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DEMON SLAYER:
KIMETSU NO YAIBA
VOLUME 8
Sbonen 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 Adam Grano
EDITOR Mike Montesa

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in this publication are entirely fictional.

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kill his family and turn his younger sister Nezuko into a demon. Tanjiro and Nezuko set
out to find a way to return Nezuko to human form and defeat Kibutsuji, the demon wh
killed their family!
After joining the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjiro meets Tamayo and Vushiro—demons
who oppose Kibutsuji—who provide а clue to how Мехико may regain her humanity.
" Б 7 | / On a new mission, Tanjiro boards а steam train and joins up with Rengoku, the Flame
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Hashira. d Enmu, а lower-ranked
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new powers, tries
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 CONTENTS DEMON

ENDING IN A DREAM SLAYER:

7
Chapter 63
AKAZA
27
Chapter 64
THE STRENGTH
OF THE HASHIRA THE
3? STRENGTH
Chapter 65 OF THE
WHOSE МІСТОВУ? HASHIRA
69
Chapter 66
SCATTERING INTO DAWN
89
Chapter 67
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
111
Chapter 68
WIELDER
131
Chapter 69
MOVE FORWARD—
EVEN IF JUST A LITTLE
151
Chapter 70
KIDNAPPER
171
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REACH
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BECAUSE IT'S
BECAUSE
YOU'RE
HUMAN.

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FOR HUNDREDS Du: BECOME
OF YEARS AND T A DEMON,
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IF YOU
STRONGER. DO...
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WHERE'S DEMONS /VE
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MOST LIKE
KIBUTSUN!

...16 WHAT
GIVES
MEANING
AND BEAUTY
TO THE
FLEETING
SPAN OF А
HUMAN LIFE.

IT'S
PRECISELY
BECAUSE
WE AGE
AND DIE...

MUCH IN
REGARD TO
THE FLESH.
 THIS BOY
ISN'T WEAK.
DO NOT
INSULT HIM.

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Д I VALUE
< 7 N DIFFERENT
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OPENING. /
CAN'T GET IN.
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THEY'RE IN
ANOTHER
DIMENSION.

1 KNOW THAT
/F / GO IN
TO HELA, ILL
ONLV GETIN
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MATTER HOW
DESPERATELV
VOU FIGHT,
KVOJURO, IT'S
ALL USELESS.

THAT
WONDERFUL
CUT VOU MADE
HAS ALREADV
HEALED
COMPLETELY.

YOUR LEFT
EYE IS
CRUSHED.
IF YOU WERE A YOUR
DEMON, YOU RIBS ARE
WOULD HEAL BROKEN.
IN THE ВИМК YOU'RE
OF AN EYE. BLEEDING
INSIDE.

THOSE )
ARE A
SERIOUS
WOUNDS.
 NO
MATTER HOW
HARD THEY
STRUGGLE,
HUMANS
CANNOT
DEFEAT
DEMONS.

I'M WOUNDED,
BUT THIS
HAPPENS
WHEN / USE
HINOKAMI

THOUGH I
WANT TO
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SPIRIT!
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THOSE
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OF DETERMI-
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FORTITUDE.

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SHOULD
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ВЕСОМЕ А =
DEMON! YOU'RE
FINISHED,
KYOJURO!
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ONE OF THE
CHOSEN
STRONG
ONES!

+ MY NEXT
QUESTION.
 DO YOU
KNOW
WHY YOU
WERE BORN
STRONGER
THAN OTHER
PEOPLE?
|

THAN VOU.

UNFORGIV- THOSE
+ MUST BLESSED
ABLE TO USE USE THEIR
STRENGTH WITH MORE
STRENGTH FOR NATURAL
GRANTED THE GOOD OF
BY HEAVEN TALENT THAN
THE WORLD, OTHERS...
TO HURT FOR OTHER
OTHERS AND PEOPLE.
EMPOWER
VOURSELF.
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THE WEAK
IS THE DUTY
OF THOSE
BORN WITH
STRENGTH.
VOU MUST
TAKE YOUR ||
RESPONSIBILITY |
SERIOUSLY ||
AND DO
YOUR DUTY...
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LONGER,
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OUT OF
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AND DIE! THIS FIGHT
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19.
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WN -
NN И МА
WA
THE РЕМОМ
SLAYER CORPS
ARE FLESH-
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HUMANS! OUR
WOUNDS DON'T
CLOSE QUICKLY!
LOST LIMBS
DON'T GROW
AND YET YOU'LL BACK! А
ONLY FIGHT US 2 (3
IN THE DARK ОР SN y
NIGHT WHEN \ 8
YOU HAVE THE
ADVANTAGE! |
у N 9 A

KYTI

| SO WHY
X ARE YOU
|} COWARD! Line RUNNING?!
7 $ YOU JERK!

