A Sudden Turn (
Summary[]
In the previous Hashira meeting, Sanemi draws attention to the problem of Kagaya being unguarded, believing that at least two Hashira need to be protecting him. He and the others ask Gyomei if something can be done to change this problem. Gyomei, having served Kagaya for the longest, since he was nineteen, only responds that he had been asking that same question for eight years, and Kagaya had always denied protection each time. He had insisted that the Hashira shouldn't be wasted on him, worrying them greatly. Shinobu adds that she had heard the Ubuyashikis had never had a bodyguard of any sort throughout their history.
Sanemi hurries through the forest, towards the Ubuyashiki mansion. As he catches sight of it, a massive explosion destroys the mountainside, to Sanemi's sheer horror. The explosion is noticed by the rest of the Hashira, horrifying them all; Tanjiro realizes the scent of blood and burning flesh is in the air. Muzan, caught directly in the center of the explosion, tries to regenerate while he curses Kagaya. In his final moments, with a smile of seemingly blissful unawareness, he has killed himself, his wife, and his two daughters present in an explosion. He knew he had laid a trap but could have never imagine one of this scale, as he thought to mix steel spikes as shrapnel to maximize its effectiveness and slow his healing as much as possible.
Despite the damaging blast, Muzan knows that Kagaya has something else planned, sensing that people and most likely the Hashira must be close by all across the mountain. He thinks back to the Oyakata's final moments; the young man had managed to hide all his anger and bloodlust without Muzan ever notices anything, something he begrudgingly commends him for. As Muzan tries to put his mind towards regenerating quicker, flesh seeds appear around him. They suddenly burst into giant black bramble branches. He realizes they must be someone's Blood Demon Art but is immobilized. However, the spikes don't harm him severely and Muzan believes he can simply absorb them to escape.
Emerging from out of nowhere, Tamayo appears and stabs her hand through Muzan's stomach. Muzan is angered at her sudden appearance and asks her reason. Tamayo mentions the flesh seeds belong to the man in Asakusa he turned into a demon. He realizes she must have hidden herself with another Blood Demon Art, using Yushiro's talisman. She tells Muzan the drug in her fist absorbed by him will turn demons back into humans. Muzan claims such an action is impossible but she states it became possible with someone's help.
Muzan curses her stubbornness and makes the claim that her hatred of him is unjust. He reminds her that she alone was responsible for the deaths of her family. She tearfully responds all she wanted was to survive her disease and see her children grow up. The Demon King mentions she had eaten other people after that and states she had fun doing so, viciously grabbing her head and stabbing her eye. Tamayo does not deny that she has killed and states that in order to atone for those deaths, she and Muzan will die together. She calls out to Gyomei, the first to arrive at the scene. With a single swing of his spiked flail, he decapitates Muzan.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Sanemi Shinazugawa
- Mitsuri Kanroji
- Giyu Tomioka
- Gyomei Himejima
- Obanai Iguro
- Shinobu Kocho
- Muichiro Tokito
- Tanjiro Kamado
- Muzan Kibutsuji
- Kagaya Ubuyashiki
- Amane Ubuyashiki
- Hinaki Ubuyashiki
- Nichika Ubuyashiki
- Tamayo
Events[]
- Kagaya kills himself in an explosion, along with his family, to stun Muzan.
- Tamayo attacks Muzan and injects him with a human-conversion drug.
- Gyomei arrives first to the scene and decapitates Muzan.