Screen 1 – Gyokko and Muichiro Encounter
Muichiro rushes into the workshop district, the smell of burning metal filling the air.
Papyrus follows right behind him, spear ready.
When they enter the main forge hall, they freeze.
The entire room is covered with broken pots, spilled ink-colored water, scattered tools, and dozens of twisted fish monsters wriggling across the floor.
Some swordsmiths are missing.
Some are half-trapped inside sculpted pots.
Some are screaming for help.
A single pot in the center begins to shake.
Muichiro tightens his grip.
Papyrus lowers his spear.
The pot cracks—
CLINK… CRACK… SPLASH…
Gyokko emerges, upside-down, smiling like he's posing for a painting.
"Ahh…
The Mist Hashira.
And a… skeleton?
What a delightful combination!"
Papyrus gasps in disgust.
"HE'S SLIMY AND CREEPY!!
THE WORST KIND!!"
Gyokko wiggles his childlike arms.
"Slimy?
No no no…
I am artistic."
Muichiro steps forward.
"Your art is disgusting."
Gyokko's smile twitches.
"Oh?
Then perhaps I should sculpt you next?"
---
Gyokko Attacks Immediately
Without warning, another pot opens under Muichiro's feet.
Muichiro reacts instantly—
jumping back before the pot can swallow him.
He narrows his eyes.
"So he teleports through pots."
Gyokko claps his hands.
"Correct~!
You're smarter than you look!"
Papyrus points at him dramatically.
"I HAVE UNMASKED YOUR TRICKS!
YOUR POT MAGIC WILL NOT WORK AGAINST US!"
Gyokko sighs.
"Oh, how annoying…"
He snaps his fingers.
---
Gyokko Poisons Muichiro
Another pot bursts open beside them.
A fish demon jumps out—
covered in poisonous spines.
FWIP—!!
A spine shoots out and hits Muichiro in the side.
He stumbles.
His breathing slows.
His vision blurs.
Poison seeps into his bloodstream fast.
Papyrus shouts:
"MUIICHIRO!!"
Gyokko claps joyfully.
"Wonderful!
The color your face makes when poisoned—
So beautiful!"
Muichiro coughs.
"Tch… poison…"
He drops to one knee.
---
Papyrus Saves Him With Bone Fire Wall
The fish demon prepares another spine.
But Papyrus slams his spear into the floor.
"BONE WALL—
FIRE MODE!!"
A massive bone barrier erupts, coated in hot orange flames.
The spine burns on impact.
Gyokko recoils.
"What!?
That's not normal bone magic!"
Papyrus stands tall.
"I AM THE GREAT PAPYRUS!
YOUR SLIME POWERS ARE NO MATCH!"
Sans would be proud.
---
Gyokko Traps Muichiro
While Papyrus blocks the fish demons, Gyokko vanishes.
Another pot expands behind Muichiro.
Before he can react—
SPLOOSH—!!!
Gyokko traps Muichiro inside a massive water-filled pot.
Muichiro slams his hands against the glassy walls—
but he's already drowning.
The poison weakens him.
His lungs burn.
His vision flickers.
Outside, Papyrus turns and sees Muichiro sinking.
"MUIICHIRO!! HOLD ON!!"
Gyokko laughs, tapping the pot gently.
"He will make a PERFECT underwater sculpture."
Gyokko steps back, admiring his "art."
Papyrus grits his teeth.
"YOU MONSTER!
I WON'T LET YOU DO THIS!!"
He charges forward—
The battle for Muichiro's life begins.
3– The Battle Becomes Four vs Three
The night sky splits with lightning from Sekido's staff.
Tanjiro, still bruised, drags himself out of the rubble.
Sans stands beside him, hoodie torn.
Genya appears behind them, shotgun smoking.
He fires again—
BOOM—!!
Sekido's head explodes.
Karaku's head cracks open.
For a moment, it looks like it worked.
Genya smirks.
"Tch.
That's what you get, you freaks—"
But then—
Sekido's neck reforms.
Karaku's skull pulls back together.
Both demons smile at him.
Genya's eyes widen.
"…They regenerated instantly—?!"
Tanjiro grits his teeth.
"This isn't one demon…
Each emotion is its own body.
We haven't defeated Hantengu at all."
