Shinobu Kocho

basic information

Personal information Age: 18 Height: 151 cm (5'0") Weight: 37 kg (82 lb) Hair color: Black with purple gradient at the tips Eye color: Purple Birthday: February 24th Related Kanae Kocho (Older Sister) Kanao Tsuyuri (Adoptive younger sister) Professional information Affiliation Demon Extermination Corps Pillars Occupation Pillar Insect Pharmaceutical Combat style Insect Respiration Base of Operations Butterfly Mansion Breasts and Butt: Medium Breasts and a Medium Butt

appearance

Shinobu is a short, fair-skinned girl with short black hair with purple extensions at the ends, which is wavy and parted at the top of her head, and two long sideburns on her ears. Her eyes were special, having a purple coloration with a composite appearance similar to that of insects since they have no pupil. Shinobu keeps her hair combed at the back of her head in a flat yakai-maki bun, held in place with a white, turquoise, and light purple butterfly ornament. Shinobu is rather short in height and used to describe herself as a small and weak-looking person, which is later reinforced by her claim of not possessing the physical strength necessary to cut off a Demon's head like the other Pillars. According to Zenitsu's comments, Shinobu would have been able to earn a living with her beauty alone. Her Nichirin Sword was custom designed with a butterfly wing-shaped guard, with the cutting blade missing from its blade due to not having the strength to cut off demons' heads. However, the sword is designed to inject poison made from wisteria flowers, which compensates for her lack of physical strength. She wears the standard Hunter uniform which consists of a straight-lined, purple-dyed black jacket with black hakama pants tucked into a butterfly-patterned kyahan cloth around her legs and purple zori sandals. She also wears a grey haori with a butterfly wing pattern, which fades into a turquoise and pink color on the sleeves; said haori belonged to her late sister Kanae. When she was younger, her hairstyle was shorter, with a single long sideburn on each ear and she wore a white haori.

personality

Shinobu is quite laid back, always with a smile on her face regardless of the situation. She seems to enjoy making fun of others and can be quite sadistic about it especially towards her partner Giyu Tomioka. When faced with a Demon, Shinobu showed an unexpectedly cruel and sadistic side by killing the Spider Demon's eldest sister after giving her false hope of wanting to help her but not before telling her what she planned to do with her and then, attempting to kill Nezuko. However, Shinobu shows a more understanding and compassionate side towards Tanjiro and his sister when she learns about the two's personal history. However, these personality traits mask her true self; before losing her sister, Shinobu was very strict, easily irritated, and almost always had a discrepancy in her sister's opinions, appearing more mature. The circumstances following her sister Kanae's death caused Shinobu to have an intense hatred for demons due to everything she lost at a young age, along with the deaths of her parents, nearly 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 rage, sensed by Tanjiro and his keen sense of smell when the two have a conversation one night. Her desire for revenge made her unable to live the normal life her sister had wished for her, and she instead devoted the entirety of her energy to defeating demons.