a in style font
"blade") implies a Japanese sword. [5] According to Gotouge, the series' three biggest influences are JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Naruto and Bleach. [6][7] Tatsuhiko Katayama, an editor of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga, has said in interviews
that the red-haired, scar-faced Tanjiro was inspired by Rurouni Kenshin, a 1990s manga about a similarly drawn swordsman, Himura Kenshin. [8] Media Manga Further information: List of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba chapters Written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 15, 2016, to May 18, 2020. [9][10] Shueisha collected its chapters in twenty-three individual tankōbon volumes, released from June 3, 2016, to December 4, 2020. [11][12] Shueisha simultaneously published the series in English on the Manga Plus service starting January 2019. [13] Viz Media published the first three chapters in its digital magazine Weekly Shonen Jump as part of the "Jump Start" program. [14][15] During their panel at San Diego Comic-Con on
July 20, 2017, Viz announced that they had licensed the manga for the North American market. [15] The first volume was released on July 3, 2018. [16] Spin-offs Giyu Tomioka Gaiden (冨岡義勇 外伝, Tomioka Giyū Gaiden), a two-chapter manga spin-off centered on Giyu, was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump on April 1 and 8, 2019. Gotouge is credited
with the original work and Ryōji Hirano drew the manga.
ne. jp. April 23, 2003. Archived
from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2014. ^ "Episode Commentaries".
Platinum Edition Booklets. Vol. 7. A. D.
Kagaya's wife Amane visits to recruit them into the Corps but it provokes Yuichiro, who rants about the fruitlessness of helping others and how they are fated to join their parents in dying a worthless death. One night, a demon found them and wounded Yuichiro. Muichiro, in a
blinding rage, defeated the demon and witnessed his brother's last moments, apologizing to him and praying he would survive. The memories cause marks to appear on his face, enhancing his
speed and strength. He finds Gyokko about to kill Kozo and Hotaru and attacks him. Gyokko, shocked that Muichiro had escaped, uses multiple attacks but fails to stop him.
