Chapter Summaries

Taro’s younger brother Jiro returned as a demon after Muichiro beheaded him, and the brothers planned to attack people in Kazami Town. Ginko found Jiro during a patrol and led Muichiro to confront him again.

• Jiro grew a second upper body from Taro’s waist and told him that a Demon Slayer had killed him, but insisted they could survive by staying apart.
• Jiro ordered Taro to enter town with him and assigned the girl and two other victims for the brothers to eat.
• White Feather and Ginko patrolled Kazami Town, and Ginko spotted the supposedly dead Lower Rank Six walking through the streets.
• Ginko summoned Muichiro and led him to Jiro, who recognized the Demon Slayer as he approached.

Muichiro Tokito confronted Jiro, who offered to trade information about how Muichiro had found him for a way to kill him. After Jiro explained his Blood Demon Art, Muichiro refused to honor the deal, while Teiichi learned that the slain Lower Rank Six had returned and then came face-to-face with another demon.

• Jiro proposed a deal: he would explain how to kill him if Muichiro Tokito explained how he had found him.
• Jiro described how his Shadow Flame could burn away the damage from a Nichirin Blade and make it appear that his head had been severed.
• Muichiro Tokito refused to reveal how he had found Jiro and prepared to capture him alive.
• White Feather told Teiichi that Muichiro had killed the same two-meter-tall Lower Rank Six the previous day, but the demon had returned.
• Teiichi considered whether the demon used clones and decided that more people would need to search the area.
• A demon marked Lower Rank Six raised his head beneath Teiichi's windowsill, and their eyes met.

Taro, a demon who entered Teiichi’s room, attacked him but was swiftly dismembered and pinned down. Under Teiichi’s interrogation, Taro identified his brother Jiro as the other demon in Kazami Town and began recounting their past.

• Taro climbed through the window, questioned Teiichi about who else had been in the room, and then attacked him with his Blood Demon Art.
• Teiichi cut off Taro’s limbs and pinned him to the floor by thrusting his Nichirin Blade through Taro’s throat.
• Teiichi forced Taro to answer questions, and Taro revealed that he and his younger brother Jiro were the two demons in Kazami Town.
• Taro explained that he and Jiro had been conjoined twins abandoned by their father and named by a traveling performers’ troupe that raised them as a way to make money.

Taro and Jiro recalled how years of rejection and abuse led them to accept Muzan Kibutsuji’s offer to become demons, then slaughter their troupe. Teiichi learned that Muichiro had encountered Jiro and sent White Feather to confirm it and lead the way, leaving Taro terrified that both brothers were facing Demon Slayers.

• Taro and Jiro remembered being mocked and abused by their troupe and by the audiences who saw them perform as conjoined brothers.
• After Taro touched a little girl, her mother and the troupe members turned on them, and the troupe leader warned them to stick to performing.
• Muzan Kibutsuji offered to separate the brothers, then turned them into demons after Jiro admitted they wanted to be separated.
• The brothers killed everyone in the troupe and continued living as demons.
• Teiichi asked whether both brothers had to be killed together and learned that Muichiro had encountered Jiro.
• Teiichi told White Feather to confirm the encounter and lead the way, and Taro realized that two Demon Slayers were involved.

Teiichi brought Taro to the battlefield, where Muichiro subdued Jiro, and the two Demon Slayers took the demon brothers with them. As Taro carried Jiro toward the outskirts, Jiro regained consciousness, killed Taro, and began devouring him while watching Teiichi and Muichiro.

• Teiichi brought Taro to Muichiro and Jiro, revealing that the brothers were both Lower Rank Six demons who could regenerate from one another.
• Teiichi sent Muichiro after Jiro and told him not to cut off Jiro's head; Muichiro eventually disabled him and carried him back.
• Teiichi ordered Taro to carry Jiro, and the brothers followed Teiichi and Muichiro out of town as Teiichi explained how to identify a demon's weakness.
• Jiro regained consciousness on Taro's back and urged him to run, but Taro said they could not escape Teiichi.
• Jiro struck Taro's head apart, sprawled over his body, and began devouring him while keeping watch on Teiichi and Muichiro.

