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Authors and Websites
- Author: Manu259
- Note: Primarily short stories featuring the Tankana ship.
General Fics
Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance. General Fics
- Recommended by: slipperwhipper
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: When it's all said and done, Sanemi gets what he wished for, in a sense.
- Tags: Character Study, Sanemi-centric, Shinazugawa Sanemi Swears A Lot, Shinazugawa "rage first human second", Sanemi, contains chapter 166 spoilers, could be considered hurt/comfort but there's kind of a lot of hurt in here, Angst, Very Angsty, Not Beta Read, little brother Genya
Coal Burner's Frugality by Kisaeng
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Tanjiro came from a poor family so he knows how precious money can be. Or the 5 + times Tanjiro refused to spend money on himself and somebody else did it for him.
- Tags: Friendship, Fluff
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Zenitsu's latest assignment sends him right back to where he started. Of all the markets for a demon to prowl, it just had to pick his hometown. It figures.
- Tags: Adventure, General, Mystery, Humor
harmony only when it's harmin' me by shcherbatskayas
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Kanao meets three people she thought she would never see again.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Character Study, Canonical Child Abuse, Hospitals, Drunkenness, Past Child
The Accidental Demon.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14038308/1/The-Accidental-Demon
By Seleneducky.
Well-written KNY Fan Fiction.
Status: Ongoing.
Summary: Upon Gyutaro denying his little sister from entering Hell with him, Ume swears to atone for her sins and ends up in the body of Nezuko Kamado and she decides to work alongside Tanjiro to earn her way back to her big brother.
Ume is a unique character, I always believed that Daki in general was a much better written character than Nezuko because she has an actual personality instead of just Nezuko's stale cuteness. And thankfully the author seems to focus more on Ume's emotions and personality rather than her physical appearance appeal like Nezuko.
beheading of a butterfly by shcherbatskayas
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Aoi leaves for the Final Selection. Things change for Kanao after that.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Hospitals, Medical Trauma, Trauma, Pre-Canon, violence, Animal Death, Major Character Injury, Mentions of Kanao's backstory, Family Dynamics, Dissociation By Any Other Name, the bird is a metaphor guys
Alternate Universe
Alternative Universe. The characters are written into a different world/universe than the one they are typically from. Alternate Universe
Series: From the Same Root We Stem by Armaria, Venusaur3281
- Recommended by: ThisIsRidiculous
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Kibutsuji Muzan had forgotten, that grudges also had a strange way of pulling family together, especially if the source of the grudge were rooted in the same cause. Muzan attacked. His siblings are all demons. And Tanjiro... Tanjiro is only human.
- Recommended by: slipperwhipper
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Sabito/Giyuu
- Synopsis: A convenient demon blood technique sends Giyū to a timeline where he's dead and Sabito's alive.
- Tags: Feel-good fic/nobody dies, Dimension Travel, Hurt/Comfort, Giyuu Can't Use His Words, Former Crybaby Giyuu, (Now He Cries On The Inside Like An Adult), Angst, Fluff, One-shot, What-if Sabito lived and Giyuu died during the Final Selection.
tumble over (forwards and backwards) by donutcat
- Recommended by: slipperwhipper
- Status: Dead
- Pairing: Sabito/Giyuu
- Synopsis: Giyuu never thought that he, of all people, would be given a second chance.
- Tags: Angst, Time Travel, Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Manga Spoilers
- Comments: An angsty time-travel fic where Giyuu is sent back a few months to stop Muzan and Sabito also happens to be alive in the new timeline as well.
- Recommended by: Lord Of T Shirts
- Status: Dead
- Pairing(s): Implied Obamitsu, Implied Sabimako, Implied Tan Kanao
- Synopsis: the modern AU where the demon slayers are kendo practitioners and the Pillars are representatives of their respective dojos at the National Kendo Club + Giyū, Shinobu and Obanai are the only seniors of a dying high school kendo club and need to trick the wide-eyed freshmen into joining, stat
- Tags: Kendo AU, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Slice of Life, Everyone Is Alive, Ambiguous Relationships, Implied Relationships, Companionable Snark, Mostly Gen, featuring post-training and dead-inside seniors and their suitably horrified juniors, a lot of notes because kendo terminology babyyy, adjusted ages to fit the school club narrative, everyone being millennial disaster, sin this house we disrespect giyuu because he's a kendo-obsessed tactless idiottrollnobu hours, being giyuu is suffering, chaotic dumbass giyuu, "men" refers to the strike point on the head in kendo btw
- Comments: A humorous series in which Giyuu doesn't know what he's doing, Shinobu messes with his phone, and Obanai is just kind of there. Well worth reading.
Demons in the Rough by Bakufan15
- Recommended by: BigChonker
- Status: Dead
- Synopsis: An unfortunate change in circumstance and a mistimed return leads to two demons who hold the family name 'Kamado'. Even still, Tanjirou will fight (fang and claw, if he has to) towards his goal.
