#rokuro kny

[dario-el-estupido]

Mukago singing

Umm here's it on youtube if you want it there...

[yes39moi]

[pinkiegiu]

lower moons in tha secondary style

got qome lower moon related rambled under the cut

also since most lower moons have absolutely no lore i decided to take kamanue (lower 6), mukago (lower 4), wakuraba (lower 3) and rokuro (lower 2) in my own hands and give them personalities

this led to me starting to ship rokuraba (or flowerpot is also a ship name i just made up on the spot that i like teehee,, flower for wakuraba (one of the kanji in her name means leaf) and pot for rokuro (his name means potter's wheel) :333)

also!!!! yea i made wakuraba transfem for shits and giggles, kamanue is non binary too, they dont have shit going on in canon so idc im ocfying them

more on kamanue: since the "nue" in their name is an actual creature of japanese folklore, i decided to make their bda just them shapeshifting into a nue (a nue is a chimera made of a monkey's head, which in this case is replaced by a human head instead, a tanuki body, tiger legs and a snake tail)

[echantedtoon]

Ok. So I figured I'd do a part 2 of this now. These are just my opinions on who'd be the best parents out of all the Lower Moons but I'm gonna switch up the order from Worst dads/Moms to Best dads/moms. No real order other than that though. If you disagree with any of these then that's perfectly fine.

However I will absolutely NOT include Rui for VERY OBVIOUS reasons.

KAMANUE/MUKAGO/WAKURABA/ROKURO:

-Honestly not much is known about these four other than they were killed during Enmu 's introduction. However I don't think any would be good parents considering how cowardly and selfish they came off during the limited time they were around.

0/10 Only because of limited info and selfishness shown

UBUME:

-(A lower moon from one of the OVA Kny mangas for those who don't know who she is.) Dunno much about her but like Nakime gives the childfree impression.

0/10 again mostly due to limited info

SUSAMARU:

-Has no idea how to parent or what to do with a baby.

-Is more of the 'Fun Aunt' than the actual mom. She gets bored easily and just hands them over to you before skedaddling.

-Similar to Douma, you have to do all of the parenting because Susamaru will just let her children run wild letting them do whatever they want. However unlike Douma, she won't actively take care of them other than making sure they don't die.

2/10 Better than the first ones but has no real interest being a parent

YAHABA:

-Mans a neat freak. So once he hears about having a child expect him to keep away five feet when you get morning sickness.

-He will begrudgingly bring you foods you're craving, things you need, etc but don't expect him to go anywhere near you when you're sick or when baby's born. The germophobe.

-Will legit not go ANYWHERE near the baby until they're about ten due to kids being messy monsters. Only time he touches them is when he insists on bath time. Bath time is pretty much mandatory for him and insists that the baby gets two baths a day and one during the middle of the night....You have to put your foot down on this.

-Wont let anyone harm them but still doesn't touch them until they are old enough to not be caked on in dirt. Strict dad even when they're a teenager. Very strict rules especially when it comes to hygiene an training.

4/10 Not the worst definitely but is too strict

HAIROU:

-(Another Lower Moon from the OVA Kny mangas. Actually know about him since I have the book he's in.) Complicated relationship. REALLY BIG complicated relationship.

-Doesn't hate the kid but doesn't legit know what to do with a baby. You gotta reassure this man. Will keep his distance. Will help you by getting things you need and doing things you ask and making sure you're ok but will still keep his distance even when the kiddos born.

-Will keep his distance and help you with a few things at first but slowly starts to get closer. Holding them always ends with him staring down with mixed feelings. Legit not sure what to do or feel.

-When his kid gets older he'll start teaching them how to use guns and be proud of them for wanting to learn with him. It becomes a comfortable bonding time with them even if it gives you a heart attack every time you see him trying to have them aim a rifle that's WAY to big for them.

-Takes them on hunting trips a lot and shows them how to successfully hunt deer and other animals.

-Teaches them all about different kinds of guns and starts giving them some of his to start their own collection...You safely put them away until they're actually old enough to use them.

-Sometimes you'll walk in to Hairou cleaning his guns while his kiddo is asleep on his shoulders wearing his hat. He acts like it's not even happening.

