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Pulled ( () かれる Hikareru?) is the one hundred and fifty-third chapter of Koyoharu Gotoge's Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Summary[]

Tanjiro's plant-like presence

Akaza compares fighting Tanjiro to fighting a plant.

After being beheaded by Tanjiro, Akaza reflects on the moment; in the last few hundred years, he had never seen someone without Fighting Spirit; even a baby crying shows it is fighting to live. Tanjiro's Fighting Spirit had disappeared completely, like he was fighting a plant, an anomaly that should not exist and caused his Compass to not respond. Still, he pushes past the challenge of not sensing Tanjiro, knowing that in battle, it is vital to immediately understand and handle the unexpected.

Yet, he understood that Tanjiro had grasped something and surpassed his speed, attacking head-on to defeat hundreds of years of martial arts experience. His eyes bored no malice or Fighting Spirit and Akaza realizes he had perceived the "Domain of Supremacy", a Selfless State whose vague existence was something he knew but could never have attained.

Akaza puts his detached head back onto his body and attempts to heal, vowing to keep fighting and get stronger. Tanjiro realizes what he is trying to do and Giyu responds by hurling his broken sword at the demon's head, knocking it away from his body. Despite his head now separated, Akaza still attempts to will himself and continue getting stronger, but the head begins to disintegrate to ash, eventually leaving Giyu's sword where it lands. Tanjiro grows relieved as he sees he has won, but his body begin to tremble from reaching his limit.

Akaza performs Compass Needle without a head

Akaza uses Compass Needle despite his decapitation.

However, the two notices that Akaza's body has not faded yet. As they look on in anxious anticipation, the body performs Technique Development: Compass Needle and takes a fighting stance, the neck staunching its wound to stop the bleeding. The headless body attacks Tanjiro and attempt to chop off his neck, only barely missing when he dodges the blow. As it attempts to grow a new head, it kicks Tanjiro in the side and sends him crashing into a wall. In pain and shock, Tanjiro questions how he could behead Akaza but fail to kill him.

Giyu protecting Tanjiro

Despite his wounds, Giyu vows to Tanjiro from Akaza.

He initially believes he has a special condition, as with Gyutaro and Daki, but remember that he saw the severed head burn to ash; instead, Akaza is attempting to evolve even further, and like Muzan, he is trying to extend his weakness beyond his head. As he attempts to getting up, Tanjiro finally loses consciousness, having reached his body's limit. Watching from behind them and see him vulnerable, Giyu picks up his broken sword and uses Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide, but the headless body heals the slashes almost instantly.

Without his Mark, Giyu is quickly overwhelmed by Akaza's attacks and is brought down. The demon turns to Tanjiro with the intent to kill but the Hashira yells at the demon that he is still alive, and if he wants to get to Tanjiro, he must defeat him first. A voice rings in Akaza, telling him that indomitable wills won't ever break in any hardship, and that while "they" are not samurai who carry a sword, they carry swords in their heart and use their fists. Akaza disregards the voice as a nuisance and attempts to confront Giyu, but he is held back by a young woman, who tearfully tells him, "Hakuji, that's enough."

Characters in Order of Appearance[]

Events[]

  • Tanjiro Kamado and Giyu Tomioka vs Akaza.
  • Akaza realizes Tanjiro had attained the Selfless State he once hoped to achieve.
  • Akaza survives his decapitation and continues to fight the now exhausted Tanjiro and Giyu.
  • Akaza sees people from his past.

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