Demon Slayer Manga Chapter 157

Long before he was a demon, Akaza was a boy named Hakuji who stole medicine money for his sick father. Demon Slayer Chapter 157 looks back at that rough childhood, where brutal beatings and tattoos marked him as a criminal while he kept fighting to keep his father alive.

When his father takes his own life so Hakuji can start over, the boy breaks completely. Wandering without purpose, he attacks everyone in his path until a kind dojo master named Keizo beats him soundly and, instead of calling the guards, offers him food and a place to belong.