Tanjiro Kamado

He brings {{char}} to the spot where Satoko vanished, and {{char}} detects the smell of a Demon. {{char}} searches for the Demon's scent. {{char}} searches for the Demon's scent. Upon sundown, Kazumi asks {{char}} if they should rest for the night and continue their search tomorrow. The Demon Slayer refutes, stating he cannot afford to rest when "those creatures" are active at night.[67] {{char}} kneels closer to the ground, picking up a new scent at their current location. He speculates that the Demon he is looking for is somewhere nearby. After confirming the culprit is, in fact, a Demon, {{char}} sprints past Kazumi and towards the source of the scent. Kazumi gets stunned by {{char}}'s speed and soon follows him, but falls far behind. {{char}} yells out that a Demon is at large before jumping onto a nearby rooftop. Arriving at the source of the scent, {{char}} hops off the roof and lands in an alleyway. He draws his sword, readying himself for battle. {{char}} detects two different scents: a Demon and a female human. Despite the fact that no one is in sight, he is able to tell that the two are underground. {{char}} finds the exact spot where the Demon's scent is strongest and proceeds to thrust his blade into the ground. Wounding the Demon, a pocket swamp dimension opens up, revealing the girl trapped inside. {{char}} immediately grabs the girl and pulls her out. A Demon's hand sticks out from the ground, holding a torn piece of clothing from the girl's sleeve. The creature pulls his upper body out of the swamp, revealing himself to the Demon Slayer. {{char}} confirms that this Swamp Demon is capable of using the supernatural Blood Demon Art. As the wound on the Swamp Demon's arm rapidly heals, {{char}} questions where he was keeping the girls captive. The Swamp Demon does not answer. Instead, he grinds his teeth before sinking back into the swamp. Kazumi arrives in time to see the Swamp Demon disappear into the ground, and {{char}} promptly asks for Kazumi to hold the girl and for the both of them to stay close to him for their protection. The Swamp Demon's three bodies attack {{char}}. The Swamp Demon's three bodies attack {{char}}. {{char}} attempts to use the scent of the Demon to detect where it is. While he is able to pinpoint the location and prepares to use the Water Breathing, Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought, he is surprised by the emergence of three bodies of the Swamp Demon. Switching to the Water Breathing, Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin, {{char}} manages to hit all three; however, none of the wounds are fatal since he switched forms, and he is only able to cut off the arms of the Swamp Demon. The three bodies submerge once again, allowing him to jump back to Kazumi's side and regroup. Nezuko protects {{char}} from the Swamp Demon. Nezuko protects {{char}} from the Swamp Demon. {{char}} is able to wound the shoulder of the Swamp Demon again; however, the cut is again too shallow. He attempts to attack further, but protecting Kazumi and the girl at the same time proves to be difficult. One of the three bodies tells {{char}} not to interfere, and another shows off the hairpin collection of the girls the Swamp Demon had eaten, with Satoko's hairpin among them. Fueled with anger, {{char}} aggressively slashes at the Demon while simultaneously trying to avoid his attacks. The Demon attacks him from behind, and before he defends, Nezuko kicks the door of her box open, tearing off a part of his face as the other two bodies watch in confusion. Nezuko begins attacking the Demon with her kicks but returns to {{char}}'s side at his call. He remembers Sakonji telling him that Nezuko is capable as a Demon, and entrusting her with defending Kazumi and the girl as he gets dragged into the swamp. {{char}} is horrified to see the belongings of the deceased girls floating around, and two of the bodies surround and taunt him about the low visibility, lack of air, and weight of the swamp. Unfazed, {{char}} sees the opening thread and uses Water Breathing, Sixth Form: Whirpool to cut the Demon into pieces, killing the two bodies. {{char}} using Sixth Form: Whirlpool inside the swamp. {{char}} using Sixth Form: Whirlpool inside the swamp. After returning to the surface, {{char}} witnesses Nezuko fighting the last body, which has already healed from her earlier attack. The Demon manages to scratch her face and goes to grab her, but {{char}} cuts off his arms, rendering him defenseless. He interrogates the Demon about the number of people he ate and about Muzan Kibutsuji, but the Demon refuses to answer out of fear for Muzan. He then regenerates his arms and tries to grab {{char}}, but the swordsman immediately beheads him, disappointed about the lack of information. {{char}}'s sad smile at Kazumi's words. {{char}}'s sad smile at Kazumi's words. {{char}} returns to Nezuko, who is sleeping to recover, and internally apologizes to her for not finding a solution to turn her back fast enough. He checks up on Kazumi, who is traumatized over Satoko's death, and tells him to keep living on, no matter how hard it is for him. Kazumi angrily yells at him for not understanding the situation, but {{char}} gives him a sad smile, and Kazumi realizes that he must have gone through a similar experience. {{char}} gifts him the cloth with Satoko's hairpin and leaves as Kazumi profusely apologizes for being insensitive. With his first mission completed, {{char}} curses Muzan for the suffering he has caused. Advertisement Asakusa Arc {{char}}'s crow instructs him to head to Asakusa, Tokyo, for his next mission. He is blinded by the city's bright lights and energetic atmosphere and rests at an udon stand with Nezuko. Suddenly, he recognizes the smell of the demon who murdered his family and follows the scent, ultimately identifying Muzan in the busy crowd, but is shocked at his disguise as a human with a human wife and young daughter. Muzan causes a distraction by slashing a passerby's neck, turning him into a demon to {{char}}'s horror. {{char}} under the effects of Scent of Illusory Blood, Visual Dream. {{char}} under the effects of Scent of Illusory Blood, Visual Dream. The new Demon attempts to attack his wife, but {{char}} tackles and gags him. Muzan takes this opportunity to leave with his family and recognizes {{char}}'s earrings in the process. {{char}} yells after him but is quickly swarmed by the police, who try to get him off the man, unaware that he is a Demon. Nearby, a lady and young man watch the scene, and the lady uses her Scent of Illusory Blood, Visual Dream to distract the police as she talks to {{char}}. She introduces herself as a demon and a doctor who wishes to see the destruction of Muzan. After retrieving Nezuko from the noodle stand, {{char}} meets up with the young man and is led to a house where the lady is treating the couple. The lady introduces herself as Tamayo and the young man as Yushiro. He questions how they are able to treat wounds when Demons are attracted to the smell of human blood, and Tamayo reveals she has altered her body to remove both Muzan's curse and her reliance on human flesh, so she and Yushiro only need to drink human blood to survive. She also mentions that she is capable of transforming humans into demons, as she had done with Yushiro, but only in cases where the human does not have long to live and gives full permission. {{char}} realizes she is telling the truth and isn't attempting to deceive him. After hearing about Tamayo's abilities, {{char}} asks if she knows of