СМ! “4 YOU'RE
(е) AFRAID TO
ADMIT...
 HE DIDN'T N e ` Y, WON TODAY!
LETANY- 1 = к RENGOKU
RR ~ 4° & HASN'T

RENGOKU IS
STRONGER—
MUCH
STRONGER
THAN YOU!

HE
PROTECTED
THE REST
OF US!

BELONGS
TO
RENGOKU!
 DON'T CRY
SO HARD,
KID...

=
°
ws
N
 YOU'RE
HURT
PRETTV
BAD TOO,
V'KNOW.
THAT CUT
IN YOUR
BELLY WILL
OPEN UP.

AND IF
YOU DIE, |
WON'T HAVE
MY VICTORY
ANYMORE.
„ИМ MY у - | REMEMBER
VISIONS N SOMETHING
OF THE JA I SAW...
PAST.
 “то
VISIT HOUSE
RENGOKU,
WHERE І WAS
BORN.

=" d — | THERE YOU'LL

DIDN'T... 534 se FIND THE
z - за | WRITINGS OF
PAST FLAME
HASHIRA.

+. SO | HAVE
NO IDEA
WHAT'S IN
THEM.

THEY MAY
CONTAIN
RECORDS OF
THE HINOKAMI
KAGURA YOU
MENTIONED.
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ANY WAY TO
STOP YOUR
N
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I WANT
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THE PATH THAT MY TELL...
HE THINKS LITTLE
IS RIGHT, TO BROTHER
FOLLOW HIS - SENJURO
HEART. EN 2 N

4!) |

MY
FATHER TO
TAKE CARE
OF HIMSELF.
 | CONSIDER
HER A MEMBER
OF THE DEMON
SLAYER CORPS.

...SHED HER
OWN BLOOD
SAW HER...
TO PROTECT
HUMANS.

+. SHE'S A IF SHE RISKS

MEMBER OF HER LIFE ТО k
THE CORPS, FIGHT DEMONS
NO MATTER AND PROTECT
WHAT ANYONE PEOPLE...
 Ns
STAND TALL
AND BE
PROUD.

+. KEEP
YOUR HEART NO MATTER
BURNING, HOW WEAK OR
GRIT YOUR UNWORTHY
TEETH AND YOU FEEL...
MOVE
FORWARD.

IF YOU JUST
IT WON'T CURL UP INA
STOP FOR YOU BALL AND HIDE,
WHILE YOU TIME WILL PASS
WALLOW IN YOU BY.
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ANY
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WE САМ'Т
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ALL КЕЕР N EN А | BLONDIE
TtARNING
E |> | N
THERE...
GROWING.

SOMEDAV VOU
GUVS WILL
BECOME HASHIRA
AND BE THE
PILLARS OF THE
DEMON SLAVER
CORPS.
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SPLENDIDLY
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REALLV AN — МА 77 BELIEVE...
UPPER-RANK | ШУ
DEMON?
 THIS IS
ALL SO
FRUS-
TRATING.

EVERV TIME !
«1 LEARN LEARN TO DO
JUST HOW SOMETHING
MUCH MORE NEW...
THERE 15 І N
DON'T KNOW. [//

THESE
Б 7 AWESOME
даи Да PEOPLE ARE
BEHIND
FARTHEM. FIGHTING WITH
SUCH SKILL
AND POWER...

I FEEL
LIKE ИМ
FALLING
BEHIND.
 CAN |
EVER
BECOME
ANYTHING
LIKE
RENGOKU?

DWELL ON
SUCH WEAK
THOUGHTS!
 YOU САМ OR
YOU CAN'T!
IT DOESN'T DO
YOU ANY GOOD
TO SIT THERE €
WONDERING
ABOUT THE
MAYBES!

UA
Ж?
Лу py)
AN

...SO DON'T
WORRY ABOUT
ANYTHING
OTHER THAN
LIVING UP TO
THAT!

