Features art by Koyohara Gotouge. 70 detailed line drawings based on images found in the manga. There is a wide variety of images some simple that could be colored in a short amount of time, but others have such detailed backgrounds you could spend days on it. Some of the images were super silly, but the entire book was fun.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Official Coloring Book is a lovely collection of black and white line illustrations from Koyoharu Gotouge. Featuring a wide range of characters, the coloring book is sure to be a fun surprise for any Demon Slayer Fan, and it was a delight to look through all the illustrations within this book.

Coloring books are no longer just for the children to enjoy. In the last ten years, the popularity of adult coloring books has skyrocketed, as many people way past their time in elementary school still find joy in such a hobby. Naturally, many forms of entertainment geared towards an older audience have crafted their own coloring books. This leads me to Demon Slayer: The Official Coloring Book, which is curated by original manga author Koyoharu Gotouge.

The collection of over seventy pictures are pulled from both the original Demon Slayer manga and promotional items. They range from the most action-packed scenes from the manga to even the more quieter moments. As such, the more complex a scene is, the more difficult it is to try. Fortunately, Gotouge herself gives her fans some tips right in the introduction, as even she has some trouble with coloring from time-to-time.

One question a person may ask is, why a coloring book? Isn’t the manga already in black-and-white? Couldn’t we just color in our volumes? Well, you could, but thanks to the size of the drawings in the coloring book, the task of bringing the brightness to Tanjiro and Nezuko’s world is a little bit easier. (Plus, I’m very certain most of you would try your damndest not to ruin any copy of Demon Slayer you own with you attempt to color it in!)

From a drawing perspective, these pictures from Demon Slayer are the right kind for a coloring experience. There are plenty of starting and finishing points for one to measure the amount of color they can put into one’s clothing, sword, and scenery. Plus, many fan favorite characters are on display for people to give their own colorful twists of certain attire and the like. Whether you want to make Inosuke’s boar head purple or give Zenitsu a color that doesn’t match his personality, it’s all up to you!

These drawings are also simple enough for younger fans of Demon Slayer to get in on the fun. The color spaces aren’t at all complicated, giving kids less of a hassle to keep things within the lines. But even if they want to go hog-wild with the coloring, one needn’t stop them from enjoying themselves. After all, why spoil the fun by being picky with the way someone joyfully colors?

Demon Slayer: The Official Coloring Book is a terrific way to let kids and adults get creative with their favorite characters. The drawings are easy enough for even the biggest novice not to mess up. However, even if someone were to not follow the rules of coloring, ruining their fun would be a lot worse! I mean, do you think Inosuke would color within the lines? Are you going to tell him do it properly? I didn’t think so.

This is great! So excited that some of my favorite artwork is included in this coloring book! My only complaint is that I wish it had more of the hashiras!

Pretty much as it says on the cover; a set of coloring pages based on the Manga art. I can't imagine that this will be too interesting to anyone who isn't a fan of the Manga and/or the artist, but there is a big selection of images, a good variety of difficulty (but often within a single image that will have easier and more complex section, often kimonos and other clothes), and a good variety of picture types and characters included.

An official Demon Slayer coloring book is just what the fandom needed. Fans of the series will enjoy coloring in some of their favorite characters and iconic scenes. The images mostly revolve around Tanjiro, Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke with a few of the Hashira highlighted. It would be more well-rounded if the Hashira and some of the popular demons were each given a page spread. There was plenty of room for this in an 80-page coloring book. A highlight of this book though is how friendly it is for young fans and adults worried about it being gory or overly sexualized like some manga styles. There is none of that. I feel safe adding this title to the collection of coloring options for my students.