Tengen to the dining room without revealing who they were going to meet.
• Mitsuri entered first, saw Doma, and froze in disbelief.
• Doma waved to the arriving group and greeted them with “Konnichiwa.”

Giyu and Sanemi searched the Eternal Paradise Cult for Doma but found only his display cabinet of preserved human heads. Giyu reasoned that Doma had left to do something rather than flee, so they waited in the room where he received followers as footsteps approached.

• Giyu questioned the bald cultist and made him lead Sanemi and Giyu to Doma's room.
• Sanemi and Giyu found Doma's display cabinet filled with preserved human heads, including one displayed in a vase.
• The bald cultist led Sanemi and Giyu around the temple, but they found no trace of Doma.
• Giyu told Sanemi that Doma had likely gone to do something and would return, so they waited in the reception room.
• Footsteps sounded outside the room as Sanemi and Giyu waited.

Teiichi reunited with Giyu, Sanemi, Kanae, and Nezuko at Doma’s temple, where they confirmed Doma was missing and considered where he might have gone. Teiichi decided they should wait for Doma to return, then discovered a concealed door opening onto a view of mountains beneath dark clouds.

• Giyu and Sanemi attacked Teiichi when he opened the door, mistaking him for Doma, but Teiichi stopped their blades.
• Sanemi told Teiichi that a follower had confirmed the temple belonged to Doma’s cult.
• Giyu explained that Doma had been at the temple earlier but had disappeared, and Teiichi confirmed with his Wind Field that he was not there.
• Teiichi considered whether Doma had left or been summoned through the Infinity Castle, and worried that he might have been sent to the Swordsmith Village.
• Teiichi told the group to wait for Doma to return, then found and opened a door concealed in the wall.

Doma attacked Mitsuri, Tengen Uzui, and Kotetsu in the Swordsmith Village while they were unarmed, destroying the guesthouse with a giant ice arm. Tengen stayed behind to hold Doma off as Mitsuri took Kotetsu to warn the villagers to evacuate.

• Mitsuri recognized Doma at the dining table, and Tengen Uzui pulled her and Kotetsu away before they could confront him without their Nichirin Blades.
• Doma opened his folding fan and created a giant ice-sculpted arm that burst through the corridor ceiling and pursued them.
• Tengen Uzui and Mitsuri escaped through a window as the ice arm struck the ground and began demolishing the guesthouse.
• Mitsuri realized their Nichirin Blades and Uncle Yamashita were still inside, but Tengen said they could not fight Doma bare-handed.
• Tengen Uzui handed Kotetsu to Mitsuri and ordered her to evacuate the villagers while he held Doma off.

Mitsuri ran down the mountain with Kotetsu to get Nichirin Blades while Tengen Uzui stayed behind to hold off Doma. After sending Rei to warn the village and summon help, Mitsuri continued toward the swords, leaving Uzui alone against the Upper Rank demon.

• Tengen Uzui ordered Mitsuri to flee with Kotetsu, bring back two Nichirin Blades, and leave him to hold off Doma; Mitsuri ran downhill after promising to return.
• Kotetsu blamed himself for leading Doma to the mountain, but Mitsuri reassured him that he had helped protect the village.
• Mitsuri's Kasugai Crow, Rei, arrived, and Mitsuri sent it to report Doma's attack, warn the villagers to evacuate, and ask Corps members to bring two swords.
• Mitsuri decided to keep running downhill rather than return to Uzui without weapons, hoping to get the Nichirin Blades back to him sooner.
• Kotetsu asked whether a Kasugai Crow could carry the swords, and Mitsuri explained that they were too heavy before confirming Doma was an Upper Rank.

Mitsuri reassured Kotetsu that Teiichi could defeat Doma, though she did not know where Teiichi was. Tengen Uzui stalled Doma without his Nichirin Blades while Yamamoto and Sato began preparing to evacuate the Swordsmith Village after a Kasugai Crow confirmed the attack.

• Mitsuri told Kotetsu that Teiichi could defeat Doma but explained that Teiichi was away on a mission and his location was unknown.
• Doma emerged from the destroyed guesthouse and confronted Tengen Uzui, who stayed behind to buy time for help and the Nichirin Blades to arrive.
• Doma attacked Tengen with a giant ice-sculpted arm, and Tengen dodged its blows by crouching beneath a sweeping strike.
• Yamamoto ordered Sato to gather the Demon Slayer Corps members and evacuate the villagers from the Swordsmith Village.
• A Kasugai Crow announced that Upper Rank Three, Doma, was attacking the village and urged an immediate evacuation.