Bye: ( L KIMETSU NO YAIBAHello! I'm Gotouge. Volume 9 is out you very much to everyone who helps cheers me on. If no one read the manga, would just be a pile of paper, so for people to take itin their hands and open it up is a great honor. hope for your happiness as I fire the cannon of gratefulness! I always pray for the good fortune of everyone who is kind to this ~-author whose glasses are always askew. \yDEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOLUME 9 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 the U.S.A. Published by VIZ Media, LLC P.O. Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107 \ 10987654321 ~ First printing, November 2019 PARENTAL ADVISORY DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YABA is rated Tio Teen ond recommended forages 13 ond up. Ths Volume contains ease and atasyvolnce. wizHon SES shonenjump.comOPERATION: al Eten No CoN GOTOUGECONTENTS DE MON Chapter 71 OPERATION: ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT 7 Chapter 72 SEARCH FOR MY WIVES 29 Chapter 73 Ul THE CHASE HR 49 Ce a ae DAKI PSE OH y 69 Chapter 75 VARIOUS FEELINGS 89 Chapter 76 IN VARIOUS PLACES 109 Chapter 77 ROAR 129 Chapter 78 WRIGGLY 149 Chapter 79 AIR HOLE 169IF | SAY BE A DOG, YOU ACT LIKE A DOG! IF | SAY BE A MONKEY, ACT LIKE A MONKEY! FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU MUST PLEASE Me! BOW AND SCRAPE AND \ ANERT YOUR EYES! YOU TOADIES ARE MINE, BODY AND SOUL! ALL RIGHT... 1AM A Gop! YOU GUYS ARE TRASH! FIRST, GET THAT INTO YOUR HEADS! DRILL IT IN THERE!WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU THE GOD OFPA) i | il iequir_ © CHATTING! NAW, HE/S c UUST THE BEHOLD THE HAVE TO HASHIRA POWER FOLLOW = TENGEN THE FESTIVAL HIM! AWS uzul. gop!--KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR WOMEN THAT | CAN MARRY. ONCE IN THE ENTERTAIN- MENT DISTRICT, ULL GATHER INFORMATION STOP MESSING AROUND! THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS ISN‘T A MATCHMAKING SERVICE!| GET THAT A WEIRDO LIKE YOU MUST HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE «DON'T USE MEMBERS OF THE CORPS TO FIND YOURSELF A WIFE! I'M GOING IN BECAUSE THEIR COM- MUNICATIONS SUDDENLY STOPPED! LADIES... YOU IDIOT! MY WIVES SNUCK INTO THIS ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEMON HERE! IS THAT THE WEIRD FANTASY YOU TELL YOURSELFPHERE! yA\ THESE Are LETTERS THEY SENT BY CROW! HOW CAN YOU HAVE THREE Wives? GIMME A BREAK!Ay! ... THEY KEEP I REMINDING | YOUNOT TO |f SQ STAND OUT |) \\ DISGUIsES, OF COURSE. YOU IN THERE FOR YOUR MISSION.BUT MY THREE WIVES ARE OUTSTANDING KUNOICH/— FEMALE NINJAS... 