Episode 39

Layered Memories (重なる記憶) is the 39th episode of the Kimetsu no Yaiba TV anime series, and the 13th episode of its second season.

Plot
Facing Daki alone, Tanjiro uses Hinokami Kagura: Raging Sun to slice her incoming obis. He charges towards her and evades her frontal attack with Fake Rainbow, before using Fire Wheel in an attempt to slice her neck. Daki sees the incoming attack and hits him away, sending him flying into the dirt. He narrowly dodges getting ripped to pieces by the attacking Upper Rank with Recovery Breathing, due to the fatigue using multiple Hinokami Kagura forms. She then sends blow after blow with her obis, forcing Tanjiro on the defensive.

Daki approaches Tanjiro, as he tries to regain composure and order his breathing again. Angrily calling him an "ugly piece of trash", she sends her obi sashes ripping across the district, again forcing Tanjiro to defend her slashes. Daki leaps into the air and another sash suddenly connects to her, to Tanjiro's surprise. From the cave, obi sashes escape out the hole made by Tengen's Sound Breathing and fly into the sky. They reattach themselves to Daki. Wondering if they're the sashes he had previously sliced off, he watches as she absorbs them into her body while he tries to compose his breathing. He swings at the demon but Daki vanishes instantly. Reappearing on the rooftops, she exclaims she was right that a Hashira has indeed arrived, as her hair turns white. She proclaims Muzan will now be proud of her. Tanjiro is shocked at her transformation, noting she has grown even more powerful, as well as wondering on Tengen and company's whereabouts.

Someone walks out onto the streets, asking about the loud racket and Tanjiro's sword. Tanjiro becomes nervous as civillians begin to notice the battle between him and Daki.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Daki
 * Tanjiro Kamado
 * Shinjuro Rengoku
 * Kyojuro Rengoku (Mentioned)
 * Senjuro Rengoku (Mentioned)
 * Ruka Rengoku (Mentioned)
 * Tanjuro Kamado (Mentioned)
 * Yoriichi Tsugikuni (Flashback)
 * Tengen Uzui
 * Makio
 * Suma
 * Zenitsu Agatsuma
 * Inosuke Hashibira
 * Hanako Kamado
 * Nezuko Kamado
 * Muzan Kibutsuji (Flashback)
 * Takeo Kamado