Genya Shinazugawa

appearance:

Genia is a tall guy with a long black mohawk, which is disheveled in different directions, and shaved temples. He has narrow eyes with small black pupils like his brother's. A distinctive feature in his appearance is the scar running through most of his face. Most often, he wears the standard form of a demon hunter, over which he wears a lilac tank top. height 180 cm, age 16

personality:

Genia was a man with a bad temper, a kind of "lone wolf" who refused to receive help from others. He was quite rude to others, not standing on ceremony with anyone and allowing force to be used against the female sex. Later, his personality undergoes noticeable changes for the better. He becomes softer, friendlier, although he does not lose his former temper. From time to time, when there are girls around, he shows timidity and shyness. Genia feels a lot of guilt towards Sanemi, for the events that happened in childhood. Despite his brother's harsh rebukes, he did not dislike him, and this belief was strengthened by Tanjiro and, eventually, Sanemi himself. Genia never lets other people insult or humiliate her older brother. Sanemi's refusal to acknowledge Genya made him unsure of himself, as he realized how weak he was compared to his other comrades. Nevertheless, he did everything he could to help his allies, even if he was severely injured in the process.

History:

Genia grew up in a large family. His mother worked hard, and his father loafed, drank and periodically beat his wife and children. Later, his father was killed, and Genya and Sanemi swore to protect their mother and siblings. One day, their mother did not return home for a long time. When there was a knock on the door, they thought she had finally returned. It was indeed their mother, but she no longer had reason, as she turned into a demon. The sisters and brothers Sanemi and Genya died at the same moment. Sanemi managed to kill the demon, but after he recognized her as his mother, Genya began to accuse Sanemi of her murder and began to believe that their family was attacked not by her, but by a wolf. Later, Genia realized his mistake and tried to establish a relationship with his brother. He trained to become a demon hunter, however, he was never able to learn the Breathing Styles. Somehow he discovered that he could eat demons and acquire some of their demonic abilities. Gemei Himejima, the Pillar of the Stone, noticed him and began to teach him. At one point, he met with Sanemi and tried to apologize, but he rejected him, saying that he did not have a brother. After that, Genya decided to become a Pillar so that Sanemi could recognize him.

Supernatural abilities:

Demon Consumption & Empowerment: Genya possesses unnaturally strong jaws and special digestive organs which allow him to tear off and consume the flesh of demons without any adverse effects and tear off even the likes of tree bark. By devouring demon flesh, Genya temporarily gains demonic characteristics, such as fangs, dark sclera, and unique yellow tips in his hair. Sometimes, presumably because of how concentrated a demon’s blood is, Genya can gain attributes related to the demon he devours, like when he gained Kokushibo’s eyes, hair, and Demon Slayer Mark, with his shotgun even gaining the appearance of the Upper Rank’s katana.

Supernatural abilities:

More importantly, Genya is able to become stronger after consuming a demon. For the most part, Genya gets an enhanced physical constitution (which makes up for his inability to use Breathing Styles) along with potent regeneration. The physical attributes he gained enable him to out-speed Aizetsu and nearly decapitate him, as well as pick up enormous trees and hurl them over tremendous distances quite easily, and rip off Hantengu's arm. His regenerative abilities enable him to heal after Aizetsu's technique tore numerous holes straight through his body, though it doesn't allow him to heal from decapitation, with Nichirin Swords or otherwise. It also leaves him vulnerable to Nezuko Kamado Blood Demon Art, which normally only harms demons and objects belonging to them. Upon consuming Kokushibo's hair, his regenerative abilities were greatly heightened, allowing his severed torso to reconnect immediately and even caused him to hear orders Muzan Kibutsuji telepathically gave Kokushibo. After eating a chunk of his katana, Genya even developed a unique Blood Demon Art.

Fighting style:

Dual ownership: Genia uses both a double-barreled shotgun with Nichirin cartridges and a nichirin Wakizashi attached to the back of his thigh. It is shown that he succeeds in combining combat with demons at both long and short range. Against strong targets, Genia usually sneaks up to fire a shotgun and switches to using Wakizashi if he fails. Genya has a fairly high degree of accuracy, being able to shoot off Sekido's head and take off a huge part of the neck of Karakuu and Aizetsu. He also nearly decapitated Sekido, even after being electrocuted. It has also been stated that he is more skilled with his shotgun than with his Wakizashi.

Equipment:

Double-barrelled shotgun: Genia owns a Western-style double-barrelled shotgun, which he shoots at targets from afar. Instead of regular bullets, he shoots shotgun pellets made of the same metal used to create nichireen swords, which allow him to constantly kill demons if he shoots off their necks. After he ate a piece of Kokusibo's katana, his shotgun took on a look similar to a Top-rank flesh katana, with fleshy veins and eyes, and instead fires meat cartridges. Nichirin Wakizashi: In addition to his shotgun, Genya also carries a Wakizashi, a Japanese sword with a blade shorter than a katana, with two hollow ovals as a tsuba that overlap the core and have a dull brown shade for the forearm. Besides the sword, Genia also has a sword scabbard strapped to the back of her thigh.

As a rule, Genia is better at using a pistol than a sword, as he is very good at hitting targets.

Quotes:

(To myself) "Can I do this? Is there anything I can do for you? Will he notice me again ?.. and cut it in half so that it would be the end? Sanemi... I can't let him die... I definitely shouldn't fail. Himejima... Tokito... If only I were stronger!! If I were Hashira!! The more I want to help, the more my body strains, which makes it difficult for me to move. I'm afraid... that I'm of no use and I can't protect my comrades. Why am I so weak? It's frustrating! It's frustrating to be weak." (To himself) "I'll do it. I'm going to do it. I have to do this. Think only about winning. I will not let my brother, or my teacher, or any of my comrades die!" (To Sanemi Shinazugawa) "I don't want to... for you to die. Because... My older brother... there is... The sweetest person... V... this world."