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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
|image           = Koyoharu Gotouge's Short Stories.png
|caption         = Volume cover
|ja_kanji        = 吾峠呼世晴短編集
|ja_romaji       = Gotōge Koyoharu Tanpenshū
|genre           = [[Dark fantasy]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『鬼滅の刃』作者が描きたかったのはダークヒーロー？ 『吾峠呼世晴短編集』を考察|url=https://realsound.jp/book/2020/06/post-566279_2.html|website=Real Sound|publisher=Blueprint Co., Ltd.|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621132541/https://realsound.jp/book/2020/06/post-566279_2.html|archive-date=June 21, 2020|language=ja|date=June 10, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type            = manga
|author          = [[Koyoharu Gotouge]]
|publisher       = [[Shueisha]]
|publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Viz Media]]}}
|imprint         = [[Jump Comics]]
|demographic     = {{Transl|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
|published       = October 4, 2019
|volumes         = 1
|volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{Nihongo foot|'''''Koyoharu Gotouge Before Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'''''|吾峠呼世晴短編集|Gotōge Koyoharu Tanpenshū|{{lit|Koyoharu Gotouge's Short Stories}}|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a Japanese [[Anthology series|anthology]] [[manga]] written and illustrated by [[Koyoharu Gotouge]] and published by [[Shueisha]]. It features four one-shot stories published between 2013 and 2015.

==Publication==
''Koyoharu Gotouge Before Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'' features four [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] stories by [[Koyoharu Gotouge]]: {{nihongo||過狩り狩り|Kagarigari}}, launched in 2013;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2013年のJUMPトレジャー新人漫画賞|url=http://www.shonenjump.com/j/mangasho/treasureread2013.html|website=shonenjump.com|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=February 24, 2020|language=ja|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207100345/http://www.shonenjump.com/j/mangasho/treasureread2013.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{nihongo||文殊史郎兄弟|Monju Shirō Kyōdai}} published in the second issue of ''[[Jump Next!]]'' in 2014; {{nihongo||肋骨さん|Rokkotsu-san}} published in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' in 2014; and {{nihongo||蠅庭のジグザグ|Haeniwa no Zigzag}} published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 2015.<ref name="Natalie-vol">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「鬼滅の刃」の前身「過狩り狩り」も収録した吾峠呼世晴の初短編集|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/350304|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 18, 2021|language=ja|date=October 4, 2019|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207161805/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/350304|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha released the collected {{Transl|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume on October 4, 2019.<ref name="vol">{{cite web|script-title=ja:吾峠呼世晴短編集|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882084-2|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=February 18, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413082554/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882084-2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Natalie-vol"/>

The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by [[Viz Media]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Media Licenses Trillion Game, Otaku Vampire's Love Bite, Spider-Man: Octo Girl, X-Men, More Manga for Fall 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-02/viz-media-licenses-trillion-game-otaku-vampire-love-bite-spider-man-octo-girl-x-men-more-manga-for-/.207161|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 2, 2024|date=February 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202214707/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-02/viz-media-licenses-trillion-game-otaku-vampire-love-bite-spider-man-octo-girl-x-men-more-manga-for-/.207161|archive-date=February 2, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and is set to be released on October 8, 2024.<ref name="volEN">{{cite web|title=Koyoharu Gotouge Before Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/koyoharu-gotouge-before-demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba/product/8033|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> It has also been licensed in Italy by [[Star Comics (Italy)|Star Comics]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Il volume unico sarà disponibile dal 2 settembre grazie a Star Comics|url=https://www.animeclick.it/news/86497-koyoharu-gotouge-short-stories-le-opere-giovanili-dellautore-di-demon-slayer-arrivano-in-italia|website=AnimeClick.it|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210218144313/https://www.animeclick.it/news/86497-koyoharu-gotouge-short-stories-le-opere-giovanili-dellautore-di-demon-slayer-arrivano-in-italia|archive-date=February 18, 2021|language=it|date=June 24, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> in France by [[Panini Comics|Panini]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Le recueil d'histoires courtes de Koyoharu Gotôge (Demon Slayer) sortira chez Panini|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2020/09/21/Le-recueil-dhistoires-courtes-de-Koyoharu-Gotoge-Demon-Slayer-sortira-chez-Panini|website=manga-news.com|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210218144529/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2020/09/21/Le-recueil-dhistoires-courtes-de-Koyoharu-Gotoge-Demon-Slayer-sortira-chez-Panini|archive-date=February 18, 2021|language=fr|date=September 21, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and in Argentina by [[Editorial Ivrea]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Devincensi|first=Maximiliano|title=YA A LA VENTA: KOYOHARU GOTOUGE SHORT STORIES|url=http://www.ivreality.com.ar/2020/10/ya-a-la-venta-koyoharu-gotouge-short-stories/|publisher=[[Editorial Ivrea]]|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210218144146/http://www.ivreality.com.ar/2020/10/ya-a-la-venta-koyoharu-gotouge-short-stories/|archive-date=February 18, 2021|language=es|date=October 20, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Chapters===
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{{Graphic novel list
|VolumeNumber = 1
|RelDate      = October 4, 2019<ref name="vol"/>
|ISBN         = 978-4-08-882084-2
|LicensedRelDate= October 8, 2024<ref name="volEN"/>
|LicensedISBN= 978-1974749652
|ChapterList   = 
 {{Numbered list|start=1
|{{nihongo|"Kagarigari"|過狩り狩り}}
|{{nihongo|"Monju Shirō Kyōdai"|文殊史郎兄弟}}
|{{nihongo|"Rokkotsu-san"|肋骨さん}}
|{{nihongo|"Haeniwa no Zigzag"|蠅庭のジグザグ}}
}}
}}
{{Graphic novel list/footer}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Anime News Network|manga|31950|noparen=true}}

{{Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba}}

[[Category:2019 manga]]
[[Category:Dark fantasy anime and manga]]
[[Category:Manga anthologies]]
[[Category:Shōnen manga]]
[[Category:Shueisha manga]]
[[Category:Viz Media manga]]