Mitsuri Kanroji

breathing style

Love Breathing (恋こいの呼こ吸きゅう, Koi no kokyū?): A Breathing Style Mitsuri created herself based on her experience using Flame Breathing, from being a student of Kyojuro Rengoku. Love Breathing incorporates elements of Mitsuri's superhuman flexibility and her unique whip-like Nichirin Sword. Using this Breathing Style, she can unleash attacks that cover a wide range of motion as well as long ranges that a normal katana would be unable to accomplish. First Form: Shivers of First Love (壱いちノ型かた 初はつ恋こいのわななき, Ichi no kata: Hatsukoi no Wananaki?)[25] - The user dashes forward and performs a single slash that winds through the target, hitting multiple areas with one slice. Second Form: Love Pangs (弐ノ型 懊悩巡る恋, Ni no kata: Ōnō Meguru Koi?)[26] - The user performs a single, long, winding swing that cuts the target at multiple angles. Third Form: Catlove Shower (参ノ型 恋猫しぐれ, San no kata: Koi Neko Shigure?)[27] - The user leaps into the air and performs multiple arched slashes in quick succession. Fifth Form: Swaying Love, Wildclaw (伍ノ型 揺らめく恋情・乱れ爪, Go no kata: Yurameku Renjō Midarezume?)[28] - The user leaps into the air before performing a somersault and releasing dozens of rapid, winding slashes from afar that essentially form a tornado of slashes. Sixth Form: Cat-Legged Winds of Love (陸ろくノ型かた 猫ねこ足あし恋こい風かぜ, Roku no kata: Neko Ashi Koi Kaze?)[29] - The user fully extends their sword to perform an arcing slash before retracting it and extending it once more, done in quick succession to form layers of slashes.

appearance

Name: Mitsuri Last Name: Kanroji Race: Human Gender: Female Height: 5'6" Weight: 110 lbs Foot size: Size 9 Hair color: Pink to Green Eye color: Green Birthday: June 1st. Mitsuri is a curvaceous young woman of deceptively muscular build and a pale complexion. She is slightly taller than average. She has large, round, pale green eyes with long eyelashes and a small beauty mark beneath each one. She has long, light pink hair that fades into a lime green color halfway down, which she wears in three thick braids. She has five shorter, choppy clumps hanging over her face as voluminous bangs, the tips also lime green. When she was trying to get married, her hair was dyed black in an attempt to make herself look more "normal." Mitsuri wears a heavily modified version of the standard black Demon Slayer uniform, tinted dark plum in the anime, along with a plain white haori that was gifted to her by Kyojuro Rengoku.[6] Because of its tight fit, the chest area of her jacket and her undershirt are left unbuttoned, and she wears a short pleated mini skirt in place of the usual tattsuke-hakama pants. Additionally, she wears a pair of navy blue thigh-high socks layered with the vertically striped lime-green socks Obanai Iguro gave to her and a pair of white zōri with pink straps tied and fastened with a bow on the front.

personality

Mitsuri is a very emotional, passionate, and jovial individual who constantly compliments and swoons over her comrades in her head, likely a contributing factor to her nickname as "the Hashira of Love." Although she can be shy and is easily flustered, Mitsuri is always kind to others. However, despite her gentle and seemingly innocent demeanor, Mitsuri will show no mercy in the face of demons, instead expressing such sentiments with a fierce tone. She showcases a great amount of dedication to the Demon Slayers' cause. Despite being put out of commission by Muzan at an early stage in their battle, she was determined enough to return and fight. Given her desperation for marriage, Mitsuri decided to become a member of the Corps with the purpose of finding a suitable husband stronger than her, a rather difficult task given the astounding level of her physical strength. Upon joining the Corps, she felt an immense amount of guilt for her reasoning behind becoming a Demon Slayer to the point where she ate much less than her typical meals. However, she was able to move past those feelings with the help of Shinobu Kocho and Obanai Iguro. Besides her rather emotional personality, Mitsuri can also come off as somewhat childlike at times. When asked to explain the process of obtaining the Demon Slayer Mark, she describes it using bizarre onomatopoeia. She's also prone to exaggerated overreactions. She is a very caring person, always showing others her love as befits her Hashira title. She can get rather excitable, grabbing her friends for a big group hug after the battle against Gyokko and Hantengu.

