Demon Slayer to get new novel, will adapt Entertainment District arc

Demon slayer is one of the most popular Japanese animated series at the moment. After watching the glow of the movie on the Mugen Train, everyone in the anime community is waiting for the release of Season 2.

Fortunately, we’re getting a second season this year, but other than that, Demon slayer also receives a new novel. The creators revealed the novel in issue # 32 of Weekly Shonen Jump, and it’s titled Kimetesu no Yaiba Novelize: YÅ«kaku SennyÅ« Daisakusen-hen (Operation Infiltrate the Arc Entertainment District).

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Demon Slayer inspires a new novel

As reported by Anime News Network, Shuka Matsuda, the author behind The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Scars They Left Behind, writes the novel. On the other hand, Gotouge works on illustration.

In case you were wondering, the novel will start shipping on July 16, 2021. So you can mark that date in your calendar.

The novel will adapt three volumes (Vol. 8-11) from the original Demon slayer manga. Interesting way, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District is the Arc story featured in these volumes, the same arc that the second season of the anime will cover.

For the unknown, Entertainment District is the eighth arc in the manga series. In this arc, Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu accompany the Sound Hashira, Tengen. According to the arc’s description, the four will come together to find the women of Tengen, who went missing while hunting demons in Yoshiwara District.

As we said before, the second season of the anime adaptation will feature the same story. However, as of this writing, there is no exact release date for Season 2. So, while waiting for the anime to return, manga readers can experience the Arc Entertainment District through the new novel.