Kimetsu no Yaiba Episode 6 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Swordsman Accompanying a Demon

Tanjiro, newly a Demon Slayer, learns from Sakonji that Muzan Kibutsuji is the source of all demons, investigates the disappearances of girls in the northwest town with Kazumi, rescues a girl from a swamp-dwelling demon, and faces three demon clones who admit to devouring the missing girls, until Nezuko leaves her box and kicks one away.

• Mission start and equipment

  Tanjiro puts on his Corps uniform, hears Sakonji explain its special fibre, receives a new, lighter box for Nezuko, and heads to the northwest town.

• Sakonji's word on Muzan

  Before Tanjiro leaves, Sakonji tells him that only one demon's blood can turn humans into demons: the progenitor Muzan Kibutsuji, who became the first demon over a thousand years ago.

• Investigation with Kazumi

  Kazumi takes Tanjiro to the alley where Satoko vanished, and Tanjiro detects the faint scent of a demon there, sniffing around the town after sunset.

• Rescue from the swamp demon

  A girl is pulled into a swamp through her bedroom floor, and Tanjiro stabs the ground, grabs the girl, and recognizes a Blood Demon Art.

• Three demon clones

  Three clones of the demon appear; Tanjiro's Water Breathing attacks fail to hit weak spots, and the clones reveal they have devoured the missing girls, including Satoko, and that the rescued girl is now 16.

• Nezuko intervenes

  Tanjiro, enraged, is overwhelmed until Nezuko emerges from her box and kicks a clone away. She touches Kazumi and the girl, seeing her siblings in them, and, as Sakonji had led her to believe that all humans are her family, turns on the clones.

Recent Timeline

• Boulder slicing trial (Episode 3)

  After a year of training, Sakonji sets the condition that Tanjiro may enter Final Selection only if he slices a huge boulder. After six months of failed attempts, Sabito appears and defeats Tanjiro. In a final match, Tanjiro's swing ends the fight by slicing the boulder in half instead of Sabito's mask, completing his trial.

• Forest trials and the Hand Demon (Episode 4)

  On the first day of Final Selection, Tanjiro finds the Opening Thread and kills two demons arguing over who would eat him, using Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide in one slash. Later, the Hand Demon reveals it devoured thirteen of Sakonji's students, including Sabito and Makomo, and that it was imprisoned on Mount Fujikasane 47 years earlier. Tanjiro survives its attacks and decapitates it with First Form: Water Surface Slash, ending the threat in the forest.

• Hand Demon's end and Mizunoto rank (Episode 5)

  As the beheaded Hand Demon crumbles to ash, the souls of Sakonji's students, including Sabito and Makomo, are freed to pass into the afterlife. Four applicants survive the seven days and are given uniforms and the Mizunoto rank, the lowest of the ten Demon Slayer Corps ranks. Each receives a Kasugai Crow, except the blond boy, who is given a sparrow, and a sword ore selection follows.

• Nezuko's waking and Nichirin Sword (Episode 5)

  Tanjiro returns to Sakonji's hut at Mount Sagiri after failing to find a way to restore Nezuko to human form. Nezuko wakes and embraces him, and Sakonji hypothesizes that her long sleep is an alternative to devouring humans for recovery.

  Haganezuka delivers Tanjiro's Nichirin Sword, a Color Changing Sword that takes its color from the user. When Tanjiro unsheathes it, the blade turns black; Haganezuka, who had hoped for a bright red blade, is furious, while Sakonji assures Tanjiro that black blades are simply uncommon. The reason for the color remains unexplained.

• Satoko devoured by clone (Episode 6)

  The one-horned clone displays its collection of hairpins from past victims. Kazumi recognizes Satoko's hairpin and realizes she was devoured, confirming that the missing girls are dead.

Character Graph

Giyu Tomioka

Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer who finds Tanjiro and Nezuko, believes Nezuko is different and spares her. He sends Tanjiro to find Sakonji Urokodaki.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Mixed)

  Attacks Tanjiro at first, then spares him and sends him toward Urokodaki.

• Nezuko (Other, Mixed)

  Restrains Nezuko, then spares her after seeing she is different from other demons.

