All demon slayer manga arcs

Complete guide to all 12 Demon Slayer arcs in order. Covers manga chapters, anime episodes, movies, and watch order from Final Selection through the final arc trilogy.

Every arc in Demon Slayer’s 12-arc run serves a purpose, even when it’s a rest period for both readers and characters. But some have a bigger emotional or plot impact than others. Throughout the manga’s run, these arcs left perhaps the greatest impressions on readers.

Best Demon Slayer Arcs In The Manga, Ranked

On July 3, 2020, I started the “Infinity Castle Arc”—the first half of the “Final Battle Arc”—and finished on July 4, 2020 (Floyd of July). Instead of celebrating America’s “freedom”, I chose to spend my time reading Demon Slayer and watching these characters fight for actual freedom against Muzan Kibutsuji, the main antagonist of the whole series. How this sub-arc played out was emotionally heavy, banking on the relationships that we had already seen or were alluded to in all the previous arcs.

Everyone’s scattered around Muzan’s elaborate Infinity Castle, but they have one common goal: reunite and defeat Muzan by sunrise. The fights were also placed strategically in the narrative, so we’d only switch to the next fight scene once the previous one resolved. Some manga / anime fight scenes tend to splice them, and then they would have us bounce between them all. I preferred Demon Slayer’s method, as it allowed me at least to appreciate each fight from beginning to tragic end.