Kimetsu no Yaiba celebrates Tanabata with an illustration

On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no Yaiba, a special illustration was published in commemoration of the Tanabata festival.


Additionally, the tanzaku (the strips of paper on which wishes are written) of 31 members of the voice cast and the five characters in the illustration were also published on the official site (link).


For her part, Gotouge began publishing the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016 and finished it in May 2020. The publisher published the twentieth compilation volume on May 13. The play inspired a 26-episode anime adaptation released in April 2019, and produced by Ufotable Studios.

Additionally, the film Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen, which will adapt the "Arc of the Infinite Train" and that will be released on October 16, is confirmed.

Synopsis of Kimetsu no Yaiba

In the Taisho era in Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kind and intelligent boy who lives with his family in the mountains. Tanjiro has become the head of his family after his father's death, making constant trips to the village at the foot of the mountain to sell firewood and charcoal.

However, his life changes when one day, when he returns home after spending a night away, he discovers that his family has been killed by a demon. Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko are the only survivors now, but she has been turned into a demon, although surprisingly she still shows emotions and seems to have a sense of reason.

After an encounter with Giyuu Tomioka, a demon hunter; Tanjiro decides to become a demon hunter to hunt down his family's killer and find a way to return Nezuko to normal.

Source: Comic Natalie

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