Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1: Cruelty: Volume 1

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He finds himself having to rely on quick-thinking and instinct to protect himself and his demonic sister.

As the title suggests, Demon Slayer is a painfully generic shonen manga without a single interesting take or idea, told in a very clunky haphazard way. We’re shown flashbacks of their prior sibling interactions, and it helps to develop that bond between them. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. When people initially told me about Demon Slayer, my first impression of it was that it was probably some hack and slash series where characters engage a never-ending horde of demons with samurai swords. After years of strenuous training, Tanjiro must take part in a formidable and deadly final exam to make him officially become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps.But everything changed when he came home one day to find his entire family violently slaughtered by a demon lurking in the nearby forest. And so many of the characters are endearing (tanjiro and nezuko are precious af, still crying over rengoku, akaza turned out lowkey precious in the end too, fuck douma). Join Tnajiro as he beings his work hunting down and slaying demons alongside his sister, Nezuko, as they work their way up the ranks of the Hashira and try to find a cure to turn his sister back into a human again, all whilst evading the capture of Muzan and his twelve terrifying demons.

but at the same time it is uninspiring), but the story is fast-paced and effective and there is a bit of a heart-aching twist in the end, so 4.Because sure there are times when I'll mark the manga on my tbr, but that doesn't indicate the likelihood of me ever getting to reading it (I've got over 1. You may block cookies via standard web-browser settings, but this site may not function correctly without cookies. After his father’s death, he became his family’s breadwinner by making trips to the nearby village to sell charcoal. The crisp black-and-white art is attractive, and the panel layout effectively sets the intense tone and conveys movement. And while the deaths of his other family members was brushed off a little too quickly, we are given time to understand that Tanjiro has a significant amount of admiration for his sister Nezuko.