After Lower Rank Six devoured Taro, he completed his transformation and became stronger, prompting Muichiro to fight him again while Teiichi watched. Muichiro survived Lower Rank Six’s enhanced attacks and chose to continue the duel, leaving the battle underway.

• Teiichi told Muichiro that the mission was beginning and ordered him to fight Lower Rank Six again.
• Jiro devoured Taro and transformed into a stronger Lower Rank Six.
• Muichiro attacked Lower Rank Six with Fourth Form: Shifting Flow Slash, but Lower Rank Six blocked his blows with his fists.
• Lower Rank Six trapped Muichiro’s ankle with a vine and struck with a blue-flamed fist, but Muichiro used Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash to deflect the attack and cut free.
• Muichiro told Teiichi he wanted to try again, and Teiichi allowed him to continue as long as he avoided trading injuries.
• Muichiro and Lower Rank Six charged at each other again, and Lower Rank Six accelerated his punch with flames erupting behind his elbow.

Muichiro fought Lower Rank Six, switching between Wind Breathing to suppress the demon’s flames and Mist Breathing to create an opening. He decapitated Lower Rank Six’s body but missed his neck, and prepared to strike again.

• Lower Rank Six’s accelerated, flame-wreathed attacks injured Muichiro while Teiichi watched without intervening.
• Muichiro used Wind Breathing to scatter Lower Rank Six’s flames and limit further burns, though the demon still had the advantage in strength and speed.
• Muichiro decided that his unfamiliar Wind Breathing could not secure victory and returned to Mist Breathing.
• Muichiro repeatedly used Sea of Clouds and Haze to draw out Lower Rank Six’s flames, then concealed himself in the mist with Obscuring Clouds.
• Muichiro slashed Lower Rank Six from behind, severing half his head, and drew back his blade for another strike.

Teiichi stopped Muichiro from killing Lower Rank Six because Muzan might learn of Teiichi’s presence and come after him. After sending Muichiro for treatment, Teiichi carried the demon to a mountain and tied him to a tree as dawn approached.

• Teiichi explained that Muzan could see through Lower Rank Six before his death and might come looking for him, so they would let the sun kill the demon instead.
• Teiichi ordered Ginko to take the injured Muichiro to a medical station, and Muichiro reluctantly obeyed.
• Teiichi carried Lower Rank Six away from town, cutting him down whenever he tried to attack.
• Teiichi bound Lower Rank Six to an east-facing tree on a mountain and sat before him as daylight began to break.

Muzan Kibutsuji saw Kato Teiichi’s taunting message in Lower Rank Six’s memories and flew into a rage. He summoned the Upper Ranks, ordered them to find Kato Teiichi, and sent them to search the mountain where the message had been left.

• Muzan Kibutsuji watched Lower Rank Six’s memories and heard Kato Teiichi mock him and promise to find him.
• Muzan’s fury caused him to shatter the room’s electric light, and he killed the woman who entered to check on him.
• Muzan summoned the Upper Ranks to the Infinity Castle, where Doma was crushed beneath a giant arm when he tried to speak.
• Muzan ordered the Upper Ranks to find Kato Teiichi and contact him immediately.
• Muzan told the Upper Ranks to search the mountain that night and kill Kato Teiichi if they found him.

After Muzan ordered the demons to search for a powerful Demon Slayer, Akaza suggested questioning a Hashira for information. At the Corps headquarters, Muichiro arrived for his first Hashira Meeting as the newly promoted Mist Hashira, carrying gifts from Teiichi.

• Doma teased Akaza about Teiichi, and Akaza warned him not to use Teiichi's name casually.
• Kokushibo explained that the Demon Slayer had likely killed the demon they were summoned to investigate at daybreak, and Akaza proposed asking a Hashira for information.
• A Kakushi guided Muichiro to the Hashira Meeting, where he joined the nine Hashira already gathered.
• Kanae and Shinobu asked Muichiro about Teiichi, and he said his master had stayed away because he was no longer a Hashira or Corps member.
• Muichiro gave Kanae and Shinobu wild eel and whitebait from Kochi Prefecture, and Kyojuro Rengoku asked if he was the newly promoted Mist Hashira.

