#inosuke and kanao being the ones to fight douma.........hell

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Boar Boy is Soft Boi: Inosuke’s Tenderness

Friendly reminder that Inosuke is an incredibly caring, compassionate soft boy. Will he immediately try to throw hands with you? Hell yeah, will he clearly say that he cares about you? Not a chance. But his actions speak so incredibly loud for him. In Mugen Train after they crash and he luckily bounces off Enmu’s flesh he runs over to Tanjiro. Immediately lands on his feet and goes “Santaro! Are you all right!??” First thing out of his mouth. First thought. And of course he gets side tracked for a second, “You see me bounce off that demon’s flesh just now?” And immediately after he says that hyper thing his brain goes “WAIT!” And instantly Inosuke goes into full worry, “You got stabbed! How’s your stomach!!?” So worried and wanting answers that he lifts Tanjiro up, holding the back of his head with one hand and gripping Tanjiro’s haori with the other. His voice is full of genuine concern and panic about whether or not Tanjiro is in mortal danger. He does shake Tanjiro, but with how he’s cradling Tanjiro’s head, it literally does nothing but a little jostle.

He gets upset that Tanjiro wants him to help the engineer because the guy stabbed Tanjiro so in Inosuke’s mind yeah no, he shouldn’t be getting help, he hurt Tanjiro! He deserves to be hurt and trapped! But Inosuke relents when Tanjiro asks him to help, and Inosuke doesn’t keep arguing after Tanjiro asks, even though it upsets Inosuke he immediately relents and does what his “minion” asks. He lets go of the back of Tanjiro’s head when they’re talking, but still keeps his hand right there ready to catch Tanjiro’s head and then cradles his head again. And look at how he sets Tanjiro down in that shot, he does it very gently even as he’s sitting there growling in frustration, he’s still holding and minding Tanjiro’s head so that Tanjiro’s body doesn’t move at all as he lays him down.

When Inosuke enters the fight with Douma he turns and looks at Kanao and sees her injured, and he’s showing concern here too.

The moment he notices Kanao the first thing he notices is how she is hurt. “You…you’re all beaten up! What’re you doing?! Shinobu’ll get really mad at you! And she gets really angry!” He is worried about Shinobu getting mad at Kanao for being all hurt But he stops when he sees Kanao’s face, just that single reaction and he realizes what happened, but has to ask “Is Shinobu….dead?” And ya’ll he pauses when he says it. He pauses and he doesn’t yell it. He says it quieter.

And he hears Douma spout his nonsense, he gets so mad the aura colors show up but instead of just going blindly at Douma he gets Kanao’s katana and gives it back to her. He could have just started the fight with Douma but his next move was that Kanao needed to have her weapon back and he did that first before going into full fight mode. It doesn’t even matter whether he did actually know the sword was hers or not, its the fact that he was willing to fight with Kanao so much so that he made sure she was armed with him before trying to make any attacks towards Douma. He wanted this girl that he knows Shinobu cares about, and who cares about Shinobu, to be able to participate in the fight to kill the demon who killed the Butterfly Hashira. When Tanjiro turns into a demon he defends Giyuu and scolds Tanjiro, trying to get him to come back to reason.

And even in the moment, knowing Tanjiro is a demon and going through with the logic “he’s a demon now, I have to stop him.” Inosuke cries, his sword at Tanjiro’s neck and stops, saying, “I can’t do it.” And refuses to fight him. And some people might say that this is a character development for Inosuke, but I don’t feel it is. If at any other point in the series Tanjiro had turned into a demon, I feel Inosuke would still have reacted exactly this way and come to Nezuko’s defense if Tanjiro attacked her. Because ever since the Spider Family Arc they have been friends, even if he wasn’t calling them that yet, that’s what they were. And Inosuke is honestly gentle with them. He lets Tanjiro scold and teach him, he lets Zenitsu man-handle and hit him and he never does it back after the Tsuzuri Mansion incident unless they’re training.