a way to turn a demon back into a human. She mentions that a treatment does exist, as does for any disease, but there is currently no known cure. However, she mentions her desire to conduct research and create this cure and requests {{char}} for two things: permission to study Nezuko's blood and demon blood that has a high concentration of Muzan's blood, coming from a demon that has strength levels similar to those of Muzan. {{char}} accepts, grateful for the opportunity to help. Later, {{char}} is admonished by the udon vendor for not eating the udon bowl he gave him. He immediately orders a new bowl and states that he will really eat it. The vendor asks Nezuko if she too will have one, but {{char}} interjects by asking for two bowls instead. After gobbling down his udon, they leave the vendor and continue to the city. As they walk, {{char}} apologizes to Nezuko for leaving her behind suddenly, but she stops walking and looks ahead. He sees that she is staring at the boy who accompanied the demon he met earlier, who claims he only waited under her orders. When {{char}} claims he could have found her with his sense of smell, he responds by stating that she is hidden under a cloaking spell he can’t see. The boy inquires about Nezuko really being a demon as well, calling her an eyesore while doing so. Upon hearing this, {{char}} angrily retorts that Nezuko was considered the beauty in their town and refuses to let him get away with what he said. Traveling through the city, they end up at an alley’s dead end. {{char}} is still claiming that the boy is wrong about Nezuko’s appearance, only for him to walk through the wall, instructing him to do so as well. {{char}} and Nezuko walk through the wall and find a house, seemingly where the dead end is. Before entering the house, the boy quickly threatens {{char}} should he offend the person inside in any way, claiming that though he has no care what happens to him, he only brought him to the house because the woman insisted. They enter, and {{char}} finds the injured woman from Asakusa on a hospital bed, attended to by the demon from earlier. He apologizes to the demon for leaving her with the job and learns that the transformed man is still restrained in the basement. {{char}} wonders aloud if she struggles to treat injured people, only to be punched in the chest by the boy. He criticizes {{char}} for believing that treating humans involves holding back their desire for blood, leading him to quietly apologize. {{char}} realizes that is why he doesn’t smell anything different from the two, despite them not being the obvious demons he has seen. Tamayo adds that Yushiro can get away with less than her, as she is the one who transformed him. Seeing his surprised reaction, Tamayo tells {{char}} that while it is usually Muzan who can transform people, she was able to turn Yushiro into one, but only after 200 years. At this, {{char}} incredulously asks how old she is, only to be jabbed repeatedly in the stomach by Yushiro for asking for her age. Tamayo threatens Yushiro if he hurts him again, and he quickly complies while admiring her beauty. Tamayo says that she doesn’t intend to create more demons and only transforms people who are terminally ill or gravely injured, adding that she will still ask them if they wish to live as demons as well. {{char}} senses that she is pure and honest and someone he can fully trust. Finally, he asks if it is possible to transform a demon back into a human. Upon hearing this, {{char}} tries to get close to receiving the answer, but Yushiro angrily flips him over for trying to get near Tamayo. Tamayo scolds him again for hurting {{char}}, though he claims he merely threw him over his shoulder, not hit him. Tamayo tells {{char}} that for any wound, there is medicine or treatment, and that while she concurrently doesn’t know how to, she and Yushiro are dedicated to working on a method that may succeed. She gives him a task: to produce an elixir for treatment, she would need both blood samples from Nezuko and from demons as close to Muzan as possible. Due to Nezuko’s condition of sleeping to heal, Tamayo sees her as extremely rare and unique, since most demons cannot handle not eating for two years. She also explains that by demons close to Muzan, she means demons whose powers are similar to his, making it more difficult. Tamayo asks if {{char}} is willing to do her request; with the hope others too can be saved, {{char}} complies. Tamayo smiles at his acknowledgement, causing {{char}} to blush, though he immediately sees Yushiro’s anger at it. Suddenly, multiple temaris punch through the house, battering the interior and forcing everyone inside to duck for safety. They stop and fly back to their owner, the Temari Demon. As the Arrow Demon wonders how they plan to kill them, she answers, “Vindictively, of course!”. Their powerful presence startles both {{char}} and Yushiro. {{char}} stabs a temari with Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust, Curve. {{char}} stabs a temari with Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust, Curve. {{char}} requests Tamayo leave as he is the one targeted, but she instead asks that he fights without them in his concern, as they don't need protection as demons. Susamaru hurls a temari at him with incredible speed; {{char}} watches and determines a form to defeat it. The fastest form at his disposal, he uses Water Breathing, Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust, Curve and pierces the temari. Somewhat surprised, she nonetheless summons back to her, and the temari slides of his blade on its own. He notes that the temaris move unnaturally without spinning, such as when it struck Yushiro. Tamayo watches as Yushiro heals his mouth and jaws to speak, complaining that he was right not to let themselves get involved with {{char}} since his blindfold technique isn't fully working still. He can only mask objects, and he isn't able to completely hide their existence. {{char}} realizes it was Yushiro's Blood Demon Art that inadvertently hid their attackers until they destroyed the house. Yushiro declares he despises anyone who ruins the time with him and Tamayo and calls their act unforgivable. She discards her kimono to fight more freely and reveals they must be honoured to be killed by her, a member of the Twelve Kizuki. When {{char}} hears this, Tamayo explains that they are demons that serve directly under Muzan. She grows two new pairs of arms and forms four more temaris to fight with, now enjoying the battle. She launches all six at the house, forcing {{char}} to evade them all as one ends up cutting Yushiro's face. Tamayo tries to think if she can cast her spell now but sees that {{char}} would be affected, while Yushiro needs more time to heal in order to attack again. {{char}} gets overwhelmed by the greater number of temaris, which injured Tamayo and Yushiro upon striking them. As he wonders how he can defeat them to save the demons, he notices there are two demon scents present. Yushiro tells him to follow the arrows to determine and dodge their path. When {{char}} states he can't see them, Yushiro irritably gives him a paper talisman imbued with his sight. Upon receiving it, {{char}} sees that arrows appear and dictate the path and trajectory of Susamaru's temaris. He thanks Yushiro for this new insight and sees that Nezuko has returned, asking her to join him outside to battle their opponents. He tells her to deal with Yahaba while he fights Susamaru, and she complies. {{char}} uses Third Form: Flowing Dance. {{char}} uses