Learning to slay demons won’t be easy, and Tanjiro barely knows where to start. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. Here’s how Viz Books describes Demon Slayer: Since the manga ended in May, we’re looking forward to what Gotoge cooks up next. There you have it: Gotoge definitely followed in the footsteps of three Shonen Jump classics when creating Kimetsu no Yaiba. Koyoharu Gotouge - Gotouge, Koyoharu Edit Person Information Add to Favorites Given name: Family name: Birthday: Website: Member Favorites: 1,828 More: They portrays themself as a crocodile wearing glasses. yee Addeddate 23:19:45 Identifier demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-vol.-1 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s248mpm2drk Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocrdetectedlang en Ocrdetectedlangconf 1. Gotoge also revealed that Bleach’s Gotei 13, the military branch of the Soul Society, came up a lot in meetings with Demon Slayer’s editor. Publication date 2016 Topics yee Collection opensource Language English.

“There are too many to count, but if I had to choose the top three, they’d be Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Naruto and Bleach.” It’s a good time to be Koyoharu Gotoge, the creator of the manga, who’s no doubt inspiring tons of young people to pick up a pencil and write their own.īut what manga inspired the young Gotoge to do the same thing? It turns out there’s a long-forgotten interview from back in 2016 in which Gotoge revealed the top three manga that inspired Demon Slayer. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is the hot topic right now, with everyone from the New York Times to Japanese government officials talking about it.

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