To fight their immortal enemies on equal ground, Demon Slayers practice an unusual swordsmanship style that relies on the full control of their breathing to enhance their speed, strength, reaction time, and concentration to superhuman levels.
Once a Demon Slayer has mastery over both their blade and body, they unlock the capacity to strike at their foes by mimicking the forces of nature themselves. Their way of fighting transforms from mere swordplay to spectacles where a warrior appears to wield webs of lightning, hurricane-force winds, or even swarms of insects against demons.
The Breathing Style you use in battle is influenced by factors such as your skill level, physique, mobility, and combat doctrine. Your personality also plays a key part in whether you’re, say, a free-flowing Water Breathing user or a primal Beast Breathing combatant.
Are you skilled enough to protect Japan from Muzan and his minions? Which Demon Slayer Breathing Style do you have? Find out with our quiz. Enjoy!
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As an organization made out of mere mortals, the Demon Slayer Corps had to develop measures for its forces to defeat demons in pitched combat. As a result, one of the major components in a Demon Slayer’s arsenal is their particular style of swordsmanship or Breathing Style.
A Breathing Style combines a warrior’s technical mastery over their sword with a disciplined form of breathing that maximizes their physical and mental capacity to superhuman degrees.
The powers afforded by a user’s Breathing Style are often visualized as elemental forces; their movements can seem to be charged with electricity or propelled by monsoon winds, or their strikes can leave behind trails of lingering flame, fragrant petals, or the fog of early dawn. As a fascinating footnote, attacks imbued with a Breathing Style seem to have extended range when compared to regular melee.
The basis of all Breathing Style lies in mastering Total Concentration Breathing. Aspiring Demon Hunters learn a precise pattern of breathing in which they fully fill their lungs with oxygen in each breath.
For advanced warriors such as the Hashira, this discipline can be advanced by studying the Total Concentration: Constant technique, which elevates the benefits of Total Concentration Breathing to astronomical heights.
When Tanjiro was first inducted as a trainee of the Demon Slayer Corps, he studied under the tutelage of the former Water Hashira, Sakonji Urokodaki. As a result, he also picked up his mentor’s Water Breathing Style. Naturally athletic, Tanjiro uses the adaptable form of Water Breathing to great effect throughout the series before proceeding to Sun Breathing.
Water Breathing is reputed to be the easiest style to learn. Alongside Beast Breathing, it currently possesses the second largest number of techniques with eleven forms and a host of modifications. Some of Tanjiro’s modified form versions include Second Form: Lateral Water Wheel, which has a horizontal spin; and Twisting Whirlpool: Flowing Water, a powerful whirling attack made by combining the Third and Sixth Forms.
I got flame! Wait does that mean ima find rengoku's end T~T thanks for the test! ^^
Wow I actually got Insect breathing! This is pretty cool, I guess I get to murder Douma! (not really (༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ) )