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KOYOHARU GOTOUGE

Hi! I’m Gotouge. Volume 19 is out. Thank you

very much to everyone who supports the series. I
sincerely appreciate the warm words, letters and
gifts I’ve been receiving, On another note, I’ve
been watching a lot of dog and cat videos, They
comfort me, I ate a piece of jerky the other day
that turned out to be for dogs! I was shocked.
Anyway, I will continue to be diligent so you all
can continue to enjoy the series!
DEMON SLAYER:
KIMETSU NO YAIBA
VOLUME 19
Shonen Jump Edition

Story and Art by

KOYOHARU GOTOUGE

KIMETSU NO YAIBA
© 2016 by Koyoharu Gotouge
All rights reserved, First published in Japan
in 2016 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo. English
translation rights arranged by SHUEISHA Inc,

TRANSLATION John Werry

ENGLISH ADAPTATION Stan!
TOUCH-UP ART & LETTERING John Hunt
DESIGN Jimmy Presler
EDITOR Mike Montesa

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violent shook him. She bit her hus-
band’s hand and fled barefoot through
the falling snow with Inosuke in her
arms until she reached a temple of the
Paradise Faith. Her husband and mother-
in-law came to the temple, but Poma said
they annoyed him, 80 he killed them both
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CIRCULATED ALL = INCREDIBLY YOU MAKE OH, THAT’S ALL
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DON’T SAY DON’T HAVE TO
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MAKE IT. YOU
WOULDN'T
HAVE.

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FRUSTRAT- CALLED
TAMAYO...

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SATISFIED.
THE RESULTS
ARE PERFECT. IF POSSIBLE,
| WANTED TO
PUT YOU IN THE
GROUND WITH A
POISON | MADE
MYSELF.
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SURE IT'LL BE
DEMONS STILL
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COMRADES
IS SURE TO
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AND HELL REALLY
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HELL TOGETHER
WITH MEP
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THE SAME AS CHILD, THEY HAVE BEEN
NOT HAVING DONT PUT YOUR UNAVOIDABLE
NAME ON YOUR C/RCUM-
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do housework or treat the injured as well as Aoi and the
others, so she joined the Demon Slayer Corps. Neither
Kanae nor Shinobu approved, but Kanao learned how to
do Flower Breathing by watching others and participated
in Final Selection without telling anyone. The Kocho sisters
had taken her in, so while she didn’t show much emotion,
her inability to forgive demons for their actions deepened
when she saw how demons had killed Aoi’s and Kiyo’s
families, and how Shinobu had lost her parents, older sis-
ter and Tsuguko. So she made the decision of her own free
will. At first, however, Shinobu didn’t believe Kanao was
acting on her own volition, so she was worried and told
Kanao to cut off the heads of demons without hesitating or
even thinking about it. Recently, Kanao has become able to
express her own desires, which pleased Shinobu.

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 CHAPTER 164: _
JUST OVERDIDY
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SOME-
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| TRIED TO STOP
MY BLEEDING,
BUT IT’S NOT
WORKING, SO
'M GOING TO
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TO STOP THE
BLEEDING OF
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IN YOUR LEFT

BUT IF IT
DOESN'T STOP,
‘LL BURN IT, SO
STRIP DOWN AND
COME HERE.

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DISTORTED,
BUT..HE HAS
A KATANA.
AND A
CONS/D- PERHAPS
ERABLY HE WAS...
SKILLED
ONE AT

1 CANT
STOP
SHAKING!
 THIS 1S THE
FIRST TIME
THIS HAS
EVER
HAPPENED
TO ME.

MUICHIRO...
TOKITO.
 TSUGIKUNI
NAME MUST
HAVE DIED

aaity

was.. EX
INEVITABLE. AS BEEN
CENTURIES...

«WAS
MICHIKATSU
TSUGIKUN/.
 YOU ARE...A
DESCENDANT...
ae OF THE CHILD...
THAT | LEFT
BEHIND...
WORDS...
YOU ARE MY
DESCENDANT.

weIN THE
TSUGIKUNI
FAMILY.
 SO WAS HE A Oe DESCEN-
SWORDSMAN a
OF THE FIRST
BREATHING?!

