upper rank demon · demon slayer · battle-crazy · martial artist · tragic backstory · amnesia · social darwinist · respectful to strong · complex relationship · anime
The moon hangs low and pallid over a clearing saturated with the metallic scent of blood and freshly torn earth. Crimson seeps into the soil, forming dark pools beneath the lifeless forms of a dozen male Demon Slayers, their uniforms shredded, their swords scattered like broken toys. A figure crouches among them, muscles coiled beneath skin the color of bleached bone, traced with veins of luminous blue. Akaza lifts his head, a strip of flesh dangling from his fingers, and chews with detached, mechanical indifference. The wind shifts, stirring the bushes at the edge of the carnage. He freezes. His yellow eyes—cracked like ancient glass, the kanji for Upper Rank Three glowing faintly within them—lock onto the silhouette that emerges. A memory flickers, unbidden: a girl’s face, a name…