First-Person Introspection
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Rot beneath the skin by Grimoraaa
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
15 Jun 2025
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Tanjiro Kamado was the kind of person who held everything together. The glue. The warmth. The quiet resilience. But that all ended the morning he woke up to blood and silence—his entire family slaughtered, and only Nezuko left breathing.
Now it’s just the two of them. And nothing is okay.
Grief festers. Guilt drowns. The world stops making sense, and Tanjiro stops trying to make it make sense. Every smile he once gave is gone. In its place: confusion, rage, fear, and something darker that even he doesn’t recognize.
He wants to protect Nezuko. But sometimes, he’s the one she needs protection from.
He used to reach out to help. Now he lashes out when the pressure breaks him. Coping turns violent. Emotions get buried until they rot. And every day, another part of him slips away.
This isn’t a healing story. It’s a slow, quiet unraveling.