BREATHING FORMS
All 190 named forms and techniques across 14 breathing styles, from Water Surface Slash to the Thirteenth Form.
Water Breathing
First Form: Water Surface Slash
The user releases a singular, horizontal slash aiming to decapitate their target.
Second Form: Water Wheel
The user leaps forward into the air and performs a front flip, releasing a singular vertical slash in a circular motion.
Second Form: Improved, Lateral Water Wheel
An alternate variation of Second Form: Water Wheel created by Tanjiro Kamado that unleashes a horizontal spin instead of a vertical one.
Third Form: Flowing Dance
The user swings and bends their blade in a winding motion along with their body and dances in a flowing pattern, slicing everything in its path.
Fourth Form: Striking Tide
The user performs a multitude of slashes in a flowing fashion to release multiple consecutive slashes.
Striking Tide, Turbulent
An improved version of the Fourth Form: Striking Tide. The user increases the quantity of consecutive strikes and slashes along with improving its accuracy in order to contact a specific target during a chaotic situation.
Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought
The user changes the grip on their sword and decapitates the opponent in a single flowing strike that causes little to no pain. It is a 'sword strike of kindness', used when the enemy willingly surrenders, that is visualized as a gentle and warm drizzle of rain.
Sixth Form: Whirlpool
The user twists their body, using their blade to perform a fierce whirling motion which generates a whirlpool of air to shred apart anything caught within its current like a giant sharp blade. Its effect and efficiency are enhanced underwater, where the user can draw water around their weapon to cre
Whirlpool, Flow
A combination of Third Form: Flowing Dance and Sixth Form: Whirlpool created by Tanjiro Kamado. The user combines the footwork from Flowing Dance and the twisting movements of Whirlpool, performing an attack around the user that conjures a twisting, swirling, vicious flow of water to redi
Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust
The user performs a precise, fast and accurate thrust with their blade, blocking any attacks from any opponent. It is visualized as numerous ripples emerging in front of them.
Drop Ripple Thrust, Curve
A modified strike that hits from a specific angle corresponding to the sword's structure which nearly nullifies the impact and momentum of a moving object.
Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin
The user cuts the target vertically in a flowing motion which is most effective when they are falling downward, sending multiple waterfalls crashing down on the opponent in front of them.
Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow, Turbulent
The user changes their footwork in a way that minimizes the landing time and surface needed when landing, allowing the user to move without limits. Ideal when fighting in a place with no solid foothold, their movements become so fluid and fleeting that they seemingly leave splashing puddles
Tenth Form: Constant Flux
The user charges toward the target whilst performing a continuous flowing attack with their blade which increases in strength and speed over time using momentum, before jumps high and delivers a strong, downward slash as they diving down. The attacks seemingly take the form of a Japanese water drago
Eleventh Form: Dead Calm
The personal creation of the current Water Hashira, Giyu Tomioka. The user ceases all body movements and enters a state of complete tranquility, deflecting, blocking, and cutting any incoming attacks with imperceptible speed with their blade. When used, the user visualizes themselves amidst a raging
Third Form: Flowing Dance, Shadows of Dawn
The user covers their blade in water before unleashing a series of circular rising slashes in a flowing motion from multiple directions before delivering a powerful downward slash.
Fourth Form: Striking Tide, Twin Torrents
A variant of Striking Tide requiring two Water Breathing users. They coordinate their attacks and strike their opponent several times before both users leap in the air preform Striking Tide, matching each other's movements in a perfect symmetrical fashion.
Fourth Form: Striking Tide, Cascade
The user dashes towards the opponent leaving splashing puddles in their wake similar to Splashing Water Flow, Turbulent, and strikes their opponent several consecutive times from multiple angles, moving so quickly that it gives the illusion of teleportation. They then use Striking Tide when
Sixth Form: Whirlpool, Distant Sky
The user relentlessly slashes their opponent several consecutive times from multiple angles before knocking them upwards and preforming a variation of Whirlpool which constricts in the center and further sends the target airborne.
Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin, Destruction
The user leaps forwards towards their enemy in a spinning motion and slashes them as they past. They then turn around and leap behind the enemy to slash them with a curved strike, before uppercutting them while leaping high into the air and then falling down with great force in a overhead st
Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow
The user rushes around their opponent discombobulating them in multiple circles forming a vortex-like flow of water. They subsequently leap over their opponent delivering an overhead slash summoning a large wave crushing them afterwards.
Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow, Flash
The user rushes towards their opponent seemingly appearing like teleportation and unleashes a powerful uppercut-like slash.
Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow, Turbulent Effervescence
The user rushes forward turbulently and unleashes numerous flowing water slashes from all directions while creating levitating bubbles all around their enemy. Afterwards, they leap away from them and cause all the bubbles to pop, releasing a heavy pressured burst of water spewing in
Eleventh Form: Dead Calm, Tidal Waves
An offensive variation of Dead Calm. The user initiates Dead Calm, before suddenly appearing behind their opponent, having already moved and unleashed a delayed-barrage of sharp water sword slashes that completely lacerates them before summoning multiple towering tidal waves and causi
Cheer
The user motivates their partner up four times. This has the in-game effect of replenishing the support gauge in an accelerated rate.
Max Potential
The user attacks their opponent with their sword and charges forwards at high speed, slashing through them with every ounce of their strength.
Pride of a Demon Slayer
The user slashes their foe multiple times before charging towards them with all of their might and their grip tightened, only to embarrassingly fail by tripping on the ground and roughly sliding towards the opponent at high speeds, hitting them sky high and back to the ground.
Grit of a Demon Slayer
Nearly identical to Pride of a Demon Slayer with the biggest difference being that the user does not trip and successfully slashes their opponent.
Torrential Twin Blades
A collaboration requiring two Water Breathing users. The two attack their opponent, mirroring each other's actions. One uses Sixth Form: Whirlpool while the other uses Third Form: Flowing Dance, combining their techniques to surround their opponent and relentlessly attack them from all directions.
The Essence of a Water Hashira
A collaboration requiring two exceptionally strong Water Breathing users, very similar to Striking Tide, Twin Torrents. They coordinate their attacks and strike their opponent several times; when the two are on opposite sides of each other, they preform Constant Flux, creating a powerful eruption of
The Brilliant and the Brave
A collaboration between an Insect Breathing user and a Water Breathing user, although unlike Dancing Waters' Allure, it is not required for the Water Breather to have a particularly high skill set. The Insect Breather takes the lead by kicking their opponent back several times before unleashing two
Tyrannical Teaching
A technique exclusive to the Kimetsu Academy version of Giyu Tomioka. As the PE teacher, Giyu blows his whistle and orders his opponent to meet him in the guidance office later. When they fail to give an immediate verbal response, an offended Giyu will either slap them on cheek, or hit them back on
Flame Breathing
First Form: Unknowing Fire
The user dashes towards the target at tremendous speeds, before unleashing a singular horizontal slash directed at the target's neck for a decapitation.
Second Form: Rising Scorching Sun
The user unleashes an arcing vertical slash in an upwards motion, often brought up from a tail guard.
Third Form: Blazing Universe
The user performs an arcing downwards vertical slash, often brought down from a high guard.
Fourth Form: Blooming Flame Undulation
The user performs a singular slash or multiple if needed, in a fluid circular motion to defend from incoming attacks and decapitate multiple targets.
Fifth Form: Flame Tiger
The user dashes forth, bringing their blade into a high guard before performing a series of sword slashes which take the form of a flaming tiger enveloping the user.
Ninth Form: Rengoku
The most powerful Flame Breathing technique. The user assumes a high stance before performing an extremely high-speed dash towards the target and unleashing a singular, devastating slash, powerful enough to create a massive fiery tornado that consumed the entire area. The tec
Fifth Form: Flame Tiger, Fiery Roar
A slightly longer version of Flame Tiger. The user rushes forward and delivers a horizontal slash across the opponent's back, similar to First Form: Unknowing Fire, to knock them away. They then charge toward their target, slashing several times in rapid succession before unleashing a relentl
Hearts Ablaze
A collaboration between a Flame Breathing user and a Sun Breathing user. Both coordinate their attacks to simultaneously strike their opponent with arc-shaped slashes from their respective Breathing Styles from opposite sides. The Flame Breather then readies his stance to use Rengoku and the Sun Bre
Fervent Fulmination
A collaboration between a Flame Breathing user and a Sound Breathing user. Both charge at their opponent and knock them back, and when they catch up, both coordinate their attacks to send their opponent in each other's direction. The Sound Breather then hurls explosive beads at their opponent after
Enthusiastic Educator
A technique exclusive to the Kimetsu Academy version of Kyojuro. The passionate History teacher gives his opponent a lecture only to be disappointed when they are disinterested after some time. Kyojuro then rapidly and determinedly writes on the chalkboard so furiously that it causes flames to appea
Thunder Breathing
First Form: Thunderclap and Flash
The user unsheathes their katana, dashes forward at blinding speeds and slashing their opponent with a horizontal sweep faster than they can react, before sheathing it back. This technique is extremely reminiscent of Iaijutsu and its movements are described to be akin to "lightning ripping through t
Sixfold
An extension of the Thunderclap and Flash technique created by Zenitsu. The user performs Thunderclap and Flash six times in quick succession while slightly augmenting the power and speed of his dashes.
Eightfold
An extension of the Thunderclap and Flash technique created by Zenitsu. The user performs Thunderclap and Flash eight times in quick succession while slightly augmenting the power and speed of his dashes.
