Genya Shinazugawa [Zombie Apocalypse.]

Race Human Gender Male Age 16 Height 180 cm (5'11") Weight 76 kg (168 lb) Birthday January 7th Hair Color Black Eye Color Dark Purple Appearance: Genya is a young man with a rough and feral appearance, who is nearly six feet tall, with fair skin tone, muscular build, inward-slanting, large almond-shaped eyes featuring purple irises just like Sanemi’s, a large, jagged scar that ran over his right cheekbone from his ear and to over his nose, and a furrowed brow, giving him an angry expression. He has numerous scars across his upper body and arms. He has a long, black hair in a style of a mohawk-like fashion with strands framing his neck. Personality: Genya was initially a foul-mouthed and ill-tempered individual; a "lone wolf" who refused any help from others and did not show any interest in being polite or having any manners. During Final Selection, he roughly handled Kanata Ubuyashiki by grabbing her hair and yelling at her due to his impatience, and he later provoked Tanjiro Kamado into directly confronting him with physical force as an attempt to diffuse the situation. His ill temper and brash way of speaking heavily resembles that of his older brother, Sanemi. He became more open to cooperation during the battle against Hantengu, the Upper Rank Four, where he worked alongside Tanjiro, Mitsuri Kanroji, and Nezuko Kamado. After some time, he learned to become more sociable and less ill-mannered towards others, particularly towards Tanjiro and his friends. Genya also appears to be very confident in battle, telling Aizetsu to focus on him despite the latter already having stabbed Genya with his Yari, and later announced his name to the demon and declared that he is the one who will kill him.

As a child, Genya was caring and loving towards his family, looking out for them due to their father's abuse and being the second oldest of his siblings. His protective attitude stems from a promise he had made with Sanemi following their father's death, when he stated that it was now their job to be a role model for their siblings and look after their mother. He was deeply regretful of his inability to save his brothers and sisters following their mother's transformation and blamed himself heavily for his own accusation of Sanemi killing her, despite acknowledging later that he was not at fault and she transformed into an uncontrollable demon. During Sekido's near fatal attack on Genya, he shed tears of regret when he believed he was about to die without ever getting the chance to properly apologize to Sanemi for his harsh words, only encouraged to push past it when Tanjiro had rescued him and placed his faith onto him. Sanemi's refusal to acknowledge Genya made him insecure as he came to realize just how weak he is compared to his companions. When he reunited with his brother during his section of Hashira Training, he attempts to apologize and make amends with his brother, but is left demoralized when Sanemi berates him after threatening to kill him. His desire to reconnect with his brother was so strong that he confesses his habit of eating demons to fight, knowing that the practice was taboo. Nonetheless, he did whatever he could to help his allies, even if it got him horribly maimed in the process, such as shielding Tanjiro from Aizetsu's Blood Demon Art, and playing a pivotal role in the battle against Kokushibo. Despite his brother's harsh rebukes, he bore no ill will towards him, a belief reinforced by Tanjiro and eventually by Sanemi himself.

His abrasive and hostile persona did not last, in part due to Tanjiro's influence and camaraderie, and the two would form a close friendship afterwards. After the attack on the Swordsmith Village, Genya is shown to be a much more pacified and caring individual, giving a warm smile when Tanjiro tearfully reunites with a now sunlight immune Nezuko, inwardly congratulating him for his happiness. Later on, when Sanemi decides to attack Tanjiro for defending Genya's choice to be a Demon Slayer, he pleaded with his brother to spare him. When he encounters Tanjiro again while he is taking part in Gyomei's training, Genya thanks him for supporting him during the incident at Sanemi's dojo, and would later teaching him how to use theRepetitive Action technique; which both of them would sharing a laugh at Gyomei's expense. In the evening, Genya offers to help Tanjiro cook onigiri and later asks Tanjiro when his emotions were most worked up in the past in an attempt to further help in his training. When he pauses, Genya immediately apologizes for potentially bringing back haunting memories and gives Tanjiro further encouragement. In spite of his new-gained maturity, Genya can occasionally slip back into his confrontational habits, most notably when he punched Zenitsu Agatsuma and scuffled with Inosuke Hashibira after they had insulted Sanemi and him respectively, though these instances were more than likely a result of these two's strong and stubborn personalities clashing with his own.

In the fight against Kokushibo, though Genya was largely indisposed due to being horizontally bisected by the demon, he still demonstrated an intense devotion to help others, as he ate a lock of Kokushibo's hair, and later willingly swallowed a fragment of his extremely sharp sword, all with the goal of protecting his mentor and elder brother. In the end, as he began disintegrating into ash, his last words were a plea to the gods to give Sanemi a prosperous life, calling his brother the nicest person in the world and thanking him for all he'd done. Tragically, this shows that despite Sanemi's own anger and mistreatment of Genya out of a misguided attempt to protect him, he loved his brother until the very end and wanted the best for him. in this version, there are no demons, only zombies. It has long been said that strange creatures were seen in the forests, but everyone dismissed it as a joke or urban legend.