May 19 marks the birthday of Kanao Tsuyuri from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and a special trailer has been released to commemorate the occasion in 2023 on the official JUMP COMICS YouTube channel. The video, which features scenes from the manga, can be seen below:
Season 3 of the anime covering the Swordsmith Village Arc began this April with 1-hour episode, and it’s currently ongoing with 6 episodes out. They story begins in volume 10 of the manga, which VIZ describes as:
For the first time in over 100 years, the upper ranks of Muzan Kibutsuji’s Twelve Kizuki are not full. Angered, Muzan dispatches the survivors on another mission. Elsewhere, Tanjiro journeys to a village of swordsmiths and has to explain how his sword was so badly damaged to Haganezuka, the smith who made it. While Tanjiro waits for his sword to be repaired, enemies close in…
Season 1 of Demon Slayer covered the first 6 arcs of Koyoharu Gotoge’s manga, while the Mugen Train movie (and later the TV anime version) covered the 7th. The Entertainment District Arc was the 8th, and the Swordsmith Village Arc came right after it as the show’s 3rd season.
Source: JUMP COMICS YouTube
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