KOYOHARU GOTOUGE Hi, I'm Gotouge! Volume 17 is out! The fighting is gradually getting more fierce, When a character you like gets injured, you feel bad for them, so reading can be grueling and you may not really want to do it, but the manga is setin a world where they have to engage in deadly combat, so I'm sorry. Tl dedicate myself to it until the end, so please keep reading.DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOLUME 17 e Shonen Jump Edition . Story and Art by KOYOHARU GOTOUGE KIMETSU NO 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 Evan Waldinger 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, October 2020 uizsen SP shonenjump.com|Sster A demon, lttsked her and 1 | meson inno 0 deren: But uote fights her urges ond Fonize’s rounser 4 RN) 2 1rd boy who saved hs seer Sian le at ie forty woe Bild Nowe feck revenge He con small the scent ob demote ond 4 his opponents OayWYA OxD22N 7oOH4rey a \ KOYOHARU, GOTOUGE hh, acoureuts DE MON cae STUN (aa th Chapter 144 SUCCESSORS 27 Yy BOX OF HAPPINESS Chapter 145 a, SUCCESSORS Chapter 146 PRIDE 67 Chapter 147 SMALL COGS 87 Chapter 148 CLASHING 109 Chapter 149 DISGUST 129 Chapter 150 NOTICING 149 Chapter 151 THE SOUND OF BELLS ON A SNOWY MOONLIT NIGHT 169HAPPINESS LIES ATOP A THIN SHEET OF GLass. ARE THOSE WHOSE HAPPINESS HASN'T YET BEEN DESTROYED. / ONCE BELIEVED THAT THE ROAD OF HAPPINESS... CONTINUED FOREVER AND EVER INTO THE DISTANCE. WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED, / REALIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME... we] AS WE WERE me SAVED... AND JUSTEXPERIENCE WHAT We \ WENT * THROUGH.AND IF WE DEFEAT AN UPPER- RANK KIZUKI, WE CAN SAVE HUNDREDS. i) i) JE WE DEFEAT ONE DEMON, WE CAN SAVE DOZENS OF PEOPLE.IT ISNT ABOUT WHETHER THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO. ARE you ANGRYPYES, (M ANGRY, TANARO. KILLED. ++ THOSE GIRLS’ FAMILIES...WORTB? I’ LIFTENING.Tie Ye | & n/ YA DZ BAVITIR 7 y TN ff Jy \\ s\n \ \ . AKDON'T TRY TO eur ME WHEN I'M RigHT IN THE MIDE OF ABZORBINGSULH FINE FEASTO KEEF DHOWING UFwwAS USUAL, BEEN A WHILE, f ZENITSU. / | <\ en NO LONGER THINK (OF YOU AS A. My SENIOR.VE GOT TO TRY TO JOIN THE OTHER CORPS MEMBERS AND GET TO MUZAN. BUILDING THROBS AS IF IT WERE | DON‘T KNOW HOW LONG TAMAYO CAN HOLD ON.KAAAW! DECEASED!! SHINOBUSH/INOBU ID. DEAKIRIYA 7 YASHIKT. IT 1S THEHE KNEW HE WOULD NOT LIVE LONG, SO HE HAD TO RAISE HIS CHILDREN TO ADULTHOOD QUICKLY. ) + AND BECOME || A FATHER TO i THE CHILD WARRIORS OF THE DEMON 4] SLAYER CORPS. HIS OLDER SISTERS! NAMES WERE HINAKI... LIKE THEIR MOTHER, NEITHER EVER LEFT THEIR FATHER’S SIDE. THEIR MOTHER, WHO WAS SIM- ILARLY STRICT BUT KIND, IS ALSO ALREADY KIRIYA MUST TAKE HIS.WE HAVE LITTLE INFORMATION. ORDER THE CROWS TO SPREAD AS MANY OF THE EYES AS POSSIBLE. Ol CONFRONT-| | AT PRESENT, EVERYONE IS FAR AWAY. “\ MUZAN'S LOCATION HASN'T CHANGED. ENCOUNTERED UPPER RANK 6.You | HAVEN'T r CHANGED. BECOME A HASHIRAP CAN YOU USE ANYTHING BESIDES THE FIRST FORMPTALK BACK NOW, HUHP SOMEONE POISED TO ACQUIRE THUNDER BREATHING BECOME A DEMON? YOU SEEM THRILLED TO HAVE REACHED THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE UPPER RANKS THROUGH MERELY FILLING IN VACANT POSITIONS.DIED ALL WAS NO. SECOND! HE COULD HAVE MADE IT QUICK BY CUTTING HIS THROAT, BUT HE DIDN'T! WHEN YOU COMMIT SEPPUKU, SOMEONE HAS TO CUT OFF YOUR HEAD... SUFFER