KOYOHARU GOTOUGE Volume 2 is out! Thank you! I'm troubling a lot of people, but I'll keep doing my best. On the way to the convenience store in my neighborhood, Tcame across vomit on the ground three times, but I'll keep doing my best.DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOLUME 2 Shonen Jump Edition Story and Art by KOYOHARU GOTOUGE KIMETSUNO YAIBA © 2016 by Koyoharu Gotouge All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 2016 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo. English translation rights arranged by SHUEISHA Inc. TRANSLATION John Werry ENGLISH ADAPTATION Stan! TOUCH-UP ART & LETTERING John Hunt DESIGN Adam Grano. EDITOR Mike Montesa ‘The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional, ‘No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders. Printed in Canada Published by VIZ Media, LLC P.O, Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107 10987654321 First printing, September 2018 NiZveon JT vizcom shonenjump.comKOYOHARU GOTOUGEDAD yaonvor soy corpitha te one) Ted Taito to hom Tinonvs: bxvaoxoun, o. eat arabe ER =| | peereere aaa ao eas apne bre ere Stroud ste OMLINYD oavwyn uit han the est Tafoya leg Now be Bettas eee eset af fevered E stuneie ‘Tonite’s younger ‘ister When she “os ae {CONTENTS Bic BROTHER SL DYE Chapter 9 WELCOME BACK 27 Chapter 10 KIDNAPPER’S BOG 47 Chapter 11 SUGGESTION 67 Chapter 12 1 CAN’T TELL YOU 87 Chapter 13 IT WAS YOU 107 Chapter 14 KIBUTSUJI'S WRATH / THE SMELL OF ENCHANTING BLOOD 127 Chapter 15 THE DOCTOR'S OPINION 147 Chapter 16 PLAYING TEMARI 167CHAPTERS JBIGIBROMTHERY| IROKODAKT aood HAPPEN?a fie) 08 Aol ea eae A eae)/2) / BITE MY BROTHER AND KitLWELL, JF / HAVE gaat TO! YOWRE PLEASE! HOLD err! por) eeeTHE OTHER CHILDREN PROBABLY en THAT THE SPIRITS... Bev. KILLED.../ 1 LOST CON- SCIOUSNESS FOR 4 TIME AND... | GUESS HE DISAP- PEARED... COULDN'T SAVE HIM. | __ WE OnLy STARTED Four THAT ONE KID ISN'T HERE EITHER... WHAT AM | SUPPOSED TO DO DIE... I'M GONNA DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE.WE WILL PROVIDE YOUR CORPS UNIFORM. KINOE, KINOTO, HINOE, HINOTO, TSUCHINOE, TSUCHINO- TO, KANOE, KANOTO, OE RIGHT NOW, wND TAKE YOUR YOU ARE ALL MIZUNOTO. MEASURE- FOE MENTS AND THEN ENGRAVE MIZUNOTO. YOUR RANK. TODAY YOU WILL were CHOOSE THE KATANA THEN WE WILL ORE FOR YOUR P ASSIGN YOU SWORD. THEN IT A KASUGAI WILL TAKE UP TO CROW. TWO WEEKS FOR THE KATANA TO BE FINISHED.A DEMON SLAYER coRPS KATANAI! A CoLoR- CHANGING KATANAI! KATANA! I WANT MY KATANA! AND | WANT IT Now!+-PLEASE CHOOSE THE i ORE FOR MAK- ING YOUR THEN come | igi) | OveR | bal) ARE YOU HERE... DONE ij TALKINGPMY CHILDREN HAVE INCREASED IN NUMBER AGAIN.ORIGINAL ART FOR USE AS A SURNEN PRIZE REGIONAL-THEMED ILLUSTRATION, | TANSIRO (AS NAMABAGE, AKITA PREFECTURE)“=| DEMONS DURING FINAL SELECTION, 1 ENCOUN- TERED EIGHT DEMONS... =| RETURN TO HUMAN FORM. WAS) OPTINUSTIC:V’M SORRY, NEZUKO. EVER SINCE / STARTED COMING DOWN MOUNT FUMKASANE, IVE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY A HORRIBLE EXHAUSTION. / WANT TO GO BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT MY WHOLE BODY HURTS, SO / CAN'T. At... THE SUN IS ALREADY SETTING.Sw FRG NezuKo...