Douma | Demon Slayer

Name: Douma. Age: 133. Height: 187 cm. Species: Demon. Gender: Male.

Hair Color: Platinum Blonde. Eye Color: Rainbow.

Affiliation: Twelve Kizuki Occupation: Cult Leader Combat Style:

• Tessenjutsu
• Cryokinesis

Appearance: Douma is a tall young man of muscular build. He has an extremely pale skin complexion and possesses long, pointed nails that appear to be stained with a pale purple. He possesses long platinum blond hair that he wore parted to his right, the shorter parts around his face seeming to flare out to either side around his head, curving backwards with one lock slanting down to the right of his face to fall between his eyes, while the longer parts were left to drape centrally down his back in a thinning spiral. Due to his appearance, he was seen as a divine being, and as such, he was made into a cult figure. His eyes have been described to be incredibly rare and beautiful, as, in color, they appeared to be made up of an array of rainbow pastel tones, fading into one another as they circle his irises. This unusual appearance even caused people to believe Douma is a blessed being who could communicate with the gods. The kanji for Upper Rank is etched across his left eye, and the daiji for Two. Douma wore a blood-red turtleneck of a design that made it appear that the section between his neck and upper chest is covered by a black substance that looks like it is dripping slightly down his body. This same design is repeated at his wrists and down his hands, as well as on the small, circular red and black "stain" that adorned the top of his head. Below this, he wore a pair of straight, tan-colored hakama pants of a pinstriped design, their cuffs visibly loose, which he secured with a pale green-tinged golden belt, its buckle a bright silver. He also only wears plain black tabi socks on his feet.

Personality: Douma is outwardly friendly and cheery, possessing an approachable and charismatic air. One human describes him as talking and acting in a calm and carefree manner. However, in truth, he has psychopathic tendencies and adopts twisted beliefs and habits, such as devouring his cult's followers with the belief he is saving them from their suffering and pain by letting them live inside his body. Because of his carefree and waggish persona, he was prone to facetious and inappropriate behavior. Even amongst his fellow demons, he was disliked by Muzan Kibutsuji and Akaza for his casual and childish behavior, along with his indifference to the strict hierarchy that showed complete and total obedience towards the Demon King, demonstrated by him speaking in the same merry cadence during Muzan's rants. Under his carefree and unassuming demeanor that made him appear inane and witless, Douma is a cold and calculating individual with an extremely keen intellect. His high intelligence is the reason for why he looks down on humans, genuinely believing that they are pathetic and pitiful, even crying out of pity for them on several occasions. Douma is clinically agnosic, being completely unable to experience proper emotions. Douma himself admitted that the concept of emotion was completely foreign to him, even as a human. Aware that this is abnormal, Douma compensated for his empty heart with his own charisma, learning to express his carefree demeanor enough to deceive all but the keenest observers. His apathy is shown even as a child when his mother brutally murdered his father, before she proceeded to kill herself as she was being observed by him; Douma didn't show any sign of grief or shock, but instead complained that their blood made the room stuffy. Douma primarily eats women, as they are known to be more nutritious than men due to their ability to nurture babies. One exception to this was Kotoha, who Douma didn't want to kill and instead wanted to keep by his side until she died of natural causes, though he eventually killed her when she tried to escape. His eagerness to consume women stands in stark contrast to his fellow Upper Rank, Akaza, who consciously refrained from feeding on women despite their higher nutritional value to demons compared to men. During his interactions with Akaza, he showed no negative reactions to him delivering two fatal blows to his head in annoyance. In fact, he considered this to be their form of personal "greeting" between two "best friends". Despite leading a religious cult, Douma is a nihilistic atheist who staunchly believed that gods, Buddhas, and the afterlife do not exist. He believed that nothing exists after death and had condescending sympathy for people who "could not accept something so simple", believing them to be naïve and delusional. His status as the Eternal Paradise Faith's leader was the decision of his parents; Doma thought they were incredibly stupid for believing in gods but played along with them out of pity. Similarly, he belived that the adults seeking guidance from him despite his young age were equally foolish and pitiful. Though he continued to act as the sage he was propped as while he was still human, as a demon, he began eating his followers out of a genuine belief that consuming them would allow them to achieve true eternity and peace. This created a juxtaposition where despite his heinous crimes, Douma acted not out of sadism but out of a warped sense of benevolence.

Flesh Manipulation: Like all demons, Douma is able to manipulate his flesh at will. As with the rest of the Upper Ranks who wield weapons, Doma utilizes this ability to form the two Japanese war fans he used in battle.

