Tomi

Tomi is a small, aged woman with long white hair gathered into a bun that trails down her back. Her eyes are a deep purple that lightens toward violet near the bottom, with pale, rectangular irises.

She dresses in a brown kimono and a red haori, and she wears large round spectacles.

Tomi is courteous and warm. When her granddaughter grows wary of Kyojuro Rengoku after he asks about demons, Tomi speaks up in his defense. She is deeply protective of Fuku and repeatedly tries to comfort her over the weak nighttime sales of their bento.

Unlike most people of her time, she accepts that demons exist, a belief rooted in her own brush with death years before. That experience is why she warns Fuku against staying out after dark, despite the girl's doubt. She is also fearless, striking out at the Slasher when it lunges for her granddaughter.

Two decades before she meets Kyojuro, Tomi and her young daughter are set upon by a demon and rescued at the last moment by Shinjuro Rengoku, the Flame Hashira of that period. She never forgets his face or the deliberate way he returned his Nichirin blade to its sheath.

In Episode 27, during the Mugen Train arc, Tomi listens to Fuku worry over poor sales. Kyojuro arrives, buys their boxes, and the next day saves Fuku when the demon Slasher attacks. Recognizing the Flame Hashira's traits in him, Tomi recalls her old rescue and realizes the savior was his father. As thanks, she and Fuku send Kyojuro off with beef bento before he boards the train.