Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 17

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 17, "Successors," collects the seventeenth installment of the hit shonen manga by Koyoharu Gotouge. The original Japanese edition was released by Shueisha on October 4, 2019, and the traditional Chinese edition was brought out by Tong Li Publishing in April 2020, translated by Lin Zhichang. This volume picks up directly from the preceding story: to destroy Muzan Kibutsuji, the entire Demon Slayer Corps has charged into the infinitely layered Infinity Castle, filled with traps. As they split up to act within the castle, the Insect Hashira Shinobu Kocho comes face to face with Upper Rank Two Doma, and a fierce battle unfolds that concerns both life and death and an old vendetta; yet Doma's body barely reacts to poison, leaving Shinobu, whose main fighting method is poison, in an extremely passive and grueling struggle. Whether she can avenge her dead sister becomes one of the most gripping main threads of the volume. Meanwhile, on another front, Zenitsu is also blocked by a demon and forced to face his own battle and inner conflict. The volume advances the final battle along multiple parallel fronts, with tight pacing and extremely high emotional intensity, offering both spectacular clashes of techniques and the resolve and growth of the swordsmen in desperate straits. For readers who have followed the series this far, this volume contains several unforgettable turning points and is an important installment in the second half of Demon Slayer that cannot be skipped.