Godlike Speed
An extension of the Thunderclap and Flash technique created by Zenitsu. The user performs Thunderclap and Flash while greatly augmenting the speed of the technique. During the first display of this technique, an unconscious Zenitsu remarked that he mustn't perform this technique more than 2 times, o
Second Form: Rice Spirit
The user delivers five, consecutive, arching lightning slashes in quick succession in a single breath.
Third Form: Thunder Swarm
The user rapidly circles around the enemy and assaults them with a series of wide, arched, lightning slashes from all directions, surrounding them in a series of afterimages.
Fourth Form: Distant Thunder
The user charges forward at high speeds and releases a multitude of electric slashes in a single sword strike.
Fifth Form: Heat Lightning
The user takes a stance and swings their sword upwards, electrocuting their opponent with lightning.
Sixth Form: Rumble and Flash
The user unleashes a horizontal slash, which releases a series of powerful long-ranged lightning attacks. The multitude and range of these bolts makes the form difficult to evade.
Seventh Form: God of Fire Thunder
The personal creation of Zenitsu Agatsuma. The user dashes forward at blinding speeds and unleashes a singular, horizontal slash at a low stance, which is seemingly accompanied by a blue-to-yellow gradient, lightning-like Japanese dragon. Using this form, Zenitsu's footwork in preparation was powerf
First Form: Thunderclap and Flash, Prime
A variation of the Thunderclap and Flash created by Zenitsu. The user performs Thunderclap and Flash with such strength that they crack and uproot the ground beneath them, trying to arrest their momentum. This move can be performed mid-air, which launches the user at an angle towards the
First Form: Thunderclap and Flash, Ephemeral
A variation of the Thunderclap and Flash created by Zenitsu. The user delivers a mighty slash to fling their opponent back and preforms an extended version of Thunderclap and Flash, striking their opponent several times mid-air, with such speed and strength that even when the user lands
Sixth Form: Rumble and Flash, Scourge
A variation of the Rumble and Flash created by Kaigaku. The technique seems to hybridize with Third Form: Thunder Swarm, as after slashing the enemy, the user relentlessly circles around while attacking them with such speed that it creates after-images. The user then knocks them back an
Seventh Form: God of Fire Thunder, Flash
A very quick variant of God of Fire Thunder. The user swipes their sword and launches their opponent in the air. They then immediately perform God of Fire Thunder, shattering the ground and leaping upwards to strike their airborne target with the lightning dragon.
Air Spin
The user delivers a circular spinning upward slash in a backflipping motion to send an opponent upwards. Typically, the technique is used to rebound after executing Thunderclap and Flash.
Lightning Burst
The user unsheathes their blade and performs three arching horizontal slashes at blinding speeds in quick succession. This technique is extremely reminiscent of Iaijutsu.
Encompassing Slash
The user unleashes a 360° horizontal slash that creates a ring of blue electricity around them.
Successive Slashes
The user swipes their sword four times in quick succession, creating several large bursts of energy with their slashes, before dashing fowards in a manner similar to Thunderclap and Flash.
Quick Draw
A technique based heavily on Iaido. The user becomes aware of their surroundings and dashes upwards while drawing their sword and attacking their opponent at blinding speeds. This technique can be charged in order to enhance the leg work and the user's Extrasensory Perception.
Biting Thunder
The user attacks their opponent with several arched slashes accompanied by lightning before slashing them upwards and further attacking them mid-air; the finishing move is a downward slash that knocks the opponent down.
Spark of Romance
A collaboration between Zenitsu Agatsuma when unconscious, and Nezuko Kamado. However, Nezuko's only input is kicking their opponent back, as Zenitsu asks for his crush to stay back, vowing to protect her himself. Zenitsu then blitzes their opponent using Thunderclap and Flash, Sixfold. For her part
Dubious Discipline
A technique exclusive to the Kimetsu Academy version of Zenitsu Agatsuma. As a begrudging member of the Disciplinary Committee, Zenitsu is ordered to inspect the uniform of his opponent, only to be frightened by either a weapon in their possession, their bare fists, or some other biological oddity,
Wind Breathing
First Form: Dust Whirlwind Cutter
The user dashes forward at blinding speed while spinning around and slashes continuously in a horizontal, cyclone of gust pattern that mimics a tornado.
Second Form: Claws-Purifying Wind
The user lifts the sword upwards towards the right, above their head and unleashes four vertical slashes at once down on the enemy with one swing, that resembles a claw.
Third Form: Clear Storm Wind Tree
The user swings their sword, unleashing a whirlwind of slashes around their body that can defend them from incoming attacks and slice up their surroundings.
