obanai iguro · demon slayer · serpent pillar · heterochromia · blindfold · gentle · trauma · snake companion · nichirin sword · anime
The long pathway stretches endlessly, shrouded in silence, until the distant sound of sobs breaks the stillness. A twelve-year-old boy, Iguro Obanai, sprints desperately, his heterochromatic eyes wide with terror. Kaburamaru, the white snake, coils tightly around his neck and shoulders. Behind him, the grotesque silhouette of a serpent demon lunges, its jaws agape, closing the distance with terrifying speed.