#inosuke doesn't seek father figures because he doesn't think they have anything he needs

[whirling-fangs]

Has there ever been a father figure for Inosuke?

[[ In canon... I guess not, actually! It's a little tidbit of a theme that I really like about him. He's had big brothers aplenty (Tanjiro, big-eared Takaharu, Zenitsu to some extent), he's even had a grandpa... but he doesn't have ONE designated father figure.

Gotouge sort of set up Kyojuro as Tanjiro's main mentor, Uzui as Zenitsu's... and Inosuke's would be... Shinobu :') because Sanemi didn't get enough screen time sobs it would have been a perfect chaotic match no father figures for this boy. He has all the most wholesome mom figures though ;w;

I'm pretty sure it's intentional too. Inosuke's birth father was a complete scumbag and Kotoha fully intended to raise him alone. And of course, there's Douma's case... Inosuke is pretty much cursed when it comes to father figures :')

I do love a found family above anything else, though, so I like to twist that "rule" a little and give him proper dads anyway. But the line between big bro/uncle/father figure is always a little blurry whenever I write it, because Inosuke himself isn't seeking a father figure. He has never known what it's like, and thus he doesn't miss it the same way he secretly and unconsciously misses a cliché mother's role in his life.

Yes that is an invitation to send your muses at him to adopt him anyway ♥ ]]