Tokitou and Kotetsu meet up with Kanamori, who has a new sword for the Hashira. He leads them to his work shed, but Tokitou stops him short: something’s amiss. Sure enough, that foreboding pot appears, and out of it spills Upper Moon Five Gyokko.
Meanwhile in the village center, Kanroji Mitsuri finally arrives to make her much-anticipated first appearance in battle. She’s immensely fast, nimble, and strong, and her pink sword is long and flexible like a whip or ribbon, enabling her to quickly carve through the attacking fish monsters.
Mitsuri not only earns style points for her beautiful “Love Breathing”, but also for maintaining a positive, upbeat attitude throughout the battle. She ends up rescuing the village chief Tecchin from the clutches of the fish monster boss, and the old man is in good enough shape to swoon over being held by a beautiful young lady.
Gyokko has a lot of tricks in his pots, including his “artwork”: a grotesque human sculpture composed of five other swordsmiths in their death throes. When he twists a blade, blood spills forth from their faces and limbs. It’s a terrifying display, and Tokitou is sick of it, so he attacks. But for his trouble he gets a face full of poison needles.
Tanjirou comes to in Nezuko’s arms. She woke up before him and is buying time by running, but once Hantengu levels the entire building, she grabs hold of Tanjirou’s sword with her bare hands and doesn’t let go until it’s set aflame by her burning blood and turns red.
Tanjirou’s head scar morphs into a flame pattern—the same one that was on the head of Tsugikuni Yoriichi—and the three Hantengu clones recognize Tsugikuni in Tanjirou’s stance. He puts everything he’s got—and feels the hands of everyone who has helped him get this far on his back—and delivers a Hinokami Kagura strike that takes the form of a fire dragon, beheading all three clones at once.
Tanjirou appears to be in luck, as the fourth clone has also been beheaded by Genya. However, Genya does not look well at all. in fact, he’s looking very demonic, not unlike Nezuko. Will Tanjirou’s next opponent be a fellow slayer? Will Tokitou be able to overcome the poison from Gyokko’s needles? Will we get to see more Mitsuri kicking ass? We’ll surely find out soon.
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