There was some desperation to create something with impact, and alligator and editor together went back to the prize-winner rough piece “Kagarigari” for inspiration.Īfter years of training very similar to what Tanjiro underwent in KnY, Banda sends Nagare to the Final Selection, where he must survive seven days in order to be chosen as a member of the Demon Slayer Corp. If Gotouge wasn’t going to get a serialization green-lit in 2015, the alligator’s mangaka career would be over. However, Gotouge’s attempts thereafter to create a serialized manga (“Rokkotsu-san”, “Haeniwa no Jiguzagu”, “Dontsukazaguruma”, published in a compilation at a later date) all failed to be green-lit for serialization and were limited to one-shot stories. This story was “Kagarigari” and it granted the 25-ish-year-old alligator with thick glasses the chance to become a profession mangaka with guidance from the Shounen Jump editorial staff. Oh, and Tamayo and Yushiro were in it too. If we step back to 2014, Gotouge had won a prize for a very rough stand-alone story in a Meiji/Taisho-esque setting, with a strong one-armed swordsman blinded with scars across his face, and monsters who were like vampires in Japanese clothing.
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