Popular manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba may have already published its final chapter, but it seems that the franchise is not letting it end there just yet!
The latest issue of Japanese magazine Shonen Jump has confirmed that a spin-off manga is in the works and will be focused on a character that fans have come to love: Kyojuro Rengoku, the Flame Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps.!
今週発売のジャンプで鬼滅の刃が最終回を迎えました。
それにあたりまして炎柱 煉獄杏寿郎の外伝の製作が決定しました！！大好きな作品にまた関われて本当に嬉しいです。
今年劇場映画にも登場する煉獄さんの魅力を更に伝えられるよう全力で頑張ります！よろしくお願い致します?? pic.twitter.com/7m7xt0mZxa— 平野稜二 6/3帝都聖杯奇譚Fate/type Redline単行本発売 (@beshinobesi) May 17, 2020
The spin-off, titled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Rengoku Gaiden, will not be helmed by original series creator Koyoharu Gotouge, however. Instead, it will be Hirano Ryouji, who had written the two-chapter side-story Kimetsu no Yaiba: Tomioka Giyuu Gaiden, who will take charge.
No release date has been revealed but we can expect the spin-off to launch sometime later this year.
(ALSO READ: New ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba’ Movie is Coming to Philippine Theaters!)
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