for some reason tonight i cant stop thinking about different pairings for the infinity castle arc. what if shinobu had met akaza first, where she reminds him of poison-users, but he can't attack her due to her gender and her revenge wouldn't work on a demon who doesn't eat women? what if it was gyomei who met kaigaku, and genya with him seeing just how bad older brother figures could really be? or tanjiro and muichirou as a team meeting kokushibo, reminding him of yoriichi in different aspects of themselves. sanemi getting frustrated over douma's fake personality while giyuu takes no shit because he's so used to shinobu poking at him. iguro and yushiro finding each other first and sort of getting along because each of them worship a girlboss. mitsuri meeting inosuke and his loud personality who doesn't understand social norms, meaning he doesn't care that a woman is strangely strong. kanao meeting zenitsu against like nakime or someone where each of their heightened senses picks up fear from the other, and though they have multiple different reasons, one similar worry is failing those they love.
like. hello? there could've been so many different lifelong relationships if nakime had strum her biwa even slightly differently.
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We sat in near darkness, with only the soft sounds of combs and silky fabrics, interspersed with Kanzaki’s sniffles. I could see what I was doing well enough, and when I looked up to check on Tsuyuri, she was absorbed in carefully parsing out a knot as gently and nimbly as only little angel hands could. I needed to strain my vision a bit, while Tsuyuri could see.
By the time we finished, Kanzaki could sit up no longer and fell against Tsuyuri.
"The Wasp's Nest," Chapter 3 - Aoi's return from the Final Selection.
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OK OK YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST REALIZED???
So much of demon slayer might not have happened if not for Kaigaku-
Listen, listen, assuming other slayers don’t somehow fill these plot points-
If Kaigaku had never betrayed Gyomei, We might not have the Stone pillar because Gyomei may not have met Ubuyashiki
If Gyomei didn’t meet Ubuyashiki, the Kocho sisters might have died to the demon that killed their parents because Gyomei wouldn’t be there to save them
If the Kocho sisters never joined the Corp, Kanao wouldn’t have been adopted, not by them at least.
If the Butterfly sisters weren’t around, there’s no butteryfly mansion the way we know it, and the Douma fight would look quite different
So would the Kokushibo fight, since Gyomei wouldn’t be there
Zenitsu wouldn’t be fueled by anger at Kaigaku for their masters suicide.
And without Kanao, Tanjiro might not have become Human again.
Jfc, is Kaigaku actually secretly important?
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