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  1. Rec 36

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    No one knows how, but it somehow became a tradition. Whenever a new pillar inhabited the water estate, they’d add a new edition to the garden. These came in a wide variety, ranging from large floral bushes, to carnivorous plants, to simple garden decor. At midnight, when the moon was high at the sky's peak, they wrote in the abandoned journal of the very first water pillar, detailing what they added, why, and how to take care of it.

    Tomioka Giyuu never took part in the tradition, but he did add a peach tree in a small grass clearing of the garden.

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    03 Nov 2025

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    Sanemi doesn’t know how he got here.

    Actually, no. He does. Logically, Sanemi can retrace all the steps it took for him to arrive at this particular place at this particular time: the Swordsmith’s village, bathing in their famous hot springs, with Tomioka Giyuu as his sole company.

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  3. Rec 14

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    As the katana met skin, Tomioka thought, surely this is how it’s meant to end.

    This is not a suicide, not a self-annihilation. Not in the way it would often be perceived— this is no cry for help. This is the proclaimed Water Hashira finally doing something right and good for once in this inconsequential life of his

    It is righting a wrong— getting rid of an existent that has only plagued those around it. The original sin, an expectant sinner. Two figures come into his mind, their faces no longer visible, lost to time. A young couple, it seems. He wonders if they knew, when he was brought into this world, what he would turn out to be. He doubts it.

    Unbeknownst to the Water Hashira, the bridge that this decision will ultimately lead him to has quite a bit in store for him.

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    29 Oct 2025

  4. Rec 31

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     “A secret stash within the sanctum of healing… such duplicity.”

     “She offered me one,” Giyuu added blandly. “Said it was ‘prescription-grade sweetness.’”

    Gyomei actually snorted. Snorted.

     

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    Giyuu and Gyomei gossip in the butterfly estate's garden, that's the story

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    25 Oct 2025

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    Giyuu's anger wasn't enough to do anything with, not anymore. He'd burned himself out at such a young age. All that was left was ash.

    Genya seemed like him. His anger was fear, a shield he used. It wasn't his core like his brother and the other hashira who had tried to help him.

    Maybe, just maybe, that would be enough for Giyuu to make a difference where they hadn't.

    Or: Genya becomes Giyuu's tsugoku. Sanemi does not approve.

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    24 Oct 2025