NO WA™..
1 CANT
BELIEVE /T-

GOT TO
STAY CALM!
DON’T PANICS
/T DOESN’T

IN A MERE

YOu
QUELLED...
YOUR
AGITATION.

YOUR
SPIRITUAL
STRENGTH...
SEEMS
EXCELLENT.
 EIGHT-—”
LAYERED
Tie
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| SEE...
 ARE YOU
DEVELOPED ABOUT
SWORDSMAN- 14 YEARS
SHIP FOR ONE /
SO YOUNG...

...BUT HAD THE

COURAGE TO
SUPPRESS IT
AND ATTACK. {|
 EVEN IF
THE NAME
YOU ARE
DIED OUT...
INDEED OF
«MY CELLS
PROLIFER-
ATED.

| SUPPOSE
THAT
BLOODLINE
ARE YOU HAS
KIDDING DWINDLED...
EVEN IF | AM NO MATTER...
YOUR DE-
SCENDANT...

.. APTER
HUNDREDS
...OF YOUR OF YEARG...
BLOOD LEFT
IN ME!

/ SEE...
/T HAS
APPEARED.
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USERS
OF MIST
BREATHING shies
DIDN’T USE wy J, f Sy , | SEEN THAT | >
TECHNIQUES an <— TECHNIQUE
LIKE THIS. \ OSS BEFORE.
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IF | DO
NOT ALSO
DRAW MY
IT WOULD SWORD eee
BE POOR
ETIQUETTE
 BREATHI
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<_\
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TO USE
SWORDSMAN-
SHIP WITH
BREATHING
AFTER
BECOMING A

SPEED IS
PHENOMENAL.
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THE PLUCK

HE LOST
HIS HAND
BUT /M-
MEDIATELY
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Muichiro’s Crow: =
Ginko es
 THE FACT THAT
YOU'RE MY
DESCENDANT...

Al
om

YES... THERE
IS NOTHING
TO FEAR.

| AM NOW THE
ONLY UPPER-
RANK DEMON AS FOR YOUR
CAPABLE OF ARM... IF YOU
FIGHTING
EFFECTIVELY. BECOME A
DEMON, YOU
WILL GROW A
NEW ONE.

I'M SURE HIS

LORDSHIP
WILL AP-
PROVE
OF YOU.
OR IF HIS
LORDSHIP STOP YOUR
BLEEDING.

INy
HUMANS
ie ARE SO
FRAGILE.

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NO GREATER WAS ALWAYS
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STILL NOT
DEAD...

AFTER |
CUT YOU
IN HALF.

SWORDSMAN
WHO ATE
DEMONS JUST
LIKE YOU.

BUT
IN YOUR
CASE...DO |
NEED TO CUT
YOUR HEAD CUTTING
OFFP HIM IN HALF
KILLED HIM...
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SLAYER
CORPS...

IE YOU HAVE DOESN'T

SOMETHING pov THE
TO SAY IT’S AINTEST
ALL RIGHT WHIFF OF
TO SAY /T.
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WQS
RS

YOU SHOULD
.. AND RAISED HAVE HAD
A HOUSE
A FAMILY AND SOMEWHERE...
GROWN OLD.

TO MAKE UP
FOR WHAT |
COULDN'T
... SHOULD DO FOR
HAVE HAD MOTHER...
A WIFE AND
..AND OUR
CHILDREN AND
LITTLE
MADE THEM
BROTHERS
AND LITTLE
 DEMON Gert | AW
NEAR YOU.

Ww

BROTHERS...
AND DEMON
SLAYERG...

THAT
BRINGS
BACK
MEMORIES
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BROTHER,
YOU MULT/-
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J While doing rough layouts (which

70 times % | draw on A copy paper fo
determine the plot and panel
700 times Oo
arrangement before working on
the final manuscript), | used a
calculator and the fingers of both
| fixed it in the hands to determine the strength
graphic novel. of Shinobu’s poison-but|till
messed up. Sorry. Heh heh...

fassing math
teacher

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without being good at
math, 40 don’t worry.
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HE MAKES AN
/RREGULAR
AND COMPLEX
ARRAY OF
BLADES
SPRING
OUT FROM
A SINGLE
THEIR LENGTH SLASHING
AND SIZE ATTACK.
ALWAYS
CHANGE, SO
NO WONDER THEY DON’T
4 HE DEFEATED HAVE FIXED
TOKTTO.