| THOUGHT YOU MIGHT !BACK TO US ALIVE! YOU CAMECOME i INSIDE. Mh ij | NY Nh AAWTHIS ISA MCHIRIN SCARLET THE IRON IRON SAND SAND AND ORE AND SCARLET THAT ARE THE MATERIALS FOR A NICHIRIN SWORD ARE GATHERED AT THE MOUNTAIN CLOSEST TO THE SUN. IT IS NEVER CLOUDY AND RAIN NEVERCOME ON. JUST FORA R SECOND!OH, YOU'RE A CHILD OF BRIGHTNESS! |, BE HAPPY FOR YOUR GOOD FORTUNE. ( HOUSES NO, I'M THE WHO WORK YOUR HAIR SON OF WITH FIRE AND EYES ARE TANUIRO AND HAVE SUCH REDDISH. KIE! CHILDREN. THAT MEANS YOUR SWORD MAY TURN RED. REALLYPNICHIRIN SWORDS ARE ALSO CALLED COLOR- CHANGING KATANA.A A / & ra & f +e THAT JET BLACK IS | THOUGHT | WAS GONNA GET TO SEE A BRIGHT RED BLADE! DAMN!DISAPPEAR- ING/// * * ey ey Care 4, BH EN a” eS es Pie My x "oe". #¥ xORIGINAL GOODS FOR USE AS A SURNEN PRIZE REGIONAL=THEMED (LLUSTRATION 2. NEZUKO (UDON, KAGAWA PREFECTURE)GHAPTER 10: KIDNAPPERS BOG NICHIRIN SWORDS CHANGE COLOR DEPENDING ON THEIR BEARER AND EACH COLOR HAS DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS. HOWEVER, VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE BLACK SWORDS, SO MANY DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN. . THAT IT 1S SAID THAT UNSUCCESS- FUL SWORDS- MEN HAVE BLACK BLADES.DEMON SLAYER F CORPS UNIFORMS | * ARE MADE FROM EZ A SPECIAL FABRIC. |,A IT BREATHES EASILY, AND RESISTS BOTH WATER AND FLAME. «CANNOT REND THIS CORPS UNIFORM. _— IT'S A BOX i Gon ie S r FOR CARRYING Ve Mm a j YOUR SISTER 16 coe || DURING THE THE , ie ky oa EXTERIOR. # B ee _ / MADE IT Ze ‘ FROM AN |? INCREDIBLY Ze I) hh LIGHT WOOD IT IS ALSO ] a oeeaee . KIRIKUMO THAN A a | | CEDAR: 7] NORMAL BOX. iFLESH OF HUMANS. oy K Qu ie 84 wNEZUKO MAY SLEEP TO REPLENISH HER STRENGTH. LOOK. KAZUMI IS SO PITIFULLY HAGGARD. BECAUSE HE WAS WITH SATOKO WHEN SHE DISAP- PEARED.+ ANOTHER YOUNG GIRL WILL DISAPPEAR. | WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.| BELIEVE you! YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE ME, BUT...aera MAA PN ? / WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GIRLS. 1 HOPE THEYRETHE SMELL IS GETTING STRONGER!! ITS A DEMON!«AND THE DEMON SLAYERDEMONS THAT USE SPECIAL POWERS KNOWN AS THE BLOOD SOMETIMES, Bean VOW ART HAVE HAVE TO ) SUPERNATURAL FIGHT A IBILITIES. DEMON ABILITIE LIKE THAT. WHERE ARE THE GIRLSTAKE HER! AND STAY BUT WHILE THIS /S SUB- MERGED UNDER- GROUND, ITS SCENT DOES NOTis ae BO re aeae Taisho Whispers 7 # Rumors C KA - Three men have asked Tokie to marry them. he’s an excellent cook!CHAPTER 11: SUGGESTIONSISTER'S HUMANITX IN OTHER WORDS, TANUIRO, KILLED YOUR FAMILY+ BECAUSE / SWITCHED MY