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[demonslayedher]

Kamado Family Name Analysis

竈門: Kamado A rare but existing surname, the hearth (竈, kamado) is also an important gateway (門) through which disease can enter a home and make a family sick, so it therefore needed special attention in order to keep the family healthy. Likewise, it required care so as not to cause fire damage. However, it was likewise the source of sustenance for a house’s inhabitants, so the state of a hearth also reflects the state of the family. To say things are lively around a hearth is to say that a family is doing well, to say that the hearth is broken is to say that they’ve lost their fortune, and so on. You could also think of the fire itself sometimes being a cause for danger, something susceptible to evil influence, like how it might burn humans, so it took having a god of the health to protect against that too. These are reasons why the god of the hearth has been worshiped since ancient times, not only for protection from the dangers of fire, but also for prosperity.

As for the the personal names throughout the generations, follow me below...

Sengoku Period (often considered 1467–1568, though other dates are in use):

炭吉: Sumiyoshi Although you don’t typically see charcoal (炭, as sumi or tan) in a name, 吉 isn’t all that uncommon, whether as yoshi or kichi. It means “luck.” It’s worth stating right away that although making charcoal means working with fire for a few days at a time, it also means the longer-term work of forest management. A charcoal worker is nothing without plants. Notice the 山 (mountain, yama) that is also with 火 (fire, often hi or ka) in the 炭.

すやこ: Suyako Presented only in phonetic hiragana, we don’t have kanji to read into, but this is a pretty clever name. Because how -ko makes it sound like a typical girl’s name, similar to her descendants Nezuko and Hanako, the su also makes it feel similar to the rest of her family. Suya doesn’t really mean anything on its own, but suyasuya is an onomatopoeia for “sleeping soundly.”

すみれ: Sumire Another clever one presented only in phonetic hiragana. Sumi makes it sound like she inherited the charcoal family name, but sumire means “violet,” so this is a precursor to later Kamado family naming trends. (However, the flowers she gave Yoriichi were not violets, but Catharanthus roseus—as a fun tidbit, these are called nichinichisou, that is, “sun-sun-grass” (日々草).)

Meiji Period (1868–1912) & Taisho Period (1912–1926):

炭十郎: Tanjuurou (Whatever)+郎(rou) is pretty common in men’s names, since it’s basically like adding “son” to the end of boy’s name. Using numbers in men’s names (like the number 10 here, 十) used to be relatively common too.

葵枝: Kie Although 葵 (aoi or ki) is commonly translated as “hollyhock” (due to being conflated with tachiaoi), it is more accurately translated as “wild ginger,” but this is annoying because even though it has a similar scent, it is not actually related to ginger. Let’s just call this low-growing herb aoi, since it has a lot of religious connotations with ancient shrines and festivals—but this is also annoying, because there is a character named Aoi and her name is written phonetically and might be in reference to the color. So let’s use the Latin name for this genus, Asarum. 枝 (e) is “branch,” so Kie’s name is literally “a branch of Asarum.” But, if we want to go a step further, in older ways of transcribing Japanese, 葵 used to be written phonetically as a-fu-hi with a-fu meaning “to encounter (later on transcribed as au)” and hi being a word representing a god’s power, so it’s said that the a-fu-hi/aoi plant symbolizes coming upon incredible power. How ironic that Kie married into a family known for Hinokami Kagura.

炭治郎: Tanjirou We’ve covered 炭 and 郎, so why the 治? This is a pretty common way of adding the ji sound to a guy’s name (like Hakuji), but why this one instead of, say 次 or 二? This may be because Gotouge wanted to give his name both fire (火) and water (水)! You can see the fire in the charcoal kanji, but the three dots at the left side of 治 are the water radical, which often means the kanji might have some association with water. Although 治 literally means things more like “quell” or “reign” or even “heal,” it can also mean being in control of something like a river.

禰豆子: Nezuko First off, most OS systems do not express this first kanji correctly. The left radical would look more like ネ, with 爾 on the right. Alas, 禰 (ne) is a bit of a rare kanji in the first place, meaning “ancestral shrine.” This is kind of heartwarming what with how connected Nezuko is with her family, and how the checkerboard pattern the Kamado family uses also denotes a continuity of family. As for the 豆 (zu or dzu or mame), this is “bean.” Beans are deeply tied with warding off demons. This is especially seen in the Setsubun custom of throwing beans at demons to cast them off. But, more recently I stumbled upon the knowledge that the kurobe tree (Japanese arborvitae/Thuja standishii), a coniferous evergreen with flattened branchlets, is also called nezuko (in phonetic katakana, ネズコ).