IN AGONY BEFORE YOU DIE! y ? ALL BECAUSE THE WIELDERS + HAD y OF THUNDER ea ran BREATHING...SHOULD BE SADP THAT | SHOULD REPENTPHs THE OLD BASTARD SAID HE WOULD MAKE ME A CO- SUCCESSOR WITH SCUM LIKE YOU. 1 DID EVERYTHING | COULD, BUT HE WOULDN'T MAKE ME HIS SUCCESSOR! \F THE OLD MAN IS DEAD, FINE! HE MAY HAVE BEEN A FORMER: HASHIRA, BUT | HAVE NO USE FOR A SENILE OLD MAN!ZN | | CAN . / ‘ yy ONLY DO L \\ THE FIRST GT] FORM, AND 7 / I] IE YM YOU CAN DO J /f fl sul EVERYTHING yf | ea A youre THAT! : WN) TRASH! Hs) ; efit Xt] iD Ie q . . | FEEL /\ \ yy SORRY FOR ; , oe /)- a THE OLD MAN FOR HAVING Pa SUCH PATHETIC ay), A> yy ey - : Le SUCCESSORS x Oe Te " eS rN i i) WS DON’T ek LUMP ME SN WiTH Ea \ YOULLL ye > TaN. > “a | ] | a (( } _COMPLETELY _ DIFFERENT TfZeniteu’s trainer, Jigoro Kiwajima, was the Rumble Hashira. (that’s what it’s called when a user of Thunder Breathing becomes a Hashira.) Kaigaku became his student Hirst, but Kuwajima valued Zeniteu equally even though he became a student later. However, Kaigaku didn’t like that he wasn't the only epecial one anymore and held a grudge. He gave Kaigaku a Kimono with the same pattern a6 his, but the boy never wore it.AS LONG AS YOU STAY ALIVE, (7 Wike WORK OUT SOMEHOW. THERE /S NO SHAME IN KNEELING BEFORE SOMEONE WITH OVER- WHELMING STRENGTH. UNTIL YOU Ff OlE, YOU HAVEN'T LosTrPEOPLE May CURSE YOU FOR STEAL- ING «RECOGNIZES YOU...YOU TOO WILL BECOME... ONE OF US.+ THEY MUST RECEIVE... | TO BECOME A DEMON... TAKES MORE TIME... IF YOU ARE A STRONGER SWORDSMAN. IT TOOK ME THREE Days. oA GREAT oe DEAL OF f SOMEONE mboe \ WHO CAN USE FROM HIS En Lescsorlilpel ORDSHIP. E - tong TO BECOME A BUT WHAT ABOUT Your THAT IS BLOOD To BE GRATEFUL FOR.) ... YOUR HEAD WILL FALL FROM YOUR BODY LIKEnee “ar sorre FOOLISHLY SAID THIS SCUM AND WS SCL AN SUCCESSORS TOGETHER! THAT OLD MAN 4 yi eT wuld ( WATURAL THAT YOU SHOULDBUT | DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE! you aLreapy [ CAN'T TELL DIFFERENCE GOOD AND eMIL!AN ATTACK THAT SLASHES ANTESH! . B How's THE ° SHARPNESS OF MY BLADE INFUSED WITH J 21000 DemonDIFFERENT |W FROM you! |\\ VMNOT ¢ LIKE YoU ¥& oe ) AT ALLI! \ Ve LEARN FROM KAIGAKUS EXAMPLE! TICE!fF —_" 1 Sr S \ THOSE WHO CORRECTLYNONETHELESS, IN THUNDER BREATHING, THE FIRST FORM IS THE ‘FOUNDA- TION FOR ALL THE FORMS, RIGHT IT’S EMBAR- RASSING THAT YOU'RE EVEN HERE!AFTER ALL, CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HATED ME. LINAS ALWAYS LOOKING AT YOUR BACK. YOU WERE SPECIAL.YOU WERE NEVER SATISFIED. a YOULL NEVER BE SATISFIED. I'M SORRY, HE STILL HAS sTRENGTH J LEFT...Anworkaziey- OKAMIL Ny| FORM 1 DON’T KNOW. WHAT O10 HE USEP! WAS THAT A TECH- NIQUEP!Kaigaku ia the boy who invited in the demon who attacked Hime- vima’s temple. The other children had discovered that he stole money from the temple, 40 they confronted him and drove him outside that night: Himejima’s blindness is one reason he never knew Kaigaku was miss- ing until the attacking demon mentioned it: Another reason ia that the other children lied and aid Kaigaku was sleeping.TO FIGHT YOU AS AN EQUAL! HE ONLY TAUGHT } YOU! HE DIDN'T TEACH id 1 KNEW IT? THAT OLD MAN FAVORED your! THIS Is my FORM. | CREATED IT SO IT'S Z A ALL MINE.A SEVENTH FROM THUNDER BREATHING, WHICH ONLY HAS SIX FORMS... HE DIDP A GUY WHO CAN ONLY USE THE FIRST FORM THIS FILTH, WHO Was WEAKER TECHNIQUE, THAN MEP | IM GOING TO LOSE TO HIMP | FEEL LIKE I(M GOING TO GO INSANE! Ih / CANNOT ACCEPTSTRENGTH TTT --BECAUSE ONE IS. UNABLE TO CREATE ANYTHING. SOMEONE WHO NEVER GIVES. TO OTHERS: WILL SOME- DAY BECOME UNABLE TO RECEIVE ANY- THING FROM THEM.I COULON'T GET ALONG WITH KAIGAKU!VM REALLY sorry!) FORGIVE Mel! | WANTED: TO BECOME A HASHIRA WHILE YOU WERE STILL IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME, KAIGAKU MIGHT NOT HAVE TURNED OUT THAT way! 