Against Corps Rules (
Summary[]
The girl from Final Selection leads the Kakushi.
After being treated and placed with the rest of the injured Demon Slayers, Zenitsu looks around to see masked figures quickly cleaning up the scene. He notices the girl leading them is from Final Selection, and she wears a similar hairpin to Shinobu. One man asks for where the wounded will go and she answers that they go to her place, the so-called Butterfly Mansion, before leaving to clear up any nearby demons to allow them to work in peace. The figures also find the tied up and unconscious Inosuke.
As Shinobu orders again for Giyu to move, he instead asks for why she said that everyone hates him, to Tanjiro and Shinobu's surprise. Shinobu slyly replies she was unaware he believed he was hated and apologizes for letting it slip, surprising Giyu and Tanjiro further at the unusual scene; she then tells the Demon Slayer he is guarding a demon and advises him to move away. Tanjiro states she is half-mistaken as the demon is in fact his younger sister, but Shinobu's response is offering to kill her with a gentle toxin, worrying him. Giyu speaks up and orders him to carry Nezuko and flee in spite of his wounds.
The girl stomps Tanjiro and Nezuko for escaping.
A grateful Tanjiro takes Nezuko in his arms, thanks the Hashira and runs away. Seeing this, Shinobu tells him that his actions are against the Corps' rules. Tanjiro grabs Nezuko's box as he runs through the forest, despite the immense pain his body is in. Nezuko soon wakes up as Tanjiro wonders if he will be forced to leave the Demon Slayer Corps as he knows they would not accept a Demon Slayer carrying a demon, let alone a sibling. Suddenly, the girl from earlier leaps from behind the trees and steps on his back, causing Tanjiro to fall and drop Nezuko; she raises her blade and tries to behead her but Tanjiro pulls her haori and causes her to miss. He calls for Nezuko to run away but is knocked unconscious by a swift kick to the head.
The girl pursues the fleeing demon but Nezuko shrinks down to make herself harder to hit; initially confused as to why she isn't fighting back, she sets aside her doubts and tries to kill her as she was taught. After restraining the Insect Hashira, Giyu is questioned on why he is acting against the rules by interfering with the slaying of a demon, Shinobu asking for him he explain himself. When she asks again, he replies it was because of something that happened two years ago, but she instead wonders if he is trying to bore her with a long-winded story to get back at her for saying he is hated by people, earning Giyu's ire.
Shinobu deploys a blade in her shoe and attempts to escape his hold, but a Kasugai crow interrupts with an announcement, with her only barely missing his face. The crow gives the message that Tanjiro and Nezuko are to be taken back to their headquarters; the girl chasing Nezuko hears the message and asks her for her identity. Tanjiro is soon found by the masked people, who notes his severe wounds; one of them feels guilty for having to tie him up. These agents are known as Kakushi; the clean up brigade of the Corps in the aftermath of a battle, as most members lack the skill in swordsmanship.
As Tanjiro lies on the ground in a garden, still tied up and unconscious, a voice repeatedly orders him to wake up before yelling at him to do so. He looks up to see a group of swordsman looking at him, with the voice telling Tanjiro he is now in the presence of the Hashira.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
Events[]
- Zenitsu and Inosuke are rescued as the battle sites are cleaned by the Kakushi
- Shinobu confronts Giyu for letting Tanjiro and Nezuko flee.
- The girl from Final Selection attacks Tanjiro and Nezuko.
- An order is sent to bring the Kamado siblings to the Corps' headquarters.
- Tanjiro meets the Hashira.