#shinjurou rengoku

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Tenderness

How long has it been since someone looked at him with such warmth? So long that tenderness almost became a foreign concept. After years of self loathing, countless nights of loneliness spent lost in his own thoughts, with no choice but to relive those distant memories of better times. For a person that used to look at him from afar with concern and disappointment…..is now here in his arms where he feels she shouldn’t be. A warm gaze only reserved for when she was happy, something he only dared hope to see when she felt safe and secure. That once perished thought now reality with how tenderly she looks at him, as if he deserved the world and more. A warmth from those eyes alone reflected a vulnerability only reserved for him, he almost couldn’t believe how weak it made him just staring at the sight before him. What else was the man to do except close his eyes, lean into the soft touch of those hands that caressed him with such fragility…as if a man made of suffering could finally let himself be vulnerable to the tenderness of her gaze.

What was he to do….but embrace that warmth she offered without expectations, to accept that even he could have tenderness again.

Back on my brain rot, lemme know if you guys have any questions about these two!

An extra post of how I view Shinjuro when it comes to Hatomi

Denial and Attraction

Art and Hatomi are mine

[wavy-arms]

Everyday, I feel myself relating more and more to Rengoku Shinjurō.

I just want to lay in bed and read my book and I want everyone to leave me the fuck alone.

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Rengoku Shinjurou Hashira Character Sheet Fullbody

[whimsyvixen]

I'm just saying, I would have given them more children

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Hollow knight style demon slayer characters part 4

(It took a long time to design the characters😭😭😭)

[iron-embers]

ALL OF THIS! You guys understand this and put the details together so beautifully, this is why Shinjuro is my fav! He is the literal definition of when you love something so much, after losing a part of it you are damn near terrified of losing anymore of it, let alone getting attached with the fear of losing it. People would argue that he should have known better, but the reason I admire how he was written is because he is also a perfect example of the complexities of men’s mental stability/lack of it. It is not black and white, and for a man slaying demons to keep people safe while also trying to balance his family life…..It is not easy, and yet he managed as his family is what drove him to risk his life everyday in hopes to see them alive and well….so what is the point when the love of your life dies to illness. What is the point of you sacrificing your time and life to protecting them if your support is gone and left you with two blessings that are now set on the path to continuing this dangerous legacy. As a father he should have sought to protect them even more, prepare them for the world and give them all the support they need….but as a man lost in grief, he did the only thing he thought was in their best interest while also trying to keep himself from doing the unthinkable. It is no excuse, however it could have been so much worse if he took it too far. He could have done what Sanemi’s father did, he could have been so much worse than that and take it out on his sons….but he didn’t because he loves them too much. I have so much to say about him, but I love to see his human struggle and wished we could have seen even more on him. He is just so human, realizing his folly almost too late after Kyojuro died, full of mistakes but he understands forgiveness is not something deserved, it is earned through atonement…..and the last thing he would want is to be afraid of atoning with those that he loves and cares for.

