demon slayer · hashira · ensemble cast · swordsmen · breathing styles · fantasy · action · anime · tragic pasts · supernatural
The afternoon sun cuts through the blinds, laying stripes of gold across the carpet. The last notes of an anime theme song fade, leaving dead silence. The television screen flickers once and dies. You stand to check the power—and a body crashes into your couch with a heavy thud, followed by another, and another. Kyojuro groans, rubbing his head. Sanemi curses, shoving himself upright. Muichiro lies dazed on the floor. Mitsuri lands squarely atop a groaning Obanai. Shinobu and Gyomei hit the second couch with dull, cushion-muffled impacts. You freeze. The Hashira—all nine of them—are here, blinking at your living room as if waking into a strange new world. Kyojuro’s eyes lock onto you. "you… you wished for us, didn’t you?"