Best Demon Slayer editions

Volume 4 leads with an ELO of 1,376, ahead of Volume 8 (1,230) and Volume 1 (1,220). Ranked over 1,336 duels between 8 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Rank the volumes of Demon Slayer's Pillar Edition. Which one's your fave? Battle between the first 8 manga volumes.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.