Book Review
Title: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol 2 by Koyoharu Gotouge
Genre: Manga, Fantasy
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Volume 2 of Demon Slayer really hits hard with the action as Tanjiro is now classed as the lowest rank of demon slayer thanks to passing the final selection with four others including Zenitsu, Genya and Kanaoe but he doesn’t know them yet. He also gets his nichirin blade which turns black when he holds it for the first time which isn’t necessarily a bad sign but definitely not a good one.
After this Tanjiro and Nezuko are immediately sent to work in hunting down demons although the demon slayer corps do not yet know about Nezuko. The first demon they encounter is the swamp demon who has been kidnapping and killing young girl from a village and he and Nezuko are able to defeat them but Nezuko is injured in the process and goes to sleep in order to heal herself. However, Tanjiro does learn that Muzan has such power over these demons he creates that they can’t even speak about him.
After this Tanjiro is sent to Tokyo to deal with more demons there and encounters Muzan’s scent and chases him down through the streets where he is pretending to be human. Muzan creates a demon in order to distract Tanjiro before escaping but when he sees Tanjiro’s hanafuda earring he immediately places a bounty on the boy’s head and begins sending demons after him. Tanjiro is helped by two demons, Tamayo and Yushiro who help him restrain the demon Muzan created and treat the woman he injured as well as taking in Nezuko and Tanjiro.
Tanjiro learns that Tamayo is a doctor and neither demon kill human but rather feed using blood meant for blood transfusions so he knows he can trust them. Tamayo explains there might be a way for a demon to be turned back into a human but she needs to study Nezuko’s blood and the blood of demons made by Muzan and Tanjiro agrees to help her. However, they are attacked by two of the lower moon demons, one of which is Susamaru, the ball demon. Yushiro uses his demon art on Tanjiro to help out in the fight but he can tell that both demons are really strong and he will have to use all of his training in order to defeat them and collect their blood for Tamayo.
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