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DEMON SLAYER:
KIMETSU NO YAIBA
VOLUME 20
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

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TOUCH-UP ART & LETTERING John Hunt
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EDITOR Mike Montesa

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and attacks Ubuyashiki Mansion. The Demon Slayers plunge into Infinity Castle and
demon. He is Tanjiro’s} enemy and He carries a katana and is a demon, defeat the Upper Rank 2 and 3 demons—but not without losses of their own. Then
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Chapter 174
NIGHTMARE ON THE NIGHT
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Chapter 175
RESPECT FOR
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Chapter 176
SAMURAI
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Chapter 177
YOUNGER BROTHER
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combined issue No. 22-23, 2019

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NIGHTMARE ON THE NIGHT OF A RED. MOO

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SO YORIICHI,
WHO HAD OVER 6O
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HUMAN, MUST GONE BY
HAVE PASSED SINCE WE
80 YEARS
OF AGE.
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ARE YOU
ALIVEP \’ ar IMPOSSIBLE.

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DIES
BEFORE
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BROTHER.
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My LITTLE
BROTHER...

EVEN THOUGH
60 YEARS
AGO HE HAD
BEEN SUCH AN
EYESORE.

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SIGHT OF HIM THE VOICE
SHEDDING CALLING ME
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MY BROTHER “BROTHER”
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ME FOR THE
SHOWN THE TERRIBLY
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HAD TO LIVE LONGER...
WITH THAT
AUMILATION
FOR
HUNDREDS
OF YEARS.

BECAUSE
YORIICH/
NOW THAT DIED, AN
THE GREATEST HONORABLE
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IN THE LONG NOT V/S/T
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THE DEATH.

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SE/ZING UP DUE MY BACK /S
TO THE INTENSE SUCKING UP
PAIN!S BECAUSE My BLOOD AND
OF THE RED EXTENDING A
KATANAL TRUNK!

WHAT DO
YOU INTEND
TO DO
ABOUT THE
SUCCES-

THE

il
wy
SAME AS
YORIICHI...
 THERE ARE
THE NO SKILLED
PERFECTED WARRIORS
TECHNIQUES COMPARABLE
WILL DIE TO US.
OUT.
PROSPECTS
FOR
SUCCESS/ON
TO THE
BREATHING
ART ARE

WE ARE . ‘ ee
MERELY ONE we, | *
FRAGMENT OF
HUMANKIND’S
LONG, LONG
HISTORY.

AT THIS MOMENT,
© THOSE WHOSE
MAY COME , a TALENTS WILL
TO REACH THE SURPASS OURS
SAME PLACE. ARE UTTERING
THEIR FIRST
CRIES.
 CAN
DRAW THE
CURTAIN OF
LIFE CLOSED
WITHOUT
UNEASE AT
ANY TIME.
THERE IS
NO NEED TO
WORRY.

DOES
THAT NOT
EXHILARATE
you...
 CHILDREN
NOW BEING |_

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 WILL
SURPASS

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as eath
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fingerprints.

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— NEZUKO...
LET’S GET ees
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LES TOO! A DEEP-SEA

SOCQONSaMN
ARE YOU
KIDDING

COMBINED ISSUE 36—37, 2019.

 ..WHEN YOU
SMILED, /
COULON’T
HELP IT...

BUT / ALWAYS
FOUND /T
OISTURBING.
 YOU SUDDENLY |"
STARTED VIEWING |
THINGS WITH
A STRANGE
OPTIMISM... AND WHEN WE
WERE TALKING
ABOUT HOW
THERE WERE NO
SUCCESSORS
FOR THE VARIOUS
+ AND BREATHING
you TECHNIQUES...
SMILED.

/ FELT IN My
SICK WITH CONCE/T /
DISGUST AND BELIEVED...
IRRITATION.
ONLY OUR
GENERA-
TION WAS
SPECIAL.

WHAT D/D
YOU FIND SO
AMUSING?
 THAT HUMAN
USED A
BLOOD
DEMON ART.

ONE DION’T
LET GO OF
HIS SWORD.

UP, HE STILL \
WON'T BLEED |’
TO DEATH.

iit |V

ut
AND THAT
ONE’S
SPEED OF
GROWTH IS
Z - COMPARABLE
HE MOVES IN D>». TOA
WAYS THAT ¢
SURPASS HIS
 THEY AREN’T
USERS
OF SUN
BUT THEIR BREATHING...
BLADES
TURN RED.