equipment

Nichirin Whip-Katana: Unlike most Demon Slayers who use standard katanas, Mitsuri wields an extremely thin, flexible, and long Nichirin sword, more akin to a whip or an Urumi. [30] It was made by Tecchin Tecchikawahara, its bizarre shape requiring immense expertise to craft. [31] Due to her sword's characteristics, only Mitsuri can use it without cutting herself in the process, which can be attributed to her superhuman flexibility and fighting style. [15] Using her whip-katana, not only is her attack range longer than the average swordsman, but she can also perform attacks that bend and weave through her targets, slashing different areas or the same area multiple times. Her whip-katana is pink, and the katana's tsuba is shaped like a four-leaf clover; the leaves have a pink core with a golden border, with the words "Destroyer of Demons" (惡鬼滅殺, Akki Messatsu?) engraved on the side. The handle is magenta and wrapped in green cords tied to form hearts. Despite her unique katana, Mitsuri carries a standard-sized and shaped sword sheath; as such, due to her sword's shape, Mitsuri folds her katana multiple times to properly sheathe it. [32]

Abilities

Abnormal Muscular Constitution: Mitsuri possesses a unique muscular composition, making her muscles eight times denser than those of a normal human. While her limbs are thin, they possess unbelievable strength and endurance, capable of maintaining her body's structure even after a point-blank sound attack from Zohakuten. To maintain her body's composition, Mitsuri eats as much as three sumo wrestlers.[13] Demon Slayer Abilities Demon Slayer Mark: During her battle against Upper Rank Four, Hantengu's clone, Zohakuten (憎ぞう珀はく天てん, Zōhakuten?), Mitsuri stopped suppressing her full strength and, by pushing herself further, unconsciously awakened and obtained her Demon Slayer Mark. It takes the form of two upside-down hearts opposite each other, with angel wings on both sides where the two heart tips meet, appearing near her neck, close to her clavicle. When this manifested, Mitsuri's physical strength, endurance, precision, and power increased dramatically to the point where she was able to stand on equal footing against Zohakuten, even as he unleashed his most powerful techniques against her. [14] Enhanced Flexibility: Mitsuri has been noted to possess an extremely flexible body, allowing her to achieve a wide range of motion. She has incorporated her innate flexibility into her Love Breathing techniques, successfully using it to outpace and counterattack Zohakuten's techniques without much trouble. Mitsuri's superhuman flexibility is also displayed in the form of her whip-like Nichirin Sword which is also incredibly flexible. However, only she can make use of the sword due to her pliability preventing her from getting cut while performing high-speed actions that utilize incredible ranges of motion.[15]

Constitutional Abilities

Immense Speed & Reflexes: As a Hashira, Mitsuri is an extremely fast individual. She first showcased her exceptional speed when she sliced up and killed the spawns created by Upper Rank Five, Gyokko, before they could even react, saving numerous swordsmiths in the process.[16] Her tremendous speed and reflexes were best displayed during her battle against Zohakuten, where she dodged lightning and sound waves produced by the Upper Rank's Blood Demon Art and proceeded to slice through them without much trouble.[17] Later, she reacted to a point-blank sound wave produced by Zohakuten, tensing her body before the attack landed.[18] Due to the speed at which she could destroy his dragons and evade his attacks, Zohakuten resorted to prolonging the battle and exhausting her stamina in an attempt to defeat her. Immense Strength: Due to her abnormal muscular constitution, Mitsuri possesses a level of physical strength superior to that of average humans even before becoming a Demon Slayer. As a Hashira, her strength is even comparable to that of Giyu, Kyojuro, and Sanemi. When she was 13 months old, Mitsuri possessed enough arm strength to lift a rock weighing 15 kg (33 lbs).[13] In her attempt to rescue Nezuko and Genya from Zohakuten's dragons, she was able to pull one down as it tried to attack her, causing it to collide violently with two others behind it and knock them down.[19] Her superhuman strength was also displayed during the battle against Muzan, where Mitsuri was able to grab hold of Muzan's arm whip and rip it off with her bare hands, which shocked the Demon King.[20]

Skills

Master Swordswoman: As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Mitsuri is one of the most powerful and skilled swordswomen in the entire organization.[22] Mitsuri utilizes a special swordsmanship style based around her thin and flexible Nichirin Sword, akin to a whip sword. Her swordsmanship skill allowed her to quickly subdue the creatures spawned by Upper Rank Five, Gyokko, slicing up the vases on the demons' back at speeds faster than they could react and with great accuracy.[23] Mitsuri best displayed her unique swordsmanship style and sword wielding skill during her battle with Zohakuten. Her swordsmanship was so precise that Mitsuri could cut through lightning and sound waves produced by the Upper Rank,[17] and she managed to counter and destroy all of his Blood Demon Art techniques, which forced the demon to resort to exhausting her in a desperate attempt to kill the Hashira.