Ep. 6: Tanjiro tracks a liquid demon in town while Kazumi seeks his missing fiancée Satoko.
Tanjiro carries Nezuko in a box to a town where girls are disappearing. He meets Kazumi, whose fiancée Satoko vanished. Kazumi shows Tanjiro the last location, and Tanjiro tracks the demon’s scent. Kazumi recalls being beaten by Satoko’s parents, who suspected him. He realizes Tanjiro is a Demon Slayer. At night, a liquid demon abducts a girl by moving underground. Tanjiro stabs the ground, wounding the demon and rescuing the girl. The demon emerges, using Blood Demon Art to split into three beings with high regeneration. Tanjiro is overwhelmed. Nezuko exits her box to help. Urokodaki reveals the surviving demon is Kibutsuji Muzan, over a thousand years old. He is the progenitor of all demons and the one who attacked the Kamado household. He possesses the special blood needed to turn humans into demons and may know how to restore Nezuko to humanity.
Episodes
- Ep. 2 · Tanjiro meets Sakonji Urokodaki after surviving a demon encounter on Mt. Sagiri
- Ep. 3 · Tanjiro trains with Urokodaki and faces spiritual challenges from Sabito and Makomo before the Final Selection.
- Ep. 4 · Tanjiro departs for the Final Selection on Mt. Fujikasane with Urokodaki's guidance and protection.
- Ep. 5 · Tanjiro Survives Final Selection and Receives His First Demon Hunter Mission
- Ep. 6 · Tanjiro tracks a liquid demon in town while Kazumi seeks his missing fiancée Satoko.
- Ep. 7 · Tanjiro battles demons in a black swamp and encounters Kibutsuji in Tokyo
- Ep. 8 · Tanjiro meets Tamayo and Yushiro while Kibutsuji’s demons attack their location
- Ep. 9 · Tanjiro and Nezuko battle the demon duo Susamaru and Yahaba in a fierce confrontation.
- Ep. 10 · Tanjiro survives Yahaba while Nezuko defeats Susamaru with Tamayo's aid.