KOYOHARU GOTOUGE Hi, I'm Gotouge! It makes me sad to say it, but thisis the final volume of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. “Thank you to everyone who has cheered me on and wwas involved with the series. All the encouragement and support I received from the people who read my work meant so much to me, so no amount of thanks I can offer would ever be enough. Your kindness cheered me on the whole time and from all sides. Thank you so much for reading this manga. I worked hard on it, so I'm really happy. Truly, I'm blessed to have been able to present Demon Slayer to the world. Tlook forward to the day when we can all meet again! Tales from hundreds of years ago exist in the present, and after the passage of decades and centuries the events of today will become stories of the past. Grandfathers and grandmothers, fathers and mothers—everyone experiences a time of childhood, a time that leads to the present. You yourself are part of that great flow, and as you overcome times of hardship, the years pass by. The very moment that you think all is lost is the moment when you must stand firm and not stray from the path. Fhope you will be strong in difficult situations and harsh circumstances. But it’s also not good to push yourself too hard, so take things ata reasonable pace. Keep your eyes fixed forward and find your own bliss.DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOLUME 23 € : Shonen Jump Edition 2 Story and Art by ¥ KOYOHARU GOTOUGE KIMETSU NO YAIBA © 2016 by Koyoharu Goronge 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, August 2021 Ry PARENTAL ADVISORY [DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA inated Tor Teen ond recommended for ages 13 ona up. Ths volume contains east ar fantasy violence. a ™ izes STS wie, ooa aS Sad ACROSS Cia YEARS ore TAY é GOTOUGEser A demon attacked her ond fumed he ae© CONTENTS DE MON wove — Yea) (ag0 7 Chapter 198 THE NEXT THING WE KNEW... 27 Chapter 199 23 MILLENNIAL DAWN 7 47 ais Chapter 200 SHINING THE PRICE OF VICTORY ACROSS 67 Bila Chapter 201 YEARS THE KING OF DEMONS 91 Chapter 202 LET’S GO HOME m Chapter 203 VOICES OF ENCOURAGEMENT 131 Chapter 204 A WORLD WITHOUT DEMONS 151 Chapter 205 LIFE SHINING ACROSS THE YEARS 187THERE IS NO NEED TO BE STRONGER THAN YOU TO KILL YOU. ) cWE WILE DO” {!| Z ANYTHING TO KILL YOU. JUST AS YOU WILL DO ANYTHING TO LIVE, I—NO...AND DAMAGE FROM BRIGHT- RED BLADES SHOULDNT WORK ON ME. OF THESE DEMON SLAYERS PALE IN COMPARISON TO H1S. -INTO EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE ONES THAT ARE TAKING A PHYSICAL TOLL ON ME. HOWEVER, THE FOUR DRUGS IN MY SYSTEM HAVE TURNED ORDINARILY INEFFECTIVE ATTACKS...IivTs / HAD NO OlFFERENT IDEA SHE FROM THE COULD MAKE A CONCOCTION THIS POWERFUL IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. WINIEITS | ALMOSTARE OBANAI AND TANJIRO ALL RIGHTP: SURELY HE HASNT SENSED OUR LOCATION’ DISPLACED,BODIES LYING AROUND HERE BELONGED TO COMRADES | SHARED