ae TUN Sg h. SG eee No YAIBA ome udsy KOYOHARU GOTOUGEFull-Power Thanks Its extremely diffeult olin saluting. fo make out, bit. KOYOHARU GOTOUGE Hello! I'm Gotouge. Here's volume 13! It’s happened due to everyone's support, so thank you. And as for the anime, the voice cast is rapidly coming together, and it’s getting made! Recently, there have been many natural disasters, but amidst all that hardship, you picked up this manga and read it, so thank you very much, Painful things and things that must be endured come to everyone, but if you enjoy the series for even just a little while, and it gives youa positive outlook, I be happy.DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOLUME 13 Shonen Jump Edition Story and Art by KOYOHARU GOTOUGE KIMETSUNO YAIBA © 2016 by Koyoharu Gotonge 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 Jimmy Presler 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, June 2020 PARENTAL ADVISORY [DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO AIBA inated Tor Teen ond recommended for ages 13 ona up. Ths volume contains east ar fantasy violence. wizHon SES er shonenjump.com| tind oy who 1 = en the rest of ator cs: J Hiled: Nowe seeks revenge He con smal the scent of YanzanvDvu omt(nyd oaywyn \ his opponents edietses ie EAS ster When sh Rte rise He wos timed moe denne but untke. Bf ther demons, she tres to protect Ko A VAvEr2vNNT oavwyn oOun2aN, IAN) C4 yl 2 7OH4 : Seas) eneroCONTENTS Chapter 107 IN THE WAY 7 Chapter 108 THANK YOU, TOKITO 27 Chapter 109 WON'T DIE 47, TRANSITIONS Chapter 110 SNEAKING AROUND 67 Chapter 111 PRETENTIOUS ARTIST 87 Chapter 112 TRANSITIONS 109 Chapter 113 BRIGHT RED BLADE 133 Chapter 114 WANTED: RESPECT 153 Chapter 115 TO BE A HASHIRA 173KOYOHARU GOTOUGE TRANSITIONS/STILL UP!ATTACK LIKE THAT BEFORE!EVERY TIME YOU CUT IT IT JUST DIVIDES! REUUVENATING! “ \ GETTING STRONGER! IT WANTS YOU TO CUT ITS HEAD OFF!THIS DEMON ISN'T WORRIED THAT WELL TAKE ITS HEAD... NOW /T HAS FOUR SEPARATE BODIES! (T REGENERATES SO FAST! THERE MUST BE A CLUE... WHERE DOES /T HEAL FASTEST?WONDERFUL! IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE! 4. DIVIDED!THIS ONE CAN FLY? THE FOUR EACH HAVE DIFFERENT ABILITIES! WORRY ABOUT ME, YOU'RE SO WEAK IT'S SAD.\ SANS > NEZUKOS ~ ; HELP GENYAS[you Have THE e K LUXURY OF WORRYING OnERS.| REALLY WENT HIM IS A Low PRIORITYTHAT ONE DOESNT SEEM LIKE THE MAIN BODY SOME DEMONIC POWER CREATED /T- THE WHOLE VILLAGE IS f UNDER ATTACK. THERE'S NO TO PROTECT [i MUST (fis, REASON, | PRIORITIZE ‘ THE CHIEF AND i) THE SKILLED ARTISANS.\..OFTEN ENDS UP HELPING YOURSELF” <== (ELAING — Somers...”| KOTETEUS FACE | GE D> : 50 sey He Li LIKE H td 90 ee ee poesnT SrHAVE TIME VM GOING, FOR THIS. sO YOU DO AS YOU HAGANEZUKA DIDN'T SLEEP WHILE HE WAS REPAIRING TANUJIRO'S SWORD, SO.