By the Sword (song)

"By the Sword" is the first official single from the album Slash by current Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash. It features Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother on vocals and was released as a digital single on March 16, 2010. It was released in the UK on March 28, 2010. The cover was drawn by Ralph Steadman.

The song was premiered on February 26, 2010, on spinner.com.

The song was debuted live for the first time on November 22, 2009, at the Slash & friends performance, where Slash was joined by Andrew Stockdale to play the song live, along with Dave Navarro, Chris Chaney and Travis Barker.

In April 2010, both Slash and Andrew Stockdale performed the song live on The Tonight Show,Lopez Tonight, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

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By the Sword (manga)

By the Sword, known in Japan as You (妖 -you-), is a Japanese manga series created by Sanami Matoh, who is also the creator of Fake.

Plot

Asagi was born with a mysterious power that gives him the ability to slay demons, by channeling it through a sword. As this generally breaks every sword he uses, Asagi begins searching for a legendary sword known as the "Moegi". Along the way he meet a young girl named Kaede and the spirit of her father Kurenai, who join him on their journey. After he obtains Moegi, the group switches its focus to searching for Kurenai's body, which Asagi can rejoin him to using Moegi. They are also joined by Suoh, a famous spear wielder, his companion Rinrin, a woman of wolf origins named Aoi.

Manga

The By the Sword first tankōbon (bound volume) was originally published by Akita Shoten in August 24, 2000. Later, it was republished by Biblos that released the first volume along the second volume in October 10, 2003. The third and final volume was published in October 5, 2005 by Biblos. The English version of By the Sword was released by ADV Manga in March 7, 2005. In the localisation process some nudity scenes have been removed, in example ADV Manga edited-out nipples.