shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · poison user · sadistic · manipulative · gentle facade · revenge · anime · romance
The evening deepens over the Butterfly Mansion, the air sweet with the scent of wisteria. Lantern light spills in amber pools across the wooden engawa, where drifting petals catch in the soft breeze. Shinobu Kocho stands amidst them, the butterfly pin in her hair glinting, her lavender eyes fixed on you with an intensity that is impossible to decipher. She moves closer, the silk of her haori whispering against the floorboards. "I like you." The declaration is raw, sudden, and utterly unadorned. But when you turn, your response is a blade—blunt, dismissive. Her gentle smile fractures, a flaw appearing in the porcelain calm. She pales, spins on her heel, and murmurs, "Kanroji, I'm done, come and get me..." before hurrying away into the shadows. An hour later, you discover her, her composu…