Nezuko

demon

Younger sister of Tanjiro, turned into a demon when her wounds were exposed to a demon's blood; she does not eat humans and recovers by sleeping. She travels by day in a box on Tanjiro's back, and in the northwest town she bursts out, kicks a clone away and protects Kazumi and the girl, guided by Sakonji's suggestion that all humans are her family.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Family, Affinity)

  Older brother, whom she protects even after her transformation.

• Giyu Tomioka (Other, Mixed)

  Demon Slayer who restrains her and then spares her after seeing she is different.

Saburo

Elderly neighbour who has lost his family to demons. He warns Tanjiro not to enter the mountain at night and explains to him what demons are like.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Affinity)

  Elderly neighbour who shelters Tanjiro for the night and explains the danger of demons to him.

Makomo

A girl with a dreamy manner who taught Tanjiro Total Concentration Breathing and corrected his form. She was in fact one of Sakonji's students, killed by the Hand Demon in Final Selection, and her soul departs once the demon dies.

• Sakonji Urokodaki (Guardian, Affinity)

  Was orphaned and raised by Sakonji and loves him dearly.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Mentor, Affinity)

  Teaches Tanjiro breathing and form and promises to look after him.

Sabito (Fox-masked swordsman)

A fox-masked young swordsman who trained Tanjiro until he cut the boulder. He was in fact one of Sakonji's students, killed by the Hand Demon in Final Selection, and his soul departs once the demon dies.

• Sakonji Urokodaki (Guardian, Affinity)

  Was orphaned and raised by Sakonji and loves him dearly.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Mixed)

  Trains Tanjiro through sparring and knocks him unconscious, while also helping him improve.

Tanjiro Kamado

Eldest son of the Kamado family and a new Demon Slayer, determined to turn his demon sister Nezuko back into a human. On his first mission in the northwest town, he investigates the missing girls with Kazumi and fights the swamp demon's three clones.

• Nezuko (Family, Affinity)

  Younger sister. Transformed into a demon, and Tanjiro refuses to abandon her.

• Giyu Tomioka (Other, Mixed)

  Demon Slayer who first attacks Tanjiro and Nezuko, then spares Nezuko and sends Tanjiro to Sakonji Urokodaki.

• Saburo (Other, Affinity)

  Elderly neighbour who shelters Tanjiro for the night and explains the danger of demons.

• Sabito (Other, Mixed)

  The fox-masked swordsman who trained him until he cut the boulder; he turns out to be one of Sakonji's students killed by the Hand Demon.

• Makomo (Mentor, Affinity)

  Makomo corrects his form and teaches him breathing.

Sakonji Urokodaki (Sakonji)

Demon Slayer

A trainer of Demon Slayers at the foot of Mount Sagiri and Tanjiro's teacher, who lost students including Sabito and Makomo to the Hand Demon. Before Tanjiro's first mission he gives him a new box for Nezuko and tells him that only Muzan Kibutsuji's blood can turn humans into demons.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Mentor, Affinity)

  His student, whom he took in at Giyu's request; he sent him to Final Selection hoping he would come back alive.

• Sabito (Mentor, Affinity)

  Former student who was killed in Final Selection.

• Makomo (Mentor, Affinity)

  Former student who was killed in Final Selection.

Haganezuka

Swordsmith

Swordsmith who forged the Nichirin Sword for Tanjiro; focuses on materials and swords rather than on the person receiving them.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Neutral)

  Forged Tanjiro's sword; ignores Tanjiro's introduction and reacts with frustration when the blade turns black.

Kazumi

A young man from the northwest town whose fiancée Satoko vanished in the night. Doubted and blamed by others, he joins Tanjiro's investigation and learns from her hairpin that she was devoured.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Affinity)

  Shows Tanjiro the alley where Satoko vanished and joins his investigation, surprised that Tanjiro believes him.

Swamp Demon

demon

A demon whose Blood Demon Art turns floors into swamps to drag away young girls. It splits into three horned clones and keeps the hairpins of the girls it has devoured, including Satoko's.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Hostility)

  Fights Tanjiro with three clones after he snatches back the girl it was dragging into its swamp.

