
Satoko was a young villager from Northwest Town engaged to Kazumi. Her abduction and death at the hands of the Swamp Demon set the events of Tanjiro's early demon hunt in motion during the Kidnapper's Bog Arc.
Satoko was a teenage girl with black hair parted at the forehead and short bangs that framed her face. A portion of her hair was gathered at the back and tied with a large dark pink ribbon.
She dressed in a magenta and white patterned kimono fastened with a mauve obi, paired with zori. On the night she vanished she carried a small decorated pouch.
Little is recorded about Satoko's character. What is shown suggests a warm, lighthearted disposition, as she laughs happily while chatting with her fiance in Chapter 9. As an ordinary villager she had no combat training or special powers.
At some point Satoko met and became betrothed to Kazumi. Walking beside him one evening, she is abruptly pulled underground by the hidden Blood Demon Art of the Swamp Demon. The demon then devours her and keeps her hair ornament as part of a grim collection. Her death, alongside those of the demon's other victims, is later avenged when Tanjiro destroys the Swamp Demon. In a final detail revealed near the manga's end, her reincarnation and Kazumi's descendant reunite in the modern era, attending the same school.

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Satoko is a young villager from Northwest Town in Demon Slayer who was engaged to a young man named Kazumi. Her abduction and death at the hands of the Swamp Demon set the events of Tanjiro's early demon hunt in motion during the Kidnapper's Bog Arc.
Yes, Satoko is dead in Demon Slayer. She was pulled underground and devoured by the Swamp Demon, and her death was later avenged when Tanjiro destroyed that demon.
Satoko was betrothed to Kazumi before her death. Near the end of the manga, her reincarnation and a descendant of Kazumi reunite in the modern era, attending the same school.
Satoko dies when she is abruptly pulled underground by the hidden Blood Demon Art of the Swamp Demon while walking beside Kazumi. The demon then devours her and keeps her hair ornament as part of a grim collection.
Satoko is sixteen years old in Demon Slayer. She was an ordinary villager with no combat training or special powers.
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