MEALS WITH! ANO THE GUY WITH THE HALF- ANO-HALF AOR! LOST HIS ARM!as - | IK > Lhe Ded } N “Hl J : eS g IF - } / ) THEN WY a UW yourte f PAY FoR IT WITH A MILLION DEATHSSBo) HIS HEART- BEAT!CAN YOU HEAR MEP DON'T DIE! AND YOU'RE GONNA GET HER OUT OF HERE! TANUJIRO! FOCUS ON STAYING ALIVE! NEZUKO/S: GONNA BE HUMAN AGAIN! WHERE YOU GREW UP!Muzan is so invincible that only the sun can kill him. Here’s the Demon Slayers’ strategy for surviving until dawn: Kagaya Ubuyashi agitates Muzan, then launches a preemptive strike to create an opportunity for Tamayo to administer the poison. ’ Tamayo's poison weakens Muzan. v Muzan expends strength analyzing and counteracting the four active agents in the drug. The drug slows his movement, and the effective- ness of the attacks against him increases. Y The corps members hold Muzan somewhere where sunlight will strike, and they continue to attack with ferocity so he can’t concentrate on counteracting the drug. Regarding Nakime and her abilities, Kagaya Ubuyashiki analyzed the information obtained so far (the unnatural way demons appear) and determined that Yushiro was the most suited to combating her.ATTACK WiLL A BE My LAST A AND ONE AT FULL - ee MN OF My STRENGTH! F a LEGS IS wr PAILING!!AZ. pps { CUTTING! |; “glRAGING INS Wi » AGRAMPS... ANS \ THUNDERCLAR® CINiW a WL | f \suniAe OWERYY NRUSTLEY BUT WE NEED TO PIN HIM HERE! AND EVERY SECOND(a ee oD eeyou S OO——— } WINDS BREA. THING. \F ice smo E ; FRM ieDAWN /S BREAKING so RS _F os a8 TKA Qo hea te ae SONS ie Ty f Ve Kot Che s Ail Kay \\SS 3s (BBL. oe es BODY, ce \ Psrays dy Se f i AA RaNO! FALL BACK TO. STAY ALIVE!AND DIE, 7 you rita! % UH-OH! 4 He's: CLIMBING ie OvER!!HE'S TRYING TO DIG UNDER- WHITTLE 1 oy HA SROUND! MUZAN‘S STRENGTH!!oye CONSTAN: FLUX: SCHAPTER 200: THE PRICE OF VICTORY 67WE WONL! WE DEFEATED MUZANI fj SHIFT TO EMERGENCY AID! Go TREAT THE WOUNDED!IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME. YOU WOULD ONLY BE THROWING AWAY PRECIOUS SUPPLIES. a \ GO SEE TO THE YOUNGER FIGHTERS. My LAST REQUEST.WEVE ALWAYS WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT DAX WE WANTED TO PROTECT — Ve Be) eee =o AS A WEAPON. \ \e _ RNWE'RE SORRY FOR ORNING KAIGAKU OUTSIDE. Bur THERE WAS: REASON | ‘toe WHAT You WERE DOINGP IE WE HAD MORNING... == THAT | COULDN'T| DON'T FEEL ANY PAIN, SO...| GUESS VM DYING. VM SORRY. | WASN’T MUCH USE IN THE| WAS LOST AT THE MANSION AND YOU HELPED ME. DO YOU REMEMBER: PLEASE. THE FIRST DAY DON'T ‘SAY THAT. YOU WERE SUCH A NORMAL GIRL YOU MUST \ HAVE STRUGGLED ON YOUR WAY } TO BECOMING | A —| (| \ q GAVE ANY INDICATION \ OF IT. } YOU GOT EXCITED OVER THE SMALLEST THINGS, AND YOUR LAUGHTER WAS LIKE BELLS RINGING.'M SURE THE OTHERS FELT THE SAME WAY. | ENJOYED TALKING TO «AND WAS HAPPY TO PEEL LIKE A / YOUR LET BOTTOMLESS ANYONE SAY CHEERFUL- OTHERWISE. NESS AND KINONESG... «HAVE SAVED MANY PEOPLE, SO YOU SHOULD BE I... CARE ABOUT YOU SO MUCH, IGURO!MEALS «BECAUSE YOU LOOKED AT ME eer ceer