竹雄: Takeo “Bamboo man,” with 雄 (o or yuu or other readings) being a pretty common thing to stick to the end of a man’s name. It’s a kanji with a sort of heroic ring to it if you're adding the masculine -o ending anyway). Fast-growing bamboo (竹, take) can be a problem if, say, you primarily focus on making charcoal out of oak, but bamboo charcoal has a lot of uses for keeping spaces around the home free from humidity and bugs. What’s more, bamboo itself is a bit of a heroic plant—it grows straight, stays strong through the winter, and can stand a lot of pressure and still flexibly bounce back. I've also heard of it being associated with happiness because there is a bamboo radical at the top of the kanji for "smile/laugh" (笑).

花子: Hanako “Flower Child.” The plants are a bit obvious in this one.

茂: Shigeru Another common manly name, “to flourish.” Like plants would flourish.

六太: Rokuta I have tried really, really hard to look for hidden meaning this one. He’s just “six” (六, roku) with another common way of ending a boy’s name, 太 (ta or tai, for grand, broad, magnificent, or fat). Tanjuurou and Kie weren’t feeling very creative by the time they got to this one. Couldn’t you guys at least have given him a plant reference? That would have really helped my meta out, thanks. But maybe not all is lost on this name! After all, remember how we might conflate 火 (fire/hi) with 日 (sun/hi) in Hinokami Kagura? Arguably, the sun is just as important for charcoal workers who manage the forest! 日 is not the only way of writing "sun." There is also 太陽 (taiyou)!

Heisei Period (1989–2019) & Reiwa Period (2019–current):

カナタ: Kanata KAMADO FAMILY, EXPLAIN. First off, nobody else born into the family has a name in katakana, and by the era Kanata is born, this would be pretty unusual for a boy. I can only assume this choice was made in order to make an obvious connection to his great-great-grandmother’s name, カナヲ (Kanao). That being said, did they simply forget to give their eldest son the traditional charcoal name? Or did they notice a plethora of girls throughout this series named “Sumi” and decided to avoid it? In that case, too bad they forgot all about the existence of Ubuyashiki Kanata! (Her name was written in phonetic hiragana, かなた.)

炭彦: Sumihiko Oh good, the Kamado family got their act together and remembered the kanji they were supposed to pass on. As for that -hiko, I’ve heard some Japanese fans try to read into how it was also used in one of Muzan’s fake names, 月彦 (Tsukihiko, as he went by in Asakusa when married to a woman named Rei), but 彦 (hiko) is also so common at the end of men’s names that I don’t see any merit in digging for connections. What we can dig into, though, is 和語 (wago), that is, native Japanese words that existed before the influence of Chinese and the writing system that went with it. Hiko meant “a boy endowed with a divine spirit” (the equivalent for a girl was hime, which you might recognize later became a word for “princess.”) And why stop there? This still brings us back to hi, the divine power that is sometimes just a divine power, sometimes is fire, and often is the sun.

Speaking of the sun, here’s a couple honorary Kamado descendants, because they have really good homage built into their names:

燈子: Touko Remember that 火 (hi) character for fire which you can also find in charcoal 炭? It’s fitting that fiery Nezuko’s great-granddaughter has it built into her name! The 燈 (lantern/tou) has all sorts of hopeful, positive connotations about keeping a light going in the darkness.

善照: Yoshiteru Another clever one! Yoshi is another reading of the zen kanji (善, virtue) used in Zenitsu's name, and 照 (usually read teru in names )also means to “to illuminate.” It’s got a hi too! This time it’s the 日 for sun! Oh! And those four dots at the bottom of 照? Kind of looks like a fire at the bottom of a hearth, doesn’t it? That’s because this is also another radical for 火/fire, it’s just been broken into four different strokes!! He’s got fire and sun!! So much hi! But let’s not forget, hi can also just be a general way of referring to divine power, right? That is essentially what lightning was always thought of—a very, very powerful divine power. And certainly one that illuminates things, doesn’t it? There’s no lightning directly pounded into this name, but the associations are easy to make.