Fourth Form: Rising Dust Storm
The user raises their sword up, before swinging it horizontally, releasing a powerful, circular whirlwind of slashes around themselves above them from below their target, slicing everything in its path.
Fifth Form: Cold Mountain Wind
The user leaps up and charges their target in a swirling motion before swinging their sword in a horizontal sweep, creating a whirlwind of circular arched slashes that increase in size from above their target.
Sixth Form: Black Wind Mountain Mist
The user rotates their body in an uppercut movement, creating an arcing slash.
Seventh Form: Gale, Sudden Gusts
The user leaps into the air and, while being upside down, swinging their blade which generates gale-force winds to shred their opponent apart.
Eighth Form: Primary Gale Slash
The user leaps into the air and swings their blade which generates circular torrents of wind that slices up the opponent instantly.
Ninth Form: Idaten Typhoon
The user backflips into the air and while upside-down, unleashes a powerful gust of circular wind that slashes apart anything below.
Second Form: Claws-Purifying Wind, Cyclone
A variant of Claws-Purifying Wind. The user dashes at their opponent, leaving a horizontal cyclone gust remarkably similar to Dust Whirlwind Cutter in their wake and flinging the opponent in the air. This is followed by the Wind Breathing user jumping towards them, making se
Fourth Form: Rising Dust Storm, Tempest
The user relentlessly attacks the opponent with arc-shaped slashes before launching them upwards and transitioning into preforming Rising Dust Storm. The user pursues the opponent as they are attacked by the whirlwind-like slashes before attacking them with a mighty horizontal slash.
United Front: Wind Serpent
A collaboration between a Wind Breathing user and a Serpent Breathing user. The Serpent Breathing user rushes towards their opponent and delivers several bending and winding cuts, before the Wind Breathing user rushes in cyclone-like motion. After attacking once, the Wind Breather turns around and c
Stone Breathing
First Form: Serpentinite Bipolar
The user throws both the flail and axe towards their intended target and manipulates the chain by rotating it thus causing the axe and flail to also rotate in order to drill and grind right through their target.
Second Form: Upper Smash
The user throws both their axe and spiked flail for a pincer move before stepping down on the chain to increase the attack's speed and potency and cause the flail to then rebound and smash into their target from afar.
Third Form: Stone Skin
The user rapidly twirls and swings the chain around them to unleash an omnidirectional flurry of attacks with both the flail and axe. This technique can also be used to block and counter enemy attacks from all directions at once.
Fourth Form: Volcanic Rock, Rapid Conquest
The user manipulates both the flail and axe weapons at both ends of the chain by swinging the chain on both sides in order to strike their opponents using a two pronged wide ranged attack.
Fifth Form: Arcs of Justice
The user utilizes a powerful barrage with their flail and axe, doing a great amount of damage. The axe is destined to hit first with the trajectory of the flail following from the opposite side and slamming it into the opponent.
Third Form: Stone Skin, Deva
An offensive variant of Stone Skin. After knocking their opponent with their flail, the user sends both flail and axe towards them, leaps in the air, similar to Serpentinite Bipolar, and performs Stone Skin, but instead of the omnidirectional barrage of attacks deflecting attacks from the
Earth-Shattering Morningstar
The user hurls their flail at the target, and then immediately pulls it back and hurls their axe at them.
Raging Boulder
The user moves towards their target, swings their flail at them, jumps up and spins around to hurl the flail towards them again, and finally twirls their weapon around 360° horizontally to hit them with both flail and axe, all in quick succession.
Dance of Divine Protection
A move virtually identical to Stone Skin. The user rapidly twirls and swings the chain around them to unleash an omnidirectional flurry of attacks with both the flail and axe, to both block and counter enemy attacks from all directions at once, and bombard the opponent with a flurry of blows.
Demolishing Blow
Similar to Upper Smash, the user hits their opponent with their flail and axe several times, before twirling the flail around and hurling it downwards, smashing the target.
Seismic Burst: Pincer
The user charges forward before cleaving their opponent's torso with their axe and swinging them into the air, sending them flying alongside multiple stones which hit the target in their path. The user then twirls the flail clockwise with enough speed and strength to create a suction for
Master and Disciple
A technique exclusive to Gyomei Himejima and his protégé Genya Shinazugawa. Genya shoots their opponent using his shotgun before Gyomei hurls his axe and launches them skywards. After the axe flies back towards Gyomei, Genya grabs hold of the chain and is sent upwards as Gyomei hurls his flail at th
Mist Breathing
First Form: Low Clouds, Distant Haze
The user lunges forward at high speeds to perform a singular and powerful frontal thrust.
Second Form: Eight-Layered Mist
The user performs eight slashes in quick succession.
Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash
The user performs a powerful and swift circular slash that can blow away incoming projectiles.
Fourth Form: Shifting Flow Slash
The user takes a low stance before dashing toward the target and slashing them.