WITH SO MUCH f AFFECTION! Af WHEN | WAS IGURO... PLEASE... BE YOUR BRIDEP PIF WE'RE REBORN... AND THIS TIME | WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY...EVERYONE IS OVER THERE.BESIDES, IF | WENT THERE TOO SOON, GENYA WOULD VERY WELL. THEN / WILL GO WITH you. I WILL CARRY YOU TO HELL ON MY BACK. | HARMED MY OWN CHILOREN, SO | CANNOT GO TO HEAVEN.IS COMIN’ WITH ME! YOU CAN'T GO TO EITHER PLACE YET.COUGHING BLOOD! HE MIGHT DIE/! HE'S TOTALLY ‘ALIVE AND KICKING!we AND THAT | WAS: BRAVE... «AND THAT | THOUGHT OF HER UNTIL THE VERY END... IF | DIE, TELL My WIFE, NEZUKO, THAT | LOVE HER... Is HE ALL RIGHTP! WHERE IS. ) > Peeriter TANUIROF US TREAT YOU ANO—IVE FAILED To protect YOU AGAIN.THE SHADOW OF DEATH HAS ALWAYS... MY HEART STOPPED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE / WAS STILL IN MY MOTHER’S WOMB. CHAPTER 201: THE KING/OF:DEMON THEY SAID 1 WAS STILLBORN.THAT WHICH I HAVE DESIRED HAS ALWAYS COME TO Y WHAT / COULD DO ALONE WAS LIMITED. / MUST ADMIT THAT WHAT YOU \ SAID /S TRUE. ONLY FEELINGS ARE ETERNAL AND UNDYING.AND HAVE EVEN DEFEATED FEELINGS PASSED ON AND NEVER FELL TO RUIN... SO MOVED THAT 1 TREMBLED. AND 1 WAS || | HAVE WITNESSED THAT FACT WITH MY MY FLESH WILL SOON CRUMBLE IN THE SUNLIGHT...My OWN FEELINGS ARE \- UNDYING AND |3 ETERNAL AS WELL. J WILL ENTRUST ALL OF MY FEELINGS TO THIS CHILD. AND HEART HAVE STOPPED, BUT NOT ALL HIS CELLS HAVE DIED, SO hs HE 1S STILL ALIVE. Py ) / WiLL POUR YOU AVOID , f j] INTO YOU ALL IMMEDIATE f My BLOOD DEATH AND || AND POWER... SURVIVE...AND YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE § ABLE TO USE THE SAME BREATHING TECHNIQUES... y> THAT /S BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ELDER BROTHER OF NEZUKO KAMADO AND THUS SHARE HER BLOOD. YOU WILLTANUIRO GRAB A ANYONE WEAPON WHO CAN AND FORM STILL x FIGHT... laaTANUIRO ‘ HAS BECOME A DEMON!CERTAINLY HAVE KILLED A KAKUSHI/.THE BURNING STOPPED!!mn 4 , 7NO ONE =<) CAN FIGHT Xe» @ ANYMORE.SO IF SOMEONE STARTS TO STRAY FROM THE PATH, WE ALL STOP HIM. BROTHERS... STOP, Oi) ANVIROL1 CAN'T FOLLOW THROUGH.‘M SORRY - ‘3 | DION’T ( UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ON YOUR FOR SO SHOULDERS. [Rar 4 LONG. | PUT 7 | WHY IS IT YOU WHO ALWAYS HAS TO SUFFERP WHY DO KIND PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE EVERY DAY... I's FRUSTRATING, BUT DON’T GINE IN! TURN INTO. A DEMON.SHE'S BACK TO NORMAL! SHE'S HUMAN AGAIN! SHE CALLED YOU “BROTHER,” RIGHTP!DON’T GINE IN, TANUIRO!No!! SY ee bod _ ANS PD (BREATHING NEZUKO AND LEARNED THE TASTE OF BLOODS J MUST KILL ener TANMRO Me BEFORE BACK? HE KILLSws SUNLIGHT AND BRIGHT-RED : = BLADES WON'T THERES Ee 2A WORK AGAINST 3 HIM! NO WAY TO KitL HIMEyou HAVE TO STOP/LTANHROL PLEASE, STOPLL 1 EVEN ACHIEVE SUCH A MIRACLEP! HE KILLING NEZUKOP BLEEDING PREY IS RIGHT IN. / MUST GET HIM TO RETURN TO ARE YOU HIMSELF!! | ||| AGATING /7,CANT GO OUT THERE BECAUSE : OF THE EVEN DEAD, - 4 HE PLAGUES SUNLIGHT?! THE LIVING! IN THE SUNLIGHT, My BLOOD DEMON ART TURNS TO DusT! THERE'S NOTHING MORE / CAN DOs TANUIRO...