| \ re AE Sel WIEST RANKOYOHARU GOTOUGE I'm Gotouge. I get to bring out volume 6, and thanks to everyone's support I get to work enthusiastically on manga again today. Thank you for the letters of support, snacks, Valentine's Day chocolate, drinks and clay Tanjiros. Wich support from everyone, an author can lean into their work, be a fighter and work hard. Sorry for taking so long to say thank you. crying] DADEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOLUME 6 Shonen Jump Edition Story and Art by KOYOHARU GOTOUGE KIMETSUNO YAIBA © 2016 by Koyoharu Gorouge 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 the U.S.A. Published by VIZ Media, LLC P.O. Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107 10987654321 First printing, May 2019 NUZven SOTTHE DEMON SLAYER CORPS GATHERS KOYOHARU GOTOUGE~ CONTENTS e Chapter 44 AGAINST CORPS RULES SUA ER } 7 Pp Chapter 45 TRIAL BY HASHIRA 31 Chapter 46 MASTER OF THE MANSION 55 eee a ee SLAYER CORPS Chapter 48 reyNpel acy BUTTERFLY MANSION 95 Chapter 49 REHABILITATION TRAINING, PART 1 5 Chapter 50 REHABILITATION TRAINING, PART 2 135 Chapter 51 THE NICHIRIN SWORD RETURNS 157 Chapter 52 CRUEL AND HEARTLESS 77~~ ie! —- “LABELS: TREATMENT COMPLETEVLL TAKE CARE OF ANY DEMONS NEARBY, SO YOU CAN WORK WITHOUT FEAR.EVERYONE HATES MEP | SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING. MY APOLOGIES. | GUESS YOU NEVER REALIZED THAT PEOPLE HATED YOU. SORRY.THAT'S DANGEROUS. SO GET OUT YOU'RE LYING 51 ON TOP OF A THAT SOP HOW SAD. SHE'S MY LiTTLe SISTER!ILL USE A GENTLE POISON TO KILL HER SO SHE WON'T ~ A TAKE YOUR SISTER Ano tee YOURSELF UP AND GET GOING.ge 2 SS m1XA V ~ NI rin WT, a : =How ABouT | | UUST SAYING | | SOMETHING ? OH NO. IS THIS GOING TO BE ONE OF YOUR LONG, RAMBLING STORIESP ARE YOU TRYING TOMESSAGE! MESSAGE! oe AND BRING My THEM BACK i} TANSIEG AND? TO HEAD- / NEZUKO INTO QUARTERS! 4 CUSTODY.CAPTURE THEM AND RETURN TO TaNUERO aunerers GF ne " 4, DEMON NEZUKO/ TANJIRO HAS A SCAR ON HIS FOREHEAD!HE HAS A SCAR ON HIS FORE- MOosT MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP LACK ANY SWORD SKILLS. IS HIS JAW THEY CLEAN UP AFTER THE DEMON SLAYERHOW LONG ARE YOU GONNA SLEEP?! GET UP ALREADY, WOULD YAP!you're IN THE PRESENCE iF OF THE HASHIRALIS THE \HASHIRA”P WHAT DOES THAT THIS IS THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS HEAD- QUARTERS. AND YOU, TANJIRO _— KAMAQO, ARE ) ABOUT TO BE...“MASHIRA (FPERENT. we ARE DIDEMON EMSsPROTECT- ING A DEMON IS. CLEARLY FLAME HASHIRA: KYOJURO RENGOKU EVEN THE BLOOD SPLASHES WILL HAVE PANACHE! REALLY THERE’S NO NEED FOR A TRIAL! VLE CUT OFF HIS HEAD WITH STYLE! FLASHY- FLASH! SOUND HASHIRA: TENGEN UZU/ EEEHP KILLING SUCH A CUTE Kd...AW... WHAT PITIFUL CHILDREN. STONE HASHIRA: GYOME! HIME SMA ARE THEY CALLEDPNEZUKOL HIM. