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[39] It features background information on several characters from the series. [40] It also includes the complete three chapters of the initial draft of the series, titled Kisatsu no Nagare (鬼殺の流れ, "Flow of Killing
Demons"). [39] A second fanbook, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook: Demon Slaying Corps Memorandum 2 (鬼滅の刃公式ファンブック 鬼殺隊見聞録・弐, Kimetsu no Yaiba Kōshiki Fanbukku Kisatsutai Kenbunroku Ni), was released on
February 4, 2021. [41] It includes three one-shot chapters: "Tanjirō no Kinkyō Hōkokusho" (炭治郎の近況報告書, "Report on Tanjiro's Present Condition"), which is about Tanjiro and other characters after the manga's conclusion; "Totsugeki!! Jigoku no Onishuzai ~Sanzunokawa o Koete~" (突撃!! 地獄の鬼取材~三途の川を越えて~, Breaking! Hell Demon Report ~Crossing the Far Shore~), which shows some of the demons from "that time"; and "Kimetsu no Dodai" (鬼滅の土台, "The Foundation of Kimetsu"), which shows some of Gotouge's real stories from drawing the manga during its serialization. It also includes the previously published one-shot chapter "Rengoku Volume 0", previously given out as a bonus for theatergoers for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train in 2020, and the "Nenshi Bangai-hen" (年始番外編, "New Year extra edition") and "Nenmatsu Bangai-hen" (年末番外編, "Year-end extra edition") one-shots, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2020 and 2019, respectively. [42][41] It also includes the one-shot 'Micchaku! "Kimetsu Gakuen" ni Kayou Tanjiro no 1-nichi' (密着!"キメツ学園"に通う炭治郎の1日, "Closer Look! A Day of Tanjiro Attending Kimetsu University") which was published in Jump Giga 2018 Winter Vol. 3 in 2018. [41] An art book, titled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Koyoharu Gotouge Artbook: Ikuseisо (鬼滅の刃 吾峠呼世晴画集―幾星霜―, Kimetsu no Yaiba Gotōge Koyoharu Gashū Ikuseisо), was released on February 4, 2021. [43] Anime Main article: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (TV series) A 26-episode anime television series adaptation by studio Ufotable, directed by Haruo Sotozaki and produced by Hikaru Kondo, was broadcast from April 6 to September 28, 2019. [44][45] A second season, with the first part adaptating the "Mugen Train" story arc, was broadcast for seven episodes from October 10 to November 28, 2021. [46][47] The second part of the season, adapting the "Entertainment District Arc" story arc, was broadcast for eleven episodes from December 5, 2021, to February 13, 2022.
Shogakukan compiled its chapters in 16 tankōbon volumes. The story follows Shigeo Kageyama, nicknamed Mob, a boy who has strong psychic powers, and his struggles to find the simple happiness he is looking for. An anime television series adaptation was produced by Bones. The first season aired
between July and September 2016, followed by a second season from
January to April 2019, and a third and final season from October to December 2022. A live-action series adaptation aired from January to April 2018. A spin-off manga series, titled Reigen, was serialized in Shogakukan MangaONE app in 2018.
Taki awakens in Mitsuha's body on the morning of the festival, where Hitoha speaks directly to him,
explaining that the body-switching phenomenon has always been in their family. Realizing he has a chance to save Mitsuha and the entire town, Taki convinces Mitsuha's friends to help him broadcast an emergency signal, evacuating Itomori before the meteor fragments strike. He then heads to the shrine, where Mitsuha has just woken up in Taki's body. As twilight falls;[note 1] their timelines cross, allowing them to meet in person for the first time. Taki returns Mitsuha's ribbon, and they attempt to write their names on each other's palms, but twilight ends before Mitsuha can write hers. She returns to the village to see that the evacuation plan failed but convinces her father, the mayor, to order an evacuation. Beginning to forget Taki, she discovers that he wrote "I love you" on her hand instead of his name. Taki awakens in his own time with no memory.
Five years later, Taki is a university graduate struggling to find a job. He is obsessed with the impact of Tiamat, when the villagers of Itomori were miraculously saved by a fortuitous evacuation drill, but cannot remember why. One day, he glimpses Mitsuha, who has moved to Tokyo; they race to find each other.
