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DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOLUME 1 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 John Hunt DESIGN Adam Grano 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 Canada Published by VIZ Media, LLC P.O. Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107 10987654321 First printing, July 2018 PARENTAL ADVISORY DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA is rated T for Teen and recommended for ages 13 and up. This volume contains realistic and fantasy violence. NIZveon 20777 viz.com shonenjump.com
CONTENTS aD Chapter 1 CRUELTY 5 Chapter 2 THE STRANGER 61 Chapter 3 TO RETURN BY DAWN WITHOUT FAIL 87 Chapter 4 TANJIRO’S JOURNAL, PART 1 1 Chapter 5 TANJIRO’S JOURNAL, PART 2 131 Chapter 6 A MOUNTAIN OF HANDS 151 Chapter 7 SPIRITS OF THE DECEASED 171
HOW D/D rs THIS HAPPEN? CHAPTER 1: CRUELTY YOUR BIG GOING TO SAVE YOU!
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| WAS PUTTING ROKUTA TO SLEEP... i | (i NEZUKO SO THEY'VE STARTED CLINGING THEY'VE BEEN SO LONELY SINCE FATHER
\i| OUR LIFE | | 7) ISN’ EASY, \J)\ BUT WERE ANDO THE SNOW py WONT /T WON’T ALWAYS / P\' ALWAYS BE KE. E, ‘PP = ; £ EAS™. oe FALLING. Z THE SMELL OF BLOOD /N THE AIR.
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WILL YOU HELP ME CARRY SOME BUNDLES?! IT'S TOO \\ AQ yaa HEY, TANJIRO! YOU |i) AREN'T... BACK UP THE MOUNTAIN ARE YOUP! 14
WE GOT A GOOD NOSE FOR TROUBLE. LL BE IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO ANY DEMONS. POT TM i! sO YOU , ={ SHOULDN'T WALK i: AROUND AT fil)!" NIGHT. A | we MAN= EAT, THEN ( Pie EATING DEMONS SLEEP. YOU CAN HEY 4 Se HAVE ROAMED GET UP AND (| THESE WOODS GO HOME EARLY RK AFTER DARK. TOMORROW.
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FALLEN OVER ROKUTA, LIKE SHE WAS PROTECTING HIM. BUT NEZUKO COULDN’T HAVE DONE SMELLS io) F BLOOD AND DEATH.
SHES GETTING .. HAPPENED TO My WHOLE FAMILX SHE’S SO STRONG! 1 CAN’T PUSH HER Ae GROWING |” BIGGER... WHILE | WAS SAFELY ASLEEP IN TOWN, SOMETHING HORRIBLE... HOW THEY TO SAVE te NEZUKO pire IF 1 CANS SUFFERED.
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ane Pts CEE FX? Sas Fg KILLING DEMONS IS THAT MUST BE WHO KILLED EVERYONE!
EASY. DEMON BLOOD GOT IN HER WOUND, SO SHE'S TRANSFORMED INTO A DEMON. THAT IS HOW MAN-EATING DEMONS MULTIPLY. No! I'M SURE SHE KNOWS WHO | AM! | DON'T KNOW WHAT'S MAKING HER ACT /— LIKE THIS... NEZUKO WOULD NEVER EAT ANYONE!
VLL FIND A WAY TO CURE HER! I'LL MAKE HER I'LL FIND A WAY! | SWEAR! BECOMES PLEASE DON’T A DEMON KILL HER! CANNOT @ GO BACK. /f : ae ; VLL ALSO ) =} FIND THE ley i * ONE THAT pee KILLED MY 4 (RY } FAMILY! a LL DO ALL THAT,
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i — eee y Ve yr fff , \ NEVER LEAVE Vy} YOURSELF SO | DEFENSELESS IN FRONT OF AN IF THAT WORKED, YOUR FAMILY WOULD STILL BE ALIVE!
ei] W249 CURE {iil Ih rie TAIN HOW CAN A WEAKLING LIKE YOU, WHO BOWS DOWN WHEN IT’S i TIME TO FIGHT, | OR EVEN TO KILL OR BE FIND HIS KILLED... HOW CAN SUCH A MAN... THE MEEK HAVE NO POWER AND NO OPTIONS! , MIGHT KNOW HOW TO CURE YOUR LITTLE «NO DEMON )} WILL RESPECT YOUR WHINING AND BEGGING! THEM IN EVERY
THAT'S HOW | WAS ABLE TO TAKE AND FOR THAT MATTER, | DON'T J) RESPECT >] > / YOU EITHER! DION’T YOU THROW YOUR HATCHET? | SHOULD HAVE SKEWERED YOU BOTH! My My Uy Uf?
AND YOUR SISTER HAS BUT THERE /Ss NO TURNING BACK YOUR TIME. FAMILY a] MIGHT HAVE 5 SURVIVED. FILL YOUR ANGER THAT HEART BECOMES THE WITH UNWAVERING ANGER. FORCE THAT STRONG, DRIVES YOUR +» THAT LIMBS. GIVES NO PURE GUARTER. ANGER...
AND THEY CERTAINLY CANNOT AVENGE YOUR FAMILX «CANNOT PROTECT YOUR SISTER | OR FIND HER A CURE.
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