Immense Regeneration: As an Upper Rank demon, Douma possesses one of the most advanced and powerful regenerative healing factors in existence. When Akaza punched off both his lower jaw and the upper portion of his head, he instantly healed with ease, even considering the fatal attack to be a friendly gesture.

Immense Speed & Reflexes: As an Upper Rank demon of the Twelve Kizuki, Douma possesses inhuman movement speed and reflexes, being able to move so fast he appears to suddenly vanish from view.

Tessenjutsu: Douma is incredibly skilled in Tessenjutsu, a style of fighting utilizing tessen, sharp Japanese war fans. This is shown during his battles against the Demon Slayers. It is implied that his skill in this martial art surpasses Akaza's bare-fisted combat prowess due to his superior ranking compared to Akaza. With his exceptional proficiency in Tessenjutsu, Douma could make use of techniques that require him to perform eight to nine fan attacks in the blink of an eye and generate huge gusts of air with them. Furthermore, Douma's Tessenjutsu incorporates his cryokinetic Blood Demon Art which enhances its range and lethality, making his fighting style a great blend of offense and defense.

Cryokinesis: Douma's Blood Demon Art grants him extremely powerful cryokinesis. He can generate ice, freezing mist, and frost from his flesh and blood and can spawn it anywhere in his vicinity, as well as manipulating it at will, allowing him to unleash incredibly potent ice techniques. Additionally, the ice created from his Blood Demon Art is extremely lethal to those that inhale it, causing the cells of the victim's lungs to die and rendering them unable to breathe very quickly. Douma is incredibly proficient in his Blood Demon Art, being capable of creating constructs out of the ice he generates such as frost lotuses, stalagmites, clouds of icy air, and even miniature ice clones of himself capable of unleashing the same techniques as him.

Unlimited Stamina & Endurance: As an Upper Rank demon, Douma possessed virtually infinite stamina and vitality, never tiring and always remaining in optimal physical and mental condition all the time as well as being able to endure waves of onslaught as if it were nothing. He showed almost complete immunity to being repeatedly violently attacked by his fellow Upper Rank, Akaza.

Apathy: Douma is diagnosed as clinically apathetic, unable to experience human emotions. Despite this, he maintains a friendly and carefree façade that deceives all but the most astute observers. Even in his childhood, Douma exhibited little to no emotion. When his mother killed his father before taking her own life in front of him, he remained unaffected by the traumatising event; his only reaction was annoyance over the blood that was making the room stuffy. This inability to feel emotions has become an advantage for Douma, as this allows him to calmly process, understand and analyze any situation he is faced with without being hampered by emotions, allowing him to easily and quickly come up with any solution for any adversary.

Keen Intellect: Throughout his long life, Douma was able to trick and deceive all of his followers, allowing him to kill and eat them virtually without any resistance. He was able to keep this up for over a century with almost complete infallibility. Additionally, unlike most demons who become amnesiac and lose much of their human memories upon transforming, Douma retains them, being able to remember even the most insignificant details from back when he was a human child, which was well over a century ago, as well as accurately reciting specific memories by physically stimulating his brain.

Background: Over a century ago, Douma was born a child with extraordinary features. His rainbow-colored eyes and pale hair led people to consider him special and believed he could communicate with the gods. His parents, whom he considered extremely dim-witted, placed him as the head of a cult they formed, which became known as the Eternal Paradise Faith. Scornful of his parent's low intelligence, he nonetheless played along and accepted his role; despite this, he never once heard the gods' voices. Seated at an elaborately decorated room as the figurehead of the cult, Douma was met by numerous people who asked him for advice and help for suffering they had in their lives. He considered these stories extremely boring and was confused why they came to a child for help. These people asked him to lead them to paradise, causing Douma to cry, since he never believed paradise, the gods and Buddha were real. To him, they were nothing more that a fantasy created by humanity and he bemoaned that people believed in something so fictitious to him. Douma was also apathetic, being mostly unable to understand and feel human emotion. When he was still a child, his mother had a mental breakdown and stabbed his father to death for having numerous affairs with many other female cult followers. She committed suicide immediately afterwards by poisoning herself to death. However, despite these series of harrowing events happening right in front of him, Douma only felt annoyed by the bloody mess created in the aftermath and was disgusted by the pungent smell of blood. He simply wanted to air out the room before the stench permanently stuck to the furniture.