- Tags: They're both demons, double trouble, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Nezuko, The Demon Hunting Demon, They're not gonna have a good time, but Giyuu and Shinobu will be the best mom and dad, for their two new demon children, Eventual slow, burn Tankanabe prepare, dyes the title is a pun, but its also symbolic, Canon-Typical Violence, discontinued
- Comments: A canon-divergent retelling of the Kimetsu No Yaiba Story, but Tanjirou and Nezuko are both turned into demons from the beginning.
Breaking Our Path by Silverbulletsdeath
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dormant
- Pairing: Zenitsu/Tanjirou
- Synopsis: Tanjiro woke up with his brother's arm in his mouth. He woke up a demon.
- Tags: Demon Tanjiro, Angst, Finding Family, softy zenitsu, Action/Adventure, Family Member Death, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
The Color of the World by Novirp13
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Cheerful Nezuko has been living a peaceful life until she loses her family overnight. Her brother Tanjiro survives but has turned into a demon. And Nezuko aims to turn him back to human. A dark journey begins when she joins the Demon Slaying Corps to save her brother and avenge her family
- Tags: Reverse-Role AU, badass!Nezuko, badass!Tanjiro, Nezuko has synesthesia, Tanjiro is always hungry, Alternate Universe, but actually not completely AU, NOT BETA. So beware of grammar mistakes
The Dragon of Change by Apoorlywrittenpun
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Tanjiro was the oldest son. He was the one who inherited the hanafuda earrings. He did all the work, took all the responsibility. He was the talented one, the one who could change the world. Nezuko wasn't Tanjiro. She wasn't strong like he was. She wasn't enough, yet, she would have to be. (Or the role reversal au where Nezuko becomes a demon slayer and Tanjiro becomes a demon)
- Tags: Role Reversal, Canon Divergence, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Training, Brother-Sister Relationships, BAMF Kamado Nezuko, Angst, Fluff, Grief/Mourning, POV Alternating, Protective Siblings, Family
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Tanjirou arrives home before Muzan does
- Tags: Canon Divergent, Drabble, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Rated T for Tanjirou’s Angry Thoughts, Muzan has no rights, this is not a ship fic please don't be weird
and the sun sets by dangerouswoman
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dead
- Synopsis: Nezuko didn't wake up in time to save Tanjiro from Rui's web that day on Natagumo mountain. Giyuu can't bring himself to leave her all alone, so he tries to take Tanjiro's place in the Kamado siblings' search for the cure.
- Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Major Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Angst, Hurt/Comfort
sun in our hearts, water in your veins by p3paula
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dead
- Synopsis: "If only I'd gotten here a half day sooner, your family might not have ended up dead."
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Demon!Giyuu, Kamado Family Lives AU, The Author Regrets Nothing, Tomioka Giyuu Protection Squad(But I also like Bullying him so... sorry Giyuu), Giyuu is Done™, The Author Regrets Everything, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, Supernatural Elements, BAMF Kamado Kie, Demon Tomioka Giyuu, Demon Kamado Nezuko, Protective Tomioka Giyuu, Found Family, Slow Build, Contains some OCs, no beta we die like canon fodder
Her Second Chance by Doorstuck
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dormant
- Synopsis: It wasn’t Nezuko who was chosen on that fateful day to become a demon. Instead, that honour was given to her mother.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Character Death, Demon Kie, Demon Slayer Kamado Kie
yet he feels like sunlight by leelhiette
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: In a twist of fate, Nezuko becomes a demon slayer.
- Tags: Role Reversal, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Manga Spoilers, If you don't want to be spoiled since I'm more of a manga reader then this fic is not it, No pairings, This is strictly gen, A bit fast-paced, Platonic Relationships
Charcoal Rivers by Aglo (Alternate link: https://fanfiction.online/story/409504/1)
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dormant
- Synopsis: On a cold, winter day, the first time Tanjiro accompanies his father to the town at the base of their mountain home, they encounter a very hungry, very angry, very lonely Genya. Or, Genya and Tanjiro meet before - and I mean WAY before- they do in canon.
- Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sibling Bonding, Hurt/Comfort, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Angst, Soft Shinazugawa Genya, Good Friend Kamado Tanjirou, Kamado Tanjirou is a Ray of Sunshine, Family Feels, Childhood Trauma, Fluff, Family Fluff, Families of Choice, Family Bonding, Canonical Character Death, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko, Canon-Typical Violence, Human Kamado Nezuko, BAMF Kamado Nezuko, Protective Kamado Tanjirou, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, POV Alternating, Role Reversal
- Comments: The story is no longer being updated on Archive Of Our Own. Future updates will only be on fanfiction.online.
Relevation of Reason by OnceABlueMoon
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: One-Shot
- Synopsis: Tanjiro is a god and the Demon Slayer Corps prays.
- Tags: Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses, Hinokami, Tanjiro is the Hinokami, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, Religion
Blade of Demon Salvation by Manu259 (Alternate Link: FanFiction.net)
- Recommended by: Mattman_the_Storyteller
- Status: Ongoing
- Pairings: Tanjiro/Kanao, Giyu/Shinobu, Makomo/Sabito, Inosuke/Aoi
- Synopsis: An Alternate Universe that starts out the same as in canon but slowly branches out. Some events can change the fates of certain people, for good or bad.
- Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pairings mentioned will get together but it will be a slow burn
- Comments: Mostly follows the canon storyline, but it has some changes in the plot that allows the other characters that had a small role to become Ascended Extras.
- Now has a Tropes Page.
Sunlight from the Ashes by DAsObiQuiet
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: It took Kamado Tanjiro a dozen loops to realize that saving his family meant becoming a demon. So he did it again, and again, and again, because he could never NOT save them, no matter what it does to him, how it changes him or what he's forced to do. But, unfortunately for Muzan, everyone, even the smiling and kind Tanjiro, has a breaking point...
- Tags: Time Loop, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Human Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko, Demon Slayer Kamado Takeo, Demon Slayer Kamado Tanjirou, PTSD, Kamado Tanjirou Needs a Hug, Canon-Typical Violence, The Kamado Family Lives, Torture, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Lower Moons Have Personality, Protective Rengoku Kyoujurou, Rengoku Family Healing, Healing, Mental Breakdown, Mental Healing, Human Kamado Nezuko
Related works to Sunlight from the Ashes
- Reoccuring Sunrise by DAsObiQuiet
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: On the trail of a demon, Giyuu happens by the grisly aftermath of a demon attack... and a boy, who happens to be the kindest person he's ever met. He's also a newly turned demon. Oh, and he claims to be from the future too. What.
- Tags: Major Character Death, Groundhog Day, Time Loop, Time Travel Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, demon!tanjiro, Everybody Lives, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, Sun breathing, Human Kamado Nezuko, Not Role Reversal, Well... not really, Butterfly Effect, Ripple Effect, What could have happened, Confused Tomioka Giyuu, Tanjiro can actually explain, Without using onomatopoeia
- Sunlight in the Shadows by DAsObiQuiet
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: To get more in-depth and personal information about the Kizuki, Tanjiro decides to infiltrate their upper ranks... It goes about as well as one would expect. Approx. Loop 81
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Time Travel, Time Loop, Infiltration, Demon Kamado Tanjirou
- Blood Moon by DAsObiQuiet
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Why Tanjiro should never be captured by a sadistic, psychopathic demon lord.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Protective Kamado Tanjirou, Whump, Torture, Emotional Manipulation, Emotional Hurt, Emotional torture, Tragedy, Angst and Tragedy, no happy ending, Kidnapping, Prisoner of War, prisoner, Held Prisoner, Defiant Kamado Tanjirou, Trigger Warnings, Abuse, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Gen Work, rated M for torture
- Winded Sunlight by DAsObiQuiet
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A Time-Traveling Kamado Tanjiro has to work together with Shinazugawa Sanemi, the Wind Pillar. It goes about as well as one would think (badly).
- Tags: Teamwork, Working Toether, Not willingly, Demon Slayer Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Omake, Alternate POV, Alternate Universe, Previous time travel, Time Travel
- Appendix -- Tanjiro's Time Loop Summary by DAsObiQuiet
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A brief summary of all the time loops Kamado Tanjiro has gone through before his current (and hopefully last) one.
- Tags: time loops, Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Kamado Nezuko, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko, Summary, What happened in different loops, List, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou
- Reoccuring Sunrise
Old Roots Bleeding Into New Trees by absentstars
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Kamado Kie enjoyed thinking of many things she wanted to do in her future. She wanted to visit her various children when they all grew up and left the house to start families of their own. She wanted to hear the pattering of small feet from down the hall and the joyous cries of "Obaa-san!" from her grandchildren. She wanted to die peacefully, buried next to her husband. Heart howling for vengeance and a blood-stained axe is not what she saw in her future, but it has always been unpredictable.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Kamado Kie-centric, BAMF Kamado Kie, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Slayer Kamado Kie, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Maternal Instinct, Blood and Injury, Amputation, Mild Language, Angst and Tragedy, Survivor Guilt, Family Bonding, Family Fluff, Angst and Humor, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, blood and violence, Child Death, Slow To Update
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete But no Epilogue
- Synopsis: Kamado Tanjiro unwillingly becomes Upper Moon Zero, and he willingly kills for Kibutsuji Muzan, because his sister unconditionally believes that the man saved them (and didn't kill their family), as such, thinks that they must protect him, and if Tanjiro disobeys, then his sister will be killed.
- Tags: Character Death, Hurt/Comfort, Upper Moon Kamado Tanjiro, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Kamado Tanjirou is Not a Demon Slayer, Kamado Tanjirou Needs a Hug
Waking the Heart by Cassia_Bea
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Kanao is entrusted to handle the human Douma and makes sure he stays that way. It's a precarious task.
- Tags: Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Fluff and Angst
Another Way of Kindness by Cassia_Bea
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: He slid the door open as he arrived. And saw a man tilting a small innocuous cup to his father’s lips. Or: a certain Water Pillar made sure to prevent the incoming tragedy in Akaza's human life.