-Gets his kid a wolf pup as a pet giving you another heart attack.

6/10 He has no idea what to do most of the time but he's trying his best to be there.

ENMU:

-Actually surprisingly doesn't react other than a casual response when you first tell him- "Enmu, I'm pregnant." "That's nice, Honey. Do you want udon for dinner tonight?"

-It legit catches you so off guard that you have to confirm he heard you right and that he wasn't just assuming it was a joke. He knows. He's known a full week even before you found out. How? No one knows how. It's a mystery to this day.

-Is surprising very attentive and happy about the entire thing but is just so casual about it it's surprising. He also is deadass prepared for everything but you're so weirded out by just how calm and casual he is about EVERYTHING. It's always "Do you want water? I think the baby wants water." Or "Do you think the nursery would be better in black and white or greys? Those are neutral colors since we don't know what we're getting." Or "I got you your favorite food! Don't wanna neglect my beautiful wife now.~" You quickly get used to it.

-This initial personality doesn't change a bit. The other Kizuki are horrified Enmu reproduced with Akaza even apologizing to you.

-However with a lot of the moons you'll have to do all the responsible parenting. Enmu sees his spawn as something that can do no wrong and unless it's talking back to you or Muzan, will not punish them. In fact he'll probably encourage his spawns to cause trouble, wreck havoc, hurt their foes, etc. Over spoiling them but puts his foot down if that attitude is directed at Mommy or to Muzan. Those are big nos.

-Outside of that he surprisingly is very invested in their raising. Rocking them to sleep, bed time stories, research for educational toys- It surprises even Muzan how invested he's become in not only his wife but future spawns.

7/10 Well prepared and very invested but the heavy duty parenting will have to be on your shoulders.

KYOGAI:

-Faints when you first tell him he's about to be a father. Lands on his drums and accidentally teleports you both into different rooms on impact.

-Despite the comical first impression, he's very interested in this. Scared out of his mind at first though. Has to ask you over and over for a month if you're SURE You're expecting and it's not a mistake or badly planned prank...He stopped asking after you death glared at him after throwing up due to morning sickness for the hundredth time in a row.

-This man is scared but in a sweet way. Always asking if you need anything, if you're hurting, if he should go steal more pillows from the nearby town. If demons could have heart attacks he would. He tries to keep you isolated in one room of the mansion only he could get to after he got the fear of slayers and other demons possibly coming after you. You had to put your foot down about the ridiculousness of that idea. He's just very worried about you and wants to keep you both safe.

-Def tries harder to get back into the twelve Kizuki when the baby comes into the picture. Gotta be strong enough to protect you both.

-Mellows out somewhat as the months go by. Still anxious about things and sets up a nursery in the back of the mansion in case intruders enter.

-He likes to sit down and read his stories to the baby and possibly tap his drums. You know the baby probably can't hear him before their born but he's so cute when he does it that you don't tell him.

-Faints again when baby's born. Luckily this time he doesn't randomly teleport you both.

-Will be absolutely smitten with his little one. Carries them around the mansion in one hand when you need a break. If baby cries he just easily teleports to their room and tends to them. Still worried about them so expect him to randomly teleport in and out of the nursery at least ten times a day and night to check on them. Sometimes just randomly takes them with him everywhere even if they're fine or sleeping.

-He's also a very good husband to you. Pulls your hair back when you get sick. Gets you food. Likes teleporting you around if you're too tired to walk. After baby's born he will dote on you as you recover. If you ever need a break he's perfectly fine with taking care of his child as you relax.

-He doesn't want his baby to go through what he did so as they grow expect him to encourage his child to do whatever they want (within reason) and be whatever they want to be when they grow up.

-He's very supportive. Baby wants to be a tailor? He randomly steals fabric and sewing needles. His child shows a hobby in fishing? They're given an old fishing pole he found in the mansion. He overheard them talking about a necklace they're interested in? He steals it the very next night and gives it to them.

-Very good parenting. Tells them they can talk to him about anything and everything. Gives them space and privacy when they need/want it. Puts his foot down if they've done something bad. Gives advice. Tells them that it's ok to fail at something and they'll get it with practice.

-Was well educated as a human, so expect your child to be taught to read, write, etc at an early age. Your child will be smarter than most children their age thanks to Sensai Kyogai.

