"Now, are you willing to join the Demon Slayer Corps?"
"Don't think you won't run into demons just because you live deep in the mountains. These things eat humans, but plenty of them hide in remote mountain forests to escape the sunlight. One might turn up at your doorstep someday."
"When that happens, you two little guys will have no one to turn to, no matter how loudly you cry for help."
"Joining the Demon Slayer Corps won't guarantee you a peaceful life, but at least it will give you access to ways to grow stronger and the means to fight back against demons."
"Besides, given your age, the Demon Slayer Corps hasn't gone so far off the deep end that it would make children risk their lives."
As Kanzaki Kumo looked at the brothers before him, who seemed a little younger than Kanao, he suddenly understood how Jigoro Kuwajima had felt when he tried to talk him out of learning a Breathing Style.
Kanzaki Kumo: questioning Jigoro, understanding Jigoro, becoming Jigoro.
To Jigoro Kuwajima, Kanzaki Kumo, who had not even turned thirteen back then, had been a child who had yet to grow up. Even with the Demon Slayer Corps short-handed at the time, things had not reached the point of sending a child into battle.
What was more, the Demon Slayer Corps had grown considerably compared to a few years ago. There was no need for the Tokito Brothers to enter the battlefield so early.
Kanzaki Kumo had already decided that once the two agreed to join the Demon Slayer Corps, he would send them off to train under Gyomei for a year or two first. They could keep Tanjiro company while they were at it.
That was right. Not long after Tanjiro decided to join the Demon