SUST
THINKING
WHAT /S SO
AMUSING
ABOUT
IMAGINING
MAKES [= SUCH A
ME BOIL | FUTURE?
WITH RAGE.

YES, EVEN
IF THEY CUT
My HEAD
OFF!
 STOPPED
HIS BLEED-

DON’T LET
UP YOUR
ATTACKS!!

...DON'T LET
TOKITO AND
GENYA'S
LIVES GO TO
WASTE!
V'LL CUT
YOU UP
UNT/L
THERE’S
NOTHING
LEFT/S

PRIMARY
GALE
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I’M NOT APART =
JF PULL —
THIS OUT, /
CAN STILL —
REGENERATE! SS

| AND HIS
| BLOOD
| DEMON ART
| WILL SOON
DISAPPEAR.
 THEN / WILL
7TH BY
DECAPITATION!
ATTACKINGS! or fs
HIS HEAD’S GON. hs THAT BASTARD
YUST COME aoa REGENERATED
HIS HEADS

DAMMIT’
ARRGHL

HE /SN’T G
R E G E N E R A T I N
MUZAN C A N I S )

THROAT—
|
AGAIN/
MEANING-
LESS!

OTHER THAN
SUNLIGHT...
 =
WS
WHAT /S N:
THIS?

MY BROTHER,
IS YOUR DREAM
TO BECOME THE
STRONGEST
SAMURAI IN
THE LANDP

| WANT TO
BE LIKE
YOU.
 «WANT TO
BECOME THE
SECOND-
STRONGEST
SAMURAI.
a>

/S THIS
REALLY WHAT
| WANTED?
 My BODY
/S FALLING
APART WHERE
MUICHIRO
STABBED ME...
 /
HAVEN/T
LOST
YET.

ny (2)0/40)
STILL BE
VEIN Ke)
REGENE-

YOU HAVE
...MY MY SYMPA-
BROTHER. THIES...
sioted THEY |:
TOOK OFF UGLINESS
My HEAD, OF NOT
CHOPPED AOMITTING
ME UP AND My DEFEAT...

LIVING [N
DISGRACE.

DID 1 WANT
TO BE 7 XO)
STRONG J AFRAID OF HAVE I LIVED
DEFEAT. THAT. HUNDREDS —
OF YEARS
 DID /
BECOME THIS
MISERABLE
CREATURE
BECAUSE /
DIDN’T WANT
TO DIEP

YORIICH/

/ WANTED
TO BE You.
When Kokushibo saw his reflection in
Sanemis blade, if was like a mirror,
60 it should have been reversed left
to right, but | didn’t have the time or
skill fo tix if-

reverse if in
your head.
 ANYONE WHO
DOESN'T GET
YEALOUS
OF OTHER
PEOPLE IS
JUST LUCKY

THEY HAVE
YUST
NEVER MET
SOMEONE...

..WHO HAS
RECEIVED
THE GODS’
FAVOR.

SOMEONE
INTENSE AND
VIVID WHO
BURNS EVERY-
THING...
LIKE
THE SUN.
 WERE
VIEWED AS
INAUSFICIOUS
BECAUSE
THEY WOULD
CAUSE
SUCCESS/ON
OISPUTES.

SO MY YOUNGER
FATHER |. BROTHER,
DECLARED YORIICH!, WAS
HE WOULD BORN WITH A
KILL HIM. O/ISTURBING

HE WOULD NOT BUT WHEN |e

KILL MY YOUNGER HER ANGER
BROTHER, AND 4 WAS LIKEA
THAT WHEN i CONFLAGRA-
YORIICH! REACHED Vv TION, SUCH
AGE TEN THEY e) THAT NO
WOULD SEND HIM ONE COULD
TO A TEMPLE.
CONTROL HER.
 THE TWO
OF US HAD
DIFFERENT
Ay \/ Ka > ROOMS,
UPBRINGING ae OIFFERENT
WAS AR \ CLOTHES,
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT |
SEPARATE. | \iK } _ EDUCATIONS... |

OIFFERENT
FOOD

fees a !
WY, ‘ciate ase Seal | | ILD Aeéemaes
SEE- ee Tee || BECAUSE |-
HIM)
INGLIKE B\ (| oF Twa, |
rl AR IL] vorvcw _ |
a THAT... | -—~ | AA | was unaaze
x 2 ee ar AAR || | TO Leave
YO) @ a GU OUR

..AND WAS
NY EVEN AS ALWAYS
\] = A CHILD, CLINGING
/ ATIED TO HER
N 4 YORIICHI. LEFT S/DE.

