Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Also known as Demon Slayer, Kimetsu no Yaiba, DS, KnY
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. It has been published in English by Viz Media and simultaneously on the Manga Plus platform by Shueisha. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who joins the Demon Slayer Corps after his family is slaughtered and the sole survivor, his younger sister Nezuko, is turned into a demon, in the hopes of turning her human again.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series about a teenager named Tanjiro Kamado who joins an organization of demon slayers after his family is killed and his younger sister is transformed into a demon, driving his quest to restore her humanity. The series, which ran from 2016 to 2020 in Weekly Shōnen Jump, became popular enough to be published in English and simultaneously released on digital platforms, reaching audiences far beyond Japan.
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- kimetsu.com
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- 2016-02-15
- end time
- 2020-05-18
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- www.lezhin.com/ko/comic/blade_of_extinction
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Japanese: 鬼滅の刃, Hepburn: Kimetsu no Yaiba; rgh. 'Blade of Demon Destruction') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. It has been published in English by Viz Media and simultaneously on the Manga Plus platform by Shueisha. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who joins the Demon Slayer Corps after his family is slaughtered and the sole survivor, his younger sister Nezuko, is turned into a demon, in the hopes of turning her human again.
An anime television series adaptation, produced by Ufotable, aired a 26-episode first season from April to September 2019, with a sequel film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, released in October 2020, which became the highest-grossing anime and Japanese film of all time. An 18-episode second season of the anime series aired from October 2021 to February 2022 while a feature-length compilation, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village, was released in theaters in February 2023. An 11-episode third season aired from April to June 2023 while another compilation, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training, was released in theaters in February 2024. An eight-episode fourth season aired from May to June 2024. A film trilogy sequel adapting the "Infinity Castle" story arc premiered in theaters in July 2025.