Chapter 8

Big Brother (ちゃん) is the eighth chapter of Koyoharu Gotōge's Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Summary
Picking up from the last chapter, Tanjirou leaps up into the air and begins his assault on the Hand demon. Right before he is able to swing his katana, the demon has a sense of nostalgia at the familiarity of this scene and even believes that he is fighting Urokodaki.

Tanjirou swings his katana and is able to successfully penetrate and slice the demon's neck. In his final moments, the demon curses Tanjirou for defeating him and for looking upon him as something unclean and with a look of disgust, he has flashbacks of his past and how he became a demon after killing and eating his brother. Overcome with emotion, Tanjirou approaches the demon and holds his hand praying for him to not become a demon when he is reborn in his next life.

Seven days have passed since Tanjirou defeated the demon and the Final Selection has come to an end. He arrives back to the entrance and is congratulated by the same mysterious twins who welcomed him at the beginning of the selection. He is accompanied by only 3 out of the 20 initial participants and notices that the boy he tried to save was not present.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Hand Demon
 * Kamado Tanjirou
 * Urokodaki Sakonji
 * Sabito
 * Makomo
 * Agatsuma Zenitsu
 * Tsuyuri Kanao
 * Shinazugawa Genya
 * Ubuyashiki Kagaya

Events

 * Tanjirou defeats the Hand Demon and survives the Final Selection