He Was Punk & He Did Ballet - A GenTan AU
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The Death of Tanjuro Kamado by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)
12 Feb 2026
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Tanjiro doesn’t want his father to die. He certainly never expected to be there when it happened, either. // Kie tried to accept her husband’s death before it happened, but that made it no easier. It’s only made worse as she’s forced to watch her son struggle too.
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Gethsemane (Fourteen Scars) by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)
18 Feb 2026
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A boy, a brother, a father, and four years for fourteen scars.
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A background of the Shinazugawa home and only a few times Genya found himself marked by its violence.
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To Make A Friend by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
12 Nov 2025
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Genya hated Tanjiro Kamado. Hated him.
He hated his constant bubbly attitude. He hated his incessant friendliness. He hated his happy family, his sweet sister, and especially his annoying friends. He hated his bright, red eyes and wavy red hair and that stupid scar on his stupid forehead. He hated him, everything about him.
He especially hated that he had, somehow, decided they were friends.
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The series of tumultuous events that led to Genya finally allowing Tanjiro to befriend him, realizing along the way that - just maybe - he actually kinda likes him too.
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Épilogue et Prologue: The Start of A Love Story by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
01 Dec 2025
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In short, he was being an idiot. // Ultimate Rule: No Stupid Feelings For Tanjiro Kamado.
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The end of one story and the beginning of another; or, as otherwise stated, the start of a love story.
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À La Mode Nezuko by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
07 Jan 2026
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Nezuko had never thought to look too closely at the relationship between her brother and their friend Genya Shinazugawa, but when she sees them alone together for the first time, that changes.
With this new knowledge and the help of her friends (and mother), Nezuko sets out on the plan to end all plans: the ultimate set-up to make them confess.
Surely nothing will go wrong…right?
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Nezuko and the Kamaboko squad being chaotic little schemers hoping to get their two friends together, supported by Kie and other (unwitting) adults.
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A Winter’s (Formal) Tale by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
24 Jan 2026
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It’s the end of the semester at Kimetsu Academy, and thus time for Winter Formal, and Genya is—somewhat—excited. It’s what he hopes, at least. He doesn’t want to be anxious, not when he has such an important guest waiting for him: his friend, Tanjiro Kamado, who Genya definitely has very normal and very platonic feelings for.
Already at the dance, Tanjiro is in quite the opposite predicament. He’s a nervous wreck, waiting with bated breath for his final friend to arrive: Genya Shinazugawa, who Tanjiro isn’t quite sure he feels ‘just’ platonically for—a feeling he desperately wants to acknowledge and explore that night.
But fairytales don’t always play out as planned, and sometimes happy endings aren’t as easy to write as the princes may wish.
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Zenitsu and the Perils of Being A Wingman by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)
09 Apr 2026
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Genya and Tanjiro aren’t talking. Inosuke and Takeo are helping. Kaigaku, Gramps, and Captain Urokodaki are doing the exact opposite of helping. And Zenitsu has been tasked with handling it all.
Oh, woe is he.
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A three day spring break stay up in the northern woods that Zenitsu has been asked to spend trying to get his two stubborn friends to finally have a conversation again, where definitely nothing goes wrong and everything ends well…right? Yeah, totally.
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When the story comes to an end, will it be the same again to you?
When the story comes to an end, will it be the same again at all?Series
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Sweet Sixteen by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)
18 Apr 2026
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On the morning of July 14th, Tanjiro's sixteenth birthday, he came to a decision: it was time to tell Genya how he felt.
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21 Ways To Say I Love You by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)
24 Jun 2026
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“So, I was thinking,” he started, slow and a little haltingly, “we’ve been…close, for a while, obviously, but, uh…there’s still a lot I don’t know about you, so I thought, maybe we could…”
“Play a game?” Tanjiro suggested when Genya’s sentence fell short. “Like, twenty-one questions?”
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A (mostly) fluffy extended game of 21 questions as Tanjiro and Genya figure out their new relationship and dating as a whole.
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- Part 10 of He Was Punk & He Did Ballet - A GenTan AU
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The Measure of Grief by bonesOfgod
Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)
23 Oct 2025
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Genya doesn’t have a happy family. He’s always known this. Thanks to his dad and older brother, his life is a living hell, a constant slew of punches and derides. His only reprieve from them is the company of his friends—most namely, his boyfriend, who has taken it upon himself to help Genya cope.
But everything changes one night, when his mom tells him unexpected news: his father is dead.
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AKA a vent post where I explore the complex and confusing emotions surrounding the loss of an abusive parent, as well as the sibling dynamics that can crop up in abusive households and how they aggravate during times of crisis. All through the vehicle of Genya Shinazugawa.
I promise I’ll let him be happy…eventually.
(heavily inspired by but not religious to Kimetsu Academy AU)
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- Part 11 of He Was Punk & He Did Ballet - A GenTan AU