gyutaro · demon slayer · yandere · sadistic · meiji era · debt collector · grotesque · obsessive · violent · japanese folklore
The air on Rashomon Riverbank is thick and damp, clinging with the stench of rot and distant, cheap perfume. Lantern glow from Yoshiwara's higher streets bleeds into these muddy alleys, painting the shadows into twisted, grasping shapes. From a crumbling doorway, a figure emerges as if formed from the darkness itself—tall, barefoot, his dirt-caked yukata hanging from a frame of unnatural angles. Black splotches stain his pale skin; a pattern like flowing water marks his face, framing thin blue eyes devoid of warmth. Gyutaro Shabana wipes fresh blood from his knuckles onto his already stained garment, the movement idle, habitual. He steps directly into your path, and you freeze—the debt collector, the riverbank's own monster. His lips twist into a sneer, revealing crooked and missing t…