"Fuck!!!"
I winced upon receiving a full-blown shout from my friend by the side.
"Geez, calm down, dude."
"Gojo fucking died!!! How can I calm down?!!"
He is an avid reader of Jujutsu Kaisen, a popular manga across the world.
"...Gojo? Ah, you mean that Kakashi rip off?"
"SHUT!!! UP!!!"
In the past, he passionately explained to me how cool this character named 'Gojo Satoru' was for three straight hours. Unfortunately, the last japanese manga/anime that I followed was Naruto, which ended a decade ago by now.
"How... how can it be?!! He said 'nah, I'd win,' and proceeded to lose!! Gege, are you for real?!!"
He huffed angrily as he slammed his hand down on a nearby table. Sighing, I asked,
"So? Who killed that Gojo then?"
"...Ryomen Sukuna."
"Sukuna?"
"The bastard who cheated with Mahoraga and pretended to have gone a fair one versus one against Gojo!!"
'Mahoraga? The fuck is that?'
"Alright, chill."
My friend's love for Gojo was real. My words didn't reach him as he wept for the death of... a manga character.
Personally, I found it hilarious.
"He... he was sliced in half... how can Gege do that to him? He was winning just a chapter ago... how... how... HOW?!!!"
However, it was time to change the subject. I could tell that should his mood remain as such for a longer time, I'd begin to get annoyed.
"Uh, wasn't there an another anime that you follow?"
"...Demon Slayer?"
"Ah, yes. That's the name. I heard that the animation is incredible."
"Yeah, cuz Ufotable is the GOAT."
"So uh, I was thinking of giving a try to that anime—"
"AT LAST!! My countless attempts to persuade you have finally worked!!"
I sweat-dropped.
...
Later on that day, I finally grabbed myself a popcorn, about to give it a try to the japanese anime that everyone was praising upon.
"Oh yeah, by the way, nearly everyone dies by the end."
Although I was deeply annoyed by the fact that my friend spoiled the plot, I turned on the TV, wishing to re-live the hype that I experienced in the long past as I watched Naruto versus Pain.
I pressed the button. The video began to play—
...?
The screen turned white.
"Hello? TV-kun, you fine?"
Upon staring at it for a second, I realized that the light was getting brighter.
"Huh? W-Wait, is it about to explode—"
And then, the light engulfed me.
Everything felt dizzy. I no longer had an idea whether I had my eyes open or not. Everything was white, and I couldn't feel my body.
'What is going on?'
Then, everything turned black.
At last, I felt a sensation of some sort—
'GAHHHH!!!'
Everything hurt. It was as if my body has become hypersensitive.
My eyes—which I didn't know were closed—automatically opened as I felt the environment suddenly getting colder.
"...Hah? What is this? This is the reason why my belly was fat?"
There... was a grey-skinned woman with eyes that were slitted vertically.
"How are you alive, boy?"
...Wait, I am a baby?
Then, that strange woman ripped an umbilical cord that connected her with me.
That's when I realized that I was crying—or, my 'new' body was crying.
'I reincarnated? How? Why? Huh?!'
The woman leaned in and sniffed on me.
"You smell like a demon... but look like a human. You two-faced creature..."
She then paused. Backed away by a little with a thoughtful expression.
"Two-faced... heh, your name is Ryomen Sukuna from now on."
'...?'
I frowned, or tried to but to no avail. I was busy crying after all.
'Is this the Jujutsu Kaisen world? And I've become the dude who kills Gojo Satoru?'
She then opened her mouth to an abnormal extent, revealing sharp teeth.
"Ryomen Sukuna... sounds like a fine name to a dish."
???
'Hol'up. Aren't you my biological mom?!'
It appeared that she was trying to eat me... a minute after giving a birth to me.
This was straight away cursed.
My crying intensified, for the body realized the danger it was in.
Then, the woman's head flew off her neck, spraying the blood at me.
I was rendered shocked, unable to process what just happened.
'...Oh my.'
And that wasn't the end. From beyond, a man was found walking toward the fallen... uh, mom-creature and me. He was holding a bloody sword, one that evidently sliced through the mom-creature's neck.
"Hm..."
He was wearing a black japanese attire that could only be seen in animes. I then realized that I was hearing japanese, was able to understand the language, and somehow, even the language which I was utilizing to think was japanese!
He looked at me sadly for a couple of seconds. I, of course, was crying still.
He then raised the sword and placed its tip in front of me.
'Hey, hey, hey!! Calm down!!!'
He seemed to be contemplating. Eventually, he lowered the blade.
"A demon giving a birth... the fact that it was able to eat you means that you are a human..."
He furrowed the brows, before finally sheathing his blade and slowly lifting me up.
"Nevertheless, that demon is your mother. As per her wish... your name shall be Ryomen Sukuna."
That was the start of my bizarre journey across the world of Demon Slayer.