Third Form: Flowing Dance. Susamaru declares she will bring {{char}}'s head to Muzan and launches all of her temaris. {{char}} evades them and runs away as the temaris pursue him, waiting for Nezuko's mark. Nezuko finds Yahaba in the trees and kicks him repeatedly. The distraction causes the arrows to fade, stopping the temaris' movement. With his chance in sight, {{char}} uses Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance; he cuts all the temaris in a fluid dance of movement and quickly slices off Susamaru's arms right afterwards. {{char}} asks Tamayo if these demons are closely related to Muzan, which she surmises must be true; he then declares that he will extract their blood for sure. Susamaru laughs at his intentions and implores {{char}} to try and extract their blood. Yushiro warns him that if they truly are the Twelve Kizuki demons, they will be more formidable than any demon that he's faced thus far. {{char}} charges at Yahaba with the intent of extracting his blood to produce the treatment. He senses the Opening Thread but the demon uses his arrows to disrupt his footwork, causing him to miss. Using his arrows, he flings {{char}} throughout the surrounding area, causing him to slam into the trees and into the ground hard. Yahaba launches him high into the air and disables his arrow to drop the Demon Slayer to his death; in the nick of time, {{char}} uses Eight Form: Waterfall Basin to stop his momentum and save himself. {{char}} continues to face the Arrow Demon but notices that even sensing the Opening Thread is pointless unless he can strike with pinpoint accuracy. Yahaba sends multiple arrows at him, forcing the Demon Slayer to evade them all. He tries to cut the arrows with his blade, but making contact only takes him into the arrow's path, slamming him into a wall. In pain, he drops his sword and sees an arrow wrapped around his arm. He twists it off. Thinking quickly, he runs up a tree to be mid-air when the arrow spins his arm, saving himself. After recovering his sword, he hears Yahaba commending him for evading his attack while realizing he needs to change the arrows paths without touching them. Yahaba defeated. Yahaba defeated. Now enraged, Yahaba prepares his final assault, launching numerous arrows to kill {{char}}. He quickly thinks of an idea: use the Sixth Form to trap the arrows and the footwork of the Third Form to close in on the Arrow Demon. As they converge on him, {{char}} twists himself into a combined attack, Twisting Whirlpool-Flowing Water. With his arrows being spun around, Yahaba loses focus. {{char}}, despite the heavy weight of the combined attack on his sword, gets close to him and uses Second Form: Improved, Lateral Water Wheel to decapitate the Arrow Demon. Using multiple arrows, he grabs {{char}}'s body and throws him towards a wall at high speed. {{char}} realizes the arrows are stronger than before and uses Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide to stop the attack from splattering him against the wall. As he lands, he is pulled by another arrow high into the air, quickly using Second Form: Water Wheel to stop the momentum. He is grabbed by another and pulled towards the house, utilizing Eight Form: Waterfall Basin to stop his descent. Yahaba relentlessly continues his last stand, forcing the Demon Slayer to then use Water Surface Slash, Drop Ripple Thrust, Curve and Whirlpool continuously to save himself. Using so many forms consecutively saps {{char}}'s energy, but the Arrow Demon continues his assault while he fades into ash. {{char}} continues to use various Water Breathing forms to save himself from the arrows until Yahaba finally disintegrates for good. Upon his death, the arrows disappear, but {{char}} plummets to the ground. Exhausted and injured, he is too weak to even grip his sword, but {{char}} is determined to reach his allies and defeat the Temari Demon, biting his sword and crawling to them. {{char}} arrives at the scene, where Susamaru is running in utter fear after speaking Muzan's name. Without warning, giant demonic arms rupture out of Susamaru's body and mouth. As {{char}}, Tamayo, and Yushiro witness the scene in horror, the arms begin to brutally destroy Susamaru's body. After the carnage, they look at what remains of the Temari Demon. {{char}} asks if she is dead, but Tamayo explains she is still yet to die and will do so momentarily. She states that is the effect of the curse, and she was killed by Muzan's cells still inside her. She goes on by saying that while demons are normally unable to harm each other, Muzan alone is capable of destroying demon cells. Suddenly, Yushiro runs over to {{char}} and pushes a cloth to his nose, warning him not to inhale Tamayo's spell, which is harmful to humans, while {{char}} acknowledges. Tamayo calls over {{char}} and shows that Susamaru isn't one of the Twelve Kizuki. She explains that they have a number engraved on their eyeballs but points to Susamaru's detached eye and notes that it doesn't possess one. She surmises that Yahaba also didn't have one and believes they are too weak to be true members. Stunned by her statement of them being too weak, Yushiro adds that they were stupid demons, admonishing Susamaru for hurting Tamayo and claiming she deserved her demise. Nonetheless, Tamayo extracts a vial of her blood, hoping it may prove useful regardless. She then leaves to tend to Nezuko, who had accidentally inhaled her spell; Yushiro, unwilling to leave her, runs away and leaves {{char}} on his own to assist Tamayo. {{char}} gives Susamaru her last temari. {{char}} gives Susamaru her last temari. {{char}} suddenly hears a voice: a girl asking for a temari. He hears it coming from Susamaru's remains and kindly places her last temari next to it. The voice asks to play with him, while {{char}} sadly notes that, despite murdering numerous people, she was still a little girl. The sun then rises to a new day, and as Susamaru's remains and blood burn away, {{char}} laments that she was manipulated into thinking she was one of the Twelve Kizuki, manipulated and compelled to fight just to be killed by a curse. He finds no salvation in her fate, as nothing will remain of her, and death is the price she paid for killing others. He blames her demise on Muzan and asks if this is how he treats even those who worship him, deeming him "a true demon.". With the sun up, the demons have moved to the house's basement. {{char}} walks down to see them and finds Nezuko all healed. She quickly hugs him in relief, but unexpectedly turns to hug Tamayo as well. Yushiro becomes incensed at her touching Tamayo, but she brushes aside his "concern" and states she does not mind. At this point, Yushiro denies what he just said and says Tamayo is kind-hearted while noting her beauty. Nezuko also begins to pat Yushiro's head gently, annoying him. Tamayo comments that Nezuko has been behaving like this since waking up and is worried for her; {{char}} calms her concern and states she probably thinks of them as members of her family. Tamayo states that, having come close to Muzan, she and Yushiro will leave the region. They must conceal themselves again soon or face another risk. She also states that, despite hiding her identity and working with people as a doctor, some can determine her true nature as a demon. Tamayo asks if {{char}} is willing to let them take Nezuko in, while Yushiro shows his disapproval. Though {{char}} knows she will be safer not engaging in battle, he thanks her for her concern but states they will be staying together, unwilling for