= you ~ MUST BE_ CONFUSED, haf sae AS LONG ~~ AS YOURE (SN ALIVE, YOUR LOST — MEMORY WILL RETURN. /T /S_UNNECES- —TALK, YOU'LL BITE YOUR TONGUE.4 i I ii ons)THEY CAN CRUSH A DIAMOND! 4 DO YOU LIKE MY CLAWS ANO mV sae / SHOULD BE TREMBLING! REJOICE IN Y THE SPRAY OF BLOOD!GIRL! JUST A LITTLE LONGER! YOU AND QI INTERFERE! AIZETSU y THIS GIRL IS MINE!HIMETIMA GOES AURBT Stone Hashira Himejima Z7, ie old ire Hobby Slokubachi Once, when he played feo long, his grandmother hit him broom. with a / aya" ee oi on WNBLARGH! TOO BAD YOU WON” T DIE RIGHT AWAY.BUT NOW THIS WILL... YOU'D DIE BECAUSE QUICKLY. YOU HELD THE YARI IN PLACE.| KNow! STOP COMPLAINING!STAFF- WIELDINGTHIS DEMON GIRL'S LIMBS, STAB HER LIGHTNING, WITH YOUR SHE WON'T KHAKKHARA BE ABLE TOWHAT'RE YOU DOING, 7 =TO GET BACK > QUICKLY!RIGHT! 1F 1 CAN'T DEFEAT HIM HERE AND NOW... HANG ON! MLL BE THERE THE BUILDING WHERE THEY ARE IS RIGHT VER THERE! WHAT SHOULD / DOP THINKS NO, THE S/TUATION MIGHT GET MUCH WORSE.From Weekly Shonen Jump, issue No. 36-37, 2018LL BE THERE IN A FLASH! QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE! GOTTA USE HIS FLIGHT ABILITY AND MOMENTUM NEZUKO 1S IN THAT BUILDING THERE. CAN'T MISUUDGE THE DIRECTION.OTHERWISE, HE COULON’T FLIT AROUND WITH WINGS THAT SIZE.\_\HOW ARE YOU STILL Moku- = REMEM- BER IT! - iS 8 x S q =ye iy Mo»LTHROUGH WA) [te2THAT LOOKS @sTOKITO! THANK ARE YOU DONE WITH MY KATANA? GIVE IT TO ME ALREADY.ZA ‘ sear “tars ANOTHER Pe ~ wy ONE! A * CAME : TO THE VILLAGE. » | PREPARE YOUR KATANA. SO | ASKED WHO WAS THE FIRST SWORDSMITH IN CHARGE OF YOU AND... L | THIS IS (| HORRIBLY cuippeo! WSTHE FISH MONSTER ISN'T THERE'S A SWORD FOR LORD TOKITO INSIDE! ..AND GO TAKE IT... QUICKLY TO THE VILLAGE CHIEF!VERY OBSERVANT! OH! YOU'RE A HASHIRA?- WHAT ARE. Z YOU TRYING 7 WHY {5 THIS TO HIDE? LIN HOVEL SO. IMPORTANT?MIND IF | TALK A LITTLE BEFORE | KILL 'D LIKE TO SHOW THE THREE OF YOU MY CREATIONS TONIGHT!| PUT THEM IN FRONT ON FIRST AT THE HANDS HANDS! WITH THICK CALLUSES LIKE SWORD- SMITHS GET! I'VE MADE LAVISH AND DETAILED USE OF FIVE SWORDSMITHS! BUT | HAD NO IDEA YOU'D BE SO MoveD!| LEFT THE HYOTTOKO MASKS ON TO CONVEY EMOTION- LESSNESS AND ABSURDITY. BRINGS OUT A CERTAIN TOP IT ALL OFF... No! stop THAT!YOU BASTARD.LET ME MORE TO FINISH! TELL YOU ABOUT MY CREATIONS!A MUSCLE- HEAD LIKE YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY... + APPRECIATE My WORK! HE'LL DIE IF | CUT OFF HIS HEAD— UNLIKE THAT DINIDING DEMON. DARE YOU DESTROY MY VASEP! UNCUL- TURED MONKEY! IF HE'S RUNNINGYOU'RE IN THE WAY! GO HIDE.YOU SAVE A WORTHLESS LIFE AND THEN LOSE YOURS IN A WORTHLESS PLACE. COVERED IN NEEDLES! > YOU'RE A ») | Q LAUGHABLE SIGHT! POISON BEGUN PARALYZING YOUR ARMS AND LEGSPWHETHER YOURE THERE OR NOT, NOTHING CHANGES. THAT? 1 CANT SOMEONE REMEM- ONCE BER. TOLD ME THE SAME THE HOUSE ~ | WAS OPEN, PROBABLY BECAUSE /T WAS SO HOT THE CICADAS WERE NOISY EVEN AT NIGHT. WHAT SHALL | CREATE OUT OF YOUP THE Hyo! BUT EVEN . a SO, YOU'RE THRILLING! iRGHIRA HASHIRA.AND THE FEELING OF BEAUTIFUL. DANGER AT | HAVING A BLADE TO YOUR NECK... WONDERFUL YOUR TO IMAGINE BREATHING, YOUR FACE > WHICH IS CONTORTING — A DEMON AS YOU 1 } SLAYER'S WRITHE IN ; : GREATEST AGONY! 