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT TOMIOKAPWHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT THISP HOW SHALL HE TAKE | Y RESPON- / y KOCHO SAYS SIBILITY WHAT y 7 } TOMIOKA 4 y BROKE CORPS RULES TOO. RIGHT NOW HE'S JUST WANDER- ING AROUND SERPENT HASHIRA: IGURO OBANA/ 24 Tikal H| | waTeR HASHIRA: GIYU TOMIOKATOMIOKA 1S ALL WE NEEDN'T |] 22 onc CONSIDER WORRY ABOUT WIS A SUITABLE HIM. HE CAME DISTANCE. Qa PUNISHMENT ALONG WITH- LATER. OUT A FIGHT.YOUR JAW IS HURT, SO DRINK SLOWLY... IT CONTAINS A PAIN- KILLER, SO YOU'LL FEEL BETTER. NEZUKO WILL NEVER HURT ANYONE! ..BUT SHE HASN'T EATEN ANY HUMAN FLESH! »ESPECIALLY DON’T TRUST YOU. SESSED BY A DEMON. HURRY UP AND KILL YOUR I THS CHILO || eR oF lpg COURSE YOU'LL PROTECT HER! UD ft 4 PLEASE, \\ ff HEAR ME en 4 out! IT'S BEEN MORE THAN (X_ 4 Two years BY f oN 4 SINCE SHE = BECAME A y yO DEMON! zs A | BECAME A Fj —SWORDS- MANSO = | COULD —| PROTECT TIME, SHE NEZUKO! HASN'T BITTEN = ANYONE! \JUST WworDS! SHOW NE! IMPRESS Me! SPINNING IN CIRCLES. THE MASTER OF THE MANSION MUST BE AWARE 7 SO SHOULD WE REALLYTHE DEMON SLAYER CORPS AND PROTECT PEOPLE! SHE CAN FIGHT FOR My SISTER HAS FOUGHT ALONGSIDE ME! NO; LORD SHINAZ- UGAWA! PLEASE, PUT DOWN THE BOX! SAAAY... THIS IS GETTING SORTA INTERESTING.IS THAT THE IDIOTIC CORPS MEMBER WHO s Gg oe" WIND HASHIRA: SANEM! SHINAZUGAWA f ro jeHE HAS EVEN MORE SCARS THAN BEFORE! HOW RUGGED! SHINAZUGAWA, DON'T DO ANYTHING RASH. YOU SAY SHE CAN PROTECT PEOPLE AND FIGHT FOR THE CORPSP\ \\ | ‘i \ I \\ be hr \| WON'T LET oe “; iS | DON'T / _—— CARE IF SISTER! ( i - YOU'RE A NUTTY g HASHIRA OR j WHATEVER! WwWIF aL me T Durer ENCETHE MASTER OF THE MANSION HAS ARRIVED.C Figs ee Whispers Mispere 2 Ws Cf # Rumors ee ase \ Please, don’t fell \ anyone! LR — ® oe yy a / hear Mitsuri loves J | sakura mochi and that WV she ate 40 much that her hair changed color.“Ges CHAPTE Rae! mMORN- THE SKY IS ING. A PERFECT ENERY- BLUE, ISN'T ‘ONE. ITP IT FEELS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. IT MAKES: wa WITHe Mé VERY HAPPY OUT ANY THAT WE CAN MEMBERS HAVE OUR HAVING: TWICE-YEARLY CHANGED. HASHIRA MEETING...OF THE MANS/ON? ARE THOSE SCARSP NO. IS HE LLP i Gat 4 / / COULON’TIT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU SO HEALTHY. MASTER, | SINCERELY PRAY FOR INCREASED HAPPINESS. ... BEFORE THE HASHIRA MEETING, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO TELL US... YOUR THANK YOU, SANEMI.y HE DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE YES. MY ANY MANNERS ARE OCIES i BEFORE, BUT FOR y y NOW HES aaa =falead rm BEING INCREDIBLY ACCEPTED TANJIRO AND AND | WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO DO THE SAME.AHH...EVEN THOUGH MY MASTER REQUESTS IT... | WILL DO ANYTHING YOU SAY, MASTER!UNDERSTAND 1 AGAINST IT... PLEASE, oe ia TOMOKA,‘1, SAKONUI UROKODAKI, AND GlYU TOMIOKA WILL MAKE AMENDS BY SLICING OPEN OUR STOMACHS.”IF HE WANTS TO DIE, HE CAN ROT! IT DOESN'T PROVE A THING! KILLS AND EATS SOMEONE, THE DEAD is IRRE- WON'T ! COME VERSIBLE! E BACK!| CANNOT 2 GUARANTEE a | OR CONFIRM 5 conn 7 THAT SHE WILL : maieee NOT ATTACK PEOPLE. AND THREE i IT IS A FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE NEZUKO HAS STAKED THEIR pefi(i!\ “| NOT BITTEN ANY- LIVES ON ONE FOR OVER HER. | TWO YEARS...+s THEN YOU MUST OFFER SOMETHING GREATER THAN URUKODAKI'S PROMISE. FURTHER- MORE, TANUIRO HAS CROSSED PATHS WITH KIBUTSUUJI.ARE YOU SAYING THAT THOUGH NO MEMBER OF THE HASHIRA HAS EVER FACED HIM... WHAT WAS: KIBUTSUUI DOINGP Wc) SHUT UP! | ASKED FIRST!START WITH ( KIBUTSUUI'S ABILITIES, AND THEN... HE MAY | MERELY WISH \ < iw SILENCE ‘ ie KIBUTSUUJI } AAD, AS] HAS SENT “Me. HIS FORCES | AFTER <| b TANUIRO. +. KIBUTSUJ! HAS 7 DON’T WANT TO LET GO.AND IT'S MAY HAVE —— — POSSIBLE SEEN SOMETHING a) KIBUTSUUI... UNEXPECTED yi e IN NEZUKO DO YOU UNDER- STANDP wr LETTING A no HUMAN LIVE IS ee ONE THING, BUT MASTER, NOT A DEMON. | | D0 NOT CANNOT AGREE. UNDER- STAND! THERE IS NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT IT.Master! DEMONS ARE UGLY AND UNTRUST- WORTHY!CHAPTER 47: HMPH!IF YOU DON'T GO cuivaze | INTO THE ” K SHADE, THE UGAWA... } DEMON sel WON'T WORK IN WON'T COME OUT. THE LIGHT.PUSHING HIM DOWN TOO KAMADO, IF YOU TRY TO USE BREATH- ING TECHNIQUES WHILE HE'S: COMPRESSING YOUR LUNGS, YOU'LL RUPTURE fone BLOOD BREAK FREE, VESSELS. Y'KNOW?D Zeid ( 3 I LE ly SHINAZUGAWA i STABBED \ Loopy HER THR HIS Bl EE : ARM FOR HER TIMES THEN \ TO FEED, OFFERED... BUT SHE CONTROLLED HERSELF... ct Se Sh +NEZUKO HAS PROVEN SHE WON'T ATTACKFROM NOW ON, TANUJIRO AND NEZUKO WILL FIGHT FOR THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS TOGETHER. DIZZYING... IF YOU DO, THEY WILL ACCEPT YOUR WORDS AND RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF YOUR PRESENCE. ISA STRANGE, GIDDY FEELING! DEFEAT ONE OF THE TWELVE KIZUKI. NEEDED, AND NOW WENEZUKO 5 AND IWILL E& DEFEAT MUZAN KIBUTSUJI! , YOU'RE NOT E For READY FOR THAT YET. FOR NOW, DEFEAT ONE OF THE TWELVE KIZUKI.THROUGH LABORIOUS TRAINING, THEY HANE IMPROVED THEMSELVES, DEFIED DEATH... DEFEATED MEMBERS OF THE TWELVE KIZUKI. TANUIRO, YOU MUST BE CAREFUL SAYING THAT THE HASHIRA IT GOES WITHOUT IN THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED. WHY PEOPLE