Demon Slayer RPG

Moon Breathing (Tsuki no Katachū):

User: Kokushibo (Michikatsu Tsugikuni).

Style: Directly derived from the Breath of the Sun by Yoriichi's brother. Upon becoming a demon, he combined it with his Blood Demon Art to create chaotic, crescent-shaped blades.

Postures: It has 16 postures, being the style with the most known variations.

Insect Respiration (Derived from Water):

User: Shinobu Kocho.

Style: Instead of deep cuts, he uses quick thrusts and impulses to inject wisteria venom. His stances are named after insects (Butterfly Dance, Centipede Dance).

Flower Respiration (Derived from Water):

Users: Kanae Kocho and Kanao Tsuyuri.

Style: Fluid and elegant movements that increase visual acuity. Its final posture (Final Lycoris Eyes) increases vision to the limit, risking blindness.

Snake Breathing (Derived from Water):

User: Obanai Iguro.

Style: Sinuous and curved cuts that surround the opponent's defense, mimicking the sliding movement of a snake.

Breath of Love (Derived from the Flame):

User: Mitsuri Kanroji.

Style: Whiplash movements, speed, and extreme flexibility that take advantage of Mitsuri's high muscle density and flexible sword.

Sound Breathing (Derived from Lightning):

User: Tengen Uzui.

Style: Disorient the enemy by analyzing the rhythm of their movements (like a musical score) and combining sword slashes with tiny explosions.

Fog Breathing (Wind-Derived):

User: Muichiro Tokito.

Style: Plays with the speed and rhythm of movement to confuse the enemy's senses, making them believe the user disappears into the mist. Muichiro created the 7th Form: Changing Clouds (Oboro).

Beast's Breath (Derived from the Wind):

User: Inosuke Hashibira.

Style: Self-taught and mimics the wild instincts of animals. He uses two blunted swords to tear flesh and a heightened sense of touch.

Lightning Breathing (Kaminari no Katachū):

Style: Focused on blinding speed and leg strength. It's based on unjamming the sword and decapitating the enemy in a millisecond.

Stances: It has 6 basic stances focused on speed. Zenitsu Agatsuma perfected the First Stance: Thunder Flash and created the 7th Stance: Flaming Thunder God (Honoikazuchi no Kami).

Wind Breathing (Kaze no Katachū):

Style: Uses spins, agile cuts, and layered bursts of air to dismantle the opponent. It is a highly offensive and aggressive style.

Postures: It has 9 postures (e.g., Dust Whirlwind, Purifying Wind Claw).

Rock Breathing (Iwa no Katachū):

Style: The most powerful and difficult to master. It uses the ground and physical mass to generate defensive attacks that are as immovable as a rock.

Stances: He has 5 stances (e.g., Rock Serpent, Stone Bow), adapted by Gyomei Himejima for his axe and spiked ball.

Breathing Techniques (Zenshūchū no Katachū) are swordsmanship styles used by the Demon Slayer Corps. They work by increasing lung capacity and blood circulation to match a demon's strength and speed.

All breaths derive from the Breath of the Sun (the primordial breath).

Breathing of the Sun (Hinokami Kagura
Creator: Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

Style: It is the origin of all other breathing techniques. Its movements mimic the brilliance, fluidity, and scorching heat of the sun. Its attacks burn the cells of demons, hindering their regeneration.

Postures: It has 12 main postures which, when executed in continuous sequence, form the 13th Posture, specifically designed to destroy the vital organs of Muzan Kibutsuji.

Breathing of Water (Mizukami no Katachū):

Style: The most flexible and easiest to learn. It mimics the flow, adaptability, and force of water. It allows the user to adapt to any type of opponent.

Stances: He has 10 official stances (e.g., Water Surface Slash, Water Wheel). Giyu Tomioka created the 11th stance: Deep Calm (Nagi), which nullifies any attack that enters its range.

Breath of the Flame (Honō no Katachū):

Style: Uses powerful, direct, and explosive strikes that mimic the force of fire. Requires a firm and unwavering stance.

Stances: It has 9 stances (e.g., Sea of ​​Fire, Fire Tiger). The ninth stance is the ultimate technique of the Rengoku family: Esotericism: Rengoku.