1SO | SENT THEM IN; BUT NOT AS CUSTOMERS. | THOUGHT AN ENTERTAIN- MENT DISTRICT WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR DEMONS «BUT WHEN | SNUCK IN AS A CUSTOMER, | COULDN'T FIND ANY LEADS. SO YOU'LL GO THERE AND LOOK FOR MY WINES. WENE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE ESTABLISH- + AND HINATSURU AT HOUSE KYOGOKU. +s MAKIO- AT HOUSE OGIMOTO...WE BROUGHT THE THINGSA TOWN OF THE NIGHT, AWASH IN VANITY, DESIRE, LOVE AND MOST OF THE i} COURTESANS J ‘SS HERE WERE few \ THE HANAMACH! 7g SOLD INTO hee —f Li|| ENTERTAINMENT PEE SERVICE DUE TO ql DISTRICT 1S, ; POVERTY AND AS 17S NAME DEBT... ‘ =O THEY BEAR MANY HARDSHIPS. «AND IF THEY SUCCEED AS COURTESANS, A WEALTHY MAN May YET BUY THEIR FREEDOM.AN OIRAN, THE HIGHEST RANK AMONG COURTESANS, IS A SPECIAL WOMAN... MEN COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO GAIN THE ATTENTION OF AN O/RAN. AN O1RAN RANKS HIGH IN STATUS, SO /T CAN BE DIFFICULT TO MEET ONE.REALLY UGLY GIRLS!VLL HAVE TO SELL YOU DIRT CHEAP! THEN ALL | ASK IS THAT YOU CARE FOR ONE OF THEM. THANK YOU, MA‘AM. YOU TWO ARE TRULY HOPELESS!VM NOT TALKING TO YOU! YOU SAID BECAUSE | YOU'D DO DRESSED ANYTHING | YOU LIKE A TOLD YOU.= < 2 Q & r Zz < g 8 THAT'S KOINATSU— 2 x Q w o 2 9 xA HIGH- q RANKING COURTESAN IS GOING rere TO GREET A MUCH O10 THAT nee COSTP VERY . FLASHY, THAT GODDESS IS YOUR WIFEP NO WAY! ARE ALL THREE OF THEM THAT YOUR BEAUTIFUL Pl WIFEP!VM THE ee S ) PARDON AT HOUSE ME KIND I geiuoro, Ze. SiR, BUT... AND | HAVE ’ , AN EYE FOR TALENT. IF YOURE LOOKING TO PLACE THAT CHILD...WA , Hey! What is the meaning of thie?! With that scar no customers will want youl Give me a break! That man was 40 good- looking, how could he swindle me? | won't forgive this! Grrrrrr!HER FACE WAS: PAINTED UP WEIRD... GET SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GIRL FOR SO CHEAP! YOU'LL BE BIGGER THAN WARABIHIME AT HOUSE KYOGOKU OR KOINATSU AT HOUSE TOKITO!PLUMP AND + MEATY IS GOOD. ISN/T THIS GIRL GREATP! BUT ISN/T SHE BUILTDIDN'T SHE JUST THIS GIRL SURE CAN PLAY THE SHAMISEN/ SHE'S GOT A GOOD EAR. IF SHE HEARS IT ONCE, SHE CAN PLAY THE SHAMISEN OR KOTO. \\ C LZ. | mma \ alos TY Ses) - \ SHE GOT i uty IN HERE. , f. | HEARD THE MAN WHO BROUGHT HER IN WAS. GORGEOUS.THAT KIND OF GIRL IS s SOMETHING IS DRIVING HER TO GET BACK AT THE MAN WHO ABANDONEDTANIRO’S. INFILTRATION: 9 HOUSE TOK/TO SO WILL YOU SUMIKO, PLEASE WE'RE CARRY = SHORT- THIS? HANDED... SURE THING! TO KOINATSU OIRAN’S ROOM, RIGHTP — UNDER THE FACE POWDER THERE WAS A SCAR ON HER FOREHEAD, SO THE OWNER WAS FURIOUS: YESTERDAY, BUT...SHE’S SO STRONG, | KOINATSU O/RANS | ROOM 4 — 1 | an AND RECENTLY MANY GIRLS: | HEARD THE OKAMI HAVE GONE AT HOUSE ASHINUKE AND KYOGOKU DISAPPEARED. FELL FROM A ‘SCARY... WINDOW AND DIED. Let's BE sO SCARY! CAREFUL, OKAY?RUNNING away wiTH- || PRESENTS OUT PAYING FoR KOINATSU OIRAN! BUT SOME GIRLS RUN OFF WITH A MAN THEY LIKE. )LIKE SUMA OIRAN DID JUST RECENTLY. THANK CARRYING NO ONE KNOWS IF SHE REALLY GOT AWAY./ HERE IS. A TREAT ALONE IN FOR YOU. SECRET. OIRAN! OIRAN!N Finds this peal hard.SHE WAS A DEPENDABLE YOUNG WOMAN. DID YOU GET SOLD TO THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT LIKE YOUR SISTERP EXCHANGED . = FORA LONG TIME. | DIDN'T THINK SUMA WOULD RUN AWAY, EITHER.