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1. When the Water Stayed Still by hashtag_deeznuts

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   15 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Kamado Nezuko & Kamado Tanjirou
   • Kamado Nezuko
   • Kamado Tanjirou
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • absent tomioka giyuu
   • giyuu never came
   • tanjiro as a murderer
   • Protective Siblings
   • slight angst
   • Murder
   • Blood and Gore
   • Blood
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • desensitized protagonist
   • tanjiro has seen some things
   • Schizophrenic Tanjiro
   • Horror
   • Psychological Horror
   • Alternate Universe - Horror
   • Agatsuma Zenitsu Angst
   • Demon Rui (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Everyone Needs Therapy
   • POV Multiple
   • POV Alternating
   • Feast AU

   Summary

   Giyuu never arrived when Tanjiro's family was slaughtered. Now Tanjiro has to figure out how to make his sister human again.

   A re-write of the cannon timeline distorting Tanjiro's actions into more grotesque ones.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,234

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   126

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