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I’m Gotouge. Volume 16 is out! The story

begins moving in a big way. Thank you to
everyone who encourages me. I hear from people
who say they have recommended the series
to acquaintances and those acquaintances got
absorbed in it. That makes me happy. Like an
alligator, once I bite, I never let go, It also appears
some people have begun reading the manga
after seeing the anime—I’m grateful for your
interest as well, Ill do my best to make it even
more interesting, so I hope you keep reading.
DEMON SLAYER:
KIMETSU NO YAIBA
VOLUME 16
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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in this publication are entirely fictional,

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First printing, September 2020

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Teen and recommended for ages 13 and up. This
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Chapter 135
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Chapter 138
A SUDDEN TURN
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Chapter 139
FALLING
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Chapter 140
THE FINAL BATTLE BEGINS
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Chapter 141
VENGEANCE
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Chapter 142
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killed everyone, but by "that man,” she meant
the demon who snuck into the temple, not
Himejima. However, the demon had burned up
in the morning 6un, and Sayo couldnt speak
properly due to shock trom the incident, 40
he couldn't dispel the suspicion that fell on
Himejima. Even now, at age 14, Sayo worries
about that and wishes she could apologize.
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LIKE ZUGAWA SMELLED THE TRAINING AT YOUR
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FIRST
MEETING...
Amane Ubuyashiki (27 yrs.d.
She was 17 when she married
a 13-year-old Kagaya. Kagaya
aid that if she didn’t want ro
marry him, he himself would
refuse. This etatement, which
showed consideration for
her circumstances, was what
made her decide fo marry him.
 Now...
BEFORE
MY VERY
EYES

... MUZAN
KIBUTSUUJI.

Sa:
. ox

z
as
i)

wo
 -+ WHAT
DOES HE
LOOK LIKEP

BUT HIS
EYES
ARE HE LOOKS
EXPECTED
LIGHT LIKE A MAN
YOU TO
IN HIS MID
TO LATE
TWENTIES.

AND HIS
PUPILS ARE
VERTICAL
SLITS LIKE
A CAT'S.

..- THAT YOU YOU MUST

WOULD COME BE TERRIBLY
TO KILL ME ANGRY AT
YOURSELF. ME AND THE
UBUYASHIKI
 INDEED, I’‘M
DISGUSTED
FROM THE
BOTTOM OF
MY HEART,
UBUYASHIKI.

INTERFERED TI] tHousano |.

CONSTANTLY e€] YOUR CLAN hiy.?
; HAS NEVER [-y >
Ste
BUT NOW KNOWN ITS fi’ Nk
| FIND ITS
LEADER IN
=\ THIS STATE.

Ss
fx =
ame — a a

Vit EO «
IIM
E!”
H
7
ETS f TA
TW WAWAR NR
MG RN
AGIN
G

YOU
ALREADY
SMELL LIKE
A CORPSE,
UBUYASHIKI. ¢
INDESCRIB-
ABLY UGLY.
 MONTHS
AGO, A
PHYSICIAN
TOLD ME |
WOULD DIE
WITHIN A FEW

AND
IT'S ALL
BECAUSE

| BURN TO
DEFEAT YOU,
MUZAN.
 HOWEVER,
| SUPPOSE
SINCE
YOU WERE
BORN
OVER A
THOUSAND
YEARS
AGO...

WE
AREN'T
CLOSELY
RELATED.

WHAT NOT FEEL

ARE YOU ANYTHING

FOR THAT MONSTER

IT WAS LIKE
CURSED. YOU...

ALL OF THE
WHEN THE CHILDREN
CLAN WAS BORN TO
ABOUT TO DIE THAT HOUSE
OUT, A PRIEST WERE WEAK
AND SOON
 HE SAID A
IF WE DEMON HAD
DID, THE = iy iN Ee A
COME FROM
BLOODLINE THE SAME
WOULD BLOODLINE. THAT
SURVIVE. WE SHOULD
DEDICATE
OURSELVES
TO DEFEATING
HIM.

‘te AFTER
...BUT EVEN THAT, THE | TOOK A
CHILDREN WIFE FROM A
THEN, NO FAMILY THAT
ONE IN DID NOT HAD BEEN IN
OUR CLAN DIE AS THE PRIEST-
EASILY... HOOD FOR
GENERA-

THOSE SUCH PURE

EVENTS NONSENSE
BEAR NO TURNS MY
RELATION STOMACH.
TO THIS.
' HAS YOUR
SICKNESS
REACHED
YOUR
BRAIN?
 IS THAT
HOW YOU
VIEW IT2 ...HEAVEN
HAS NEVER
PUNISHED

IT HAS
FORGIVEN MY
KILLING OF
THOUSANDS.