Rui (Lower Moon Five)
History: He was born an extremely sickly human child who couldn't walk. Muzan offered him blood to cure him, but the transformation forced him to eat humans. When his parents tried to kill him to stop the massacre (and then committed suicide), Rui murdered them, believing they didn't love him—a trauma that scarred his existence.

Personality: Cold, obsessive, and controlling. He attempted to recreate a "perfect family" on Mount Natagumo by forcing other demons to assume family roles under threat of torture.

Clothing: White kimono with spiderweb patterns. She has pale skin, white hair in the shape of spider legs, and red spots on her face.

Abilities: Blood Demon Art based on hyper-resistant and sharp silk threads that can cut through Nichirin steel with ease.

Kaigaku (Upper Moon Six Substitute)
Background: An orphan taken in at Gyomei Himejima's temple (whom he betrayed by revealing the temple to a demon to save himself). He later became a demon slayer and Zenitsu's training partner under the tutelage of the former Lightning Pillar. After being cornered by Kokushibo, he transformed into a demon to avoid death.

Personality: Egocentric, arrogant, cowardly, and willing to betray anyone in order to survive or gain power.

Attire: Hunter uniform with a black haori over the ears and demonic markings on the face. He wears several beaded necklaces.

Abilities: Masters all the Lightning Breathing stances (except the first one), combined with his Demon Art to generate black lightning that cracks and burns the skin of his opponents.

Lower moons

Enmu (Lower Moon One)
History: As a human, he pretended to be a doctor using deceptive hypnotic therapies. Muzan disemboweled him in a fit of rage, but seeing that Enmu felt not pain but pleasure at being killed by him, he transformed him into a demon. He was the only Lower Moon to survive Muzan's purge at Infinity Estate.

Personality: Sadistic, polite in his speech, and obsequious towards Muzan. He delights in making people dream of their greatest desires only to then transform them into nightmares.

Attire: Dark blue/black tuxedo and long coat, slim-fit trousers, and elegant shoes. He has marks on his cheekbones and the word "One" tattooed on his eye.

Abilities: Blood Demon Art based on sleep manipulation. He can put his victims to sleep with his train ticket or his voice, and merge his body with inanimate structures (such as the Infinity Train).

Gyutaro and Daki
Background: They were born in the poorest part of the Entertainment District. Gyutaro suffered rejection because of his ugly appearance, while Daki (Ume) was admired for her beauty. When Daki was burned alive by a noble client, Gyutaro killed the culprit, and they were saved and transformed by Doma.

Personality: Daki is capricious, spoiled, and superficial. Gyutaro is spiteful, envious, violent, and deeply protective of his sister.

Outfit:

Daki: Revealing oiran attire with flying decorative sashes (obi) and white/green hair.

Gyutaro: Bare torso, very thin, pale skin with black spots and dark pants.

Abilities: They operate as a single demon (to kill them, both must be decapitated simultaneously). Daki uses her sharp cloth sashes, and Gyutaro uses poisoned blood sickles.

Hantengu (Upper Moon Four original)
History: In his human life, he was a convicted criminal who committed countless robberies and murders. He always excused himself by blaming his "hands" or society, refusing to accept responsibility for his actions. He was sentenced to death, but Muzan transformed him before his execution.

Personality: Extremely cowardly, paranoid, and prone to playing the victim. He cries and trembles constantly, claiming to be weak and misunderstood, but his true nature is selfish and vile.

Clothing: Dark and tattered kimono. His physical appearance is that of a decrepit old man with a large lump and horns on his head.

Abilities: His Demon Art allows him to manifest his emotions as younger, more powerful independent demons when he is beheaded: Sekido (Anger), Karakaku (Pleasure), Urogi (Joy), Aizetsu (Sadness) and his final combination, Zohakuten (Hate).

Nakime (Upper Moon Four Substitute)
Background: In her human life, she was a biwa player who discovered she played the instrument better right after committing murder. She tried to kill Muzan when he attacked her, but Muzan admired her courage and transformed her.

Personality: Extremely quiet, reserved, and loyal. She only speaks when absolutely necessary.

Clothing: Traditional black kimono. Her long hair covers the upper part of her face, concealing a single giant eye in the center of her forehead.

Abilities: Total control of the space and architecture of the Infinite Castle through the touch of his biwa.

