Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

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English: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Synonyms: Blade of Demon Destruction

Japanese: 鬼滅の刃

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Feb 15, 2016 to ?

Genres: Action, Demons, Historical, Shounen, Supernatural

Authors: Gotouge, Koyoharu (Story & Art)

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

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MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Gotouge, Koyoharu (Story & Art)

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Since ancient times, rumors have abounded of man-eating demons lurking in the woods. Because of this, the local townsfolk never venture outside at night. Legend has it that a demon slayer also roams the night, hunting down these bloodthirsty demons. For young Tanjirou, these rumors will soon to become his harsh reality...

Ever since the death of his father, Tanjirou has taken it upon himself to support his family. Although their lives may be hardened by tragedy, they've found happiness. But that ephemeral warmth is shattered one day when Tanjirou finds his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko, turned into a demon. To his surprise, however, Nezuko still shows signs of human emotion and thought...

Thus begins Tanjirou's quest to fight demons and turn his sister human again.

(Source: VIZ Media)

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As a part of the JUMP START initiative, the first three chapters of Kimetsu no Yaiba were published in English in VIZ Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump on the same day as the Japanese release. The publisher has licensed the series for physical release as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba under its Shonen Jump imprint.

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Kamado, Tanjirou

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Kamado, Nezuko

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Agatsuma, Zenitsu

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Hashibira, Inosuke

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Kochou, Shinobu

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Tomioka, Giyuu

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Tsuyuri, Kanao

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Rengoku, Kyoujurou

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Kanroji, Mitsuri

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Tokitou, Muichirou

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Jul 8, 2018

116 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Xenocrisi (All reviews)

82 people found this review helpful

I’m one of the few readers who followed this manga from the start to where it is now, and guys, what a ride. As one of the reviewers said, in the first ten chapters you get this feeling of imminent axing from WSJ, just close an eye and keep reading. Anyway, truly a refreshing manga, Kimetsu no Yaiba takes elements from the boring and repetitive Shounen genre and gives its own vibes, colors, atmosphere and setting, putting everything together. What I mean is, Kimetsu no Yaiba does NOT revolutionize the Shounen, the author gives his best to make it unique in its own repetitivness and boringness. So how does KnY differ from the others?

First of all, the manga takes a different route from the very beginning. We all know everyone dies but the protagonist alone or with one or two friends of his in every manga we might think of. Here in this historical adventure with the protagonist survives the sister, soon to be a demon. Now what are the demons? Humans transformed into humanoid creatures thirsty of human flesh. The enemies of our race. Props to the mangaka tho, with time in shounen mangas the enemies tend to be blank and without a personality. Here each and every demon is different, has its strenghts and weaknesses and its past/story. The demons are truly the horror elements of this series, while some might look like humans, others completely not. But keep calm, the gore is always granted. Demons are cruel but they are not stupid. In fact I might say some of them are even more intelligent than some humans.

When I think of “Kimetsu no Yaiba”, some words come out: gore, demons, blades, pighead and terrible drawings. So yeah, let’s get straight to the selling point of the manga. I might not be the one who can judge, but hey, the art is terrible. If I had to say how bad it is, probably as bad as in Shingeki no Kyojin. I’m not saying that there’s not effort put in it, ‘cause I’m sure there is, but maybe the author’s strength might not be the drawing. Is that a good thing or a bad a thing? Subjective. You always have to look things to other points of view, personally I see it as a positive thing. It’s this incosistent line which gives its uniqueness to the manga. The problem I have with some shounen, is that the panels don’t tell you nothing, whereas in this book every panel is a festival of emotions, feelings and sweat put altogether in simple ink lines. It’s not something I noticed straight away, but with every chapter being released I found out why I couldn’t get my eyes off to the drawings. The uniqueness and the vibes this gives to you.

Oh boy, this is just hilarious. The characters. Honestly? As I said before when I think of KnY Some words come to my mind, one of which is “colors”. Koyoharu has done an outstanding job with the characters. They just give you the right vibes of how good can a character be written. Don’t get me wrong, characterization is not something very noticeable, but this might be one of the few cases where it’s not really needed. What I mean is, all the characters (even the support cast) have their own personality, and you can truly feel what they are going through and what they are feeling, even with some of the demons. This might be just me tho. So now don’t call me crazy, but Kimetsu no Yaiba, as I see it, is a very colorful manga. When I said that the author had done an excellent job with the characters this is what I wanted to say; every single character has its color, its vibe and its shape. Each MC never gets boring to read, the interactions they have with one another is something everyone should praise. So yeah, both humans and demons are memorable, as they are very unique on its own.

