KOYOHARU GOTOUGE “They're publishing 4 graphic novel by ‘me! Thank you! And heartfele thanks to all the readers, my editors over the years, my assistants, everyone in the Jump editorial department, everyone at the printer, the people who designed the book, and the many other people who have offered their help!DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA YOLUME 1 Shonen Jamp Faition Story and Art by KOYOHARU GOTOUGE KIMBTSUNO YAIBA © 2016 by Koyoharn Gorouge Allrights reserved. First published in Japan in 2016 by SHUEISHA Inc, Tokyo. English translation rights arranged by SHUFISHA Inc. TRANSLATION Jolin Werry ENGLISH ADAPTATION Stant ‘TOUCH.UP ART & LETTERING John Hunt DESIGN Adam Grano EDITOR Mike Montesa ‘The scories, characters and incidents mencioned in this publication are entirely fiecional. ‘No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without “wrieeen permission from the copyright holders. Prince in Canada Published by VIZ Media, LLC P.O. Box 77010 ‘San Francisco, CA 94107 10987654321 First princing July 2018Chapter 2 THE STRANGER 6 CRUELTY Chapter 3 TO RETURN BY DAWN WITHOUT FAIL 87 Chapter 4 TANJIRO’S JOURNAL, PART 1 mW Chapter S TANJIRO’S JOURNAL, PART 2 131 Chapter 6 A MOUNTAIN OF HANDS. 151 Chapter 7 SPIRITS OF THE DECEASED m1HOW DID THIS YOUR BIG BROTHER IS DEFINITELY GOING TO SAVE YOU!TANUIRO! y you SNOWING DON’T YOUR FACE ANDITIS HAVE r s\ | is pricH- 10 GO. | BLACK. DANGER- I WANT US TO HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR'S FEAST, SO LL GO SELL AS MUCH CHARCOAL ASI CAN...TANUIRO, ARE YOU GOING TO UP PPPrs HE ISN'T TAKING sel WAS HOPING WE'D 00 IT TOGETHER.so. THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN STARTED. SO LONELY CLINGING ‘SINCE FATHER TO YOU. } DIED...aur LIFE 1S UKE THE || wearner ||//SHE SAYS | BROKE A DISH!] _ esr THEN SLgep. YOU CANCAN'T THE DEMONS COME INSIDE Houses? 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NORKED, YOUR FAMILY WOULD STILL BE ALIVE! 38His HOW CAN A eee | WEAKLING LIKE P YOU, WHO BOWS ) DOWN WHEN IT's | fi TIME TO FIGHT, OR EVEN TOKILL OR BE / FIND HIS KILLED... HOW CAN SUCH A aS, MAN... ENEMYP MIGHT KNOW HOW TO CURE YOUR LITTLE -.NO_ DEMON Wit Re Respect ) at S wins 5 BESOIN!wee i Ee sister> WHy DIDN'T YOU THROW 1 SHOULD HAVE SKEWERED YOU BOTH!ANGER THAT BECOMES THE UNWAVERING FORCE THAT DRVvES YouR LIMES.ss CANNOT Peorecr YOUR SISTER OR FIND HER acuRE.; HE HID HIS HAND SO / WOULDN'T SEE HE WASBECAUSE THEY NEED THE STARVING ENERGY. DEMONS With KILL AND EAT Ive SEEN THEIR OWN 7 COLNT- PARENTS AND Less SIBLINGS. aE to wes siren re epee Reet HUMAN FLESH TRANSFORM erate, op cere| | | THESE TWO \ May BE |! OFFERENT.VM SORRY | HAD TO LEAVE YOU, TANUIRO. TAKE CARE OF NEZUKO.GO SEE AN | TELL HIM OLD MAN NAMED | THAT ory SAKONY TOMIOKA YROKODAKT SENT YOU. WHO LIVES AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT SAGIRI. YOUR SISTER SHOULD BE FINE BECAUSE THE SUN ISN'T OUT TODAY...PRODUCTION ART, ILLUSTRATIONWE DON’T MIND...AS BIG AS ‘AN ADULT, CAN YOU...MOUNT SAGIRI- YOU FIRST HAVE TO CROSS THAT MOUNTAIN.iPRODUCTION ART, ILLUSTRATION@1 SENSE SOMETHING IN THESE TWO THAT 1S DIFFERENTRIDDLE e YOURSELFPi) a | SURELY b) SUFFER.Fees ial ‘SYMPATHY KINDNESSHE"S BURYING“y TANUIRO Lj KAMADO. My SISTER IS a| NEZUKO. - WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN YOUR SISTER EATS SOMEONEP. WGWHY COULDN'T YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION You IMMEDIATELY STRUGGLE OVER THE YOU COULD simplest NEVER FINISH DECISIONS. OFF A DEMON ==] BEFORE THE 22) MORNING A WHEN Your sister Ears ‘SOMEONE, THERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU HAVE TO 00... THAT \S WHAT IT MEANS TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR SISTER WHO HAS: BECOME A KILL YOUR SISTER... THEN SLIT yOu OWN YOUR SISTER MUST NEVER TAKE THE LiFe... BUT IT IS YouR SACRED DUTY TO ENSURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS.‘SUFFERING 19 Abe YOUVE EVER KNOWN...EVERYTHING ao aa GVE TO ae GNE TOTHIS TIME, 1 WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL SUNRISE. HE THINKS ~_ VEL) GET. 1087 IN| THIS -THICK Suaer | Nose \'||'} BEFORE ~ 7) ‘SUNRISE. ~~Neen /F 1 KEEP. 2 SETTING OFF EVERY TRAP, /wonT.cet Fe DOWN THE MOUNTAIN BY & = MORNING. z STANUIRO| KAMADO...oN ~ (4 Taisho Whispers Le = # Rumors ) a Tp 7 O RpRk oi ah (stent O ARSE ( gear > O BRS ( At Anor Sire O RRS 0 2 Goerd of the reno titer) ( * "Kile" meane an neue eond myst rious story, ig hit aaehe” i i) O V2 BBE ( aterm 5 on se Tile of the oO RAE BR Remon Kier TO AB RY ASB Cte Femhote Shang o SFE SB IRL SPER (Zermatt Oo RADY HI" YF (Conon Kintng bot of Fre Ut oy bet F Cienicnratnee DOF O rea 2 . J fy Thear these tifles were under consideration. >GAPTER & TANDIRGS JOURNAL, PART 1 nmTHEY Have MER ESSE PHYSICAL ABULITIES AND THELR WOUNDS HEAL Quick La THEY CAN RECONNECT SEVERED FLESH AND GROW NEW LUMES. SOME DEMONS CAN CHANGE FORM. oTieRs poSsESS STRANGE POWERS. THE ONLY Ways TO KitL THEM ARE By EXPOSING THEM TO SUNLIGHT OR BY CUTTING OFF THEIR HEADS WITH A SPECIAL SWORD. smpLe FOOD: HUMANS. THEY KiLk HUMANS ‘AND EAT THEM. ris unczeaR WHEN OR WHERE THEY FIRST APPEARED.= igh tare apap econ NONETHE- LESS, THEY aie THERE ARE MANY TRAINERS. IN DIFFERENT PLACES, THEY USE VARIOUS TRAINING LAMA TRAINER. | DECIDE WHETHER YOU MAY ATTEMPT FINAL SELECTION. IN ORDER TO JOIN THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS, YOU MUST SURVIVE THE FINAL SELECTION AT MOUNT. FUUIKASANE.| per NS eo(T°S STRONG AGAINST FORCE LENGTHMISE BUT WEAK AGAINST THE DIRECTION OF THE BLADE AND THE OIRECTION OF THE FORCE You APPLY MUST BE EXACTLY THE SAME. THE FIRST THING HE TAUGHT ME WAS THAT 4 KATANA BREAKS EASILX IN OTHER WORDS, IF /J WIELD My SWORD AND FACE UROKODAK WITH THE STRIKE HIM DOWN.we TAKE WHAT | HAVE |] tauGHT You AND BRING: It 70 THE NEXT LEVEL?IF YOU CAN SPLIT THIS BOULDER, TWILL APPROVE YOU FOR FINAL SELECTION.CAN You SPLIT IT EVEN BE SPLITPLawe iP BEGIN- a pas SS Mae To POY B 41 CANT SMELL HIME A FOX MASK...P SUFFERING, BEAR IT IN ‘SILENCE. oR Are YOU STILL ALITTLE BoPyam wt = Se ssADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SERIES.WHERE'DYOU CAN'T HURT Me! I'M STRONGER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE! I'VE ALREADY SPLIT A BOULDER!you vust MEMORIZED os THE BREATHING TECHNIQUE TAUGHT BY, UROKODAKI!HAPPENEDP Cur NM DID you \ SEE WHAT Ze 2THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE BLOW! UNNECES- SARY MOTION!MAKOMO POINTS OUT THE DEFECTS IN MY STYLE. SHE NEVER TELLS Me. REALLY LIKE URO- KODAKI.THEY ARENT. SIBLINGS. THEY WERE BOTH THERE ARE OTHER CHILOREN TOO. THEY'RE ALL AROUND, WATCHING YOU. TOTAL CONCEN- TRATION BREATH- ING... ACCELERATES BH YOUR YOUR BLOOD TEMPERATURE FLOW AND HEARTBEAT.