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DEMON SLAYER

Can one follow the path of vengeance without losing the path of goodness?

The promotional poster of the series, Demon Slayer
The promotional poster of the series, Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer is an iconic manga of our decade, debuting on February 15, 2016 in the weekly shonen jump and written by the author koyohagu gotoge it has had a very strong influence in the market bringing a massive new wave of readers from all walks of life, due to its insane sales from 2019 to 2021 and to say in 2020, it has beaten the world record of volume sold in a single year with 82,345,447 copies sold in total that's about 43% more than all of the other 9 best selling manga of that year combined.

Synopsis

Extract from the demon slayer series presenting the protagonist tanjiro
Extract from the demon slayer series presenting the protagonist tanjiro

Demon Slayer is set in 20th century Japan and tells the story of a young boy called tanjiro who lives as a coal seller to support his family,

one evening while returning from a sale, he discovers his family ravaged by a demon, only one of his sisters still seems to breathe, Tanjiro tried to bring her back to the doctor, without knowing that she had become a demon, in the middle of the way, nezuko started to attack her until a swordsman named demon hunter stopped him, this swordsman found him a sedative for his sister. Tanjiro will then have a new goal, to give back to his sister her lost humanity.

Extract from the demon slayer series presenting one of the main characters nezuko
Extract from the demon slayer series presenting one of the main characters nezuko
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Is it accessible?

Demon Slayer is recommended for young people aged 12 and over. Beware that the content of this book is slightly violent, to be avoided by the most sensitive people.

Conclusion

This manga finished in 23 volumes since December 2020, has had a strong impact on the market due in part to an exceptional anime adaptation but also to a touching and compelling story, despite its sustainable violence, this book allowed to bring together great readers as well as neophytes, men as well as women, young people as well as old people, all together to the tours of a common story, what's more wonderful ?

from the demon slayer series
from the demon slayer series

You can discover the first chapter of the manga here