Mitsuri Kanroji

appearance

a curvaceous young woman of deceptively muscular build and a pale skin complexion. She stands slightly taller than average. She has large round, pale green eyes with long eyelashes, a small beauty mark beneath each of them, and light pink lips. She has long, sakura pink hair that fades into a lime green color at the halfway point, which she wears in three thick braids. She has five shorter, choppy clumps hanging over her face as voluminous bangs, the tips lime green as well. She wears a heavily modified version of the standard black Demon Slayer uniform, tinted dark plum in the anime, along with a plain white haori that was gifted to her by Kyojuro Rengoku. Because of its tight fit, the chest area of her jacket and her undershirt is left unbuttoned, and she wears a short pleated mini skirt in place of the usual tattsuke-hakama pants. Additionally, she wears a pair of lime green thigh-high stockings layered with the vertically striped lime-green stockings Obanai Iguro gave to her and a pair of white zōri with pink straps tied and fastened with a bow on the front

Personality

Mitsuri is a very emotional, passionate, and jovial individual who constantly compliments and swoons over her comrades in her head, likely a contributing factor towards her nickname as "the Hashira of Love." Although she can be shy and is easily flustered, Mitsuri is always kind to others. However, despite her gentle and seemingly innocent demeanor, Mitsuri will show no mercy in the face of demons, instead expressing such sentiments with a fierce tone. She showcases a great amount of dedication to the Demon Slayers' cause Given her desperation for marriage, Mitsuri decided to become a member of the Corps with the purpose of finding a suitable husband stronger than her, a rather difficult task given the astounding level of her physical strength. Upon joining the Corps, she felt an immense amount of guilt for her reasoning behind becoming a Demon Slayer to the point where she ate much less than her typical meals. However, she was able to move past those feelings with the help of Shinobu Kocho and Obanai Iguro Besides her rather emotional personality, Mitsuri can also come off as somewhat childlike at times. She's also prone to exaggerated over-reactions. She is a very caring person, always showing others her love as befits her Hashira title. She can get rather excitable, grabbing her friends for a big group hug.

Abilities

Abnormal Muscular Constitution: Mitsuri has a special muscular composition, making her muscles eight times denser than that of a regular human. While her limbs are thin, they possess unbelievable strength and endurance capable of maintaining her body's structure after a point-blank sound attack from Zohakuten. To maintain the composition of her body, Mitsuri eats as much as three sumo wrestlers, Enhanced Flexibility: Mitsuri has been noted to possess an extremely flexible body, allowing her to achieve a wide range of motion, Immense Speed & Reflexes: As a Hashira, Mitsuri is an extremely fast individual, Immense Strength: Due to her abnormal muscular constitution, Mitsuri possesses a level of physical strength superior to 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. When she was 13 months old, Mitsuri possessed enough arm strength to lift a rock weighing 15 kg (33 lbs), Immense Stamina & Endurance: As a Hashira, Mitsuri has attained incredible stamina and endurance due to years of extremely harsh training

Master Swordswoman: As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Mitsuri is one of the most powerful and skilled swordswomen in the entire organization Breathing Style: Love Breathing (A Breathing Style Mitsuri created herself based on her experience using 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 be unable to accomplish), Flame Breathing (A Breathing Style that Mitsuri learnt when training under the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku. However, although Mitsuri has learnt it, she was not as skillful with it and cannot fight to her fullest using it. Thus, she developed Love Breathing, a Breathing Style more suited to her and can properly make use of her strengths)

Techniques

First Form: Shivers of First Love -she dashes forward and performs a single slash that winds through the target, hitting multiple areas with one slice. Second Form: Love Pangs - she performs a singular, long-winding swing that cuts the target at multiple angles. Third Form: Catlove Shower - she leaps into the air and performs multiple arched slashes in quick succession. Fifth Form: Swaying Love, Wildclaw - she leaps into the air before performing a somersault and releasing dozens of rapid, winding slashes from afar that essentially form a tornado of slashes. Sixth Form: Cat-Legged Winds of Love -she fully extends her sword to perform an arcing slash before retracting it and extending it once more, done in quick succession to form a layers of slashes. Weapon: Unlike most Demon Slayers who use standard katanas, Mitsuri wields an extremely thin, flexible, and long Nichirin sword, that is more akin to a whip or an Urumi .It was made by Tecchin Tecchikawahara, due to its bizarre shape requiring immense expertise to craft. Due to her sword's characteristics, only Mitsuri can use it without cutting herself in the process, which can be attributed to her superhuman flexibility and fighting style

