#I now have the headcanon that Tanjiro must have killed at least one human being

[hedgehogcryptid]

I love Kimetsu no Yaiba. Some characters are a bit annoying but Tanjiro is an absolute darling of a boy, so good and gentle to his very core and I love him. And then I watch the first episode again and see him throw an axe straight at a guy's head with full intent to kill and remember "oh! Tanjiro is actually a hardcore motherfucker who wakes up every day and chooses kindness. Silly me, how could I forget!"

I love that other characters' first perception of him is that he's weak willed and hesitating, when he's actually fully capable of making hard choices, he's just too nice to take drastic measures first thing if there's a kinder option available. Once the kinder options dried up though he has zero chill.

He bows and begs to Giyuu, because clearly he's a fellow human being capable of thought and mercy. When he states that no, he is actually an enemy and has no intention to be reasoned with, Tanjiro does his best to take him out. He doesn't manage, but not for lack of trying. And he's actually smart about it, which means he had put thought into how to most effectively kill this random guy in the forest.

Then Urokodaki leaves him to kill a demon and tells Tanjiro he hesitated too long. Which is true, but Tanjiro wasn't worried about the killing itself, he was pondering about methods. He thought beating a dude's head into paste was a bit too much.

And then Urokodaki asks him what he would do if Nezuko killed a person and Tanjiro can't answer. Urokodaki framed it as a weakness, because someone who wants to be a demon slayer can't hesitate to kill a demon. But of course Tanjiro wouldn't answer! He's not there to kill demons. He's not even there to help people! He's there because he wants to make his sister human again, so why on earth would he think of killing her as a solution to anything?! At that point he didn't even say he wanted to become a demon slayer, I think (at least in the anime, maybe the manga has more/different dialog), so Urokodaki's point is null. Tanjiro's just there because he was told that's where he could start fixing his problem. It's everyone else who thinks he's there to kill demons and that's why they think he's not taking the job with due seriousness