Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Manga) Series

In this time-spanning fantasy epic of humans and demons, a warrior in feudal Japan must hunt a demon through time–a tale soon to be an anime! And don’t miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas!

Edo period, Japan. A young warrior, Jinta, has dedicated his life to the protection of a priestess in a remote mountain village. When demons appear and threaten the shrine, Jinta is tasked with entering the forest to hunt them down. But the mysteries he uncovers there change his fate forever, and send him on a journey traversing space and time. Jinta’s dark destiny will carry him through hundreds of years of history, as he struggles to answer a single question: why does he wield the sword?

MARKET SWAP

When a trip to the market goes disastrously wrong, Natsu is suddenly taken over by an unknown personality. It’s up to Jinya to get her back to rights, but he may be in over his head! On his search to help Natsu, he’s confronted by a diviner known for killing demons. Will this divine seer root out his secret?

GHOSTS OF THE PAST

Upon Miura Naotsugu’s request to find his elder brother, Jinya visits the Miuras’ family home to investigate his disappearance. But as soon as Jinya and Naotsugu step into the missing brother’s room, they are pulled into a strange, other world. There, they discover a little girl playing with a ball and the elder brother by her side… Was the brother spirited away by a demon, after all? A surprising truth awaits them as they unravel the mystery of his departure…

INVISIBLE AND INNOCENT

Jinya, now settled in the town of Edo, has been hunting down demons to make a living. Always alert to new rumors of incidents involving demons, he hears about a peculiar case of street murders while eating at his usual soba shop. He goes to investigate at once, but what awaits him there is a demon who can make himself invisible. Faced with Jinya and his demon strength, the stranger cries innocence–is there really something else afoot in Edo?

A TIME FOR REVENGE

After the two demons attacked the village, the people of Kadono are sucked into the turbulent tides of fate. A vengeful Jinta waits for a time in the future when prophecy tells that the demon god will appear. He spends a decade wandering with his sword, and now, in the city of Edo, a rumor follows him: A yasha guardian has been hunting demons.

THE TRUE PURPOSE OF THE DEMONS’ VISIT…

As Guardian of the Shrine Maiden, the elimination of demons falls firmly into Jinta’s hands. He takes his responsibility to Shirayuki and the village of Kadono seriously, so when two demons appear in the forest, Guardian Jinta leaves for the hunt immediately. Behind his back, a demon approaches his little sister, Suzune, waiting and supposedly safe within the village…Blind to the threat lurking close to home, Jinta charges forward into a trap!

In this time-spanning fantasy epic of humans and demons, a warrior in feudal Japan must hunt a demon through time–a tale soon to be an anime! And don’t miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas!

Edo period, Japan. A young warrior, Jinta, has dedicated his life to the protection of a priestess in a remote mountain village. When demons appear and threaten the shrine, Jinta is tasked with entering the forest to hunt them down. But the mysteries he uncovers there change his fate forever, and send him on a journey traversing space and time. Jinta’s dark destiny will carry him through hundreds of years of history, as he struggles to answer a single question: why does he wield the sword?