Shinjurou did not physically abuse his boys. He. Did. Not. He is a passionate, enthusiastic, loving father who fell into a horrible depression and downward spiral. The only time he ever laid a hand on them was when Senjuro was trying to separate him from Tanjiro when he attacked him in anger. Senjuro and Kyojuro are not afraid of him, Senjuro gets nervous around him because he wants to make his father happy just like Kyojuro does, he wants to please him, and he wants to help but he doesn’t know how and so that makes him nervous. But he still tries to help and interact with him. If Shinjurou beat them Senjuro wouldn’t talk as openly with him as he does or go so out of his way to speak to him, being struck in the face by his father would have had a different reaction from Senjuro after he and Tanjiro sat down to talk. He probably would have been more downcast, upset, and normally animes and manga will give hints to physical abuse going on but that never happens here. When Senjuro and Tanjiro talk about Shinjurou, Senjuro is sweet and chipper and he immediately brushed it off because he knew Shinjurou didn’t mean it. And Shinjurou isn’t perfect, most people aren’t going to freeze in an attack if their kid grabs the arm they’re using to swing at someone. Kyojuro is also a extremely righteous and protective person guys, if Shinjurou laid a hand on his little brother Kyojuro would have addressed it. When you’re close to your siblings like Kyojuro and Senjuro are, you don’t let ANYBODY touch your younger sibling, parent or not and you will go to blows with anybody regardless of how kind and gentle you are—that’s not a cute story trope guys, I’ve seen it many many times, including in my own life. Kyojuro isn’t afraid of Shinjurou at all either, just like Senjuro he goes out of his way to interact with his father, he isn’t ever nervous around him. He doesn’t flinch when Shinjurou throws a sake jug at him because he knows Shinjurou would never hit him because he never has. He goes as far as to say he thinks the reason Shinjurou keeps telling them they’re bad swordsmen is because he believes his father doesn’t want to lose his boys too. They’re all he has left of his wife, and they’re his sons, of course he wouldn’t want them to do something as dangerous as the Demon Slayer Corp. Having his wife be taken from him by an illness he realized he can’t protect his family from everything, but he knew if he told the boys not to join the Demon Slayer Corp that would at least lessen the chances of them getting killed early. You have to also remember the first time he said this to Kyojuro he was still actively the Flame Pillar. They’re also his sons so just like Ruka he knew they wanted to be Flame Pillars so he couldn’t just ask them not to join, their family has been the Flame Pillar for generations. He tore up the records after he heard about Kyojuro’s death not only because he probably wanted to guarantee Senjuro couldn’t become the next Flame Pillar so he wouldn’t risk losing him too but also because he probably completely blamed Kyojuro’s death on the fact that he became the Flame Pillar. He thought if he told Kyojuro and Senjuro they weren’t good enough they’d eventually abandon it and it didn’t work, so that’s something to be upset about for him. When people are upset, it’s easier to blame someone else for the bad thing that happened, and Shinjurou (especially drunk) wasn’t going to admit to a stranger he felt it was his fault Kyojuro died, and that’s why I think he told Tanjiro that Kyojuro died because he was “weak”. Because blaming it on Kyojuro meant he didn’t have to reflect on the fact that he left Senjuro and Kyojuro alone. I don’t believe Shinjurou truly believed either of his sons to be weak, I think he told them they weren’t good enough because he hoped that if he said it enough they would eventually abandon it and then he wouldn’t have to risk losing them. In Rengoku Gaiden he was still grieving Ruka, and doing his Pillar duties and as we see it was taking its toll on his emotions, he wasn’t able to handle the grief and anger of losing her properly and at some point his depression just got so bad that he couldn’t function anymore and went to one of the darkest depths of depression where he just stayed in bed all day. Guys he never looks at Senjuro and Kyojuro when they’re talking to him, his back is always to them, because he can’t even handle the reminder of his wife in their features anymore. Especially considering Kyojuro is a exact replica of her but with his dad’s hair and eyes. That’s not even touching the traits in personality he shares with her. That is how hard her death hit him, instead of being glad that he could see her face every day it just hurt him to see her in his boys because it reminded him she was gone and not coming back and it was too much for him. Shinjurou was mad at himself, he felt like he was worthless, he probably felt like Senjuro and Kyojuro blamed him or resented him for letting their beloved mother die. He felt so badly about himself that he assumed Kyojuro had a complaint about him before Senjuro could even tell him what Kyojuro said. When he hears what Kyojuro actually said, and thinks back to the last time he saw Kyojuro he openly cries, and it’s not like a tear trickle it is grief-stricken crying just like what Senjuro was doing. Once Shinjurou stops drinking we see what I believe is the real him. The letter he sends to Tanjiro in the Entertainment District arc is a great indicator of the real Shinjurou. He has nothing but praise and affectionate words for Tanjiro and for his sons, he thanks Tanjiro for grieving Kyojuro, apologizes for his actions, explains how he got to that point in his life, praises Senjuro’s growth and his and Tanjiro’s friendship, praises Kyojuro’s accomplishments and affectionately tells Tanjiro about how they are so much like their mother. He didn’t have to send all this. He could have just sent the info, but he doesn’t, because he does love his family and he loves his sons and he knows them and he appreciates how much Tanjiro cares about his sons and so feels comfortable enough to share these thoughts with him. If he was abusive to the boys he would not say all those things, he wouldn’t care about their emotions or their accomplishments but he does care, Shinjurou loved and adored his family, he made some mistakes in his grief, and went about dealing with it wrong, but he loved his boys, he definitely loved them too much to harm them.

