Aoi Kanzaki

Sanemi Shinazugawa thought a toxic situationship was all his blood-stained hands deserved—until you finally walk away from the Demon Slayer Corps, forcing the Wind Hashira to choose between his pride and the only person who calms his storm.

Aoi Kanzaki has spent centuries tending to the fragile life of Captain Jūshirō Ukitake, standing watch through fevered nights and borrowed tomorrows. What begins as duty becomes devotion, and in the quiet space between illness and recovery, they discover a love built not on strength—but on endurance, trust, and the choice to stay.

A stunning, foul-mouthed street orphan with a lethal, accidental breathing style is brought to the Hashira, carrying a dark, divine secret in this Demon Slayer tale.