5 WEAPON...IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE WE TAKE UBUYASHIKI'S ) HEAD. HYO Hyo! EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE IS IN DANGER. IT WILL BE A GREAT BLOW TO THE DEMONZ; BUT THE AREA I'M IN CHARGE OF AND THE VILLAGE OF SWORD-“APOLOGY 1~ AT THE END OF VOLUME 7ENEMY ATTACK! yg CEMONS! ENEMY ATTACK!“APOLOGY Z~ In the magazine, the opening color pages announced the anime series. To the graphic novel readers, | apologize trom the bottom of my heart for any misunderstanding caused by the gleeful two-page spread in the middle of the /__ atfack on the village. Even the words "Congrats / Upper on the anime!” are missing, 60 it wat looks like | Ranks Tanjiro and the others are allies of the demons. 1's a deeply regrettable mistake on the part of author. Please forgive me.= aay : BE : CAREFUL! is THIS AS MONSTER’S THE DEMON SKILLED : EASILY IN THE 7 \ DEFEATED VILLAGE! THE CORPS S RB MEMBERS WHO PROTECT THE VILLAGE. TMA NP a AND IT'S > \, \FREAKISHLY THIS MONSTER MY IS TOO ATTACKS BIG! DON'T DO Lo LI EE faiteYOU HAVE INTERNAL INJURIES!WHAT'S WITH HER SWORDP DID... DID CHIEF TECCHIN LOVER BREATHING @ ee 7 Lhe FORM: L4 YA +. WHO =| NEEDLESSLY HURT OTHERS WILL NEVERSHAME ON C \ YOU, CHIEF /~ \\ TECCHIN!SKITTISH! WHY RUN AWAYPHEY! QUIT LOLLy- GAGGING, KARAKU! HA! | WAS % ABOUT TO eae BLOW ANYWAY! SS THIS. BUILDING up!OH, RIGHT! THAT DEMON 3 WITH AN : a x UCHIWA FAN NEZUKO = (SZ pee WOREN ( res 3 ‘AND | PASSEDNOW THEY ‘ 2°\."| HAVE IMPROVED HAVE j _| CONSIDERABLY! NOWHERE TO HIDE! NEZUKO, IT’S ALL RIGHT! | WON'T LEAVE YOU!The number of Tanjiro’s pen pals ia rapidly increasing.CHAPTER}I}1'3:/BRIGHTREDJBLADE VS! MORIN ING,WHYS, THAT ETS) IMYSTERIOUS.4 USUALLY ITS]DEEL, BLACK NLIKE,KATANA WAS DEEP BLACK P /T WAS A BLACK SWORD LIKE MINE. +s MUST BE AN INHERITED ‘SAMURAI- SAMA’ MUST BE THAT SWORDSMAN WITH THE EARRINGS.a SO WHILE IT’S PROBABLY | DIFFERENT FROM HOW THAT BUT EACH TIME SOMEBODY HELPS ME 1 GET BEATEN UP AND INJURED. THE BLADE TURNED RED DUE TO THE POWER OF NEZUKO’S BLOODON LORD MUZANS MEMORYas a . MeABOUT THE REASON THAT ONE STRIKE HAD THE POWER TO CUT OFF GYUTARO’S: HEAD. MTT WM TW Tn \ THE WAY MY WHOLE BoDyY PELT LIKE IT WAS BURNING. } és) WHERE'S THE LAST ONEPWHAT KIND OF ATTACK WAS THAT?! YOURE REGEN-THERE'S ALMOST NO POINT TO ATTACKING THIS EMOTION DEMONS / SUSPECT THAT EVEN /F WE CUT OFF ALL FOUR HEADS, THEY WOULDNT FALL