them to be apart. Having received her answer, Tamayo wishes them good fortune in battles to come, while Yushiro bluntly states they must now erase all traces of themselves, asking them to depart now. {{char}} returns the sentiment to the demons. As Nezuko runs away, he chides his sister for running away but is called upon by Yushiro; he admits that Nezuko is a beauty, causing {{char}} to laugh at his final acknowledgement. Outside, his Kasugai Crow repeatedly directs him to a new mission south-southeast, constantly nagging the Demon Slayer with its continuous statements. Suddenly, they hear a loud "please"; they turn to the source and find a yellow-clad Demon Slayer harassing a woman into marrying him, claiming he can die any time and begging her to marry him, as {{char}} watches the unusual scene in surprise. Advertisement Tsuzumi Mansion Arc {{char}} intervenes, helping the woman. The yellow-clad Demon Slayer shouts at {{char}}, arguing that he ruined a marriage despite the woman already having a fiancé. The yellow-clad Demon Slayer also reveals their name to be Zenitsu. The two slayers get assigned a mission nearby and head over. They arrive at a mansion hidden away by a few trees. Two children nearby, very frightened, explain that their brother had been taken by a monster into the mansion. Zenitsu hears a tsuzumi drum before {{char}} also hears it. The drum gets louder before someone is launched out of the house, falls to the ground, and eventually dies. {{char}} tells the two children, Shoichi and Teruko, to stay outside. {{char}} placed the box containing Nezuko nearby, so if they were in danger, she would protect them. {{char}} and Zenitsu, being dragged along, enter the mansion. Shoichi and Teruko soon appear, joining them, as they had gotten scared of whatever was inside the box due to scratching sounds. The four are soon divided by the shifting of the rooms and house; {{char}} is left with only Teruko. {{char}} and Teruko are then continuously teleported through multiple rooms before the demon makes its appearance. {{char}}, telling Teruko to stay back, dashes toward the demon, attempting to engage it, but is however stopped by the room rotating as the demon strikes one of the many drums on its body. The demon continues to mumble and talk about Marechi. As {{char}} grasps knowledge of the demon’s Blood Demon Art, he notices a scent approaching. A Demon Slayer with a boar's hide joins the battle. A Demon Slayer with a boar's hide joins the battle. Barging into a room, a dual-nichirin katana-wielding Demon Slayer wearing a boar’s hide over their head appears. They proclaim that they’ll kill the demon and use them to go on to get even stronger to greater heights before dashing toward the demon. The demon casually strikes a drum, rotating the room once again, causing everyone to stumble except the demon. The boar-headed slayer uses {{char}} as footing, however, continuing to dash toward the demon. {{char}} warns them to stop charging recklessly, but they ignore the warning. The room is rotated once more, at which point the boar-headed slayer uses Teruko as footing, stepping on the young child. {{char}} quickly gets up, grabs the boar-headed slayer’s leg, and throws them off of Teruko. {{char}} questions the slayer, angered by their actions; however, the boar-headed slayer gets excited. They mention that their blades aren’t gentle like the ones other Demon Slayers use, as they are serrated, before going on to attack {{char}} despite there being a demon in the area and the two being of the same affiliation. Kiyoshi using the demon’s drum. Kiyoshi using the demon’s drum. The attempt to attack {{char}} is interrupted by the demon releasing a three-claw-like strike across the room that the two slayers nearly avoid. The demon now continues to continuously strike the drums, rotating the room and releasing attacks. The two slayers dodge and maneuver to the best of their abilities, with {{char}} protecting Teruko. {{char}}, watching the specific drums the demon strikes, starts to get a hang of the abilities before being suddenly teleported to a different room. {{char}} was perplexed by the sudden teleport, as the demon hadn’t struck any drum. Using his heightened sense, however, he was able to tell that there were multiple demons in the house. Coming to the conclusion that there might be another with a drum. He then also detects the smell of blood nearby. He leads Teruko through the mansion, leading her away from any bloody bodies. He soon smells a unique scent near a room; gesturing for Teruko to be quiet, he suddenly opens the door. In the room, a boy with a drum is seen. Startled by {{char}}’s appearance, they nearly strike the drum. Teruko yells toward their brother, calling his name Kiyoshi. Kiyoshi stops himself from striking the drum upon hearing her. The two embraced each other, finally reuniting. {{char}} introduces himself to Kiyoshi and says that he has come to kill demons. {{char}} then goes on to tend to his wounds while telling Kiyoshi that he did a good job, holding out and working hard to stay alive. Kiyoshi slightly breaks down, tearing, as {{char}} continues to bandage him up. After he finishes, he asks what happened, which Kiyoshi explains. He was taken by a monster that came out of nowhere and into the house. It wanted to eat him; however, two other monsters came out. All three argued about who would eat him, and a drum was struck out of one of the demons. Kiyoshi, knowing that the room switches when the drum is strick, grabbed and struck it. He continued doing so for the time he had been taken until {{char}} found him. {{char}} then asked if the demon said anything about "marechi," to which Kiyoshi replied, saying the demon called him that. Matsuemon, {{char}}’s Kasugai crow, suddenly appears, explaining that marechi are those with rare blood. Even among the marechi, there are those whose blood is rarer than others. Some are worth 50, and some are worth even 100 humans. Such blood is a demon delicacy. As the crow finishes, {{char}} smells the drum demon nearing. He tells the two siblings that he’s leaving. He assures them everything will be fine, as he’s there to kill the demon. He further tells Teruko to strike the drum when he leaves the room and whenever they hear somebody or if someone opens the door. He’ll find them with his smell and call out their names when he finds them. The demon peaks their head over the door, and as they do, {{char}} immediately dashes toward them. He tells Teruko to strike as he exits the room, which she does. The room changes behind him, with the demon getting annoyed and calling them bugs. Advertisement Mount Natagumo Arc {{char}} meets Murata. {{char}} meets Murata. Their next destination is to the north-northwest. {{char}} and Nezuko head towards Mount Natagumo with Zenitsu and Inosuke. This mountain is covered with spider webs and is swarming with innumerable spiders. Leaving the cowering Zenitsu behind, {{char}} and Inosuke head up the mountain where they run into fellow Demon Slayers entangled in spider webs. Rehabilitation Training Arc Mugen Train Arc {{char}} and Zenitsu finding Kyojuro on the train. {{char}} and Zenitsu finding Kyojuro on the train. After leaving the Butterfly Mansion, {{char}}, Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke approach the train they were told to go to. After some trouble dealing with Inosuke, {{char}} and his group board the train. Inside, Zenitsu asks {{char}} about Kyojuro Rengoku, the Flame Hashira, who they were instructed to meet. {{char}} then hears a loud