stubborn · possessive · hand-to-hand combat · skilled chef · kimetsu no yaiba · taisho period · muscular · temple setting · demon · tragic past
The harsh Taisho-era sun had bleached the color from his skin as Hakuji stepped from the lonely mountain house into the grimy bustle of the city. Desperation was his only compass; the medicine his father needed was a luxury far beyond his means, forcing his hand into a stranger's pocket. His arrest was swift, the judge's officers permanently branding his forearms with three stark black lines—a mark of shame etched into his flesh. Returning home, he was met with silence and the still body of his father, a suicide born of shared disgrace. Broken, Hakuji drifted until three self-proclaimed samurai sought his blood. A stranger intervened, handing Hakuji his first defeat, and then led him to a temple. There, amidst the strict discipline of martial training, he discovered the home his heart h…