{YOU.GET Is STRONG LIKE HR * 2evON. you MUST BASICALLY, | TRAIN DON’T THINK SO HARD THERE'S ANY- THAT YOU THING ELSE COULD vie. YOU CAN DO.IT HAD | stir THE BOULDER.WORPS OF GRATITUPE Thank you fo everyone who read this work and fo everyone who bought it: Thanks 7o your support, the series will continue. | can’t fell you how thankful | am. Unlike water and food, manga isn’t absolutely necessary for survival. Getting you To buy it is a ough job. Thank you very much. | create this manga with the help of mary people. ('l work even harder 1o keep it inferesting for you, 40 please keep reading. And again... thank youl! Ive gotten all your letters. Thank you. They make me 60 happy, but | can’t reply and that makes me very sorry. Forgive me, please. I'l keep doing my bestlTHE SWORDS THAT THE DEMON SLAYER CORPS USE ARE MADE FROM A SPECIAL ‘STEEL. We cate THEM NICHIRIN SWORDS.THANKS WHEN 1’M4 To My | are TRAINING WITH GUIDED BY THE THREAD, MY BLADE CUTS INTO THAT SPOT. 152| HAD NO \ WISH TO See ANOTHER CHILD DIE. 1010 NOT INTEND TO SEND YOU | DION'T THINK TO FINAL owe SELECTION. ‘SPLIT THAT BOULDER... +sBUT YOU DID WELL.YOUR sisTeR AND | ARE HERE WAITING. APPARENTLY, IT OFFERS PROTECTION ‘FROM EVIL. sorm 1 CANT TAKE ee ee NEZUKO WITH os ME-SHE’S STILL ASLEER CARE.+. KNOW. THE NAMES OF THOSE DECEASED CHILORENPDEMONS: HATE WISTERIA FLOWERS, WHICH BLOOM HERE EVEN OUT COVER THE MOUNTAIN FROM ITS FOOT TO HALFWAY UP: THE SLOPE. YOu FOR, GATHERING TONIGHT FOR FINAL SELECTION. FUUIKASANE HOLDS. DEMONS THAT DEMON-SLAYER SWORDSMEN HAVE TAKEN ALIVEIF YOU pO, THEN YOU WILL HAVE PASSED FINAL SELECTION. HOWEVER, FROM THAT POINT ON, THE WISTERIA DOES NOT BLOOM. SO THE DEMONS ROAM FREE.THE ONE WHO KILLS HIM FIRST GETS TO BAT HIM! I'S BEEN SO LONG ‘SINCE 1 TASTED HUMAN FLESH!ANOTHER= TANUIRO CAN REALLYALL WHILE | OH, | KNOW HIM! UROKOPAKIHERE HAS BEEN ALIVE |), THAT LONG! THEY ONLY PUT DEMONS: UP HERE THAT HAVE EATEN TWO ‘OR THREEoA DEMONS STRENGTH COMES FROM THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IT HAS CONSUMED.THAT'S HOW VE DECIDED e MANY OF TO KILL UROKODAKI'S ALL OF HIS f) STUDENTS: STUDENTS! | HANE EATEN!THE OTHER WAS A GIRL- BRAT WHOSE KIMONO WAS COVERED IN FLOWERS. HE HAD A COLORFUL YACKET, AND WAS THE STRONGEST BY FAR. SHE WAS SMALL AND NOT 50 STRONG... HAIR AND A SCAR BY HIS MOUTH. THIRTEEN OF URO- KADAKIS STUDENTS, BUT ABOVE Abba De A oe Ao NNN Mgt Ao ea a THEY TRAINED ME!RIPPED OFF HER ARMS AND LEGS!DON'T WORRY ABOUT US! FOCUS ON CALM, TANUIRO. your BREATHING IS UNEVEN.WHILE 17S BEATING ON HMA, Wed. RUN ANAY!THE FOX- ao Nae Peed ie ron idole 1S IN Tey Pore beesIs it POSSIBLE THAT TANUIRO| WILL LOSE TOOF THING'S NECK IS SO HARD. BUT ONE THING Is FOR CERTAIN...THE BOULDER THAT TANUJIRO CUT BEFORE!| " meets)