Vv _/
Merb |i PAZ =
I}

]| ll

IF 1 GAVE ||| es,

CME NON
BELONGINGS, : WOULD
/ Le EVADE
Pare
FATHER EYES AND GO
WOULD TO PLAY IN
NOTE: SO
/ GAVE HIM YORIICHI’S
SMALL ROOM.
ea A FLUTE /
MADE.
 FROM
THE TIME
YORIICH/
WAS A
BAB™..
AND HE
DION’T SPEAK
UNTIL AGE
SEVEN, SO
EVERYONE
THOUGHT HE HE
WAS DEAE NEVER
SMILED...

YORIICH/ / LEARNED HE
WAS WASN’T DEAF
| _SILENTLY AT ABOUT
lin] STANDING /N THE SAME
THE SHADE TIME. | WAS
AND THAT [) OF APINE PRACTICING
ALONE WAS
ERIGHTEN- |= ts aca le
SWING IN THE
ING. GARDEN.

MY BROTHER,
IS YOUR DREAM
TO BECOME THE
STRONGEST
SAMURAI IN
THE LANDP
 / WAS
SO SUR-
PRISED / IT WAS THE
GASPED... FIRST TIME
/ HEARD HIM
AND / SPEAK, BUT
DROPPED Sa HE SPOKE
My SMOOTHLY.
WOODEN
SWORD.

THEN HE
THEY HAD SUDDENLY
DEC/DED oS SAID THAT
HE WOULD HE ALSO
BECOME WANTED TO
A PRIEST, BUT WHEN BECOME A
HE TURNED SAMURA/.
NOTA
SAMURA/.

YORIICH/
SMILED
FOR THE
FIRST
TIME.
 PES Miss
SY

SAMURA/ -=
RISK fam
THEIR m
LIVES IN |||| *
BATTLE...

MY FATHER’S
VASSAL, WHO
WAS TEACHING
ME SWORDS-
MANSHIF, GAVE «- YORIICH/
HIM A PRACTICE STARTED
SWORD FOR FUN. HANGING
AROUND
AND SAYING
HE WANTED
TO LEARN
TOO.

WITH THAT,
My FATHER’S
VASSAL
TOOK A
FIGHTING
STANCE AND
TOLD MY
BROTHER
TO TRY TO
STRIKE HIM. |=
 BUT IN THE
BLINK OF ../ HAD BEEN
AN EYE, UNABLE TO
YORIICH! HAD LAND A SINGLE |:
LANDED FOUR BLOW ON My
STRIKES AND INSTRUCTOR.
RENDERED H/M
UNCONSC/OUS.

A SEVEN-
YEAR-OLD
1 | NO BONES CHILD HAD
WERE STRUCK
HIM ON
LAUT HEE oOo THE NECK,
HAD FIST- CHEST,
S/ZED STOMACH
LUMPS AND LEG.
ALL OVER
HIS BODY
 AFTER THAT,
YORIICH/
STOPPED
THE FEELING
OF HITTING SAYING HE
WANTED TO
SOMEONE WAS
UNBEARABLE BECOME A
TO HIM. SAMURA/.

BUT / WANTED
TO KNOW
THE SECRET
AND WHILE / TO YORIICHI’S
WAS TALKING STRENGTH.
TO HIM, E
YORIICH! SAID |_—
SOMETHING >
INEXPLICABLE. | ~ / j
APPROACHED FF
HIM PERS/S-

YOU JUST
NEED TO LOOK BEFORE YOUR
CLOSELY AT THE OPPONENT
DISPOSITION OF ATTACKS, HIS
HIS BONES, THE LUNGS HEAVE.
CONTRACTION
OF HIS MUSCLES
AND THE FLOW
OF HIS BLOOD.
 ALONG
WITH HIS
B/IRTHMARK, YORIICH/
HE HAD BEEN COULD SEE
BORN WITH INSIDE THE
BODIES
A SPECIAL
OF LIVING
CREATURES.