At his first Hashira Meeting, twelve-year-old Muichiro Tokito was surprised by the other Hashira before they learned he was Teiichi’s disciple. After Muichiro returned to Teiichi on Shikoku Island, he admitted he had come last in the Hashira Battles, and Teiichi reassured him before Muichiro delivered sushi from Teiichi’s wife.

• Kyojuro Rengoku, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Obanai Iguro questioned Muichiro’s age, and Muichiro said he was twelve.
• Shinobu Kocho defended Muichiro, while Giyu Tomioka recognized him as Master Kato’s disciple and Kanae explained that Teiichi had taken him on after the previous Hashira Meeting.
• Tengen Uzui complained that Teiichi had taken a disciple without telling him, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki offered to introduce him to talented children in the future.
• Teiichi practiced his breathing atop a cliff at Cape Ashizuri, and Muichiro returned and said he would handle missions on Shikoku Island while training with him.
• Muichiro told Teiichi he had come last in the Hashira Battles, and Teiichi reassured him before Muichiro handed over sushi made by Teiichi’s wife.

Muichiro completed his apprenticeship with Teiichi, who sent him to train with Tengen Uzui. A year later, Teiichi demonstrated control over powerful winds during a typhoon, then encountered Tanjiro in Shimizu City.

• Muichiro endured Teiichi’s sparring and managed to withstand twelve strikes, meeting the condition to finish his apprenticeship.
• Muichiro asked to keep training with Teiichi, but Teiichi told him to train with Tengen Uzui instead.
• Tengen Uzui reluctantly agreed to take Muichiro on after learning Teiichi had sent him.
• A year later, Teiichi controlled winds strong enough to counter a super typhoon before limiting the wind to keep the rain off himself.
• Several days after the typhoon passed, Teiichi stopped Tanjiro in the crowded streets of Shimizu City.

Tanjiro shared a meal with Kato Teiichi, who warned him about a future train mission and the danger Nezuko faced as a demon. Tanjiro promised to contact Teiichi if he received the mission and resolved to prove Nezuko was good.

• Tanjiro thanked Kato Teiichi for the meal and learned Teiichi had seen him before on Mount Sagiri.
• Teiichi told Tanjiro to let him know if he was assigned a mission aboard a train, and Tanjiro agreed to send his Kasugai Crow.
• Nezuko climbed out of her box, nuzzled Teiichi, and rested her head on his lap while he petted her.
• Teiichi warned Tanjiro that many people would reject Nezuko simply because she was a demon, even if she had never eaten anyone.
• Tanjiro said he would prove Nezuko was good, and Teiichi told him to be careful.

Teiichi warned Tanjiro that most Demon Slayer Corps members would try to kill Nezuko, but encouraged him to seek headquarters' recognition at the next Hashira Meeting. After learning about the Corps ranks and Hashira, Tanjiro suddenly sensed something and leaped out the window.

• Tanjiro asked Teiichi how Corps members would react to Nezuko, and Teiichi said many would likely try to kill her.
• Teiichi told Tanjiro to say that headquarters had recognized Nezuko and explained that he was no longer a Corps member.
• Tanjiro proposed asking headquarters to recognize Nezuko, and Teiichi agreed that her supporters would likely win the decision.
• Tanjiro decided to raise the matter at the next Hashira Meeting, and Teiichi explained the meeting, the Corps ranks, and the Hashira.
• Tanjiro suddenly caught a scent, grabbed his sword, and leaped out the window.

Tanjiro chased a demon he detected before receiving a mission and struggled to land a hit until Teiichi kicked it away and revealed a possible weakness. With Teiichi's advice, Tanjiro struck the demon with a multi-hit attack and decapitated it.

• Tanjiro followed a demon's scent into an uninhabited area and attacked it with Water Breathing.
• The demon dodged Tanjiro's strikes and tried to escape by attacking Teiichi and Nezuko.
• Teiichi kicked the demon through a wall and into an abandoned house.
• Tanjiro pursued the wounded demon but still struggled to hit it until Teiichi suggested its Blood Demon Art relied on sensing.
• Tanjiro used Striking Tide to wound the demon, then decapitated it with Water Surface Slash.