| FEEL SO SORRY FOR GIVING THIS TO YOU, KANAO. | THOUGHT THERE MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH MEDICINE FOR NEZUKO... TAMAYO MADE THREE DRUGS FOR CHANGING NECESSARY. DEMONS BACK INTO HUMANS...vel STILL / SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVADE HIS ATTACKS. THERE'S |_. Stik TIME.THAT'S ENOUGH, TANMRO.YOU MUSTN’/T i | MAKE NEZUKO CRY.RNES SSEBUT WHAT HAPPENS THENP YOUR WHOLE FAMILY IS. DEAD. ALL THAT'S THERE ARE BURIED CORPSES...AS LONG AS NEZUKO AND | ARE ALIVE, THEY / STULL WILL NEVER HAVE OISAPPEAR. MEMORIES ] OF HAPPY DAYS THERE. NEZUKO IS. DEAD. YOU KILLED HER. DO SOME- THING SO POINTLESSPDO NOT CAUSE TROUBLE, ae Dea A LIAR. HUMANS. D0 YOU NOT SMELL THE BLOOD OF YOUR COM- RADESPYOU ARE THE INHERITOR OF MY WILL.IF YOU AREN'T A DEMON, YOU WILL DIE IN A FEW YEARS. YOU WILL PAY FOR MANIFESTING THE MARK. TAKE HOLD OF THIS OPPORTU- NITY FOR EVERLAST- ING LIFE. UM GOING TO DIE AS A HUMAN. FORWARD. DO NOT BELIEVE IN OTHERS. DO NOT FIND HOPE. THINK ONLY ABOUT YOURSELF./ DON’T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST DESIRE TO LIVE FOREVER. 1 DON’T NEED THAT. RS) survive AND DO YOU WANT TO BLITHELY LIVE ON WITH- OUT LOSING ANYTHING?os THE AROMA OF WISTERIA. / SMELL YOU'RE JUST IMAGINING: !YOU'RE COMING WE'VE CONQUERED THE SUN! YOU ARE A RARE BEING! DON’T & GO THAT WAY, TANUJIRO! TANMRO,) TANUJIRO!! YOU MUST CARRY ON MY WILL AND MY DESIRES!! PLEASE! WAIT!! DON'T YOU Z KNOW You E ; ONLY YOU ARE THE / CHOSEN PERFECT!THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY ONLY YOU SHOULD CAN'T YOU HEAR THE HATEFUL CRIES OF THE THEY LOST SO MUCH, BUT NOT YOu! NO, THEY'RE NOT LIKE THAT. THEY WERE WILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES FOR OTHERS. THEY WERE SAD AND THEY SUFFERED...TANURO, COME BACK! THIS WAY, TANUROLDON’T LEAVE ME HERES!( | WILL MAKE: HIM PAY HIS COULDN'T DO ANY- WHOLE LIFE FOR WHAT HE DID TO ME...5 x 3 8Wisteria Houses received word of the final battle, 40 many people spent the night praying for the corps members’ satety and success. Exhausted crows went to inform them of vielory.lS WRINKLED LIKE AN OLD MAN‘S. YOU CAN‘T GRIP ANYTHING WELL, MY, ARM DID GET cums COMPLETELY BeeTROvED. SINE RIGHT. | CAN IT'S JUST LIKE Secon ie RAISE AND WITH THIS EYE. LOWER MY It SEEMS ARM, BUT... FINE, BUT... by seal . CAN'T SEE \\ ANYTHING HOW ARE YOU DOING,SO DON'T THE NEXT TIME YOU DO, I'LL 'M GLAD FLICK YOU'RE YOUR HUMAN FOREHEAD. AGAIN. Glyu SAID HE THOUGHT ALL WAS | THOUGHT THE SAME «AND THAT YUSHIRO YOU WERE SAID IT WAS THE FIRST LUCKY... PERSON | BIT. waar WE HAD _ SHINOBL'S MEDICINE...IMMUNITY AGAINST MUZAN’S: CELLS. YOU HAD BEEN A DEMON, BUT YOU BECAME HUMAN AGAIN, SO YOU HAVE ANTIBODIES. YOU'RE VERY LUCKY. IT's AMAZING YOU DION/T LOSE \ | YOURSELF \ COMPLETELY. My J y~ de ~ WITHOUT \ SHINOBU'S DRUG OR NEZUKO... «YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN HUMAN AGAIN. NS / yor Ud 1 AND YOU HAD ee TREMENDOUS Ta | POTENTIAL AS INSTANT... A DEMON.