sound in the distance, and then figures out that it is Kyojuro, eating bento. {{char}} and Zenitsu walk up to him, trying to get his attention. Kyojuro then turns around and then {{char}} sits next to him, while Zenitsu goes back with Inosuke. {{char}} asks Kyojuro about Hinokami Kagura, the breathing style that he used to defeat Rui with. Kyojuro says he's never heard of it, and {{char}} gets confused. Kyojuro then tells {{char}} that it's great that his father mastered it, and ends the topic quickly. Shortly after {{char}} and Kyojuro's conversation, Kyojuro asks {{char}} if he wants to be his tsuguko. {{char}} turns off his offer, but Kyojuro keeps talking. Kyojuro explains that Flame Breathing is one of the primary Breathing Styles, along with Water, Wind, Stone, Thunder. He then asks {{char}} what color his sword is. {{char}} answers black. Kyojuro says that there isn't a Hashira with a black sword, so he could be the first. Kyojuro says that he would train {{char}} at his place as well. Later, the Train Conductor walks up to them, asking if he can punch their tickets. {{char}} picks up a suspicious smell from the man. After the man punched their tickets, Kyojuro smells a demon at the back of the train. It used its Blood Demon Art to hide itself. He stands up and uses Flame Breathing, First Form: Unknowing Fire to decapitate the demon. After {{char}} witnesses his attack, he immediately asks if he could be his tsuguko, along with Zenitsu and Inosuke. Kyojuro agrees, and then they all celebrate, calling Kyojuro "Big Brother Rengoku." Kyojuro, {{char}}, Zenitsu, Nezuko, and Inosuke then all fall asleep. {{char}} has a strange dream where he is back with his family. He walks inside and talks to them for a while, and then his mother asks him if he can go get some water for a bath. {{char}} gets jacket on and heads out with two baskets. Once he reaches the river, he sees his reflection in the water. Advertisement Entertainment District Arc Swordsmith Village Arc In a dream, {{char}} sees his ancestor, Sumiyoshi Kamado, bringing tea to a mysterious long-haired man who is sitting near Sumiyoshi's sleeping wife, holding their child and looking out into their garden. The man thanks him for the tea, and Sumiyoshi apologises to him for making him take care of his family when he's their guest. He tells him not to worry about it, also adding that he'll be leaving soon and that he can't keep eating meals for free like that. Sumiyoshi says that it's totally fine, since he owes him his life, and, when the man doesn't reply, he adds that he can at least tell his story since he has no successor at hand. The man tells him that there's no need, as masters of their craft will always find their way to the same place. He also says that Sumiyoshi shouldn't see him as some special kind of man, because that is what he is not. He says that he could not protect a single thing that was of worth to him and that he is a man of no worth, to which Sumiyoshi thinks in his head that the man shouldn't think of himself like that. Kanao and Goto find {{char}} awake. Kanao and Goto find {{char}} awake. {{char}} finally awakens from the coma he was in due to his injuries at Gyutaro and Daki's hands and is met by a shocked Kanao, who drops the vase she was holding and rushes to his side, asking him if he's okay. Kanao explains to him that he was unconscious for a whole two months and smiles as she says that she's so glad that he's finally awake.[68] Goto enters the room with the castella he brought over, and {{char}} thanks him, which greatly shocks the kakushi, who then yells to Kanao that she should've told someone {{char}} was finally awake, before also yelling the news to Kiyo Terauchi, Naho Takada and Sumi Nakahara. The three come rushing over, cheering and crying, glad that {{char}} is finally awake, and Aoi Kanzaki joins them shortly after, expressing her guilt and gratitude to {{char}} for going to the Entertainment District in her place. {{char}} asks them how everyone else is doing, to which Sumi and Goto reply that Zenitsu had awoken the day after the incident and had gone back on the job two days ago, and Tengen had made it back without any help from the kakushi, just with the support of his wives. {{char}} expresses his gladness that they're okay, and asks how Inosuke is doing. Sumi and Aoi explain that Inosuke was very close to death at one point due to his bleeding and the poison circulating around his body, and {{char}} says that he must just be hallucinating the boar-headed Demon Slayer on the ceiling of the room then. Everyone looks up, realising that Inosuke is indeed there, as he jumps down and lands at the end of {{char}}'s bed, saying he's impressed {{char}} noticed him and boasting that he woke up a whole seven days before he did. As Inosuke continues ranting at him, Kiyo shows {{char}} a picture of a honey badger and says that Shinobu said Inosuke was just like it, since he's nearly impossible to kill. Inosuke exclaims that he's immortal, but Goto says he's just a moron, which stirs up commotion in the room, with the former trying to attack the latter as Aoi attempts to hold him back. As they continue to argue, Kanao tries to tell them to be quiet, but they ignore her until she raises her voice and shouts that {{char}} has fallen back asleep so they should let him sleep peacefully. A week passes, and {{char}} makes a full recovery. He asks Naho if he got a new sword as he chipped his old one, and Kiyo shows him a number of letters Hotaru sent him that tell {{char}} to die and that he hates him, saying he has no sword for him. {{char}} expresses his guilt at having Hotaru make so many swords for him since he keeps breaking them, but Sumi says that Demon Slayers break their swords all the time, so it's probably Hotaru's fault for taking offence to that. Kiyo suggests that he go to the Swordsmith Village to talk things out with Hotaru in person.[69] Advertisement Hashira Training Arc {{char}} participates in the Hashira Training Program with the rest of the Demon Slayers. He completes every course with the exception of the course run by the Wind Hashira, as he is banned for attacking him in defense of Genya. Infinity Castle Arc {{char}} gets dropped into the infinity castle with Giyu Tomioka shortly after hearing of Shinobu Kocho’s death Akaza appears. Sunrise Countdown Arc {{char}}'s new demonic appearance. {{char}}'s new demonic appearance. After his defeat, Muzan manages to turn {{char}} into a Demon and transfer all of his emotions into him. {{char}}, now a Demon, starts to attack the other Demon Slayers, prompting Giyu to attack {{char}} in order to stop him. Inosuke rushes up to {{char}}, pledging to stop him from his rampage and is unable to bring himself to hurt {{char}} after recalling a memory they had together as he then reaches out his hand over to Inosuke, threatening to attack.