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Demon Slayer: Stories of Water and Flame

Today’s Manga: “Demon Slayer: Stories of Water and Fire

Story and Art by Ryoji Hirano (Original concept by Koyoharu Gotouge)

Localized by Viz Media

"Rengoku Kyojuro's Story," Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Stories of Water and Flame by Hirano Ryoji.

"Mitsuri had once been Rengoku's Tsuguko apprentice. In the end, she'd been too different from him and had gone off on her own. But for a time, they had been master and apprentice. Given that fact, and how Mitsuri still felt her heart beat faster in the presence of her former master, she had probably voiced her agreement without thinking too deeply about it."

"To an Unsmiling You," Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - One-Winged Butterfly by Yajima Aya

It’s nice to see toi8 do a male character design, and Takeda looks cool to be sure, but Ryoji Hirano getting to do a servant design is what im seated for. Shinpachi looks dope!

Yo I just got done reading the Stories of Water and Flame by Ryoji Hirano and I am so SAD!

Mitsuri is told by everyone that her hair makes her unsightly and that she will never find a man. Even RENGOKU of all people says "looks aren't everything" in response; which is true, but come on dude you are her senior! Comfort her a little. Tell her how adorable she is! No wonder this precious baby has so many insecurities and thinks that joining the core was the only way she would find a willing husband.

Rengoku goes on to make fun of his own hair: saying that it looks as though one of his ansesters ate only fired shrimp. Do you think he didn't deny the peoples claims of Mitsuri being ugly because of her hair because he feels his hair makes him ugly? Or am I just reading too much into this silly spin off manga?

Hii !! 💗 I've never actually read any extra KNY content — just the anime + fanfics. 😅

Aww. ☹️ I suppose dyed (Ik her hair color occurred naturally from her diet) hair wasn't as popular during the Taisho Era. 😖 And oof! Even tho he likely meant well, Kyo's "comfort" wasn't all too comforting. 😬 I interpret him to care less about appearance, and more about intangible qualities, so perhaps he didn't necessarily feel that both of them were ~ugly — could be he just didn't quite comprehend the emotional impact of feeling unsightly since he prioritized other aspects of himself + others. Plus, being a man (+ a Hashira aka not exactly active in the dating pool lol) prob helped.

Hope your week's going well❣️ Sending you happy hump day vibes. 🐪🤗

Fate/Type Redline // chapter #15.1

by Ryoji Hirano

Live On- Part One Essay on Demon Slayer: Stories of Water and Flame

Although this story was written by Ryoji Hirano and not Koyoharu Gotouge, it was still very well done. The manga is not just one story but instead two. The first story follows the Demon Slayer Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka. It takes place after Tomioka’s first encounter with Tanjiro when he tried to kill his demon sister Nezuko. Tomioka is dispatched to the mountains in the north to slay a demon that has been killing hunters up there. By chance he would also run into Kocho, the Insect Hashira, and the two of them would take part in hunting the demon down. Don’t get your hopes up though, not much action happens in this story, at least nothing too extensive or noteworthy. If anything, the story is a lesson about “living on.” You see, in the story the reader is introduced to another character, Yae, who is a young huntress. The reader is shown flashbacks of her childhood, how she became a hunter, and the father who taught her how to hunt. Her father would be the man turned demon who slaughtered the hunters and demolished his home. Yae tried to convince herself that it was a bear to avoid the harsh reality as she went out to kill him herself. She would find her father but is unsuccessful in killing him since a bullet to the head is not enough to kill a demon. The two Hashira of the story would come in swiftly before Yae is eaten by her father and cut off his head. Yae would then try to kill herself but is also unsuccessful in doing so due to her gun getting jammed. Before the demon vanished to nothing, he uttered the words “Live On.” Tomioka, being the one to hear the small, dying voice tells it to Yae to keep her from suiciding herself. The words “live on” is the one quote in Yae’s flashbacks that are mentioned twice, the complete motto being “we killed it, so we must live on.” Yae would take this as her father’s last word to tell her to keep living. She would say reflectively in response, “because we killed him.” The lesson I got from that bit on the whole “live on” motto is that if you can’t live for yourself, live for the sake of others. I, being a hunter as well can relate with this story. For each animal I kill I eat so that I may survive and what a disservice I would be doing for that animal if I decided to take my own life. It would bring no purpose to the creatures death. Same goes for Yae’s father. Tomioka might have been the one to kill him, but Yae was the one who tracked him down. All those years of teaching her how to hunt and for him to be killed by a Hashira would have been meaningless if she killed herself. With that in mind, she lives on, for the father she killed (obviously not really, but like I said, she played a role). The story would end with Tomioka sitting with Kocho at a ramen shop. Tomioka would reflect to Kocho the purpose of the Hashira. He says, “Whatever happens, my core does not waver. We Hashira are stronger than everyone else. We are the pillars that support the Demon Slayers. That is why we must never forget for whom we swing our swords and whom we protect. We can only be Hashira because we have someone to be strong for.” This more elaborates on the theme to “live on” or “be strong” for others. I think one can channel energy for the sake of personal goals or survival, the will to live in every creature is strong. In a world where millions suffer from depression, the will to live can be nonexistent. If not for yourself, always remember that there is always someone to live for and to fight for. Live on and fight on. Cheers!

