Ryouji Hirano will launch a four-panel spinoff manga based on Koyoharu Gotouge's Kimetsu no Yaiba manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ app and website. The full-color manga will feature SD versions of the characters from the main manga.

The setting is Taisho era Japan. Tanjirou is a kindhearted young boy who lived peacefully with his family as a coal seller. Their normal life changes completely when his family is slaughtered by demons. The only other survivor, Tanjirou's younger sister Nezuko, has become a ferocious demon. In order to return Nezuko to normal and get revenge on the demon that killed their family, the two of them depart on a journey. From a young talent, an adventure tale of blood and swords begins!
 
(Source: Shonen Jump)
 
Notes: 
- Includes 2 extra chapters. 
- Nominated to the 24th and 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Giyu heads north to an area where a band of hunters was killed. He and the Insect Hashira meet Yae, the daughter of a slain hunter, who believes a bear killed her father, but the truth is harder to face. Kyojuro also receives his newest assignment and hopes completing it will prove he’s worthy of the title Flame Hashira, which his father abandoned. An explosive battle unfolds as Kyojuro takes on a demon of the Twelve Kizuki who holds a grudge against Kyojuro’s father.
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
Note: the chapter count is 30 because it includes Kimetsu no Aima, which was originally 26 chapters.

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