Gyokko (Upper Moon Five)
History: In his human life, he was called Managi and lived in a coastal village. He had a morbid fascination with death and mutilation (he collected parts of dead fish and insects in jars). After killing a village boy who mocked him, the boy's parents stabbed him and left him for dead. Muzan found him and transformed him into a demon, where he continued to refine his grotesque concept of "art."

Personality: Sadistic, extravagant, extremely proud of his "artistic works" (which consist of massacring and fusing human bodies) and with excessive vanity. He becomes enraged easily if anyone criticizes or ignores his art.

Clothing: It does not wear traditional clothing. Its body emerges directly from porcelain vases decorated with floral motifs. It has a monstrous and amorphous appearance: it is pale white, has no visible lower limbs, possesses multiple small hands along its torso, and its face is inverted (it has mouths instead of eyes and eyes instead of a mouth).

Abilities: Blood Demon art focused on teleportation between his vases, summoning demonic sea creatures (killer fish, giant octopuses), neurotoxic venom, and the ability to trap his enemies in water prisons. He also possesses a "True Form" that grants him hard scales.

Taming (Upper Moon Two)
History: He was born with rainbow-colored eyes, so his parents believed he was a divine being and founded the Cult of Faith of Eternal Paradise. Muzan turned him into a demon at a young age and continued to lead his cult as a front to devour his devotees (especially women).

Personality: Falsely cheerful, charismatic and polite, but internally she is an empty sociopath incapable of feeling love, pain or human empathy.

Attire: A red or gold robe with stains resembling dripping blood on the head and a traditional cult hat. He carries two sharp gold fans.

Abilities: Blood Demon Art based on the generation of ice and lethal frost that freezes the lungs of those who breathe it.

Akaza (Upper Moon Three)
Background: In his human life, he was called Hakuji. He was a young man from a poor neighborhood who stole to pay for his ailing father's medicine. After his father's suicide and the murder of his fiancée (Koyuki) and his teacher by a rival dojo, he went insane and killed dozens of people with his bare hands before being transformed by Muzan.

Personality: Obsessed with training and raw strength. He hates the weak, deeply respects powerful warriors, and absolutely refuses to kill or eat women.

Clothing: He is not wearing a shirt; he wears a short, sleeveless purple vest, baggy white pants, and criminal tattoo marks that cover almost his entire body (blue lines).

Abilities: Blood Demon Art based on close-quarters martial arts (Hakusho) and the detection of the "fighting spirit" of his opponents.

Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon King)
History: He lived during the Heian period as a human nobleman on the verge of death from illness. A doctor administered an experimental treatment using the Blue Spider Lily Flower, transforming him into the first demon. He has spent over a thousand years searching for that flower to achieve perfect immortality under the sun.

Personality: Narcissistic, ruthless, cold, obsessed with perfection and terrified of the idea of ​​death.

Attire: He constantly changes his appearance to blend in with humans. His most common forms are: a Victorian gentleman in an elegant black suit and white fedora, a nobleman in a kimono, an elegant woman, or an adopted child.

Abilities: Genetic and anatomical manipulation, mind control over almost all demons, ability to transform, and instant regeneration.

Kokushibo (Upper Moon One)
History: Originally named Michikatsu Tsugikuni, a samurai of the Sengoku period and twin brother of Yoriichi Tsugikuni (the creator of Sun Breathing). Consumed by envy of his brother's genius, he accepted Muzan's offer to become a demon in order to live forever and perfect his swordsmanship.

Personality: Cold, honorable in combat, respectful of order and strength, but deeply bitter about his past.

Clothing: Kimono with a purple and black rectangular pattern, held in place by a dark hakama. His physical appearance is distinguished by having six red eyes with yellow sclera and hunter markings on his face.

Abilities: Moon Breathing (combined with Blood Demon Art to create flesh blades carved into his sword) and superior level regeneration.

Gyomei Himejima (Rock Hashira)
Story: He was a blind monk who cared for orphaned children at a temple. A demon attacked the temple and killed the children; although Gyomei beat it to death with his bare fists, he was falsely accused of the crime until Ubuyashiki rescued him.

Personality: Pious, reserved, he often cries for the sadness and suffering of the world and prays continuously with his rosary.

Attire: Traditional uniform over which he wears a plain green haori with Buddhist sutures written on the edges. He carries a red rosary of beads in his hands and has a large horizontal scar on his forehead.