Okay, now really just throwing one more in for fun:

青葉: Aoba This is truly just “green leaves.” Or is it? Actually, the history of different color names across different languages and periods of time is very interesting, and it’s lead to 青 having multiple meanings. Blue and green didn’t always use to be separate ideas, so this kanji used to stand for both of them until 緑 (in Japanese, midori) came along. Nowadays in mainland Mandarin Chinese, you tend to use 绿 (lǜ) for green and 蓝 (lán) for blue, with 青 (qīng) reserved more for a blue/green shade or more generally with youth. In Japan, 緑 (midori) is used for both the color green and for the greenery of plants in general, and 青 (ao) is used for various shades of blue… typically. Sometimes it is still used for “green,” which is why traffic lights are “red, yellow, BLUE,” and sometimes, well, leaves are also called blue. Anyway, because the name is likely in homage to his great-grandmother and because he’s got the kanji to go with his, this is part of why I interpret Aoi’s phonetic katakana name (アオイ) as being in reference to the color (which is also used a lot in her character design) as opposed to the aforementioned plant. (More on Aoi, Kanao, Kanae, and Shinobu's names here.)

[character-reference-cafe]

Kamado Takeo Character Sheet+ Kamado Rokuta Character Sheet

[kurayamineko]

[cvpidzzz]

hi i have a new au

shinobu and kanae are switched with tanjirou and takeo.

tanjirou being the late Sun hashira and takeo only using a heavily altered form of the dance while also being weaker due to his ribs never fully healing after a demon attack.

the other kamado sibs live at the sun mansion/ the hospital for the corps.

[ao3screenshotss]

[witheringaliveinthebox]

To Freak, Or Not To Freak (Out)?

“Okay.. Promise to not Go Ballistic?” Nezuko asked You Hesitantly “Im Going to Open the Box, But I’ll Need you To Stay Calm.”

She Pulled the door Open, seemingly speaking to Something Inside “Nonono—Takeo-“ Who was Takeo? “i Promise you, I’ll Protect you-they wont hurt you!”

She slipped off to the side, and Soon enough—

“Mmm?..” he looked no older than three or four, but was he wearing a muzzle? and why did his clothes pool around him? he crawled out of the box, and it was then that he started growing up to reach Nezuko’s shoulder.

Nezuko Laughed sheepishly, Turning to you “This.. Is My Younger Brother, Takeo.”

[afolksongs]

[kikaruuni]

Kimetsu no Yaiba Settei Collection Book 2-part 1

[imactuallyacartooncharacter]

Yeah, so obviously I already have a "Demon Slayer" au ebxnsbz Look, I don't like tragedies, so there are A LOT of things I don't like in "Demon Slayer", specially how ALL OF THE COOL CHARACTERS DIE!!!!!!!! So I made this au where no one dies :) Everything is beautiful :)

So, here's how things went down:

- The reason why their family didn't get killed was because Nezuko was not attacked at home; she went a few meters out of the house at night 'cause she was worried about Tanjiro not coming back home at the end of the day and felt like something was wrong, so she went to check if he was out there and got attacked right at the edge of the forest, so none of her family members noticed 'cause they were all asleep;

- Tanjiro left Saburo's house right at sunrise 'cause he knew his family would be worried and he wanted to get there before they all woke up, but he saw Nezuko unconscious on the snow and immediately went to get help for her, then found out she turned into a demon, and the confrontation with Giyu happened, and Tanjiro didn't want to risk Nezuko accidentally hurting their family members, so he leaves with her and doesn't say anything to his family 'cause he thought it would be harder on them if they knew about Nezuko and promised himself he would come back once Nezuko was human again;

- he went to train to become a demon slayer, Nezuko fell into a coma, they start going on missons together, meet the Hashira and all that and he didn't hear anything about his family for over 2 years, until one day he's given the mission to go to this small town that was suffering from multiple demon attacks, and that town happened to be his and Nezuko's hometown;

- he was very worried about his family when he heard the news, so he decided to check on them first things first, just make sure that they were okay and then leave without them even noticing he was there, but when Nezuko saw them he couldn't stop her from going to them, so they ended up reunited with their family way sooner than Tanjiro was expecting;

