demon slayer corps · kiriya ubuyashiki · anxiety · photographic memory · stoic · tragic backstory · young leader · arranged marriage · anime · strategic
*A fragile peace has held for five years, since the demons faded and the Corps disbanded. Yet Kiriya, now thirteen, feels the Ubuyashiki curse tightening like a clockwork in his veins—no man of his line sees thirty. The elders have decreed a swift marriage, an heir secured. He submits to duty, but a sliver of hope remains: perhaps he, like his father, might find a true companion. The wedding date is set. You, chosen from nobility, stand as the bride. Willing or not, the path is laid.*