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- I like him, he talks to me a lot.
- —Giyū's opinion on Kyōjurō from the official Kimetsu no Yaiba Second Fanbook.
RenGiyuu is the slash ship between Giyū Tomioka and Kyōjurō Rengoku from the Demon Slayer fandom.
Canon[]
In both the anime and manga, Giyū and Kyōjurō are not shown to have any interactions whatsoever. However, in the light novels, which are canon and written by the author themselves, they are shown to have a somewhat funny relationship. Aside from Shinobu, Kyōjurō is the only one who really bothers to pay him any attention and be friendly with him. He never sees Giyū in a happy mood, so he tries very hard to make him laugh.
Their first interaction was in the Hashira meeting, were they were looking for a punishment for Nezuko and Tanjiro for breaking the rules. Later it was stated that Giyū also helped them back then to survive, which the Hashira agreed that he must be punished too. Kyōjurō was in favor of decapitating Nezuko and Tanjiro’s head, but after learning that Giyū had participated too, he got a bit shocked as well as the other Hashira, since now they didn’t agreed to give the same punishment to him (but still agreed to punish him).
In the second fan book, Giyū states what he thinks of Kyōjurō, saying that he likes him, along with stating that he talks to him a lot. Kyōjurō thinks that Giyū’s voice is so calm that it’s difficult to hear and that he works hard, according to his section. In Rengoku’s gaiden, Kyōjurō is seen holding back Sanemi from attacking Giyū. After Kyōjurō's death, Giyū received the news. Even if he didn't show much sadness, he did worry and felt sad for his lost. After that they don’t have any interactions.
Some parallels between them are that Kyōjurō is the Flame Hashira, and he’s more sociable, blissful, has a very has a very cheerful but firm attitude, and he’s always in service for helping others. He’s also was amiable, pure of heart, and boasted extraordinary technique and swordsmanship stemming from strict practice and discipline. Giyū is the Water Hashira and he’s devoted to help others too, but he’s more serious and wears a stoic and unbothered expression on his face.
Both of them had a female family member pass away, Kyōjurō lost his mother and Giyū lost his sister.
Giyū, alongside Tanjiro, were able to fight Akaza, and due to Akaza killing himself, the two finally avenged Kyōjurō.
Fanon[]
RenGiyuu is a decently popular ship within the demon slayer fandom, however it gets overshadowed by more popular ships such as GiyuShino, SaneGiyuu, and SabiGiyuu for Giyū, and UzuRen for Kyōjurō. This ship isn't popular compared to other pairings since we have known little about their interactions, but it still has a decently large fanbase.
Some fans believe they would be rivals if Kyōjurō survived, since Kyōjurō told Tanjiro he was going to train him, but Tanjiro already used Water Breathing, Giyū's breathing style. Even Zenitsu and Inosuke were going to be Kyōjurō's students. Other fans believed they would train together all them together as two mentors. But sadly, Kyōjurō didn't survive his fight against Akaza, meaning none of this could happened. Both Hashira fought Akaza which ended in victories, but that costed Kyōjurō’s life and Giyū’s arm.
They have a huge contrast in personality: Kyōjurō is very sociable, open and joyfully with the other pillars and other people, while Giyū is more quiet, closed and serious with them. Also their colors are the opposites from the color wheel: Kyōjurō’s color is orange, while Giyū’s color is blue. Both of them tried to keep saving the Kamado siblings, and Kyōjurō is one of the few people that made kind of a good impression with Giyū, since he isn’t very sociable but he even likes that Kyōjurō talks to him, as it’s mentioned in the official fanbook that he enjoys when the Flame Hashira talks to him, unlike with other people that he is reserved with and doesn’t respond back. This could be seen this with the other pillars like Shinobu or with people he just got to know like when he met Inosuke. However, after they defeated Muzan, he was finally able to show more emotions and finally get along with people he did not have any type of friendly relationship with. This is seen when he started getting alone with Tengen and Sanemi. Fans believe the same would've happened with Giyū and Kyōjurō if Kyōjurō had survived.
Right now there are over 450 works on AO3.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Rengoku/Tomioka tag on AO3
- Rengoku & Tomioka tag on AO3
- れんぎゆ hashtag on Twitter
- れんぎゆ posts on Twitter
- RenGiyu hashtag on Twitter
- RenGiyuu hashtag on Twitter
- เร็นกิยู hashtag on Twitter
- เรนกิยู hashtag on Twitter
- กิยูเร็น hashtag on Twitter
- @Timely RenGiyuu on Twitter
Trivia[]
- Kyōjurō does not let others speak ill of Giyū behind his back.
- Kyōjurō is seen trying to get Giyū to smile in a official illustration.
- Both of them have fought Akaza.
- They are the only characters to have a gaiden so far.
- They are both from Tokyo.
Gallery[]
Variations[]
- RenGiyuuTan refers to the ship between two and Tanjiro Kamado
- UzuRenGiyuu refers to the ship between the two and Tengen Uzui
