even by bloodshed. The author uses flashbacks of them picking strawberries at the Hyakuya Sect to contrast with their later knife fights, making the emotional payoff devastating. What stands out is how the fic frames Guren's 'world destruction' speech not as defiance but as a love letter to Mahiru's scorched-earth philosophy. The comment section was full of readers sobbing over the last scene where Guren wears her ribbon into battle.