To continue my personal summaries of Demon Slayer:
Volume 9 - It's time to go to the entertainment district. Tengen Uzui has lost track of his 3 wives, and the friends are sent to infiltrate the same houses to find out what happened. Of course there's a demon involved, but it's not a straightforward enemy. I really love the imagination used to create these demons. It's not the usual "they fight with a sword" or "they're skilled with a bow." I'm just impressed every time. Big fight coming up next!
Volume 10 - Well, the fight has taken an interesting turn as a new player (brother) has joined the fight. These two are connected but have very different skills. Tanjiro gets himself into trouble, and Nezuko comes to the rescue. She's even stronger than she was before, but she's also more dangerous. The fight isn't over yet! But we've got some reinforcements, and the two groups have to work together to deal with this double demon threat.
Volume 11 - We're still dealing with the siblings with the different skills. It's going to take all the fighters working together to defeat this strong team. But even after they're defeated, Tanjiro finds the compassion to try and mend their relationship with each other. It's an interesting facet to the demon personalities. Seeing their backstories and feeling some sympathy for their predicament, in spite of what they've done and tried to do to the heroes, is so unusual. I'm constantly impressed by the creativity involved with this manga.
Volume 12 - It's recovery time. I really liked the first part where it was from the POV of the person that found them and thought they were hugging. As I get deeper into this series, I am falling more in love with Inosuke's character. I can't get over where he was when Tanjiro woke up. Anyway, the group is split up as everyone gets sent on a different mission. Tanjiro is sent somewhere else (he's still healing), but it's a secret place, so he has to be blindfolded and taken there by multiple escorts. They think it's a safe place, but they don't know that a couple demons are already on their way. A feisty demon slayer, Genya, is on the scene, though, and we'll see what happens next.
Volume 13 - The demons are relentless, and Tanjiro is going to have to dig deep. Genya wants the glory of killing an upper rank demon, and Tanjiro doesn't care as long as everyone is safe. The demon has basically five "aspects," and tracking down the main one isn't going to be easy. They're going to have to look high and low. Then, it's going to take timing. Meanwhile, another fight is going on with a Hashira back at the swordsmith village. And it's not going well with the vase demon. He's a complete putz, and he's really cruel to the smiths he's captured. There's hope toward the end, though, as the peppy Love Hashira, Kanroji, is back on the scene!
Volume 14 - Goldfish/Bubble demon is finally taken care of, but Tokito is paying a high price for fighting it. The insults were flying for a long time with those two, but seeing the backstory was intriguing and knowing Tokito had a twin brother was interesting. We get another backstory in this volume as well. Kanroji gets herself in trouble and sees her past. It's one where she's had to hide who she was, and it reminded me of someone close to me. I love how that scenario turned out in the fight, even though the fight is ongoing.
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