-He doesn't tell them about him being a demon and what they do until they're a teenager and can better understand. He wants them to have a normal childhood. So for a long time your child just thinks his dad has a skin condition or something making him look weird.

9/10 Not perfect but he's a very good father.

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This is what happens when you let me think too much pt 21

Demons that will eat any human you give them

Kokushibo

Douma

Hantengu

Urgoi

Urami

Gyutaro

Kaigaku

Enmu (on occasions)

Demons that will eat any gender

Kokushibou

Douma

Hantengu

Karaku

Sekido

Aizetsu

Urgoi

Zohakuten

Nakime

Gyokko

Daki

Gyutaro

Kaigaku

Enmu

Rokuro

Wakuraba

Mukago

Rui

Kamanue

Demons that will only eat the other gender

Akaza

Demons that (if offered) will only trust one Demon to give them food

Akaza

Hantengu

Karaku

Sekido

Aizetsu

Zohakuten

Nakime

Daki

Rokuro

Wakuraba

Mukago

Rui

Kamanue

Demons that get sick when they think about the body for too long

Akaza

Karaku

Sekido

Aizestu

Urgoi

Zohakuten

Nakime

Kaigaku

Mukago

Kamanue

Demons that clean the body first before eating

Kokushibou

Sekido

Aizetsu

Nakime

Gyokko

Daki

Rokuro

Mukago

Kamanue

Demons that need to know if the body was infected by an illness before dying

Akaza

Nakime

Gyokko

Daki

Enmu

Mukago

Rui

Kamanue

Demons that just go for the blood

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Demons that just go for blood and intestines

Akaza

Aizetsu

Zohakuten

Nakime

Daki

Rokuro

Mukago

Rui

Kamanue

Demons that go for blood, intestines, and bones

Kokushibou

Douma

Hantengu

Karaku

Sekido

Urgoi

Gyokko

Gyutaro

Kaigaku

Enmu

Wakuraba

Demons that just absorb the body because they don't have time to eat

Kokushibou

Demons that can absorb, but sometimes enjoy actually putting the human in their mouth

Douma

Sekido

Demons that, If they could, would eat the human alive to hear their screams

Douma

Hantengu

Karaku

Urgoi

Zohakuten

Gyokko

Daki

Gyutaro

Kaigaku

Enmu

Wakuraba

Demons that, if the could, would cook the human first

Kokushibou

Akaza

Karaku

Sekido

Aizetsu

Nakime

Gyokko

Daki

Rokuro

Mukago

Demons that would burn it if they tried

Douma

Hantengu

Urgoi

Zohakuten

Gyokko

Daki

Gyutaro

Kaigaku

Enmu

Wakuraba

Mukago

Rui

Kamanue

Demons that (if they have) give it to their younger siblings first

Karaku

Sekido

Gyutaro

Rokuro

Demons that like eat in private

Kokushibou

Akaza

Hantengu

Sekido

Aizetsu

Zohakuten

Nakime

Daki

Kaigaku

Rokuro

Mukago

Rui

Kamanue

Demons that LOVE to eat in public

Douma

Karaku

Urgoi

Gyutaro

Kaigaku

Enmu

Wakuraba

Demons that use boobs as a bowl

Doma

Karaku

Gyokko

Kaigaku

Enmu

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I have 3 one-shots on the clones and 58 ideas for them.

Don't even get me started on what I have for Muichiro-

Buttttt, thank you for reading! Have a nice day/night/universe!

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[character-reference-cafe]

Lower Moon 2 Rokuro Character Sheet

[upper-hellion]

to lazy to do the upper moons JKLHKLJH will probably do em later

[signedeclipse]

OK, how Mukago, Rokuro and Wakuraba react on their S/O wanting to taste human flesh? Headcanons, please.

Mukago | Rokuro | Wakuraba [X Reader]

In which their human s/o wants to try human flesh.

