Chapter 45

Joint Trial of the Demon Hunter Pillars is the forty-fifth chapter of Koyoharu Gotōge's Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Summary
The chapter begins with Tanjirou waking up confused on the ground before the PIllars. Shinobu is the first to speak, and informs Tanjirou that he has arrived at the Demon Slayer Headquarters and is being put on trial.

The scene cuts to inform the viewer with more background information regarding the Pillars. They consist of nine members of the highest ranked swordsmen within the Demon Slayer Corps and have mastered different forms of breathing techniques that general demon hunters have not.

The scene returns back to the main storyline introducing each pillar and their perspectives of the trial. The Flame Pillar is introduced to be a ambitious boy by the name of Rengoku Kyoujirou, who comments that a trial would not be necessary and that since Tanjirou violated the conduct, the only option would be to decapitate Nezuko. The next swordsman introduced is the Sound Pillar, a tall muscular man with a unique accent around his eye, who goes by the name Uzui Tengen.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Kamado Tanjirou
 * Uzui Tengen
 * Kanroji Mitsuri
 * Kyoujurou Rengoku
 * Muichirou Tokitou
 * Himejima Gyoumei
 * Kochou Shinobu
 * Shinazugawa Sanemi
 * Tomioka Giyuu
 * Obanai Iguro
 * Kamado Nezuko
 * Kagaya Ubuyashiki