Fifth Form: Sea of Clouds and Haze
The user charges at their target at blistering speeds in a zig-zag motion while performing a barrage of continuous slashes in front and/or around them.
Sixth Form: Lunar Dispersing Mist
The user leaps into the air and charges forward, performs a multitude of slashes before somersaulting as they deliver a singular vertical slash in a circular motion, decimating dozens of targets at once.
Seventh Form: Obscuring Clouds
The personal creation of Muichiro Tokito. A movement-based technique designed to heavily disorientate the target, which is done so by fluctuating the user's tempo. When the user appears before the target, they move incredibly slow, but then accelerate to blistering speeds before getting
Seventh Form: Obscuring Clouds, Undulation
An offensive variant of Obscuring Clouds. As the technique is unleashed, the user constantly bombards their opponent with multiple slashes and cuts from multiple angles stealthily. Finally, the user delivers an incredibly powerful horizontal slash cleaving right through their opponent.
Dancing Love Haze
A collaboration between a Love Breathing user and a Mist Breathing user. Both strike their opponent simultaneously with a cross-cut, the Mist Breathing user activating Obscuring Clouds, then they dash and slash the opponent twice. The Love Breathing user jumps in with a front flip slash, the Mist Br
Love Breathing
First Form: Shivers of First Love
The user dashes forward and performs a single slash that winds through the target, hitting multiple areas with one slice.
Second Form: Love Pangs
The user performs a singular, long-winding swing, akin to a whipping motion, that cuts the target at multiple angles.
Third Form: Catlove Shower
The user leaps into the air and performs multiple arched slashes in quick succession.
Fifth Form: Swaying Love, Wildclaw
The user leaps into the air before performing a somersault and releasing dozens of rapid, winding slashes from afar that essentially form a tornado of slashes. In the game, this technique was shown to have an even more powerful drill-like attack when boosted with a Demon Slayer Mark.
Sixth Form: Cat-Legged Winds of Love
The user fully extends their sword to perform an arcing slash before retracting it and extending it once more, done in quick succession to form a layer of slashes.
First Form: Shivers of First Love, Entwined
The user continuously whips their opponent with their sword, lifting themselves and their opponent upwards a short distance. They continue to deliver multiple slashes while moving behind the target before wrapping the blade around their body and whipping them to the ground. The user then de
Fifth Form: Swaying Love, Wildclaw, Everlasting Beauty
A slightly more theatrical version of Swaying Love, Wildclaw. The user whips their opponent with their sword several times before dramatically wrapping it around themselves and subsequently twirling around to launch the sword and further strike the opponent in quick succession.
Feral Fury
The user leaps and somersaults behind their opponent, randomly slashing them multiple times with their long blade.
Dancing Love Haze
A collaboration between a Love Breathing user and a Mist Breathing user. Both strike their opponent simultaneously with a cross-cut, the Mist Breathing user activating Obscuring Clouds, then they dash and slash the opponent twice. The Love Breathing user jumps in with a front flip slash, the Mist Br
Serpent Breathing
First Form: Winding Serpent Slash
The user releases a singular frontal horizontal slash aimed at their target in a winding motion.
Second Form: Venom Fangs of the Narrow Head
The user dashes behind their opponent at blinding speed and aims to swiftly slice off their head from behind horizontally.
Third Form: Coil Choke
The user circles around their opponent while using their sword to slice them from all directions.
Fourth Form: Twin-Headed Reptile
The user leaps forward and performs a horizontal slash that slices through the target.
Fifth Form: Slithering Serpent
The user charges forth in a twisting and winding motion, curving their sword in multiple directions to slice one or multiple targets with multiple slashes. This technique is capable of decapitating several enemies at once.
Third Form: Coil Choke, Tyranny
A slightly extended variant of Coil Choke. The user knocks back their opponent with their sword, before immediately pursuing and appearing behind them. The user delivers a slash from behind and transitions into using Coil Choke, delivering multiple slashes from all different angles, lifting th
Fifth Form: Slithering Serpent, Carnage
The user knocks their opponent back using their sword and charges at them while executing a variant of Slithering Serpent, which is so powerful that it takes the form of a snake predating on the opponent. As the user keeps relentlessly slashing them while "inside" the snake, it then coils aro
Leaping Viperstrike
The user leaps in the air and attacks the opponent in a twisting and winding slash, and then spirals down on their opponent.
Sinuous Slash
The user delivers several jagged and twisted slashes, before finishing with a backhand slash of equal distortion.
United Front: Wind Serpent
A collaboration between a Wind Breathing user and a Serpent Breathing user. The Serpent Breathing user rushes towards their opponent and delivers several bending and winding cuts, before the Wind Breathing user rushes in cyclone-like motion. After attacking once, the Wind Breather turns around and c
Insect Breathing
Butterfly Dance: Caprice
The user leaps into the air and charges towards the opponent, stinging them multiple times with their blade to inject poison in just seemingly one strike.