- Tags: Fix-It, Canon Divergence, Fluff and Angst
The Weakest Person has the Most Potential to Grow by Aglo
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Genya doesn't die after the battle with Kokushibo because of sheer stubborness.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Canon Divergence, Shinazugawa Genya Lives, Canonical Character Death, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Brothers, Brotherly Bonding, Post-Canon, Fix-It, Happy Ending, Eventual Happy Ending
Series: Everlasting Beauty- Sumi Shinazugawa Lives AU by Aglo
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Sumi Shinazugawa Lives AU
- Tags: Canonical Character Death, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Family Drama, Family Issues, Angst, Unreliable Narrator, Survivor Guilt, Guilt, Trauma, Childhood Trauma, Period-Typical Sexism, Self-Reflection
KNY Plot Rewrite by solarsnapp
- Recomended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: What would KNY look like if worldbuilding elements like the Blue Spider Lily and Demon Marks were better utilized? What about if Nezuko actually had a development arc? How about if the Lower Demon Moons still existed and were actually relevant to the plot?
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Minor Original Character(s), Fix-It of Sorts, Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Spoilers, literally every single canon character will be present Long-Haired Kamado Tanjirou, Minor Romantic Relationships, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Lesbian Kochou Shinobu, Kamado Tanjirou Has PTSD(well the whole cast is traumatized but him especially), japanese sign language
Their burning will (fuelled by blood and flesh) by Crossover_Anime
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: In a world where everyone is your enemy, the only thing to do is to survive. Tanjiro knows this better than everyone, Nezuko and him were stuck in the situation of similar enough to be considered something but to different to join a side. It did not matter. He would end that game and regain his humanity. At least fully.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Part/Half-Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Kamado Nezuko, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Breath of the Sun User Kamado Tanjirou, BAMF Kamado Nezuko, Protective Kamado Nezuko, Protective Kamado Tanjirou, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou
Series/one-shots: Demon Tanjiro what ifs by energonbunny
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: What if Tanjiro had been the one who was turned into a demon at the beginning of the series? What if Nezuko was the one who became a demon slayer? Oneshots of random ideas for this thought, organized to what order they would happen in the theoretical timeline (although I might do two ideas for one instance like the pillar meeting).
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Canon Divergence, Demon Tanjiro, Human Nezuko, Angst, Fluff
Family is the Sweetest Deception by Iceheart101
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Michikatsu spends years missing his brother. He wanders the land now, halfheartedly following Muzan's orders as he travels aimlessly. Until he finds Yoriichi again in the form of Kamado Tanjirou.
- Tags: Dead Kamado Family, Dead Kamado Nezuko, Dance of the Fire God|Hinokami Kagura, Michikatsu forcibly adopts tanjirou as a brother, Kidnapping, Brain washing, He had an emotional awakening, Blood Demon Art, Making it up as we go, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Mind Manipulation, Non-Consensual Blood Drinking, Long-term effects of demon blood
Oh noes! Nii-chan Is a Demon! by merunilaya
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Tanjirou is blinking. He’s wincing, clenching his fists, frothing in his mouth. His mouth opens, no sound comes out. “Ne-zu...ne..LEAVE-” Nii-chan is clutching his head, his sharp nails digging into his skin. Nezuko tears up again. She's not leaving him here. He's all she has left. Tanjirou has looked up again. There’s bloodlust in his eyes.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Role Reversal AU, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, BAMF Kamado Nezuko, Nezuko and her very strong legs, tanjirou's forehead is like nezuko's legs, Angst, Fluff, Platonic Relationships, Angst with a Happy Ending, Kamado Tanjirou is a Ray of Sunshine, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, Protective Kamado Nezuko, Protective Kamado Tanjirou, Parental Urokodaki Sakonji, Found Family, Platonic Fluff, Not Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Past Sabito/Tomioka Giyuu
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: He could feel himself getting weak. His own slowing heartbeat pounded in his sensitive ears. He was too weak to move, much less talk. The blonde-haired boy peacefully accepted his fate. After being beaten by his senior-turned-demon, Agatsuma Zenitsu took his last breath, and closed his eyes for the final time. Today, years in the past, Agatsuma Zenitsu opened his eyes once more.
- Tags: Time Travel, Agatsuma Zenitsu-centric, BAMF Agatsuma Zenitsu, Fix-It, Good Friend Kamado Tanjirou, Good Friend Hashibira Inosuke, Sad Agatsuma Zenitsu, Kamaboko squad, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Spoilers, Rengoku Kyoujurou Lives
The Doctor who Dances with the Dawn by Bunbunbun
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Tanjiro dropped to his knees and bowed until his head touched the ground. "Thank you, Doctor!" he cried. "Thank you so much for helping our family! I swear, as the eldest son, I will work to pay off any medical debts for as long as it takes! Even if it takes my whole life, I'll do it gladly! Thank you!" To his surprise, the doctor didn't respond, and Tanjiro raised his head. Yoriichi's cheeks were flushed slightly, and he was holding his hands up in an anxious protest. "There is no debt to pay," he insisted in a voice that was as soft as his scent. "You owe me nothing."...A slayer of old is reincarnated. Haunted by memories that he doesn't understand of blood and regret, he vows never to hold a blade and takes up the mantle of a healer instead.