LIKE GYUTARO AND HIS SISTER! IVE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT SOMETHING FORA WHILE. Bur / THINK IVE THE SMELL ‘ GOTTEN OF A FIFTH ‘ SOMETHING WRONG... THAT BRIEF SCENT...p GENYA! A / YOU'RE FROTHING! YOU'RE CHOKING ME! WHAT'S WRONG?! | Ger It! NEZUKO AND | WILL SUPPORT FIGHT YOU WITH TOGETHER! OUR FULL STRENGTH!JUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO ATTACK NEZUKO! VLL TELL YOU AS SOON AS! FIND THE FIFTHJ ¢ a4 / | Si > KIDOAIRAKU WILL DEFEAT c THE BAD x THERE! _| THERE! _| THERE!TANTIRO'S ANCESTORS SUMIYOSHI'S WIFE: SUYAKO Apparent, she was someone who slept like crazy.CHAPTER}II4:\WANTED:JRESPECTsGENYA! STRAIGHT TO THE NORTHEAST! THE FIFTH ONE IS HUNKERED DO' WN THERE! Go! LL BACK ) you up! DON'T LET THE DEMONS INTERFERE WITH HIM! NEZUKO! GO. HELP GENYA!ee I FRI \ 3 sx- a x our- STANDING NE _ “ilGENYA! ON YOUR RIGHT! IT'S MOVING e WON SOUTH! an Ywest! FURTHER RIGHT! CLose! ON THE GROUND!MI | \ Ww aT] AY 1 2 , All| oOHE'S THE SIZE OF A MOUSE! WHILE FIGHTING THOSE FOUR, WE GOTTA GO MOUSE AUNTING?! SHEESH! GIMME A BREAK! SO SNEAKY! THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFFL THE LITTLE CREEP! HOw was / SUPPOSED TO FIND THATPL STRONG! CONTROLLINGHIS NECK IS ONLY §& AS THICK ASA FINGER!WLVunior High and High School* Kimetsu Academy Sfory! The Shabana siblings—the academy's foremost delinquents. They trequenty get in fights and mn with Tanjiro. The sister, Ume, is beautiful, 60 he hae many fans giving her a never-ending stream of presents. She set a school record when ZO boys asked her out in a single day. She's one of the Three Great Une Beauties of the Academy.MY MOTHER WAS 4 VERY SHORT WOMAN. IT DION’T TAKE LONG FOR ME TO GROW TALLER THAN HER. HE WAS |] S7AaBeED BY A RIVAL AND HE DIED, WHICH was Just NOTHING. WHAT HE Ry oeseeven. DESPITE HER SMALL FRAME, SHE ALWAYS SHIELDED US FROM MY FATHER. HE WAS LIKE AMOTHER HASN'T COME HOME. IS SHE ALL RIGHTP ITS ALL RIGHT. SANEMI WENT TO LOOK FOR HER. WHEN YOU WAKE UP, MOTHER J} AND SANEMI WILL HAVE RETURNED.Uf LL I (ES E77SHUM, HIROSHI, KOTO, TEIKO AND SUM! WERE COLD AND WOULDN'T RESPOND. «BUT IT WAS OUR MOTHER TURNED INTO AWHEN HE FOUGHT sAND 7o FELL PROTECT OUTSIDE us... AS THE DAWN / WONDER HOW MY BIG BROTHER HOW DID /T FEEL TO BE ABUSED BY THE YOUNGER BROTHER HE HAD DESPERATELY FOUGHT TO PROTECT? EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PROMISED TO PROTECT THE FAMILY TOGETHER.«sNOW THAT OUR FATHER IS DEAD. ss WITHOUT i . - ITSA A FATHER, PNscinaed \ RELIEF HE'S f \ GONE, FEELS BUT... \ HOPELESss. FROM NOW ON, YOU AND | WILL PROTECT OUR MOTHER AND OUR YOUNGER SIBLINGS.GENYA! DON’T GIVE uP! TRY AGAIN! z| TRY TO CUT ITS HEAD OFF!AREN'T YOU GOING TO BECOME A HASHIRA...| CAN'T TAKE ITS JUST ; HEAD. THIS ONE TIME, LL ALLOW IT.Me Tu } | \ Vi 1 | k a W ‘