Mukago

She is very tame when it comes to eating people, I would not be surprised if she used a fork and knife, and properly stores them so she can eat when she needs to restore power

One of which ways is she makes human jerky, because it allows her  to make a final jump in a battle where she may not have the upper hand

What can she say she is a woman of last resorts

Of course, you never felt it looked that bad

It looks like any regular deer jerky, which you ate a lot as well considering you were a hunter- making you and Mukago very similar aside from your targets

If you ask, she's very uncertain because she thinks it'll make you very sick, but if you push her enough she just asks you do it with her so she can care for you if needed

Honestly when you try it its very chewy, it just tastes like a slightly cheaper version of your dried deer meat

It did leave you with food poisoning the next day, though, so maybe stick to your respective prey

Rokuro

You never saw him eat, but you asked him a lot of questions about him which occasionally made him worry you were sick or maybe a little too interested in the idea of your own kind being eaten

Though he supposed the fact you were with him already showered you weren't a good example of normal

Despite his attempts to play it off, you seemed adamant and he would rather you learn from experience

He would say you can only have it how he has it, which is raw, and he gives you a smaller piece that he reckons you could digest easily

Even so, the moment you feel the taste on your tongue you seem to reel back, and run to wash your mouth

He thinks its super funny, and teases you for being so ridiculous

Doesn't want to waste a thing so he eats the piece himself, gets it out of your sight

You refuse to kiss him for the rest of the evening

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Wakuraba

He does not eat humans directly, often using extensions of himself- usually something akin to a venus fly trap, to slowly consume flesh in a slow but mess free manner

It left a lot of exoskeleton behind which he usually disposed of in his poison gardens, to feed the plants

Because of this, you don't get much of a chance to ask for any, since he never so much as touches the individual in question

But you do seem curious in how it feels to be eaten by one of his traps, and hes jokingly snapped saying if you keep asking he'll throw you in one so you can find out

He would not do that but he has a lot of attitude

Sometimes something happens where he can't digest a full human, or a limb falls out mid dissolve, so he takes the opportunity to serve you an entire hand on a plate

I don't reckon you get a chance to take a bite of the half-dissolved, cooked by acids hand without running away

Is he a little mischievous? Maybe

Will you stop asking? Yes, thank goodness, too

Authors Note - I can't believe u left out my fav killed off lower moon! The disrespect to Kamanue smh!!! But thank you for requesting, it's exciting to see so many people loves the human flesh request, ive done like 1/2 the demons by now

[six-eyed-samurai]

So that was how I wound up with a group of ghosts teaching me. I really thought they were real live people until I realized there wasn’t any other explanation for how they could simply disappear in a flash when the day was done. Maybe it could’ve been me dreaming, but I couldn’t be imagining the sparring.

They never tell me where they come from. Rokuro and Wakuraba outright ignore my questions; Kamanue shrugs it off with an awkward smile. All Mukago will tell me is ‘repaying a debt’, whatever that means.

Rokuro specializes in martial arts, insisting I learn how to take down a demon even without a katana. Wakuraba forces me to go one on one with every day until I practically pass out from exhaustion, so I’ll have to thank him for my improved stamina. Kamanue takes on a similar approach to Kyogai, namely making me run up and down the mountain while dodging his attacks.

Mukago taught me something she calls Total Concentration Breathing. I don’t understand it a hundred per cent, but she says it accelerates blood flow and heartbeat, increases temperature and expands lungs to full capacity. It’s supposed to make the user as strong as a demon. I finally learnt a variation called Water Breathing after so long, however Mukago says someday perhaps I will adapt it to suit my style more.

Every day I trained hard and swung my katana against at least one of them and every day I lost for six months, until the day Rokuro brought a katana, while the other three retreated, and said: “You have the look of a real slayer now.”

It was over in an instant. I won, with a strike to his face that would’ve been lethal if it had actually hit. It was a strange moment - I felt nothing but elation and triumph, but when I turned upon hearing Mukago calling out my name they all vanished.

I hadn’t strike Rokuro; I had sliced the boulder in half.

“Win against them, Nezuko” were Mukago’s last words to me, so today I bide goodbye to Kyogai and you to depart for Final selection. I hope you wake up by the time I return.

Your loving sister,

Nezuko.

Guys I swear I'm almost done with Chapter 3 of The Slayer Kamado, one more scene to go! Any guesses as to who are the slayers to have survived Final Selection?