#Inosuke soft boi #wont say it but he softy soft #best boi #loves his friends #they're his brothers #he's just like his mama #spoilers #kny analysis #inosuke hashibira analysis #mugen train #demon slayer inosuke #demon slayer mugen train #demon slayer infinity castle arc #demon slayer sunrise countdown arc #helped and fought with Kanao even though they'd never fought against a demon together before #loved and cared about Shinobu #inosuke hashibira #takes after his mama

[stardust-make-a-wish]

i finished reading the entirety of kny in 2 days and all i can say is that i expected it to be longer

#stardust.txt #kny spoilers in the tags oops i thought i wouldbt ramble but i did #jk i have many thoughts abt sanemi and genya and how [REDACTED] MY BELOVED SHOULDBT HAVE DIED #also rengoku shouldve lived. we barely knew him when he died andi jsut?:/)&//) he should have died way later on #sanemi constant angery at genya is so dumb..😭 i hate that trope in general so its probly bias but like.....at the very least #u cpuld have reconciled their relationship before we went into the final battle??????? the complete 180 was a little wild #this being said i am unfortunately a sanemi enjoyer bc his design slaps #genya 💔 he shouldve gotten to see his friends again #shinobu IW ILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THE SHINOBU CHAPTERS #HER DEATH WAS KINDA UNAVOIDABLE GIVEN HOW IT WENT DOWN BUT IM STILL MAD #tbis is also obv a common gripe w this series but i hate how nezuko is just absent for large chunks of the series.......... #also that she has essentially no personality 😔 #nezuko i care u i wish u were done better #inosuke and kanao being the ones to fight douma.........hell

[sun-daddy-yoriichi]

I’m sorry you’re not feeling well! Since you asked for some sad... could we get some HC’s or a scenario about inosuke not being strong enough to protect his s/o? They either get critically injured or die because of this? This is a big ouchie so I get it if you don’t want to write it out but thank you!

Oh hell yes-

I've been in a sort of mood as of late. I dunno what it's about. Hope you enjoy this, though!

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Warning(s): Angst, mentions of blood/gore, character death, there will be tears

Inosuke Hashibira x Reader: Of Blood and Ice

Staring down the Upper Moon in front of them, (Y/n) knew there would be no way that they could survive this battle.

They were already exhausted, and nowhere near as fast or agile as Shinobu. The Insect Pillar was already dead, and (Y/n) could not find comfort in the arrival of Kanao or Inosuke. Would more of their friends die because they were unable to kill the demon? It was an Upper Moon, of course, but that gave them no right to be weak when they couldn't afford to be.

Still, (Y/n) found themself giving in, collapsing to the ground as soon as Douma was dead. There was no more energy left for them to expend. They had lost too much blood long ago, only running on adrenaline and fear. They would soon die, of course. Medical attention was impossible in the heat if battle.

"Hell yeah! We did it! (Y/n)-" Inosuke turned to his lover quickly, only to stop as soon as he laid eyes on their crouched form. They were clutching their shoulder and chest tightly, shaking, as if they were in immense pain.

But why would they be in pain? Inosuke thought incredibly high of them, so how hurt could they be?

"(Y/n), what's the matter with you?" he growled, worry eating at the back of his mind. Had something happened? Inosuke was clueless to the possibilities. Just moments ago, they had been just fine. Better than fine. They were fighting against an Upper Moon, for God's sake!

(Y/n), on the other hand, found it hard to even speak. In the heat of battle, they hadn't even realised that Upper Moon Two had managed to slash their shoulder and chest with his fans, causing deep wounds to open. It wasn't until after the battle that they realised how hard it became to breathe. The Demon Moon had punctured their lung, broken shoulder-blades and collarbones, slicing several ribs like they were water and nothing further. The damage had already been done, and the Butterfly Estate had no means to fix them with how far gone they were. It was the end of the line, they would have to say goodbye here.

"What's wrong with you? Stand up, we still have to fight Muzan, remember?" Inosuke knelt next to the dying Slayer, going only as far as touching their shoulder. There was more blood than he had expected, covering their hands and uniform like a blanket. Of course he knew something was wrong with them, but why couldn't they get up? Surely they could survive such that plagues them?

