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sanemi couldn't save his mom.

he couldn't save her from her abusive husband, couldn't pull them from poverty, he couldn't stop her from doing the unforgivable when she was turned into a demon and couldn't save her from hell and her own guilt.

"the truth is no child can save her mother"

I've been thinking about kny and I think my favorite thing about it is the fact that all of the demons that turned human (before and after death) have done so because of love.

Rui is the first demon we see turn human because of love. It was after death, but he turned human because of his parents' love for him, and vice versa.

Next is Ume and gyutaro. Ume turns first, so I'll talk about her first.

Ume turned human after death because of her love for Gyutaro. If she didn't love her brother the way she did, she most likely wouldn't be human.

Gyutaro was next. He turned human after death, too. He turned because of his love for Ume. She reminded him that they promised to stick together through everything, and because he loved her, he decided to keep the promise and let Ume join him in hell. He also turned human then. Again, not possible without love.

Nothing like that happens for a while after, so beware of manga spoilers below the cut.

The next demon to turn is Akaza, yet again because of love. This time though, it wasn't familial. He turned because of love from several people, but mainly his fiancee. She showed up first, and she provoked the memories, for lack of better phrasing.

Koyuki begs Akaza to stop and just move on so they can be together again. Akaza's dad tells him that he's okay and that he doesn't need to fight anymore. Keizo tells him that he's okay, as well, and that he'll never stop loving him. Then, Muzan steps in.

Muzan tells him to keep getting stronger, and again, Akaza almost continues-- but then, Koyuki steps in. She tells him that it's okay and that he doesn't need to fight anymore. And that's when he fully turns human-- before that, he was, technically, but when Muzan showed up, he became a demon again.

He apologized so much to Koyuki for things out of his control, but Koyuki told him that she was just glad to be able to be with her husband once more.

And then, Akaza completely disintegrates. He's dead now. We see Koyuki join him in hell.

Anyways if you couldn't tell I love hakukoyu--

On to Nezuko. She's the next. She turns because of both a medicine from Shinobu and Tamayo, and because of love from others. She recalls Tanjiro inviting her home, and she turns fully at that point.

Tanjiro is the last. When he's a demon, none of the slayers present can bring themselves to behead him. They all love him too much. And so they force him into the sunlight, but of course that doesn't work-- he can be in the sun. Nezuko-- now human-- joins the fight. She runs up to Tanjiro and he bites her shoulder, but she doesn't let go of him. He also doesn't kill her, in fact doesn't even intentionally harm her beyond the bite.

He tries an attack, and Nezuko puts her hand in front of it, but the attack misses. He's fighting back against Muzan, of course. Kanao rejoins the fight, and she has a cure. She stabs Tanjiro with it and tells him to stop.

In Tanjiro's mind, he's trying to get back to Nezuko and the others. He is being helped from behind by the ghosts of his dead family, and in the front, he reaches the arms of all of his living friends and, of course, Nezuko. She's the first one he reaches, too.

If it weren't for everyone's love for him, he wouldn't have become human again.

Muzan and Chronic Illness: an Essay of Sorts

Part of why I love Muzan in KnY is because I relate to him. While his objective actions in the story are obviously evil, I think he’s a lot more sympathetic than the writers want him to be. This essay explores Muzan’s backstory, his treatment by the narrative, and my feelings toward the use of his character. As such, it contains MAJOR MANGA SPOILERS. THIS IS YOUR WARNING. This piece is not trying to “cancel” KnY for ableism or to say anything about the views of the mangaka/anime screenwriters/etc. I enjoyed KnY, and if you’re thinking about giving it a shot, I do recommend it. This is just a self-reflective piece that I wrote to process my own experiences with chronic illnesses in my own life and analyze the nuances of a piece of media that I love.

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