[t00bajamm]

轆轤さんの過去などについて考えた

[c00kietin]

I. FINALLY MADE. A KNY OC.

Here is Nanako!! Still a work in progress, but I'm happy with her so far :D More info:

I originally kinda just made her for funsies when me and my friend said "We should make Rui a friend! :O" and with some previous ideas in my brain I made Nanako- or Nana, that's what I call her :3

so yeah, they're friends-

Nanako has the ability to shapeshift into other people, even mimic their voices. She managed to gain access into the Infinity Castle and gain the role of Lower Rank 2 by. ahem. exterminating Rokuro (sorry to Rokuro enjoyers I just spun a wheel and it chose him ;v;) and transforming into him so she could attend meetings and gain more power. Quite devious for a kid.

I didn't intend for this at first but she vaguely reminds me of Muzan help-

so yeh. they may or may not have met somewhere before. who knows. I don't.

While I haven't delved too far into her past yet, I have an idea that she was from a family of power and was assassinated so that's how she died. maybe.

Although, I'm not too sure who could have given her Muzan's blood, but ya knoooow :D

Her clothes are too big for her :>

so uh yeah thank you for reading <3

I hope it's okay if I tag you guys I'm just really happy with thissahfjhghasgf @peppermintstarsonamintyway @shycroissanti @larz-barz idk if I have other kny enjoyer moots-

[pinkiegiu]

the lower moons are underrated

[wildfire317s-oc-box]

My nicknames for the demon slayer / kny characters (probably gonna be edited as time goes on):

Tanjiro: checkers, fox-cub, country bumpkin #1, cannon-ball, simba, glitched eevee

Nezuko: dynamite, foxlette, bunny-rabbit, local cleric

Zenitsu: bug-zapper, sparky, thunder, lightning bolt, zen-, simp lord, timone, pikachu

Inosuke: piggu, oinker, boar-boy, country bumpkin #2, mankey, pumba

Murata: squeaker, lucky clover, mister nine lives

Genya: fluff-ball, grumpy gills junior, half 'n' half, hyena-boy, beastie

Kanao: lucky-flip

Aoi: lapis, sky blue

Sabito: sabi-, fire fox, soggy/sabi-fox, fox-boy, the ginger, local red-head, short-stack, short-king, secret weasly

Makomo: momo-chan, sky-fox, quick-silver, shorty, daisy-chain

Giyuu: shadow, shadow-fox, fox-fox, espresso-depresso

Urokodaki: fox-dad, old man river

Kyojuro: Ren-, K(i)yo, Phoenix, fire-chicken, owl boy, (my apologies in advance) donut man

Shinjuro: mega butt-lord, maltov, head-butt practice, gunpowder fuse

Senjuro: owlet, Sen-, baby-phoenix, sweet bean

Kanae: monarch, lilac, sweet one

Shinobu: lavender, butterfly, grumpy one, chihuahua

Sanemi: feral-ass, gremlin man, feral pomeranian, cottonheaded ninimuggins, cotton poof, grumpy gills senior, shouty mc-lionmane the second (the original being nishiki from tokyo ghoul), deranged dandelion, dunkass

Uzui: loud-mouth, gaston knock-off, bastard ass, obnoxious mf, tryhard ninja, man-hoe, rich prick, pickpocket-bait, spoiled jackass, captain crack-head, testiclies high dumbass of testosterone

Muichiro: Mui-, -chiro, misty, cloudy-boy, spacer, space-cadet, pedo-buster, smol-bean

Mitsuri: love-bug, melon-stripes, best-girl (of the humans), cat-girl, sweet-girl

Iguro: snek, sneky-snek, snake-boy, snake-charmer, zebra-stripes, duo-chrome, dress boy (you all know the dress i mean if you look at his entire color-palette), icyhot, sneaky simp

Gyomei: gentle giant, beastie-tree, tibetin-mastiff, the tall one, prayer beads, mister budda beads

Kaigaku: Kai-, evil-sparky, local rogue, invert-color-zenitsu, black-lightning, gender-bent azula, tiger-cub

Kokushibo/mitchikatsu: koku-, mitchi-, -shibo, sixer, moony, Kaigaku's dad, ponytail

Douma: frosty, blondie, ink-splat, great-dane, daki & gyutaro's dad, rainbow-brain, lounge-lion, kaleidoscope eyes