Abilities: The seemingly strongest Pillar. Uses Rock Breathing with a weapon consisting of an axe and a spiked ball connected by a Nichirin metal chain.

Mitsuri Kanroji (Hashira of love)
History: She was born with a muscle density eight times greater than normal and a huge appetite. She was rejected by several suitors for being "too strong and strange," so she joined the Hunters in search of a husband stronger than herself.

Personality: Affectionate, emotional, cheerful, easily moved and treats everyone with kindness.

Clothing: Customized uniform with open neckline, short skirt, lime green thigh-high stockings (gift from Obanai) and a white haori.

Skills: Breath of Love and the use of a flexible, thin sword like a whip.

Obanai Iguro (Serpent Pillar)
History: He was born into a family of women who kept him locked in a cell to offer him as a sacrifice to a snake demon because of his unusual birth (he was male). He managed to escape as a child with the help of the snake Kaburamaru.

Personality: Strict, distrustful, sarcastic, and with a deep self-loathing due to his past, but devoted and in love with Mitsuri.

Clothing: A haori with vertical black and white stripes. He wears bandages covering the lower half of his face to conceal cuts at the corners of his mouth that he received as a child. He carries the white snake Kaburamaru on his shoulders.

Abilities: Snake Breathing and use of a curved kris-style sword.

Sanemi Shinazugawa (Hashira of the Wind)
Background: He had to kill his own demon-turned mother to save his brother Genya. Since then, he has waged a personal war against demons using his own special blood.

Personality: Hostile, aggressive, impulsive and with a terrifying appearance, although deep down he hides a protective desire towards his brother Genya.

Clothing: Dark green Hunter uniform unbuttoned at the chest, covered in scars all over the body, over which he wears a white haori with the kanji for "Kill" (Satsu) on the back.

Abilities: Wind Breathing and possession of Marechi-type blood.

Tengen Uzui (Hashira of Sound)
Background: Raised in a ninja (shinobi) clan through relentless and cruel training where almost all of his siblings died. He rejected his father's calculating philosophy and ran away with his three wives to join the Hunters.

Personality: Extravagant, proud, obsessed with everything flashy. He fiercely protects his wives and subordinates.

Clothing: Sleeveless uniform that highlights her musculature, thin chokers, gold bracelets, forehead covered with a headband decorated with gems and makeup paint around one eye.

Skills: Sound Breathing, use of double swords connected by a chain and tactical analysis ability through the ear (Score technique).

Muichiro Tokito (Hashira of the Mist)
Background: A descendant of the first Breathers. He lost his parents and then his twin brother, Yuichiro, in a demon attack, suffering amnesia from the trauma. He was recruited and became a Pillar in just two months.

Personality: Initially distracted, with a vacant stare and apathetic due to his amnesia. Upon remembering his past, he regains an empathetic, mature, and dedicated personality.

Clothing: Loose-fitting Turquoise/Dark Blue Hunter Uniform with wide sleeves to conceal the movement of his limbs while fighting.

Abilities: Mist Breathing (created the Seventh Stance: Mist / Oboro).

Giyu Tomioka (Water Hashira)
Background: She lost her older sister to a demon and then her best friend (Sabito) during the Final Selection. She suffers from "survivor syndrome" and felt she didn't deserve the title of Pillar.

Personality: Apathetic, quiet, melancholic, and taciturn. He has difficulty interacting socially, which leads others to perceive him as arrogant.

Clothing: Haori divided into two halves: the right one is plain red (in honor of his sister) and the left one has a geometric pattern in green, orange and yellow (in honor of Sabito).

Abilities: Water Breathing (created the Eleventh Form: Deep Calm / Nagi).

Kyojuro Rengoku (Hashira of the Flame)
History: He comes from a noble line of Hunters. He trained himself by reading his family's books after his father (former Flame Pillar) became depressed and abandoned him following his mother's death.

Personality: Cheerful, enthusiastic, honorable, with a powerful voice and an unwavering sense of duty to protect the weak.

Clothing: A white haori that ends in yellow and red flame patterns at the bottom edge. Her hair is blonde with red streaks, similar to flames.

Abilities: Flame Breathing.

Shinobu Kocho (Insect Hashira)
Background: Her family was massacred by a demon when she was a child. Along with her sister Kanae, she joined the Demon Slayer Corps. After Kanae's murder at the hands of the demon Doma, she acquired the Mariposa Estate.

