Demon Slayer Manga Chapter 136

Some doors only open when you knock for days. Tanjiro visits Giyu’s stage in Demon Slayer Chapter 136 and finds the Water Hashira still refusing to train anyone. Tanjiro simply will not leave, following him, talking to him, even challenging him to a soba eating contest, until the quiet man’s walls finally crack.

Giyu confesses the truth: his friend Sabito died saving everyone at their Final Selection, and Giyu has never believed he earned the title of Hashira. Tanjiro reminds him that Sabito wanted him to live, not to grieve forever. That same night, far away, Muzan Kibutsuji walks calmly toward the Ubuyashiki mansion.