#me: it's gonna be a two paragraph hc don't worry it's fine

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so... i wrote way too much once again while thinking about kyojuro, hence the read more :' ) but it's what he deserves on his birthday!

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i did a lil bit of reading on traditional japanese birthdays, and individual birthdays weren't really celebrated until around the fifties! instead, new year's day was considered everyone's birthday ( everyone turns another year older vs. on their day of birth ), and ceremonies would be held for certain milestone ages. there are a few different " coming of age " ceremonies, though it's a little unclear if the traditional genpuku or the modern seijin shiki ceremony would have been practiced during taisho japan? bc everywhere i've read thus far just says the modern practice became popular after world war ii without specifying when exactly it started. but i'm going to assume the rengoku family probably went the more traditional route bc that's the impression the family gives me uvu

you're probably wondering why i'm rambling about this, and well!! i'm just thinking about kyojuro and how he probably didn't really have that ceremony. as much as his dad was struggling, i don't think he would have felt motivated to set it up, and tbh!! i don't think shinjuro would have wanted to. declaring that your son has come of age means that your son can now be sent off to war, and as a rengoku, as a member of the demon slayer corps, that was inevitable. but if shinjuro never declared that kyojuro came of age, then he never had to be a slayer, right? he never had to go and throw his life away on a hopeless cause, right? his son could remain home, safe and sound, right??

wrong, of course. kyojuro doesn't need a ceremony to assume the duties of the head of household or as the flame hashira. he is most definitely a dutiful son, but his father isn't himself and hasn't been himself for some time. while kyojuro still loves him and respects him on some level, he doesn't listen to him because his father's words and behavior are wrong. he doesn't wait for his father's permission to take on more responsibility or to work towards the hashira seat. he pretty much!! just tells his dad what he's doing and that he'll make him proud and waits for shinjuro's negative reaction.

this is kinda melancholy for a birthday hc huh asdfg but that's just how it is sometimes, especially with this family :' )) i do like to think that kyojuro always writes to senjuro around new year's if he can't be home ( it's filled with a bunch of well-wishes ofc ), and when he can be home, they definitely go to the city festivals and indulge in way too much food and all the lil games :' )