AND INA
THOUSAND
YEARS, | HAVE
NEVER SEEN
THE GODS OR
BUDDHAS.
 LAST
.. WHAT ee : THOUSAND
DREAM HAVE " sees YEARS...
YOUR EYES
BEEN FIXED
UPONP

| HAVE THE
LEADER OF THE
DEMON SLAYER
CORPS, WHICH
HAS VEXED ME
SO VERY MUCH, A
RIGHT BEFORE } r THIS IS A
My EYES, YET A @ i STRANGE
/ FEEL NO / FEELING.
HATRED.

1S FOR
ONE
NIGHT
ENDING!
LIVELY!
 TWO IS
FOR TWO
PINE
SPROUTS!

| iw Ae
I ot || eee
TT
own :

~ LayeOFrs | COLOR,
SOME-e
aoe PINE!
THING 1S
FAMILIAR.

RELIEVED...
YET
DISGUSTED.

UBUYASHIK], HIS \=
WIFE AND TWO
THERE ARE
CHILDREN. AND
ONLY FOUR
THERE ARE NO
HUMANS
 DREAM IS
ETERNITY.
SHALL |
GUESS...

| MERELY
NEED TO
FIND
NEZUKO.
RIGHT. AND
| WILL SOON
ACHIEVE IT.
 YOUR
DREAM
WILL NOT
COME
TRUE...

: YOU SEEM
oe EXTREMELY
UNLIKE CONFIDENT
YOU, | HAVE 3
= )
S i“a
NZe
UKC
HIDING PLACE}
I
S SECURE. /

YOU HAVE
MADE A
MISTAKE.
 ONLY
ETERNITY
HUMAN
IS HUMAN
FEELINGS
FEELING.
LAST
FOREVER...

..AND ARE
UNDYING.

Oy | | RECOIL ene
YEARS, THE FROM :
Pe Pecan As]
HAVE DIED... ap
aes DEMON YOUR
SLAYER WORDS.
CORPS HAS
 FEELINGS ARE
UNDYING IN
THEIR REFUSAL
TO FORGIVE JUST NOW...
THOSE WHO YOU CALLED
UNUJUSTLY STEAL THAT
THE LIVES OF RUBBISH
THEIR LOVED .

ONCE IN A
THOUSAND ONE HAS THAT
YEARS. | ‘\\) FORGIVEN
YOU. HUMAN
FEELINGS
ARE
UNDYING.
 WOULD HAVE |
REMAINED
ASLEEP...

3 YOU WOKE
«AND THEY — THEM UP.
WILL NOT
LET YOU :
ESCAPE.

KILLING ME
| MYSELF AM | WILL NOT
= HARM THE
NOT THAT } = DEMON
IMPORTANT. | ANTI] SLAYER
CORPS
ONE BIT.

BUT YOU
{ { CANNOT
Because I. cla UNDER-
YOU...YOU a Pp \ STAND...
DEMONG... RES * ... HUMAN
FEELINGS
AND HUMAN
BONDS.
 DIE, ALL THE
DEMONS
WILL PERISH,
RIGHTP

AH, THAT
GOT YOUR
} ATTENTION. |

TG
Nt iy.
11 AW
aw AN
MN)

SAID WHAT
| ALWAYS
WANTED TO
SAY TO YOU.
 Ny
=
ae

| SAID THAT
es C

| MYSELF AM 7 ts 7
NOT THAT P
| IMPORTANT, 3 ING?
sul BUT THAT DOES :
=u NOT MEAN MY
DEATH WILL BE
INSIGNIFICANT. ( X

FORTUNATELY,
so IF | THE DEMON
DIE, THEIR SLAYER
DETERMINA- CORPS—AND
TION WILL PARTICULARLY
RISE HIGHER THE HASHIRA—
THAN EVER ARE FOND
BEFORE.

ARE YOU
DONE
TALKING?
4 EMERGENCY
SUMMONS! !

UBUYASHIKI
MANSION!
UBLUYASHIKI
MANSION! !
A scrapped iluetration for a tront page.
Muzan and Kagaya’s faces resemble each
other as if they are Twins.

/ WM

a's ;
—=>—"__
« @

GCHARIER INSUDDENEIURN
@
 AT LEAST
TWO HASHIRA
SHOULD BE
BODYGUARDS
FOR THE
MASTER.