Akaza/Hakuji: cat-boy, tabby-stripe, raging-bisexual, pinky, -kaza

Nakime: Naki, rapunzel, mademoiselle noir, Naki-nak's

Hantengu: -tengu, murder-hobo, bird-brain, lord of bullshitery, han-, mousey

Gyokko: shape of water, fish for brains, dollar-store axolotl, house-plant, shitty-wizard, pedo-fish, off brand anish kapoor

Daki: material-girl, alt-timeline barbie (if you know you know), miss wears pink on wednesdays

Gyutaro: pretty paint-splatter boy, cutie-spots, pretty pretty gyutaro, floofy-hair, sharky, snarky-shark, gyu-, taro-taro, hyena-shark, hyena-man, mantis, floof-floof-cotton-poof, paint/ink splatter cutie

Enmu: enmu the tank engine, train-boy, emu, goat-eyes, (^w^)/OwO face, crazy-train, (in reference to his disembodied hand alone) off brand thing, HMS (his majesty's simp), the OwO translator

Ubume: n/a

Rokuro: geode, lower moon dad 2, rock-uro

Hairo: grouchy wolf, grumpy guns, dollar store cowboy

Wakuraba: elf-ears, off-brand legolas

Mukago: fuzzball, whiskers, fluffy-horns

Rui: spidy, spider-boy, ru-ru, rui-ru, web-slinger, tiny bean, smol gremlin, precious pain in the ass, adorable lil shit, squishy, squishy-cheeks, raging ball of white fluff, spidy/spider-paws

Kamanue: baby-dragon, kama-kama, kama, nue

Kyogai: tiger-stripes, tiger, kyo-, looks like a dad (not even kidding he looks very similar to my actual dad just put a goatee on him), mister its a kilt, captain funky music, big drummer-boy, lower moon dad 1

Tamayo: tama-san, tama-tama, the science queen

Yushiro: bratty-cat, simp king

Susumaru: maru, susu, maru-chan

Yahaba: triple a, mister hand-eye coordination, off brand death the kid

[solarsnapp]

lower demon moon redesigns to fit the canon of my plot rewrite better

(plot rewrite linked here: x)

design changes under cut

Wakuraba - changed out yukata for hakama pants and a sleeveless top, altered hands to have large discolored scars which is meant to emphasize that their Demon Blood Art is focused primarily on close combat

Kamanue - pretty much no change except adding pointy ears and red, green, and yellow nails

Rokuro - pretty much no change except hair goes over shoulder

Mukago - added longer ears, horns, ears, and fingers are tipped red, nails are black-to-red

[pocochiiiiii]

helltaker style woman muzan and the lower moons and susamaru and yahaba

[demonslayedher]

Hello hello, Senpai!! How are you doing? I hope everything is going well for you! ^^ <3

I just have one question for you (though it might be a bit long for you to answer, so I apologize in advance 😅): could you please analyze the names of all my babies the Lower Moons (+ Kyōgai)? I tried doing that myself to potentially find out more about their powers or what the origin of their namesake is, but since I'm still a beginner in Japanese and I don't have/know of that many resources yet, I felt like asking you would be the best option.

We don't know anything about the Lower Moons that Muzan himself killed, except for their appearance, their names, and their order in the Lower ranks, but despite this I grew attached to them (especially Mukago 💝) and would like to be able to bring more love and attention to them in the fandom. Because everyone always talks about the Upper Moons and they forget about my poor children in the Lower ranks 💔

I'm sorry for the lengthy ask, I got a bit carried away 😅 But thank you in advance if you decide to answer this!! Take all the time you need with this and all your other asks, and I hope you have a wonderful day/night!! 💖

I feel like Muzan would follow that old meme and be like, “I love all my Lower Moons,” and check the handwritten notes in his palm and just be like, “…Rui.”