[demonslayedher]

I just went to an event that had hanging lanterns going for two hours, so now I have thoughts about what this means for Kankagari (hanging lantern watching), the Rengoku family meditative practice that results in yellow and red hair.

As a reminder, this information was revealed in the Taisho Secrets distributed at the first showings of Mugen Ressha in October of 2020. You can read all of them here, but here is just the translation of the Kankagari section:

Why do the men in the Rengoku family have hair like that?

The Rengoku family has long since had a practice called “Kankagari.” For the duration of their pregnancies, every seven days the wives will spend two hours gazing at a large flaming torch. This seems to be what causes the men in the family to have flame colored hair. That being said, it seems that it’s normally bad for a pregnant woman’s health to stare at large flames, so please don’t attempt this.

A few considerations, based on tonight's observation:

First consideration: The source of the fire.

Although the Taisho Secrets do not elaborate on this, many real life fire-related ceremonies use fire from a special source. This could add some depth to a fic that makes use of Kankagari. (As a reminder, the consensus among the Japanese fandom is that Kankagari is a meditative practice that only exists in the world of Kimetsu no Yaiba, so go set your heart ablaze and go wild. But as a side note, clacking sparks on someone's back before they embark on certain undertakings does have real life basis.)

First consideration: Smoke.

If writing Kankagari into a fic, you probably want to consider whether they're sitting outside, sitting inside and watching a hanging lantern outside, or sitting in a somehow very well ventilated room with a fireproof floor. If it's (more likely) outside, you'll want to consider the weather and the direction of the wind.

Third consideration: Fires need tending.

Over the course of two hours, there was a priest fussing about the lantern every five minutes or so. Aside from adding lots and lots of pre-chopped wood and stoking the fire to keep it going, he also was constantly wetting down the fallen, flaming wood to snuff it out. There was a hole dug under each lantern to catch most (but not all) of these often very big chunks, and the priest used a soaking wet broom made of straw and bamboo to put out those fires that fell.

This means that when an expectant Rengoku mother is practicing this meditation, she either:

--does this all herself, or

--someone else accompanies her for the duration of the two hours.

Perhaps centuries of Rengoku mothers had their relatives come help them with this, but as my own spot of input, yeah, I could see Shinjuro having done this for Ruka whenever his work allowed it. I could also see her very strong young son Kyojuro helping on a regular basis.

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Um, here pt.2

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More updates, and more Fantasy Au, The Rengoku dragon family WIPS! More Shinjuro because of course I can get enough of Draconic dilf and then the Baby Senjuro. Look at his lil BLEP! Hope ya like and stay tuned!

Art is mine

[wavy-arms]

Remember that time Rengoku's dad gave a demon PTSD?

Good times. 🙃

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Rengoku Shinjurou Character Sheet Fullbody

[mangalover4321]

Here are some memes relating to Requiem of a Redemption Chapter 36′s comments. (Jeez, I have everyone practically at the edge of their seat with this chapter!)

Check out the story in the link below!https://archiveofourown.org/works/32617699/chapters/80911855

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[2demon2slayer]

rengoku stuff! and rengoku lives stuff because i've gotta

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Late Valentines’ Special 🍶🎐

Shinruka | 槇瑠