SY,

: ae

CAN
NO, IT IS
Rese U 10 2
ANYTHING
SIBLE. ABOUT
THAT,
) as HIMEUIMAP
TF,

| BECAME A
...BUT HE HASHIRA AT
19, AND FOR
WILL NOT EIGHT YEARS
LISTEN. | HAVE
SUGGESTED
IT...
 HE INSISTS
VW A THAT THE
40, HASHIRA ARE
a ITISA
= PROBLEM. TOO PRECIOUS
A RESOURCE TO
EXPEND ON HIM
ALONE.

MASTER! =~ Wy Ss -eererr
3 Bo APPARENTLY,
THE LEADERS
OF HOUSE
UBUYASHIKI
HAVEN'T HAD
GUARDS FOR
GENERATIONS.
We
 \
ck
STENCH OF.
BURNING
BLOOD AND
FLESH! (fi
YASH/K7/- ut hae
MIL
 THE
LOOK
ON H/S
FACES!
WITH A
BEATIFIC
SMILE...

w/N AN
WRONG |leExPLosion’’

BUT HE
/ TOOK HIS
WAS NO
MEASURE
ORDINARY
AS MERELY
HUMAN...
 HE MIXED
SMALL
SPIKES
WITH THE /
EXPLOSIVES EXPECTED
TO INCREASE SOME
THE/R SORT OF
EFFECT...

IN OTHER
WORDS,
UBUYASHIKI THERE /S
INTENDS FOR MORE.
SOMETHING
FURTHER TO
HAPPEN.

/ SENSE
THAT WICKED
PEOPLE
MAN USED COMERG/ING—
HIMSELF PROBABLY
AS A LURE. HASHIRA.
BUT IT’S NOT
THAT. IT’S
SOMETHING
ELSE.
 FOR ONE SO
YOUNG TO SO
SPLENDIDLY HIS ANGER
HIDE SUCH AND HATRED
ANIMOSITY /S l TOWARD ME
WORTHY OF ODS. Ve ‘*) WERE LIKE
ADMIRATION. e A VIPER...

0/0 HIS ; -- COILED

WIFE AND : WITHIN HIS
CHILDREN
KNOW?

/T 1S OF NO
CONSEQUENCE. Yj
/ WILL SOON | . . 4WijOp Z
i yy. Qp'? WP
>» fe OES
REGENERATE. { y ;

J Pa V7; 2
- “ NS
THORNS HAVE
BRANCHED
OUT WITHIN
My FLESH,
SO / CAN’T
REMOVE i
}He
Wit
He: am
ye
i fy

I'LL JUST
ABSORB
 ws {
ray

:
NM

p
THIS BLOOD TAMAYO
@ '
DEMON ART
OF THORNS
BELONGS TO
THE PERSON
YOU TURNED
IN ASAKUSA!
WAS I N S I D E
S O R B E D|
‘A B
M F
y I S T ,

C O N C O C -
MAKING
/
D E M O N S
f H
H U
U MMAAN N
S
()
:a
—
 yy SURELY
YOU CAN'T
hi ; DO THAT! —

|| I
|

COULDN'T
HAVE DONE {I |ff
IT ALONE!

KILLED YOUR
HUSBAND
AND
CHILDRENP TAMAYO,
YOU ARE
A MOST
PERSISTENT 4
WOMAN! a

MEP NO! IT
WAS YOU
YOURSELF!
| WANTED TO IF | HAD

cHiowen EAN
GROW
MY
UP!!
WZ
KNOWN 0
WOULDN'T
;

HAVE
BECOME A
DEMON!!
ZB | ONLY SAID |
i DIDN'T WANT
¢ TO DIE FROM
afl MY ILLNESS!/

YES, | KILLED :
MANY IN MY ; ' is ( AND YET
DESPERATION! eal YOU WENT
ON TO KILL
 > NOW,
3) AIMEVIMA

AMIDA
BUTSUS
 USMS Se| Chiesa) Fe CMT | I
> FALLING) Pelt || I
:

1, KAGAYA |
> 4)UBUYASHIK/

PROGRESS/ON
OF HIS
ILLNESS
RENDERED
AIM IMMOBILE
TO THE POINT
WHERE HE WAS
BEDRIDDEN.