| HAD HELP FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE. YOU'RE THE worst! JUST SEEING YOUR FACE IRRITATES ME, SO I'M LEAVING! YOU FOUGHT VALIANTLY. JOKING. DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, DUMMY.YUSHIRO... DON'T DIE, OKAYP YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP TAMAYO’S: MEMORY ALIVE. | HOPE | HAVEN'T HEARD FROM = HE'S ALL HIM SINCE. RIGHT. VM nN atyi Verine | HAVEN'T SEEN MASTER GIYU AND THE UBUYASHIKI. OTHERS. ARE THEY ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR COMING. THIS IS SANEMI. THE FINAL HASHIRA MEETING.HOWEVER, WE YOU ARE SUCCESSFULLY ERADICATED THE THE ONLY DEMONS. SURVIVING HASHIRA... +. AND MANY RANK~ AND-FILE THUS, THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS DISBANDS «AND FOUGHT FOR MANY BRAVELY TO SAVE fig ag THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD... YOURSELVES RISKED THEIRHEARTFELT GRATITUDE. yh Mn sin WE DON’T NEED ANY THANKS! THE UBUYASHIKI FAMILY... fAKIRIYA, «MUST YOU WERE BE VERY AWESOME AT PROUD. YOUR JOB. YOUR FATHER AND ALL YOUR ANCESTORS...HELLO! HURRY UP, COME VISIT WHEN Dap! THINGS CALM DOWN. HERE'S OUR ADDRESS ANDO A SNACK. | HEARD YOU USED THE 'M SURE HE HAND GUARD WOULD BE FROM MY SON PLEASED. ™ KYOJURO’S: | SWORD IN BATTLE.| HEARD YOU'VE RECOVERED AND YOU'RE GOING HOME TOMORROW.UGH... IT'S. TOO NOISY IN HERE... His WORDS GAVE ME STRENGTH. THEY COME EVERY DAY AND CREEP ores ME OUT! : GANG IS HERE AGAIN! THEY'RE FILLING UPYOU'RE \ STEAL- } ING FOOD AGAINI!/ THIS PLATE IS JUST FOR YOU... I IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, EAT \ | \ / wsoeer \ SL NY FROM IT Nh WHENEVER \ < youwanr, }-\ S47THIS SAKURA TREE IS IMPRESSIVE UP CLOSE! ITS NAME IS VICTORY. THE FIRST USER OF FLOWER BREATHING PLANTED IT. we THAT WE SUC- CEEDED.I STILL HAVE SOME VISION. THE WIND HASHIRA CAME EARLIER HUHP! REALLYP YOU | SHOULD ISHOULO!| SAY HELLO! HE GAVE ME THe SERPENT THINK HASHIRA’S ve _ a SIDEKICK, HE'S STILL C > KABURAMARU. IT'S VERY INTELLIGENT.Pd g WHOA!! KABURAMARUI! | SEE... WELL, THAT'S GOOD!| HEARD THERE WAS TROUBLE AFTER THE DEFEAT OF MUZAN... COMPARED TO THAT, IT'S NOTHING! WELL, | WAS BASICALLY ASLEEP FOR TWO YEARS!TIIIIIIIIS avsFATHER. MOTHER. NEZUKO AND | WERE ABLE TO RETURN. SO MANY PEOPLE LosT THEIR BUT THEY LES. ALL DID y, THEIR BEST TOGETHER. TO MAKE THEIR PRAYERS COME TRUE.WELCOME HOME.UNCLE SABURO AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORS IN THE VILLAGE APPARENTLY CLEANED IT UP THE INSIDE OF YOUR House Is // PRISTINE! = % hp VS THEY EVEN CHANGED THE TATAMI MATS AND DRAWERS. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU TWO GREW up, HUHPBEAST COULD'VE LEFT THESEP! GUYS, BE CAREFUL! ARE CLAW MARKS ON THE WALL! OUR FAMILY \ L ZL RECORDED OUR NO, NO, HEIGHTS AS WE INOSUKE. | GREW UP BY SCRATCHING THEMTHAT THEY Q WILL LIVE HAPPILY...| “at sure IF you WERE ME... TO LWE THEIR LVES TO THEIR FULLEST.