CRYING
WON'T
BRING ANY DS
OF THEM
BACK! ТУР
 FRUSTRATED
VOU FEEL,
DON'T

Й / O
/7,
Ж

... YOU EVEN IF YOU

MUST KEEP THINK YOU'RE
ON LIVING! WRETCHED
AND
UNWORTHY

THE TEARS
ARE FLOW-
ING OUT OF
YOUR MASK.
“МУСК ХҮ

Ч
=
 NEWS ОР
RENGOKU’S
DEATH SOON
REACHED
UBUYASHIKI
AND THE
HASHIRA.
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N
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А
 RENGOKU
LOST TO AN
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ANNIHILATE
ALL
DEMONS.
 KYOJURO
STRUGGLED
VALIANTLY. NOT ONE
HE WAS AN OF THE
INCREDIBLE PASSENGERS
VOUNG MAN.

I CANNOT
LIVE MUCH
LONGER.

БООМ, |
WILL GO ТО
THE OTHER
WORLD WHERE
KYOJURO AND
THE REST ARE.
 OH MY! a7 4
HE SEEMS Z< ss З
TO BE VERY =="
INTELLIGENT.

EVEN WITHOU NOT HAVING

A BLOOD BEEN BLESSED
CONNECTION, ES WITH CHILDREN, І
WE ARE AS R] WAS DEPRESSED.
CLOSE AS ANY IN BUT | FEEL SO
BIOLOGICAL ) MUCH BETTER
PARENT AND NOW THAT THIS
CHILD COULD BE. MARVELOUS
HE'LL CARRV ON CHILD HAS
FOR ME WHEN ARRIVED.
ИМ GONE.
кесед
2

HAS A
CHRONIC
SKIN
OUTSIDE DISEASE.
IN THE
DAVLIGHT.
 „AS Ї
QUICKLY AS
2 POSSIBLE.

ИМ HAVING
MY COMPANY
CREATE А
SPECIAL
MEDICATION
FOR HIM...
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FIND WHAT
| SEEK?
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<< У;
VA қ | INVESTI-
GATED, BUT
THERE WAS
Л ! 7 МО CERTAIN
; SS INFORMATION.
| ALSO
q COULDN'T
CONFIRM ITS
EXISTENCE.

I DID NOT ) /
FIND THE
BLUE
SPIDER
LILY.
Шы Ў

| AND...P
Ш

|
 I WILL
AS YOU CONTINUE
COMMANDED, | 5 SEARCHING
KILLED ONE ОР TO FIND THE
THE HASHIRA. ANSWERS —
ALL IS WELL. YOU SEEK.

AZAKA, YOU
APPEAR TO BE
 ANNIHILATION WHY EVEN
OF THE BOTHER...
ENTIRE
DEMON
SLAVER
CORPS
ITSELF.

«TO TELL
ME YOU
KILLED
A MERE
HASHIRAP

IT IS ONLY
KILL EVERY NATURAL
LAST ONE FOR A
DEMON TO
DEFEAT A

WHAT IS THE
MEANING OF
THIS ISN'T А
... YET YOU COMPLICATED
STILL
HAVE
FAILED.
 WHY DIDN'T YOU
FINISH THEM OFFP
| SENT YOU you
BECAUSE | PROUDLY
TRUSTED YOU'D REPORT
GET THE JOB HAVING
DONE, АКАЗА... 5 KILLED A
HASHIRA...

„вит
АБАСАГ У YOU LEFT
THREE
DEMON
SLAVERS
AKAZA L ALIVE.

AKAZA!

c) 2
S
e

DISAPPOINT
 : IF YOU
+e THEN ; ТООК А
UPPER RANK 3 = BLOW FROM A
HAS INDEED f ; SWORDSMAN
FALLEN. WHO ISN'T
EVEN A
HASHIRA...
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27< Д/ MEMORIZED
1 Л YOUR FACE,
11 - BOY!
17,

WHEN
N NEXT WE и" D=
A MEET, ILL
SPILL YOUR 3
BRAINS!
SOMETIMES |
НЕ GETS TANJIRO /5
IT IN HIS DEPRESSED.
|
HEAD THAT
|
A THING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.