«BUT THEY FOUND HER DIARY eceueo To SEEMED TO AND IT SAID SHE LOSE HER WAS PLANNING HEAD OVER TO RUN OFF. MEN... THERE'S BEEN NO WORD OF HER GETTING CAUGHT, SO | HOPED SHE GOT AWAY, THAT PROVIDES SOMEONE DISAPPEARS, PEOPLE JUST THINK SHE GOT AWAY.SHE'S HOLED UP IN HER ROOM AND WON'T COME INOSUKE: HOUSE STILL, SHE HAS TO EAT SOME- THING. NN | JUST LEFT A TRAY OUT- SIDE HER ROOM. THE OKAMI* WILL DRAG HER OUT SOON. SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T FEEL WELL, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO. SEE THE DOCTOR. NM“ i : *OKAM): FEMALE INNKEEPER AND MANAGER [oum)THAT WOMAN CAME FROM THIS: DIRECTION. COULD THAT EXPLAIN HER SILENCE AND JF HE CAN'T TALK, I'S TOUGH «LIVING IN A BUILDING AND WEARING A KIMONO IS A KIND OF TORTURE.r TO WHOM WERE YOU SENDING THIS ETTER? OH, RIGHT. IT’S MAKIO..CHAPTER 73: THE CHASE HOW, THEY FOUND ME!COMING... S SOMEONE'S HOUSE OGIMOTO i 1S FILLED WITH aN AGAIN! J mnones | aeYM GETTING A REALLY STRANGE FEELING.ITA EMMONS So. we |1 WONT LET YOu GET AWAYSWHERE'S [T HEADEDP! CUTIE LIKE OUT HERE?4 usw & BECAUSE OF THAT val LOST IDIOT TRACK GETTING OF IT! Nu WAY...lM SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING FOR UZU//S WIFE HINATSURU. IMPROVING MY SHAMISEN AND KOTO SKILLS DOESN'T MAYBE /T WAS THE ROSHU’S* WIFE WHO DIED TWOA GIRL IS CRYING! THE MOST IMPORTANT SOUND! GOING ON HEREP!THE]PERSON, IBEHINDYADID YOU HEAR MEP ARE YOU DEAFP THAT GIRL JUST ARRIVED A DAY ORTHE ROOM WAS MESSY AND THIS GIRL WAS CRYING, YOU'D BE BETTER OFF DEAD, NOP YOU'RE UGLY. AND BUT | LEFT ORDERS TO HAVE IT CLEANED. YOU'RE RIGHT, WHAT'S WITH THAT HAIR COLORPLh Wa / L GYAAMSSumiko Overwhelm Okami _A Okami, | finished wiping down the corridor and trimmed the flowers and » changed the water in the vases! — \YM HiT le 1A Mi Me 4 = ravi TT Jl AER SY ANNI TA QTL NAHOUSE KYOGOKU: TWO DAYS BEFORE TANMRO AND THE OTHERS YOU MUST RESTRAIN YOURSELF. WHATEVER, DO YOU MEANP_ AND YOU BASICALLY OUR GIRLS BULLIED THAT ARE GETTING ONE GiRL TO RS. INJURED AND DEATH, RUNNING WARABIHIME. AWAY... —{ “] AND \.] cOMit- TING suicive. }f l | . Ss SS NY YOU SAY SUCH HURTFUL THINGS, DON’T YOU SEE HOW THOSE GIRLS KEEP DEFENDING LOOKED YOU. THE OTHER LATELY.. WAY UP UNTIL NOW BuT...1AN AGED TEAHOUSE MISTRESS AN INCREDIBLE BEAUTY WHO WAS INCREDIBLY ILL-NATURED. OLD WOMAN, WHERE WOULD THIS ESTABLISH- MENT BE WITHOUT THE MONEY AND RESPECT | BRING fi! TO