Mitsuri Kanroji

Appearance

Mitsuri was a young woman of average height, fair skin and slim complexion with a curvy and voluptuous figure. She had large eyes of a peculiar lime green and also had two moles located parallel below her cheekbones, much of the time her cheeks were rosy. She had pink hair with a gradient green that extended to the lower parts, it was quite long and was usually worn in three braided pigtails; the pigtails located to the left and right fell in front of her shoulders while the braid in the center fell down her back. Her bangs were similarly divided into three parts to the location of her braided pigtails, part of her bangs were located on each side of her face and in the center fell a few thin strands. Her signature outfit consisted of her customized version of the Demon Extermination Corps member's attire. She wore a white shirt and a slightly pink-tinged black jacket, both unbuttoned due to her large breasts, leaving a plunging neckline visible. She wore a short black skirt, also with a slight pink color on the lower parts, which she held up with a white leather strap where she carried her Nichirin Sword. She also wore a white, long-sleeved haori and a pair of navy blue thigh-high socks that were covered with another pair of green, striped knee-high socks, along with pink lace-up Japanese sandals. Before joining the Demon Slaying Corps, she had her hair dyed black since she was getting engaged and wanted to maintain a more 'common' appearance. It was also common to see her wearing kimonos of various colors with flower patterns.

Personality

Mitsuri was a cheerful, passionate, and kind young woman. She sometimes tended to get nervous and scared easily, and she was not good at enduring insults from others. She loved to love others, which was probably related to her title as the Pillar of Love. After joining the Demon Extermination Corps, she revealed that her reason for joining was because she wanted to find a man who was stronger than her, which she found difficult due to her superhuman strength. Before becoming a hunter, at 17, she was excited to get married but was ultimately hurt by her fiancé, who insulted her looks, strength, and eating habits. This led to Mitsuri's self-esteem being damaged, causing her personality and appearance to change into that of a weak woman; desperate for acceptance and love, she dyed her hair black and barely ate, spending most of her time thinking about whether she was doing things right and what she needed to change to please others. After realizing that her classmates accepted her as she was, she also managed to accept herself. Since then, she began to show herself to be quite expressive and emotional, it was normal to always see her with a smile on her face and she spent most of her time congratulating and showing appreciation for others. She didn't seem to have any problems showing her affection to others and, although she didn't always show it with words, in most of her thoughts she tended to name each of the good attributes of those around her, as she showed when she saw Obanai Iguro after a while and it seemed that his persistence was even cooler than before or when she saw Nezuko Kamado for the first time and it pained her to have to execute a charming young woman like her.

Extra

In front of the demons she shows no mercy, but expresses her feelings in a soft but passionate tone. The force that kept her fighting against her enemies was her gratitude towards those who always Despite her qualities, Mitsuri is not exempt from having flaws such as her childish attitude, for example when asked to explain how the Demon Slayer's Mark that she awakened works, Mitsuri tries to explain it through exaggerated onomatopoeia. Likewise, Mitsuri is also prone to overreacting to the situations that are presented to her. However, Mitsuri is a very affectionate person and always shows others her love as befits her title of Pillar. She can get quite excitable and hug her friends after the battle against Gyokko and Hantengu.

Physical abilities

Enhanced Flexibility: Mitsuri possesses an extremely flexible body, allowing her to achieve a wide range of motion. She has incorporated her innate flexibility into her Breathing of Love techniques, successfully using it to outmaneuver and counter 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 is able to make use of the sword due to its flexibility, preventing her from cutting herself while performing high-speed actions that make use of incredible ranges of motion. Immense Speed ​​and Reflexes: As a Hashira, Mitsuri is an extremely fast individual. She first demonstrated her exceptional speed when she slashed and killed the spawn created by Upper Rank Five, Gyokko, before they could react, saving numerous blacksmiths in the process. Her tremendous speed and reflexes were best displayed during her battle against Zohakuten, where she dodged lightning and sound waves produced by Upper Rank's Blood Demon Art and proceeded to cut them down without much trouble. Later, she reacted to a point-blank sound wave produced by Zohakuten, tensing her body before the attack landed. 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. Mitsuri deflects the dragons Mitsuri pulling a giant wooden dragon. Immense Strength: Due to her abnormal muscular build, Mitsuri possesses a level of physical strength exceeding 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.