RESPECT AND WARMLY WELCOME THE HASHIRA.BE MEAN TO YOUNGER CHILDREN.HEAD ) og OF THE IN MODERN DEMON TERMS : i SLAYER THIS IS VE 3 p CORPS: CALLED 1/F J FLUCTUATION. mi, KAGAYA ! UBUYASHIKT IT’S AN ABILITY POSSESSED THE RHYTHM BY MANY OF HIS PEOPLE VOICE AND WHO ARE MOVEMENTS CHARISMATIC SOOTHES AND HAVE THE THOSE HE STRENGTH OF ADDRESSES. PRESENCE TO MOVE MASS AUDIENCES. ENOUGH IT IS TIME FOR THE ba ae peepee SUBUECT. COUNCIE TANUIRO... TO BEGIN.°/ of shiki 13 Baid te have five children. The one with black hair is a boy and his heir. The boy in House raised as a girl until age 13. Ubuyashiki is cowardly, 0 he a @ aus: XG ACI. ’ i SCN Ed oc 7 # Rumors J il }KAMADO CAN WAIT FOR US IN MY MANSION.| STILL OWE WITH ALL. THE SCARS A FEW MORE ! HEAD- aN oy) STABBED NEZUKO!INTeRRUPT- ING THE MASTER IS CONSIDEREDREGARDS TO TAMAYO.TALKING! e LL NEVER )~mn—@or our aa APOLOGIZE! Saino mecca; iO SEE win in| MAYBE WE if CAN GO AROUND TO THE GARDENP PARDON, THE INTRUSION! NO ONE IS. COMING TO GREET SORRY. I'M pig IN PAIN. MY yOuRSELFP 2 TSUGUKO! } ” “ GRANDPA!We've EXPLAINED (= NEIMOUNTAIN TO HELPP! A STINKY SPIDER STABBED WAAH! ME AND TANUJIRO! THE POISON LISTEN! REALLY HURT! YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT! BUT THAT GIRL GETTING ANGRY AT ME IS EVEN INOSUKEP HAVE YOU SEEN MURATA?KNOW WHO MURATA |S, BUT INOSUKE IS RIGHT HERE. , : \ \ Hey! HE'S BEEN fp GC AD) , YOU'RE HERE ALL S ' IN RIGHT! ALONG! } . :AT THE END HE LET OUT A LOUD CRY, SO HIS THROAT IS IN REALLY | DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT HIS NECK WAS SEVERELY INJURED. | THINK HE'S DEPRESSED. HE’S TOTALLY MELLOW, WHICH ISMULTIPLE CUTS AND ABRASIONS ‘ON FACE, SPRAINS ARMS AND ALL OVER LEGS. HIS BODY, PLUS PULLED MUSCLES AND CONTU- SIONS ON HIS LOWER UAW. CRUSHING TANUIRO| TANIRO NEZUKO SUFFERED SLEPT THROUGH Alor GREAT THE FOUR WERE ABLE TO REST AND RECOVER IN BUTTERFLY MANSION. ZENITSU FUSSED YOU'RE GREAT! HANG IN BUT THE OTHER TWO ENCOUR- HIM.Ss MURATA WAS L INITED TO ~~ oO THE HASHIRA =) MEETING TO GIVE A A DETAILED REPORT ON THE EVENTS =] AT MOUNT NATAGUMO. IT SEEMS SOME OF THOSE SENT TO MOUNT THEY ASKED ME WHO THEIR: TRAINERS WERE. NATAGUMO DIDN'T OBEY ORDERS. SO THEY WERE ALL ANGRY. THEY SAID CORPS FIGHT- ERS THESE DAYS ARE DROPPING IN QUALITY.ALL HE = —| COMPLAIN. MURATA LEFT IMMEDIATELX HOW ARE YOU ALL FEEL se iP THEN IT'S ABOUT TIME TO START MB REHABILITATION TRAININGS% BOX. TAISHO RUMORS he’s got skille! t hear Aoi was the one repaired Nezuko’sHE [Pen OF | CHAPTER 49: REHABILITATION | TRAINING, PART 1 Y i var A SPIDER. RECOVERING BY TAKING LOTS OF MEDICINE THE PEOPLE WHO MED COMPLETELY MAY SUFFER AFTER- EFFECTS EVEN \ WHEN THEYRE | | HUMAN AGAIN.J | VE NEVER | HEARD L | ANYTHING be | LIKE THEM ‘ ‘| BEFoRE. THE Ee SOUNDS > Bur THAT THEYRE SHINOBU WEIRD, SO MAKES ARE THEYRE UNIQUE. KINDA BUT SHE WAS LIKE A GODDESS WHEN SHE HEALED THE PEOPLE WHO BECAME SPIDERS. HER FACE iS SO BEAUTIFUL.EVERY DAY THAT GORGEOUS LADY TOOK TANMRO AND INOSUKE FOR SREHABILITA- TION TRAINING” TO HELP THEIR BODIES REGAIN STRENGTH. TELL ME! 1 HAVEN'T BEEN HEALTHY ENOUGH,230 FLL EXPLAIN IT ALL AGAIN! REFLEX TRAINING. + YOU WILL LIE DOWN AND THOSE GIRLS WILL LOOSEN UP YOUR STIFF muscles. / A TODAY ZENITSU STARTS HIS TRAINING...IF YOUR EACH OF OPPONENT TR THESE CUPS HOLDS DOWN re Ss SS CONTAINS YOUR CUP oS MEDICINAL BEFORE YOU CAN ° TEA THAT RAISE IT, THEN CAN BE YOU HAVE TO Tj APPLIED “DRINK.” TOPICALLY. you WILL COMPETE _ Ka) TO SEE WHO f Avy, Y HAS TO f cae 3 A TAKE THE MEDICINE. SIMPLY ive eure, wy, PLAY TAG. J YOUR OP- ] TRAINING. PONENTS ARE ME AND KANAO EXCUSE ME, MAY WE HAVE A MOMENT?a =] NO, IT’S JUST... TO SUST COME WITH MES Ail any Ny ee. Se ANY GiNxe VM ( SY rezze (ZENITSU! WHAT‘D YOU DO THAT FoRP!YOU SAY WHY DID YOU YOU'RE COME BACK SORRY! EVERY DAY ACTING LIKE YOU'D BEEN THROUGH HELL WHEN YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN —— Va > °/ you curs 1 “< SHOULD APOLOGIZE! YOU WERE ( HAVING A BOW DOWN DEEPLY AND JOLLY TIME APOLOGIZE! PLAYING GAMES OFFER TO WITH GIRLS, BUT EVERY ( DAY YOUCAME = ¢ BACK LOOKING WRECKED! -NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING THEY'RE GONNA MASSAGE OUR BODIES! WHEN WE PLAY WITH THE CUPS, OUR THEY EACH HAVE NICE CHESTS, GREAT BUTTS AND STRONG THIGHS! WHEN THEY PASS BY, THEY SMELL GOOD! IT'S A JOY JUST TO LOOK AT THEM!LOSING TO THOSERAISED THE STAKES. DURING 1 THINK ITS RUBDOWNS, BAD TO TRAIN eee WITH SUCH LAUGHED IMPURE y| CONTINUALLY MOTIVATIONS. DESPITE INTENSE = = "i TTT Wr 1 | ME MEANT saw i EVERY WORD. mp THAT HURT SO HHT Zp * BAD | CRIED, Zz = BUT HES u =, LAUGHING. an | e | = 4 ATTHEY BOTH STOPPEDNO ONE COULD HOLD DOWN HER CUP OR ORENCH HER. MAYBE | SHOULD JUST CHANGE MY NAME TO MONITSU EVEN WITH MONITSU HERE, WE FINISH EACH DAY SOAKED. IF YOU THINK I KNOW, YOU'RE DUMBER THAN ME. WE JOINED THE CORPS THE SAME TIME AS HER, SO WHY IS SHE SO MUCH BETTERPIF YOU DON’T WANT TO COME, THEN YOU DON’T “ HAVE TO EITHER! FENN TTY << No! THERE'S NO NEED TO BOTHER WITH THEM ANY LONGER! OF US! THEN VLL TEACH THEM HOW TO WINSSHE EVEN SMELLS OIFFERENT. HER SCENT 1S CLOSER TO THAT OF THE HASHIRA.DO YOU CONCENTRATION + TANJIRO, BREATHING 24 HOURS A DAYPALL THE |} A HASHIRA... 