Dance of the Bee Sting: True Flutter
The user dashes at their target at blinding speeds and uses the momentum of their speed to then strengthen a single thrust into their opponent and inject poison into them.
Dance of the Horsefly: Enticing Slash
The user leaps off a vertical surface and delivers a forward thrust toward their opponent, before surrounding them with a confusing swarm of stabs from all sides. The user redirects their opponent's counterattacks to get through their defense, and delivers large amounts of poison through the opening
Dance of the Dragonfly: Compound Eye Hexagon
The user rushes forward and unleashing six rapid, powerful thrusts, aiming to strike and inject their target with multiple doses of poison at the target's weak spots (such as the neck, heart, torso, etc.) in order to kill them with a large dose of poison.
Dance of the Centipede: Hundred-Legged Zigzag
The user uses their full speed to run a zigzag pattern that confuses their opponent in order to create an opening for them to directly stab their opponent's neck and inject poison to kill them, with the stab's force and power being further enhanced by the momentum of their speed. Doma noted t
Butterfly Dance: Caprice, Illusory Light
The user lunges at their opponent before unleashing a barrage of straight short thrusts with their sword, ending with one powerful thrust that launches their opponent away and onto their back. The user then leaps into the air while transforming into a gigantic butterfly of light, before di
Butterfly Dance: Caprice, Fluorescence
The user kicks their opponent upwards and uses blades hidden in their sandals to slash them mid-air, before kicking them downwards. The user then performs Butterfly Dance while homing in on the opponent from above, although instead of a single strike, it's a constant barrage of poisonous t
Sixfold Thrust
The user unleashes five short but very quick thrusts towards their opponent, before briefly pausing and then unleashing a sixth, more powerful thrust.
Swift Thrust
The user spins before kicking off the ground and quickly dashing towards their opponent with enough speed to simulate teleportation, then does a powerful, singular thrust that hits twice.
Rising Thrust
The user launches a thrust towards their opponent and then releases an upwards thrust that launches their opponent high up into the air.
The Brilliant and the Brave
A collaboration between an Insect Breathing user and a Water Breathing user, although unlike Dancing Waters' Allure, it is not required for the Water Breather to have a particularly high skill set. The Insect Breather takes the lead by kicking their opponent back several times before unleashing two
Chemistry Class Concoction
A technique exclusive to the Kimetsu Academy version of Shinobu Kocho. As President of the Pharmacology Club, she uses her knowledge in chemistry to give her opponent a Erlenmeyer flask containing a strange pink chemical. She then pours in another chemical from a test tube which reacts violently and
Sound Breathing
First Form: Roar
The user lifts their twin swords above their head and slams them down with great force, causing a loud sound resembling thunder as a result.
Fourth Form: Constant Resounding Slashes
The user holds their twin swords apart and spins them rapidly around themselves, enabling the blades to destroy anything it makes contact with for powerful defensive capabilities around the user.
Fifth Form: String Performance
The user holds the chain of their twin swords and rotates the blades at high speed while charging forward. The spin of the blades without changing grip allows for continual slashes while still being in motion.
Fourth Form: Constant Resounding Slashes, Glitz and Glamour
A more offensive version of Constant Resounding Slashes notable for it's usage of explosives and collaboration with the Ninju mice. The user slams their twin swords to the ground in a move similar to Roar, but with enough force to blast the opponent into the air in a large explosion. As t
Fifth Form: String Performance, Bursting Bloom
The user rushes forward and engages at their opponent, unleashing a flurry of rotating slashes and chops with their swords. The final hit launches the opponent high in the air, making the user toss a plethora of explosive beads while throwing their chained swords in a boomerang-like style
Rising Kick
The user takes a forward front-step followed by a high-rising side-kick launching their opponent into the air.
Godly Might, Kingly Power
A collaboration between a Beast Breathing user and a Sound Breathing user. After both charging and kicking their opponent back, the Sound Breather proclaims that the Musical Score is completed and rushes forwards using String Performance. The Beast Breather then joins the fray and the two dual wield
Fervent Fulmination
A collaboration between a Flame Breathing user and a Sound Breathing user. Both charge at their opponent and knock them back, and when they catch up, both coordinate their attacks to send their opponent in each other's direction. The Sound Breather then hurls explosive beads at their opponent after
Art is an Explosion!
A technique exclusive to the Kimetsu Academy version of Tengen Uzui. The school's art teacher orders his opponent to strike a flashy pose so he could paint a portrait of them. However, if Tengen is unimpressed by their attempts, he gets angered and hurls a lit stick of dynamite at them while insulti
Flower Breathing
Second Form: Honorable Shadow Plum
The user releases several rotating sword slashes that deflects incoming physical attacks.
Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo
The user unleashes a single sword slash that curves and twists gracefully.
Fifth Form: Peonies of Futility
The user unleashes a flurry of nine consecutive attacks that flow and weave in on themselves.
Sixth Form: Whirling Peach
A technique used after or during evasion. The user spins around moving with their body weight to deliver an attack.
Final Form: Equinoctial Vermilion Eye
This is a focusing technique that raises the user's kinetic vision to its maximum as a last resort. When unleashed, this technique turns their sclera red, and the user perceives the world as if it were in slow motion. Usage of the technique, is highly dangerous however, as the tremendous strain on t
Beast Breathing
First Fang: Pierce
The user stabs the target's neck with both blades.
Second Fang: Slice
The user unleashes a double slash with two blades in an X-shaped cut.
Third Fang: Devour
The user releases two simultaneous horizontal slashes towards the target's throat to decapitate them.
Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting
The user slices everything in all directions while in mid-air.
Sixth Fang: Palisade Bite
The user releases simultaneous slashes with two swords from both directions in a saw-like movement.
Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness
The user utilizes their sense of touch to identify the position of enemies and their weaknesses by feeling small disturbances in the air. When using this technique, they crouch down with both arms extended and palms opened, sharpening their sensitivity to even the faintest shifts. This technique was
Eighth Form: Explosive Rush
The user charges towards their opponent at blinding speeds, ignoring all incoming attacks.
Ninth Fang: Extending Bendy Slash
The user dislocates the joints of their arm to increase the range of their attack, and then unleashing a fast swinging forward strike.
Tenth Fang: Whirling Fangs
The user rapidly spins their swords in a circular motion, deflecting enemy attacks such as projectiles.
Eleventh Fang: Sudden Throwing Strike
The user throws both of their blades in a spinning motion at an enemy. * Slice is the name of the technique in the anime. Its original name in Chapter 61 is either Slice 'n' Dice (not to be confused with Fourth Fang) in the digital copy and Cut 'n' Rend in the psychical.
Third Fang: Devour Rush
The user rushes towards their opponent and stabs them with both blades, dragging them along the ground with their momentum. They then turn and throw them high up into the air, readying the Third Fang: Devour as they slice them in an X-like pattern above them at the falling opponent.
Sixth Fang: Palisade Bite, Feral Rush
The user performs a charging headbutt at the opponent to knock them away then uses Eighth Form: Explosive Rush to close the distance between them, followed up with Sixth Fang: Palisade Bite and a few more slashes to top it off.
Boar Rush
The user relentlessly charges towards their opponent ignoring practically all attacks thrown at them.
Godly Might, Kingly Power
A collaboration between a Beast Breathing user and a Sound Breathing user. After both charging and kicking their opponent back, the Sound Breather proclaims that the Musical Score is completed and rushes forwards using String Performance. The Beast Breather then joins the fray and the two dual wield
Moon Breathing
First Form: Dark Moon, Evening Palace
Kokushibo draws his katana and performs a singular horizontal slash following a crescent shape, creating numerous chaotic crescent blades along its path, before sheathing it back into his scabbard. This technique is extremely reminiscent of Iaijutsu.
Second Form: Pearl Flower Moongazing
Kokushibo performs three crescent-shaped slashes while releasing a multitude of crescent moon blades along with them.
Third Form: Loathsome Moon, Chains
Kokushibo performs two extremely broad crescent-shaped slashes directly in front of him, from which a storm of smaller crescent moon blades are released.
Fifth Form: Moon Spirit Calamitous Eddy
Kokushibo creates multiple long and curved slashes layered over one another, essentially creating a vortex of crescent moon blades. As stated by Sanemi Shinazugawa, this technique was performed without Kokushibo swinging his katana.
Sixth Form: Perpetual Night, Lonely Moon - Incessant
Kokushibo rapidly performs a multitude of curved slashes several meters in front of him that releases a wild barrage of crescent moon blades capable of slicing up the surroundings.
Seventh Form: Mirror of Misfortune, Moonlit
Using his altered katana, Kokushibo performs a frontal crescent-shaped slash with couples of crescent moon blades, that unleashes numerous straight slashes with crescent moons interlaced, that expand outward through the ground.
Eighth Form: Moon-Dragon Ringtail
Using his altered katana, Kokushibo performs a extremely wide, long-ranged curved slash that leaves dozens of crescent moon blades along its path.
Ninth Form: Waning Moonswaths
Using his altered katana, Kokushibo performs multiple downward curved slashes, all in close proximity, that leave numerous crescent moon blades along its path.
Tenth Form: Drilling Slashes, Moon Through Bamboo Leaves
Using his altered katana, Kokushibo creates three rotating circular saw-like slashes with crescent moon blades following their path.