World Memo

• Demons can enter houses

  Demons can enter human houses, which is why Demon Slayers are present to protect people.

• Sunlight harms transformed demon

  A transformed demon must not be exposed to sunlight.

• Demon physical prowess

  Demons have great physical strength and powerful regeneration.

• Only sunlight or special sword

  Demons can be killed only by sunlight or by a special sword.

• Demon Slayers protect people

  Demon Slayers exist to protect people, and their job is to kill demons. Humans fight demons despite slower regeneration and higher mortality, continuing to protect others.

• Final Selection requirement

  Becoming a Demon Slayer requires attending the Final Selection held on Mount Fujikasane. The trainer alone decides whether a student may enter.

• Demon power scales with victims eaten

  Demons eat humans to gain strength, as humans eat food; a demon's power is proportional to the number of victims it has devoured. Sakonji tells Tanjiro that once his sense of smell sharpens, he will be able to tell that number.

• Blood Demon Art spells

  Some kinds of demons possess spells called Blood Demon Art, which grant them supernatural abilities.

• Nichirin sword ore source

  Scarlet Crimson Iron Sand and Scarlet Crimson Ore absorb sunlight and are found on a mountain bathed in sunlight all day long.

• Color changing Nichirin swords

  Nichirin swords are also known as Color Changing Swords and change color according to their user.

• Demon Slayer uniform fibre

  The Demon Slayer uniform is made of a special fibre that is waterproof, flame retardant, and strong enough to repel the claws and teeth of a weak demon.

• Transformation by demon blood

  A human whose wounds are exposed to a demon's blood turns into a demon; Giyu claims this cannot be undone, though demons might know a way. Only one demon's blood can turn a human into a demon: the progenitor Muzan Kibutsuji, who became the first demon over a thousand years ago.

Clue Board

• Second scent at the house (Episode 1)

  Tanjiro recalls that another scent was present at the house during the murders and suspects it belongs to the true culprit, not Nezuko.

• Nezuko's restraint (Episode 1)

  Nezuko spends energy healing her wounds and fighting while resisting the urge to kill Tanjiro for food, and Giyu notices she is different from other demons.

• Identity of the watching children (Episode 5)

  Makomo had said other children like her and Sabito were always watching Tanjiro. Sakonji calls the two 'those dead children', and the Hand Demon boasts of killing thirteen of his students: they were his students who died in Final Selection, and their souls depart once the Hand Demon dies.

• Hand Demon imprisoned 47 years (Episode 5)

  The Hand Demon says Sakonji imprisoned it on Mount Fujikasane 47 years ago, though an applicant doubted any demon there was that old. As it dies, it recalls being caught by Sakonji while eating corpses and regrets devouring its own brother after becoming a demon.

• Possible reversal of transformation (Episode 5)

  Giyu says a transformation is irreversible, yet also suggests demons may know how to reverse it, though he doubts they would help. When Tanjiro asks the demons on Mount Fujikasane how to make Nezuko human again, they only attack him, so the question stays open.

• Black blade color (Episode 5)

  Tanjiro's Nichirin Sword turns black, against the smith's expectation of red for a sun-bright user; Sakonji dismisses it as uncommon, and the reason stays unexplained.

• Cause of transformation (Episode 6)

  Giyu explains that Nezuko's exposed wounds came into contact with the demon's blood, which caused her change into a demon. Sakonji later says only the progenitor demon, Muzan Kibutsuji, who first became a demon over a thousand years ago, has blood capable of turning someone into a demon.

• Nezuko sensing siblings in victims (Episode 6)

  Nezuko touches the heads of Kazumi and the rescued girl and seems to see her siblings Takeo and Hanako within them, before charging the clones.

Deduction Board

Facts

• Four survivors seen

  Tanjiro sees only four Final Selection applicants survive the seven days, and the applicant he saved is not among them

• Three clones

  Three clones of one demon attack Tanjiro and Kazumi, identified by their two-horned, one-horned and three-horned forms.

• Shared scent

  All three clones have the same smell, and demons do not usually group together.

