A compilation and attempted archieve of various DemonSlayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba merchadise from over the years. Primarily Ufotable and Shonen Jump/Gotouge merch. Also some reviews of Ufotable cafe and other collab events.
Hello! This blog is my attempt to archive and talk about all the wonderful Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba merchandise from over the years.
💚 It will primarily focus on merch from Ufotable and Shonen Jump/Gotouge merchandise since that's what I collect and and am knowledgable about.
💚 I will also post a little about the Ufotable cafe experience and other KnY collabs/events I've gone to.
💚 Will try to post twice a week
💚 If you have a question about how or where to buy something, please feel free to use the ask and I will try to help you to the best of my abilities. Also, if you'd like to see something in particular posted about let me know!
Official accounts and resources:
Offical Kny Twt Acc || Official Ufotable Twt Acc || Ufotable Webshop Twt Acc || Ufotable Japan Webshop || Ufotable Global Webshop
This was an illustration created as one of the prizes for an Ichiban Kuji held back in 2020. It was a B5 size mini poster. The illustration was drawn by Yoko Kajiyama and the finishing was done by Yuko Omae.
Ichiban Kuji is a lottery that happens inside various Japanese convenience and hobby stores. You buy a ticket and depending on the letter you get it, it will determine what prize you receive (prize a, b, c, etc). I'm including the other prizes from this kuji below. "A prize" being the best prize, which in this case is the Giyu figure. The illustrated miniposter from this particular kuji was the "E prize". Some people will get to the store early and buy up all the tickets for the day to ensure they get the prize they want.
They also have a “Last One” prize. This goes to whoever buys the final ticket, since once the A and B prizes are claimed (and people can see what prizes remain) no one would bother buying tickets.
The "Last One prize" gives people a reason to keep buying, even after the top prizes are gone. It’s usually a bit more valuable and often is a slight variation of the A or B prize.
I got the IC theater bonuses of Shinobu and Giyu by Akira Matsushima. They're pretty big and not printed on shikishi board as I thought, but canvas board. The details are amazing, definitely would recommend!
I wanted to share a little more about the CD cover and interior artwork, since the official accounts usually only show that tightly cropped image of the characters’ faces. There's actually full body poses included in the booklet, that could you even use for a poster if you wanted.
Here are all the CD cover art so far with their corresponding songs (I will do soundtrack art in another post).
Each cd booklet folds out to a large, full size illustration. Due to its size, to get a nice full size version of the art, I have to scan it in pieces and then composite the pieces together. Since there are multiple creases due to the folding, I had to go in and touch those up as well. A pain, but worth it! I recommend scanning at a dpi of at least 600 if possible for the best quality.
This is only the preview of the "Manner Kouza" (overview of cinema manners) showing before the main feature at Toho Cinemas, but I've seen it enough times to paraphrase the whole thing for you below the cut.
Tengen: So that's the Infinity Castle?
Hinatsuru: Ah!
Tengen: It sure is flamboyant!!
Suma: Tanjiro-kun,
Suma & Makio: YAAAAAAY!
Hinatsuru (distressed): Please calm down!
NO KICKING THE SEATS, NO TALKING
Makio (with a giant stack of fancy bentou boxes that startles Suma): Tengen-sama! I brought our meal!
Hinatsuru (more distressed): Wait! The rules say no outside food allowed!
NO OUTSIDE FOOD
Tengen (whispering): Do these rules say anything else?
Hinatsuru (so very distressed): It seems you're not allowed to use a "mobile phone."
Tengen (scratching his chin): "Mo-bile-phone"?
NO MOBILE PHONE USE
Tengen (smiling and standing next to all his smiling wives under a textual reminder to follow the rules so that everybody has a good time): I wish I could have fought alongside everyone too!
The wives (throwing their fists in the air and then going in for a three-person hug): Let's all root them on together!!
(I wrote a short continuation to that cinema setup. Spoilers ahead for first Mugenjo movie. No spoilers for the manga but spoilers for what the movie covers, so come back and see this later if you like.)
Tengen couldn’t believe his ears. The blast of sound in this cinema was flamboyantly impressive, but he did not expect the illusion to extend to his surroundings.
