{"product_id":"demon-slayer-complete-set-vol-1-23-japanese-edition-used","title":"Demon Slayer 鬼滅の刃 Complete Set Vol. 1-23 (Japanese Edition, Used)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:760px;line-height:1.65;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.06em;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe complete Demon Slayer (鬼滅の刃) manga, all 23 volumes, in the original Japanese.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not a translation. These are the actual Japanese tankōbon published by Shueisha, the same books read in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-left:4px solid #B23B2E;background:#FBF4F3;padding:14px 18px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:3px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShips within the United States only.\u003c\/strong\u003e Our apologies to our international friends. A complete 23-volume set weighs about nine pounds boxed, and overseas postage on that costs more than the books themselves, so there is no way to send it abroad at a price that would be fair to anyone. We wish it were otherwise.\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:1.14em;color:#2E5090;margin:30px 0 12px;padding-bottom:7px;border-bottom:2px solid #E3E8F0;\"\u003eWhy this set is good for Japanese learners\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery kanji has \u003cem\u003efurigana\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (the small \u003cem\u003ehiragana\u003c\/em\u003e printed alongside). Demon Slayer ran in \u003cem\u003eWeekly Shonen Jump\u003c\/em\u003e, which is written for Japanese elementary and middle school readers, so the publisher adds readings to essentially every kanji in the book. If you can read \u003cem\u003ehiragana\u003c\/em\u003e, you can sound out every single line. That one feature is what makes shonen manga such a practical stepping stone into real Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:1.14em;color:#2E5090;margin:30px 0 12px;padding-bottom:7px;border-bottom:2px solid #E3E8F0;\"\u003eA look inside our own copy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cfigure style=\"margin:22px auto;max-width:340px;text-align:center;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1214\/2784\/files\/kimetsu-furigana-panel.jpg?v=1786739653\" alt=\"A panel photographed from our own copy of Demon Slayer volume 1, with furigana printed above every kanji\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border:1px solid #DDD;border-radius:3px;\"\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption style=\"font-size:0.88em;color:#5A5A5A;line-height:1.55;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe furigana.\u003c\/strong\u003e Look just above the kanji: \u003cstrong\u003e信\u003c\/strong\u003e is marked \u003cstrong\u003eしん\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e首\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eくび\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e動\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eうご\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e今\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eいま\u003c\/strong\u003e. Every kanji in the book is labeled this way, so nothing on the page is locked away from you.\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\n\u003cfigure style=\"margin:26px auto;max-width:340px;text-align:center;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1214\/2784\/files\/kimetsu-art-panel.jpg?v=1786740043\" alt=\"A panel from our own copy of Demon Slayer volume 1 showing Nezuko, with detailed hair and basket linework\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border:1px solid #DDD;border-radius:3px;\"\u003e\n\u003cfigcaption style=\"font-size:0.88em;color:#5A5A5A;line-height:1.55;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe artwork.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gotouge's linework is quieter than the anime leads you to expect: fine brush lines in the hair, hand-drawn texture in the woven basket, and a lot of white space. Note the reading marks here too, on \u003cstrong\u003e禰豆子\u003c\/strong\u003e (ねずこ) and \u003cstrong\u003e小\u003c\/strong\u003e (ちい).\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReading manga is a fun way to build vocabulary, absorb grammar patterns in context, and get used to how people actually talk, complete with the contractions, sentence-final particles, and dropped subjects that textbooks tend to smooth over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoughly JLPT N4 to N3 territory\u003c\/strong\u003e once furigana does the heavy lifting on kanji. A few things to expect: the story is set in the \u003cstrong\u003eTaishō era\u003c\/strong\u003e (1912–1926), so there is some period flavor in the speech. The Breathing techniques (呼吸) come with elaborate kanji names that even Japanese readers rely on the furigana for. And several characters have strong verbal quirks. Inosuke shouts, Zenitsu panics, and Nezuko barely speaks at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#F7F8FA;border:1px solid #E8EAEE;padding:16px 20px;margin:22px 0;border-radius:3px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tip that works.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003eIf you have already watched the anime, start here. Knowing the story removes the comprehension pressure and lets you focus on the language, which is exactly the position you want to be in when reading your first long series in Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:1.14em;color:#2E5090;margin:30px 0 12px;padding-bottom:7px;border-bottom:2px solid #E3E8F0;\"\u003eThe story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKamado Tanjirō (竈門炭治郎) comes home to find his family slaughtered by a demon. His younger sister Nezuko (禰豆子) survives, but has been turned into a demon herself. To find a cure and avenge his family, Tanjirō joins the Demon Slayer Corps (鬼殺隊). What follows is a story about persistence, grief, and unusual kindness toward one's enemies, which is a large part of why it became the phenomenon it did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:1.14em;color:#2E5090;margin:30px 0 12px;padding-bottom:7px;border-bottom:2px solid #E3E8F0;\"\u003eSet details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0.96em;margin:6px 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;width:40%;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eVolumes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003e1–23, the complete series\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eGotouge Koyoharu (吾峠呼世晴)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eShueisha, Jump Comics (ジャンプコミックス)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eLanguage\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eJapanese, with furigana throughout\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eB6 paperback tankōbon, about 190 pages each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eReading direction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eRight to left, as originally published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eShipping weight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eAbout 9 lb boxed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;font-weight:600;background:#F7F8FA;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003ePrice per book\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 12px;border-bottom:1px solid #E8EAEE;\"\u003eAbout $6 across the 23-volume run\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:1.14em;color:#2E5090;margin:30px 0 12px;padding-bottom:7px;border-bottom:2px solid #E3E8F0;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#FCFBF7;border:1px solid #EAE5D8;padding:16px 20px;margin:14px 0;border-radius:3px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese are used reading copies\u003c\/strong\u003e, chosen for readability rather than for collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eEvery volume is complete and fully readable, with no writing or highlighting, no loose or missing pages, and nothing heavily damaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003eExpect ordinary signs of a used book: page-edge tanning and some shelf wear. Most volumes come without the \u003cem\u003eobi\u003c\/em\u003e (the paper band that comes on new Japanese books), though a few happen to still have theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe would rather show you than tell you.\u003c\/strong\u003e One of the photos above is a close-up of the page edges, so you can see exactly what we mean by reading grade before you buy. That tanning is what a well-read Japanese paperback looks like after a few years on a shelf, and it has no effect at all on the printing inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe have more than one of these sets in stock, so the photos show a representative set from this batch rather than the exact copies that will ship to you. Every set is the complete 1–23 run in the same condition standard described above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:24px;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips free within the USA.\u003c\/strong\u003e While supplies last, and when these are gone we may not be able to source more at this price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Shueisha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52192347848924,"sku":"RVT-KIMETSU-1-23","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1214\/2784\/files\/kimetsu4.jpg?v=1786737913","url":"https:\/\/www.thejapanshop.com\/products\/demon-slayer-complete-set-vol-1-23-japanese-edition-used","provider":"The Japan Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}