Evidence

• Nezuko embraces Tanjiro

  Nezuko walks outside, runs to Tanjiro, and pulls him into a hug after her long sleep

• Tanjiro did not see the applicant

  Tanjiro laments not seeing the applicant he had saved and believes that applicant died because he was unconscious

• Attacks weakened

  Tanjiro's Water Breathing attacks failed to hit their weak spots and caused only minor damage, and the demons retreated into their swamp.

Inferences

• Different from ordinary demons

  The swordsman judged that she was different and chose to spare her rather than kill her.

• Not a Blood Demon Art

  Sakonji does not believe Nezuko's long sleep is an example of a Blood Demon Art

• Applicant may be the fifth survivor

  A man is told five applicants survived, which exceeds the four Tanjiro saw, so the applicant he saved may have survived

Suspicions

• Sleep replaces devouring humans

  Sakonji hypothesizes that Nezuko's long sleep is the alternative to devouring human flesh in order to recover

• Applicant survived unseen

  Tanjiro's belief that the applicant died is unconfirmed, and the applicant may have survived and been counted separately

• Single source

  The three clones may all come from one demon, given their identical smell.

Battle Record

Tanjiro and Nezuko face three clones of a swamp demon in a northwest town alley while protecting Kazumi and a rescued girl; the fight is unresolved at episode end.

Temple demon fight

Forest temple at night · Episode 2

Location: Forest temple on the way to Mount Sagiri

Trigger: A demon eating corpses in a forest temple attacks Tanjiro on the way to Mount Sagiri

Sides

• Tanjiro's side — Fighters: Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko
• Demon — Demon: Temple demon

Outcome: Nezuko kicks the demon's head off and Tanjiro throws its body off a cliff; Tanjiro cannot bring himself to crush the head, and the demon burns to ash at sunrise.

Aftermath

• Tanjiro buries the demon's victims at the temple
• Sakonji Urokodaki, who watched Tanjiro hesitate, introduces himself and asks what he will do if Nezuko devours someone

Final Selection forest fight

The Hand Demon on Mount Fujikasane · Episodes 4–5

Location: Final Selection forest, Mount Fujikasane

Trigger: Final Selection trial; the Hand Demon, imprisoned in the forest by Sakonji 47 years ago, devours applicants

Sides

• Demon Slayer applicants — Fighters: Tanjiro Kamado
• Demons — Demon: Hand Demon

Outcome: The Hand Demon is beheaded by Tanjiro's Water Surface Slash and crumbles to ash.

Aftermath

• Tanjiro learns the demon was imprisoned by Sakonji 47 years ago and had devoured thirteen of Sakonji's students, including Sabito and Makomo.
• Tanjiro holds the dying demon's hand in pity, and the souls of Sakonji's students depart into the afterlife.

Alley fight against the demon clones

Northwest town, night · Episode 6– (Ongoing)

Location: Alley in the northwest town

Trigger: Demon clones abducting girls in the town while Tanjiro investigates

Forces

• Demon Slayer side — Demon Slayer: Tanjiro Kamado / Demon ally: Nezuko
• Demon side — Demon clones: Two-horned clone, One-horned clone, Three-horned clone

Outcome: Not yet decided at the end of the episode

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–6

After his family is slain and his sister Nezuko is turned into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado trains under Sakonji Urokodaki on Mount Sagiri, passes Final Selection by beheading the Hand Demon that had killed Sakonji's students Sabito and Makomo, and becomes a Demon Slayer. Nezuko wakes from her long sleep, and Tanjiro receives a black Nichirin Sword.

Before he leaves, Sakonji tells him that only Muzan Kibutsuji, who became the first demon over a thousand years ago, can turn humans into demons. On his first mission in a northwest town where girls are vanishing, Tanjiro investigates with Kazumi, whose fiancée Satoko disappeared, and pulls a girl out of a swamp-like floor created by a demon's Blood Demon Art. Three clones of the demon reveal they have devoured the missing girls, Satoko among them. When Tanjiro is overwhelmed, Nezuko bursts from her box, kicks a clone away and, following Sakonji's suggestion that all humans are her family, protects Kazumi and the girl.

Music Releases

• Gurenge (OP)
• from the edge (ED)