UNTIL THEN, HE
NEVER FAILED
TO WISIT THE
GRAVES OF
DECEASED
DEMON
SLAYER CORPS
MEMBERS FOR
EVEN ONE DA

Nae
Dey I Wd || V)
 ee, H 49
4 iy YO) a,
P42) bed
‘ey

/T WAS HARD TO
BELIEVE FROM
HIS BEARING AND
BEHAVIOR THAT
HE WAS FOUR
YEARS YOUNGER
THAN ME.

UBUYASH/K1/
WAS 14
AND /
WAS 78.

you
ARE NOTA
MURDERER. ‘KNOW
THAT YOU : =
FOUGHT TO >
PROTECT
PEOPLE.

wT THAT Vf WY soy
MOMENT. | Spe

FIRST TIME
WE MET UNTIL
HIS DEATH.
 USE ME...AS
BAIT...AND...
KILL HIM.

ABILITY TO
IN ADDITION
SEE THE
TO THAT
FUTURE. IN
SPECIAL
THIS WAY,
VOICE, THE
THEY BECAME
UBUYASHIK/
WEALTHY
CLAN HAD
AND AVOIDED
INCREDIBLE
CRISIS MANY
TIMES. INSTINCT.
tii
til”

CR Ce
 YYZYj
Y Yi
4

| CAN ONLY
ASK... YOU...
GYOMEI. THE OTHER...

rN
CHILDREN...
WILL NOT
AGREE...TO
USE...ME...
Mf

/
\

IF THAT IS
YOUR WISH,

PLEASE...
FROM NOW
ON...DO
NOT LET...MY
DEAR...
CHILDREN...
DIE.

WA
WN
Ww
 ay 1) ey
alin Won ul
Nee

ey

AS

ila!
en
al sl

l GN Ih ee.
lywiley
|

UBUYASHIK/
Weeoud
 /f/
Lift
y . out

" x Si [WW
AX =

SSMUZAN.../S
SUNLIGHT.

SURPASSES
AND THE
ANY DEMON SPEED OF
/ HAVE FACED HIS P "HYSICAL
JUDGING
Y THE REGENERITION,AT|
 EVEN
AFTER
MASTER
AND HIS
ALLIES...

..BLASTED AND
WEAKENED HIM,
MUZAN STILL
HAS THIS MUCH
STRENGTH.

ZE ( // WE MUST
f me RESTRAIN THIS
me he MONSTER INA fe
os , PLACE WHERE
SUNLIGHT WILL \)\
SHINE. A

~N)
A bi Tm |
i
 |
——\
\\ i\\\\ \
ai
WHAT DID you -\\
DO TO MASTER
UBUYASHIKI?!!
Y ENEN IF WE
CUT OFF HIS
HEAD, HE
WON'T DIE!!
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NOAA

‘\.
aS
 | Wy,
Ay
IS
lg
Dy;
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FORM |
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IPE KE
lA)
Ce.
 DO You
YOW RE THINK YOU
ALL GOING HAVE ME
7O HELLS! CORNERED?

hic

ae ls f
. J TOMIGHT, 1 (|
AM GOING X%&
TO KILL
EVERY LAST
ONE...

SA
a
<a yrs
SS— Wp ,
 YOW RE
THE ONE
(LL NEVER LET WHO'S
YOU ESCAPE! GOING TO
I'M TAKING
YOU DOWN
i ,) HELL,
NO MATTER MUZAN/
WHAT!
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 WHAT /S THIS
PLACE? UP
WAS /T AND DOWN
BUILT WITH AND LEFT
MUZAN'S AND RIGHT
ARE ALL
MIXED UP!

HOW LONG
CAN SHE
HANG ON? I’M NOT
SURE
.. TAMAYO WHAT’S
WAS GOING ON,
HOLDING
OFF
MUZAN.

IVE GOT
TO GET TO
MUZAN AND
TAKE HIM
OUT’
All of the corre members whom Nakime
caught this time fell into Infinity Caste. The
moment when the floor suddenly dropped
wae fun, 60 Inosuke laughed.
 ONTO THE JE 1 HIT
THE
BUILDING
BOTTOM,
SOME-
VLL DIELS

1x
WHERE’

Is
eo Ve | ecueuste
CHANGE My
Ly
TRAJECTORY!

THE FALL’S
PREVENTING
ME FROM
PLANTING
MYSELFL
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RIE.
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WQy
RSA

AN)

FROM My
SLIGHT
MOVEMENT,
HE GRASPED
WHAT
TECHNIQUE /
WAS GOING
TO USE...

AND THEN USED

ONE HIMSELF,
MOVING TO MAKE
SURE WE D/IDN’T
CUT EACH OTHER.

