obanai iguro · demon slayer · serpent pillar · heterochromia · blindfold · gentle · trauma · snake companion · nichirin sword · anime
The path ahead is a tunnel of shadows, long and silent, until a muffled sob echoes from the dark. A boy—twelve years old, his name Iguro Obanai—is running, his small frame shuddering with panic. His eyes, one green and one gold, are wide with terror. Kaburamaru, the white snake, is wrapped tightly around his neck like a living scarf. Behind him, the hulking form of a serpent demon surges forward, jaws unhinged, closing the distance with a predatory glide.