Ciel Rouge

tbh i love the way they animated sanemi's style. i was expecting it to be so fast, unnecessarily brutal and sharp and yet its so smooth and precise. he cuts the distance as much as he can, he grabs the opponent to keep them in place. he doesnt do any unnecessary moves, he doesnt mess around to make it look intimidating. his moves are so raw. he makes it looks so simple and effortless. he just... kills. and i think it fits him perfectly.

i know this is supposed to be dramatic but i just can't get over kaburamaru's face

i just know the animators were gathered around the screen giggling at the image for several minutes

It always freaks me out when someone in demon slayer takes their shirt off. Like, I know they're samurai and train literally all the time, and the hashira are on a whole other level with their strength and recovery time from grave injuries. But seeing everyone's cute face to cut to them training with their motherfucking 8-packs really gives me whiplash.

I definitely remember being shocked to see Tanjiro and Zenitsu's abs because they didn't match their faces at all but Muichiro surprised me again because that boy is like: 14, sweet face, long pretty hair? Holy shit.

Sanemi, Tengen, and Inosuke are always shirtless and big muscly but I really forget that Everyone has ripped ass bodies like Obanai has the same 8-pack and I almost can't imagine it.

Zenitsu: *sulking about training with hashira*

Tanjiro: “it’ll make you stronger”

Zenitsu: “whoever suggested this hashira training should die”

Tanjiro: “no seriously, training with someone stronger than you helps you improve”

Zenitsu: *proceeds to bite Tanjiro on the head for being optimistic about improving their skills*

LMAO I love this duo so much 😭

Tanjiro thanking Zenitsu for teaching him his special move 🥹🥰

sanemi shinazugawa | wind hashira

KIMETSU NO YAIBA: HASHIRA GEIKO-HEN (2024) ✴ KAMADO TANJIROU episode 01 ✴ to defeat muzan kibutsuji created by gotouge koyoharu

I love that Mitsuri is a little silly and stupid at times, shes a girlboss AND a girlfailure to me <3 but apparently there are some people that genuinely dislike her for those things?

I understand Mitsuri's character isn't for everyone, BUT WAIT, HEAR ME OUT. I've always had this headcanon that Mitsuri had a somewhat sheltered childhood growing up, since In the Rengoku Gaiden, she randomly got discriminated by a stranger for her hair color, so I can only imagine that she probably got that on a daily basis.

I'm sure Mitsuri's parents don't enjoy seeing their eldest daughter bring harassed, so perhaps they might have coddled her a bit. Maybe that could explain why Mitsuri comes off as childish, innocent or """"stupid"""" as many people would say. For me, it's more like her personality just screams "sheltered kid", through no fault of her own tho.

The fact that she's happy to have friends at the corps, suggests to me that she probably didn't have many friends growing up, she most likely got bullied too, and if that's the case, it's understandable that she can come across as overly friendly and excitable whenever she's befriending new people.

She's actually socially awkward like Giyuu, but just on the opposite end of the spectrum lol, that's why I love them both.

But still, it's not that Mitsuri is straight up incompetent. She's very creative and thinks outside of the box with her breathing style. She also adapts pretty well in high stress situations, we saw this in swordsmith arc, but also we see this very clearly in the Rengoku Gaiden too.

The fact that it only took her two years to become a hashira shows that she has a level of discipline to attain that title. Not only did Rengoku trained her well, this is also no feat that a truly "stupid" person can achieve.

The reason why I have this particular headcanon about Mitsuri is because some families do put A LOT of importance on reputation, especially asian families, when their kids start showing traits that would make them "different" they tend to "hide" the kids in order to protect their reputation so they won't lose their chances at marriage.

(Though I'm not saying all asian families are like this. This is mostly just based on my personal experience that I won't elaborate further)

It reminded me of this scene, when Mitsuri's family suggested that she can just stay with them forever when she was worried that she won't be able to find someone. I love Mitsuri's parents and they are VERY GREAT for their time, but also this is really relatable to me personally :(

And given how marriage was such a big deal in Taisho era, I imagine that it was a mixture of that and the pressure to conform and protect their daughter at the same time that led me to imagine that Mitsuri probably had a sheltered lifestyle.

And you know it's possible that I'm wrong about all of these lmao, but just the fact that she has a comparably normal childhood is a good enough reason as to why she's more positive and naive compared to her peers. I know this is all just a headcanon, but I do wish people can be a bit more considerate towards Mitsuri before hating on her for being "loud" "stupid" and "annoying"

Soshiro Hoshina | Kaiju N.8 Ep.5 "Joining up!"