RIGHT!

WHAT’S THAT
LOOK ON |
HIS FACEP
 STAY
AWAY FROM
KANROJI...

IGURO IS
GREATI!
 WHAT ABOUT
MASTER
UBUYASHIKI
PP

HE DIED ONE
Eq=O<5pa<Q STEP AHEAD
OF US

| DON’T THINK
HE WOULD
MAKE THE
MISTAKE OF
LETTING A
DEMON FIND
 HE STAYED
BY ME THE
WHOLE TIME.
AFTER A DEMON
ATTACK TOOK ME
DOWN, | WAS
LINGERING ON
THE BORDER
BETWEEN LIFE
AND DEATH...

\ HE DID THE
|¥ LIKEA : SAME FOR THE
: OTHER CORPS
Rv FATHER. it MEMBERS
a WHO NEARLY
DIED...

MUZAN EVEN
STOLE OUR
I'LL MAKE ; FATHER, NOT
SURE HE ae , JUST MY BIG
SUFFERS = BROTHER.
BEFORE |
SEND HIM
TO HELL!
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gs
bomk’))
Wig Wa
>

=e

Nie V1

PROTECT
HIM.
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Np,
Wa Wi!
dT
“Mrs

it
Tar
THEY'RE
COMING
ONE AFTER
ANOTHER!

LL KILL
EVERY
LAST ONE
OF YOU!
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FOR < eh
TESTING ran
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La
TRAINING! oe wy "VM SUDDENLY |
oar ge hee
DEMONS
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FOR ME, BIG SSO
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BROTHER! - S SONS
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j WHERE /S
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 NEVER! LL NEVER
FORGIVE

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A Ex IN

dddddlddlittie

/ SMELL
BLOOD.
| I'LL HAVE To
TELL WAKIME
THANK You = YOU LOOK
: YOUNG ANP
 Shinobu doesn’t have strong
Tecchin made muscles when if comes fo swinging
Shinobu’s her sword, 30 she can’t cutoff
katana, which a demon’s head. However, she is
young girls love.
amazingly strong at pushing and
thrusting, with the power fo pierce
rock. Ite faster than the Water
Breathing technique called Prop
Ripple thrust.
 | PLEASE, LEAVE |
THE DEMON
_ |SLAYER CORPS.

YOU'RE
YOU'RE TRYING
REALLY HARD.
TRYING

HAPPY, LIKE
A NORMAL

...AND LIVE
UNTIL YOU
BECOME AN
OLD WOMAN.
 WHAT KIND
OF DEMON THERE’S NO
WAS ITP WHO WAY | CAN
QUIT! | MUST
AVENGE YOU!

IT WAS A
DEMON...

WHO
LOOKED LIKE P>—*
Boop Had |! | W
BEEN DUMPED |= ;
OVER HIS
HEAD.
 Hf THERES
NICE TO
MEET
your

MY NAME
{S DOMA.

CH
EN 10)
VO)
Ne
A

GRINNING
+-AND AND
SPEAKS LAUGHING...
CALMLY AND
KINOLX
\
N

XN
Ni

} 2»

L
YOU'RE FAST’ J
ARE YOU A
HASHIRA?
 fie.

PLL MAKE
A PROPER |
MEAL OF
HER LATER. Rere
WORRY
ABOUT THATS
JUST LEAVE
HER THERE.

=e ———-

\V5
< LIT,
UMFS E<Qc ZF),
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ee
s
 Ay] | es TIT
HLTH | “Xt
lll
(AM THE
FOUNDTERER
MY ROLE I NOF
TO BE HAP S
WITH ALL TPY
HE
FAITHFUL. a—
—
—_
)

1 WILL
DEVOUR HER Lv4
THOROUGHLY ee
AND LET Z Ze
NOTHING GO f aie
TO WASTE. A, -

SHE DIDN’T
LIKE ITAND- EVERYONE'S
a PLEADED FOR , HAPPINESSP
-<) RIDICULOUS!
 SHE'S NO
LONGER IN
NOR PAIN.
1S SHE
SUFFERING.

THAT’S
WHY | EAT
THEY LIVE THEM.
ON WITH ME

{ FIRMLY
AND SAVE TAKE THE :
THEM, LEADING BELIEVERS? j _
THEM HIGHER. FEELINGS... /
 YOU'RE
INSANE.

IS YOUR
HEAD ALL
RIGHTP

WE'VE NEVER
EVEN MET
BUT YOU'RE
REALLY
PRICKLY.