5 PEOPLE CONCENTRA- ANON are aate |[> TION A TODOIT. = BREATHING: lM GOING TO GINE ITA TRY! THANK you!CHAPTER 50: REHABILITATION TRAINING, PART 2LONG TIME, VFEEL LIKE VM GONNABREATHING BEGINS WITH THE LUNGS. JE My LUNGS ARE BAD, / CANT SEI VL GET UP EARLIER AND RUN. AND (LL PRACTICE HOLD- ING MY BREATH. HARD WORK BUILDS DAY BY DA LITTLE BY LITTLE [S FINE. JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARDS BRING HIM iA | TANUIRO SOME RICE | | WORKS y HARD EVERY DAY.THAT'S YES. WHEN " INTERESTING SHINOBU WAS TRAINING! TRAINING DOES IT MAKE KANAO, SHE { A SOUND? OFTEN MADE HER BLOW INTO GOURDS. NO. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BURST THE GOURD.THAT SKINNY GIRL BURST ONE OF THESEP! AND THESE ARE SPECIAL GOURDS, EVEN HARDER THAN NORMAL ONES. oy AND AS THE TRAINING WENT ON THE GOURDS GOT BIGGER.1 CAN RUN MORE THAN ww STRENGTH /S COMING BACK. DURING THE 04% 1 RUN .-- BREATHE SLOWLY AND AROUND, DEEPLY— WORKING | OUT My LUNGS | aie ae He WITH FAST ay tO ae MOVEMENTS. Way TO My NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME TO... FINGERTIPS. UROKODAKT SAID THATUROKODAKT MUST BE REALLY ANGRY. RIGHT NOW I’M HAVING IT REFORGED, J FOUGHT ONE OF THE TWELVE KIZUKI BUT DIDN'T GET ANY OF ITSTi } i] | HANE TO |) DRINK THIS [T) FIVE TIMES A DAY?! ust TAKING & MEDICINE WILL HEAL MY ARMS AND LEGSP REALLY?! DBYOU'RE REALLY DEDICATED. YOUR TWO FRIENDS RAN OFF ‘SOME- \ ey AREN'T YOU Fb teach > 8) fe: a (| LONELY BY THEM How! [oN ma: i » \ yourseLrPYOUR INJURIES WERE HORRIBLE. DREAM OF GETTING ALONG WITH DEMONS.ARE YOU ANGRYP+ THE ANGER IN ME GROWS DEEPER AND STRONGER. EVER SINCE A DEMON MURDERED MY BELOVED ELDER SISTER... ... WHENEVER | SEE A DEMON, OR PEOPLE WHOSE LOVED ONES HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY NOW THAT THEY'VE SEEN NEZUKO, WHO HASN'T EATEN ANY PEOPLE, AND SENSED HER TRUE NATURE, | DON’T THINK... ANYWAY, My SISTER WAS A KIND: PERSON LIKE YOU. DEMONG...SHE FELT SYMPATHY PITIED THE 4 \ FOR DEMONS. F DEMONS. IF THERE'S A WAY TO BUT IF THAT WAS MY | COULDN'T ANOID KILLING PITIFUL SISTER'S THINK LIKE DEMONS, WISH, THEN HER. PITY | MUST TRY | MUST TRY SOMEONE TO FIND IT... TO CARRY IT WHO KILLS PEOPLEP ‘ ++ WITHOUT LOSING MY SUNNY DISPOSITION, WHICH MY SISTER ALWAYS LIKED.KEEP UP YOUR PLEASE, FIGHT KEEP TANUIRO. DEFENDING NEZUKO. WITHOUT REASON... DEMONS ALWAYS LIE TO SANE INSTINCT, THEY KILL +. AND | FEEL BETTER INSIDE. SUCCEEDING AT MY SISTER'S DREAM, IT SOOTHES MY ANGER... LL DO My BEST.a THE LONGER I’M ABLE TO KEEP IT UF, THE MORE My PHYSICAL FITNESS: IMPROVES. iM CATCHING UP! I'M ACTUALLY GAINING ON HER! ‘STILL CANT DO TOTAL CONCENTRA- TION BREATHING ALL DAY BUT... NICHIRIN SWORD!D = 4 QPS aaa TH SCO Y-| y a aml Jey © ‘~ tie Ip] FAR BEYOND te US NOW... GET3 THE i TECHNIQUE TANUJIRO = MASTEREDIS = DOING TOTAL S ~~ CALLED TOTAL ENTRATION: