Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotōge. It follows Tanjiro Kamado, a young boy who becomes a demon slayer after his family is slaughtered and his younger sister Nezuko is turned into a demon. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation aired in Japan from April to September 2019. A sequel film premiered in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan. As of December 2020, the manga had over 120 million copies in circulation, including digital versions.
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotōge. It follows Tanjiro Kamado, a young boy who becomes a demon slayer after his family is slaughtered and his younger sister Nezuko is turned into a demon. 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. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation aired in Japan from April to September 2019. A sequel film premiered in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan. As of December 2020, the manga had over 120 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of alltime. The Demon Slayer franchise is estimated to have generated total sales of at least ¥270 billion in Japan, and has received numerous awards. The story takes place in Taishō-era Japan, with the demons being former humans who sold their humanity in exchange for power. The demons can only be killed if they’re decapitated with weapons crafted from an alloy known as Sun Steel, injected with poison extracted from wisteria flowers, or exposed to sunlight. The Demon Slayers, on the other hand, are entirely human, however, they employ special breathing techniques, known as ‘Breathing Styles’ which grant them superhuman strength and increased resistance.Tanjiro is recruited by Giyū Tomioka and taught by Sakonji Urokodaki, another member of the Demon Slayer Corps, to also become ademon slayer, and begins his quest to help his sister turn human again and avenge the deaths of the rest of his family.
The series has received critical acclaim, with critics praising the animation and fight sequences. It has been published in English by Viz Media and simulpublished by Shueichi on their Manga Plus platform. The original title was Kisatsu no Nagare, but they felt the character in the title was too overt. The word ‘ketsu’ implies a Japanese sword, while ‘yaiba’ is a way of saying ‘demon’ in the Japanese way, while the word ’yaiba’ means ‘curse’ or ‘evil’. The first draft of the series was not accepted for serialization because it had concepts of swords and demons that would be familiar to the Japanese audience, which would not like like dark relief and a darker setting. In 2013, Koyoaru Gotoge debuted in the 70th Jump Treasure Newcomer Manga Awards with the one-shot work Kagarigari. Three more one-shots, Monju Shirō Kyōdai, Rokkotsu-san and Haeniwa no Zigzag, were published in the 39th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump in 2014, and the 21st issue of Jump Next! in 2015, followed.
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