Am I the only one who kinda wants one of the pillars to fall to the lows of the demons and actually join them instead of them all being morally above it?

Hey hey people, the pillars just got mark recently there's no way they just die after getting mark. Rock pillar just got mark at this battle.

It shortened their life yes, but not that fast.
It only count when they got mark first before 25 yrs old i think.

So Rock Pillar is 27 , he (UM1) is systematically lying by telling the truth

Welp, Now most of the pillars are dying from the marks. What a development. I can only hope that they'll figure out how to stop the progression... Maybe the humanizing drug? Since the marks were said to resemble demon marks. Even Tokitou, who's the youngest, is now the closest to deaths from injuries.
And if what Kokushibou said is correct, it's looking very grim for Himejima.... He might even die from the mark in the middle of fighting Muzan, if not sooner. It's hard to see him having the chance to even take said drug, which is already a Longshot.
If the person with mark who survive is that swordsman in the ancestor flashback, it make sense that Tanjiro will be the only person to survive the mark.
And speaking of Pillars, Tengen doesn't have the mark. But I can think of a development.where New UM5 attack them > turns out to be Tengen's brother
> Tengen manifested mark to both protect Ubuyashiki descendents and defeat evil brother. Although I can also see that encounter might prove fatal for both retiree guard squads...

@Nintendoomed89 i don't think he meant as a demon but a human who had survived, it even looks like he's kinda pointing his weapon at himself

Nice job!

Kokushibou has a strange cuteness in how he acts.

Did the father of Tanjiro died of early age because he was marked in the past? He was a breath of the Sun user but had the mark (it is said it is a birth mark but I really don't know) in his forehead. Maybe even if he had a frail body since birth or was the mark taking a huge toll on him, I think that he being a breath of the sun user could made he survive a little more.

Thanks for the translation

wew, quite the suspense, every single scene is breathtaking.

Yup, they were discussing the belated mark just before that, and it was accepted by both to be a kind of exception that is likely to not end well. It would be dumb to make that same case a jarring reminder.

@Flavor25 I think that it's because he got the mark only recently.

@nmyhv1 he's referring to Upper Moon 1.

“You must be about 27 years old.”

“No marked person has lived past 25.”

“...”

“...”

“...wait”

Thank you based anon.

finally seeing Zenitsu again after a while yasss

Thanks so much for the chapter! The quality remains amazing as always. It's nice to see more pillars receiving the mark (I think all the pillars have marks now except for snake boy). Also, I love the partnership between Himejima and Sanemi, I can sense a lot of kick-ass moments even if I do think they will need the help of Tokito and Genya.

Btw, I'm pretty sure that the hunter that outlive the mark is the original sun breather, he looked older when he talked with Sumiyoshi and Rengoku ancestor. Also, I think the first sun breather and the first upper moon were brothers - the first upper remarks how nostalgic it is seeing two demon hunters brothers together. Also, because of drama. I really want to see more about the original demon hunters.

i liked the part in the other translation when he said "there's an exception isn't there" rather than "there must've been an exception" since I felt he was referring to himself rather than a mystery person in the past.

Ty anon, was waiting on this to read the chapter

Dialogue is much smoother now. Nice job.👍