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TELL A FRIEND TO TELL A FRIEND... REACTION FIC IS BACK!

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I haven't written the next chapter of Hinokami's Future in a month, and I REALLY don't want to take six months updating this fic again. This entire reaction fic is quite literally wall pasta thrown on the wall and only put together by tape and a dream. So. For the next chapter that tackles Tamayo's debut, what do YOU guys want to see in Gyomei's POV?

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Hi, love your Au (reading Hinokami's future and the swap au. Still catching up with the last one)

Quick question, considering you gave Kagaya and Gyomei glasses(?) for their blindness, will Sanemi get one cause he is colour blind ?

English isn't my first langage, so sorry for mistakes....

I didn't include Sanemi getting glasses, nor Obanai, because his condition is something I've interpreted as psychological. It isn't inherently color blindness but more like the incapability of seeing the world as vibrant and beautiful like he did when his mother was still alive, as if he lost hope that things will get better.

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making a poll for the reaction fic's next chapter

which character should be the POV for episode 8?

Muichiro

Gyomei

Obanai

Kyojuro

Voting ended onAug 10, 2025

they're the choices because they're the only ones who have yet to have a POV chapter!

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Sengoku Era Hashira headcanons

These headcanons have been microwaving since June, as I've always wanted to write about them, but life gets in my way sometimes. You might even get to know more about them once we finally get to Kokushibou's POV in Hinokami's Future! But now, dumb bullet points. I might even make a timeline about them if you guys get confused with their ages.

[Read More because it's Long, uhhhh content warnings for teen pregnancy and murder]

Yoriichi Tsugikuni

Became a demon slayer at 16, his wife was killed when he was 15 and trained for nine months

Became a Hashira at just two months and began teaching his colleagues breathing techniques for easier time killing demons

Was 20 when he reunited with his brother and introduced him to the corps

Exiled from the corps at 24, after letting Tamayo go and the announcement that Michikatsu became a demon

Searched for Michikatsu in his remaining life

Became head of the Tsugikuni household to provide for Michikatsu's abandoned family, using Michikatsu's name. was a very hands-off head and doesn't even fight anymore.

He'd been a Hashira for 8 years before being exiled

Michikatsu Tsugikuni

Became a demon slayer at 21 after a year of training, became the Moon Hashira in half a year

Unlocked the mark before he became a Hashira, hence his promotion

Unpopular with most Hashira because of his antisocial and direct personality

Hates the Rumbling Hashira’s guts for basically poking fun of him and his need to be better than his brother

His breathing technique is hard to learn with its many forms, which is why most of his students gravitate towards Yoriichi's more, to his jealousy

Sends his family all of his allowance with the condition they never contact him again

Reluctantly slots himself back to the older brother role

Began vomiting up blood and has dizzy spells when he turned 24

His last conversation with Yoriichi was basically lambasting all of his insecurities towards his brother

Cares about the other Hashiras, actually, and seeing them die breaks him more and made him resent Yoriichi and the mark they all earned

Killed the Rumbling Hashira first (bozo) after he became a demon

Was a Hashira for 3 years before becoming a demon on the eve of his 25th birthday

Hijurou Rengoku

His name literally means fire

Three years older than Yoriichi and Michikatsu

The same Rengoku who found Yoriichi weeping at his wife's side and put him on the corps

Was the one who developed Flame Breathing and unlocked his mark at the age of 20

Dies at the age of 25 sick

His younger brother, six years his junior, becomes the Flame Hashira after his death

Very optimistic, bright, and friendly, the only one who worries over Michikatsu outside of his brother

Michikatsu visits him before he died

His presence within the corps was calming and peaceful that after he died nothing stays the same

He'd been a Hashira for 8 years

Married young at the age of 15, so he sympathized with Yoriichi’s dilemma

Had three children, his first was when he was 18, the next when he'd been 19, and the last when he was 23

Yuukijurou Rengoku

勇気 (courage, spirit)

Met Yoriichi when he was 15, Michikatsu when he was 17

Three years their junior

Unlocked his mark at the age of 16

Had a crush on Michikatsu

Married at 21

Had a child immediately, but the child dies due to sickness so he resolves to teach Hijurou's first son Flame Breathing

After Hijurou died, he became more spiteful and blamed Yoriichi for the marks

developed an alcohol addiction after Hijurou died

The same man who was part of Yoriichi’s trial when he spared Tamayo

Was killed by Kokushibou at the age of 23 when he finds the Rengoku estate

Hid Hijurou's children and tried to take Kokushibou on

Akito Izakuchi

義人 (righteous person) 雷 (literally thunder)

A year younger than the Tsugikuni twins

Is golden haired, and was considered a blessing by his parents because of it. He sees himself as thunder due to his hair color.