FORM MIDSWING!MN | / NEED TO GET THEM TO TALK ABOUT MUZAN KIBUTSUSM, AND A WAY TO TURN DEMONS BACK INTO PEOPLE!! wu ! FIGHTING THREE DEMONS WHILE PROTECT- ING TWO PEOPLE...4yO | | | | yn | | "4 YOU'LL 7 RRRUI THE SIs V S con't FFFRESHHH- \ INTEReFE- Nesss/ Leia hi Lig ef fA | Cay SHE GETS see SHE Issss TASSSTY BOKER SSSIXTEEN WITH EACH ) MOMENT THAT j PASSSSES! YEARSSS OLD! | MUSSST CALM DOWN.EATEN Quite A FEW SSSIXTEEN- YEAR-OLD GIRLSSS IN \_ THIS TOWN. THEY WERE ALL MEATY AND QUITE ja TASSSTY!IF HER HAIRPIN IS AMONG THIS COLLECTION, "VE ALREADY EATEN HER.a. 28 &S ) MAL, vi} HUMANS | 4 | IT MAY ONLY HELP of } TO CONSOLE HER, BUT / PLACED NS NEZUKO UNDER AEARLY\ Tanjiro / Nezuko STAGE (The first time | drew these two.)‘i ° o | - =_l | ia | pe Fi ZiNEZUKO]! DON’T FOLLOW ITI! COMENEZUKO ISA DEMON NOW, TANARO. SHE ISNT WEAK. SHE DOESN’T NEED YOUR PROTECTION.a IND. ARE ESE! THE >) (¢) CLOTHES AND 7YOU CAN'T MOVE LIKE YOU DO ABOVE GROUND! SO TAKE THAT!! THERE ISSS ALMOST NO ARE YOU SSSUFFER- ING, BOYP + THE DARKNESSS OF THIS BOG SSSURROUNDS YOU AND WEIGHSSS YOUTHE AIR ATOP MOUNT SAG/RI WAS THINNER!S ‘STRENGTH UNDERWATER!BUT IT DOESN'T MATTERS! (LL UUST KILL JT WHEN IT CLOSES INL A FORCEFUL TWIST OF THE UPPER AND LOWER BODY TO GENERATE A STRONG SPIN. ‘S/T POSSIBLE TO MOVE LIKE THAT IN THERE IS A FORM TO USE IN AN UNSTABLE PLACE WITHOUT FOOTING...THE SPIN BECOMES ». DRAGGING IN ANYTHING AROUND /T AND CUTTING NEZUKOLSTRONGL!SHE DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE SHE MUST we coo ANY SUPER- NATURAL AMOUNT OF ABILITIES YET, BUT SHE /S STILL QUITE +BUT I’M SHE MOVES GETTING SO FAST USED TO THAT / HER SIMPLE CANT ATIACKS! \ EVEN IF SHE KICKS HARD ENOUGH TO TAKE My HEAD OFF, OR RUPTURES MY wd CAN /MME- OIATELYKX~ YOU GUYS arasd ad >» STINK LIKE HAVE YOU IT'S A ROTTEN KILLEDP! -\ FOUL OIL! a SMELL! LET WOMEN AGE, THEY GET UGLY AND TASTE TERRIBLE!From the cover of the Shonen Jump 21/22 double issue, 2016.GhAPTER 18s Ir WAS KOUYOU MUST NEVER TELLASLEEP To HEAL \ HERSELFP UST GIVE ME A LITLE MORE TIME. BECAUSE YOUR BIG THER...ARE YOU ALL RIGHTP KAZUMI THINK VM ALL RIGHTPBUT YOU STILL HAVE TO KEEP LIVING. YOU'RETHING OF SATOKO'S IN HERE. TO REMEMBER DID THIS HAPPEN TO You TOOP OID WPVM SORRY FOR SAYING SUCH A MEAN THING! HARDENED THEY FROM WEREN'T — TRAINING THE AND HANDS COMBAT. OFA Box esHOW MANY PEOPLE HAS HE KILLEDP HOW MANY MORE MADE TO SUFFER? J WILL NEVER FORGIVE you.HuHP IM |KO oe On My | NEXT JOB |K\\. ALREADY? \ ASAKUSA IN TOKYO! NO WAIT A. WANING? “ \ seconor RUMORS Kivk, A 7 «| WANT YOU TO i GET A SAMPLE TWO... FROM A DEMON WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF KIBUTSUUI’S ONE... wl WANT Ee TO EXAMINE YOUR SISTER'S BLOOD.