5 Top Manga To Read If You Love Demon Slayer
Only a handful of other manga history's biggest names have achieved the kind of extraordinary popularity as the well-known Japanese manga series Demon Slayer. One of the best-selling manga series ever, written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, has sold over 150 million copies since its launch.
Demon Slayer follows Kamado Tanjiro, the main character, as he sets out on a journey for vengeance after losing every member of his family—aside from his sister—to a demon's attack. Manga with a similar resonance to the demon-filled story is abundant. Just some more than others, therefore the list of these mangas—more especially, the ones that best serve up parallels, such the razor-sharp action series—is provided below.
Blue Exorcist
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.1 / 5
Creator(s): Katou Kazue
Action, Fantasy, Supernatural genres
Chapter Count: 151 (In Progress)
Like Demon Slayer, Blue Exorcist skillfully uses the presence of demons and otherworldly beings to tell its story. The focus of the show is Rin Okumura, who appears to be an average person. Similar to the main characters of Demon Slayer, Rin experiences a temporary but permanent split in his life upon the passing of his foster father, Shirou Fujimoto, and it is revealed that Rin is Satan's biological son.
Rin turns into an exorcist like his father and his brother Yukio, driven by loss and retaliation. But while Rin attempts to balance his job as an exorcist with demonic powers in the goal of slaying his father, Satan, who is the King of Demons, his path is paved with obstacles and paradoxes.
Dororo
Anime-Planet Rating: 3.7 / 5
Creator(s): Tezuka Osamu
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
No. of Chapters: 19
The main character of Dororo, Hyakkimaru, barely survives birth because his father, Lord Daigo Kagemitsu, sells his body parts to 48 demons in exchange for power. Dororo depicts this horrific and brutal story. Hyakkimaru, who was left for dead with only his residual body, is saved when he is taken in by a physician who adopts him and equips him with cutting-edge prosthetics that allow him to move and fight.
Nevertheless, destiny strikes cruelly once again as Hyakkimaru learns he is essentially a beacon that draws demons, forcing the doctor to send him into the world. During his journeys, Hyakkimaru learns that defeating demons can help him become whole again. Soon later, he meets Dororo, the young thief, who voluntarily agrees to be his friend. Hoping Hyakkimaru regains his wholeness, the two set off on their quest to find demons together.
Soul Eater
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.2 / 5
Creator(s): Ookubo Atsushi
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
No. of Chapters: 117
Soul Eater departs from the enigmatic Death City, which is the location of the Death Weapon Meister Academy, established by Death City's emperor, Shinigami. The meisters and their demon weapons reside in the academy, which was established to uphold peace. The meisters are supernatural beings who assume the form of weapons to protect humanity from evil.
A Meister's ultimate objective is to craft a "Death Scythe" that the Shinigami himself can use. But in order to accomplish this, their weapon partner needs to devour one witch's soul and ninety-nine evil human souls. Maka Albarn, the main character of the series, is traveling with Soul Evans to make a Death Scythe. The mysteries surrounding each, though, might prove to be too much for them to manage.
Chainsaw Man
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.4 / 5
Creator(s): Fujimoto Tatsuki
Genre: Action, Supernatural, Fantasy, Horror
No. of Chapters: 168 (Ongoing)
Chainsaw Man focuses on Denji, the main character, who has a basic wish to live a happy, calm life with plenty to eat. Denji leads a pretty simple and empty life. His reality, however, could not be more different from his desires; he presently works for the Yakuza, who have him kill devils in order to pay off his massive debts—debts that his late father accrued. Denji plies all means necessary to make ends meet with his pet devil, Pochita.
Regretfully, his bosses quickly determine he is no longer valuable and have him killed. But in a cruel turn of events, Pochita gives his life in order to save Denji, uniting the two to become the Chainsaw Devil. Resurrected and endowed with superhuman powers, Denji dispatches his adversaries with ease and draws the notice of the official Devil hunters in the process. Denji's path to realizing his lifelong ambition starts when people who show up at the scene of his murder unexpectedly offer him a job as an official devil hunter.
Jujutsu Kaisen
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.4 / 5
Creator(s): Akutami Gege
Genre: Action, Supernatural
No. of Chapters: 262 (Ongoing)
Like Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen investigates a world where "Curses" are everywhere and can be easily overlooked. These curses can only be lifted by Jujutsu sorcerers. The show centers on Yuuji Itadori, a regular high school student whose life comes to an abrupt end when he discovers a dried-up finger belonging to the fabled King of Curses, Ryoumen Sukuna, with the help of members of the occultic club. After being attacked by a curse drawn to the finger's strength, Yuuji foolishly chooses to swallow the finger, throwing him into the middle of the Jujutsu World's power struggle.
By swallowing the finger, Yuuji becomes immune to curses, but he also bears the risk of unleashing the evil Ryoumen Sukuna into the earth once more. The senior Jujutsu officials sentence Yuuji to death in order to avert the possible annihilation of humanity. But the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, Satoru Gojo, blocks his execution, preferring to turn Yuuji become a jujutsu sorcerer. Thus, Yuuji jumps headfirst into the harsh world of Jujutsu by accepting Gojo's offer.
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