I am doing a little themed reading TBR for myself this month, Manga March. I am starting anothe couple series and will be continuing some series. My kids picked out the series they want to read with me, and this is the first one I am picking up because it has become overdue at my library.
I knew nothing going into this book because it has been so long since I have heard anyone talk about it.
We follow a boy named Tanjiro. He is with his family and he is going to make a trek down the mountain to the village to sell charcoal. When he gets done, it is late and he is about the head back up the mountain. He is stopped and told it is too dangerous because of demons. He is told that demons can go into houses and feed at night.
The next day he goes back home to find his family slaughtered and his sister Nezuko turning into a demon. She runs at him and he is saved by a demon slayer. The demon slayer tries to kill Nezuko, but Tanjiro pleads for him not too. The demon slayer whose name is Giyu tells him that he is weak and pathethic. He also tells Tanjiro to keep her out of the sunlight and to go visit an old man at the foot of the mountain.
Tanjiro is traveling and he asks people where the old man is and gets a basket so that Nezuko can ride in it while in sunlight. They find a cave and Nezuko dug a hole to hide in and they come across another demon that it eating people. The demon realizes that Nezuko is a demon and Tanjiro is a human. The demon goes to attack and Tanjiro chops off his head. The head starts talking and he grows arms. They start fighting again and Tanjiro goes to kill it with a dagger and is stopped by a weird looking dude with a long nose.
The start of the third chapter is of the old man who is wearing a mask which is the long nose. He recieves a message from Giyu asking him to train Tanjiro because he senses a difference in them and also because Tanjiro has a strong sense of smell like the old man whose name is Sakonji Urokodaki. He watches as Tanjiro is hesitating on killing the demon and the sunlight ends up blasting him.
Sakonji asks Tanjiro what he would do if his sister eats a human and he thinks too slowly and it pisses Sankoji off. He tells him that he must kill his sister and then kill himself because a demon must never take the life of an innocent person.
Sakonji tests Tanjiro and tells him that he has to descend the mountain and make it back to the house himself. Tanjiro starts setting off traps that have been laid. He uses his sense of smell to locate the traps. He makes it back to the house and Sakonji accepts him as his student.
Tanjiro trains everyday by running down the mountain and avoiding traps. He learns about the katana and practices with it. Nezuko has been asleep for 6 months and during that time, Tanjiro has kept a journal of his days. Sakonji wants Tanjiro to split a boulder in half with his katana and then he will approve hime for final selection for the demon slayer corps.
Tanjiro is whining that he can't do it because his katana will break and a person wearing a fox masks lands on the boulder and starts calling him a weakling and he attacks. The boy starts telling Tanjiro everything that he needs to do and that he didn't learn anything. He knocks him on his ass and a young girl shows up. She tells him basic philosophy and that they were orphans when Sakonji took them in. 6 more months go by and Sabito with the fox mask sees a change when he brings his real sword to the match with Tanjiro. Tanjiro wins the match and then he sees that he has split the boulder.
Sakonji is surprised that Tanjiro has split the boulder and he admits that he was not going to send him to final selection because he did not want another child to die. While Tanjiro is leaving for Mount Fujikanse, he tells Sakonji to give his best to Sabito and Makomo. Sakonji is shocked at how Tanjiro knew thos two children since they are dead.
Tanjiro gets to the final selection and he has to survive for a week at the top of the mountain where demons have free roam since the wisteria barrier doesn't grow that high. To be honest, Tanjiro's inner monologue reminds me so much of Deku from My Hero Academia.
The final battle of this volume is against this mega demon who has been trapped in the wisteria prison for 47 years. He tells Tajiro that he has eaten every single one of Sakonji's students and that his last two were a boy and girl in fox warding masks. Tanjiro has a hard time believing that the two students were the ones that trained him and that they were spirits.
Tanjiro smells the line that shows up when he is fighting and it shows his enemy's weak spot. I also an annoyed with the move names being mentioned because why are they all water moves. It looks like a rip off of the gum gum moves in One Piece.
I really like this volume and found it easy to follow along and keep up with what was happening.
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