“Kamado-shonen certainly has improved! Look at that maneuver! That Hashira training has helped everyone, it seems! Good idea, Himejima!”
“Woo-o-o-o-oow, I almost feel like I’m in that castle myself!” chimes Suma, before Makio and Hinatsuru shush her. They do not seem to have noticed the glowing man with bright yellow hair sitting at Tengen's other side. The glowing dead man, no less.
“What are you doing here?” Tengen finally whispers to him.
“I'm watching a ‘movie.’ The same thing you’re doing.”
“No, I mean, like… but… did you not get the memo? See, the last time they made a big one of these, you sorta, you know, at the end, there was this Upper Moon that showed up, and…”
“There’s no ‘sorta’ to being dead, Uzui. I’m aware of what happened,” replies Kyojuro, turning to reveal a hole in his chest. Tengen tries to cover him up before his wives catch such a gruesome sight, but that only causes them to glance curiously in his direction. Just as quickly, they turn their attention back to the screen.
“They even set it to music.”
“Amazing.”
“Oh! Look! There’s that snake man again!”
“I didn’t know he could do that!”
“I’ll bet he likes that girl.”
Kyojuro smiles to Tengen. “My contractual appearances have limitations. Don’t worry, I won’t be distracting to their movie-watching experience.”
Tengen feels convinced of that and decides to sit back and pretend nothing is wrong. His own movie-watching experience now has a very flashy distraction, though.
“Did you see how monstrous those demons are? They must be of at least Lower Moon caliber.”
“Yeah, I wonder about that. They all look the same. Kind of lame,” Tengen responds, trying to play it cool that there is a ghost manifested beside him. The movie goes on, with Kyojuro shouting out of the names of everyone he knows, or sort of knows.
“Look! It’s Shinazugawa! Look! There’s the boy with the boar head!”
“I see them.”
“Who’s that one?”
“That’s Shinazugawa’s brother.”
“He has a brother? Since when?”
“I’m not gonna sit here and explain the whole movie to you. If you’re gonna watch it, just watch.”
“I feel like I’ve missed a lot though! Hahaha!”
You have, Tengen thinks to respond, but decides against it. They grow quiet, watching seriously as Shinobu enters the lair of an Upper Moon.
At least, not until words pop into Tengen’s head. He glances over to his wives, who are engrossed in the scene unfolding before their eyes. They’d be upset with him. Maybe having Kyojuro there is a blessing. He leans to his right and whispers,
Kyojuro is quieter after that scene ends. Tengen smirks, but knows it would be inappropriate to rub in the fact that he called it. After all, they’ve barely entered this fortress and that is already one Hashira dead. It's bad news for everyone. His wives didn’t even know her and they’re all crying.
The movie goes on.
“Uzui, I don’t get it. Why is a demon wearing the Corp uniform? Why is he allowed to treat Yellow Boy’s injuries?”
“Shh, I’m trying to watch here, my part is coming up soon—”
“Your part?”
“Yeah. I got to make a cameo in this film,” Tengen flashes him a smile. He’s embarrassed to admit how small a role it is, but at least it’s something.
Kyojuro glowers at him. “Why are you here if you’re in the film?”
“Why are you here if you’re dead!?”
“Tengen-sama, ssssh!” all three wives hiss.
He ducks at the sound of their chastisement, and then goes on whispering to Kyojuro. “Where’s Kochou, anyway? Shouldn’t she be hanging out here now too to watch how the rest of it plays out? Is that the deal we former Hashira get cut?”
“I think she had different conditions in her contract about reappearances--Hhh!!!”
The air around the ghost changes completely as Kyojuro locks his focus on the screen. Tengen can tell from what he’s hearing who has just made an appearance. It’s Upper Moon Three, the demon who killed Kyojuro.
“Oh. Yeah, he—” Tengen begins, but seeing the way Kyojuro’s eyes swell with emotion, he decides to be quiet and let Kyojuro soak it in. He deserves that. Tengen looks back to the screen, but then releases with disgust that he just missed his own cameo.