«-PEACE- FUL DAYS NEVER 1 HOPE THESE ORDINARYNEZUKO EXPLAINS GRAVES TO INOSUKE Inosuke’s idea of a grave marker was... This was Inosuke’s first fime seeing a polished rectangular stone. SS flowers V4 on them. Kev’ aly Zenitou wouldn't stop because his eg Tanjro spent three stil hurt: inoouke aid days visiting all the he would carry, op but grove markers. Zenitsu ignored him He's a pleasant —> and taned on Neruta's but strong-wiled boy. shoulder instead.YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SCHOOL. COME ON, WAKE UP. IVE SAID THE SAME THING 28 TIMES NOW. KANATA KAMADO (16) NO, YOU'RE NOT. AND YOU'RE AN UGLY SLEEPER! Sete *205: 8 Cire SHINING ACROSS THE YEARS B SUMIHIKO KAMADO (75) SSNGIAGROSS THE YEARS aNMany of the last wills and festaments left by members of the Demon Slayer Corps contained wishes for Tanjiro and Nezuko’s happiness. Kiriya let them read those. “WillAND PAT MY HEAD. AND THEN MY GRAND- MOTHER WOULD NOD... THAT'S RIGHT” el YYOUR GREAT- GREAT-GRAND- FATHER AND GREAT-GREAT- GRAND- MOTHER FOUGHT HARD...”RECENTLY IVE BEEN DREAM- ING ABOUT MY GRAND- . MOTHER... So on ee SOs DON'T: WANT TO om eS LIKE TO SLEER 1 REMEMBER HOW | WOULD HOLD MY BREATH AND MY HEART WOULD POUND AS / LISTENED. WHEN! — || USED TO SHE WOULD TELL US ABOUT THE DEMONS VISIT HER ) WHEN it WAS IN THAT EXISTED LONG AGO. KINDER- GARTEN... —— we THAT MY OLDER BROTHER GOT ANNOYED AND SAID, ‘DEMONS DON’T EXIST!”SHE SAID | THEYRE PROBABLY REBORN... AND THEN LIVE HAPPILY TOGETHER WITH THEIR LOVED ONES. WHEN 1 ASKED WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY DIE... <= THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN REBORN AND ARE NOW LIVING HAPPILY... iwl FEEL LESS SAD AND LONEL™.. WHO WAS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, SNIFFED HIS RUNNY NOSE... ..BUT GOD IS SURE TO FORGIVE THEM. +1 HOPE THEY AREN’T REBORN AS DEMONS./ WONDER WHAT MY GREAT-GREAT- GRANDFATHER AND GREAT- GREAT-GRAND- MOTHER WERE LIKE. WHAT FOODS DID | THEY LIKEP |}A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND TWO HUNDRED «THERE WERE AS MANY STORIES AS |, THERE WERE PEOPLE. FOR My FAMILY. «AND ONLY THEY KNEW WERE MANY STORIES...YOSHITERU AGATSUMA (17) INCREDIBLE! THEY BEAT THE DEMON Boss// f \ 2 \ \, 3 \\ _ 7 \ SN ~ wk \e\ Ce: ARE YOU READING GREAT- GRANDDAD'S NOVEL OF LIES AGAINP!EXAMS ARE COMING UP! | CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! ‘ My ZAR! AND YOUR GRADES HAVE BZEN ABYSMAL/! ..BUT My BIG SISTER THE OTHER 1S SOMETHING Oe ay. cise | Aeeso auer ENTIRELY? re ‘AND POLITE... DO YOU BELIEVE IN REINCAR-IT ONLY UPDATE IN BLOOMS TWO. JULY! OR THREE DAYS A YEAR, AND ONLY DURING YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT ee THE NEWLY RESEARCH- DISCOVERED BLUE HASHIBIRA's A SPIDER LILY. SOTANIST THEY SHOULDN'T What 2 SO THE BUT THEN a cruel’ BE SO MEAN PROGRAM A MISTAKE world! TO SUCH A IS UNDER CAUSED DELICATE AND INTENSE THEM ALL TO CRITICISM. WITHER... HASHIBIRA IS A MAN. LIKE our FATHER, | HEH HEH... YOU'RE ALWAYS SO ae ey GiRLsPTHOSE GIRLS ARE FROM SEK/RE/ WOMEN'S ACADEMY... "VE BEEN YOU'RE THE STUDYING CUTEST You How To cast ||/\\ GIRL IN THE CURLED WORLD! YOUR HAIR . TODAY. IT'S cuTEe!WHERE'S SUMIHIKOP: L BET HE'LL FINALLY BE WANNA STOP: BY THAT DINER (ON THE WAY HOME? HER HUSBAND BACK IN THE rican row IF | CAN SHOW KITCHEN My FACE THERE KNIFE AT US, “as BECAUSE...