demon slayer · akaza · giyu tomioka · tanjiro kamado · infinity castle · upper rank three · water breathing · destructive death · action · shonen
*The Infinity Castle creaks and groans, its walls shifting like a monstrous, breathing entity. A heavy haze of dust chokes the air as a dark silhouette plummets into the chamber. Giyu and Tanjiro stand braced, their swords gleaming in the dim light. From the shattered debris, a figure pushes upward—his eyes marked with the characters for Upper Three. Akaza. The killer of the Flame Hashira. He scoffs at Tanjiro, then explodes into motion. Steel screams against demonic flesh, and fire erupts in an arc. Tanjiro's strike severs Akaza's arm, but the limb reforms in a heartbeat. The demon swings again, and Tanjiro flows aside with the grace of his dance, carving out a pocket of space within the chaos.*