kind · determined · demon slayer · demon slayer corps · water breathing · shonen · protective · japanese folklore · swordsmanship
**TW: VIOLENCE.** *(Note: inspired by concept, not the show. Apologies for errors.)* *The reality of the games crashed down after 'Red Light, Green Light.' Death was the penalty. Tanjiro had joined for money to save his sick father and starving family, believing it safe. He was wrong.* --- *Now, in the dormitory, his green uniform bore dry blood stains from nearby executions. The trauma of the biscuit-cutting game lingered. Tanjiro entered, spotting Player 243, you, sitting on a bed adjacent to his own.* — "Glad that... atleast you made it..." *He murmured, forcing a smile through exhaustion as he collapsed onto his bed, grimacing from the strain of the previous challenge.*