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My love, you are straining that galaxy brain on fact-checking historical viability in a fictional world that incorporates demons into its premise. The themes and time-frame are a baseline to create a canvas to paint on. If you have issue with the premise being unrealistic then don’t worry your heart.
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@Haruharara I'm actually just not sure what's involved with becoming a pillar in the lore so I have no idea lol. That's it.


Here is a page from the canon:


Also I've found this that is apparently from an omake of volume 11 but I can't find a direct source:

"To become a Pillar, you will also need to defeat one of the Twelve Demon Moons or 50 demons."

They can also inherit the title from former Pillars that they have studied under, if that helps you! Though ultimately it is up to our lovely GM of course.
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But the alt history goes in part with the setting. If you're taking it out of the history you're effectively taking the series out of its roots in historical fantasy, which is one of the things that the series does really well.

It also lets players know what's allowed and what's available. Like, the Showa period wasn't very long ago at all. In that period we had: The NES, Super Mario, Godzilla, Ghibli, Kamen Rider, karaoke, and of course, the birth of Japanese Pro Wrestling.

If Japan is imperial after the Taisho era, however, there are plenty of implications and I really want answers as to what happened because maybe they pertain to my character. If it is in the Showa era, what year is it? What is Japan's foreign policy at this time?
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Not trying to backseat drive or anything but the opening post clearly says

It is the dawn of the Shōwa period

Key word: dawn, so to me that would mean late 1925-1926. As far as I knew the actual canon takes place in the Taishō period.
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Oh. WWI. My bad. So this is gonna be an AU thing then?
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Oh. WWI. My bad. So this is gonna be an AU thing then?


you do realize that world war 1 started near the beginning of the taisho period and ended halfway through, right?
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Yeah. The series starts less than two years before WWI. That was my bad, thanks for correcting me.
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So while I have no quarrel with the sentimentality within your bio, there are a few things I can’t quite wrap my head around.

It never really specifies if he’s a demon slayer, who trained him, the combat style doesn’t seem to be an actual Breath. While it is eloquently written, the whole thing doesn’t seem that grandiose. And the tidbit of having tenacity that’s in a league of his own, doesn’t really comply as even if the forms are difficult to enact- all Breaths, each and every one is difficult and takes years of rigorous training.

I’m not outright denying him, just asking for some revision and thought.
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Sorry if these questions were asked before but:

You started off with the Showa period being the upswing of Japanese imperialism? But WWII isn't actually that far from the actual main series? Less than two years probably. So did, in this timeline, the Japanese win WWII? Like, was Tokyo never firebombed? Did we not get the two nukes? Or maybe the nukes didn't have as big an impact? Or maybe the Japanese didn't win the war but the Americans didn't have as heavy a hand in writing the Japanese constitution? Like, what's up with that?


Kimetsu no Yaiba takes place in the Taisho period, which is around a dozen years lead up to WWI and goes on for a bit after it, not WWII. Specifically 1912-1926.

The RP begins at the dawn of the Showa period, which is a few years after WWI. WWII is not until 1940. Specifically, Showa period begins at 1926. I assume by dawn of the Showa period, this RP begins in the year 1927, or at the very end of the Taisho period which ended in December 1926.

Also perhaps I'll make him a pillar. I'll be revising and drawing him today.

EDIT: Jk he's a Tsuguko who's only waiting for a Kizuki to appear.
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So you want me too... expand? Alright I can do that, I usually keep things off for the sake of revealing them later but I do get your point. As for the breath, I'll try and also expand more clearly. I don't want to make it seem too overpowered so I place sort of a leash, but I can go about it with more gumption, i suppose.
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I'll be honest, I could actually post in full Japanese. It won't be great Japanese, but it's possible.
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If you put the translation in captions I would love to see that :^)
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Alright, I added a few things and took away a few others. Tell me what you think.
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Hey, so is there a discord channel for this RP? like 75% of my activity is on discord, it's a lot easier to communicate and coordinate stuff there imo. :D
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@Sync So, since Haru didn't know how exactly to respond to the changes, I thought I'd take the opportunity to jump in and help out.

Frankly, your entire "Dance of the Thousand Blossoms" needs to be reworked from the ground up. The issues that it has are plentiful, so I'll go through them one at a time for you, starting with the most glaring:

"Ironically it differs from the traditional technique which is an abundant presence of oxygen. However, this form allows the user to inhale a great source of oxygen and utilise such as a compound that will be placed heavily on the user's body, allowing to unlock speeds beyond normal means, even for a demon slayer. Their breath becomes a physical manifestation, and it births the sensible taste of frost unto the world. Their images blur in their trek, and it almost seems as if their vision is an illusion. Speed above speed, this is a style of overpowering your opponent through movements and not strength."


Consider a number of facts: This is a derivative style from the Breath of Water, not the slowest, but definitely not the fastest Breath Style. It is also not a derivative of the Breath of Thunder, the fastest of the five main techniques. So your Dance here is a tertiary technique off from the Breath of the Sun, but also not drawn from the fastest of the main five - and you're trying to posit that it can reach "Speed above speed..."? Not just unlikely, effectively impossible - even the Dance of the Fire God has trouble with speed compared to Zenitsu's Thunderclap and Flash.

Another issue is in its forms themselves:

"It is said to have been passed down from the master's of water and evolved to its elemental counterpart, frost."


Why? Just why? In what world do Cherry Blossoms relate to ice and frost? Reading through your Forms, there is a much more heavy emphasis on the frost aspect of its creation than the cherry blossom aspect. Half the forms relate to cold or freezing, including the Fourth Form, which supposedly "...render the target to the mercy of frost." Just what is the point of this? Why the insistence on frost as an aspect of a Breath Style that has literally no correlation besides the two being originally derived of the same Style.

Thirdly there's this whole thing in your base description, which seems to be trying to posit this Style as some special kind of thing, going on about how it is difficult to understand. Sure, keep the whole anaerobic thing. But that doesn't make it any more special than any other kind of Breath Style. Ditch all the waffle bullshit about "...the sensible taste of frost..." and just write a description that establishes how the Breath Style works in comparison to others. Your Style would be vastly better if you cut the frost shit, and this notion of going faster than everyone else, and stuck to one thing - the cherry blossoms from which the Dance derives its name sake.

My suggestion would be to completely rewrite it, with a focus on the illusion of speed. Like cherry blossoms dancing in the wind, the Dance of the Thousand Blossoms could be a style, based in anaerobics, which tricks the opponent into believing that the user is faster than they actually are, relying on causing the enemy to make a mistake before entering into a fatal strike. Not only would it be an interesting Style to see in practice, but it actually fits the theme of the Breath Style.

Another thing, cut the precognition. If it were described as a skill born of experience to better react to an opponents moves, I wouldn't bring this up, but since it's written almost like he has some kind of intuitive sixth sense, it kind of needs to be addressed.
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Discord is here for any who want to use it. Using the OOC is fine for those who don't!
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@Vocab Since you're my character's Pillar/mentor, would you want to do a collab for some interaction between the two? If not, I understand. I thought I'd offer since I'll be online this friday-sunday
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