When it comes to enjoyment, Kimetsu no Yaiba always hypes you up, doesn’t waste time to get to the action, in fact I can’t think of more than 10 chapters for a break from the end of a battle to the beginning of a new one. Yes it is very fast paced, or better, it might have a questionable pace, but I’m guessing that the author wants to do what he loves the most, gets you excited for an awesome battle, and you can feel the all the love and effort he puts in the choreography of the scene, the dance of the characters. Of course, you can’t call a Shounen-battle manga a shounen-battle manga if it doesn’t have over-the-top action, blood from a single scratch, some sort of weird techniques and screamings. Kimetsu no yaiba is not by any meaning lower than big mangas like Naruto or one piece when it comes to fight scenes. I’m sorry they not might be 100 chapters-long but every battle has its story to tell, its characters to develop, its demons, and its setting (most of the time night). Other than fights and gore, the enjoyment of the manga is characterized by a cast which is pure fun to follow, so it never gets boring there.

Overall, Kimetsu no Yaiba is an hidden gem, sadly underrated, that takes you to a completely different kind of world in a historical horror setting with a unique cast, atmosphere and identity.

Hopefully you will give it a try, thanks for reading!

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Apr 29, 2017

59 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

kuro00hana (All reviews)

56 people found this review helpful

Kimetsu no yaiba is the kind of manga that starts off slow, you feel like the author doesn't know what to do, but picks up later on when the mangaka introduces other characters, the characters are ALL lovable seriously! and Tanjiro's personality is not really your typical shonen stuff he's kindhearted and super sweet not hotblooded and impulsive, another good thing is the female characters they're all likeable and useful for a change i really like Nezuko and their brother-sister bond, as for the art many have commented that the characters sometimes look derpy but that's not bad either because it suits the funny moments. read more

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Nov 3, 2017

101 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 6

JOBEY-C1 (All reviews)

34 people found this review helpful

English.
I do not like to make reviews without having seen the complete product and I will do the review when the manga ends and I will give my final opinions but for now I will only dedicate to a recommendation of the current state of the work ...

History (6/10):
I will be honest, you will not find here silly and childish ideals of dreamers in the style of bnha or some other naruto 2.0, the story is solid but very solid, it starts strong with a premise with much emphasis on family issues with Tanjiro doing the impossible by save the soul of her sister turned read more

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Dec 10, 2017

97 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

gorongo (All reviews)

22 people found this review helpful

Note : I'm not native speaker so bear with the sentence which grammatically incorrect.

A little small flashback of experience from me :
I'm one of those people who is 'almost' abandoned/dropped this series. If I remember correctly, the very first time I read this was early 2017. I immediately feel that this series would be axed. I really feel that way, like each week the next chapter would be the last.
First, I don't like the title, “Blade of Demon Destruction”. This manga gives historical and fantasy vibes, so it's not the best title nor cool either. But, I will put that aside because this manga gives more than that to satisfying me.
At the beginning, the tragedy has already begun. The life of a poor child leads him to a horrible new life in front of his eyes. What can I say? The author has pressing the trigger out of the blue. It's not bad but not left any special impression for me at first. The good thing is it is good enough to introduce the conflict without the need for a total twist. As for the action in this series, it’s interesting and pretty unique. But, all the demon hunters use attacks and fighting styles based on breathing methods which is pretty odd.
This does take time to establish, maybe around 40-50 chapters to fully come into its own like World Trigger, and the exact opposite with Black Clover, which already all-out in the very beginning. But it doesn’t mean everything comes in a rush, you still can follow the story thoroughly; what is the conflict, where is to stop, who is the enemy, what he will do in the future development, etc. You can enjoy its horror aspect with how disturbing some demon, screwed up some of the deaths are, but also sorrowful and relaxing at the same time. That’s basically Kimetsu no Yaiba in a nutshell.
Next, let’s talk about Tanjirou’s personality. He’s the big ol’ goof, mature, fiercely protective, pleasant and all-around swell-guy with his amusing manner. Also Nezuko as the key of the whole story, I thought she will be used as a character that will make situation worse, but no, with her ability, she can shrink or grow a bit when things get rough, which is awesome. There is one more character which I like the most, the wilder and the biggest fool, Inosuke. He has a hilarious secret under his boar mask.
I will make it brief about the characterization; there are strong, weak, funny, stupid, all of them have their respective roles. For a while the characters are just the two of them (Tanjirou and Nezuko), but when it really starts they will meet a lot of characters (Inosuke, Zenitsu) which I call it a liché, they will be adventuring together like a stupid dumb heroes. Once these three have assembled, and they’ve gone through one arc working together, the series is really in full swing. There’s a lot of comedy and they interact with one another excellently.
The art style is a little bit sketchy, I assume the author using a kind of thin pen that certainly not like most manga shounen we’ve seen, but thankfully it is not too. If you want me to compare with Sidooh which has really heavy style, this is really still comfortable and not too intense. That’s so Jump be like or mostly that’s how shounen nowadays?

This is really solid in all aspects, so, try it.

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