But let’s do it! Let’s give each of these Lower Moons, as well as some honorable mentions (we love you, Kyougaaaaiiii) some love and dive into their names! Yahaba: 矢琶羽 Dart-Lute-Feathers, I love how catchy this name is (with 矢 clearly being the operative “arrow” meaning, though I wonder if Nakime dislikes him edging in on her lute thing). It often goes forgotten that Yahaba had tastes for staying clean and tidy, which goes to show that the demons were all possessed of their own complex personalities and had richly detailed lives of their own before those demon hunters came in and chopped their heads off. Like how he and Susamaru chatted and became friends while on the way to finding the boy with the Hanafuda earrings? That’s adorable. Also, in Kimetsu Academy, he famous runs a tofu shop and I love tofu so I hope his family’s business is going well. It’s so innocuous and I feel like the innocuous sides of Yahaba should be appreciated.

Susamaru:  朱紗丸 Vermilion-Gauze-Round/Ball, another catchy and wonderful collection of good name kanji.  The color reference starts her off with name full of vitality without crossing quite into the glowing reds associated with Red Blades. That 紗 is one that does get used in real life as a gentle complement to rest of the name when parents are looking for a ‘sa’ sound with an auspicious number of strokes to write it (though it’s the stroke order of the entire name typically taken into account), but concluding a name with 丸has distinctly old-timey masculine feel to it. As she presents very feminine, even on the hot edge of Taisho fashion, I love the juxtaposition. That said, in Kimetsu Academy, Susa become her very refreshing sounding last name while 丸 becomes a very cute, feminine personal name when left on its own. It’s also cute because it's the part of her name that has the most personal significance for her, as when she was a human, her father bought a toy ball for her and it remained important to her when she was a demon.

Kyougai: 響凱 Sound/Reverberation-Victory Song. A name that big goes to show how high Muzan’s hopes were for you, Kyougai! And seeing as he was inspired by the epic “Satomi Hakken-den,” Kyougai wanted to write a story that was just as big, with expansive world-building and deep allegory. That being said, Kyougai was totally more of a sensitive Hans Christian Andersen at heart, huh? Being so absorbed in his idealistic dreams for his literature, Kyougai even used a literary personal pronoun often reserved for written form (Literature, gotta be one of my favorite genders), and with his perpetual pouty-face, I can totally see him laying face down in a more successful demon’s yard to cry about how Muzan only likes him for his drum skills instead of his writing skills. (That demon was probably Nakime, and she was probably just as peeved as Charles Dickens.) Kyougai is so sensitive and deep in his literary fantasies that he was ultimately defeated by how moved he was by the literary symbolism of Tanjirou avoiding stepping on his written works, a kind demon slayer who takes heads because he must but will not trample on a demon’s heart. Also, might I say how sad it is that he’s the music teacher in Kimetsu Academy, probably because he still can’t make it as an author!? Kyoooouggaaaaaiiiii!!

Nakime: 鳴女 Sound (anything from an echo to birds chirping to a ringing noise to a honk)-Woman, doesn’t seem very creative on the surface because clearly she is a woman who works with sound (and is clearly more talented at it that Kyougai, get wrecked, is what she’d probably say to him if she bothered saying any more than necessary to the other demons). Muzan might had thought he was clever for this one, though, because ‘me’ is also the same sound as ‘eye’ (目). Maybe he even called her that at first, until she gave him stone-silent response, so instead of being embarrassed for being overly basic he chose to say it was written with the character 女 instead, because duh, she’s a woman. The name had nothing to do with her face. EDIT: HOLD IT, WAIT UP. @lalunaticscribe rightly pointed out that this was the name a pheasant in Shinto mythology, which totally forgot about. Although it can be writing in different ways for "crying out woman," this was a messenger sent by the heavens to Amewakahiko, who was supposed to be doing the heavens' bidding but had put them on read, essentially. The pheasant was supposed to check up on him, and he literally shot the messenger with an arrow. The arrow went all the way to the heavens, the heavens were alarmed, but still wanted to give Amewakahiko the benefit of the doubt, so they threw it back saying, "well, if he's guilty, it'll strike him, if not, it'll miss" and it struck him and he died.

Hairou: 佩狼 Wear (a sword)-Wolf. Muzan must had known he was a Shinsengumi, as they were called the ‘Wolves of Mibu’ (an area of Kyoto they policed). Hairou had a complicated relationship with swords and how ultimately they lost out to more powerful guns, which he relies on after that. He can’t totally forget his affection for swords, though, as the Taisho Secrets Hirano-sensei wrote into the Rengoku Gaiden state that he collects things like handguards from defeated enemies’ swords. Tokens of his victories, nothing more!! He doesn’t admire swords, okay, he’s fine with guns!! Gunpowder is way more effective that silly swords! Nevermind that his name still implies he’d wear one!