THE SHAPE OF
THE ATTACKS
/ THOUGHT
/ DODGED
AREN'T THE
SAME— THEYRE
DISTORTED!
/ COULDN’T
SURVIVE IF
My SENSES
HADN’T
BEEN HONED
FROM LONG
EXPERIENCE.
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AGAINST THE
WIND HASHIRA
AS WELL...
| IMPROVED
MY SWORD
TECHNIQUE.

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IN THE ANGLE
OF THE TIP OF
MY SWORD
ANDO I’M DEAD!
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MARECH/
FOR
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OF MY
BLOOD
INTOXICATES
DEMONS!

EVEN FOR
MARECHI,
IT'S RARE
BLoop!!

HEY, HEY!
WHAT'S
WRONGP
LOOKS LIKE YOU LOOK
THIS BLOOD A LITTLE
SHAKY!
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High School
Tokito Twins. Junior high second year. They belong
to the shogi club and they're immensely popular with
the girls. Neither one appears fo have noticed how
outstandingly athletic they are. Yuichiro is quick-
witled and can do anything well but he’s the type
to freeze up when surprised, 60 when something
unexpected happens, Muichiro is the one to react
even though he looks 40 subdued. Just the other
day, he delivered an axe kick fo an old-man monster
and punched a weirdo on the train.

Clase Gingko Clase Taro

Yaichiro Tokito Colder) Muichiro Tokito (younger)
LEE yy Quick act.

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Recent
appeared
on TV
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protes-
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 SOON AFTER
/ BEGAN
HUNTING
DEMONS...

../ NOTICED
My BLOOD
WAS
SPECIAL...

AFTER /
KILLED
HAD BEEN
TURNED INTO
A DEMON...

AND SHE
STARTED Mov-
ING MORE
SLOWLY WHEN
/ STARTED
BLEEDING.

ALL THE
/ WANDERED } SV oe COLORS IN THE
THE NIGHT IN
DESPERATION. f [if
WORLD RAPIDLY \
Y WY BECAME WORN
{| Fs j AND FADED...
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y KNOW OF THE
.. FOUGHT DEMONS, Ta me J EXISTENCE OF
4 CAUGHT THEM AND C7 AA THE DEMON
BURNED THEM TO j 2 ; SLAYER CORPS
DEATH IN SUNLIGHT. g 7 J OR OF NICHIRIN
SWORDS.

/ ARMED
MYSELF WITH
A MOUNTAIN
OF BLADES...

See
ay) eile
|
|
|
/ MET AMEMBER | |

WHO WAS ALSO | -

4 ES} rebee:
LIKE TRYING
TO COMMIT
PURSUING ...BUT | DION’T SUICIDE...
DIE, ONLY
BECAUSE / WAS
LUCKY THAT My
BLOOD COULD
INTOXICATE

HIS NAME WAS

MASACHIKA
KUMENO
AND HE
INTRODUCED
ME TOA
TRAINER.
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AGAINST THE
HASHIRA IVE
ENCOUNTERED
SO FAR, THIS
 HE
STOPPED
THE
BLEEDING
HIMSELF

FLEXING HIS
MUSCLES
TO STOP HIS
GUTS FROM '/S HE
SPILLING COAGULAT- |
OUT? ING HIS
BLOOD?
|

WITH

EITHER WAY,
IT IS NOT
SOMETHING
A HUMAN
vH) SHOULD BE
ABLE TO DO...

I'VE NEVER
SEEN IT
BEFORE...
INTERESTING
 IT BEEN SINCE
| EXPERIENCED
THIS FEELING OF
SLIGHT
DRUNKEN-
NESSP IT'S
PLEASANT...
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Ce ne MAKES
ie es ME
.. WHEN aN ye MAD...
OTHERS > :
ARE SUF- OE KE
FERING. I SES TO SEE
— SOMEONE
SMILING...

SOME- HH
JUST ONE WHO
DOESN’T ftE i
/SSUING GET THEIR
ORDERS TNE
FROM ABOVE Peg titel
<j] WITH AN ms
EG UNCONCERNED |
, LOOK ON A/S
FACE...

ee

WELL, AREN'T
YOU SOME-
MASTER THING?
UBUYASHIKI!
 SHINAZU- [
GAWA...
IT APPEARS
TO SPEAK
PROPERLY.