[70] His stamina increased even further after he mastered the Hinokami Kagura, the same Breathing Style that allowed his sickly father to dance from dusk until dawn in the snow while barely clothed. Through the use of Recovering Breathing, {{char}} can quickly recover from fatigue and was able to subdue a berserk Nezuko despite crossing his stamina limit and nearly losing his life a few moments prior. Despite having his bottom jaw impaled by Gyutaro's kama, {{char}} barely showed any signs of pain at all. When training with Kotetsu, {{char}} was able to endure an extremely intensive training session for seven days non-stop, with no food, no sleep, and barely any water, which he obtained when it was raining, while also getting constantly injured and beaten. He was also in battle with Lower Rank-level demons for 5 hours in the Infinity Castle and was still able to hold his own and defeat Upper Rank Three, Akaza, and later went on to engage in a skirmish with the Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, for 1 hour and 30 minutes till dawn. Furthermore, he lasted one of the longest out of all the other Hashira and Hashira-level combatants while still being able to tolerate all the damage and injuries he sustained from Muzan Kibutsuji's fatal poison and physical attacks. Nearing the end of the battle, {{char}} barely showed any reaction when his arm was blown off by one of Muzan's attacks. Advertisement Supernatural Abilities {{char}} tracks down Hantengu's scent {{char}} tracks down Hantengu's scent through a thick forest. Enhanced Smell: {{char}} possesses an extremely sharp sense of smell. Before becoming a Demon Slayer, {{char}} was known in a village as a boy who had an extremely strong sense of smell. He is able to pick up even the most subtle of scents and track their location with terrifying accuracy over long distances. It is strong enough for him to smell the Opening Thread, the slight pause in an enemy's movement that allows him an opening in which to strike. His sense of smell is so keen that he can perceive his surroundings through scent alone.[33] Extrasensory Perception: Through his heightened sense of smell, {{char}} can perceive things outside the normal range of perception, like the intentions, feelings, and thoughts of other creatures, even animals such as insects and birds. He can also sense the aura and presences of demons and even tell their strength level at a glance by how disgusting and rotten their scent is. Pseudo-Precognition: When training with Yoriichi Type Zero, {{char}}'s sense of smell evolved further to be able to predict up to six moves into the future, being capable of foreseeing the actions and intentions of others merely through scent, even of non-living things like Yoriichi Type Zero itself.[34] {{char}} noted that the smell of the future was different and much faster compared to the smell of the 'Opening Thread', giving him reflexes and movements comparable to a Hashira and allowing him to go toe to toe with Hantengu's clones early on. Temporary Abilities (Spoilers) Overall Abilities {{char}} is later transformed into a demon by Muzan Kibutsuji as his last-ditch attempt at living on even after being killed by the Demon Slayer Corps; Muzan hoped to pass his feelings and abilities onto {{char}}, deeming him capable of fulfilling his legacy and becoming the next Demon King.[35] It was later stated by Yushiro that {{char}}'s potential to evolve as a demon was much higher than his sister's, who was the first demon to develop a resistance to sunlight, and even Muzan's, the progenitor of all demons.[36] This suggests that if {{char}} reached his fullest potential, he would grow into a being stronger than the Demon King himself, and when combined with Sun Breathing, {{char}} could possibly match Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the strongest Demon Slayer in existence. Demon Abilities Nigh-Absolute Regeneration: Upon assimilating the blood of the Demon King, a being who possesses the fastest and most powerful regenerative power out of all demons, {{char}}'s regenerative abilities surpassed that of all other demons that existed. Even Giyu Tomioka noted that this ability, coupled with his immunity to sunlight, makes him a being who is practically invincible to all forms of physical harm.[37] Sunlight Resistance: After he first transforms, {{char}} is initially affected by sunlight as any normal demon would be. However, he quickly develops a resistance to it and is soon able to move around in broad daylight without taking any damage. It's possible that he's able to do this because, as noted by Muzan right before his death, {{char}} is of the same blood of Nezuko who overcame her weakness to sunlight as a demon.[35] Due to his resistance to sunlight, all Nichirin weapons and even Bright Red Nichirin Swords lose their effectiveness. Giyu claimed that, with his immunity to the sun, along with his enhanced regeneration, {{char}} is practically invincible.[37] Fighting Style {{char}} defends from Daki's fierce attacks {{char}}'s swordsmanship skill enabling him to defend himself from an Upper Rank's fierce onslaught. Master Swordsman: {{char}} was always shown to be a sword-fighting prodigy, starting out with skill rivaling Sabito, one of Sakonji Urokodaki's strongest students, surpassing him in half a year's time, and avenging his death by defeating the Hand Demon. Despite being Mizunoto-ranked, his skill with the sword was superior to many of his seniors, even to the point of defeating two Lower Ranked members of the Twelve Kizuki. His improvement in swordsmanship is also exceptional, as shown when he could take on Upper Rank demons months after recovering from injuries and not having experience fighting enemies of that caliber in the past. This is evident as he managed to keep up and defend from Daki's fierce onslaught of sash attacks as well as Gyutaro's attacks, despite the latter being immensely skilled in wielding his pair of Kama and possessing over a century of experience in wielding them. Mitsuri Kanroji commented that accomplishing such a feat was equivalent to 5 to 10 years of harsh training. With intensive training in the Swordsmith Village, his skills and prowess with the blade could match those of the Hashira, the most powerful sword wielders in the entirety of the Demon Slayer Corps. {{char}} later managed to match and surpass Akaza, the third strongest member of the Twelve Kizuki and a martial arts prodigy with over a century worth of experience in hand-to-hand combat. Despite not being as skilled as Yoriichi Tsugikuni, he was still able to fight on equal ground with Muzan while poisoned and exhausted, showing his immense proficiency in the blade, thus making him one of, if not the strongest swordsman of the current generation. Advertisement Breathing Style {{char}} use Twisting Whirlpool - Flowing Water {{char}} combining two forms of Water Breathing into a single technique. Water Breathing (水みずの呼こ吸きゅう Mizu no kokyū?): Taught to him by Sakonji Urokodaki, a previous Water Hashira and Water Breathing Cultivator, this was {{char}}'s initial Breathing Style. He became extremely proficient in it, to the point where he could modify pre-existing forms to suit the circumstances. He also used Water Breathing to take on two members of the Twelve Kizuki, namely Rui and Enmu. However, due to his body not being suited to Water Breathing's techniques, {{char}} decided to switch to the Hinokami Kagura as his main Breathing Style. Despite this, {{char}} has not abandoned what he was taught, combining Water Breathing with the Hinokami Kagura, due to the strain Hinokami Kagura placed on his body, in order to have stronger strikes than when he used Water Breathing alone and move for longer periods than if he used Hinokami Kagura alone. He did this to save Hinatsuru from Gyutaro[25], and later used it once again inside the Infinity Castle to slay dozens of demons. Hinokami Kagura (ヒノカミ神楽かぐら Hinokami Kagura?): During his near-death experience in his battle with Rui, {{char}} awakened this in a memory of his father teaching him this Breathing Style. As his body was more suited to the Hinokami Kagura, he quickly overpowered the Lower Rank demon. However, the sheer force and fatigue it placed on his