Sans nods slowly.
"yeah…
this guy's a walking mood swing."
---
Two More Clones Appear
Suddenly a gust of air tears through the courtyard.
A winged demon lands on a rooftop, laughing.
Urogi – Joy
Yellow, energetic, sharp talons, screeching voice.
"HAHAHAHA!
WHAT A FUN NIGHT!!"
Tanjiro barely has time to react when—
Another demon emerges from the shadows, tall and calm.
Aizetsu – Sorrow
Blue skin, long spear, quiet but deadly.
"…I wish I wasn't here."
Genya stumbles back.
"We're fighting FOUR Upper Rank clones…!?"
Sekido slams his lightning staff on the ground.
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE US, HUMANS!"
Karaku swings his fan.
"Let's play some more!"
Urogi shrieks—
KREEEEEEEE!!!
Aizetsu raises his spear, silent and emotionless.
Sans cracks his neck.
"great.
a full emotional support group."
---
The Fight Begins
Urogi jumps first—
FWOOOM!!
He screeches, sending a sonic blast across the field.
Tanjiro flies backward, hands over his ears.
Aizetsu thrusts his spear—
Genya blocks, barely, but the blow sends him skidding.
Sekido aims lightning at Tanjiro—
"DIE ALREADY!"
But a blue flash cuts across the air.
Sans teleports in front of Tanjiro.
His eye ignites.
"not today."
He fires a massive Gaster Blaster, blocking the lightning.
BOOOOOM!!
The courtyard explodes in bright light.
Karaku grins and swings his fan—
Shockwaves rip through the battlefield.
Sans teleports out—
then reappears behind Karaku, firing another blaster point-blank.
SHOOOOM—!!
Karaku crashes into a building but regenerates instantly.
"Nice hit!
You guys are fun!"
Sans sighs.
"…i hate demons."
---
The Four Clones Surround Them
Sekido: lightning
Karaku: shockwaves
Urogi: sonic flight
Aizetsu: piercing spear
They form a circle around Tanjiro, Sans, and Genya.
Tanjiro grips his sword.
"Stay alert.
Their abilities are all different."
Genya reloads.
"I can't keep this up forever…"
Sans cracks his fingers.
"don't worry.
i've got more blasters.
a lot more."
All four clones attack at once.
The battlefield explodes into total chaos.
Screen2 – The Awakening of the Mist Hashira
Muichiro floats inside the water prison pot, sinking deeper.
His limbs feel like stone.
His lungs ache.
The poison burns through his blood.
He reaches toward the surface—
but his hand moves too slowly.
Gyokko giggles outside the pot.
"Look at you… drowning so beautifully.
You'll make such a wonderful statue when you stop moving."
Muichiro's vision narrows.
Everything grows distant.
He feels himself slipping away.
---
Kotetsu Risks Everything
A shout cuts through the smoke.
"DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP, MUICHIRO!!!"
It's Kotetsu, the young swordsmith who maintains Yoriichi Type Zero.
He charges into the workshop, bruised, bleeding, terrified—
but determined.
Papyrus appears beside him, spear glowing bright.
"KOTETSU!
I SHALL COVER YOU!
GO BREAK THAT POT!"
Kotetsu swings a small metal tool—
a crafting hammer—
slamming it against the pot.
CRACK—!!
Gyokko shrieks.
"What do you think you're doing, you insignificant BUG!?"
Papyrus leaps at Gyokko, summoning a giant bone shield.
"STAY AWAY, SLIME DEMON!!"
Gyokko's needle-like arms stab at him, but Papyrus blocks with the bone barrier.
Kotetsu screams and slams the hammer again.
CRACK! CRACK!
The pot fractures.
Muichiro's fingers twitch.
Gyokko snarls.
"STOP THAT AT ONCE!"
Papyrus responds:
"NO!"
He swings his spear and knocks Gyokko back through a pile of pots.
Kotetsu yells:
"MUICHIRO, BREAK OUT!!!"
The pot shatters—
SHAAAAAA—!!
Muichiro collapses onto the floor, gasping for air.
---
Muichiro's Memories Return
The moment his body hits the ground—
something breaks inside his mind.
He sees flashes:
His father falling from the cliff in the storm.
His mother coughing in their small home.