° RIGHT,
GYOMEI.

=
\

\
4
LET HIM }
SPEAK.
 IT’S ALL
RIGHT,
KANAE.

tate

SY YOU ONLY
THINK OF
CORPS YOU'VE GOT
MEMBERS NO SHAME—
AS PAWNS YOU MAKE
TO BE USED ME SICK!
AND TOSSED
ASIDE.

a —
= =a i

2 1[| | il. YOU'VE BARELY

Sg BUT YOU'RE iM EVEN TRIED
Le ie he OF MARTIAL ARTS
: G
SLAYER rg a
CORPS ; A ,

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| CAN TELL —
<= = IT'S JUST BY a
: LOOKING AT [=~ =
YOU bs
[ee
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| TRIED
SWINGING
A SWORD...

...BUT IT MADE
MY HEART POUND
AND | COULDN'T
EVEN DO IT TEN
TIMES.

| WOULD
| WANTED TO HAVE BEEN
BE A STRONG LIKE YOU IF |
SWORDSMAN COULD HAVE.
AND PROTECT
OTHERS’ LIVES
WITH MY OWN
 I‘M SORRY
TO HAVE TO
ASK YOU TO
DO SUCH
DIFFICULT

THE LOOK ON
MASTER’S FACE
MADE ME THINK
OF MY MOTHER.

GENTLY
CARESS/NG
My CHEEK.
OVERFLOWING
AFFECTION,
THE KIND
PARENTS
SHOW TOWARD
THEIR OWN
CHILDREN...

AND IF A
SINGLE PIECE,
EVEN ONE SUCH 1B vetee
AS MYSELF, Sox WNS...
WHO MOVES THE
DEMON SLAYER
CORPS, WERE
TO DIE, NOTHING
WOULD
CHANGE.
«THEN | AM A
SACRIFICIAL
PIECE TOO.
 MY
REPLACEMENT
IS ALREADY
HERE.

BUT EVERYONE THIS IS YOUR

JUST TREATS | FIRST TIME AT A
ME THAT WAY. GATHERING OF
> THE HASHIRA...

IF THAT IDONOT \ii-43

BOTHERS MY- k 60 | a
PLACE
YOU, YOU
DON'T HAVE arram THINK YOU [=
TO GO ALONG ORANY- f= MISUNDER- f-
WITH IT. THING LIKE /= STAND. =
THAT. =

THAT IS
MY ONLY INSTEAD OF
REQUEST. WORRYING ABOUT
THAT, DEFEND THE
LIVES OF OTHERS
AS A HASHIRA.
 YOU WERE
CLOSE, LIKE
BROTHERS, ‘M SORRY TO
WHICH MUST SUMMON YOU
MAKE IT EVEN SO SOON AFTER
HARDER. MASACHIKA’S

MEMORIZED ALL
THE NAMES AND \
BACKGROUNDS
OF CORPS EVER SINCE
MEMBERS WHO MASTER
HAVE DIED. UBUYASHIKI
BECAME OUR
LEADER...

REMEMBER
THE NAMES OF |
ALL THE CORPS |
MEMBERS /
HAVE FOUGHT
WITH WHO DIED.
 «ALL THE @\ ! SANEMI... FIE
CHILDREN OF Al / MA Nos is
THE DEMON of ve i, =
Ss SLAYER Br A : :
= N CORPS...

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ZEKE

HE DREAMED ’ MASACHIKA | HAVE BEEN

OF A SHINING ff peal THINKING
— A) FUTURE. I ABOUT
. _ GIVING IT
TO YOU.

rN w. LIKE THE
4 YOUNGER ff - -
7 S\__ ) BROTHER He
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HAVE THEIR bh fs) A WISH FOR
LIVES CRUELLY =sS _| LOVED ONES
THREATENED. / (Y TO SMILE.

HAPPILY
UNTIL THE

YOU CAN/T
BE BY THEIR
SIDE.

WE WANT
THEM TO
LIVE.
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SLAYER
CORPS
WILL NEVER
DISAPPEAR...

UNTIL WE
ERADICATE...
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SET MY EYES ON THE PERFECT
SUCH A GREAT PHYSICAL
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WEAPON /S
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BEFORE /
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