As the first volume to a series, it works very well. It introduces the main protagonists, gives us their origin story, and the gist of the overarching plot. It is simple but effective. Just about appropriate for a story you can enjoy mindlessly. With the movie and the first season now out, reading the manga is the way to go for fans who wanted to know and binge about this world and Tanjirou's journey, yet I may say that the anime is way better. The way they have handled the storyboards is just an eye pleaser. That is just my opinion though. Yet both media (written and animated) are worth it. It is just a matter therefore of personal choice whether or not you want to collect these volumes. I watch it with my 8 year old son. He is absolutely obsessed with it. He’s 8 but we haven’t sheltered him from much at all growing up. He watched Deadpool (over and over) at age 6 with no issues.

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This was pretty cool to read the manga after binging the anime! (A slow binge, but still. LOL!) I found the first two chapters slower then I recalled in the anime, but I still had the same strong feelings of not liking Giyu because of what he says to Tanjiro. I realize he is ultimately helping him, but I still didn't like it. LOL!The setup is pretty interesting. In this world there are demons who can walk around at night and feed on humans, a bit like how Vampires work in fiction but they have more variation in their design. Our main protagonist is the young Tanjiro who's taken in as a demon slayer after his family is murdered by a demon and his sister is infected. He hides his demon sister and tries to train her to be good, which is unheard of. I am not a fan of this series nor its artwork (the artwork is fine........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 4.5 stars.

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El anime me pareció muy bueno, con una animación increíble. Pero dejando el anime de lado, este volumen también fue muy bueno. Son los capítulos introductores, pero siento que comenzó bastante bien. La historia me enganchó y simpatice con los personajes de inmediato. Creo que Tanjiro es un personaje principal con mucho potencial y Nezuko es demasiado tierna. Demon Slayer, also known as Kimetsu no Yaiba in Japanese, is a popular manga and anime that has gained popularity in recent years. It was created by Koyoharu Gotouge and was first published in 2016. I've seen the anime, and it is indeed and visual and auditory feast. However, there's a lot of nuances in the manga that don't carry over to the screen. For example, I've always thought Tanjiro suffered from survivor's guilt. It's pretty subtle but it is implied. Coupled with their sibling bond, that's why Tanjiro will never let go of Nezuko until he's found the cure to her demon nature. It stems from being the only sibling away from home when a demon killed all of his family and infected Nezuko.

What is good with the manga though is that it is relatively short and highly collectible. Shelf-fillers would be very much at easy in completing all the volumes in a short while. I was struggling with giving this book a 3 or a 4 because there were aspects I reeeeally liked about it, but finally decided for a 3 (3.5 if it were possible) since the aspects I disliked outweight the good stuff, and some of the greatest aspects became negative at some point in the story.