Kanao wouldn't say anything. It wasn't her place to break his heart as the person he loved died in front of him. Shinobu's death hurt enough as it is, and the loss of another close comrade left her soul feeling heavy. She had no room left to lose people. Protecting them was all Kanao had to do, yet she even failed at those easy chores.

"Sorry, Inosuke," they whispered out, pulling the boy closer as best as they could, ruined arm making it hard to hug him properly, "I'm not as strong as you. And I won't make it out of here alive. You gotta go on without me, okay? You have to." Disbelievingly, Inosuke shook his head, trying to find the words to say that would help this situation at all. There was nothing he could say to make it better. The wound wouldn't heal just because he begged it to.

"I can't," he stammered, gripping their hand to press a kiss to their palm, wishing their pulse would strengthen, even just the tiniest bit. He couldn't lose them. Then he would lose his entire reason for fighting so hard.

"Yes, you can," (Y/n) told him firmly, shaking his arm slightly, "You will live, Inosuke Hashibira. Or so help me I'll show you Hell myself."

Unsure hands held them gently, as Inosuke leaned forward to place gentle kisses to their skin. If he couldn't save them, then it was the least he could do to shower them in love as they finally passed. Inosuke had never been one for physical affection, but it would be cruel of him to be distant during their final moments together.

Their grip on him grew weaker by the second, until Inosuke couldn't even tell if they were breathing or not. With the help of Kanao, he laid them onto their back, weeping softly as their eyes glazed over, unseeing. They were dead.

"Inosuke, we have to go," Kanao mumbled, staring at blood trickling from the open wounds, "to avenge their death, we have to fight Muzan."

Picking up his Nichirin blades, Inosuke wiped his eyes, silently grieving for the loss of someone who loved him. "Yeah, let's go and make him suffer."

As they exited the spacious room, Inosuke glanced back at the body of his lover, once again steeling his courage, and resolving to put an end to the monsters that killed them.

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[monarchal]

one thing i love about shin.obu is that even being on par with her fellow pillars, and by far the fastest, easily most versatile imo, dem.on slayers / pillar and always, always made up for her weaknesses? she still didn’t think it was enough. even with her lung frozen and pierced, slowly beginning to die, cursing her ‘small body’, she thought the apparition of her murdered sister was there to mock her, mock her in her idea of ‘failure’ in slaying douma. but in reality? kanae came to encourage her. shin.obu who had turned her entire body into a walking nuke of poison / wisteria to demons and faced the upper two who took on her sister before, also killing her as well? 

was placing all in her fight. she knew she would die, but her plans were set. i think all pillars go into fights assuming death to be the natural outcome while embracing the future of a victory.

 kanae didn’t say ‘you can’t do this’ she knew full well that this was her fight. it had always been her fight. her mission. i firmly disagree that shinobu ‘lost’ the battle. yes, she lost her life. but without her taking the gambits and plans and strategies and sacrifice of her own existence by making her own body lethal poison which made douma’s life chip away? kanao and inosuke wouldn’t have been able to finish him off, kanao even admits shinobu sacrificed herself FOR THIS OUTCOME. 

 the victory to me while it gives great growth to the younger characters? was ultimately shinobu’s battle wise, and emotional growth wise? kanao’s and inosuke’s. i’m not detracting their share or narrative but this had always been shinobu’s mission since kanae’s murder. she lived literally for that alone and a world wihout demons or at the least, them co-existing, which was her SISTER’s dream. 

shinobu in the end truly got the last laugh of victory and fulfilled her promise. she had no expectations of any kind of survival before hand, so to me when people say shinobu ‘lost’ in reality... shinobu won but in a way realistic. you face the upper two? obviously you’re going to die and she didn’t do it alone. kanao and inosuke played their efforts and roles incredibly.

it just cost her her life. but that was something every pillar faced and embraced in battle. and to her, that was a very, very small price to pay. besides, it’s very telling that it isn’t kanae, kanao or inosuke that douma sees as an apparition before death or kanae in the afterlife. you’d think it might be kanae, but it really is her story arc / victory when shinobu appears instead and asks simply with her sweet, hate-filled eyes: so did you finally die? good. 

