Chapter 11

## Suggestion

**Suggestion** (暗 (あん) 示 (じ) , *Anji*?) is the eleventh chapter of Koyoharu Gotoge's Kimetsu no Yaiba.

## Summary

Before preparing for his first mission, Sakonji informs Tanjiro that only one demon has blood that is able to transform someone into a demon. It was the first demon to ever exist, doing so over a thousand years ago. It was the demon that killed his family and perhaps the only one who knows how to reverse a transformation. The demon's name is Muzan Kibutsuji.

Despite his attempt to strike all three demons at once, Tanjiro's attacks fails to hit its weak areas. He notes that they all have the same scent and surmises that they are clones of the same demon. Despite the trouble of protecting two people from three demons, he remembers knowing to ask them about information regarding Muzan Kibutsuji.

When one clone tries to grab Kazumi, Tanjiro flips back and uses **Water Breathing, Second Form: Water Wheel**. He fails again to cut deeper than he had hoped and the demon escapes him. Suddenly, the clone angrily demands he stop interfering with his hunt, claiming that since the girl is now 16, she will taste worse. Another clone emerges and calms the first, claiming that he has already devoured much victims and that he is satisfied. Kazumi demands the demon let Satoko go when the last clone appears behind him.

He opens his robe to reveal a large collection of hairpins, telling him that if her's is in the bunch, she was already devoured. Kazumi, upon seeing Satoko's ribbon among them, begins to cry, while Tanjiro grows enraged at the number of lost lives, remembering the pain of losing his family and Nezuko's transformation. A clone then tries to attack Tanjiro but he dodges away from the blow and cuts off its arm, though he fails again to hit its neck.

Suddenly, another clone appears out of the fall, forcing Tanjiro to duck away and avoid it. When another appears behind him, Tanjiro tries to use his Water Breathing but is unable to react in time. As the demon gets close, it is kicked in the head by Nezuko emerging from her box. As Kazumi and the Swamp Demon watch with surprise, the demon questions why one of its kind is accompanying a swordsman.

Nezuko walks to Kazumi and the girl and envisions her siblings Takeo and Hanako in them. As Tanjiro see his sister's behavior, he remembers that Sakonji had informed him about something regarding Nezuko. As she slept, he tried to hypnotize her with a message: *"All humans are your family. Protect humanity. Demons are your enemy. Never forgive demons for the harm they do"*. Tanjiro watches as Nezuko prepares to battle the Swamp Demon, an angered expression written on her face.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Sakonji Urokodaki (Flashback)
* Tanjiro Kamado
* Nezuko Kamado
* Muzan Kibutsuji (Vision)
* Swamp Demon
* Kazumi
* Takeo Kamado (Vision)
* Hanako Kamado (Vision)
* Kie Kamado (Vision)
* Rokuta Kamado (Vision)
* Hanako Kamado (Vision)
* Shigeru Kamado (Vision)

## Events

* It is revealed that only one demon is capable of transforming a human into a demon. The first demon to exist, Muzan Kibutsuji.
* The Swamp Demon reveals that all the missing girls have already been devoured by him.
* Tanjiro Kamado and Nezuko Kamado vs Swamp Demon.