2023 Re-read: This is leading into the final fight with Rank 2 taken care of, we end up with Rank 1 and like I say in my original review, it'll take 3 Hashira to stop him. This feels like the end of the line for a few characters, and I love the overall tone and misery we have going here, with everyone pushing themselves to their limits but going on. Makes for a exciting and fun volume.

original Read: We finish up the fight with Inosuke and Kanao verse upper rank 2 and holy shit what a ending.

To see both Ino and Kanao work together is great and the surprise of fighting the Rank 2 at the end was both really well done, sad, and wonderful all at once. But we don't have time to breath (no pun intended) as the Rank 1 demon appears to face off against not 1, not 2, but 3 fucking Hashira. Can Gyomei, Tokito, and Sanemi stop the rank 1 demon or is it over before it began?

This is a brutal arc with plenty of deaths, people getting chopped up, and EVERYONE in danger. When you think of final arc, THIS is it. I feel the stakes rising every few pages. I'm not going to lie Demon Slayer will go down as top 5 manga of all time for me.

A 5 out of 5.