— 291
A ШИ
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4 ІШІ

THAT'S
UNDERSTAND-
ABLE. / MEAN,
WHEN EVEN
SOMEONE AS
WELL TRAINED
AS RENGOKU
 РЕОРТЕ
DONT
SIMPLY
RECOVER
|
INSTANTLY

HAVE BEEN
SO FRUS-

NO MATTER
HOW STRONG
Да || SOMEONE 15,
астме | Bil X "m | THEY CAN FEEL
HEART == МЕ А PAIN AND
AND STAND АТТА" SADNESS.
HIDING
FROM IT
DOESN'T
SOLVE
ANYTHING.

25 а ИМ SURE
WEIRD, RENGOKU
BUT HE WAS WAS THAT
STRONG. HE HAD KIND OF
THAT PERSON.
way
ABOUT
HIM.
 TANJIRO
IS GONE!

q
б
N |

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Им во EN
SORRVI <
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TRAINING
5 ЕМЕМ THOUGH
HIS WOUNDS
НАМЕМ'Т
HEALED YET,
AND SHINOBU
WAS LIVID!

WENT OFF
SOMEWHERE
LIKE THAT?!
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ME BASED ON |
RENGOKU'S
LAST WISHES.
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ENTRUSTED 1 FAN HEARD THE
ME WITH ` SAD NEWS
MESSAGES = | ABOUT
FOR HIS 5 ^ KYOJURO
FATHER AND = p RENGOKUP
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BROTHER |
P
ARE VOU
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1 HEARD WHAT
PALE. HAPPENED TO
HIM; BUT...

I BET HIS
LAST WORDS
WERE
WORTHLESS
ANYWAY!
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HE DIDN'T
HAVE MUCH
TALENT, BUT
| а (J HE BECAME A
Ш SWORDSMAN
TM) STUPID SON ANYWAY...
ІМ HE WAS!
 A PERSON'S
CAPABILITIES
: AND =
Zk LIMITATIONS
ARE SET AT

THEV'RE A RARE FEW

DUSTI OF ENTER THE
NO VALUE! WORLD WITH
TALENT...
«“ТНЕ REST
ARE JUST
RABBLE!

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HE HAD NO 52 Д) IT WAS WITH
TALENT, SO 2. = Л KVOJURO/
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YOU CAME
TO RIDICULE
US!
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I DO THAT?!
THAT MAKES
NO SENSE

YOU'RE
A PRAC-
TITIONER
OF SUN
BREATHING.

DOES SUN
BREATHING
MEAN THE
HINOKAMI
KAGURAP
 AND ALL ; IT'S THE FIRST
OTHER | : ( ) BREATHING
BREATHING |, E i TECHNIQUE
TECHNIQUES = /N THAT EVER
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REATHING...
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X \ А WIELDER
DON'T GET OF SUN
UPPITY, Ë BREATHING...
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KNOW HOW 23
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a: 2% 1 ў THE MEMORY
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A FORMER &
HASHIRA!
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СОГОТ AN INCREDIBLE
HELP, TECHNIQUE
RENGOKUP.
 HE WOKE UP
AND WENT 4
OUT то BUY
MORE SAKE.

WHEN
FATHER
SPOKE
POORLY OF
RENGOKU...

sel
COULDN'T
TALK BACK
TO HIM.

WHAT WERE
МУ BROTHER'S
FINAL MOMENTS
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WASNT
STRONG
ENOUGH

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GET THOSE BROTHER
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MOMENT. OFTEN RIGHT?
LOOKS AT.
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IS THIS WHAT
VOU WERE
HOPING TO
FINDP
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1255 LETHAL BUT MORE POWERFUL.
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RUINED.

THE ANNALS
OF THE
SUCCESSIVE
GENERATIONS
OF THE
HASHIRA
ARE STORED
CAREFULLY.

FATHER MAY
HAVE TORN
IT UP НІМ-
 PLEASE,
DONT
WORRV
ABOUT IT.

ALL RIGHT,
BECAUSE
NOW | KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
+. LEARN
ANYTHING
ABOUT THE
HINOKAMI
KAGURA OR
THE SUN
BREATHING
MY FATHER
MENTIONED.

| HAVEN'T
EVEN MASTERED
LL TRAIN
ALL THE MORE.
HINOKAMI
KAGURA FOR
WHICH I DO
KNOW THE
DANCE
MOVEMENTS.
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WHEN | USE
PROBLEM.
THE HINOKAMI
KAGURA IN A
STATE OF
TOTAL CON-
CENTRATION,
| CAN'T MOVE
THE WAY |

MY BODY
ISN”
PERFORMING |
MY
TECHNIQUES.