Yuichiro yelling at him to stop dreaming.
Being helpless as the demon attacked their house.
His brother's dying words—
"You have a kind heart…
Don't let it fade."
Muichiro grips the floorboards.
His breathing steadies.
His eyes sharpen.
His heart clears.
"…Yuichiro…
I remember now."
Kotetsu looks relieved.
Papyrus wipes imaginary sweat from his skull.
"YOU'RE BACK, MUI–MISTY HASHIRA!"
Muichiro slowly stands.
His voice is calm, colder, focused.
"I'm not done yet."
---
Muichiro's Demon Slayer Mark Activates
Gyokko emerges again, dripping slime.
"You ruined my beautiful art…
I'll just make NEW statues out of your broken bodies."
Muichiro doesn't even flinch.
A sudden surge of heat explodes through him.
Steam rises off his skin.
A mist-like pattern appears on his cheek—
soft, flowing, deadly.
Kotetsu's eyes widen.
"His… Demon Slayer Mark…!"
Papyrus steps back in awe.
"WHOA!
HE'S POWERING UP!"
Muichiro's breathing deepens.
His movements sharpen.
His presence becomes overwhelming.
The poison in his veins weakens instantly, as if burning away.
He steps forward.
His speed is now terrifying.
Gyokko blinks.
"…What?
You shouldn't be able to move."
Muichiro raises his sword.
His voice is icy calm.
"I remember everything now.
My purpose.
My reason.
And how to cut you down."
Gyokko takes a step back.
For the first time—
he looks afraid.
"Y–You're not supposed to be this fast…"
Muichiro's form flickers like mist.
"No."
He appears right in front of Gyokko.
"You're just too slow."
The true battle begins.
---
Screen3 – The End of Gyokko
Papyrus steps forward, spear glowing bright orange.
"TIME TO GET SERIOUS!
I SHALL USE… FIFTY PERCENT OF MY POWER!!"
His bones ignite with burning orange energy.
A wave of heat bursts outward, melting nearby slime creatures instantly.
Gyokko recoils, disgusted.
"Ugh!
You skeletons are SO uncivilized!"
Papyrus points his spear with royal confidence.
"TAKE A STEP BACK, SLIME FISH!
THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL DEFEND THIS VILLAGE!"
Muichiro stands beside him, mist rising off his skin.
"Papyrus.
Cover the swordsmiths."
Papyrus nods proudly.
"RIGHT AWAY!"
He summons a massive bone wall—
five times bigger, glowing orange—
shielding the entire workshop.
---
Gyokko Transforms
Gyokko stops smiling.
Stops laughing.
Stops posing.
His body splits and cracks open.
His pot shatters behind him.
He slithers out, revealing his true form:
tall and serpent-like
scales shimmering like wet jade
long claws dripping poison
movement faster than lightning
He spreads his arms, smiling with predatory calm.
"This is my REAL body.
Allow me to show you… true art."
Water dragons form behind him—
massive spiraling shapes with open jaws.
Muichiro tightens his grip.
Papyrus shouts:
"OH NO, HE'S GETTING SHINIER AND SCARIER!"
Gyokko hisses.
"Now die."
The water dragons shoot forward.
---
Muichiro Is Too Fast
But Muichiro—
does not move.
Or rather—
he moves so fast it looks like he vanished.
Gyokko lashes his claws across the room—
but they cut through nothing but mist.
"WHERE!?"
Gyokko spins.
Behind him—
Muichiro appears.
He slashes.
SHINK—!!
Gyokko screeches, arm flying off.
He teleports into a pot—
but Muichiro is already there.
He teleports again—
but Muichiro blocks the exit with a wall of mist.
He fires poisonous needles—
Muichiro tilts his head slightly, avoiding all of them.
Gyokko panics.
"You're—
you're just a CHILD!
How are you—?!"
Muichiro cuts him mid-sentence.
SLASH—!!!
Gyokko collapses, gasping.
Papyrus cheers from behind the bone wall.
"MUIICHIRO! THAT WAS AWESOME!!
ALMOST AS COOL AS ME!"
---
Mist Breathing: Seventh Form
Muichiro breathes deeply.
Mist wraps around his entire body.
The world becomes silent.
Gyokko looks around frantically—
He can't see him.
Can't sense him.
