Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃, Kimetsu no Yaiba, rgh. "Blade of Demon Destruction")[4] 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 strives to become a Demon Slayer after his family was slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko, is turned into a demon. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Ufotable aired from April to September 2019, with a sequel film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, released in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film of all time. An 18-episode second season of the anime series aired from October 2021 to February 2022 while a compilation film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village, was released in February 2023. An 11-episode third season aired from April to June 2023 while another compilation film, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training, was released in February 2024. A fourth season premiered in May 2024. By February 2021, the manga had over 150 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. Also, it was the best-selling manga in 2019 and 2020. The manga has received critical acclaim for its art, storyline, action scenes and characters. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
Demon Slayer
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1898. It is the Meiji era, Japan is undergoing rapid modernization, with Western influence sweeping across the nation. However, a far darker, more ancient threat lurks in the shadows: Vampires. These bloodthirsty creatures, once relegated to whispered legends, now plague Japan's cities and villages, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. What’s worse, those they kill are transformed into the undead, adding to the growing horde of vampires that threatens humanity’s survival. Humanity’s only line of defense against these creatures is a secretive organization of vampire hunters sworn to eradicate the undead menace. However, another deadly faction emerges—the Oni. These ancient, demon-like beings, long believed to be myths, see the vampires as an invasive species, a perversion of nature that must be eradicated from Japan's sacred lands. Neither ally nor enemy of humans, the Oni take matters into their own hands, sparking a brutal, unpredictable war between the undead and the demons. The center of this bloody conflict is Ryuuichi Hakuba, a young man who joins the vampire hunter corps, motivated to enact vengeance against vampires. Now a member of the vampire hunter corps, Ryuuichi is determined to take revenge on the creatures that slaughtered his family, but at what cost?
