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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 17

(鬼滅の刃 / Kimetsu no Yaiba #17)

Koyoharu Gotouge

4.64 · Rating details · 1,764 ratings · 72 reviews

In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined ...more

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Published October 6th 2020 by VIZ Media LLC (first published October 4th 2019)

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Oct 04, 2020 Victoria ♡ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The story’s starting to feel a little dragged out at this point tbh, I’m still enjoying it and it’s fun to read but I feel it coulda been condensed a few vols! Some parts were a little confusing too.

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Nov 13, 2020 devanshi (your resident loud person) rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga, 2020-reads, kny-uwu

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Nov 30, 2020 James DeSantis rated it it was amazing

Damn this was a great fucking volume too. Got the end of the last fight which is a lot more depressing than expected, have our lightning boy not playing around anymore, and Giyu and Tanjiro working together to kill one of the strongest demons ever. In other words, this volume is fantastic and I can't say much more without spoilers. A 5 out of 5. ...more

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Sep 09, 2020 Julie rated it it was ok

Shelves: manhwa-manga-graphic-novels, read-graphic-novels-manga, wish-list-eventually

I need to stop taking forever to continue things cause then I'm just confused. This felt short. Things happened, but it also felt like nothing happened. idk. ...more

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Oct 06, 2019 Stefani Putria rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Best story i ever read with fast pace. Good development every character 😭😭 and the best thing even the antagonists character having well written back story. Can't wait to catching up with new chapter release. ...more

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Sep 27, 2019 Luisa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, manga

Goosebumps. Just wow

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Oct 31, 2019 Sara Bakhshi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-mangas, dark-fantasy

If you like manga, anime , any kind of stories, you will LOVE this! Read it.

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May 25, 2020 Štěpán rated it liked it · review of another edition

I have a polarizing relationship with this story. Had I read it when I was 15, I think I would have loved it. And if I look at that through that lens, I see the potential for all the glory and hype. However, now I see the potential, can appreciate it in the current genre but that doesn't mean the mistakes are just magically gone.

Demon Slayer is fun, no denying that. But it lacks good pacing and better story decisions. Characters are interesting and they die, which is great but it's not enough. I ...more

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Nov 02, 2020 Kulwinder Singh rated it it was amazing

Shelves: manga

"𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮."

The Demons vs. Slayers war continues. For the first time I cried along Zenitsu. The renowned head-butt striked again after a long time. ...more

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Feb 02, 2021 Ken Yuen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: manga-read

The fighting continues!

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Oct 31, 2020 B. P. Rinehart rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reading-in-a-time-of-corvid, graphic-novel-comic-stuff

Happy Halloween folks!! (To think that the actual scariest day of this year is actual three days from now.)

No better book to read on this day than one of the best horror manga of the new century. We are in the middle of the final battle and as usual no easy victories are allowed to come here. We lead this volume off with a devastating lost for the demon slayers, but we don't linger on it for to long because we are actually visiting multiple fronts of the battle and getting in more back-story on ...more

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Feb 16, 2021 MajesticalLion rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

As far as weight and impact goes, this is one of the most epic arcs in Demon Slayer so far. Taking in the end of the last volume and the content of this volume, SO much insane stuff happens. It truly feels like a final confrontation between good and evil. A battle for the whole of mankind.

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Oct 27, 2020 Hayden rated it it was amazing

Fight After Fight & All Of Them Have Such Interesting Dynamics, Some Of Them Still Going On & I'm Looking Forward To Seeeing How They Go, Especially How They Were Left Off In This Volume
One Of The Fights In This Volume Involved Zenitsu, If You Havent Read The Previous Volume There Was Something That Came Over The Usually Cowardly Demon Slayer & In This Volume You Find Out What & I Have To Say Wow, Its Such A Good Step Forwad For Him.
From The Final Chapter It Seems There Will Be A Big Breakthroug ...more

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Apr 27, 2020 Natalie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga-or-light-novel, action, historical-fiction, young-adult, fantasy, adventure, paranormal

The battle in the dimensional fortress continues!

And (view spoiler) dead but uhh... at least they're the only "good guy" to go so far? (There's gonna be more though, aren't there? ._.)

