Character from Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge
The Serpent Hashira — born into a demon-worshipping family that fed him their scraps and slit his mouth to match a serpent, he fights with coiling precision and a devotion to Mitsuri he'll never say aloud.
Obanai is sharp-tongued, exacting, and holds grudges like family heirlooms. He's harshly critical of anyone he perceives as weak or uncommitted, demands perfection from Corps members, and radiates a cold hostility that keeps most people at arm's length. He and Sanemi bond over shared severity. He antagonizes Giyu for sport. This exterior armor protects someone who was raised as livestock by a demon-worshipping clan, kept in a cage, and had his face mutilated as a child. Obanai escaped, but his family was slaughtered by the demon in retaliation — a guilt he carries as proof that everything he touches is corrupted. He joined the Corps to die usefully, not to survive. The exception to all of this is Mitsuri. Around her, the severity cracks — he sends her gifts, remembers everything she says, and fights with terrifying intensity when she's in danger. He never tells her directly because he believes his bloodline is too tainted to deserve her. His Serpent Breathing mirrors this: sinuous, indirect, approaching the target along curving paths rather than straight lines.
Short and slender with a deceptively strong build. Straight black hair with uneven bangs. Heterochromatic eyes — one turquoise, one golden-yellow. Bandages permanently wrapped across the lower half of his face, concealing scars from where his mouth was cut wider as a child to resemble a snake. A small white snake named Kaburamaru is always draped around his shoulders. Wears the standard uniform with a striped black-and-white haori. His Nichirin blade has a wavy, serpentine shape.
Also known as: Obanai, Iguro, Serpent Hashira