ICONCENTRATION one ean BREATHING : EVERY MINUTE ww } OF THE DAY... - y A ais Tl YZ 1 1 pp Ni Sex. | LY ic | } = PHYSICAL — \/j | | FITNESS a DRASTICALLY | IMPROVES. //h o ISA BASIC MOVE... A MASTERING BEGINNER'S: IT REQUIRES TECHNIQUE, INCREDIBLE SO OF } EFFORT! COURSE...HUUUHP! ANYWAY, OF DOWN TO IF IT'S THEN +i COURSE \) ME! MLL POSSIBLE, THAT'S = TTT YOU CAN THEN OF THAT. DO IT... j COURSE VLL DO IT! IT'D BEA SHAME, GOOD LUCK, ZENITSU. I’M CHEERINGML MINE DAYS LATER, INOSUKE! REFORGED NICHIRIN -_ & GTX PRS > \ THAT MY — a | ZENITSU!HURRY! ACARE! THAT BROKE DOESN'T BECAUSE MATTER! IT’S YOU WERE YOUR FAULT! WEAK! IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT! OTHER- REALLY... WISE, 1 WAS WOULD ABOUT TO My DIE! MY KATANA OPPONENT BREAKP! wee SE TT TTT IS TWICE AS STRONG AS ANYONE eelM KANAMORI. TO KILL HAGANEZUKA IS A PASSIONATE ARTISAN. HIS LOVE FOR KATANAS...PRY: we pele THEY SERVE YOU | FORGED WELL IN NEW BATTLE, LL SWORDS FOR YOU, LORD INOSUKE. AN ELEGANT COLOR THAT BEFITS A KATANA. IT'S MY FIRST TIME a) INOSUKE’S MAKING BLADES WERE KATANAS FOR A TWO- HANDED FIGHTER.7, Sy, AWAIT LG Tj f i 7 4 yy ( 1 ee AND RUNNING AN OCTOPUS EXHAUSTING! UNDERWATER, AND DURING SO | ACCIDEN- TALLY LET OUT My AIR! TANuIRO \ | | ) suri vike ENCOUR- AGED ME To Do MORE THE WHOLE THAN | COULDIe TAS iN | \| | We Ov nnn \\)I aN Ni, MN’) //9 i Ms ~ Wi Ke KY 1 SEEMS By Cw eI EZ SS L <<ONLY THE. __|\ ‘LOWER — RAI — INKS O} \S THIS P| |FGATHERED. 7 \HIS APPEAR- \ ANCE JAN AURA ARE ¢ DIFFERENT | THAN BEFORE. G) KITS ANIN INCREDIBLE \DISGUISE. EIN : o : e 1 DION'RKNOW. Jd e@ YOUR APPEARANCE AND AURA ARE DIFFERENT, Worms! YOU MAY NOT SPEAK ON YOUR OWN. ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. wy APOLOGIES! WHO SAID You COULD SPEAKP!RUI WAS KILLED. HE WAS LOWER-S. WHY ARE YOU MEMBERS OF THE LOWER RANKS SO WEAKP YOU MUST Resa - EAT MORE } } JOINING PEOPLE, GET THE TWELVE STRONGER, u KIZUKI IS NOT AND BECOME {\ THE END... MORE USEFUL s I MERELY THE TO ME. I \ BEGINNING.THE ONES WHO PUT THE DEMON- SLAYING HASHIRA IN THEIR GRAVES ARE ALWAYS IN THE UPPER RANKS. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LOWER RANKSP HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THOSE MEMBERS CHANGEDP FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, THE MEMBERS OF THE UPPER RANKS OF THE TWELVE KIZUKI HAVE NOT CHANGED. YOU CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION. “WHAT. ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THAT?” WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THATP WHAT HAS YOU SO WORRIEDPIN ORDER: UPPER RANK: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX LOWER RANK: ONE, TWO, THREE, | FOUR, FIVE, SIX THE STRONGEST (S UPPER-1. THE WEAKEST /S LOWER-6. THE DEMONS /N THE UPPER RANKS DISDAIN THEM. DEMONS IN THE LOWER RANKS ONLY HAVE A NUMBER ENGRAVED ON ONE EYE.JE HE CAN SEE THEM, HE CAN READ THEIR MINDS. THE FARTHER AWAY THEY ARE... + THE LESS CLEARLY HE CAN READ THEM, BUT HE CAN ALWAYS DISCERN THEIR LOCATION. «WHEN NEZUKO WAS TAKEN TO UBUYASHIKT MANSION, /T WAS A TERRIBLE THING FOR THE DEMON SLAYER MUZAN KIBUTSUN CAN READ THE THOUGHTS OF THOSE TO WHOM HE HAS GIVEN HIS BLOOD.ws THE MOMENT THAT NEZUKO ARRIVED, KIBUTSUM KNEW WHERE UBUYASHIKI*S TAMAYO"S AND NEZUKO’S EFFORTS GRASPED THAT.LorD KIBUTSUUl! PLEASE, PLEASE! MERCY! |!ARE YOU MORE AFRAID OF THE DEMON SLAYERS THAN OFEVERY TIME YOU ENCOUNTER ONE OF THE DEMON SLAYER HASHIRA, YOU WANT TO FLEE. NO | DON’T! | RISK MY LIFE FOR you! ARE YOU CONTRADICTING WHAT | SAYP(NE BEGUN | WILL “a. TO THINK THE UPPER RANKS Cee KIZUKI ARE ALL THAT IS NEEDED. eeeWHAT CAN EXACTLY YOU D0 HOW MUCH CAN STILL AT YOUR GRACEP AND BE OF USE) IF CURRENT HOW WILL | COULD HAVE YOU BE OF JUST A LITTLE MORE GRACE...FAIL | e IAKE L ) GOOD USE . \ 3 ( OF IT! o ° \ MB} iF You 9 b) ‘ \ COULD . vf y a GINE ME A LITTLE { VOD BEA MORE id] , BLOOD... STRONGER a . DEMON an AnD OS FIGHT! (oe Np WHY SHOULD | REWARD YOUR FAILURE WITH HOW VERY fe fj g Y\ MY PRECIOUS IMPUDENT. 4 y } KNOW YOUR CE.| AM NEVER WRONG. | CANNOT MAKE MISTAKES. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT \ TO OBJECT. ALL AUTHORITY \ IS MINE. AND WHAT | SAY IS ABSOLUTE. WHAT | SAY |e IS RIGHT /S RIGHT. YOU CON- WARRANTS: < AOL DEATH. \ ME, AND THAT...1AM INA DREAM! BECAUSE...THANK YOU FOR LEAVING ME FOR LAST. | REVEL IN THE MISERY AND SUFFERING OF OTHERS. | RELIVE IT IN MY OREAMS | ADORED HEARING THE OTHER DEMONS’| WILL GIVE YOU MY BLOOD IN ABUNDANCE. BUT IF YOU ACCOMMO- YOU WILL GAIN MUCH GREATER STRENGTH. «AND KILL A HASHIRA OF THE DEMON SLAYERS. YOU MAY YET DIE BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TAKE THE VOLUME OF THIS TRANSFUSION. fF THEN YOU MUST MAKE: YOURSELF USEFUL TOIF YOU ALSO KILL THE DEMON SLAYER WITH EARRINGS THAT LOOK LIKE HANAFUDA CARDS, | WILL GIVE YOU MORE BLOOD.Ivs FLOWING INTO ME... Vv += WITH &/ LORD." MUZANES , ‘BLe0D.. \& x 1A HASHIRA AND THIS Boy, ILL GET MORE BLOOD...| KNOW EARRINGS ARE AGAINST SCHOOL REGULATIONS, sol IDE MONTSUAYERIKIMETSU] THE MOST WELL-MANNERED BOY AT KIMETSU ACADEMY THERE ARE MANY PROBLEM STUDENTS: JF you KNOW THE RULES, DON’T BREAK THEM... EVEN POLITELY! THEY'RE THE LAST MEMENTO OF MY SNIFF OKAY. I'LL LOOK THE OTHER WAY. BEAT It!POOR ZENITSU PRETTY SHOJO PROTAGONIST OH! ITS NEZUKO THE BAKER'S DAUGHTER! SHE'S BITING BREAD AGAIN TODA HOW CUTE! Goop MORNING, NEZUKO!