Who will Giyu end up with in Demon Slayer?

The Demon Slayer manga is one of the most popular new generation shonen, which ended after four years of serialization. Readers have loved the manga since its launch, circulating cumulative sales of 3 million copies even before it was adapted into an anime. Once animated, the manga’s reach grew, surpassing the annual sales of a long-time leading manga, One Piece. Over the course of four years of publication, Demon Slayer continued on a path of action and adventure. While romance has never been the priority of the manga’s plot, at the end people wondered many things, including who did Giyu end up with? The character’s popularity is pretty obvious, so it’s no surprise that people are curious about his love life.

The Demon Slayer anime production has gone extremely well. However, the manga’s conclusion was met with quite a bit of criticism as many claimed it was rushed. Readers were looking forward to seeing how the main trio goes on to become hashira and perhaps a peek into their personal lives as well. Although Koyoharu Goutoge ended the manga quite dramatically, the finale left a bland taste. In addition, a number of questions were pointlessly left unanswered.

Giyu is one of the secondary characters that has been in the limelight. Ultimately, he is also one of the rare characters to survive. So who does Giyu end up with? Does he ever get married?

Who is Giyu Tomioka?

Giyu Tomioka is the water pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps. He often has a stoic expression and believes that one should be realistic. With the same conviction, he makes difficult decisions, such as when he tried to kill Nezuko. At the same time, however, he prioritizes his instincts as he also lets her go when he sees her protecting Tanjiro.

Despite acting aloof, Giyu actually adores people and cares about them. He begins to care a lot about the Kamado siblings and often defends them. When Shinobu teases him and says that everyone hates him, Giyu is offended, implying that he did care how his acquaintances felt about him. Later in the series, he even tries to make friends with Sanemi by proposing to eat ohagi together.

Giyu is also an extremely skilled swordsman and is also recognized by Sakonji Urokodaki, his teacher, and the previous Water Pillar. Not only did he master all ten forms of water breathing, but he also created the eleventh form, Lull. In the final battle against Muzan, we see him fighting vigorously through the various panels. Although he does not die, Giyu eventually loses an arm.

Who does Giyu end up with?

In the final chapter entitled ‘Life Shining Across the Year’ we see the reincarnations and descendants of the Demon Slayers and the other characters. In one of the panels, we see a character called ‘Giichi’ who has many similarities to Giyu, indicating that he is either a descendant of a water pillar reincarnation.

As mentioned before, Giyu survives the final battle. This could mean that Giyu probably married someone and lived a normal life, as the terror of demons had ended with the death of Muzan. However, the character has never shown any interest towards any character other than Koucho Shinobu throughout the series. Though the two characters are shipped off by a huge crowd, there’s no way Giyu could have married Shinobu since she died fighting Douma. So if he did, Giyu probably married an unnamed character after the end of all demons.

Alternatively, Giyu could also not be married, and Giichi could very well be his reincarnation rather than his descendant. There are also fan theories that believe he may have died because of the demon slayer sign. According to the manga, demon slayers who reach the target do not live past the age of 25. The only exception is Yoriichi Tsugikuni. It is possible that Giyu suffered an early death and eventually reincarnated and reunited with Sabito and Makomo.

In conclusion, it is never revealed who Giyu ends up with. However, the photo eventually indicates that he is learning to smile broadly after the last fight.

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