12 Days of Manga 2022

Day 7: Favourite Trope

I have so many favourite tropes (especially when it comes to Shojo) that range from “The Grumpy One is Soft for the Sunshine One” to “Pretty Sure This Makes Me a Furry”. But instead here I’m going to give a tribute to all the Women With Weapons! May we one day get to see you all animated properly. (Seriously, Prince Freya might not be my favourite, but it would make for a great action anime when’s that gonna happen?)

So in alphabetical order, and only from those volumes/chapters I have read this year:

Edda from Prince Freya with a wood axe (M: Keiko Ishihara T: John Werry L: Sabrina Heep E: Pancha Diaz)

[ID: A woman in a long cloak holds a wood axe in two hands with an almost sensual expression. The handle on the axe is in line with her lips and the blade just above her head. She is in a castle, surrounded by skeletons in rotting clothes, many of them with swords sticking out of them. Black Speech bubbles read “All ye who wander the empty night... your names are... brother of sleep...”]

Freya from Prince Freya with a sword (M: Keiko Ishihara T: John Werry L: Sabrina Heep E: Pancha Diaz)

[ID: An adrogynous looking person (Freya) in a medievil-inspired soldier’s uniform and half-plate, smacks a sword into the side of a man in a full set of plate armour. The impact looks immense. Freya’s eyes are bright white, her teeth clenchd in determination.]

Kiki and her sword from Snow White With The Red Hair (M: Sorata Akiduki T: Caleb Cook L: Brandon Bovia E: Karla Clark)

[ID: Kiki points her sword directly at the head of a young soldier collapsed on his knees in the pouring rain. Her expression is that of showing no mercy as the boy yells at her. “This grand scheme may come to naught... ... but if he is permitted to live, my brother...”]

Lucy Yang from Blue Exorcist with her black daggers (M: Kazue Kato T: John Werry L: John Hunt)

[ID: A short, elderly chinese woman with her hair in a bun wears a traditonal robe. She stands ontop of a circular platform made of rock. She has a pipe in her mouth, and three daggers stick out of the long sleeves of her robes. Sound effects on either side of her read “Kting” and “Klang”. Someone off panel shouts: “The smaller demons disappeared!”]

Margret of Anjou from Requiem of the Rose King with a dagger, proving that I support women’s wrongs as well as women’s rights. (M: Aya Kanno T: Jocelyne Allen L: Sabrina Heep E: Joel Enos)

[ID: A faceless woman in Mid-1400s British Clothing stabs the leg of a blooded and batterd man tied to a pole causing him to cry out in pain. “Show me the same of your disgrace... ... or else my anger shall never be quenched!!”]

Mitsuri from Demon Slayer: Stories of Water and Flame with her Katana (M: Ryoji Hirano & Koyoharu Gotogue T: John Werry L: John Hunt E: Jennifer Sherman) 

[ID: Mitsuri protects a terrified woman and child from an unknown enemy. She brandashes her katana in one hand and holds a bomb made of stuck together dynamite. Her braided hair flies about dramatically, she has a fearsome expression.]

Rangetsu and her trusty polearm from The King’s Beast (M: Rei Toma T: JN Productions L: Monaliza De Asis E: Pancha Diaz)

[ID: An androgynous looking person with fox ears and a tail wearing an ancient chinese-inspired soldier’s uniform sits ontop of a pile of rocks. She is surrounded by dead bodies that at first glance appear to just be part of the rock formation. She has a mournful expression as she rests her bloodied polearm against her body. ‘No matter how much blood got on my hands. Even when... it coated me so heavily that the weight of it never went away.]

Silvia Sherwood from Spy X Family using a belt as an improvised weapon. (M: Tatsuya Endo T: Casey Loe L: Rina Mapa)

[ID: A middle aged woman with a ponytail and wearing a black skirt suit uses a belt to elegantly smash in the face of a security officer, sending him flying backwards. Sound effect in japanese is translated as ‘fwak’.]