IF | CONTINUE TO
DO CONSTANT, I'LL TOTAL
GET STRONGER DAY CONCENTRATION:
BY DAY, BUT | WON'T CONSTANT
GET STRONGER IMPROVED MY
INSTANTLY. PHYSICAL
STRENGTH, BUT
THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH.

AS 27 i 1
24h
<= ТНАТ
A WAY TO Es DAY...
INSTANTLY
GET STRONG
ENOUGH TO YY ...1 WIsHED
SAVE ` THERE HAD
RENGOKU.
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THERE THINKING
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: = ~
IT FOR
А WHILE
NOW.

I REALIZE
THAT THERE'S
NO SUCH

THE ONLV
OPTION
CANDO IS TO
ад IS наз STRUGGLE
MATTER FORWARD
HOW Hes
DIFFICULT
OR FRUS-
TRATING
ITIS.

«e EVENTUALLY
VLL BECOME...
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POWERFUL
HASHIRA
LIKE
KVOJURO.

MY BROTHER
DIDN'T HAVE A
TSUGUKO, A
SUCCESSOR.
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| HAD TO BUILD SUPPOSED
EXPERIENCE. Я |
Й|
TO BE HIS
TSUGUKO.

+. MY NICHIRIN
SWORD NEVER
CHANGED
COLOR.

IF
NO MATTER YOU DON'T
HOW HARD REACH A
I TRAINED... CERTAIN
LEVEL OF
SWORDS-
MANSHIP...
«e. THE
COLOR
DOESN'T
CHANGE.
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SEVERS
THE SUC- ІА

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à
raue
о USEFUL
agora
a:LONG 4 HASHIRA.
HISTORY.

BUT I'M
SURE...
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WALK
THE PATH
THAT YOU
THINK IS
IF ANVONE
SPEAKS BADLY
ABOUT VOU,
VLL HEADBUTT

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mann. шүМу

YOU
SHOULDN’T

VLL
REPAIR THAT
I SHREDDED

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| AND I'LL дегет
SOMETHING, |\'-М- = LOOK FOR I CAN.
VLL SEND A THE OTHER
CROW. BOOKS TOO.
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WAY BACK. | (Me a НІҢ то TALK.

IT'S THE
HANDGUARD
FROM MY
BROTHER'S
NICHIRIN
SWORD.
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ACCEPT
SOMETHING
so
PERSONAL.

ИМ SURE
IT WILL
РЕОТЕСТ
YOU.
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IT DOESN'T | \ 17
MATTER! r |
GET OUT! |
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WANTED TO
SAY TO YOU
WAS...

+. PLEASE
TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF.
KYOJURO!

166
 IT'S ALL
RIGHT,
NEZUKO.
WE'LL
REACH
BUTTERFLY
MANSION
WITH YOU,
LOSING
YOUR
SWORD?!
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WE TRAINED, 6
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LET GO ОР
AOI AND
NAHO, YOU
KIDNAPPER!

ИМ YOUR
SUPERIOR
OFFICERI
МА
HASHIRA,
YOU JERKI

RECOGNIZE
YOU AS A
HASHIRA//
 YOU'RE
JUST AN

一 HAS YOUR
= BRAIN
2 EXPLODED
p РІ

SHE ISN'TA & y^ Рус І NEED A CORPS

TSUGUKO, SO Sip Dee MEMBER FOR А
IDONT NEED | / NA 2 MISSION, SO им
KOCHO'S | Зе, TAKING HER!
PERMISSIONI У
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4 S %
W === — =
Ји WI: N —
0 4 И/
Ї 7 ақ
°

BASICALLY А
CORPS MEMBER.
 PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENT NEEDS
AND ABILITIES!
YOU CAN'T JUST
USE THEM AS
YOU LIKE WITH
NO REGARD FOR
THEM AT ALL!

THE DEMON
SLAVER CORPS
IS GETTING
WEAKER
BECAUSE OF
NEW MEMBERS
LIKE VOU WHO
JUST RATTLE
ON LIKE THAT.

ў
TAKE ME!
I'LL GO IN
PLACE OF
AOI!

N J ПІШУ.
m
Á
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III [l|

AOI, YOU!
GRRRRRR!
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877

BUT YOU'D
BETTER
NOT LET
ME DOWN! HE SURE
CAVED
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