Chapter 125

Dawn Approaches (るけ) is the one hundred and twenty-fifth chapter of Koyoharu Gotoge's Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Summary
The chapter begins with Nezuko and Tanjiro ducking as Genya angrily rips out a tree from the roots and throws it at Hantengu. Despite ripping out numerous trees, each one fails to accurately hit Hantengu, Nezuko then emerges and attempts to quickly swipe at Hantengu, but he evades her and quickly speeds off.

Thinking of what to do, Tanjiro recalls a conversation he had with Zenitsu regarding Total Concentration. He circulates air throughout the fibers in his muscles and the blood in his veins and is able to quickly blast towards Hantengu in an instant. As Tanjiro tries to behead him, Hantengu rhetorically asks him if Tanjiro feels bad for him and then suddenly grows in size and chokes Tanjiro while Genya and Nezuko rush in and try to help Tanjiro, Genya tries to pull Tanjiro free while Nezuko leaps into the air and uses her Blood Demon Art, Genya manages to rip Hantengu's arms off but panics about getting burned as he ate demon flesh. Hantengu, Nezuko, and Tanjiro fall over a cliff. While Nezuko lays motionless next to him, Hantengu, armless with Tanjiro's sword stuck in his neck, gets up, stating that his regeneration is slowing down because he's used up too much power and needs to consume more human flesh, which he senses nearby. Tanjiro, who has fallen on a branch along the ledge above him, exclaims he will not allow Hantengu to escape and he will chase him "down to the depths of hell." While going towards some nearby villagers, Hantengu comments that Nezuko was the worst nuisance of the three. Tanjiro falls off of the branch, and begins to give chase, thinking to use the technique he used previously to quickly blast towards and initially catch up to Hantengu. As he is running towards Hantengu, the sword Hotaru Haganezuka had been sharpening was thrown and suddenly landed in front of him while Muichiro Tokito yells from the ledge to use the sword, all while Hotaru screams his objections about the sword still being unfinished and Kozo Kanamori attempting to hold him back. Tanjiro thanks Tokito, grabs the sword, and activates Sun Breathing enveloping the sword in flames, and beheads Hantengu using the move Waltz Flash to catch up and decapitate him.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Hantengu
 * Mitsuri Kanroji
 * Tanjiro Kamado
 * Genya Shinazugawa
 * Nezuko Kamado
 * Zenitsu Agatsuma (flashback)
 * Muichiro Tokito
 * Hotaru Haganezuka
 * Kozo Kanamori
 * Kotetsu

Events

 * Tanjiro uses Hinokami Kagura: Dancing Flash to behead Hantengu's resentment clone.

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