/T TOOK
SOME
TIME FOR

POSSESSED
PHYSICAL
ABILITIES THAT
COMPLE-
MENTED /T

BUT HE
WAS FAR
SUPERIOR
TO ME.
 INSTEAD OF
TALKING
ABOUT
SWORDS...

/ WANTED
TO MASTER
THE WAY
OF THE
..| WANT TO
PLAY BOARD
GAMES OR
FLY A KITE
WITH YOU.

THE WAY OF
THE SWORD
AND THE REQUIRES
HARDER / PAIN AND
WORKED, SUFFERING...
THE
STRONGER
/ GOT

BUT TALENT
HAD BEEN
RECOGNIZED
IN Me...
 ‘ BUT
POE COMPARED
: TO A RARE
CHILD
PRODIGY
LIKE HIM...

HOW
WONDERFUL
/T MUST
BE TO
HOPE FOR
; SOMETHING
BUT WHEN / AND BE
TALKED TO z BLESSED
YORIICH/ WITH THE
ABOUT TALENT TO
SWORDSMAN- || ACHIEVE IT.
SHIP,
HE LOOKED =
HORRIBLY Tm

DESPITE HIS |s
TO YORIICHI, EXCELLENT
THE WAY TALENT
OF THE WITH THE
AE
SWORD WAS
WASN’T
LESS THAN
CHILD’S PLAX HAPPY —nt,
ABOUT /T
 OUR
POSITIONS
MY FATHER’S Cena
VASSAL
MUST HAVE
TOLD HIM
ABOUT
YORIICHI.

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AND WHEN / Midi | YORUCHI Vy
TURNED TEN —
YEARS OLD, HE
WOULD SEND ME :
TO A TEMPLE. INHERIT
MY DREAM OF ) EATHER THE
BECOMING A M4, woulo HOUSE.
SAMURA/ WOULD FORCE ME
NEVER COME INTO THAT
TRUE. SMALL
ROOM...

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 MOTHER
HAS DIED.

WHAT pies IN THE

HAPPENED? Siooed HOUR OF
a | THE TIGER,
- YORIICHI
CAME.

| WILL NOW I'M

DEPART FOR ' PLEASE, ASK SORRY.
THE TEMPLE. : HER SERVANT,
ITO, ABOUT
THE DETAILS.
 BUT | AT
LEAST
WANTED
TO SAY
GOODBYE.

WE MAY BE | THINK OF
APART, BUT THIS FLUTE
| WILL NOT YOU GAVE ME
LOSE HEART...

AND |
WILL WORK
DILIGENTLY
EACH DAY.
 THE FLUTE
WAS 4A PIECE
BUT HE OF JUNK
WRAPPED THAT COULD
/T IN CLOTH ONLY PLAY
ANDO KEPT /T OFF PITCH...
CLOSE AS /F
/T WERE A
TREASURE.

HE WAS
... WHAT SMILING
/ DION’T SAY WAS SO AGAIN.
ANYTHING PLEASING
BACK TO ABOUT THAT
HIM, BUT... FIECE OF
JUNK.

« YORIICH/
APPEARED
THEN, HE
SAT/SFIED
WALKED AND BOWED
AWA™..
DEEPLY

... TAKING
HARDLY
 1 YORICH) |
HAD SENSED |
THAT FATHER
WOULD
DES/GNATE
HIM AS
HEIR...

/ a
wie
YORIICH! |
AS
FOR YEARS, |.
SUFFERED ¢ :
aRial olFFicuiTies
iN | ||, FAA
ON THE LEFT | co wOF
S/DE OF HER _ = : MOTHER’S
BoD” iG _ ILLNESS
: - AND AP-
| PROACHING
 YORIICHI
HADN'T BEEN
BEEN TO HER.
Ne WEAKENED
L,)) BY HER
1) \ ILLNESS, AND
HE HAD BEEN
1 SUPPORTING
HER.

FROM THE
BOTTOM OF
MY HEART,
/ HATED
YORIICH! FOR
HIS GENIUS.
.../ COULD
HEAR My
WHOLE BODY
BURNING
 TAISHO WHISPERS

Michikatsu and Yoriichi’s mother, Akeno, was so

calm and quiet that people say she was like a doll.

