Akaza, born Hakuji, was born and raised in the slums of Edo to a sickly father he deeply loved. In order to pay for medicine, Hakuji pickpocketed from people in town, but was caught three times. The magistrate beat him and marked him with tattoos, threatening to cut his arms off the next time he was caught and calling him a "Demon Child." When Hakuji returned home after his third beating, a villager informed him that his father, having heard of his arrest, hung himself. In the letter he left, he stated he wanted Hakuji to live a full life and didn't want to take medicine if it was earned by dishonest means. With his criminal tattoos and no home to return to, Hakuji was eventually banished from Edo. Devastated by the loss of his father and enraged at the society he lived in where he couldn't afford his father's medicine, he picked fights with people and beat them up. One day, after nearly killing seven adult men in a village, he was approached by Keizo, the owner of a local Soryu dojo. Annoyed by the man's cheerful demeanor, Hakuji challenged him to a fight, but was defeated with ease. Keizo then took him under his wing so he could nurse Koyuki, Keizo's sickly daughter. Koyuki's mother, her previous caretaker, drowned herself due to stress and Keizo had to work handyman jobs to keep them afloat, so Hakuji was tasked with tending to her. Already accustomed to caring for his father, he had little trouble, though he found it awkward when she burst into tears seemingly at random. One of those times, unbeknownst to him, he had indirectly motivated her by telling her that "there will be a next year" to see a local fireworks show. One day, he discovered that Koyuki had been forced outside Keizo's dojo by the heir of the nearby kenjutsu dojo that sought Keizo's land for themselves, and prevented him from getting any students before Hakuji. Enraged, Keizo and Hakuji fought the dojo, and after defeating nine people, Hakuji made them promise to never get involved with their dojo or Koyuki again. The heir of the rival dojo became enraged and swung a sword at Hakuji, only for him to use his Bell Splitter technique and punch the side of the blade, breaking it. The other members of the dojo were so moved by the beauty of this technique that they accepted their loss and apologized for the rudeness of the heir, leaving the Soryuu dojo in peace.[1]Two years later, Koyuki's health improved enough that she could stand and do chores. Hakuji continued training as Keizo's pupil of the Soryu Style, and the dojo began to grow. One day, Keizo offered to let Hakuji take over the dojo and take Koyuki as his bride, to Hakuji's surprise and embarrassment. He agreed, silently vowing to protect both of them, even at the cost of his own life. At a festival, Koyuki told him of her past, asking if he was really okay with the proposal, to which he reaffirmed his vows to her, promising to protect her for the rest of his life. The heir of the rival dojo heard about Hakuji's marriage to Koyuki, so he gathered some of his angered disciples and fought Hakuji, but they lost. Tragically, this victory was short-lived. Hakuji went to visit his father's grave to inform him of his marriage, but quickly realized something was amiss upon his return. A student from the dojo informed him that the rival dojo had poisoned the well where Koyuki and Keizo drank water from. The two died shortly after drinking that water while Hakuji had been away. Enraged, Hakuji killed all sixty-seven members of the rivaling dojo with his bare hands, pulverizing them to the point where their corpses were no longer recognizable. This incident caught Muzan Kibutsuji's attention and, though he was disappointed to find it had been a human rather than a demon who'd done such a gruesome act, he decided to make Hakuji one of the Twelve Kizuki. Hakuji, with nothing left to protect and having lost his will to live, accepts Muzan's offer and becomes a demon EDIt: i needed 2 hours to write, i don't remember totally so please tell that there is any mistake
Akaza didn't have the choice to become a demon. when he encontered Muzan he was still heart broken and tried to attack Muzan but he punched akaza and his hand went through his head and forcefully made him a demon against his will and forgot everything other than a goal to become stronger.
I think Douma’s is the saddest. He never had any hope or joy in all his life. He died alone and without hope of something better. His happiest moment was as a severed head in the hand of Shinobu. Poor Douma.
Honestly “love is the most twisted curse” hit hard😭 Like he is still suffering yet he found out the truth about love well 50/50 of it bcs it’s not twisted when it’s ur family/ someone that will treat you well😭😭😭😭😭
Huge respect of hakuji really even if muzan hadn't made him demon he would become an demon because of this fake world really "Villains are broken heros "
Bro I feel so bad Story time: I used to hate akaza so much because I was in love with Rengoku and then he killed him and my sister and brother would show me videos of akaza and I would get mad and walk away Then:when was reading the manga I got to his backstory and I would be sobbing so much because my brother was putting the sad theme of nezuko and that made it sadder so now I feel bad for him😢 But, I sTiLl LoVe HiM❤❤😢😢
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