- Tags: Minor Original Character death(s), Team as Family, Angst and Humor, Family Feels(Almost) Everyone Lives/(Almost) Nobody Dies, Reincarnation, no beta we die like men, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Agatsuma Zenitsu needs a Hug, The Kamado Family Lives, Ponytail Kamado Tanjirou, Fix-It, Guest Starring Sumiyoshi the Friendly Ghost
This Time, It’ll Work by suguear
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Zenitsu Agatsuma is a simple boy. A demon slayer ready to put his life down, even if it was through a bad ending. He was fine with that. Until he gets sent back to relive everything he had decided to let go of.
- Tags: Major Character Death, Time Travel Fix-It, BAMF Agatsuma Zenitsu, Emotional Baggage, Sleepwalking, Agatsuma Zenitsu-centric, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Drug Use, Canon-Typical Violence, Nightmares, Soft Kamado Tanjirou, Hurt, Agatsuma Zenitsu plays Matchmaker, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Iron and Ice by SkilledWarriorKiwi
- Recommended by: firedragonx23
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: The girl wasn't afraid but she had not been given permission to speak so she said nothing. The man tilted his head to the side, smile fading to a confused pout."Aren't you going to scream?" he asked. The girl said and did nothing. His hand tightened around her throat, strong enough it cut off her breath. She did nothing, even when her vision began to blacken as her lungs struggled and twisted from the lack of air. After a moment his hand relaxed and she took a breath but made no attempt to push away from him or fight his grip."That's strange," the man said, "Are you really not afraid?"She blinked but did not respond. His hand loosened around her throat until he was pressing his bloody index finger against her neck, sensing her pulse. It was as steady and calm as it had ever been since that day she became empty and hollow."Well, aren't you interesting. I think I'll keep you," the man decided.
- Tags: Slavery, Demons, Fluff and Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Cannibalism, BAMF Tsuyuri Kanao, Dysfunctional Family, Bad Parenting, Douma grabs Kanao instead of the Kochou siblings, And grabs Inosuke before Kotoha can chuck him off a cliff, Douma: I'm not like a regular dad I'm a cool dad, Swordfighting, Dubious Morality, Conditioning, Kanao and Inosuke as siblings, Blood and Gore, Loyalty, Family Bonding, Not Beta Read, Cults, Tsuyuri Kanao-centric, Canonical Character Death, Hashibira Inosuke Being Hashibira Inosuke, Tsuyuri 'if anything happens to my family I'll kill everyone in this room and then myself' Kanao, Past Child Abuse, Morally Neutral Kanao, Protective Kanao, Vivisection
Once More, With Feeling by JayBirdJoker
- Recommended by: firedragonx23
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: The day Douma dies is the day he feels for the first time.
- Tags: Time Travel, Time Travel Make-It-Worse, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Gore, Murder, Child Murder,Minor Original Character(s), Fluff and Angst, Angst, Tragedy, Guilt, Manipulation, Unreliable Narrator, Self-Indulgent, Friendship, One-Sided Attraction, Family, Families of Choice, Demon/Human Douma-centric, Douma is a Little Shit, Douma Has Feelings, Douma is Bad at Feelings, He Thinks He's Good at Feelings, Soft Douma, Douma Had One Brain Cell and He Left It Behind in the Canon Timeline, Akaza Can't Take Him Anywhere, Douma Accidentally Makes Friends, Douma Came Here to Have a Good Time But He Feels so Attacked Right Now, One-Sided Douma/Kochou Shinobu, Parent Douma, Protective Gyutaro, Soft Gyutaro, Gyutaro is Surrounded by Idiots, But They're His Idiots, Soft Daki | Ume, Daki | Ume Being a Brat, Akaza | Hakuji is Bad at Feelings, Akaza | Hakuji Needs a Hug, Soft Akaza | Hakuji, Warning: Kibutsuji Muzan, Kibutsuji Muzan Being an Asshole, /Manipulative Kibutsuji Muzan, Baby Hashibira Inosuke, Not Beta Read, yes i finally read demon slayer
The Mist Protects by TeaPartyCannon
- Recommended by: firedragonx23
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Yuichiro wasn’t a chosen one. He didn’t have the strength to be kind, to save others. But he was an older brother, if only by a few minutes. So for Muichiro’s sake, he would find the strength he needed, in order to save the only family he had left.