shinobu got the last laugh after all. the one who thought herself the weakest was one of the strongest pillars / as strong as any of them in her own way, if that wasn’t evident in her usage of drastically weakening muzan with joining tamayo’s plans long before she died. at the very least, shinobu died laughing last as douma went right to hell. to me that is absolutely a victory and as she says, she fulfilled her mission. she can finally, finally rest in peace, and let go of her hatred and wrath in yomi with kanae, utterly proud of her little sister and tsuguko.

tl;dr: shinobu played douma like a fiddle straight to his own death and died of her own accord. she didn’t lose whatsoever, the only thing she lost was her life. she died on her terms. 

#♕ 𝐎𝐎𝐂. *┊even in times of peace you slept with tiny fists clenched; seizing any opening to strike. #characters who think they aren't strong enough: get the last laugh #me: good tea. #/ k.ny spoilers #♕ 𝐇𝐂. *┊to touch gossamer wings and find your bones break upon them.

[gardenofdreams-fanwriter]

Dear fave author of mine. Can you write a Shinobu angst fluff ending as a start fic for the year? Scenario could be s/o helping shinobu vs douma but s/o got seriously hurt as a result and wakes up after the fight with muzan. Thank you so much!

Dear anon, thank you for calling me your fave author, I’m so (༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ).

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Sudden Change of Plan. [Blood,Mention of suicide]

Kanao was troubled sitting next to [Name], she couldn’t object against her master’s order but listened closely. The girl was beyond bewildered, agreeing accordingly while [Name] was silent. Shinobu have prepared her entire life for the moment she’d avenge her sister, she’s going to kill that upper-demon no matter what. The determination is set deep within her eyes, Shinobu have chosen the plan and nothing can change it. Her body and thoughts were engrained with poison; anything they’d say was voided to her. The Insect-pillar told them of her plan simply, not to discuss but to order them.

  After they fell down the sudden opened doors of Muzan’s fortress, [Name] was running after Shinobu’s trace. Though [Name] first fell onto their face and into a semi-dark strange place, despite that, nothing managed to stop them from getting up and following her. If she finds that demon there’s no going back, they know and can feel the chance of losing her getting closer to every second they waste.

‘FASTER! I need to catch up’ [Name] worries as they run in this goddamn maze. There were many paths and doors that kept appearing out of nowhere, opening, tripping or pushing them off the right path, the whole freaky building was fighting to keep them away but they fought and grasped on ledges and walls, anything! Whenever the building became insistent with keeping them away, it was the clue to Shinobu’s whereabouts.

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The smell of blood, coming from behind a huge door that looked significant compared to the others. [Name] Slammed the door open; at the second of the Insect-pillar was attacking an upper-moon demon, [Name]’s first instinct was to propel on their feet right away and they were fast with their reflexes. Without [Name], Shinobu might have had several severe damages caused by the demon’s weapon. Succeeding to push him off, there was a gap in between and he proceeds to rest his weapons (which were two fancy golden fans) and looked back at them with such relaxed manner.

A bloodstain on top of that demon’s head, he looked disgustingly tall and wide as well as having a gentle smile on, that contradicts his bloody appearance. [Name] hurried to stand in front of Shinobu, who seemed to suffer to breathe, shielded her as her knees topple to the ground, they wield their sword ready, whatever that demon has done to her is unforgivable and they will make him pay.

“[Name]!” Shinobu called weakly on the ground “Let me do this, I’ll take him”

It must be—! [Name] is sure of it now, that particular demon is. The anger in her eyes are betoken of the plight. No more of her ‘laid back’ way of being, it’s clear after taking a glimpse from the corner of their eye, Shinobu is raging in silence.

“Shinobu, calm yourself” Name said, facing the enemy, they’re glad to have arrived right in time.

The demon giggles, holding the fan in his right hand against his chin “Another guest, Nakime is spoiling me at this point” He got an eccentric smile and a way of talking, he sounds like an innocent child while his mouth and hands are coated with blood. There were multiple of corpses gathered in a spot in this room too; it must’ve been the blood of those dead girls that he feasted on. “Ugh, I just did introduce myself to the cute hashira there, do I have to do it again? Oh well—”

“No one asked for an introduction” [Name] replied to him.

