Anime/Manga: Bankai Starting with Demon Slayer

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I once tried to write a novel about rules and supernatural tales, and looking back now, it was actually quite terrible. However, YY patiently gave me several suggestions and encouraged me to continue writing.

Although I stopped writing later, I still remember your advice vividly, and I am very grateful.

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Ban Kai!!

Chapter 84 Komashi

Ever since the day his head was chopped off, Akaza has felt that something is wrong with his brain.

Although he has never preyed on human women, he particularly hates doma, which eats women.

But he couldn't really explain why.

Perhaps it was some subconscious influence, or perhaps he simply disliked the smell of women; in any case, he couldn't muster any appetite when faced with the corpse of a human woman.

Now, the situation is even more serious.

During his search for the Breath of the Wind Nurturing Center, he hunted as he went, searching for traces of the Demon Slayer Corps members.

One day, as he was about to kill a man who was blocking his lover's way, he heard a woman's voice in his ear.

[Komashige, stop!]

Who is it? How could they appear beside me without a sound!

He looked around in terror, but couldn't find any trace of the woman.

Akaza's murderous intent dissipated with the woman's voice, so he let the couple go and fled into the mountains.

Similar situations occur from time to time.

When he eats people, he hears the woman crying; when he practices boxing, he hears the woman praising him.

Who could it be? It's so late at night, could it be a ghost?

The moment the thought crossed his mind, even Akaza himself laughed in exasperation.

It claims to be an evil spirit, but it is not the same as the wandering ghosts and spirits that are rumored in human society. It can only be considered a more advanced predator.

Ultimately, it's still a biological thing.

"Should we ask Lord Wuchan if ghosts really exist in this world?"

"Don't be silly, Komashi. How many years has it been? If there were heaven and hell, Buddha and gods, you would have been punished long ago."

"Wait, what am I saying?"

Walking through the woods, talking to myself, I feel like my mind is getting more and more irrational.

boom! !

He simply punched his earwax until it shattered, hoping that the regrown one would be better, but the situation did not improve.

Now, Yiwo's fist is less than inches away from Lihua. If he wanted, he could immediately shatter the woman and the boy behind her.

But for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

"Damn it, that black-haired swordsman has messed up my head!" Akaza roared in dissatisfaction, unable to explain what had happened to him.

[Komashige, you're not like this! Don't make any more mistakes!]

Go home! Go home!

"Enough! Who is Komashige anyway? I am Akaza! Upper Moon Three! Akaza!!"

"Ugh—!!!"

He roared and unleashed Destructive Slash: Shattering Style: Thousand Leaf Flash Willow!

Boom!

This punch landed on the ground of the Yeshan Breeding Center, shattering half of the mansion!

Broken tiles and rubble flew everywhere, and Inosuke and Rika, who were nearby, were even blown away.

Kenichi and the others hurriedly dragged the unconscious Arashizaki-sensei away, while some children, not even as old as Inosuke, stood in rows between the teacher and Akaza, holding long swords and pointing them at him with trembling hands.

"Don't destroy our home!"

"Get out! You devil!"

The veins on Akaza's forehead bulged as he clenched his iron fists, ready to beat these arrogant brats to death with each punch.

But the next moment, he felt a dizzying sensation as the world spun around him.

boom! ! !

Akaza felt herself being thrown heavily to the ground, with a clear blue sky in front of her.

It's daytime? Impossible!!

He panicked and scrambled to his feet to avoid the sunlight, but after taking a couple of steps, he realized something was wrong.

He looked at his muddy, somewhat thin hands.

It wasn't burned by the sunlight... How come that's happening...?

"Haha! You're very talented, young man! Would you like to come to my dojo?" A middle-aged man in a white martial arts uniform laughed heartily at Akaza: "Come and give it a try, I'm Keizo from the Soryu Dojo!"

"Go to hell!" Akaza didn't even bother to listen and threw a punch at him.

Keizo, however, wasn't angry and assumed a fighting stance:

"Then let's transform ourselves, young man."

boom! !

My vision spun again, but the person in front of me was no longer that middle-aged man.

Akaza realized that he had been bumped hard by the kid wearing a boar's head mask, and he fell backward.

This is unbelievable... Keizo... Why does that name sound so familiar?

The fallen Akatsuki braced herself with her hands and quickly rolled over to her feet, looking at the bloody scene before her.

Kenichi stood on the old, worn-out wheel blade, his voice firm and angry:

"You demon! I'll be your opponent!"

One by one... they're just little brats who can't even master a proper breathing technique, yet they dare to dream of killing themselves with their broken swords? Akaza found it utterly absurd.

Haha, everyone is weak at the beginning, and can only grow slowly with the protection of others.

One day you'll become strong too, and then it'll be your turn to protect others, right?