For that reason, it must have been shocking to the

people who knew her when she flew into a rage
at her husband for saying he would kill Yoriichi
for being born with an unsettling birthmark.
Michikatsu and Yoriichi’s mother treated the
children with equal affection as much as possible.
The horrible stress over Yoriichi wearing shabby
clothes and living in a room like a closet worsened
her illness. In her will, she expressed concern for
her husband’s health, and begged that her children
be kept together, treated equally and raised in
good health. The father named Michikatsu in
the hope that he would be strong and always be
successful, while the mother named Yoriichi in the
hope that he would value connections between
people above all.
 CHAPTER 178: EVEN IF YOU
REACH OUT YOUR HAND

IM
BEGGING
yYou—
PLEASE
OIE.

/ WISH
YOU HAD
NEVER
BEEN

EX/STENCE
DEFIES THE
LAWS OF
NATURE.
 i,
YN FATHER

SENT A CT
MESSENGER
TO THE
TEMPLE TO
BRING BACK
YORIICHI.

WITHOUT
A TRACE.

ee AS en

UNEXPECTEDLY, |—
MY WISH ojo ° KIONAPPERS?
HAD COME i ; — A LANDSLIDE?
TRUE. | of DID A BEAR
ak —_ « ATTACK HIMP

i
 / MARRIED ‘ THE NEXT
AND HAD TEN YEARS
CHILDREN. WERE A
PEACEFUL

EVERY
DAY WAS
TRANQUIL
AND
SOMEWHAT
OF TIME
FELT
EXTREMELY

acess,
f i i i ime

4 DEMON
ATTACKED
WHERE / HAD

TIME HAD
STAGNATED,
 WE HAD AN
UNEXPECTED
ENCOUNTER.
 HE WAS
COMPLETELY
OIFFERENT
THAN WHEN ONE WHO
WE WERE SAVED ME
CHILDREN. FROM THE
HE HAD
MASTERED
DEMON WAS
YORIICHI.

AGAIN, MY THE MOMENT /

STOMACH SAW YORIICHI,
BURNED /T DESTROYED
WITH MY SEREN/TX
YVEALOUSY
AND HATE.

SORRY...
 BECAUSE
YORIICH/
ARRIVED
AND MY
SUBOR-
DINATES
DIED, HE
APOLOGIZED.

MEWS

THE COST, / ICH WAS

WANTED TO STRONG...
MAKE H/S
STRENGTH...

AND WAS A
PERSON OF
FAULTLESS
CHARACTER.

AND CHOSE
THE PATH OF
A DEMON
SLAYER—
THE SAME AS
YORIICHI.
 YORIICH/
WOULD TEACH
TO SUIT EACH BUT NOT A ANYONE SWORD
PERSON'S S/INGLE PERSON AND BREATHING
f) SKILLS AND COULD MATCH | TECHNIQUES.
CAPABILITIES... HIM.

«- YORIICH/
CHANGED THE
BREATHING
TECHNIQUE AS
HE TAUGHT.

THE NUMBER
OF MARKED TECHNIQUES
ONES DERIVED FROM
INCREASED, SUN BREATHING
AND THE CAME ONE
POWER OF AFTER THE
THE DEMON OTHER.
SLAYERS
ROSE.

BEFORE
A MARK LONG, /
IDENTICAL MANIFESTED
TO THE MARK.
YORIICHI’S.
 seek
COULDN’T
USE SUN
BREATHING.

/ COULD
ONLY USE A
DERNATIVE
LATER
NAMED
MOON
BREATHING.

As / WOULD CATCH
| LANGUISHED F- UP TO YORIICH/
IN FRUS-
/F | CONTINUED
TRATION...
TRAINING.

\| THE MARKED
ONES BEGAN
DYING ONE
AFTER THE
OTHER.
 THE MARK
MERELY
GAVE YOu
POWER /N
EXCHANGE
FOR YOUR
LIFE SPAN...
SO THE
vA,
Qo
GOLDEN
BS) ERA WOULD
SOON END.

/ DON’T HAVE
TIME LEFT
FOR THE
REQU/S/TE
TRAINING.

THEN YOU
SHOULD
BECOME A
DEMON.
 IF YOU
BECOME A
DEMON, YOU
CAN LIVE
FOREVER.