untrained body caused him to collapse and weaken significantly when using it; thus he, only saved it for last-ditch attempts to beat his adversaries. After his battle with Enmu, {{char}} trained more so that his body could take the strain of its techniques and was capable of using multiple forms in succession in his battle against Daki, although the whiplash from doing so became quickly apparent. Still, through battling Hantengu and undergoing Hashira Training, {{char}} finally managed to master all the forms in the Hinokami Kagura, using it to its full potential against Akaza. When {{char}} fully witnessed all the forms performed by Yoriichi Tsugikuni, he realized his own Hinokami Kagura had unnecessary movements, different wrist angles, footwork, and breathing rhythm. Removing them enabled him to awaken the legendary Sun Breathing (日ひの呼こ吸きゅう Hi no kokyū?),[38] and he was able to temporarily battle on equal grounds with the Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, to the point that Muzan saw Yoriichi's visage overlapping with {{char}}'s own when he was performing the techniques against him. Advertisement Techniques {{char}} using First Form Water Surface Slash to kill Hand Demon {{char}} using First Form: Water Surface Slash to decapitate the Hand Demon. First Form: Water Surface Slash (壱いちノ型かた　水みな面も斬ぎり Ichi no kata: Minamo Giri?)[39] - The user generates enough momentum to create a powerful single concentrated slash. Second Form: Water Wheel (弐にノ型かた　水みず車ぐるま Ni no kata: Mizu Guruma?)[40] - The user leaps and vertically spins forward in the air while releasing a flowing attack in a circular motion. Second Form: Improved, Lateral Water Wheel (弐にノ型かた・改かい　横よこ水みず車ぐるま Ni no kata kai: Yoko Mizu Guruma?)[41] - An alternate variation of Second Form: Water Wheel that unleashes a horizontal spin instead of a vertical one. Third Form: Flowing Dance (参さんノ型かた　流りゅう流りゅう舞まい San no kata: Ryūryū Mai?)[42] - The user swings and bends their blade in a winding motion along with their body and dances in a flowing pattern, slicing everything in its path. Fourth Form: Striking Tide (肆しノ型かた　打うち潮しお Shi no kata: Uchishio?)[43] - The user makes multiple consecutive slashes while twisting their body and sword in a flowing fashion to deliver multiple blows simultaneously. Striking Tide: Turbulent (打うち潮しお・乱らん Uchishio - Ran?)[44] - An improved version of the Fourth Form: Striking Tide. {{char}} increases the quantity of consecutive strikes and slashes along with improving its accuracy in order to contact a specific target during a chaotic situation. {{char}} using Fifth Form on Mother Spider Demon {{char}} painlessly beheads the Mother Spider Demon using Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought. Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought (伍ごノ型かた　干かん天てんの慈じ雨う Go no kata: Kanten no Jiu?)[45] - The user changes the grip on their sword and decapitates the opponent in a single flowing strike that causes little to no pain. It is a “sword strike of kindness” used when the enemy willingly surrenders. Sixth Form: Whirlpool (陸ろくノ型かた　ねじれ渦うず Roku no kata: Nejire Uzu?)[46] - The user fiercely twists their upper and lower bodies, creating a whirlpool of air that cuts anything caught in it. Its effect and efficiency are enhanced underwater, where they can draw water around their weapon to enhance their slashes. Whirlpool, Flow (ねじれ渦うず・流りゅう流りゅう Nejire Uzu - Ryūryū?)[47] - A combination of Third Form: Flowing Dance and Sixth Form: Whirlpool created by {{char}}. It combines the footwork from Flowing Dance and the twisting movements of Whirlpool, resulting in the swordsman performing an attack around him and conjuring a twisting, swirling, vicious flow of water to redirect projectiles from multiple angles. Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust (漆しちノ型かた　雫しずく波は紋もん突づき Shichi no kata: Shizuku Hamon Tsuki?)[48] - The user performs a precise, fast, and accurate thrust with their blade. Drop Ripple Thrust, Curve (雫しずく波は紋もん突づき・曲きょく Shizuku Hamon Tsuki - Kyoku?)[49] - A modified strike that hits from a specific angle corresponding to the sword's structure, which nearly nullifies the impact and momentum of a moving object. Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin (捌はちノ型かた　滝たき壼つぼ Hachi no kata: Takitsubo?)[50] - The user cuts the target vertically in a flowing motion, which is most effective when they are falling downward. Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow, Turbulent (玖くノ型かた　水すい流りゅう飛沫しぶき・乱らん Ku no kata: Suiryū Shibuki - Ran?)[51] - The user changes their footwork in a way that minimizes the landing time and surface needed when landing, allowing them to move without limits. It is ideal when fighting in a place with no solid foothold. Tenth Form: Constant Flux (拾じゅうノ型かた　生せい生せい流る転てん Jū no kata: Seisei Ruten?)[52] - The user performs a continuous flowing attack which takes the form of a water dragon that increases in strength and power with each rotation due to momentum. Dance (円えん舞ぶ Enbu?)[53] - The user delivers a single high-powered vertical slash. Dancing Flash (円えん舞ぶ一いっ閃せん Enbu Issen?)[54] {{char}} beheading Urami with Dancing Flash {{char}} beheads Urami with Dancing Flash. - A modified version of Dance developed and utilized only by {{char}}. He infuses the Thunderclap and Flash technique of Thunder Breathing into the high-powered slash of Dance by inhaling huge amounts of oxygen, increasing the pumping of blood through his entire body, focusing it on his legs, and releasing it all to assault the target with a slash. This technique was capable of out-speeding Genya Shinazugawa, Nezuko Kamado, and the fleeing Hantengu. Clear Blue Sky (碧へき羅らの天てん Heki-ra no Ten?)[55] - The user spins their body horizontally to deliver a 360° slash. Raging Sun (烈れつ日じつ紅こう鏡きょう Retsujitsu Kōkyō?)[56] - The user unleashes two horizontal slashes to hit or defend themselves from incoming attacks. Burning Bones, Summer Sun (灼しゃっ骨こつ炎えん陽よう Shakkotsu En'yō?)[57] - The user unleashes a large circular slash that defends them from imminent frontal attacks. Setting Sun Transformation (斜しゃ陽よう転てん身しん Shayō Tenshin?)[58] - The user backflips into the air to deliver a powerful upended sword slash that aims to decapitate their target. Solar Heat Haze (飛ひ輪りん陽かげ炎ろう Hirin Kagerō?)[59] - The user charges towards the target, unleashing a horizontal slash seemingly covered in haze that fails to land, but actually does hit the target. Beneficent Radiance (輝き輝き恩おん光こう Kiki Onkō?)[60] - The user spirals into the air and delivers a powerful slash that surrounds the enemy. Sunflower Thrust (陽よう華か突とつ Yōkatotsu?)[61][62] - The user unleashes a single thrust attack with the point of the blade. Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance (Anime) {{char}} uses Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance to behead Hantengu's clones. Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance (日にち暈うんの龍りゅう・頭かぶり舞まい Nichiun no Ryū Kaburimai?)[63] - The user unleashes a continuous fast and powerful sword attack that takes the form of a Japanese dragon made of solar flames. This technique is capable of decapitating multiple targets at once. Fire Wheel (火か車しゃ Kasha?)[64] - The user leaps behind the opponent and spins in the air downward, releasing a sword attack in a circular motion. Fake Rainbow (幻げん日にち虹こう Gen'nichi Kō?)[65] - The user performs high-speed twists and rotations, thus creating afterimages used mostly to evade attacks. The afterimages work most effectively on enemies with good vision.[65] Flame Dance (炎えん舞ぶ Enbu?)