 Koyoharu Gotouge's supernatural action manga Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) ended its four-year run in the 24th issue of Weekly Shounen Jump on Monday. Gotouge thanked the readers for their continued support and asked to look forward to their next work.The issue also announced that Ryouji Hirano (Bozebeats) will draw a short spin-off manga subtitled Rengoku Gaiden. The manga will be serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump. Synopsis Tanjirou Kamado lives with his impoverished family on a remote mountain. As the oldest sibling, he took upon the responsibility of ensuring his family's livelihood after the death of his father. On a cold winter day, he goes down to the local village in order to sell some charcoal. As dusk falls, he is forced to spend the night in the house of a curious man who cautions him of strange creatures that roam the night: malevolent demons who crave human flesh. When he finally makes his way home, Tanjirou's worst nightmare comes true. His entire family has been brutally slaughtered with the sole exception of his sister Nezuko, who has turned into a flesh-eating demon. Engulfed in hatred and despair, Tanjirou desperately tries to stop Nezuko from attacking other people, setting out on a journey to avenge his family and find a way to turn his beloved sister back into a human. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Gotouge received an honorable mention at the 70th Jump Treasure Newcomer Manga Awards for their Kagarigari one-shot in 2013, which became the prototype for Kimetsu no Yaiba. Weekly Shounen Jump began serializing the manga in February 2016. Shueisha published the 20th volume on May 13 (pictured right), with the 21st volume scheduled for a July 3 release. Kimetsu no Yaiba has a cumulative 60 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation. A 26-episode television anime produced by ufotable premiered in Spring 2019. Aniplex of America licensed the anime series and simulcast it on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hulu. The company will release the anime on two limited edition Blu-rays on June 30 and November 24, and partnered with Funimation to distribute two standard edition Blu-rays in September 2020 and January 2021. The show began airing with an English dub on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in October 2019. The Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mugen Train) anime film will open in theaters in Japan on October 16. The sequel film will cover the Mugen Ressha-hen (Infinity Train arc, also known as the Demon Train arc), which spans from volume seven to eight. The lead cast members and production staff are returning from the television anime. Toho and Aniplex will distribute the film. Ryouji Hirano published a two-chapter side story subtitled Tomioka Giyuu Gaiden in Weekly Shounen Jump last April. Hirano also drew a 26-chapter 4-koma spin-off titled Kimetsu no Aima! in Shounen Jump+ between April and September last year. Aya Yajima (Ao no Exorcist light novel) wrote two novels under the Jump J Books imprint subtitled Shiawase no Hana (Flower of Happiness) and Kataha no Chou (One-Winged Butterfly) in February and October last year, respectively. Yajima will publish a third novel focusing on the Wind Pillar Sanemi Shinazugawa, subtitled Kaze no Michishirube (The Wind's Guidepost), on July 3. The light novels have reached a cumulative circulation of 1.8 million. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in July 2017 and simulpublishes it with the Japanese release in their new Shounen Jump platform. The 12th volume shipped on May 5, with the 13th volume planned for release on June 2. Shueisha's Manga Plus service also began simulpublishing the manga in English last January. Kimetsu no Yaiba placed sixth in the male readers' division in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings. The anime series was voted the best show at the 2019 Newtype Anime Awards and won Animation of the Year in the 2020 Tokyo Anime Awards' television category. Source: Comic Natalie |
VindstotMay 17, 2020 8:11 AM
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| Mad respect to her for not unnecessary extend the series because of the huge popularity. I know many other authors would. She ends it right where it should be. |
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| All good things come to an end. But it'll be sad to see this go nonetheless. Thank you Sensei for this fantastic show and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors! Now here's to hoping ufotable will adapt the manga fully (pretty sure they'll ultimately). |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| I just want Ufotable to adapt all the material available. |
| Apaixonado por jogos e animes. |
| Looking forward to their next work |
| Damn it's already been 4 years. Idk whether that's long or short now that it's over. |
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| 60 million copies ... wow ... for a 21 volumes manga it's very impressive |
| A popular shounen manga that isn't dragged for ages to be milked, to the point where it becomes a shadow of its former self? Paint me surprised. |
