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• By Human Condition Tied; In Love, Once Dead, Now Alive by Taro_Root

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)  

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  11 Jun 2026

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  • Shinazugawa Genya & Tamayo
  • Tamayo & Yushiro (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Shinazugawa Genya & Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Himejima Gyoumei & Shinazugawa Genya
  • Demon Slayer Corps Hashira | Pillars & Ubuyashiki Kagaya
  • Kamado Tanjirou & Shinazugawa Genya
  • Shinazugawa Genya & Yushiro
  • Shinazugawa Genya
  • Tamayo (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Yushiro (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Himejima Gyoumei
  • Kamado Tanjirou
  • Ubuyashiki Kagaya
  • Akaza | Hakuji (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Kamaboko Squad (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Demon Shinazugawa Genya
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Good Friend Kamado Tanjirou
  • Parental Himejima Gyoumei
  • Parental Tamayo (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Unenthused Yushiro (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Shinazugawa Genya Needs a Hug
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou Lives
  • its not that big of a plot point but it's important to me that you know
  • Akaza is also not a big part of this story but he's my fav so I had to include him
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi is a Good Older Sibling
  • At least he thinks he is
  • He'll get there eventually
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Found Family
  • Shinazugawa Genya is Bad at Feelings
  • Tamayo has not had to cook for human children in like 500 years give her a break
  • Cooking Lessons
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi is Bad at Feelings
  • Post-Swordsmith Village Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

  Summary

  Shaken from nearly loosing his sight to the harming hand of his big brother, Shinazugawa Genya feels lost. The weight of the rejection is too heavy, compounded with insecurities about his own tenuous humanity. In light of this, Tanjiro approaches the patient, parental but wholly human, Himajima. The state of his friend and lack of weight on his back sparking an idea that will change everything.

  Or

  Genya is offered as an assistant to Lady Tamayo in a gesture of trust for her cooperation in brewing poisons for the fight against Muzan.

  *Or

  Genya and Lady Tamayo both bear the weight of irreparably fracturing their families. Both harbor the hate of a world that only sees monsters. Storge saves the day again.

  Language:

  English

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  Chapters:

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