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Eimina Kokoro was once an ordinary girl, raised in quiet devotion to her Christian faith, with her older brother as her protector and her aunt Yuri as her only extended family. That fragile peace was shattered the night a demon tore through her home-murdering her brother before her eyes and leaving her scarred, one eye lost to the attack.
Orphaned and broken, Kokoro is taken in by the formidable Inivya Towoimaka, a Hashira known for her unmatched speed and ruthless discipline. Under her guidance, Kokoro transforms. Grief becomes fuel. Faith becomes her anchor. And blade in hand, she rises through the ranks of the Demon Slayer Corps with startling speed.
Soon, she earns a title whispered among slayers: the second fastest Hashira-surpassed only by her mentor.
But not everyone welcomes her.
Sanemi Shinazugawa, the Wind Hashira, clashes with Kokoro at every turn. Their arguments are sharp, often circling their opposing beliefs-his hardened cynicism against her unshaken faith. Neither backs down. Neither understands the other.
Yet beneath the tension, something begins to shift.
What starts as irritation slowly twists into something far more complicated-something neither of them is prepared to face.
When Kokoro and Sanemi are assigned to a mission together, tracking an Upper Moon demon lurking within Kokoro's old village, the past resurfaces with brutal force. Old wounds reopen. Faith is tested. And in the face of the very darkness that destroyed her life...
Lines begin to blur.
Between hatred and understanding.
Between duty and desire.
Between enemies-and something dangerously close to more.