giyu

appearance

Giyu is a tall young man with medium-length messy black hair tied back in a low ponytail. He has thin eyebrows and sharp dark blue eyes. Giyu wears the standard black Demon Slayer uniform along with a haori with two different patterns: a solid red one and a geometrically patterned one with green, orange, and yellow (which were based on the haoris worn by his late older sister and late best friend). Sabito, respectively).

story

Giyu is the current Hashira of water, as well as the first Oni Hunter that Tanjiro encounters. He initially tries to kill Nezuko, but reconsiders after seeing her protect an unconscious Tanjiro as he sends them to his mentor Urokodaki in hopes that Tanjiro can succeed him and possibly cure Nezuko. He does not consider himself a true Hashira, despite mastering Water Breathing, as he considered his fellow apprentice Sabito, who died saving other Demon Slayers in training, to be better suited for the role. He developed an additional technique to Water Breathing, which only he knows. He loses an arm during the final battle against Muzan, but survives after the demon is destroyed.