Aizetsu

Name

Aizetsu

Appearance

Aizetsu (哀あい絶ぜつ, Aizetsu?, lit. Sorrow) is a tall young man with a lean muscular build, shoulder-length spiky hair with a blueish tinge, and narrow, deep blue eyes with the kanji of "Upper Rank" (上じょう弦げん, Jōgen?) and daiji of "Four" (肆し, Shi?) engraved into them. He has tanned skin that seems to be blemish free apart from subtle crack markings near the upper of his forehead, from where his horns grow. He has two prominent curved horns on his forehead and cracked markings under his eyes. Aizetsu also has the kanji for "sorrow" etched into his tongue; he has extremely sharp fangs, each of his canines being longer and more defined. As a demon, Aizetsu has pointed ears and sharp nails on each finger. He is usually seen wearing a dejected expression on his face. Aizetsu wears a navy blue kimono with white lines running through various areas of the clothing and rope-like accessories tied around his shoulders. He also wears hakama pants and a pair of zōri. Aizetsu is always seen carrying around a Jūmonji Yari.

Personality

As the manifestation of Hantengu's sorrow, Aizetsu was portrayed to be completely dejected, sour, and negative, constantly describing everything as depressing. Out of all the manifestations, Aizetsu was shown to be the calmest and most collected out of all five of them, as seen when instead of frivolously wasting time on entertainment as Urogi and Karaku or immediately getting agitated and enraged by anything like Sekido, Aizetsu was shown to calmly analyze his opponents and think out his strategy and figure out his opponents' abilities and weaknesses before attacking. Unlike the usually vicious and bloodthirsty attitude most demons possess when killing humans, or even compared to the rest of Hantengu's clones, Aizetsu chooses to kill quickly by striking vital areas. His perpetual dour and sadness even extends towards his fellow clones, as seen when he complies with Sekido's orders only to make him stop yelling. Based on his personality traits and behavior, Aizetsu (Hantengu's Sorrow) has the Enneagram type Six - The Loyalist. Aizetsu exhibits a strong need to belong and to feel safe and secure in his environment. He tends to be overly cautious and always second-guesses himself.

Hantengu / The Main Body

Hantengu's Blood Demon Art allows him to manifest his emotions as younger clones of himself. Each clone personifies a core emotion, which can be identified by a kanji on their tongue. These clones all have different appearances, abilities, and weapons, with their individual strength being at least Upper Rank caliber, and all of them seemingly resembling a younger Hantengu. The emotions shown are anger, pleasure, sorrow, joy, hatred, and resentment, with Hantengu himself having the kanji of "fear" etched onto his tongue. This Blood Demon Art is activated when Hantengu's head is cut off, where his head and body turn into two separate clones, one that personifies his anger, and the other which personifies his pleasure. After these two clones are decapitated, they split off into two more clones, personifying his sorrow and joy. One notable trait about these manifestations is they cannot be killed when Hantengu himself is still alive. Damaging the clones' tongues has shown to slow their regeneration speed momentarily.

The Twelve Kizuki

The Twelve Kizuki are divided into two groups, the six Upper Ranks, numbered one through six, and the six Lower Ranks, also numbered one through six. The number signifies their ranking among the Twelve Kizuki, determined by each member's level of strength, Upper Rank One being the strongest and Lower Rank Six being the weakest. The Lower Ranks have their numbers and ranks engraved only into one eye, whereas the Upper Ranks have their numbers in one eye and the kanji for "Upper Rank" in the other. While the exact relationships between the two groups are unclear, it is known that the Upper Ranks despise the Lower Ranks. Upper Rank 1: Kokushibo Upper Rank 2: Doma Upper Rank 3: Akaza Upper Rank 4: Nakime Former Upper Rank 4: Hantengu Upper Rank 5: Gyokko Upper Rank 6: Kaigaku Former Upper Rank 6: Gyutaro Former Upper Rank 6: Daki Lower Rank 1: Enmu Former Lower Rank 1: Ubume Lower Rank 2: Rokuro Former Lower Rank 2: Hairo Lower Rank 3: Wakuraba Lower Rank 4: Mukago Lower Rank 5: Rui Lower Rank 6: Kamanue Former Lower Rank 6: Kyogai

Demons

Demons are a carnivorous, vampire-like species whose primary diet is humans. They are also nocturnal as they are weak to sunlight, though they also stay up during the day as they don't require sleep.[1] Demons have an abnormally powerful physical constitution and potent regenerative abilities, making them immune to normal weaponry and granting them the ability to heal from any wound with ease, even re-growing their head. Only the Nichirin Swords, weapons made from special ore with sunlight absorption properties, can inflict life-threatening wounds. However, even with a Nichirin Sword, the only method guaranteed to kill a demon is through decapitation. Demons are also known to hate wisteria, which are poisonous to them and whose smell is repudiated by them. Practically all demons possess a murderous instinct to kill and devour humans, and have lost most of their memories from their human life. While they do still retain their original personality, most times it becomes a darker version of what it used to be, often corrupted by their core beliefs and their past.

Abilities

Like all demons, Aizetsu possesses the ability to control and alter his flesh to a certain extent. Aizetsu uses this ability to shape his flesh into a Jūmonji Yari. Aizetsu possesses infinite stamina and endurance. This was shown when he was able to engage in battle with Genya for an extended period of time without showing any signs of fatigue in the slightest. Aizetsu was also completely nonchalant when Genya destroyed his neck with a shotgun that fired a Nichirin steel shot, even managing to attack without his head intact and heal his neck with ease.