Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃)

This is awful.

What kind of battle do you have to wage to end up like this?

Found them!

Everyone! I need you to come!

They're here!

Is that right?

They defeated it?

An Upper Rank?

Master Kagaya...

For a hundred years...

For a hundred years, nothing had changed!

But now it has!

Do you see?

This is an omen!

Fate is about to take a dramatic turn!

The consequences will be widespread!

Sweeping up everything around them, shaking them to their core!

And eventually, they will reach that man!

Muzan Kibutsuji!

We will defeat you without fail during our generation!

You, the sole blemish on my family!

THREE

UPPER

The alternate dimension.

The Infinity Castle.

The fact that I was summoned here means...

that an Upper Rank was killed by the Demon Slayers!

KIMETSU NO YAIBA SWORDSMITH VILLAGE ARC

Well, well, if it isn't you, Lord Akaza!

So lovely to see you in such good health!

What has it been, 90 years?

GYOKKO UPPER FIVE

The thought that you might've perished made my heart sing—

It made my worried heart fill with anguish!

Terrifying! Terrifying!

In the time we've been apart, you've even forgotten how to count, Gyokko.

UPPER FOUR HANTENGU

It's been 113 years since we were last summoned.

An indivisible number...

Unlucky and uneven...

An odd number!

Terrifying! Terrifying!

Biwa Woman!

Is Lord Muzan not here?

He has not yet arrived.

Then, where's Upper One?

Don't tell me he's been killed.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Hold up a second, will you, Lord Akaza?

Aren't you even a little bit worried about me?

UPPER TWO

UPPER THREE

You don't know how dreadfully worried I was,

since you all are cherished comrades of mine!

THREE

TWO

And I'd be heartbroken if I lost any of my comrades.

Hyo!

Lord Doma!

UPPER TWO DOMA

Hey there!

Long time no see, Gyokko!

Is that a brand-new pot?

It's a beauty!

You know the pot you gave me?

I'm displaying a woman's head in it!

In my room.

That wasn't its intended use.

But I do find it intriguing!

Listen!

You should come over to my place sometime.

Get off.

Huh?

Get your hand off me!

Whoa!

Wow, that was some punch.

A bit stronger than before, would you say, Lord Akaza?

I summoned Upper One here first.

Even now he's listening to us.

I've been here the entire time.

UPPER ONE KOKUSHIBO

Lord Muzan has arrived.

Gyutaro is no longer with us.

Meaning the Upper Ranks are now incomplete.

Is that true, my lord?

You have my sincerest apologies!

Since I was the one who brought Gyutaro in.

How can I atone for this embarrassment?

Shall I...

gouge out my eyeballs?

Or should I—

I have no need for your wretched eyeballs.

I knew that Gyutaro would be defeated.

As expected, Daki proved to be his weakness.

NUMBER 133 EDITION

Had Gyutaro fought alone from the start, he would've won.

If the battle hadn't gone on after he'd poisoned them.

Oh well.

It doesn't matter anymore.

How worthless.

Can't you see you're falling in order of who has the most of their humanity remaining?

But neither does that matter anymore.

I expect nothing of you all.

There you go again with the melancholic words.

Has there ever been a time when I didn't meet your expectations?

You still haven't annihilated the Ubuyashiki Family.

What about the Blue Spider Lily?

Why can't you find it after so many hundreds of years?

I'm...

starting to question why you all even exist.

Oh! Please forgive us!

I beg of you!

I don't know what to tell you.

Ubuyashiki...

is a master at concealing himself.

Search and detection isn't my strong suit, either.

I'm at my wits' end.

Lord Muzan! Not me!

I've acquired some information that will bring you a step closer to your goals!

A mere moment ago—

The one thing I dislike is change.

Changes in circumstances.

Physical changes.

Emotional changes.

In most cases, change of any kind means degradation.

It's decay.

I prefer the unchanging.

A perfect unchanging state that lasts forever.

Ah!

To have Lord Muzan's hand on my head!

How sublime!

For the first time in 113 years, an Upper Rank has been killed...

and my frustration has reached a boiling point!

Don't ever give me unconfirmed information!

And wipe that smirk off of your face!

I'd advise you all to apply yourselves with more desperate urgency from now on.

I've been far too lenient considering your failures...

all because of your status as Upper Ranks.

Gyokko, once you've confirmed that information,

head over there with Hantengu.

Understood, my lord!

That's hardly fair! I'm the one who got the information in the first place!

How annoying is that!

But that's what makes it intriguing!

Huh?

Lord Gyokko!

What kind of information do you have?

I'd like to tag along.

No, that wouldn't be...

Can't you let me in on it? Please, I'm begging—

Did Lord Muzan give you any orders?

Get lost.

Akaza...

You always go too far.

UPPER ONE

It's all right, Lord Kokushibo.

I don't mind in the least.

It's not for your benefit that I speak.

Disrupting the hierarchy...

which, in turn, undermines subordination.

That's what dismays me.

Oh, is that right? I see.

Akaza...

If you're disgruntled,

you should battle for a replacement.

Well, well! If I may, Lord Kokushibo,

even if he were to challenge us, Lord Akaza could never defeat us.

And in my case, since I became a demon after Lord Akaza...

yet was promoted before him,

I'd be angry, too, if I were in his shoes.

Don't be so hard on him!

And besides, I didn't dodge that blow on purpose.

It's just a little harmless horseplay!

This is how you nurture friendship, you know.

Those of us on top shouldn't give our subordinates a hard time.

Don't you think—

Akaza!

UPPER ONE

Do you understand...

what it is...

I'm trying to say?

I understand.

I'm going to kill you...

if it's the last thing I do.

Is that right?

Then do your best.

Goodbye, Lord Kokushibo!

Goodbye!

It kind of feels like I got shut out of the conversation.

But that's just me overthinking it, right, Lord Akaza? Huh?

Lord Akaza!

Hey, I was talking to you.

Huh?

Please send Hantengu and myself to the same location!

Wait! Can you send me, too?

Hey!

Biwa Lady!

If you're interested, would you join me for...

I respectfully decline.

Huh.