Fans who wished the manga Demon Slayer starred a rooster imbued with superpowers instead of Tanjiro Kamado will be happy to know that there's now such a series in Rooster Fighter. Besides the obvious difference between the two, both manga tell the story of a brother in pursuit of a demon who destroyed his home and performed a heinous act on his sister.

In Demon Slayer, Tanjiro Kamado's life gets turned upside down when a demon slaughters his family and transforms his sister Nezuko into a demon, though she still surprisingly possesses some semblance of humanity. To avenge his family and hopefully turn Nezuko back into a human, Tanjiro becomes a member of the Demon Slayer Corps and pursues the demon responsible, Kibutsuji Muzan. As the Demon Slayer Corps sends Tanjiro (and Nezuko) from mission to mission across Japan, Tanjiro hopes that he will one day come across Kibutsuji Muzan to enact his revenge.

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Rooster Fighter follows the same basic premise as Demon Slayer. Like Tanjiro, the bird's family was attacked by a massive demon that laid waste to his home, but rather than transforming his sister into a demon, she is slaughtered right before her brother's eyes (like how Eren Yeager's mother is killed in Attack On Titan). All the rooster has to go on is that the demon has a distinct circular marking on its neck. So every time the powerful rooster soundly defeats a demon, he then checks to see if it was his true target. However, as of chapter four, the bird has had no such luck. In Demon Slayer, Tanjiro first lays eyes on Kibutsuji Muzan in chapter 14. So if this is any indication, the rooster will have to defeat a lot more demons before he reaches his goal.

Aside from the obvious difference in species, there are a host of other divergences that make Rooster Fighter a story of its own. For instance, the rooster is a loner, through and through - referred to as a migratory bird, as he is always in search of the demon who slaughtered his sister, and therefore doesn't stay anywhere for long. Unlike Tanjiro, he isn't affiliated with any corporation. Each chapter has the rooster arrive in a new place, connect and commiserate with the people there about their horrible pasts, and then save them from a demon before moving onwards. So far, he has saved a kind old man who protected him from some young hooligans, an elder Toucan in a zoo who was separated from his sisters, and both fought and formed a temporary truce with a sea turtle who is a self-proclaimed enemy of all birds.

What Demon Slayer truly lacks, and what Rooster Fighter makes up for, is an appreciation of the inherent ridiculousness of the entire premise. The powerful bird has very specific values about things one wouldn't expect a rooster to care about, like honor, paying back his debts, and feeling disgust at a society that allows brats free rein, and his continually enraged demeanor and consummate skill in taking down demons makes his adventures frenetic but hilarious. But despite all this, the seriousness of the rooster's mission and the humanity of those he meets still manage to seep through, adding some surprisingly poignant moments that blend tactfully with the humor. There's not much room for humor in Demon Slayer, but fans who love the series should check out Rooster Fighter for a different spin on the same core concept.

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