YOU WANT
TO MASTER
BREATHING
TECHNIQUES.
AND | WANT
TO MAKE
A DEMON
OUT OF A
SWORDSMAN
WHO CAN USE
THEM.
 YOU CAN
CHOOSE,
UNLIKE THE
OTHER SWORD
WIELDERS.

THE PATH /
HAD HOPED
FOR FROM
/ WOULD THE BOTTOM
BE FREE OF My
HEART HAD

Ti

OR SO /
THOUGHT.
 you
APPEARED
YOU TRAN- BEFORE ME
SCENDED AGAIN.
THE LAWS OF
NATURE...

AND THEN
LIVED OUT
YOUR LIFE,
DEFEATING
“| ME AGAIN
BY ESCAPING
DEATH AT My |-38& —
HANDS. aaa

NO ONE...
NO SINGLE NOT EVEN
| PERSON WAS LORD
MUZAN...
| EVER ABLE TO
HARM YOU.

WHY DO You
ALWAYS MAKE
ME FEEL
MISERABLEP
My
 VY THINK
OF THIS
FLUTE YOU
GAVE ME...”

ENOUGH
ALREADY
 JUST
HEARING
YOUR VOICE | JUST SEEING
MAKES ME ee of YOUR FACE
SO ANGRY MY MAKES ME
HEAD HURTS.

AFTER
LIVING
HUNDREDS
OF YEARS...

«WHAT /
REMEMBER
VIVIDLY IS
YOUR FACE,
THE THING /
MOST WANT
TO FORGET.
 MY FATHER’S
FACE OR MY
MOTHER’S
FACE OR MY
WIFE'S FACE
OR MY CHIL-
DREN'S FACES.

YOU ARE
LIKE THE
UNEQUALED
SUN...

BEINGS
AROUND
YoU...

WRITHING
IN AGONY... | \ =
NO PATH
OTHER THAN
| YEARNING,
REACHING
OUT THE/R
UNTIL THEY
(-eeVia |
ASHES.

/
ABANDONED
My HOME. /
ABANDONED
My WIFE AND
CHILDREN.
 .. AND
ABANDONED
BEING A
SAMURA/.

YOU SAID THAT

THOSE WHO
MASTER THE/R
PATHS ALL REACH
/ COULD NOT
THE SAME PLACE.
SEE THE
SAME WORLD
THAT YOU
D/D.
 AFTER YOUR
DEATH, LORD
MUZAN AND /
TO KILL THE ™ MADE SURE...
TECHNIQUES f @ SWORDSMEN
REMAIN? | WHO KNEW
A : SUN BREATH-
ING AND /TS
FORMS.

, °_| WHY COULD

ig / NOT
yal \S| BECOME f— _
4 SOMEONE? PS TT
iVvt
TT

WHY IN THE
WORLD WAS /
EVER BORN?

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JUNIOR HIGH ANP HIGH SCHOOLS KIMETBU ACADEMY

YG LP Obanai gure. Chemistry Teacher

WD NV He's allergic fo women, 60 he always
AVIK\ wears a mask. People say he also wears

ay \ goes To the diner run by Aoi’s family,

1 \ but he only drinks tea. He frequently
WYUp calle ahead to see if the girl with
Ah < the braids is there. When students
Sf. RE get failing grades, he strings
; em up and fires plastic water
bottle rockets at them.

Gyomei Himejima. Civics teacher °

Bamboo Shoot Class, Year 1. He's
60 muscular that people were scared
of him at tirat, but he offen had
items with cate on them, which was
incredibly cute. Everyone soon Ue
thought, "Wuh? ls he a gentle
guy who likes cats?” |
Students often call him
“father” by accident.
 these two Ss
are married! 4

Hakuji Soyama (18), Eboshi Me

Class, Year 2. Koyuki Meda
Soyama (16), Hydrangea
Clasé, Year 1. As
children, they lived in
neighboring houses
and promised fo /\\
marry each offer. \~
Their parents
approved, 40 they got
married. Their pet
names for each other
are Princess and
Lord Hakuji. They're
both in the Handicraft
Club.

He's a con man who performs

marriages, among other
things. He’s notorious enough
that there have been special
programs about him on
television. He has been involved
in many scams, but there
i never enough evidence to
prosecute him. He spoke fo a
girl whose hair color gradually
changed trom green to pink
and who later disappeared. An
altercation between a man and
woman that was overheard aft
the scene of the incident went
like this: "! think you're ing!”
“Guhl”