Can't hear a single footstep.
Just cold mist.
Muichiro whispers:
"Mist Breathing… Seventh Form."
The air shifts.
"Obscuring Clouds."
Gyokko's eyes widen—
"W–Wait—!!"
Muichiro disappears completely.
Then reappears beside Gyokko.
Then behind him.
Then above him.
Then below him.
A dozen slashes hit instantly.
WHISH—WHISH—WHISH—WHISH—!!
Gyokko's body falls apart in slow motion.
Papyrus gasps.
"HE'S LIKE A MIST NINJA!!"
Gyokko's head lands in the dirt.
His eyes go dim.
Muichiro lands softly, sheathing his blade.
"It's over."
The air settles.
The mist fades.
And Upper Rank Five has fallen.
Screen 4– Zohakuten Awakens, Urami Reveals, and the Final Phase Begins
The battlefield burns.
Tanjiro, Genya, Nezuko, and Sans stand surrounded by exploding debris, lightning cracks, shockwaves, and sonic bursts.
The four emotional clones—
Sekido (Anger)
Karaku (Relaxation)
Aizetsu (Sorrow)
Urogi (Joy)
—are pushed to their limit.
But instead of dying…
Sekido lets out a scream:
"ENOUGH!"
Lightning explodes.
The ground splits.
Karaku, Aizetsu, and Urogi are dragged toward him by force—
absorbed into his body against their will.
Their faces twist into the wood forming around Sekido.
The air roars—
RRRRRUMBLE…!!
A new figure emerges from the fusion.
A small demon-child with horns, carrying six giant wooden dragon heads behind him like a living throne.
Zohakuten.
Hantengu's strongest combat state.
He speaks with a cold, emotionless voice.
"I am Zohakuten…
your judgment."
Tanjiro grips his sword tighter.
"That's the real threat…!"
Genya gulps.
"I–I can't tell what emotion he has… he feels like all of them at once…"
Sans squints.
"yeah.
this guy's trouble."
---
Zohakuten's Abilities Unleashed
Zohakuten's dragon towers rise, each made of twisted wood and lightning.
He commands:
"Crush them."
The dragons roar and launch forward—
One spews lightning
One unleashes shockwaves
One fires sonic blasts
One lashes out like a whip
One spits poisonous needles
One breathes pure rage
Tanjiro blocks with Hinokami Breathing—
but the force sends him rolling.
Nezuko kicks away one dragon—
but another grabs her.
Genya fires his gun—
but the wood absorbs the shots.
Sans teleports between dragons rapidly—
blue bones
gravity pulses
blasters firing across rooftops
—but Zohakuten adapts fast.
"You will not reach me."
---
Urami – The True Final Form Appears
While Zohakuten dominates the battlefield…
Something small moves in the shadows.
Something weak.
Tiny.
Terrified.
Tanjiro senses it—
A faint heartbeat.
A pathetic scent.
He turns and sees it:
Hantengu's true body, Urami.
A tiny, shriveled demon, shaking and crying.
"D–Don't hurt me!
I only… I only want to live!"
Tanjiro's eyes widen.
"That's the real core body!"
Genya aims immediately.
"I'll shoot—!!"
But Urami darts away at impossible speed—
shrinking and slipping through cracks in the ground.
He hides inside trees.
Behind debris.
Under roofs.
A terrified mouse-like demon with survival instinct at maximum.
Sans clicks his teeth.
"little coward's fast."
Nezuko points, hissing.
Tanjiro narrows his eyes.
"If we don't kill that body…
Hantengu won't die."
---
Urami Giant Manifestation – The Final Phase
Tanjiro corners Urami in a collapsed house.
"T–Too scary!!
T–Too bright!
T–Too many monsters!!"
Tiny Hantengu screams—
And something horrifying happens.
A massive body grows around him:
gigantic muscles
thick veins
massive arms
a monstrous torso
Hantengu hides deep inside the throat of the giant, controlling it like a pilot.
Urami Giant Manifestation.
It smashes through buildings, roaring.
Genya barely dodges a punch.
Nezuko jumps in front of Tanjiro, blocking debris.
Sans stares up.
"…that thing's ugly."
The giant form swings—
BOOOOM—!!
Tanjiro is thrown across the field.