ITP? Ed (. LONG TIME / 260... HER MEMORY WAS FAILING } BUT SHE ff CLEARLY RECALLED...BOTH THESE OIRANS HAD NAMES THAT ENDED WITH SHIME*/” AND WHEN SOMETHING DISPLEASED m0 SHE SAID SHE KNEW THIS OIRAN WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, BUT IN HER MIDDLE YEARS SHE SAW ANOTHER JUST LIKE HER. + EACH ONE HAD THE SAME DISTINCTIVE WAY OF TILTING THEIR HEAD...THEY SAY THE SECRET TO LIVING A LONG LIFE... / THAT'S HOW EVERYONE AROUND ME HAS MANAGED TO SURVIVE... + AT LEAST UNTIL TONIGHT.THAT YOU, OMITSU... TOO BAD FOR YOU. TOO BAD INDEED.AS HUMANS AGE, THEIR FLESH GROWS SHRIVELED FILTHY AND AWFUL. YOUR DEATH WILL COME FROMABAD fiIT APPEARS YOU'VE FEASTED ON QUITE A FEW HUMANS. YOU'RE MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE. EASIER IT IS TO SLIP up.THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS... 5 SOMEONE THE TROUBLE SKILLED LIKE A IS, WE CAN HASHIRA WILL BARELY TELL SOON REALIZE HUMANS APART THERE’S A DEMON JUST BY SIGHT 3 AT WORK HERE. UNLESS THEY'RE POWERFUL LIKE A HASHIRA. v STILL, WE CAN DISTINGUISH THINGS HUMANS HARDLY EVEN UNDERSTAND, LIKE BLOOD TYPE, SICKNESS AND | EXPECT A GREAT DEAL«AND YOU PUT SEVEN STRONG HASHIRA IN THEIR GRAVES. YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, CREATURE THERE Is... FROM NOW ON, YOU WILL BE EVEN STRONGER AND CRUELER. YOU ARE A SPECIALSHE REQUIRES DISCIPLINE. HARSH DISCIPLINE. THIS BRAT | IS BOLD AND WILLFUL. WARA- BIHIMECUSTOMERS f ARE COMING! IT IS | WHO SHOULD BE SORRY. OF LATE, MANY THINGS HAVE GOTTEN ON MY NERVES. MASTER, RAISE YOUR HEAD.| WAS TOO HARD ON THE GIRL. AFTER ALL, SHE IS STILL NEW TO OUR HOUSE. e | MUST mers || Great Were PREPARE QUICKLY! MYSELF. CLEAN UP QUICKLY!MWA HA HA HAS COME, ONE 11'S TAKEN y AFTER THE ////\— oTwere PLL Te Wy BUT THEY'VE | /{ — KILL AND EAT. FINALLY GONE | //\ THE LOT OF FOR THE BAIT.Koinatsu Oiran is Kind, 60 everyone likes r. She spoils them, 60 Okami gets angry.eo EK RIOUS FEELINGS NA CHAPTEau AS SHE PASSED OUT AND WE LET HER SLEEP, BUT SHE ISN'T IN HER ROOM. SHALL | ORDER A SEARCHP ZENKO, THE NEW GIRL WITH THE YELLOW THAT ISN/T NECES- SARY.NEVER MENTION ZENKO AGAIN! TELL EVERYONE ELSE THE SAME! YOU EXPECT FROM SOMEONE WHO GETS ON WARABIHIME OIRAN’'S NERVES?THING LIKE THIS! LIKE LOOK, UZUI \ AND ZENITSU WILL BE HERE SOON FOR \\ OUR REPORTS, SO...ZENITSU ISN'T COMING. | THINK VE PUT YOU GUYS IN REAL DANGER. 4HEARD FROM HIM SINCE LAST NIGHT. | WANTED TO HELP MY WIVES, BUT THAT LED ME TO MAKE SOME BAD CHOICES. ZENITSU IS MISSING. IF THERE'S AN UPPER-RANK DEMON HERE, YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT. LEAVE THE YOU'RE —_ HANAMACHI. DISAPPEARS, WE MUST COUNT THEM AS DEAD.MAYBE HE DION’T TRUST US BECAUSE WE'RE THE LOWESTDEMON SLAYER CORPS RANKS | THE BOTTOM. | WE'VE GAINED PASSWORD AND FLEXING CAUSES THEIR CURRENT RANK TO APPEAR.