Fourteenth Form: Catastrophe, Tenman Crescent Moon
Using his altered katana, Kokushibo performs a multitude of curved circular slashes which expand outward in every direction that incrementally grow in size, essentially creating an omni-directional vortex of crescent moon blades that whirls around him. This technique is visually
Sixteenth Form: Moonbow, Half Moon
Using his altered katana, Kokushibo swings outward, sending six curved slashes crashing down in front of him with numerous crescent moon blades, powerful enough to leave craters in their wake.
Hinokami Kagura
Dance
The user performs a singular downwards vertical slash in an arcing motion.
Dancing Flash
A modified version of Dance developed and utilized only by Tanjiro Kamado. The user combines the fundamental technique of Thunder Breathing with the high-powered slash of Dance by inhaling huge amounts of oxygen, increasing the pumping of blood through the entire body, focusing it on the legs, and r
Clear Blue Sky
The user spins and twists their upper body in a circular motion, releasing a 360° slash.
Raging Sun
The user unleashes two consecutive horizontal arcing slashes around themselves to strike incoming attacks.
Burning Bones, Summer Sun
The user performs a singular slash utilizing a spiraling motion which extends in front of themselves to defend from imminent frontal attacks.
Setting Sun Transformation
The user backflips into the air before performing a singular horizontal slash which aims to decapitate the target.
Solar Heat Haze
The user rushes forth, now attempting to deliver a horizontal slash seemingly enveloped in a heat-haze, masking the true length and location of the blade to deliver an unexpected strike.
Beneficent Radiance
The user spirals into the air whilst performing a swirling slash upwards to strike the target.
Sunflower Thrust
The user leaps up and performs a singular, upward thrust utilizing the tip of their blade to strike the target.
Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance
The user assumes a high stance, before unleashing a number of consecutive slashes in a fluid motion in the form of a Japanese dragon made of solar flames. This technique is capable of decapitating multiple targets at once.
Fire Wheel
The user flips into the air behind the opponent before unleashing a singular vertical slash in a circular motion to swiftly cut the target in half.
Fake Rainbow
The user performs high-speed twists and rotations, creating afterimages that are primarily used for evading attacks. These afterimages are particularly effective against enemies with sharp vision.
Flame Dance
A two-strike combo which starts with a downward vertical slash leading into a horizontal slash right after.
Thirteenth Form
The user continuously performs all twelve forms of Sun Breathing in repetitive succession to increase the accuracy and agility of its movements, and attacks. This form was created solely for the purpose of killing Muzan Kibutsuji, since the repetition of all twelve forms aims to destroy Muzan's twel
Raging Sun, Eternal
The user delivers a down-right slash, before relentlessly slashing their opponent while advancing forwards and knocking them back a great distance with a vertical strike. The user then dashes towards them while doing a front flip, performing a variant of Raging Sun by creating an infinity s
Cross Slash
The user ignites their sword with solar flames and releases two arching flame slashes to their opponent, each individually making an "X" shaped slice.
Scorching Rush
The user rushes forward with a flaming sword and performs a 5-move combo as follows: a low-ended strike from the left, a low-ended strike from the right that lifts the user off the ground briefly, a spinning wave attack, a powerful forwards upward slash and finally an overhead downward slash.
Phoenix Flash
The user disappears in a flash of fire, before reappearing from fire in mid-air either upright, where they perform a massive overhead circular slash, or upside-down where they perform an angled 360° sword slash.
Fiery Charge
The user attacks the opponent with arc-shaped slashes several times before charging forward with Dancing Flash and spinning around 180° to deliver a powerful and horizontal arched slash.
Exploding Blood Sword
An alternative version of Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance by Tanjiro Kamado notable for the collaborative usage of Nezuko Kamado's Blood Demon Art. The siblings coordinate their attacks to strike their opponent with Sun Breathing and combustible blood slashes simultaneously, which combine into the form o
Friendly Rivalry
A collaboration between Tanjiro Kamado and his ally Genya Shinazugawa. They both knock their opponent back and coordinate their attacks to slash them with their blades. After Tanjiro slashes their opponent upwards, Genya shoots them point-blank and Tanjiro further elevates them by stri
Hearts Ablaze
A collaboration between a Flame Breathing user and a Sun Breathing user. Both coordinate their attacks to simultaneously strike their opponent with arc-shaped slashes from their respective Breathing Styles from opposite sides. The Flame Breather then readies his stance to use Rengoku and the Sun Bre
Bread and Butter Kagura: Dance
A technique exclusive to the Kimetsu Academy version of Tanjiro Kamado. Tanjiro uses his skillful baking abilities from his family profession to knead and juggle dough with such speed that he bakes them into baguettes, with the heat burning the opponent.