'M SORRY | COULON’T REPAY MYSO NOISY. BE QUIET, MURATA. MAKE YOURSELF .- AND KEE} USEFUL... AN EYE CHANGING ONLY HS EYES TO BE HUAANLKEmusins end A BLOOD SO RANK IS “saent MEANINGLESS ) TO ME. wf THESE an you, SLASHES ON HIS FACE DON'T : STOP BLEEDING, THEY'LL OPEN UP ALL THE WAY TO HIS EYES. YOU! WHAT'S YOUR RANKP! IF ~~ YOU'RE LOWER THAN ME; | YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT! WE/RE GONNA SAVE YOU! YOU WONT DIE! KILLED YOU IMMEDI- ATELY. THE KIZUKI YOU WERE FIGHTING STILL HASN'T MASTERED HIS TECHNIQUES AND ABILITIES.STOP A SAYING... ¢ YOU'VE MADE SO MUCH NOISE THEY'VE FOUND US. YOU'RE A GOOD TARGET. Tamayo PRESSES Hid TO HELP RESCUE AND ‘SUPPORT CORPS MEMBERS. EXPRESSING DISSATISFACTION WITH HIS FAcEMENTIONED BEFORE, HE /S THE ONE AND ONLY DEMON MURATA... VLL GET YOU FOR HURRY UP AND KILL IT! ENOUGH ‘OF THIS!is EVERYONE ELSE STILL OKAYRL SHINOBUY!GET BACK// SS SkNo ~K 'M SURPRISED On . ey te Ni WIDE OPEN, TANUJIRO!!Inosuke taking Tanjiro’s food. Kiyo set it in tront of him, 60 he >, thought if was his. He wasn’t being mean.A YO ; CHAPTER,I51:: * THE SOUND F (BES “XS ON A SNOWY MOONLIT © a om NIGHT “SN C - atWHEN HE GOT SICK BEFORE HE DIED, THAT DION’T CHANGE. .-AND CALM VOICE, LIKE THE STREAMLET OF A RIVER. My FATHER WAS LIKE A PLANT. HE WASN’T TEMPERA- MENTAL AT ALL. HE WAS ALWAYS CALM. THINK OF MY FATHER, THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND 1S HIS GENTLE SMILE...+s WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? LASTING FROM} SUNSET TO SUNRISE. IF IT’S HARD FOR YOU, | CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE STARTING NEXT YEAR. VM WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FATHER, WHEN YOU DANCE THE HINOKAM! KAGURA... THE KAGURA THAT HOUSE KAMADO HAS PERFORMED AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR FOR GENERATIONS... THERE ARE 12 ROUTINES PER- FORMED BEFORE SUNRISE + REPEATED HUNDREDS,w WHEN FIRST JUST / LEARNED THE KAGURA |) - FROM YOUR FA\ ds GRAND- NS FATHER. SN Ds YOUNGER, HEALTHIER AND STRON- 2BUT BACK THEN, | RAN wel HAVEN'T OUT OF PELT THE KAGURA WAS DIFFICULT. & IMPORTANT |S PROPER ws MAKING BREATHING ‘ THE MOST ani proper | SUPPOSE THAT EFFICIENT CONTROL. WAS BECAUSE | Moves TO MADE A LOT OF UNNECESSARY GREATEST Munroe MOVEMENTS. STRENGTH. + YOUR HEAD GRADUALLY BECOMES CLEAR.IN THE BEGINNING, YOU MUST LEARN... YOU MUST pcx men | qa YOU OPEN YOUR + THAT NO \ . FIVE SENSES, MATTER HOW BECOMING MUCH YOU oS r CONSCIOUS [| STRUGGLE, YOU | : \ OF YOUR OWN WILL NOT él BODY DOWN TO BE ABLE y EACH AND EVERY 10 GO BLOOD VESSEL. PERIOD IS TRULY STRENUOUS, AND YOU WILL THINK... YOU LEAVE ONLY WHAT IS: NECESSARY AFTER YOU HAVE JUST LIKE THAT, ' WHEN PEOPLE IN YOUR LEARNED AND YOU FOCUS ON TRY TO LISTEN ff MOVEMENT ABSORBED MANY WHAT IS MOST — CLOSELY, THEY [| AND CLOSE THINGS, YOU CUT NECESSARY IN CLOSE THEIR YOURSELF. AWAY WHAT IS THAT MOMENT. BYES, RIGHTP \ UNNECESSARY.AND THEN