- Tags: lternate Universe, Demon Tokitou Muichirou, Demon Slayer Tokitou Yuichirou, Tokitou Yuichirou Lives, Canon-Typical Violence, Minor Character Death, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Memory Loss, Cannibalism, Demon eating demons, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Kokushibo develops fatherly feelings maybe, Sibling Love, Canonical Character Death, Body Horror, Tokitou Muichirou Needs a Hug, Protective Tokitou Yuichirou, Angst with a Happy Ending, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Kidnapping, Codependency, Self-Hatred, Torture, Suicidal Thoughts
Shipping
Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast. Shipping
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Demonic World by DemonLordGalm
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Tanjirou/Shinobu
- Synopsis: Becoming a Demon was not want he wanted to happen, but Tanjiro wouldn't let that stop him from saving his sister, even if it meant only she could be the one to be cured. Will he persevere against the odds? Or will his darker half get the better of him...? And what's this about a demon even older and stronger then Muzan?
- Tags: Demon!Tanjiro, Still a Demon!Nezuko, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Violence, Hunger, saliva, canon action, friendship, romance, Fantasy, Adventure, Determination, Hopeful
if not cut at dusk by caelitea
- Recommended by: slipperwhipper
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Shinobu/Giyuu
- Synopsis: Four times Tomioka Giyu ends up in Kochou Shinobu's clinic, and one time he doesn't. Or, a handful of times that Giyu ends up in Shinobu's care.
- Tags: giyu in various states of unwell and doctor shinobu to the rescue
- Comments: A very well-written 4+1 fic with some of the best characterization I have seen in this fandom. Absolutely recommend for the feels and fluff!
Add Review- Recommended by: Dr Gairyuki
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Tanjirou/Kanao
- Synopsis: The Tanjirou coin flip scene, except it's in the Role Reversal AU where Nezuko is the Demon Slayer and he is the demon.
- Tags: Role Reversal, Demon Kamado Tanjirou, Demon Slayer Kamado Nezuko
- Comments: An absolutely and well-written fluffy Tanjiro/Kanao ship fic based on the Tanjirou coin flip scene except in a Role Reversal AU where Tanjirou is the Demon with Tanjirou able to portray the same meaning to Kanao even without speaking any words. Which makes it even more fluffy and adorable than it already is in my opinion.
How to be a Good Boyfriend by Butterfree by Butterfree
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Tanjirou/Zenitsu
- Synopsis: Or that one story where Zenitsu ropes Tanjirou into pretending to be his boyfriend in order to meet his Gramps.
- Tags: Canon Divergence, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Mutual Pining, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together, Pre-Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Weddings, Fluff and Humor, Feelings Realization
Breaking Our Path by Silverbulletsdeath
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dead
- Pairing: Tanjirou/Zenitsu
- Synopsis: Tanjiro woke up with his brother's arm in his mouth. He woke up a demon.
- Tags: Angst, Finding Family, softy zenitsu, Action/Adventure, Family Member Death, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Demon Tanjiro
The Neverending Night by apodis
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Pairing: Akaza|Hakuji/Rengoku Kyoujurou
- Synopsis: Nezuko comes from a future where Muzan won. She puts Akaza into a time loop that he seems to be unable to escape unless Muzan dies. Akaza makes a lot of mistakes, kills Kyojuro many times, and falls in love with him along the way.
- Tags: Time Loop, Angst, Temporary Character Death, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Canon-Typical Violence, Slow Burn, Dark, Unreliable Narrator, Enemies to Lovers
Eat To Your Heart's Content by Lepidopterology
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Iguro Obanai/Kanroji Mitsuri
- Synopsis: In which Obanai is an infamous demon, lying to Mitsuri in order to save his head- but it seems like he's bitten off more than he can chew, because he keeps on lying, until eventually, he begins lying to himself, too.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Demon AU, Demon!Obanai, Slow Burn, Canon-Typical Violence, Fluff, Mitsuri is just being her nice self and Obanai is trying his best, obamitsuobamitsu centri, cother characters appear only briefly, tons of battles, Obanai's POV
they say there's good grief [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/glueskin/pseuds/glueskin glueskin
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Shinazugawa Sanemi/Tomioka Giyuu
- Synopsis: Giyuu begins the painstaking process of trying to remember how to be a functional human being.
- Tags: Grief/Mourning, Depression, Emotional Healing, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Disassociation, Albinism, Implied Relationships, Love Confessions, Kissing, Implied/Referenced Past Canonical Character Death
OC's and Reader-Inserts
Original Characters and Reader-insert fics, both platonic and romantic OC's and Reader-Inserts
Emissary of the Moon by ghettogeisha
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Her gaze was steady, lips slightly parted as a nervous breath left her form. As soon as she took the next inhale a gleaming blade moved up and was held to her neck, and another to her back, it's pointed tip digging in. "Who are you exactly, what are you?" Came the question from the Snake Pillar, his voice holding disgust, murmurs of agreement from the other Pillars filled the silence as well. She couldn't blame them, this is, after all, their first time seeing a woman of colour
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence,Action/Adventure, Action & Romance, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Everybody Lives, Polyamory, Polyamorous Character, Female Character of Color, This Is Not Going To Go The Way You Think, Isekai, POV Third Person Limited, ambw, Asian men/Black woman, Taisho Era, reader is op, But there is a reason why, Spoilers, Canon-Typical Violence, Reader is a poly disaster, Reader Has A Name, Badass MC, Self Insert, Sort Of, She adopts the Kamaboko Squad, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fix-It, Cuddles, Head pats, Period-Typical Racism, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Touch-Starved, Hashibira Inosuke Being Hashibira Inosuke, BAMF Agatsuma Zenitsu, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, inosuke is learning, Please bare with me, Reader is OC, BAMF Hashibara Inosuke, Kaguya's cuddles can cure world hunger, Kaguya's cuddles can heal the world, Cuddles can win the war, Satoshi is done, Unedited we die like illiterates, Most of the time, Found Family
you can't wake up (this is not a dream) by Leo_Imperatrix
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Faye just wants to go to her friend's house, have fun, go back to her home, eat dinner, then have a good night's sleep. Not get dragged into a centuries-old war between vampiric man-eating creatures and humans (thankfully) who can strengthen their bodies by breathing. Or A girl from our world got sucked into another. This sucks (pun totally intended).
- Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, No beta we die like illiterates, Rengoku Kyoujurou Lives, Self-Insert, oc-insert, Self-Indulgent, Mother Hen Rengoku Kyojurou, Author is extremely bad at tagging
- Comment: the link no longer works as the page may have been deleted.
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: You've never questioned the way you were raised, but new discoveries after joining the Demon Hunter Corps is making you reconsider.
- Tags: Major Character Death, Graphic Violence, Reader-insert, Reader, Canon Divergence, Fighting, Action, Trust Issues, Betrayal, Misunderstandings, Drama, Slow Build, Animal Abuse, Animal Death, Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Reader is Muzan's Daughter, She Also Has No Idea, Half-Demon Reader, Self-Harm, Self-Esteem Issues, Self-depreciation, Cannibalism(kinda), Friendship, some Romance, Suspenseful, Fluff, a Dash of Humor, Angst, Ghost, Eye's Change color, Transformation, Training Arch, Gyomei Father Figure
Out of Every World byMoving On
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dead
- Synopsis: Out of every world, it had to be this one? A modern girl from our world in her journey across the Demon Slayer Universe. Will she survive and save her favorite characters from their deaths? Well, that's up to her. She's going to have to work hard to gain the skills and trust she needs to make a difference. Let's just hope that goofball personality doesn't get in her way.
- Tags: Isekai, Reader-insert, Human!Reader, Demons!Reader, Canon typical violence and fighting, Humor, trust issues, OC's, Slight angst
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Pairing: Rengoku Kyoujurou/Reader
- Synopsis: After the events of Mugen Train, Kyojuro Rengoku wakes up in Prohibition Chicago, where you're a thousand-year-old bootlegger. Who's the dying man in your living room? Why does he want to kill you? What's a demon? It's been a while since you've read the Bible. Do all Japanese Evangelists dye their hair red-and-blond now?
- Tags: Rengoku Kyoujurou Lives, Reader-Insert, Demon(?)-Reader, Canon-Typical Violence, Cannibalism, Self-Harm, suicide ideation, Slavery, Medical Experimentation, Medical Torture, Psychological Trauma, Period-Typical Sexism, Period-Typical Racism, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Assisted Suicide, Age Difference, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, i swear this isn't a dark story despite the tags, Humor, Fluff, Pining, Slow Burn, Demon Rengoku Kyoujurou, but he’s not a demon like kny’s canon demons
Last Chance for Magnanimity by FriedEggOnMyLeg
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Synopsis: Apocalyptic survivor who hates the sun wakes up in Demon Slayer and proceeds to befriend anything that breathes.
- Tags: Reader-Insert, Isekai, Scp 001: When Day Breaks, Reader is a When Day Breaks Survivor, touch-starved reader, reader has ptsd, Obsessive Reader, Reader Has Problems, reader is not okay, Foreigner Reader, Reader has no set appearance, Asexual Reader, they just want to hold everyone's hand, No Smut, Overprotective Reader, Reader is emotionally dependent on everyone, reader has no chill, Reader is a walking disaster, Cannibalism, The apocalypse wasn't kind to the reader, Sex-Repulsed Reader, they have a natural tan to dark complexion, Reader has survivor's guilt
Demons Have A Hard Life, Too by ConstellationBrotherhood
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Dormant
- Synopsis: When a modern-world-fan of the KNY series gets pulled into the manga’s world, she regrets ever listening to her brother’s suggestion, and regrets it even more when she realises she’s trapped in the body of Lower Moon Five. Forced to comply to the whims of Muzan Kibutsuji with everything she knows and loves held hostage, Angela finds herself struggling to walk the line between human and demon, saviour and murderer in her frantic search for a way back home. Or, a girl gets isekai’d into a demon’s body and proceeds to drive the KNY plot train straight into the ground.