Kamanue: 釜鵺 Iron Pot/Kettle-Nue (a Chimera sort of ghastly beast). Given that name, fresh new Lower-Moon-Six might have had the most interesting potential for a stand-off with Kamado Tanjirou, as the hearth (kamado 竈) and iron pot/kettle heated over it (kama 釜) are closely associated. Perhaps he could had been yet another character foil to Tanjirou, another former humans with family ties to working with fire and heat? If he had those orange streaks at the ends of his hair as a human, could he also had been a Kakushaku-no-Ko, but not auspicious ever happened to him and he was forced to take the path of a demon? What’s even more interesting is the ‘Nue’ part of his name, as these were fantastical creatures who plagued the nobles of Kyoto, cursing them with illness by their presence and requiring Heian era demons slayers to go hunt them down. It’s classic and I would had loved to see how that might play into Blood Technique. Was he a shape-shifter, perhaps?

Rui: 累 Continuity/Involvement. This was a name given to him by his parents, who probably wished to keep a healthy baby boy involved in their lives for a very long time. Ouch.

Mukago: 零余子 Nothing-Surplus-Child. Mukago really does leave the most impact for her character design, doesn’t she? It’s the classy symmetrical horns that do it for me, but it’s the feather/fur boa that totally seals the deal. As Muzan called her out for always avoiding strong demon hunters, I get the sense she could be pretty wily with who she choose to target or how she chose to slip away. As for this name, though, the jarring juxtaposition makes me think she’d have had very strange and unusual Blood Techniques, perhaps flirting with the divide between ‘existence’ and ‘non-existence.’ I have no idea how that would work, and her victims probably all regretting finding out.

Wakuraba: 病葉 Sick-Leaves. This one makes me curious, as Muzan probably didn’t like associations with illness. However, taken as a whole, perhaps it was in reference to blight. Were his abilities something that could spread and kill a large number of people in a given area, or did his Blood Technique spread through trees to slowly poison people through the water or attack directly with poison leaves and an evil root system throughout the forest (I wrote that into a fanfic, haaa)? He’s got a pretty unassuming appearance, wearing a kimono pattern used a few times throughout the manga, and only one simple scarf for accessory, but the scars on his face keep him from being able to blend into a crowd. How’d you get those scars, man? What is your story? Did they remain from your human life, something that no amount of demon regeneration can ever erase from you?

Rokuro: 轆轤 Potter’s Wheel/Pulley. Now this is an assuming character design. That’s totally a craftsman’s attire for working in his studio, crouched over a spinning pottery wheel all day. What was your Blood Technique, sir? Did it astound victims for how they never would have suspected you of anything, much less noticed you? Is it like a spinning mechanism, full of potential for a truly horrendous death, or do you trap victims under giant interdimensional tea cups? Does Gyokko hate you for this and want you to stop stealing his shtick? Also, the facial hair makes me think he was a Meiji era human, as it was back in style then. That would make him not a terribly old demon, at his oldest, a bit younger than Hairou (whom he replaced as Lower Moon Two) and the Hand Demon.

Enmu: 魘夢 (To have a) Nightmare-Dream. Muzan wasn’t feeling very creative that night but it does have a nice ring to it. Had he been promoted to an Upper Moon role like he hoped, maybe a name change would had been in order, like “The Enmu Express.”

And good luck with your studies! While a language cannot be learned with dictionaries alone as all languages are contextual (Japanese especially), I do use a collection of different dictionaries when I do translations (even if they pull from similar sources), as they may present slightly different nuances or methods of look-up or examples. ALC (aimed at Japanese speakers, extensive specialized vocab and examples, albeit not well explained) Tangorin (my favorite for overall user-friendliness) Weblio (aimed at Japanese speakers, has more of a human touch than some of ALC's weird examples)WWWJDIC (the handwriting tool usually works well) JapanDict (when Tangorin fails me due to slow loading)