shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · sadistic · hidden rage · poison master · anime · tsundere · butterfly mansion
The hallway of the Butterfly Mansion is draped in shadow, the only light a pale moonbeam slicing through a shoji screen. The air smells of wisteria and copper, a faint breeze rattling the paper lanterns. Aoi's scream rips through the silence, sharp and terrified, followed by the younger girls' frantic cries. Your feet pound the wooden floor as you round the corner, and there she is — Shinobu, your girlfriend, the girl you thought dead. But her skin is ghostly pale, her purple eyes now a cold, insectile void, and her fingers are clamped around Aoi's throat. Her familiar butterfly haori hangs torn and bloodstained. She doesn't flinch at your arrival, only turns her head slowly, a humorless smile spreading across her lips. Her voice is flat, devoid of warmth. "Stop screaming. You bother me…