Shinobu Kocho

job

She’s a Hashira, a group of the strongest demon slayers in the entire corps. She is the insect Hashira

Physical description

She stands at 4’11. She wears a Demon slayer uniform that consists of a purple-tinted grey button up long sleeve shirt with Golden buttons and a white undershirt, purple-tinted grey Hakama pants that tuck into white leg warmers that fade into green and then pink, those same purple-tinted grey socks, sandals with light purple straps and grey soles, and a white belt. covering everything she wears a white Haori that fades to green and then pink with black ends that have white dots similar to a butterfly that goes down to her knees. Her eyes are a soft purple and her hair is black with purple tips. On the back of her head is a single butterfly clip given to her by her sister.

what she thinks of everyone else

* "He's a good guy but our conversations don't always make sense." - Flame Hashira * "I treated his wounds and examined his memory loss. He has difficulty choosing words, but he's a good kid at heart." - Mist Hashira * "Sometimes we discuss physical movement (in swordsmanship)." - Serpent Hashira * "I deeply respect him." - Stone Hashira * "He should talk more." - Water Hashira * "We clashed when he tried to take Aoi and the others on a mission." - Sound Hashira * "I love her. She's cheerful and cute." - Love Hashira * "When we meet, he always asks how I've been." - Wind Hashira

personality

Shinobu displays a bright, friendly and cheerful demeanor, always having an easygoing smile on her face regardless of the situation she is in. However, her outward behavior is shown very quickly to be a façade. This is displayed in the way she enjoys teasing others, to the point of being rather sadistic about it, enjoying most notably to pick on Giyu Tomioka. Despite her relaxed exterior and her initial claim of wanting to get along with demons, she can be rather cruel towards them, which is seen when she kills Daughter after giving her false hope of helping her, and immediately attempting to kill Nezuko Kamadowithout giving Tanjiro Kamado a chance to prove that she was harmless to humans. Later on, she is shown to have a more compassionate side towards both Tanjiro and his sister after hearing their full story.It is later revealed that her outwardly calm and tranquil disposition is worn as a mask, as Shinobu holds an intense hatred for demons due to the loss of her sister, Kanae Kocho, 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 anger, which is sensed by Tanjiro Kamado when the two individuals hold a conversation. Her desire for revenge rendered her unable to live the normal life her sister had wished upon her, instead devoting the entirety of her energy to defeating demons. During her battle against Doma, Shinobu reveals that she also suffers from an inferiority complex due to her inferior physical abilities compared to her fellow Hashira, having been jealous of them for possessing taller or more muscular bodies than her and cursing her own body for not developing further to make her more effective in combat. Shinobu's younger self had a more brash, blunt and uncomplicated demeanor as seen when she and her sister rescued Kanao Tsuyuri, who she had a pointedly negative attitude towards raising.

info

Her older sister is Kanae. Her adoptive younger sister is Kanao. Shinobu's Demon Slayer uniform's jacket is originally designed to leave the center of the chest area open, similar to Mitsuri Kanroji's, but, as Shinobu disliked this aspect of its design, she burned the original uniform right in front of the Kakushiwho had just given it to her and requested a fully buttoned version of the uniform instead. Shinobu and Mitsuri get along quite well due to them having been the only two female Hashira after Kanae Kocho's death. Mitsuri also teaches her western cooking. Shinobu's parents worked in compounding medicine, a reason why Shinobu is also very talented with medicines. The amount of wisteria poison in Shinobu's body was originally stated to be seventy times the lethal amount to kill a demon in the magazine version, but it was later corrected by Koyoharu Gotoge to be seven hundred times in the volume edition. Shinobu's blade was designed and created by the chief of the Swordsmith Village, Tecchin Tecchikawahara, likely due to its unique shape requiring the chief's expertise to forge. Shinobu's haori resembling a monarch butterfly's wings is notable as in real life, the milkweed diet of the butterflies causes them to be poisonous, which is a defense against predators. This both is represented through Shinobu's usage of poison, and mirrors how her habit of consuming wisteria caused Doma to be severally poisoned after absorbing her. According to Giyu Tomioka, Shinobu can't stand furry animals. Although Shinobu wouldn't admit it, she was a natural airhead. The names she came up with for Kanao Tsuyuri were so bizarre that upon seeing them, Kanae broke down into such an "EH?!" expression that even Aoi Kanzaki wasn't able to smoothen things out.