Became a demon slayer at 14, was promoted to Hashira at the age of 19

Unlocked his mark at the same age as his promotion

Michikatsu hates him, although he has a reason

According to Michikatsu, he hides his cowardice by taunting his peers, mostly the Moon Hashira

He never gets his name right, when he and Michikatsu go on missions together Akito asks personal questions, he acts innocent when he insults him, and finally he learns of Michikatsu's motivations and delves more into his mockery of him

Died at the age of 24 indirectly by Kokushibou. When he found out Upper Moon One was hunting down the Hashiras, he made his younger brother protect him

Kokushibou is enraged that he would put his brother in danger, he turns his brother into a demon and forced him to feed on Akito

Consequently, his younger brother became the first Upper Moon Two

Was a former tsuguko of Michikatsu, before switching to Sun Breathing and then developing Thunder Breathing from it. Michikatsu never forgave him for ditching his studies for his brother.

Kanae and Shinobu's ancestor

Yuuya Mizumoto

優 (gentleness) 穏 (calm) 水 (water) 元 (origin), because he's the first Water Hashira

Two years older than the Tsugikuni twins

Became a demon slayer at 15, was promoted to a Hashira at 18

Unlocked his mark when he was 19

Mellow and quiet, but he's an exemplary and assertive teacher when the situation needs him to be

Yuuya and Yoriichi usually pair up if Hijurou is not around or he feels overwhelmed by his exuberant personality

Yoriichi’s second student, and was close to Hijurou who was his other student

Died unexpectedly after having dizzy spells and vomiting blood, in his sleep

Michikatsu attended the funeral and went to a tizzy trying to solve why he died suddenly and Yoriichi didn't speak for a week

His tsuguko becomes the next Water Hashira and is the one who condemned Yoriichi after his brother betrayed him

Aoi's ancestor

Masaaki Kazahari

真 (truth) 秋 (autumn) 風 (wind) 張 (stretch)

The only Hashira the same age as the Tsugikuni twins, just a few months older

Became a demon slayer at 14, became a Hashira a few months after Yoriichi did

Didn't like Yoriichi and didn't learn from him because he thinks he has a superiority complex, so was surprised when he got to know him and learned he was humble

But goddamn his brother is worse and makes him feel a whole lot bad about his jealousy toward Yoriichi

His death was the main reason why everyone found out about the time limit the marks gave them

His sister is the next Wind Hashira after him (she was present at the trial with Yoriichi, and she tried to get him to stay to no avail)

Mitsuri's ancestor

Tsuyoshi Ishihara

強 (strong) 志 (aspiration) 石 (stone) 原 (origin)

Surprisingly, despite his large and tall physique, he is the youngest of them all, four years younger than the Tsugikuni twins

He became a demon slayer at 13, and became a Hashira at 17

The last surviving Hashira outside of Yoriichi, he was the only one who vouched for his mentor before he was exiled

Was killed by Kokushibou in his 24th birthday

Accepted his death and smiled at his old friend

no descendants since he was fully devoted to the demon slayer cause

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I’ve been in the Demon Slayer fandom for like five years or so now and just that one, singular chapter of your Kagaya’s POV in Hinokami’s Future made me put him in my top favorite DS characters instantly overnight because I’ve never actually really focused on his character before! And I’m really surprised of how little centric content he gets from the fandom when I tried searching for more fics of him 💔

LITERALLY he's one of my favorite side characters ever. Not only because I can fit in a lot of lore for his family but also he's such a genius sub archetype of every master character in anime, like him never able to fight a sword. It's a genius way to showcase how his and Muzan's ethics and worldview just collide and clash with each other. They look like twins but they can never be more different.

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I'm coming for you watch out.

Jokes aside I think Kagaya is such an underrated character. I don't think people acknowledge how much trauma and guilt he probably carries. I mean, his entire family died, with two driven to suicide and the other two dying as a result of that. The toll that would take on a kid is astounding.

I'll be stalking the Hinokami fic on ao3 🤞

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SEE YOU GET ME. Also the Ubuyashiki family has a LOT OF LORE I feel we need to discuss, because they're a very old family, from the Heian era to the modern day. How cool is that? Kagaya's currently drowning in survivor's guilt and [REDACTED] as we speak! let's torture the (not old) old man!

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I am CLOSE to finishing this reaction chapter. I just gotta torture Kagaya more and we're done!