 I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
| Really glad Gotouge ended the manga once the main plot was concluded instead of milking it to death. I hope the whole manga gets adapted to anime once the movie airs. |
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| Mad respects to the author. Even after all that success last year Gotouge concluded the story. I know that's what a person should do but it doesn't really happen that much.. |
| I only hope 200 chapters can produce enough anime to help ufotable pay their taxes. |
| MEA·MENTVLA·INGENS·EST |
| Just one hope, Ufotable must to adapt all the manga fully... Please don't give to other studio, otherwise we can see how OPM or Seven Deadly Sins it will be... |
That strange ass name certainly makes it hard to figure out |
| MEA·MENTVLA·INGENS·EST |
| It had a great run, it's been one of my favorites to read for a few years now. Good luck to Gotouge-sensei, he deserves a good rest now. |
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| I presume the author is a man because if you go to manga plus app they had interview with the author Editor and the editor referred the author as *HE* that was enough for me to pick up the hint that the author was male everyone was just assuming it was female based on their judgement if I'm wrong I'm sorry but that's what I saw when I read the interview on manga plus they referred the author as he if she was female then they'd have referred to her and *SHE* OR *HER* |
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| With the movie coming up assuming it as the direct sequel to KnY how much of the manga would have been completed |
| I'm glad croc sensei decided to end it here. |
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| This frankly came out of the blue for me, I did not expect it to end now..:0 |
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| I hope the spin-off is a slice of life featuring the gang post-Muzan. I just want to see them happy |
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| Oh my, so it really ended. Thank you for the author and really respect your decision not to turn Kimetsu no Yaiba into another Boruto^^ |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| It's not easy for an author to finish a story when its popularity skyrockets as much as it did within the past year. Kudos to the author for not milking it, hopefully they ended the story how they wanted to. Now that it's finished, the anime has a clear path to the end. I'm hoping that means the entire thing can be adapted. |
| Honestly surprised that the author would want to end such a successful series so soon. Only 20 volumes. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| Surprised that Shounen Jump allowed the author to end the series, considering how crazy it is popular in Japan right now. |
| Really disappointed with the last chapter and i personaly think that chapter 204 is an actual ending although rlly short..when it gets animated the viewers will be really confused with the ending if ufotable adds chap 205 on it |
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joe_g7 said: Honestly surprised that the author would want to end such a successful series so soon. Only 20 volumes. only 20 volumes are out right now,i think it will reach 25 more or less :) |
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If u check the last slide of chapter 205(last chapter) it says that volume 21 is going to release in july and the dates for vol 22 and 23 will be revealed at the official website |
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| Congrats to the author because his work ends on his terms and does not drag out like other series. KnY milestone is amazing this year its gonna get that 1st place in copies sold by a large margin. And next year because of the movie. |
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IMustBeNumb said: Ahhhh, I see. Well, 25 volumes is still relatively short.joe_g7 said: Honestly surprised that the author would want to end such a successful series so soon. Only 20 volumes. only 20 volumes are out right now,i think it will reach 25 more or less :) |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| Could have actually used more chapters, since it always felt kinda rushed, particularly the final arc. Still really good overall though. |
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| Sayonara Kimetsu no Yaiba~ JanPri said: So, did Nezuko turn back to a human? |
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| I am wondering how they will adapt the full manga. Will it be seasonal still or will it be long running because the manga is concluded? |
| sad to see it happen because I enjoyed reading and watching the series but can't do anything about it, the author has family issues and I hope the best for her |
| what are you guys high on? jump will end the series if author requested it no matter what. like assassination classroom, gintama, slam dunk, ETC. hack, currently, TPN and Haikyuu announced it ending. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
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