As the battle against Upper Moon Three ensures, Tengen’s attention is dominated. He and his wives and former colleague all watch in stillness and silence, filled with respect, awe, and terror for Tanjiro and Giyuu. And a bit of jealousy, Tengen must admit to himself. If it weren’t for his injuries, he’d still be on the battlefield with everyone else.
When he feels himself thinking so, he steals a glance down to Kyojuro. His flaming eyes track every moment, his mouth stays shut, but with the changes in the grip he’d have on the movie theater arm rest, Tengen can tell Kyojuro is following the battle as intensely as though he is fighting it himself, coaching Tanjiro through every move. He would have loved having Tanjiro as a Tsuguko. Tanjiro would have loved having him as a master.
Tengen would have wanted Tanjiro too, but then as he sits back and observes how Tanjiro grows even in the midst of a battle like this, Tengen feels small, realizing how little he ever could have taught him. He’d never have lasted as long as Giyuu out there… or as long as Kyojuro did.
Suma can’t help herself anymore and breaks the silence. “No! No, Tanjiro-kun, he’s not dead, he’s not dead!”
“Tanjiro-kun, watch out!” Makio yells.
“Sssh! He can’t hear you!” Hinatsuru tries to remind them. “If you get us kicked out, we won’t get to see how it ends!”
Tengen feels sick. He’d have been done for a long time ago if Gyutaro had that same willpower as Akaza. It hits him all over again how much shit the whole Corp is deep in, and how despite all his talk of wishing he could be there too, he’s grateful that he’s not. The whole sad past of that demon just washes over him as he sits with that disgust in himself.
Little by little, his wives have started to cry. Hinatsuru can’t keep her tears back and focuses on silence, Makio is sniffling to hold everything back, and as Suma cries, she mutters, “This won’t make me forgive him. He’s still a demon. I won’t forgive him.”
“Umu,” says Kyojuro. His eyes still face the screen, and across his serious expression, there is weight and understanding. “I still hate him.”
Suma shrieks and hides her eyes after Akaza attacks himself, but Tengen can’t help but feel disappointed. “Does that count as a win those two?” he whispers to Kyojuro, but Kyojuro is still just as absorbed in watching Akaza as Tanjiro and Giyuu are.
At last, when it seems everything is over, Tanjiro wobbles, then falls face-first to the polished wooden floor. “TANJIRO-KUN!!!” all three wives scream, and at last, a cinema worker kicks them out. As they begrudgingly pack up their things and slink out, Tengen looks back to Kyojuro, who has not moved and is still watching seriously.
“I’ll stay here,” he says. “I’ll see things through to the end.”
“Dude, you’re gonna be here a while.”
“Umu. With the battles still left to fight, it might not even end until after sunrise.”
“No, man, I mean there are two more movies. It’s gonna take at least a couple years to finish them.”
Zenshuchuten (Swordsmith Village + Hashira Training Arc) Exhibition Part 1
Today I'm going to write a little about the KnY Zenshuchuten (Total Concentration) Exhibition held for the Swordsmith Village and Hashira Training arcs. This is a traveling exhibition held all over Japan. This particular one started in Tokyo, July 2024 and wrapped up in Kyoto, July 2025.
Here is a map of the locations and dates it was held. Each location also gets province/city specific illustrations which I'll cover in another post.
There have been 2 other exhibitions prior, one for the Tanjiro Kamado: Unwavering Resolve Arc and another for the Mugen Train and Entertainment District Arcs.
I'm going to cover the Swordsmith Village portion today and then the other parts in separate posts.
The SSV section is broken into different parts: The Village and Swordsmiths, the Demons, Genya, Mitsuri, Muichiro and the Kamados. Some areas have interactive parts, like the hammer game above.
Here's a little of what the sections focusing on Genya and Hantengu and Gyokko looked like. There is a photo op with Gyokko's pot where you can take a pic of him coming out of it.
Both Mitsuri and Muichiro's section include replicates of their katanas. Mitsuri's is pretty cool since it weaved throughout the room. You can also take a picture arm wrestling with her! She also has another room devoted to her Kimetsu Gaukuen self.
I hope you enjoyed! Next up: Hashira Training Arc Section.