- they took Nezuko being a demon as well as they could have taken it, they were worried, but they loved her, so it didn't really matter. Besides, she was being spoiled 24/7 'cause they liked having an excuse to treat her like a baby and she loves it;

- Tanjiro decided to stay for a while, 'cause then he would be close to the town where the demon attacks were happening and he could get there quickly if he needed and he could make sure their family was okay;

- later they find out that the reason why the town was under so many attacks was becauze Muzan was looking for Tanjiro and Nezuko's family, he knew that Nezuko was getting stronger everyday despite the odds and he wanted her to be on his side, but thought she was already "too domesticated", so he wanted to turn his family because if they shared her blood there was a possibility that they could become as strong as her as demons, so the Hashira helped realocate the family and they all moved to the butterfly mansion until it was safe for them to return home.

About their appearences: Hanako and Takeo's hair look different then it does in canon 'cause I tried to age them up a bit, I couldn't think of anything to do about Rokuta and Shigeru besides making them look taller, also because I imagine Takeo and Hanako kind of "taking over" Tanjiro's and Nezuko's roles after they left since they were the two oldest ones now, and I gave them a lot of narrative importance in my au. Kie also looks way older, but her original design looks just Nezuko's, like, she doesn't seem old enough to be a mom sbxmsnxn and that was really bugging me so I added the little wrinkles; besides, even if she was a really young mom, by the time Tanjiro was 15 she would be AT LEAST entering her thirties, not to mention the stress, so she would be at least starting to get some wrinkles. And absolutely NOTHING can convince me that Nezuko wouldn't be clingest person alive with Kie, she got attached to Tamayo just because she reminded her of Kie, so, yeah, she's a total baby with her (affectionate).

[tamagoneko]

what a happy family! i sure hope nothing bad happens to them..

[joytheboisart]

Art for my Demon Slayer AU fic: Blood Is Colder Than Snow

(AU where Nezuko becomes a slayer with Takeo becoming a demon)

[maxriderg]

To honor Michelle Ruff/Michelle Suzanne Ruff's upcoming 57th Birthday in which, will be here by next Sunday, I got this (complete with the attachment of iCarly's Leave It All to Me by Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell to boot) and well, have a SUPER-DEE-DUPER Happy Early 57th Birthday to Michelle Suzanne Ruff (1967-present), Ladies and Gentlemen!

[stellarseacowz]

If I was brave enough with my writing skills after I write the fan fiction I'm currently writing I'd write a fan fiction where these two replace the roles of Tanjiro and Nezuko and Tanjiro and Nezuko are dead

[cvpidzzz]

beuh i wanna change this blog to a roleswap takeo rp blog🙁

or do i do another one..

[space2wanders]

[aquastardark]

Idea: Tomioka arrives a day earlier and is able to fend off Kibutsuji Muzan either A) Sunrise or in the more likely scenario, B) he turns Tomioka into a demon. Either way in this scenario, Tomioka turns into a demon but instead of eating the Kamado family like Kibutsuji expected, they just kind of... adopt him. Fangs and all.

I kind of think of Tomioka as being like a really, REALLY feral cat that doesn’t want to be feral but can’t help it half of the time; the Kamado’s understand and are nice to him.

Tanjirou tries to find medicine for him while he’s in town.

Nezuko repairs Tomioka’s haori when it gets damaged or messed up.

Hanako and Shigeru teach him a bunch of fun activities which he just kind of... goes along with.

Takeo shows him how to cut wood and they discover he’s VERY good at slicing up trees and the such.

Rokuta decides that Tomioka is a good nap buddy.

Kie basically adopts him as her seventh child despite the fact that he’s MUCH older than the rest of her kids and Tomioka kind of sees her like a big sister. 

I imagine that he wouldn’t really remember much - if anything - but would know just enough that he REFUSES to harm humans and may or may not try to harm himself due to him being a demon which is very quickly shut down when they tackle him into hugs and he starts to realize that he’s basically a part of the family and adopts the Kamado’s in turn. Instead, the Kamado’s give him some of their blood on the regular but he mostly goes out on his own to hunt down and eat whatever wild animal he can find and whatever he doesn’t straight up massacre, he brings back for the family to eat. 

Anyway, fast forward a while and a demon slayer comes by to discover... all of this.