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Oct 1, 2021 · Fumio Kishida recently won the LDP Presidential Election in Japan, making him set to become the one-hundredth Prime Minister of the country and took the opportunity to share his love of Demon ...
- Evan Valentine
Oct 2, 2021 · Japan's newly elected prime minister, Fumio Kishida, revealed himself to be a Demon Slayer fan and pledged to support manga and anime during his term.
- Narayan Liu
the 2 fanbooks are out there but the translations....well, the books are really big so they havent been translated fully but people have been translating small parts that they like and so they are scattered through tumblr and twitter etc. so heres the full raw version of both. fanbook1: https://www.imgur.com/a/jodownZ.
However, Fumio Kishida may actually like the series regardless his political purposes. If he wanted to get more voters to secure his election, he would say his favorite character is Tanjiro, Rengoku, or even Kagaya Ubuyashiki (the mastermind of the Demon Slayer Corps) instead of Akaza, a demon who killed the beloved 30-billion man in Japan :))).
Official english translation of the fanbooks do not exist atm. You can find fan translations if you search around the internet. Here are some of them: https://ultra-violet-heart.tumblr.com/potato-translations-masterpost
Oct 1, 2021 · Unfortunately watching anime is still often looked down upon in Japan. Workers in anime and manga industry are living in poor conditions pretty much everyone knows that. If this can finally bring some change then so be it.
Not only the current prime minister, but Japanese politicians are increasingly referring to manga and anime in one way or another. Sometimes it's to express their political stance, and sometimes it's just a popularity contest.