| or REMEMBER 7 THE WISTERIA MOUNTAIN, TICKLING, THEY BUT | WAS TICKLED SO TIRED... YOUR HAND, RIGHTP TODAY I’M AS SOON RIGHT. one AS NIGHT SORRY. investigar- |] FALLS, PLL THERE'S ING HOUSE MEET YOU NO TIME TOKITO. AT HOUSE FOR THIS. OGIMOTO. WAIT UNTIL THEN. IT’S DANGER- OUS TO ACT ALONE.DEMON AT MY PLACE! UZUI IS ow! ow! WATCHING BUT ZENITSU OuT- DISAPPEARED SIDE OUR HOUSES AT NIGHT, RIGHTP j fh) iH & 0) SS * (4 Sy THERE MUST BE A SECRET PASSAGE INSIDE THE BUILDING!IF THE DEMON IS WORKING AT THE HOUSE... IT MUST BE GOOD AT PRETENDING TO BE HUMAN... VERY CONVENIENT DONE DURING gerard INCONVENIENT OH YEAH... BLOOD- STAINS DON'T COME OUT EASILY.AND I’M ACTING ON THAT BELIEF. w+ THAT. ZENITSU AND UZUI'S WIVES ARE ALL STILL AND | YOU TO DIE! qe pole SAME...| WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING! VM READY. NOW YOU | CAN Go EAT.WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS ON TO MASTER AND THE OTHERS THIS PAYMENT FOR MEALS WHILE | WAS IN THEIR CAREP | APOLOGIZE FOR THE IMPROPRIETY BUT | AM LEAVING HOUSE TOKITO. WHY ARE YOU ~ DRESSED eel THAT WAY, SUMIP| ApoLocize FOR THE | DECEPTION, BUT THOUGH | DRESSED LIKE A GIRL, IM ue ‘A BOY. | COULD TELL FROM THE START THAT YOU WERE A Boy. AND | STILL IS IT TRUE HAVE HOPE TO YOU'RE SOME SAVE THOSE || worRIeD KIND OF WHO HAVE ABOUT DISAP- PEARED!YOU SEE... I'M LEAVING TOWN TOMORROW TOO. THERE'S A MAN WILLING TO TAKE SOMEONE LIKE ME FOR HIS WIFE. | | WAS AFRAID VD NEVER KNOW THE ANSWER TO. THE MYSTERIES HERE IN HOUSE wl/M DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT EVERYONE "LL LEAVE BEHIND.| GUESS VLL NEVER T'S ONLY NATURAL. THAT PLEASE,YOU'LL ONLY BE HERE FOR ONE MORE NIGHT, RIGHT, KOINATSU?: IN VARIOUS PLACES | CHAPTER 7HOUSE OG/MOTO: VM DONE WAITING! IS SETTING BUT HE QAN) Ad GOIN’ P ” DEMON SLAYIN’,| WON'T ASK YOU AGAIN. ZENKO AND HINATSURUP QUICKLY. OF CouRSE YOU'D SAY ) THAT. BUT =| WHO DO You ‘SUSPECT...SHE HAS THE NORTH ROOM WHERE SUNLIGHT NEVER FALLS. | WILL NOT FAIL TO EXACT REVENGE...oTMUST HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS TOWN... IF SHE'S STILL ALIVE. AND I WiLL SETTLE THIS WITH MY OWN HANDS. J "LL KEEP My EYES OPEN FOR SIGNS OF A DEMON ON My WAY TO MEET HINATSURU. Sats ESS IN ANY CASE, THE DEMON HERE AT DAWN... WILL RETURN aANOTHER DEMON SLAYER CHILD? DID A HASHIRA COME TOO? WILL ONE COME AND THAT UGLY SOON? YOU'RE TOO WEAK TO BE KID WITH THE A HASHIRA. YELLOW HAIR. |)LESS THAN A HASHIRA, YOU KNOW. Boa see E&e 4 Bee cek ~=5WHO DO you THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO?!1 JUST LANDED HARD || ONIN war’ \ FEAR THAT'S | MOMENTARILY y | oaained Ua ks] STUNNED ME 5 } a 3 SHE'S AN | UPPER-RANK WHAT IF SHE y te ee CAN HIDE iS INSIDE IT eg