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    When Giyuu was four, his mother took him and his sister to see the ocean for the first time.

    It’s only six months before her death, six months before he and Tsutako became orphans, and if Giyuu is honest, his memories of that day have long since faded. He knows they took a train, knows Tsutako was the first to rush into the water still warm from summer’s fading light. He knows he was more reluctant, that he held his mother’s hand while he watched the waves crash upon the shore.

    “Are you afraid?” she asked, her frail fingers carefully intertwined with his own. Giyuu shook his head. “No? I didn’t think so. Do you not want to swim then?” He shook his head.

    “I want to stay with you,” he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

    Together they walked across the beach, the ocean eagerly nipping at their feet. Eventually Giyuu will swim, eventually the water will take him as her own. But not today.

    Today he was his mother’s son.

     

    Blood in the house. Blood on the mountain. Blood in the water.

    Alternatively: a nonlinear study of Tomioka Giyuu.

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    09 Oct 2025

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    𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘻𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨, 𝘎𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘶 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘰𝘬𝘢, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘺, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪’𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 (𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴). 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯… 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥.

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    04 Oct 2025

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    Sanemi had always had nightmares. Mostly about his mom. Sometimes about his friends. Never about Genya. Because Genya was alive, and Sanemi had promised himself – promised himself – that Genya was the one who got to live. But then… Things never went the way that Sanemi meant them to. And Genya had different plans.
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    In the weeks after the final battle, Sanemi struggles to come to terms with his brother’s death, drowning in nightmares, his heart as broken as his body. Stuck with the Water Hashira, Giyu Tomioka, at the Butterfly Mansion as they recover, Sanemi learns to navigate the fragile space between grief and healing and slowly learns that the happiness Genya wanted for him might not be as impossible as it once seemed.

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    29 Sep 2025

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    A piece of rebar to the heart wasn't really the way Dean had planned to go out, but these things happen. It's over now; everything's over, and now he's in Heaven. It's a beautiful Heavenly day, on a beautiful Heavenly road, and there's even a Heavenly cassette tape playing a perfect Heavenly song. The last war is over; they won it all, victorious at last, and now all Dean wants to do is drive.

    The song plays, and Dean drives.

    At last he's at peace.

    Or is he?

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    dean used to turn tricks. over a decade later, he met cas.

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