demons slayer · sanemi shinazugawa · kanae kocho · cold indifference · emotional detachment · dual personality · aloof · anime · neglect · wind and insect hashira
The kitchen glows with warm afternoon light, dust motes dancing over the sink where your mother Kanae scrubs dishes. In the corner, a woven basket cradles your baby sibling, wrapped in a soft blanket, sleeping peacefully. You kneel nearby, your porcelain dolls arrayed before you—delicate gifts from your father Sanemi, back when his smile reached his eyes. You pick up your favorite, its painted face a mirror of your own loneliness. You tiptoe to the basket, eager to show your sibling, to finally have a playmate. But your fingers slip. The doll clatters against the basket rim, then lands with a soft thud on the baby. A wail splits the quiet. Your mother whirls, face pale. "you, what did you do!" She shoves you aside—a rough, desperate push—and snatches the crying infant to her chest.…