WEAPON... i MusT TOOP THEN /(T HAVE A ‘ Y/ RY SWALLOW = SPECIAL GROUND BY y . oa Mal PEOPLE = POWER! ITSELF! :HER BEHIND WALLS AND THROUGH cRACKS— ANYWHERE SHE WANTS YOU HAVE GOOD EYES. SO PLL JUST PLUCK THEM OUT AND EAT THEM.vm SORRY, NEZUKO. THE SHOULDER ) strap LEAVE YOU HERE. UNLESS YOUR OWN LIFE IS IN DANGER, DON’T COME OUT OF THE BOX!A BIT LIKEA DYING RAT. | LIKE You.KIRIMISE COURTESANS END UP HERE IF THEY STOP GETTING CUSTOMERS OR BECOME /LL. | KNOW YOU HEARD THAT SOUND EARLIER. THERE'S A DEMON ON THE LOOSE. ARE YOU REALLY ALL. RIGHT? SORRY | FAILED YOU.RECOGNIZED THAT WARABIHIME J} WATCHING HER... MaAkING iT DIFFICULT TO SEND OUT THE ‘NEWS. SHE LEFT, WARABIHIME WARABIHIME COULD IMMEDIATELY FINISH HER OFF IF SHE NOTICED ANYTHING AMISS.YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU COULD. WHEN THE ANTIDOTE TAKES HOLD, GET OUT OF YOSHIWARA.CAN SENSE THAT THE FIGHT HAS BEGUN.-THE PATHS LEADING IN ARE ALL SO NARROW THAT ONLY A SMALL CHILD COULD USE THERE'S A LARGE CAVERN DOWNWHAT'S THAT SOUND? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? you LACK ANY SUBTLETY. ScUM =] NEAR ex | OGIMOTO, IST? / Pe] THERE ARE ISI] Four OF you. WRIGHT? PLUS HINATSURU?LISTEN, LITTLE ONE. BECAUSE YOU FOUGHT SO BRAVELY BEFORE... a PM WILLING TO r\ SPARE YOUR LIFE, IF Y\ YOU ANSWER ME. THE BLADE 1S ALREADY CHIPPED. { SUPPOSE IT WAS MADE BY AN INFERIOR SWORDSMITH.THE PERSON on WHO FORGED / THIS IS INCREDIBLY SKILLED! YOU'RE i EE AND NOW 3 ~ YOU'VE WY NEES. ra STARTED SO PLL KILL Sap y an SHAKING kK wy \( = AGAIN. OH, FORGET IT! CHIPS WHEN THE WIELDERISN'T SUITED FOR ME, THE / GAN NEVER POWER OF A USE WATER SINGLE BLOW \ BREATHING WiLL ALWAYS LUKE BE STRONGER iN UROKODAKT WITH HINOKAM! | | NOR TOMOKA. KAGURA. 1 NEVER COULD DO MULTIPLE STRIKES.THIS 1S WHAT / TRAINED>| | Hear BURNING!”WITH ITS HIGH-SPEED TWIST AND DESIGNED TO CONFUSE.1 SEE IT! = /cANDO [® : —— aEVEN YOUR BEST MOVE IS TOO SLOW. YOU BORE ME.ji Z/ ff | TAMMY ATTACKS ARE TOO SLOW! EVEN JE 1 SEE AN OPENING THREAD, IT BREAKS RIGHT AWAY?+ THAT YOUR FEVER ISN'T BREAKING. PLEASE, KIYO, LET'S KEEP THIS A SECRET. YOU CAN SEE I'M FINE. =_ y "M IN BUT LOOK HEALTHY. IT’S ALLAND NOTHING I Dols HAVING ANY EFFECT. TO TELL SHINOBU! IT LETS ME USE HINOKAMI KAGURA MORE THAN ONCE AND MAYBE IMPROVE MY SKILLS. A PRO- LONGED FEVER MEANS SOMETHING FOR ME, HAVING A FEVER MEANS MIN GOOD CONDITION! PLEASE WAIT ALITTLE LONGER TO REPORT TO SHINOBUPHINOKAM! KAGURA IS WORKING! 1 HAVE TO USE ALL THE STRENGTH / HAVE AND FIND A WAY TO WINS/ WONT LET G ANYONE EXPERIENCE THE SAME + SADNESS WEDESTROYING THE CEILING AND FLOORS!Y) HA! HA HA! | FOUND IT! A HOLE LEADING TO THE DEMON {| f ONLY MY HEAD FITS, HUH?PYOU CAN'T STOP LORD INOSUKE THAT EASILY! F WORDS, IF MY HEAD FITS THROUGH, | CAN GO ANYWHERE!Ea ES EX STALADHTHEN SHE TAKES THEM OUT WHEN SHE'S READY TO EAT THEM! SHE TRAPS THE PEOPLEWHY HAVE YOU COME INTO MY PANTRY?!