Shinobu suddenly spoke to [Name] again “I can stand up, I still can fight!”

“Just stay still and don’t strain your lungs— No more discussions.” They said, their tone really supressing their anger inside.

“Don’t breathe in his attack” She warned lastly before closing her mouth, her chest felt cold and tearing off the faintest of air, breathing was a hassle.

“Both of you are so mean, I’m trying to be nice and you’re making it difficult” he spoke once again, to which [Name] couldn’t bear hearing his annoying voice. They flounce attacking and in a swift force their sword cut his left arm, ‘He’s fast’ [Name] acknowledged, their sword attempted to cut his neck but he dodged. Now his face is looking at them, his brightly colored eyes were very ecstatic saying “You’re strong!” then [Name] kicked their feet straight on that annoying face of his to throw him away.

His arm already have regenerated half way ‘this might take all night, unless someone—’

Someone entered and it was Kanao, of all people, the girl was shocked and immediately tended to her master with a worried face. [Name] ordered her to take Shinobu outside while they’ll keep that demon away, shinobu wasn’t complying and wanted to kill him herself, although she didn’t state that exactly. To which had [Name] to confess:

“I never lied to you before, but I think I did this only time” Still facing the enemy, grasping their sword like a lifeline “I don’t support your plan, you’re a pillar and everyone needs you— I need you, and I won’t allow you to die so vainly.”

She couldn’t say anything back when the air itself was damaging her lungs, even so, she couldn’t think of anything to disprove their words. She was in utter pain and thought healing herself fast would allow her to continue fighting on their side.

Outside that place, Kanao was looking at her, her big worried eyes were breaking her heart “Kanao, go and help NOW” She kept focusing on healing at the time being, she have to poison that bitch, she wanted to make him suffer but she could hardly move on her own. Though the burden felt less agonizing when she got [Name] on her side, [Name] have always helped her, have always made everything feels better, they were strong enough to carry her wings and cure them.

Shinobu will stay still utill her body gets better; it might take a long while for her body to restore itself, not enough to help her right now. It wasn’t hemorrhage, just some portion of her blood was gone, still, she felt cold and her heart was racing that likely soon will drop unconscious.

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The period of fighting that upper-moon was over, and yes, Inosuke have joined in the fight alongside Kanao and [Name]. They managed to defeat him without Shinobu’s poison, however, it was at the cost of an injury across [Name]’s chest, a broken sternum, broken left arm and other contusions. That upper-moon was strong but also have easily underestimated them.

[Name]’s eyes flutter softly to the words whispered “I should’ve died, not you”, feeling tears on their cheeks, but, they weren’t crying

“I couldn’t help you, I couldn’t avenge my sister, I can’t take it any more, why I keep on surviving?! I can’t live without you too”

Breathing was hard, how would they inform their crying love that they’re not dead and that she shouldn’t die, and that she actually helped. Hearing her very low crying voice have shredded their heart “Aa-”

“!?” Shinobu sensed their chest moving “[Name]?“ she called through her crying, her brows raise in surprise then pinched in relief as if they were back from the dead “You’re breathing, keep breathing baby” her hands all over their face, she looks in distraught and her big eyes were swollen from crying.

“The sun… is up” [Name]’s dark eyes could only see Shinobu and the early morning sky above “What’s going on?” They got to talk carefully for the broken sternum bone not to cut into their muscles or organs.

She whispers against their cheek “I couldn’t compress my hands on your broken sternum, I only could breathe into your mouth, I’m so glad it worked” She happily kisses their cheek on and on.

“Shin-obu” whimpers before they talk “Don’t mention dying, I love you”

Which had her weeping suddenly “You had me worried sick about you”

“Ok, stop talking, you need rest.”

“You too stop talking, jerk” she smiled so warmly “I love you“

… They both giggled softly, then shared a kiss.

Shinobu will talk about everything that happened later, when she’s recovered and [Name] is too. It’s a miracle that they’re alive after all that hell they went through.

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