BUT PLL
LISTEN TO
you. YOU
CAN TELL og SOMETHING
. é PAINFUL MUST
HAVE HAPPENED
 : WHAT DO
REMEMBER _ YOU MEAN
SEEING Sol = “PAINFUL”?!

WAS USING
FLOWER
BREATHING?
 ane
J! | | iF) tL || |
J iy =
RET) )| AIR
| p= Ney
= |) ‘qf SHE WAS
7; I | KIND AND
K 1 COULDN'T CUTE.
—a]fj REALLY DID We sii FINISH EATING
= WANT TO ime | HER BECAUSE THE
—S FINISH... 1 SUN CAME UP. ES
1 | TREMEMBER. ss ppy Ss
a ° TTT ais
Sey ll) [Ses <Byr“*

= HER.

—_

= Sa Z
ss « Zz =

ZA
FEZ
 AMAZING
BS THRUST!

\\ /
| regions
i\\\\\¢ py}
 THRUST
TECHNIQUES
CAN'T KILL
DEMONS.

THE HEAD.
YOU REALLY
DO HAVE TO

A THRUST CAN’T
KILL, BUT WHAT >
ABOUT POISON? }4
 Reg |
oe. y | ||

te o ‘Uf _
ya :

ha

P
» Y
ONAN A
UPPER-
RANK
KIZUKI.

SS
 = Wee
N
SN

« STRONGER
THAN THE
POISON USED
ON RUPS
=~ | mounran. \
yy \

Y,

ln THE
S\ COMPOUND E -
24 CHANGES... Ne Z 1 KNEWIT.
THEY WERE
SHARING
INFORMATION.
 SEEMS LIKE
{ WAS ABLE
TO BREAK
IT DOWN!

AFTER YOU WERE

KIND ENOUGH
TO USE IT ON
Ef

rom THAT
Ze EN YOU KATANA...
1S THAT WHERE SHEATHE IT,
THE COMPOUND ==
CHANGES? =
DO YOU THINK —— pp
|
THE NEXT WELLS THIS
COMPOUND 1S FUNSS
WILL WORK?
LET’S TRY!
we |
\\s wi
Dy = GETTING
POISONED IS |
INTERESTING!
{ COULD MAKE
A HABIT
OF IT!

ANTICIPATED
EVERYTHING f[
SO FAR!
 Aa i mA
:
CHAPTER 142
INSECT HASH IRA,mn
SHINOBU KOCHO.
FROM A
YOUNG AGE,
/ WAS KIND
AND CLEVER.

/ ALWAYS
HELPED
\)\, | PEQRLE IN
\) MEED AND
| MADE THEM
er y HAPPY. Th .
i,
iin DU yy TA Le
fff
Pari Wy
LL

il ak mT iatn tr iT PTT
| q
wh) te| Na a ; /{])
SNWNW, f \\Yo ‘
Wdr
| t u (1 LZ i ir
WAS My \f\% {Ah N | ILAoy, CS Wes
& or Hl/) aVANet a
MISSION. N , ; Ane oS
( i;
\y KS
(bi]
\\ \y =
A? $e) / aon / hse
A WV le 3h
Re VP p Voy O)G wy
S
2) \ —+A~~/ Te) NW / WeOWEN 7
 THERE ARE
RAINBOWS
IN THIS
CHILD'S
EYES.

PALE GRAY
< HAIR ON
HE PROBABLY THE HEAD IS
HEARS THE ‘ PROOF OF
VOICES OF THE a , > INNOCENCE.

THIS CHILD
IS SPECIAL.

a
i
=|
a
iia | FELr =~ MY PARENTS
NEVER WERE SO
ONCE SORRY FOR O/M-WITTED.
HEARD THEM, SO
THE GODS +
VOICES.

CREATED THE
RIDICULOUS
PARADISE
FAITH RELIGION.

eT) il)
Me Mii ith
wi wii) SHH
 ADULTS
WOULD COME
CRYING TO
ME, A CHILD, AT
SAYING FIRST.
He THEY WERE p SN
SUFFERING
AND IN PAIN
AND DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT ../T WAS eae
TO DO... AWKWARD [SE
WHEN eons
tex] EVERYONE ae i
| WORSHIPPED |) |
<I / “4 AND PRAYED |L-
_~ SI WoNndDERED TO ME, AS =
——-| IE THEY = YOU MIGHT \\\\
~ | WERE ALL | EXPECT... SOS

oSZ
ee “| CRAZY
tinan ae
|

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