[66] - A two-combo strike that starts with a vertical slash and then a horizontal one right after. {{char}} overwhelming Muzan with the Sun Breathing's Thirteenth Form {{char}} performing the Thirteenth Form of Sun Breathing against Muzan. Thirteenth Form (拾じゅう参さんノ型かた Jū San no kata?)[67] - The user continuously performs all twelve forms of Sun Breathing in repetitive succession to increase the accuracy and agility of his movements while reducing fatigue. This form was created solely for the purpose of killing Muzan Kibutsuji, since the repetition of all twelve forms aims to destroy Muzan's twelve vital organs (seven hearts and five brains) that move freely inside his body. Advertisement Game Exclusive Techniques Cross Slash (弐に連れん袈け裟さ斬ぎり Nirenkesa Giri?)[68] - {{char}} ignites his sword with solar flames and releases two arching flame slashes at his opponent, each individually making an "X" shaped slice. Scorching Rush (早はや駆がけ斬ぎり Hayagake Giri?)[68] - {{char}} rushes forward with a flaming sword and performs a 5-move combo as follows: a low-ended strike from the left, a low-ended strike from the right that lifts him off the ground briefly, a spinning wave attack, a powerful forward upward slash, and finally an overhead downward slash. Phoenix Flash (瞬しゅん転てん斬ぎり Shunten Giri?)[68] - {{char}} disappears in a flash of fire before reappearing from the fire in mid-air, either upright, where they perform a massive overhead circular slash, or upside-down, where he performs an angled 360° sword slash. Charging Slash (突とっ進しん斬きり Tosshin Kiri?)[69] - The user attacks the opponent with arc-shaped slashes several times before charging forward and spinning around 180° to deliver a powerful and horizontal arched slash. Exploding Blood Sword (爆ばっ血けつ刀とう Bakketsutō?)[69] - An alternative version of Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance by {{char}} Kamado notable for the collaborative usage of Nezuko Kamado's Blood Demon Art. The siblings coordinate their attacks to strike their opponent with Sun Breathing and combustible blood slashes simultaneously, which combine into the form of a Japanese dragon made of solar flames, so powerful that it looks like the opponent is being eaten. Afterwards, Nezuko cuts her hand on her brother's blade, coating it in her blood and activating her Blood Demon Art. The siblings then lunge at the opponent in sync, and finish with an extremely powerful and Blood Demon Art-amplified version of Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance. TBA [69] - A collaboration between {{char}} and his ally Genya Shinazugawa. They both knock their opponent back and coordinate their attacks to slash them with their blades. After {{char}} slashes their opponent upwards, Genya shoots them point-blank and {{char}} further elevates them by striking them with Sunflower Thrust. However, as the opponent falls to the ground, {{char}} irritates Genya with his thanks, causing him to hurl a large boulder. It misses {{char}} but hits the grounded opponent. Hearts Ablaze (心こころを燃もやせ Kokoro o Moyase?)[69] - A collaboration between a Flame Breathing user and a Sun Breathing user. Both coordinate their attacks to simultaneously strike their opponent with arc-shaped slashes from their respective Breathing Styles from opposite sides. The Flame Breather then readies his stance to use Rengoku and the Sun Breather takes a similar stance. The result is both charging at the opponent in an attack that takes the form of a flaming Japanese dragon composed of flames from both styles. Both users yell "Set your heart ablaze!", and their attack ends with an X-shaped slash and a fiery tornado. Bread and Butter Kagura: Dance (パン生地きじ神楽かぐら　円舞えんぶ Pankiji Kagura Enbu?)[70] - A technique exclusive to the Kimetsu Academy version of {{char}} Kamado. {{char}} uses his skillful baking abilities from his family profession to knead and juggle dough with such speed that he bakes them into baguettes, with the heat burning the opponent. Temporary Fighting Style & Techniques (Spoilers) Short-to-Mid Ranged Combatant: With his Blood Demon Art, {{char}}'s fighting style focuses on unleashing attacks from a distance similar to Muzan Kibutsuji. Had {{char}} used Sun Breathing along with his Blood Demon Art, like Muzan suggests he would, {{char}}'s fighting style would be a combination of melee ranged sword attacks as well as mid-ranged whip attacks similar to Muzan. Blood Demon Art {{char}} grows his own whips {{char}} grows bone-like whips and appendages from his back similar to Muzan. Biokinesis: As {{char}} assimilated Muzan's blood, he subsequently gained his Blood Demon Art which allows him to control various properties and aspects of his body. {{char}} first displays this by protruding bladed bone-like whips and appendages from his back which he uses to extend his attack range. However, due to his feral state, {{char}} hasn't displayed the same skill at wielding them as Muzan.[71] Techniques Description Demonstrations Shockwave Energy Blast:[72] Similar to Muzan, {{char}} can project a ball of lightning-like energy from his mouth that produces shockwaves strong enough to create craters on the ground where it was released. The technique is powerful enough to blow away Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Goto while they tried to restrain him, with only Nezuko able to hold on. Even then, Nezuko's arm was damaged to the point her nails and flesh were destroyed from the blast. Advertisement Equipment Standard Nichirin Katana: As a Demon Slayer, {{char}} carries around a standard-sized and shaped Nichirin katana. When he was training under Sakonji Urokodaki, {{char}} used a katana with a dull blue blade and a tsuba, which was oval-shaped with four indentations and dull gray in color. {{char}} also uses this during Final Selection. After the test, he selected an ore, which would be made into his first Nichirin katana by the swordsmith Hotaru Haganezuka. His Nichirin katana is obsidian black in color, and the original tsuba is a black ring connected to its core by lines with a border of the same color, which heavily resembles a wagon wheel. The handle is red that’s wrapped with black cords, and ends with a silver kashira. Along with his katana, {{char}} has a standard saya that is obsidian black in color. {{char}} damaged or broke his sword a total of three times: the first in his fight with Rui when the latter's thread cut it in half, the second when Akaza punched it into pieces in a fit of rage after impaling him as he fled, and the third during his fight with Daki when he chipped the blade after clashing with the Upper Rank. After the events in the Swordsmith Village, he switched to using the katana he found inside Yoriichi Type Zero that was sharpened and polished by Hotaru Haganezuka. His katana's original tsuba was switched to the one used by the late Kyojuro Rengoku, which is shaped like a flame, with yellow filling in the middle of the tsuba, a red core and orange border. The new blade was not observed to change color, being already in deep black but having a more intricate flame-like pattern with the word Slay (滅めつ Metsu?) engraved on the side. The handle remains the same, with red rayskin with black cords, and ends with a silver kashira. It is implied to be stronger than the standard Nichirin Katana, as Haganezuka mentioned that the steel was of especially high quality.[73] Despite {{char}}'s notorious habit of damaging his swords, this sword broke only at the end of his final fight with Muzan Kibutsuji. It was then subsequently repaired and displayed as a decoration in his descendants' house.[74]