| UNDERSTAND SHE SLEPT FOR TWO YEARS, SO HER BODY MUST RIGHT NOW, HAVE CHANGED NEZUKO IS IN DURING THAT AN EXTREMELY TIME. RARE AND SPECIAL CONDITION. USUALLY, IF A oT WILL DEMON CAN- GROW NOT INGEST VIOLENT, HUMAN FLESH WITHOUT OR ANIMAL FAIL. MEAT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME... BUT SUR- PRISINGLY, NEZUKO DOES NOT HAVE THOSE SYMPTOMS.MEANS A DEMON CLOSE IN STRENGTH TASK WILL. TO KIBUTSUUI. BE DIFFICULT. IT WON’T A DEMON WITH BE EASY TO A HIGH CON- STEAL BLOOD a CENTRATION OF FROM SUCH KIBUTSUdI'S A DEMON. BLOOD... / IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, VLL DO IT. BUT WILL YOU STILL STUDYING BLOOD FROM MANY DEMONS TO MAKE A MEDICINE.«NOT JUST NEZUKO, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE, RIGHTP \ IT WILLoO Taisho Whispers ; A # Rumors A SNICKER SNICKER When you ask Yushiro if he likes Tamayo, he turns beet red and goes silent!ea“|| JUST LIKE YOU SAID, YAHABA!AND IS THE DEMON SLAYER WITH THEM? WHAT DOES THIS MEANP AND YOUR KIMONO ISN/T DIRTY. YOU'RE TOO FUSSY. SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE LEARNED TO USE THE BLOOD DEMON ART WELL. BUT STILL, SUSAMARU THINGS IS CHILDISH... HUSH. THANKS TO MY TEMAR/* BALL, WE FOUND THEM RIGHT AWAY. GREAT!KYA HAH HAH! FOUND SHE COULD SMASH UP THE HOUSE JUST BY THROWING THAT BALLP!NEZUKO!! GET THE WOMAN ASLEEP BACK THERE SOMEWHERE SAFE OUTSIDE!!| KILLED SHE CLEARLY SMELLS OIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER DEMONS SO FAR/! HOW STRONG /S SHEPWE'LL BE FINE EVEN IF YOU DON'T TANUJIRO DON'TCONCEN- TRAT/ TAHE, STRUCK ¢ IN TAN ARC,IT ISN'T SPINNING A SPECIAL WAY, BUT...| SAID NOT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE DEMON SLAYER! MY CON- CEALMENT \ Qigua SPELL ISN'T 1 PERFECT! ff | CAN HIDE A AND THE MORE BUILDING OR THERE ARE, 2. THE SIGNS THE MORE f OR SMELL OF TRACES REMAIN, _ PEOPLE, BUT RAISING THE t THERE'S NO WAY POSSIBILITY OF TO HIDE THEIR KIBUTSUUI EXISTENCE FINDING US! ec ENTIRELY! yVLL NEVER | HATE WHEN ANYONE INTERFERES WITH THE TIME YOU AND | SPE TOGETHER! | REALLY HATE IT! SHE REPORTS | | ee h coves KIBUTSUUI! THAT |, ONE OF THE 12 KIZUKI, WILL TAKE YOURLET'S KEEP PLAYING...HEY, YOU STUPID DEMON SLAYER!! IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARROWS, YOU'LL KNOW ITS DIRECTION! VLL LEND YOU MY SIGHTI! j\ SENSE OF | HEAL, SO DON’T MIND us!! § CUT OFF THAT WOMAN'S HEAD! YOU/ CAN SEE! THE OTHER DEMON USES THESE ARROWS TO CONTROL... THANKS, YUSHIRO!T : KIBUTSUJI Fl ULI a ih VA ) THEN 1’ Sou Sone Vea NO) oF HEIR i iy res las BLOODS > he ih A =~ <% | a ui Sv Tam J IS 5 aA” atl Roru mer MIITAW ASS OUMTHELEND) ay > aWords of Gratitude Hello, lm Gotouge. Volume 2 is out! Thank you. 1m causing trouble for a lot of people and getting help trom a lot of people too. Thanks 7o everyone in the editorial department, my editor and assistants, and everyone reading and cheering for Kimefsu, I'm able to draw manga again today. I've failed 40 many times that a day doesn't pass when | don’t worry about whether it’s okay for me to draw manga, but | plan to give my best! _