"There is a human-hunting case which has thrown a town into confusion. The culprit is a vampire...A boy wielding a sword appears in front of the violent vampire?!" - official synopsis (translated)
 
Kagarigari is one of the 70th Shonen Jump Newcomer Treasure Award-winning​ entries and is the prototype to Kimetsu no Yaiba.

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 two extra chapters. 
- Nominated to the 24th and 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

A collection of one shots: 
1. Kagarigari (過狩り狩り) 
2. Monju Shirou Kyoudai (文殊史郎兄弟) 
3. Rokkotsu-san (肋骨さん) 
4. Haeniwa no Zigzag (蠅庭のジグザグ)

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