Demon Slayer Mist Breathing: All Forms Explained
Demon Slayer Mist Breathing: All Forms Explained
In Demon Slayer , Breathing Styles are special abilities cultivated by Demon Slayers using Full Focus Breathing to bring to bear in their fight against demons.
There are a number of breathing techniques featured in the series, and Mist Breathing is one of them. In this article, we will discuss mist breathing and all its forms in detail.
In the series, only one character uses Mist Breathing and it is Mist Hashira, . This 14-year-old prodigy mastered this breathing technique incredibly quickly and became a Hashira after just two months. Used by a , needless to say, it is a very powerful technique with a lot of potential.
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Origin of Mist Breathing
In the beginning, there was only one style of breathing, cultivated by his superior innate power as . Later, six other new breathing styles emerged from Sun Breathing. These six include five elementary breathing styles and one special.
These are water breathing, wind breathing, stone breathing and thunder breathing.
Over time, more breathing styles have evolved from the five elemental breaths. For example, flower breathing and flower breathing both come from water breathing.
is derived from Thunder Breathing, Love Breathing from Flame Breathing, and Beast and Mist Breathing from Wind Breathing.
As previously stated, Mist Breathing comes from Wind Breathing, and in this style of breathing, the user moves in a manner that resembles the environment shrouded in mist and obscures their opponent's senses.
Mist breathing: all forms
The only known user of Mist Breathing in the series is Muichiro Tokito who mastered the breathing style in a surprisingly short time and became the Mist Hashira.
Given the nature of the breathing style, it stands to reason that Mist Breathing users aim to conceal their movements to dull their opponents' senses.
Muichiro himself wears loose, baggy clothing to hide his movements, making him unpredictable in battle. Like other breathing styles, Mist Breathing does not actually produce mist, but rather the movements and positions of this style give the impression of an environment shrouded in mist.
There were previously six forms of mist breathing. After mastering them, Muichiro invented a new seventh form of mist breathing, called "Dark Clouds". This is his most dangerous technique.
Mist breathing in all its forms is explained below:
I. First form: low clouds, distant mist
The first form, Low Clouds, Distant Haze, is the simplest and least exhausting form of Mist Breathing. In this form, the user thrusts their Nichirin Blade forward with sharp force.
This works pretty well for low level demons but isn't enough to deal with stronger demons, let alone Greater Moons.
The first form has its uses, but it is not always reliable. When he traps Muichiro in his vase of water with his Blood Demon Art, he uses the first form because it consumes the least energy and oxygen. But he is ultimately unable to break the water prison with it.
II. Second form: eight-layer mist
The second form of Mist Breathing is a rapid attack consisting of eight consecutive forward thrusts, one on top of the other. This technique is more powerful than the first form.
After being trapped in the water prison by Gyokko and failing to escape with the first form, Muichiro uses the second form to free himself, thanks to Kotetsu's help.
III. Third Form: Scattered Mist Splashes
Mist Breathing's third form, Scattering Mist Splash, consists of a strong circular attack. The attack is powerful enough to detonate projectiles and appears to disperse mist through the circular slash.
This technique is very useful for dealing with a large number of minor opponents as the user can dispose of them all at once with a single Third Form move. Muichiro uses this form to blow away the small demon fish that Gyokko releases from his vases with his Blood Demon Art.
IV. Fourth Form: Shifting Flow Slash
One of the first forms of Mist Breathing featured in the series, the fourth form of Mist Breathing, Shifting Flow Slash, is a deadly and fast move that gives the opponent little to no chance to counterattack.
In this form, the user takes a low stance and sprints towards the opponent at astonishing speed to use a quick and powerful upward slash with their Nichirin Blade.
The goal of this form is to cut off the demon's head with a single blow. This shape also creates an atmosphere where it appears that the environment is shrouded in thick black mist. This indicates that the adversary has no knowledge of the user's movements and actions.
Muichiro uses this form for the first time when he senses the presence of the 4th demon, Hantengu. He casts the fourth form of Mist Breathing to cut off its head, but Hantengu is fast enough to dodge the attack.
V. Fifth Form: Sea of Clouds and Mist
The higher forms of Mist Breathing are all about efficiency and darkness. Like the fourth, fifth form of Mist Breathing, Sea of Clouds and Haze also allows the user to run towards the opponent at blinding speed.
But instead of a single killing blow, the fifth form requires the user to perform consecutive blows to cover a wide range of areas very quickly.
This form gives the impression of a thick mist that prevents the opponent from seeing or even guessing the user's movements. This also works great when facing a large, space-consuming opponent.
This is performed brilliantly by Muichiro when Gyokko releases a huge octopus demon from its vase, using his Blood Demon Art.
VI. Sixth Form: Lunar Dispersion Mist
Mist Breathing's sixth form, Lunar Dispersing Mist, is its most physically difficult attack. In it, the user must perform a backflip in the air and, while in the air, perform several consecutive attacks aimed downward, making the entire area appear to be covered in mist.
The goal of this form is to take out multiple opponents in one fell swoop, and the user's presence in the air gives them a wider field of vision and the ability to select their targets.
VII. Seventh Form: Darkening the Clouds
The seventh form, called Obscuring Clouds, is the deadliest form of Mist Breathing, invented by Muichiro himself. Unique in its design, the aim of this form is to confuse the opponent and deliver the fatal blow when you least expect it.
In this form, the user constantly changes the tempo of their attack. By swinging their Nichirin Blade, they create an atmosphere of thick mist covering a large area. The user begins their attack slowly, in fact so slowly that the opponent mistakes it for disappearing. However, when the opponent least expects it, the user rushes in with lightning speed to deliver the final killing blow.
This is the technique that ultimately dooms the Upper Moon 5 demon Gyokko during the Battle of Blacksmith Village.
It was Mist Breathing: All Forms Explained. This is a great breathing style that is as useful as it is visually appealing. Muichiro Tokito uses Mist Breathing against both the Upper Moon 5 demon Gyokko in the Swordsmith Village arc and the Upper Moon 1 demon in the Infinity Castle arc.
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