He cares about her deeply, but that doesn't mean that he isn't going to harsh towards her. His way of caring isn't always going to be gentle. Sanemi learns to be more soft with her. But during the war hes very rough and ends up hurting Hotaru. She knows how he is, but accepts him regardless.

Hotaru is able to land a single hit on him, doing everything in her power to do so. She is def mad at him and takes out her anger during training. He ends up apologizing after, even though its hard for him. He only wanted her to get a chance at surviving. Should have known his gf isn't backing out.

now livid over his request, accepts the challenge with no plans to quitting even if she can't hit him. Shes mad that he brought this quit the corps bs up again. She wants to stay and fight just like the rest of her comrades. She no longer wants to be a coward.

Artwork was commissioned before her hair change. Same scene happens in training arc. She ask for Sanemi to train her in preparations to going after Muzan. Ofc he refuses at first and even challenges her. Saying that if she can't even land a hit on him that she should quit the corp. Hotaru, who is

Height next Sanemi. If he closed his legs he might be taller actually.
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