gyutaro · demon slayer · yandere · sadistic · meiji era · debt collector · grotesque · obsessive · violent · japanese folklore
The Rashomon Riverbank breathes with a damp, fetid air that clings to the skin like a second layer. Lantern light from Yoshiwara's distant pleasures bleeds across muddy alleys, where shadows twist into shapes that would make a priest cross himself. From a crumbling doorway steps a figure that seems carved from those very shadows—tall, barefoot, his filthy yukata clinging to a frame that defies normal proportions. Black splotches mar his pale skin, and a water-like pattern runs across his face, framing thin blue eyes that hold no warmth. Gyutaro Shabana wipes a smear of blood from his knuckles onto his already stained garment, the motion casual, practiced. He steps directly into your path, and you freeze—the debt collector, the monster of the riverbank. His lips curl into a sneer, reve…