After Tanjiro collected the demon’s blood, he asked Teiichi to guide his training. At the Uzui residence, Tengen met Inosuke, whom the Master had assigned as his Tsuguko, and discovered Inosuke’s unexpectedly feminine face when he removed the boar mask.

• Tanjiro collected blood from the demon’s corpse, and Teiichi spotted the hidden calico cat carrying the blood box.
• Tanjiro asked Teiichi to guide his training while he had no missions.
• Tengen Uzui met Inosuke and tried to explain that he was the Tsuguko the Master had assigned to him.
• Inosuke argued with Tengen about the Kasugai Crow, then challenged him to a fight and was quickly knocked out.
• Tengen carried Inosuke inside and announced he would train him to become a Hashira.
• Tengen removed Inosuke’s boar mask and was startled by his feminine face.

Inosuke woke at the Uzui residence, trained under Tengen Uzui, and set off on a mission after accidentally blasting a Kasugai Crow with gunpowder. Tanjiro left Shimizu City after receiving advice from Teiichi, including a reminder to notify him about any train mission.

• Inosuke woke up, met Makio, and challenged Tengen Uzui after learning Tengen had knocked him out.
• Inosuke learned that Tengen used gunpowder and began training with him, though he kept trying to fight his teacher.
• A Kasugai Crow announced a mission to investigate disappearances southeast of the Uzui residence, and Inosuke accidentally blasted it with gunpowder.
• Tanjiro thanked Teiichi for his instruction, and Teiichi told him to confirm that headquarters had approved Nezuko and to notify him about train missions.
• Tengen sent Inosuke to take the mission and told him to return after it, while Inosuke boasted and ran off.

Tanjiro Kamado encountered Zenitsu Agatsuma begging a girl to marry him and intervened when she rejected him. After learning Zenitsu was terrified of demon-slaying missions, Tanjiro promised to protect him if he could, and Zenitsu eagerly accepted his help.

• Tanjiro Kamado stopped his training run when he saw Zenitsu Agatsuma pleading with a girl to marry him, and a sparrow asked him to intervene.
• Tanjiro pulled Zenitsu away and reassured the girl, but Zenitsu accused him of stealing his chance to marry her.
• The girl slapped Zenitsu and revealed she was already engaged before storming off.
• Zenitsu blamed Tanjiro for ruining his marriage prospect and demanded that Tanjiro keep him safe until he married.
• Zenitsu explained that he had passed Final Selection despite being terrified of demons, and Tanjiro promised to protect him if danger arose.
• Zenitsu introduced himself and eagerly said he would be counting on Tanjiro.

Tanjiro shared his last rice ball with Zenitsu, then traveled with him toward a demon’s mountain lair. Meanwhile, Inosuke blasted open a room with gunpowder as two boys followed him, and the chapter left the escape route burning and full of smoke.

• Tanjiro gave Zenitsu his last rice ball, and Zenitsu shared half back with him.
• Tanjiro learned how Zenitsu became a Demon Slayer and told him that his sparrow complained about his behavior.
• Matsuemon Tennoji ordered Tanjiro and Zenitsu to hurry to their next mission site together.
• Tanjiro and Zenitsu climbed the mountain as Tanjiro sensed a demon nearby and Zenitsu heard a loud sound.
• Inosuke refused to focus on escaping and said he intended to kill the three demons.
• Inosuke used gunpowder pellets to blast holes through the room while the two boys stayed with him.

Inosuke blasted through Kyogai’s house, killing two demons as he fought his way toward the drum demon. Tanjiro and Zenitsu reached the burning house just after it collapsed and spotted Inosuke emerging from the smoke.

• Inosuke followed a demon through the shifting rooms and killed it with Beast Breathing, then continued demolishing the house with gunpowder.
• Inosuke fought a tall, fat demon, severed its arms and head, and sensed the other demons’ presences disappear.
• Kyogai realized he had to leave his hiding place before the house collapsed and the sunlight burned him.
• Tanjiro and Zenitsu arrived at the burning house, heard it creak, and watched it collapse.
• Tanjiro and Zenitsu saw Inosuke emerge from the dust with two Nichirin Blades and a boar’s head.