YOU CAN OPEN AN ILLUMINATED PATH, Ne HOWEVER... CAN | GO THERE TooP + YOU ONLY REACH THIS DOMAIN BECAUSE YOU'VE PUSHED YOURSELF TO THE “9 Limits oF your STRENGTH. wAS QUICKLY AND EASILY AS. BEFORE LONG, \} YOU BECOME ABLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE |} THE BLOOD VESSELS AND | J MUSCLES, THROUGHOUT ff), YOUR BODY... = WHEN YOUR HEAD BECOMES 7 CLEAR, YOU ez BEGIN TO ‘SEE THE TRANSPARENT WORLD. IF You CONTINUE WORKING | DILIGENTLY. | FWE LIT WATCH |) FIRES AND HUNG ROPES WITH BELLS AROUND THE HOUSE. SOMEONE ON THE NEXT MOUNTAINSTANDING UP, THE BEAR WAS MASSIVE, PERHAPS NINE Porn Mapo OnmN Sen, ROA eneURENENT Sak ye z2yve rer! APPARENTLY, MY FATHER KNEW IT WAS THERE EVEN THOUGH THE BELLS DION’T RING. VM SORRY YOU'RE HUNGRY... ...BUT | WILL NOT LET YOU COME ANY CLOSER.HEED MY WARNING... | WILL SHOW NO MERCY TO ANYONE WHO WOULD HARM MY FAMILY... *\ NO MATTER THE ODDS. OR WILL STEAL YOUR LIFE.FATHER’S SCENT OION’T CHANGE EVEN A LITTLE. OTHERWISE, /T WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO CUT OFF ITS HEAD WITH AN AX OF THAT WITH THE CHIME OF THICK AS A MAN'S BODY... 1 COULDN'T FOLLOW /T, BUT 1 THINK MY FATHER MADE TWO CUTS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. BEFORE AND AFTER SEVERING -AND NO ML WiLL. THERE WAS NO FEAR...DID You OBSERVE PROPERLY? FORGET WHAT YOU JUST SAW.SO/ COULD LEARN FROM HIS MOVEMENTS: AND SEE THE =-AND GRAND- FATHER AND GREAT- GRAND- FATHER. JUST LIKE My FATHERws ONE OF AKAZA’S UNERRING BLOWS. THAT ONE BLOW PROBABLY COULD HAVE KILLED ME. AT THAT couse MOMENT, S icoue, EVEN GIYU sb os Was NOT IN TIME.CLOSED MY OTHER SENSES. |1 OENIED IT THEN, BUT YOU WERE EFFECTIVELY AND TAKE DOWN AKAZALaoe ¢ i Inte Kimeteu Acadery 27” Kanne Kacho. Biology — instructor, flower arrangement club Kanae Kocho, graduate of Kimetsu advizor. Academy. In all three years she attended, people considered her one of the school’s top three great beauties. he was dieguetingly popular among both girls and boys. Even people who poke poorly of her looked lovestruck when actually talking to her. he’s quiet and mysterious and was once seen throwing a seal at the wall and chanting something like "Rin-pyo-to-sha.” Maybe AN she has spiritual powers? \\ Kw Kanao Tauyuri Gecond-year, HS, Class Violet). She didn’t have any relatives, 0 the Kocho family took her in. She and Kanae Kocho look alike, 0 people often mistake them for sisters. At present: he’s one of the academy's three great Peauties. Due 10 her outstanding physical abilities, she offen gets scouted or asked for help, 50 she’s busy. She's in the flower-arrangement club and wants to prioritize that, 40 she has a hard time.Kimefsu Academy Scary Stories A Pot in the Biology Lab. (A Whoever the pot monster's eyes fall yon 2 is subjected fo endess condescension. But \ if you ignore ifs incomprehensible bragging, A itl fickle you with all its hands, 30 it’s pretty annoying. When Ms. Kanae joined (\ the staff, rumors about it {\ 7 oO and sightings of it suddenly 7 {) J stopped. Did she exorcise KS EAN Ge ow it-and send it fo the next Old Man Crawling Through the Halle This old man weeps and muflers resentfully a6 he drags himself through the school halls. He doesn't look human. When he sees someone with a body emaller than his own, he attacks them and steal their belongings. In junior high, Tokite struck him with 60 his head is swolle