Personality: She always maintains a calm smile and soft voice, but underneath she hides a seething hatred against demons.

Clothing: Haori with a butterfly wing pattern (inherited from her sister Kanae). She wears a butterfly hair clip.

Abilities: Lacking the physical strength to decapitate demons, she uses a thin, stiletto-like Nichirin sword impregnated with glycine poison formulated by herself.

Genya Shinazugawa
Sanemi's (Wind Pillar) younger brother. Their mother became a demon and killed his siblings; Sanemi had to kill her to save Genya, which created a tragic rift between them.

Personality: Aggressive, solitary, and rude at first, but deeply insecure and eager to reconcile with his brother and be accepted.

Attire: Without a haori; he wears a sleeveless purple vest or robe over his Hunter uniform. He has short mohawk hair and a scar on his face.

Abilities: He cannot use breathing styles. He uses a sawed-off shotgun and Nichirin blades. He possesses the special ability to eat demon flesh to temporarily gain regeneration and demonic strength.

Kanao Tsuyuri
Background: She had an abusive and extremely impoverished childhood where she was sold into slavery. She was rescued by sisters Kanae and Shinobu Kocho, who adopted her at the Mariposa Estate.

Personality: Initially reserved, apathetic, and indecisive (she used a coin to decide what to do). Over time and with Tanjiro's influence, she begins to express her emotions and take control of her actions.

Clothing: Hunter uniform with a skirt instead of trousers, a short white cape fastened at the chest with a triple bow, and a pink and green butterfly ornament in the hair.

Abilities: Flower Breathing and superhuman visual acuity.

Zenitsu Agatsuma
Background: He was tricked by a woman who left him in debt and was rescued by a former Lightning Pillar (Jigoro Kuwajima), who trained him. While training, he was struck by lightning, which changed the color of his hair to blond.

Personality: Easily frightened, dramatic, with low self-esteem, and obsessed with getting married. However, when fear overwhelms him and he falls unconscious/asleep, his subconscious takes over and reveals his true abilities.

Clothing: Hunter outfit covered by a yellow to orange haori with a white triangle pattern.

Skills: Lightning Breathing (absolute master of the First Posture, which he perfected and derived into his own variations).

Inosuke Hashibira:
History: He was abandoned by his mother (who was fleeing the demon Doma) as a baby and raised by boars in the mountains. He learned to speak thanks to a local elder. He joined the Hunter Corps after taking a sword from one of them in the mountains.

Personality: Proud, impulsive, aggressive, competitive, and loves to fight. He struggles to understand human social norms but deeply values ​​his friends.

Clothing: He wears no shirt; he wears only dark trousers held up by a deerskin skirt and leg bandages. His most iconic element is the hollowed-out boar head/mask that covers his face (beneath which he has an extremely delicate and beautiful face).

Abilities: Beast Breathing (created by himself), superhuman joint flexibility, and a hyper-developed sense of touch.

Tanjiro Kamado
Background: He sold charcoal to support his family after his father's death. One day, upon returning home, he found almost his entire family massacred by Muzan Kibutsuji, and his sister Nezuko transformed into a demon. He decided to become a Demon Slayer to restore his sister's humanity.

Personality: Kind, empathetic (even compassionate towards dying demons), determined, and responsible. Possesses an extraordinary sense of smell.

Attire: Standard Demon Slayer black suit over which he wears a black and green plaid haori. He wears hanafuda earrings inherited from his father and a distinctive scar on the left side of his forehead.

Abilities: Water Breathing and Dance of the Fire God (Hinokami Kagura).

Nezuko Kamado
History: She survived Muzan's attack, but was transformed into a demon. Thanks to her willpower and Sakonji Urokodaki's hypnotic conditioning, she sees humans as her family and refuses to eat or harm them, regaining her energy by sleeping.

Personality: Affectionate, protective, childlike in her behavior due to the transformation, but fierce in combat when defending Tanjiro or innocents.

Clothing: Pink kimono with a hemp leaf pattern (asanoha), with a red and white checkered obi (belt), and a long black haori. He carries a bamboo stick tied to his mouth with a red cord so he doesn't bite anyone.

Abilities: Superhuman physical strength, manipulation of his body size and his Blood Demon Art (Blood Blast / pyrokinetic flames that only damage demons).