Got to see a bit of Zenitsu and his growth (both as a character and as a fighter) in this volume, the reappearance of Yushiro, an ongoing battle with Giyu and Tanjiro against their own opponent, and even Nezuko is fighting a battle of her own!

No real glimpse at Inosuke so far though... wond ...more

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Oct 11, 2020 Jenny rated it it was amazing

Shelves: manga

Aaaand so begins the death count for the Hashira. Fucking dammit, I don't want them to die! But realistically I know that at least some of them will die, but fuck realism I want my babies to live!!

I can say one thing with absolute certainty-I can't FUCKING WAIT for them to animate this final arc. All of the fights are going to look so fucking cool and badass, it's gonna be a feast for the eyes!

I was a little disappointed that Zenitsu's fight was so short, but the character development, backstory ...more

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Dec 01, 2019 Mert rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars, 2019, manga, e-books

5/5 Stars (%87/100)

Although I enjoyed it a lot, this volume is also all over the place with many people fighting in different places at the same time. The author also keeps showing more memories of the characters and though they are pretty interesting, it looks like he is trying to drag the story and prepare us for the big finale. Shinobu and Doma's fight is one of the most interesting battles in the series as well as Zenitsu meeting his senpai once again. However, the one fight that we were all ...more

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Dec 12, 2019 Omar Havilliard rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

5/5
sh!t just went down

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Jul 29, 2020 Lee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: manga, to-buy-physical

Thunder breathing is my favourite breath style so that Zenitsu, the only user seen thus far can only utilize the first form always struck me as very sad but now-

Gotouge is a genius who I never should’ve doubted.

Thunder is still the BEST and this volume was incredibly charged (no pun intended) and I liked that two of the chapters were named after deadly sins (Wrath and Pride)

Chapter 146 is one of my all time favourites and has not once failed to make me cry.

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Dec 19, 2020 Cherry rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, fantasy, action, manga

So in the previous book, Zenitsu received a letter brought to him by his messenger bird, (view spoiler)

I love how the pillars are seeing Tanjiro's improvement and changes. And so as the demons. No longer the newbie, but his power and strength can be compared to that of a pillar.

And wow, the revelation regarding Kaigaru and his connection with Zenitsu and the Himejima-san's temple.

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Jul 09, 2020 Angela Chen rated it it was amazing

this volume made it lucid that everything was over for us bitches. i mean, look, thunder breathing seventh form. “you’re my pride & joy, zenitsu.” the giyu & tanjiro tandem v. akaza, aka the hottest upper moon. kanao/shinobu v. douma (i hope this latter jackass gets poisoned so good he melts into himself, fuck you your very existence is unconstitutional). at this rate i’m gonna fuck around and die of overstimulation

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Jan 14, 2021 Patrick Green rated it it was amazing

Shelves: demon-slayer

While this volume is primarily action, it is easily one of best releases of this series. Exhilarating, exciting, and filled with satisfying payoffs, Gotouge is creating the final arc of this series with so much finesse that I feel like an ass for doubting his ability to weave everything together. He actually got me to like Zenitsu. That is truly an accomplishment worth noticing. Do yourself a favor and join the rest of the fans of this series as we march forward to this series' climax. ...more

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Apr 20, 2020 Danielle's Books rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: comedy, paranormal, favorites, fantasy, historical-fiction, manga, shounen

This was epic and I can foresee that things are about to be getting even better! I really loved Zenitsu's fight scene because we finally got to see him as something other than a comic relief character. We also get a rematch with the demon from volume 8. We are getting to see the results of all of Tanjiro's training and I am so proud of him. He has really come a long way. ...more

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Nov 14, 2020 Bee (BacchusVines) rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-challenge, manga, fantasy, favorites, owned, historical-fantasy, demons, 2020-releases, read-manga-2020

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Oct 12, 2020 gloria rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga

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Dec 07, 2020 Christopher Funk rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The development of the abilities feels natural, but still has a feeling similar to Bleach. No wonder people suggest this book so much. It's really uplifting to see Tanjiro inherit, internalize, and utilize training to such an amazing degree. I can't waiting to keep reading! ...more

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