-.YOSHITERU D-DAT INN'T ae WOULON'T TWoo! IT's A FALSE ACCUSATION i stop STARING AT IT. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE WAKE ME upP! “J OHNO! IM RUNNING /SORRY! COMIN’ THROUGHLSIGN: HAGANEZUKA MAINTENANCEIY “ THAT MUST BE FOR A MOMENT, & - THE ONE WE | THOUGHT WE ss j GOT SEVEN RAN HIM OVER! REPORTS THAT PUNK!WILL | MAKE IT IN TIMEP THAT'S A RARE CHARACTER, GIICHI! a\i az. | ‘ALREADY RAN wy ‘ “AZ ; = HUH?! REALLYP!PHONE AT THe Sane TIME. . GAH! You , GOTO...IS TAKEUCHI. rina A THAT YOUR a GIRLFRIEND PI THOSE ARE PAINTINGS, RIGHT? |THE MYSTERIOUS ARTIST HIS WoRK IS BEGINNING TO RECEIVE CRITICAL ACCLAIM AROUND THE WORLD. .:PAINTS THESE OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN NAMED BUT HE TRIES TO IMPRES- THOSE ARE Voter | SHOOT REPORTERS sive! PAINTINGS?! PAINTER! WHO COME FOR THEY LOOK INTERVIEWS. LIKE PHOTOS! _—— ss Sy = ; My FIRST LOVE f a] WAS NO. 812, the TAMAYO WITH f DARK BLUE FLOWERS. f a)GOOD MORNING, TOJURO! = | STARTED TRAINING AT 4 A.M. AND GOT ABSORBED IN IT!THAT'S: MESSED | COULON’T UP \\ HEAR Dupe! ANYTHING UNTIL MY DAD WHACKED ME! YOU SHOULD JOIN THE KENDO CLUB, SUMIHIKO! No WAY! " AW, COME I’ CUT Oe ep eer ON] AT ff INTO MY AWESOME]! sueertBUT THERE'S STILL THREE MINUTES... WE'LL MAKE IT!ANOTHER: PEACEFUL LAB MIGHT FIRE ME.| WISH | COULD LIVE ALONE DEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS. YES, THIS IS THE KAMADO, RESIDENCE. Pm so | NGM Nn SORRY = —— ror tHe - Ol i 7 2 TROUBLE]! | n ~ i ‘les x] DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA’- THE ENDKANATA DESCENCANTS SUMIHIKO OF TANTIRO ANP KANAO His nickname is "The Firet- fran f The pole and his parents lectured him Love Thiet.” He regrets being for four hours over his dangerous sullen foward his grandmother, antes on the way 10 school. On the way 20 now he thies fo be open home, he went fo the park and cried. His about whats on Wis mind. He dream for the future is fo work at a doesn't hove a girlfriend. zoo. His favorite animal is the slow loris. DESCENOINTS OF NEZUKO YOSHITERU ye A ZENE Tivo Younger Sisters T0KO ae Le = He got hif by a truck once protect- She thinks Yoshiteru can accomplish anything ing his little sisters. Thanks to he warts, 30 she just wishes he would apply first aid from Toko, he recovered himsell: Her dream for the future is to be a without any lasting effects. He's prosecutor. Yoshiteru was only able to get into high good at heart but he often cheats school because she kept an eye on his studies. at things. At the moment, he has marshmallows in his mouth. SWIMMING