Demon Slayer: Awakening the Heavens, Winning Over the Upper Rank Demons

After transmigrating as Doma, he witnesses his parents kill each other in a horrific scene from the start, yet feels nothing. This body was born unable to feel joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. Even crying is just an act.

To hold on to the last shred of his humanity, he offers himself up to become a demon, only to awaken two Blood Demon Arts: Mist Ice, which controls emotions and creates crystalline ice lotuses, and Non-Thought, which forcibly extracts and manipulates his own thoughts and feelings as well as those of others.

When Muzan injects him with demon blood, he uses Non-Thought to block every memory he must not reveal, including the original story. From then on, he becomes the Upper Rank who gives Muzan the biggest headache: obedient and well-behaved on the surface, while privately using emotional manipulation to toy with every member of the Twelve Kizuki.

When Akaza comes after him, Doma forcibly fills him with “delight,” leaving him stunned on the spot. Kokushibo draws his sword, only to have the thought “I’m smitten” planted in his mind, turning the tips of his ears red. When Daki challenges the courtesan’s standing, Doma alters her memories until she believes she’s the one whose livelihood has been stolen.

As the Demon Slayer Corps Hashira brace themselves for battle, Doma squats on a rooftop, twirling his fan, and winks at Giyu. “Hey, handsome, want me to teach you a few tricks for winning people over?”

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.