Chapter 20

## Zenitsu Agatsuma

**Zenitsu Agatsuma** (我 (あが) 妻 (つま)  善 (ぜん) 逸 (いつ) , *Agatsuma Zen'itsu*?) is the twentieth chapter of Koyoharu Gotoge's Kimetsu no Yaiba.

## Summary

The sparrow of the yellow-haired Demon Slayer begs for Tanjiro's help. He grabs him and pulls him away from the girl, asking if he cannot see she wants nothing to do with him. Suddenly, the boy notices that Tanjiro is also wearing a Demon Slayer Corps uniform. Tanjiro denies knowing him but the stranger remembers him from Final Selection.

Tanjiro ignores him and tells the girl he was harassing that it was alright for her to return home, and she thanks him. Panicking, he yells that she couldn't leave as she "*liked*" him and they had to be married. He is responded to with a slap from her, and she starts beating him, prompting Tanjiro to hurry over and pull her off, asking her to calm down. She berates the stranger, stating that she never liked him and only talked to him because she thought he was wounded or sick when he lied on the side of the road. Shocked, he replies that he thought she was helping him out of love and worry. The girl angrily mentions it was impossible as she has a fiancé, stomping away and telling him he appeared fine now and hoped they would never met again.

Heartbroken, the Demon Slayer complains to Tanjiro about his interference, in which he receives a disgusted face as a reply. He demands him to not use that face as it looked like he was looking at him as some sort of creature, before blaming him for preventing his "*marriage*." Again, Tanjiro only replies with the same face, much to his annoyance. He claims that he is about to die as he was weak, begging Tanjiro to protect him before he got married. Tanjiro doesn't respond and introduces himself, to which the Demon Slayer introduces himself as Zenitsu Agatsuma. Tanjiro starts chiding Zenitsu for his lack of shame, in which he replies that he was deceived by a woman and indebted, saved by his master but forced to train harshly every day, sorrowfully stating his dislike for his occupation. Tanjiro gives him his lunch and tells him he understands, but he should cause less trouble for his sparrow.

Both Demon Slayers arrive at Tanjiro's assigned mission, a mansion in a mountain forest. Tanjiro smells blood from inside and Zenitsu hears an unusual sound, before they see two children huddled together at the edge of the forest. They try to approach them, but the children move away in fright. Noticing the fact that they were likely still in shock from something, Tanjiro entertains them with Zenitsu's sparrow, calming them down. The older child, tells Tanjiro that their older brother was kidnapped when they were walking in the night, and the kidnapper went into the house. Tanjiro praises him and his sister for following the monster, but the boy cries and said they followed his blood trail, upset that their older brother was hurt. Tanjiro soothes them and said he would defeat the monster and save their brother, much to their relief.

Zenitsu suddenly retorts hearing a sound similar to a drum, expressing discomfort. Tanjiro replies that he couldn't hear a sound but is interrupted by a man flying out of the window, falling onto the ground. Tanjiro rushes over to check on him, alarmed at his deep wound. The man says he finally got out and asks if he was going to die, in which Tanjiro can only respond to with a hug. All of a sudden, a large sound comes out of the house, coming from a strange demon.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Tanjiro Kamado
* Zenitsu Agatsuma
* Teruko
* Shoichi
* Kiyoshi (Flashback)
* Kyogai

## Events

* Tanjiro meets Zenitsu Agatsuma, a fellow Demon Slayer.
* The two travel to Tanjiro's next mission, a woodland mansion.
* Tanjiro meets Shoichi and Teruko and promises to help save their brother.