—_ ») ors 4 Cog iN ? hy /()¥) <7 PM \ to tat [ees He CNYOU WRIGGLE WIGGLE AROUND! YOU SLUGGISH GrRuB! YOU GOT GREEDY AND SWALLOWED \ TOO MANY PEOPLE!1 THOUGHT STORING SUCH FRESH FOOD WOULD HINDER MY ENEMIES THE ATTACKS OF A FAT WORM LIKE YOU WON'T HIT LORD INOSUKE! TSKS HIS CUTS NEVER HIT ANY OF MY CAPTIVESSHE SENSES ATTACKS COMING: AND HIS FROM ANY INSTINCTS: DIRECTION ARE SHARPS AND EASILY DODGES THEM! HE'S ALERT TO ALL INCOMING DANGERS TAKING HIM Ce 4 ALIVE WILL pak : BE HARDER PAN GUer INTERRUPTED KILLING HIM Cae OUTRIGHT, ys MAKIOL :PLL SAVE THE 4 ; TEN MOST wPLL EAT A BEAUTIFUL 1 FEW OF THEM ONES/ BEYOND —\ ‘ees od AND GAIN THAT, PLL EAT \ ~ , Z SOME EXTRA G R A A A A A yBESIDES, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU STOLE FROM ME. DON’T YOU CARE ABOUT THEM? f FIGHT, CAN. \RRS Just SWALLOW \WS S\ THEM BACK UPey, IT REALLY IS CREEPY! § HE'S TOTALLY ag RIGHT! “WORM-OBI"! ILIKE THAT! VLL TELL TENGEN ABOUT IT! WE'RE HERE TO HELP, BOAR-HEAD, UzuI's Wives! WE'LL DO. WHAT WE CAN BUT...BUT MAKIO, YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE! | GOT CAPTURED RIGHT AWAY! SUMA! DON'T BE SO HUMBLE!MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST STAY ASLEEP. WHY IS HE DRESSED LIKE THAT?ea pies (ibe __TOOPEN A HOLE- |\\ ALU THE WAY. DOWN TOLMYVAIR 2.BUT STARTING RIGHT NOW... THINGS ARE GONNA GET REAL FLASHY! ay a VOLUME 9—OPERATION: ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTyior High and High Behoo! <7 Kimetsu Academy Story ~ Tengen Usui. Art teacher. The NS stidents call him Gangsta S\ | Sensei. Yelled out that art is < an explosion and then blew up wae i) He just might have been a |) spotted at a tight in 4 / '\ | Kabukicho during his high \ A/ school years. He was a ma gang leader, 60 he’s 1 (probably good in a tight on ee The Beautiful Kunoichi Lunch Ladies Lo socpunanaalined Kiosk: Suma Cafeteria: Hinatsuru ——Cafeferia: Moko She's an amazing Often gives back Speaks loudly. cook. People say she Works fast Has a quick temper. the wrong change. ‘has a golden palate. WS A BNTamio Enmu. A big train geek. He keeps doing weird things that sometimes cause the trains to run late. He’s been arrested it fimes. He isn't sorry about inconveniencing people, 40 offer train fans hate him. Actually, everyone hates him. And he has no girlfriend. camera?” Kimefsu Town y J fy Shinjuro Rengolu JM We Instructor at the Kimetsu Zi Z Z, Toun kendo dajo. He's > \ 7 Ruka Rengoku Senjuro Rengoku She teaches a calligraphy Year 4, junior high. A boy class. Her expression is who seems to be average nearly emotionless, 40 at everything. Likes fo many peers are scared read. of her at first.