Shinobu Kocho

However, after Kanae's death, Shinobu began behaving more like her sister and eventually developed her positive attitude and mannerisms to match them while internally containing her anger, which she later clarifies is fueled by her desire to continually display the smile her sister favored. Though never shown on screen, Shinobu had a noticeable temper, namely in the way that it makes even Inosuke Hashibira take notice.

Shinobu has a custom katana, as its hypodermic needle shape makes it easier for her to kill demons with poison. It consists of a katana without a cutting blade, with a needle-shaped tip, being a type of "Stinger" in appearance and function. The weapon's scabbard is used as her personalized poison mixer. She, along with Tengen Uzui, Mitsuri Kanroji, Obanai Iguro and Gyomei Himejima, wield a unique weapon for combat.

Butterfly Dance: Caprice (蝶ちょうノ舞まい 戯たわむれ, Chō no mai: Tawamure?) - The user launches themselves at their enemy, launching multiple slashes and injecting them with their poison.[20] Bee Sting Dance - Flutter (蜂ほう牙がノ舞まい 真ま靡なびき,, Hōga no mai: Manabiki?) - The user performs a powerful thrust, piercing the enemy and injecting its venom.[21] Dragonfly Dance - Hexagonal Compound Eye (蜻せい蛉れいノ舞まい 複ふく眼がん六ろっ角かく,, Seirei no mai: Fukugan Rokkaku?) - The user performs several thrusts all over the body injecting its venom.[22] Centipede Dance - Hundred Legs Zigzag (蜈ご蚣こうノ舞まい 陌ひゃく足そく蛇じゃ腹ばら, Gokō no mai: Hyakusoku Jabara?) - An attack where Shinobu uses all of her speed to execute a zigzag pattern to confuse her opponent in order to create an opening for her to stab directly into her opponent's neck and inject poison to kill them, with the force and power of the stab being further enhanced by the boost in her speed.

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She seems to enjoy teasing others and can be quite sadistic about it, especially towards her classmate Giyu Tomioka. [6] When faced with a Demon, Shinobu displayed an unexpectedly cruel and sadistic side by murdering the Spider Demon's eldest sister after giving her false hope of wanting to help her, but not before telling her what she planned to do to her, and then attempting to kill Nezuko. [7] However, Shinobu later shows a more understanding and compassionate side towards Tanjiro and his sister when she learns of their personal history. [8][9]

However, these personality traits mask her true self; before losing her sister, Shinobu was very strict, easily irritated, and almost always disagreed with her more mature sister's opinions. The circumstances following her sister Kanae's death caused Shinobu to have an intense hatred for Demons due to everything she lost at a young age, along with the deaths of her parents, almost all of her Tsuguko, and the families of her apprentices at the Butterfly Mansion. This hatred is so strong that she is in a near-constant state of extreme rage,[10] sensed by Tanjiro's keen sense of smell when the two had a conversation one night. Her desire for revenge made her unable to live the normal life her sister had wished for her, and instead she devoted all of her energy to defeating Demons.[11]

Shinobu's younger self had a more brash, forceful, and uncomplicated demeanor, as seen when she and her sister rescued Kanao Tsuyuri, whom she had a distinctly negative attitude towards raising. However, after Kanae's death, Shinobu began behaving more like her sister, and eventually developed her positive attitude and mannerisms to match them while internally containing her anger, which she later clarifies is fueled by her desire to continually show off.

Shinobu was a short, fair-skinned girl with red lipstick, short black hair with purple extensions at the tips, which was wavy and had bangs parted at head level, and two long sideburns on her ears. Her eyes were special, having a purple coloration with a composite appearance similar to those of insects since they have no pupils. Shinobu kept her hair combed at the back of her head in a flat yakai-maki bun, secured with a white, turquoise, and light purple butterfly ornament. Shinobu was quite short in stature and was often described as a small and weak-looking person, which is later reinforced by her claim to not possess the physical strength necessary to cut off a Demon's head like the other Pillars. According to Zenitsu, Shinobu's beauty alone would have been enough to earn a living. His Nichirin sword had a custom design, having a butterfly-shaped guard, and the cutting edge missing from its blade because he lacks the strength necessary to cut off demon heads. However, the sword is designed to inject poison made from wisteria flowers, which compensates for his lack of physical strength.

She wears the standard Hunter uniform consisting of a straight-lined purple-dyed black jacket with black hakama pants tucked into a butterfly-patterned kyahan fabric around her legs and purple zori sandals. She also wears a gray haori with a butterfly wing pattern, fading into a turquoise and pink color at the sleeves; said haori belonged to her late sister Kanae. When she was younger, her hairstyle was shorter, with a single long sideburn on each ear and she wore a white haori and did not wear lipstick.[5]

Shinobu was quite relaxed, always with a smile on her face, regardless of the situation. She seemed to enjoy bur