Yae from Demon Slayer: Stories of Water and Flame and her hunter’s rifle (M: Ryoji Hirano & Koyoharu Gotogue T: John Werry L: John Hunt E: Jennifer Sherman)

[ID: A girl in traditional japanese winter mountain clothing, wearing a bandana/scarf over her black hair. She has a sad yet determined expression, as if holding back tears with everything she has. In her hands she holds a 1910s style hunting rifle with two spare bullets in her fingers. In boxed text: Aim for your target’s vital spot... And then squeeze.. the trigger.]

Yoshino from Yakuza Fiance with a knife (M: Asuka Konishi T: M. Fulcrum A: Sopha Tyrant L: Arbash Mughal E: Abb Lehrke)

[ID: Colour Page of a high school girl straddling the lap of a high school boy. She is pulling him aggressively by the collar, the wooden shieve of a knife in her mouth, and said knife at the boy's throat having already begun to slit it. She looks at the viewer with a ferocious glare. The boy is looking way too into all this. Text reads "Chapter 1: No place for a sore loser (Part 1)’]

Zacro from Tokyo Mew Mew and her whip (M: Reiko Yoshida & Mia Ikumi T: Elina Curran L: AndWorld Design)

[ID: An Older Teen Girl with long black hair, large wolf ears and a tail wears shorts and a heart shaped crop rop. She has a fur lined collar. She aggresively holds on to the end of a lasso/whip that is wrapped around a large moth like beast creature that is looking threateningly at her. A younger girl in a tunic and shorts raises her hands in the air in celebration. She has a monkey tail.]

Demon Slayer-Kimetsu no Yaiba: Stories of Water and Flame - Ryoji Hirano A short commentary

-Ehehe, Giyu’s design sure feels different.

-Those power poses tho.

-Why is Muichiro drawn surrounded by cats, asdfdg. Sanemi is badass, we stan, and ehehe, Mitsuri and Obanai share a panel.

-Cool power poses aside, Giyu’s story added literally nothing to the table. It’s a spin-off and it happened, that’s all.

-Mitsuri, what a sunshine, training with mr sun himself. Mitsuri lowest rank Mizunoto, Kyojuro highest rank Kinoe, okay.

-So Mitsuri still wears the haori that Kyojuro gave her?

-Classic Sanemi, you can always depend on him being a jerk.

-Ok, but kudos to Shinjuro Rengoku for making it this far as a Flame Hashira and physically intact to boot.

-”You’ve got a temper, but I like your spirit!” Lol, same Kyojuro, me to Sanemi.

-Ngl, it’s satisfying knowing Kyojuro has killed one of the twelve Kizuki.

-Did you have to, did you have to include the doughnut-making incident, did you have to.

-AKAZAAAAAA *shakes fist*

-This story I liked. This story mattered. Not the demon, I didn’t care about him much, but that wasn’t the point anyway.

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Demon slayer. Story of water and flame

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Savage demons devour unsuspecting humans in Taisho-era Japan. Armed with special swords, the Demon Slayer Corps fights to stop the devastation demons spread. Giyu Tomioka, the sole Water Hashira, and Kyojuro Rengoku, a high-ranking Kinoe, embark on missions to eliminate demons and prove their mettle as two of the fiercest Demon Slayers. Giyu heads north to an area where a band of hunters was killed. He and the Insect Hashira meet Yae, the daughter of a slain hunter, who believes a bear killed her father, but the truth is harder to face. Kyojuro also receives his newest assignment and hopes completing it will prove he's worthy of the title Flame Hashira, which his father abandoned. An explosive battle unfolds as Kyojuro takes on a demon of the Twelve Kizuki who holds a grudge against Kyojuro's father.

Shelf: 726.1 GOT A (@ manga section) Demon slayer = Kimetsu no yaiba. Stories of water and flame. story and art by Ryoji Hirano ; original concept by Koyoharu Gotouge ; translation, John Werry ; touch-up art & lettering, John Hunt. Shonen Jump edition. San Francisco, Calif. : VIZ Media, 2022. ISBN: 9781974728381 (paperback)

210 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm. (Shonen Jump manga).

Originally published in Japanese: Tokyo : Shueisha Inc., 2019. Reads from right to left. Translated into English from the Japanese.

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Stories of Water and Flame Original Concept: Koyoharu Gotouge Story & Art by: Ryoji Hirano Translation: John Werry Touch up art & Lettering: John Hunt Design: Jimmy Presler Editor: Jennifer Sherman Publisher: VIZ Media Cost: AU$14.99/US$9.99/CAN$12.99/UK£7.99 At this point in time it’s probably redundant to say that the whole Demon Slayer series (anime/manga) is something of a phenomena…

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