Chapter Summaries

Nezuko, Teiichi, and Kanae played with Delia before the approaching storm sent them back to the village. Delia learned they would likely leave the next day, while her mother prepared a hot bath for her after she came home soaked by the rain.

• Nezuko and Delia caught a frog, and Teiichi teased them by claiming it was poisonous before Nezuko said she could neutralize poison.
• When thunder sounded, Delia asked Nezuko if she was leaving the next day, and Teiichi confirmed they probably would be.
• Nezuko released the frog, and Teiichi, Kanae, and Nezuko returned to the inn as torrential rain began.
• Kanae asked Nezuko what she might like to learn after becoming human again, suggesting medicine or the tea ceremony.
• Delia arrived home drenched, and her mother told her to change clothes while she prepared hot water for a bath.

Delia’s mother tried to keep the village chief from taking her daughter as an early offering to the demon, claiming Delia was at the inn with the two visitors. The villagers headed there to retrieve her, but Delia suddenly appeared behind them.

• Delia’s mother brought hot water to Delia, then began preparing food while Delia bathed.
• The village chief arrived and demanded Delia as an extra offering because it was raining, revealing the demon’s rule about rainy days.
• Delia’s mother claimed Delia was with the two visitors at the inn and denied telling them about the village’s secret.
• The village chief and the villagers decided to retrieve Delia from the inn, while Delia’s mother concealed her relief.
• Delia called out from behind them, asking her mother what she was doing because the food was about to burn.

The village chief took Delia to serve the Goddess of Harvest despite her mother's desperate resistance. As the villagers worried that two police officers would discover the sacrifice, one suggested killing them.

• Delia recognized the village chief and learned that he had come to take her for the Goddess of Harvest.
• Delia's mother blocked the doorway and pleaded with the chief, but he ordered villagers to restrain her.
• The village chief led Delia away, while her mother urged him to seek help from the two police officers investigating demons.
• The chief suspected Delia's mother was trying to get the officers involved and ordered two men to guard her.
• The villagers discussed how the officers might discover the sacrifice, and one asked whether they should kill them.

The village chief took Delia into the forest to offer her to the demon, while Teiichi followed to learn what was happening. The demon accepted Delia and agreed to a future offering, and the village chief asked it to kill the two police officers.

• The village chief decided to offer Delia to the demon and planned to have it kill Delia's mother and the police officers.
• Teiichi sensed that the village chief was taking Delia out of the village and left the inn to follow him, while Kanae went to comfort Delia's mother.
• Teiichi knocked out Kenta and Junichi when they tried to follow him, then continued after the village chief's group.
• The village chief presented Delia to the demon, which accepted her and ordered the next offering to be brought to a mountain west of the village.
• The village chief asked the demon to kill the two police officers, and the demon responded, "Police?"

Teiichi arrived at the village shrine and killed the Wood Demon, who had been worshipped as a goddess. He freed Delia from the villagers’ grasp, but Shinichi attacked him, leaving Teiichi demanding that the village chief release her.

• The village chief led the others away from the Wood Demon, but stopped when Teiichi appeared on the mountain path.
• The village chief identified Teiichi as a police officer, and the Wood Demon attacked him with vines.
• Teiichi severed the vines, pursued the fleeing Wood Demon, and killed her with his Nichirin Blade.
• Teiichi asked the village chief to let Delia go, but Shinichi charged at him in anger.
• Teiichi dodged Shinichi’s punch, tripped him, and pinned him down before again demanding that Delia be released.

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.