SCHOOL CLASSMATES INOSUKE ANP AOI’s GREAT-GRANPCHILP AOBA HASHIBIRA ) \ When he found himself out of work and was crying in the park, he became friends with Samihiko, who was also there weeping, & OYUS and they had a good time playing DESCENOANT badminton together. He has one GICH! TOMIOKA younger brother.SENTURO RENGOKU'S SEKIREL WOMEN’S ACAPEMY DESCENDANT PRETTY SISTERS. TOWURO TOWURO v “ He's extremely opfmistie and hos a strong heart, 40 he even responds * insults with "hank you!” SANEMI SHINAZUGAWA’S sveogonre DESCENANT SANE = They've been as tight a6 brothers ever Koreas since they got bady cut while arresting some men wielding knives. BE Ps) KIYO, SUM AND“ WAHOS DESCENDANTS 4 i DINER COUPLE MN aconczuna’s” sg hvin fre } B MECHANEC, mre, 5 % ) NURSERY SCHOOL 2) TEACHER leer x hy KIRA - \S\ ABuYASHIKT <, ARTBT > ~ YON TEMA > meio ff Cy Can't et UZUL TENGEN'S DESCENDANT Ee tocone Gmnost. One of seven nq 4 brothers and sisters. Got older = ony three FRIENDS Re Sa he ‘fairLook BACK IN REMORSE. REMEMBER THAT WE WERE HERE... LAUGHING TOGETHER PLEASE, DO NOT FORGET TO SMILE.Q THOUGHTS O OF YOU... Co a) CAUSE STRENGTH TO RISE FRoM |~) DEEP INSIDE, LIKE A FIRE. YOUR EXISTENCE SAVED ME... AND DROVE AWAY LONELINESS. MEETING YOU WAS MOST. BUT TO | HAVE ANY CHOICE AT ALL IS FORTUNATE. SWALLOWS AN INSTANT AND OFFERS NO CHOICE. SUFFERING 1S LIKE AN AVALANCHE. A PERSON IN k ( LVE OR OIE. WIN OR LOSE. ) AND STAY POSSIBLE, EVERYONE WOULD DESIRE... BY EACH OTHER’S SIDE.\ HAPPINESS ISN'T ABOUT THE LENGTH OF YOUR LIFE. THEY JUST | WANTED TO PROTECT OTHERS. OTHER LIVES WERE MORE IMPORTANT ld THAN THEIR OWN.MANY STRONG FEELINGS BECAME AN IMMENSE BLADE... DEFEATED THE ENEM™ e @ Oe WE NEVER GAVE UP OR RAN AWA™..0 ay FRIENDS.o THAT WAS DUE TO EVERYONE’S STRENGTHS. PRECIOUS. YOU ARE /MPORTANT.Hi, I’m Gotouge! And here’s the final volume! This completes Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Parts of it weren't perfect, but I’m thankful from the bottom of my heart to everyone who stuck with me to the end and to everyone who sent letters. Some people sent warm and encouraging words even when they were having a hard time themselves. That was deeply moving. It made me think that I’d like to become the kind of person who can spread kindness even when I’m having a difficult time. I'm sorry if there was anyone who always looked forward to this series but was unable to see its completion. My dream is that we will meet again sometime and be friends.This series is a story | made with all of you. It’s a story that wouldn't exist if you hadn’t read it. Thank you for fighting alongside Tanjiro and the other characters, and thank you for your tears and laughter. A lot of people helped me, and | was able to learn and grow a lot. It was a greater honor than | deserve. Thank you so very much. From the bottom of my heart, | wish for the happiness of everyone who provided encouragement, helped out or was involved with the series in some way.