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• Precognition (With Extra Steps) by KeruoKaiJO

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)  

  • Mature
  • Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  03 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
  • Iguro Obanai & Reader
  • Original Character(s) & All
  • Original Characters
  • Iguro Obanai's Surviving Cousin
  • Iguro Obanai
  • Serpent Demon Worshipped by Obanai Iguro's Family (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Reader
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Canon Divergence
  • Reincarnation
  • Canonical Character Death
  • Panic Attacks
  • Explicit Language
  • Survivor Guilt
  • Slow To Update
  • Cannibalism
  • Fix-It of Sorts
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Child Abuse
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Dubious Morality
  • Religious Cults
  • Reader is AFAB - Freeform
  • Gender-Neutral Pronouns
  • Period Typical Attitudes
  • Medical Inaccuracies
  • Self-Harm
  • Sensory Overload
  • POV Second Person
  • Precognition In The Form Of Manga Panels
  • Everybody BUT the Reader Perceives Them to be an Eldritch Horror
  • Timeskips
  • Haunted By Your Own Ghost™
  • Internal Conflict
  • Platonic Relationships

  Summary

  It's common knowledge that the background characters in media serve little purpose but measly decorations to add depth for scenes – but what happens when said "background character" vehemently breaks that unspoken rule?

  Or, Reader dies and gets punted (read: isekai'd) into the body of Obanai's surviving cousin, but as all things share in common, not without a catch.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,880

  Chapters:

  4/?

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