- Tags: Self-Insert, Self-Indulgent, villain perspective, Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Friendship, Dysfunctional Family, Original Character(s), secrets, hunger, starving, anxiety, animal death, humor, pretending
Crossover Fics
A fan fiction which incorporates characters, events, places, ideas, etc from another fandom. Crossovers
a friend of lightning by Kinyve
- Recommended by: slipperwhipper
- Status: Complete
- Crossover with: Pokémon: The Series
- Pairing: Zenitsu/Tanjirou
- Synopsis: Zenitsu's not the best with Pokemon, so he chooses not to have one
- Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Team Rocket being assholes, a bit zenitsu and Mareep centric, tanjirou is a supportive boyfriend
- Comments: A short, fluffy Pokemon crossover where Zenitsu adopts an overpowered Mareep. Very cute.
A Slayer's Duty by Pixelmancer
- Recommended by Jagellion
- Crossover with Attack on Titan
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: It seems that defending humanity is a task that Tanjiro Kamado will always carry with him, no matter how far he strays from home. One-shot, for now.
- Recommended by Razor Smile
- Status: Ongoing.
- Crossover with: Sekiro
- Synopsis: This is a tale of demons, and those who slay them. A tale of immortals, and the cost of their lives. A tale of a legacy, a name, and a Fang to be bared against the howling dark. This is the tale of the man once known as Sekiro, the One-Armed Wolf, and of the boy who would become his disciple.
- Comments: Seamless fusion of two tales of supernatural badassery set in historical Japan. Excellent mystical mechanics and an entertaining story that neither hugs canon too closely nor flees from it for the sake of difference.
At the Break of Dawn. by tamagoyaki
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Crossover with: To Your Eternity
- Synopsis: Instead of Giyuu, Tanjirou is saved by a god who has lost all his vessels.
- Tags: One-shot, Canon Divergence
Breathe (you're not alone) by hatredwithpassion
- Recommdended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: On-going
- Crossover with: Naruto
- Synopsis: In the deep recesses of his mind, memories began surfacing slowly. Incoherent, fragmented glimpses. There was a name - Tanjirou - distant and unclear memories. An echo of a forgotten past. He was Yue Naoki and yet he wasn’t.(The kindest soul lives on again in the body of a small orphan in Suna and it changes everything)
- Tags: Transmigration,Friendship, Protective Kamado Tanjirou, BAMF Kamado Tanjirou, Kamado Tanjirou-centric, Angst, Garra-centric, Canonical Character Death, Kamado Tanjirou destroys canon, Bad Parenting
I'm You, Exactly the Same, but also Your Direct Opposite by Aglo
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Crossover with: My Hero Academia
- Synopsis: “Fine, fine. We gotta fight and stall for time. Let me take the wheel. I know how to fight.” “So do I, dumbass. I’m a hero-in-training.” “Hero-in-training? Like a Demon Slayer?” “What the fuck is a De- you know what, that doesn’t matter right now. Point is, I’m pretty fucking amazing, so let me handle this. Those villains are no joke, and I’m not gonna trust someone who needs a gun to protect my body.” “... Okay. I’m Genya, by the way.” “... Katsuki.”
- Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crossing Timelines, Sharing a Body, Possession, Trauma, Angst, Canonical Character Death-ish, Ghosts, Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot, Bakugou Katsuki is Bad at Feelings, Bakugou Mitsuki's Bad Parenting, Panic Attacks, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Enemies to Friends, Eventual Happy Ending
Hold Your Breath by ElpisLumina
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Crossover with: My Hero Academia
- Synopsis: Izuku Midoriya was scared of his neighbor. Her eyes were the intense color of freshly bloomed cherry blossoms, the pupil an animalistic slit, and he could have sworn that the one time he saw her smile she had fangs. But he couldn’t stay scared forever, not when his mom was leaving him with her for a week.
- Tags: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Midoriya Izuku Does Not Have One for All Quirk, Swordfighting, Mentor Nezuko, Breath of Water, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Alternate Universe - Mineta Minoru Doesn't Exist, Mentor/Protégé, Demon Kamado Nezuko, Midoriya Izuku is a Good Friend, Swordswoman Yaoyorozu Momo, Swordsman Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki Faces Consequences, Shinsou Hitoshi is in Class 1-A, Good Parent Midoriya Inko, Breath of Stone, Good Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Alternate Universe - Fusion, Happy Ending
Mortal Draw, Dragon's Breath by DarkAkatsuk1
- Recommended by VictorioMWolff-Haddock
- Status: Ongoing.
- Crossover with: Sekiro
- Synopsis: Ashina was but one empire of the Sengoku era that fell before its own greatness, and by the time of the Taishō-era, stories of it were comparable to folklores and nursery tales. Its secrets remain there to this day, and they will no doubt be uncovered by those who wish to be privy to it. However, some secrets were meant to remain buried, and for good reasons…
Demon Slayer's Purpose by Kdjd3HD
- Recommended by VictorioMWolff-Haddock
- Status: Discontinued.
- Crossover with: My Hero Academia
- Synopsis: After the long battle with the defeated Upper Moon 3 Akaza, Tanjirou Kamado, in a battered state and unable to move any further, died, and met with the first Breath User Yoriichi. With his goal of turning Nezuko into a human now completed, the young Demon Slayer must now seek a new purpose. To help others in need in a new world filled with Heroes and special powers.