Yiwo subconsciously swung her fist behind her, only to find that there was no one there.

Clang!

In a moment of distraction, Akaza suddenly felt a sharp pain.

That damned wild boar boy just wouldn't give up. At this moment, he and the woman slashed their own necks together with three strokes!

"Are you stupid?" Akaza was truly angry. He couldn't understand what these two weak humans were doing at all: "You're not striped swordsmen, and you don't have burning Nichirin Blades. What makes you think you can cut me down just by standing here and letting me chop you down?"

"That's hilarious!"

He threw a punch, his fists transforming into a shower of afterglow under his suppressed emotions, clashing with the Nichirin Blade with a resounding clang!

But whenever he decided to strike with deadly force and punch the boy in front of him through the body, there was always a force pulling his arm, preventing him from throwing the punch.

Stop fighting, Komashi! Why do you keep fighting?

"Isn't that obvious? How can you become stronger without fighting? How can you reach the highest realm?"

"...But why do you want to become stronger?"

"Lianxue, what are you saying? If I don't become stronger, how will I buy medicine for Father? How will I protect the dojo? How will I protect you...?"

Hoo—!

Akaza suddenly felt a suffocating sensation, as if his brainstem had been punched hard, and he uncontrollably staggered back several steps.

In an instant, countless memories rushed in.

He finally remembered why he had been fighting all this time...

Akaza, or rather... Komashi.

He was originally a teenager who stole chickens and dogs every day to earn money for his sick father's medicine. Even after being tattooed with a criminal's mark and beaten so badly he couldn't get up, he never cared about other people's opinions or judgments...

To avoid becoming a burden to him, his father hanged himself... This almost drove Komashi to despair. If it weren't for Master Keizo of the Soryu Dojo taking him in and teaching him martial arts and the principles of being a good person, he probably would have completely lost himself.

Years later, he fell in love with his master's frail and sickly daughter, Koyuki. The two became engaged, and Komashi vowed to be a good person and protect his lover and his master's dojo.

But all of this was destroyed by human jealousy and malice.

Master and Lianxue were poisoned to death by people from the kendo dojo next door. Enraged, he tortured and killed 67 people, almost turning into a demon in the human world.

That night, he was transformed into a demon by Muzan, losing all memories of being Komashi...

Akaza could not suppress the shock and fear within him, and trembled as he looked at his hands, stained with hundreds of years of blood:

"What... terrible things have I done...?"

Inosuke's sword slashed down again, but this time Akaza did not retaliate.

He simply let the sun-wheeled blade slash at his body, leaving deep, bone-revealing wounds, using the physical pain to numb the bitterness in his heart.

"Do I, in this state, still deserve to see you...?"

"...I'm afraid I'll only end up in hell...I'm sorry, Lianxue...I'm sorry, Master..."

"I haven't kept any of those promises..."

*Crack!* Inosuke's Nichirin Blade finally severed Akaza's neck, and just as he was about to unleash the Bakura Fang to saw it off completely—

Akaza suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Inosuke's Nichirin Blade, staring blankly at the boar head mask.

The look in his eyes was extremely complex.

Regret, self-blame, resentment, shame.

There is also anger at the mind that has been manipulated for centuries.

A burning thought suddenly arose.

Chapter 85 Boxing Pillar

Asuka felt a little strange looking at the boar-men who had barged into the fierce battle.

He recognized it; it was Inosuke's hood, but the person underneath was definitely not Inosuke.

"Hey! You brat over there! You're not dead yet, are you?" A gurgling sound came from under the boar's head mask.

Before the bird could answer, he clenched his fists tightly, and the shattered ice shards around him surged and churned as his fighting spirit rose.

"Destruction Kill - Void... cough, no!" He seemed to realize something halfway through his sentence and abruptly corrected himself: "Fist Breathing - First Form: Void Bone!"

Bang!Bang!

Doma, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Asuka, felt several visible white shockwaves coming from afar. He had no choice but to quickly summon his Crystal Princess to block the terrifying force of the punches.

The force of the punch solidified into a tangible impact in mid-air, instantly shattering the ice puppets into countless fragments!

Douma, who had just been somewhat taken aback by Asuka's words, was now completely speechless.

"Your Excellency, can you please stop making a scene? This is a crucial moment."

"What? Akaza! I don't know her!"

The man in the boar-head mask lowered his stance, leaped onto the Ice Bodhisattva's shoulder, and gave the bird a thumbs-up:

"Don't worry, kid! I'm Komashi, the newly recruited 'Fist Pillar' of the Demon Slayer Corps! I came here specifically to support you!"

Fist pillar? Don't talk nonsense.

The moment Asuka saw the wind from that punch, she knew it was Akaza.

What's going on here? Have they fallen out internally? At this point?