Other capabilities

Immense Stamina and Endurance: As a Hashira, Mitsuri has attained incredible stamina and endurance due to years of extremely hard training. In the battle against Hantengu, despite suffering several injuries, she still outlasted Tanjiro, Nezuko, and Genya, and held them off long enough for them to win. With the help of Obanai, Mitsuri was able to hold her own against the newly appointed Upper Rank Four, Nakime for a period of time. Even while enervated and suffering from numerous injuries, Mitsuri still had enough energy reserves to rip off the Demon King's elongated arm.

fighting style

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

Breathing style

Love Breathing (ButYesYo呼Yo吸きゅう, Koi no kokyū?): A breathing style that Mitsuri created herself based on her experiences with 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 not be able to achieve. Flame Breathing (炎ほのおYo呼Yo吸きゅう, Honō no kokyū ? ): A breathing style Mitsuri learned when she was training under the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku . However, even though Mitsuri learned it, she was not that skilled with it and cannot fight at her best using it. Thus, she developed Love Breathing, a breathing style more suited to her and can make proper use of her strengths.

Postures

First Stance: Chills of First Love - The user lunges forward and executes a single serpentine slash that impacts multiple areas of the target in a single movement. Second Stance: Anguished Love - The user performs a long, single whip-like motion that cuts the target from multiple angles. Third Position: Shower of Adorable Kittens - The user jumps into the air and performs a series of arcing slashes in rapid succession. Fifth Stance: Undulating Lasso - Ruined Nails - The user leaps into the air, performs a somersault, and launches a flurry of rapid, undulating slashes at distance, creating a tornado of slashes. Sixth Stance: Kitten Paws Loving Breeze - The user fully extends her sword to perform an arcing slash, then retracts and extends it again in rapid succession, creating a series of overlapping slashes.

Tastes

Mitsuri enjoys eating Western and Western-inspired food, such as pancakes and omurice. It is said that Mitsuri's hair color is this way because she eats too much sakura mochi. In fact, this is possible in real life due to the pigmentation from over-consumption of specific foods. Mitsuri can eat as much as three sumo wrestlers, which is equivalent to 12,000 to 14,000 calories, which is about what a normal person eats in a week. However, she still maintains her slim and small build.

Curiosities

Her weapon resembles and may be based on a South Indian weapon known as "Urumi" due to its flexible, whip-like shape. Some of Mitsuri's attacks are named after cats, due to the fact that she used to have a cat when she was a child. She and Gyomei enjoy talking about cats together. Her striped socks were a gift from Obanai, as she was initially too embarrassed to wear his uniform. While her white haori was a gift from Rengoku that he hand-stitched himself. Mitsuri enjoys eating Western and Western-inspired food, such as pancakes and omurice. It is said that Mitsuri's hair color is like this because she eats too much sakura mochi. In fact, this is possible in real life due to the pigmentation from over-eating specific foods. Mitsuri's physical strength is unrivaled in the Demon Slaying Corps and among the Pillars. She has particularly enhanced muscular physiology, hidden beneath a slim yet toned body. Rengoku was Mitsuri's mentor. Because of this, she created the Breath of Love which is derived from the Breath of Flame. He has a great love for sweets, especially honey. Because of that, he keeps bees in his residence in order to obtain honey. Mitsuri sings while holding Nezuko's hand, and Tanjiro suddenly asks her what her motivation was for joining the Corps. At first, she is embarrassed and hesitant to tell him, but soon after she confesses that she did it to find a man who would marry her for the rest of her life.