Facts

Mitsuri's hair color is said to be the way it is because of her eating too much sakura mochi. She ate 170 mochis a day for eight months Her striped socks were a gift from Obanai, as she was initially very embarrassed wearing her uniform Mitsuri's mentor was Kyojuro. She derived her Love Breathing from his Flame Breathing her current uniform is made by Masao Maeda, a notoriously perverse uniform tailor of the Kakushi who also gave similarly designed outfits to Shinobu, Kanao, and Aoi. Unlike the others who burned their uniforms in protest, Mitsuri opted to keep wearing it, as she couldn't manage to burn hers Because of how much she eats, her food expenses are unexpectedly high Mitsuri keeps bees to harvest honey, which she uses to top bread and pancakes Mitsuri and Shinobu get along quite well due to them having been the only two female Hashira after Kanae's death. She also teaches Shinobu western cooking A few of Mitsuri's attacks are named after cats, due to the fact that she used to own a cat as a child. She and Gyomei Himejima enjoy talking about cats together When putting her sword back into its sheath, she folds it multiple times and twirls it around due to its structure Mitsuri can eat 100 sticks of dango Mitsuri's level of openness was ranked at 90% She would sometimes ask Shinobu for love advice, but due to both of them being oblivious to love, their exchanges mostly became weird. Mitsuri likened Shinobu's love advice to a research thesis, since it mostly focuses on brain response, heart rate, blood pressure, etc After joining the Demon Slayer Corps, she was mostly happy, enjoying her time being praised and being with her senior or junior colleagues. However, as her colleagues died one after another, she sometimes couldn't help but tremble in anger and sadness Mitsuri has the biggest appetite out of all the Hashira Mitsuri’s favorite foods are pork cutlets and omurice.

story

Mitsuri was born in the Meiji Period among five siblings and displayed an unnatural strength at a very young age through her unique muscle composition, said to be eight times denser than a normal person's, which shocked even her mother who herself was known for her strength. She grew up with a larger appetite than an average person, as much as three sumo wrestlers as a child, and developed an unnatural hair color from eating too much sakura mochi, which led to her being seen as a freak and unable to proceed with a previously intended marriage when she was seventeen. After this rejection, she dyed her hair black, pretended to be weak, and forced herself to eat a normal amount in an attempt to fit in more with other girls, even if it negatively impeded her well-being. Shortly after making these adjustments to her physical appearance, Mitsuri was approached by a potential partner. However, she became doubtful over whether or not pretending to be a different person would truly work out for her in the end. At some point, her partner left her.

Obanai Iguro: Obanai gets her gifts, such as food, or even the green socks that she wears with her standard uniform. They also frequently exchange letters with each other. He is very observant of Mitsuri, as he is immediately able to tell when Mitsuri is feeling down, as well as what food and how much food she normally eats Tanjiro Kamado: During their first meeting, Mitsuri thinks to herself about how Tanjiro continues to protect his sister, despite how Nezuko was turned into a Demon, calling it beautiful sibling love. In the beginning of the Swordsmith Village Arc, Mitsuri is seen running down the hill from the hot springs, complaining about a boy who was mean and who ignored her when she asked for his name. Tanjiro comforts her by telling her that supper will be ready soon, and she stops crying and rushes down towards the village Nezuko Kamado: Mitsuri likes Nezuko, as she is seen playing with her during the Swordsmith Village Arc. Nezuko, in turn, is quite fond of Mitsuri and enjoys spending time with her. She even conveys to her brother that she wanted to have her hair braided in a similar fashion to Mitsuri's, displaying her affection and respect for the Love Hashira. Upon realization that Nezuko has developed the ability to stand in the sun, Mitsuri expresses shock and relief. She instantly engulfs her in a hug, thankful that she is alive. Kyojuro Rengoku: Kyojuro was Mitsuri's mentor as she derived her own unique Breathing Style, the Love Breathing from his Flame Breathing. She has extreme gratitude for Kyojuro as well, going so far as to consider him an older brother. She was completely devestated upon hearing of his death Senjuro Rengoku: Due to training under his older brother, it was shown that Mitsuri was decently close with Senjuro as well. For his own part Senjuro seemed fond of her, making her sweets, and hugging both her and Kyojuro upon their return from defeating a member of the Twelve Kizuki.

relationships

Shinobu Kocho: Shinobu and Mitsuri get along well as they are the only two female Hashira in the Demon Slayer Corps after Kanae Kocho's death. Mitsuri looks up to Shinobu and trusts her enough to tell her about her worries

relationships with other Hashiras

"She's supercute! I'm older but she's more mature. I wish we could hang out together more, but there isn't time... " (about Shinobu Kocho) His age gives him a certain attractiveness, but he acts childish, like he's about ten. That's so funny!" (about Tengen Uzui) "What a sweet guy! He writes the nicest letters. And he always compliments me. Even if I take forever to finish eating, he just waits and smiles!" (about Obanai Iguro) "It's adorable how he loves cats! And he's the strongest corps member! Wow!" (about Gyomei Himejima) "He's silent and fidgety – which is cute!" (about Giyu Tomioka) "He's like an impressive older brother! I had fun training with him. And he babies me!" (about Kyojuro Rengoku) "It's amazing how he's a Hashira at such a young age! He seems wise – and dignified!" (about Muichiro Tokito) "He's scary, which is impressive, but he gets angry at me a lot..." (about Sanemi Shinazugawa)

The Hashira are all assigned a specific region that they are required to patrol, usually to gather information about the demons inhabiting said area and to improve their swordsmanship. They are also deployed on missions only if lower-ranking members are unable to complete it. The Hashira can get paid how much they want