Nezuko looks up at him—
then makes her decision.
She grabs Tanjiro
pushes him upward with a full-strength kick
launching him through Zohakuten's sound barrier
Nezuko is thrown back into the flames—
but she doesn't scream.
She's protecting her brother.
Tanjiro flies through the air—
sensing the heartbeat inside the giant's throat.
"That's him…
that tiny demon…
THAT'S THE REAL ONE!"
He slashes—
SHING—!!!
The blade cuts straight into Urami's hiding spot.
The giant Hantengu stops moving.
Zohakuten freezes
cracks
and dissolves.
The battlefield falls silent.
---
Hantengu Is Finally Finished
Tanjiro lands, coughing.
Genya limps toward him.
"Did… did you get him?"
Sans walks over, eye dimming.
"yeah.
he got him."
The tiny demon core twitches once—
then crumbles into ash.
Hantengu is gone.
---
Nezuko Survives the Sun
The sun rises.
Nezuko stands in the light.
She doesn't burn.
Tanjiro drops to his knees, tears in his eyes.
"You're alive…
You're really alive…"
Sans smiles softly.
"guess miracles do happen."
Papyrus cheers from the distance.
"YAY!! SUN PROOF NEZUKO MODE!!"
The Swordsmith Village arc ends.
Screen 5– The End of the Swordsmith Village Arc
The sun rises over the battered Swordsmith Village.
Smoke drifts through the broken rooftops.
The hot springs glow softly.
Swordsmiths crawl out from hiding, exhausted but alive.
The night of terror is finally over.
---
Tanjiro holds Nezuko, realizing she survived the sun
Tanjiro falls to his knees, overwhelmed.
"Nezuko…
you're okay…
you're standing in the sun…"
Nezuko smiles softly, waving her hands happily, not even burning.
Genya rubs his eyes in disbelief.
"No way…
she's… immune to sunlight…"
Sans steps forward, hoodie half burned.
"heh.
knew she had potential."
Papyrus lifts Nezuko into the air like a trophy.
"NEZUKO!
YOU ARE OFFICIALLY AMAZING!"
Nezuko giggles, letting him spin her around.
---
Muichiro Survives and Recovers
Muichiro limps back into the village, covered in dried blood and mist burns.
Kotetsu runs to him.
"Muichiro! Y-You're alive!"
Papyrus salutes him.
"MISTY HASHIRA, YOU WERE INCREDIBLE!"
Muichiro, calmer than ever, nods.
"You two saved me too…
Thank you."
Kotetsu tries to hold back tears.
Muichiro places a hand on his head.
"You've grown stronger."
The moment is quiet.
Emotional.
Human.
---
Mitsuri Returns to a Broken Village
Mitsuri rushes in with reinforcements.
She gasps seeing the destruction.
"Oh my gosh!
Everything's wrecked!"
Tanjiro bows.
"I'm sorry…
We couldn't stop all of it…"
Mitsuri shakes her head firmly.
"No.
You protected the people.
That's what matters."
Then she hugs Nezuko full-force, crying.
"YOU'RE SO CUTE AND SO STRONG AND I'M SO HAPPY!!"
Nezuko pats her face comfortingly.
---
Village Celebration (Even If Tired)
Swordsmiths gather around the heroes, bowing deeply.
"For the first time in 100 years…
Two Upper Ranks have fallen."
"Thank you."
"Thank you for protecting our home."
Papyrus stands proudly.
"THE GREAT PAPYRUS ACCEPTS YOUR GRATITUDE!"
Sans nudges his brother.
"don't let it get to your skull."
Tanjiro smiles softly at all of them.
Some swordsmiths cry when they see Muichiro alive.
Others rush to rebuild the forges.
The village chief bows to everyone.
"You all have risked your lives for us.
We will never forget this night."
---
Quiet After the Storm
Later, at sunset, the group gathers near the hot springs.
Tanjiro rests beside Nezuko.
Genya sharpens his blades.
Muichiro meditates quietly.
Mitsuri stretches her arms happily.
Papyrus stands guard dramatically.
Sans snoozes on a rock.
The peace is a welcome gift.
But in the distance…
Crow wings beat.
A message is coming.
A new danger is rising.
And Muzan has already heard everything.
The Swordsmith Village Arc Ends.