Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Inosuke Hashibira

Shortly into the 20th century, Japan is suffering from a serious demon problem. Only the Demon Slayer Corps are strong enough, and possess the special swords necessary, to kill the evil human-eating demons. Inosuke Hashibira was raised by boars, and developed into the kind of aggressive, uncivilized wild-man you might expect. Instead of training the usual way, he beat up a Demon Slayer with his bare hands and stole his sword, basically becoming a member unintentionally. Now, he’s one of the many swordsmen in the Corps, hunting down demons with two jagged-edged blades.

Nichirin Sword

Inosuke, being a Demon Slayer, uses Nichirin Swords- two of them; they’re made of a special steel that is the only thing that can kill demons, besides sunlight. Note that these feats are done more through strength than sharpness- Inosuke’s blades are blunt and tear flesh rather than slice it.
Lops off a demon’s arms (source)
Lops off a demon’s arms again (source)
Slices through a demon lengthwise (source)
Cuts into a demon’s arm as deep as Tanjiro’s sword does, then cuts through it entirely by hitting his sword with his other sword (source) (anime version: https://gfycat.com/timelyharmoniousicelandgull)
Clashes with an Upper Rank demon’s obi; that demon could slice apart buildings on a street and slash apart an entire building (source)
Clashes repeatedly with an Upper Rank demon (source)
Chops off Muzan’s tentacles (source)
Chops off Muzan’s tentacles again (source)
Clashes repeatedly with demon Tanjiro (source)

Beast Breathing

Fang One: Pierce - Pierces his blade deep into the enemy like a tusk. The demon he pierced was tough enough that he broke his swords on it fighting normally (source)
Second Fang: Slice N’ Dice - Slashes with both of his swords in a cross pattern (source) (official manga calls both the Second Fang and Fourth Fang ‘Slice N’ Dice’, but this is probably a mistake. Fan translations call Second Fang ‘Rip and Tear’)
Fang Three: Devour - Strikes with both of his swords towards a target’s throat from opposing angles (source) (anime version: https://gfycat.com/excellentpowerfulgermanshorthairedpointer)
Fourth Fang: Slice N’ Dice - Rapidly slashes multiple times with each blade. The wounds hadn’t closed by the time Inosuke had completed the technique; this demon heals gaping wounds rapidly (source)
Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting - Slashes rapidly in every direction; most effective when surrounded by the enemy. Slices away thousands of deadly petals (source)
Sixth Fang: Palisade Bite - Uses both of his swords to strike at an enemy’s head, decapitating them (source)
Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness - Uses his incredible sense of touch to sense faint disturbances in the air. Senses the weak point of a demon that encompassed an entire train (source) (anime version: https://gfycat.com/flamboyantmediumlice)
Eighth Form: Explosive Rush - Charges forward rapidly (source)
Ninth Form: Extending Bendy Slash - Dislocates the joints in his arm to attack his opponent from a distance (source)
Tenth Fang: Whirling Fangs - Whirls his blades around powerfully enough to disperse a freezing fog (source)
Sudden Throwing Strike - Throws both of his blades through the air, twirling with enough precision to strike at a weakened Upper Rank demon’s neck and decapitate him (with help) (source)
Learned how to do Total Concentration Breathing constantly within nine days. Total Concentration Breathing allows one to become as strong as a demon through breathing techniques and can be used to stop bleeding (source)

Strength

Striking - Punches a man hard enough to crater the wall he hits (source)
Striking - Kicks away an Upper Rank demon, sending him sliding away (source)
Striking - Hurts Tanjiro by hitting him on the head. When Tanjiro headbutts Inosuke, Inosuke is instantly knocked out while Tanjiro is unhurt (source)
Striking - Chops through a log with an axe (source)
Ramming - Headbutts down a wooden door (source)
Ramming - Headbutts a train car to get it off a man’s leg (source)
Ramming - Knocks down a screen while sprinting (source)
Ramming - Crashes through a screen door (source)
Ramming - Crashes through the floor (source)
Other - Pushes a boulder one cho (358 feet), as well as lifting three logs on his back (source)
Other - Jumps through the roof of a train; a demon had fused with the entire train, making it more organic (source)
Other - Jumps through the ceiling (source)
Other - Throws a Demon Slayer Corps member the same way Tanjiro did (source) (anime version: https://gfycat.com/teemingpolitefruitbat)
Other - Throws Tanjiro high into the air (source) (anime version: https://gfycat.com/tastyeasybluebird)
Tanjiro could split a boulder in half (source)

Speed

Reaction & Movement - Dodges slashes that occur in time with the beat of a drum (source)
Reaction & Movement - Dodges a strike from a demon that comes out of nowhere (source) (anime version: https://gfycat.com/harmoniousslowballoonfish)
Reaction & Movement - Dodges blurred strikes from a demon, only taking surface scratches, trading blurred strikes of his own (source)
Reaction & Movement - Rolls out of the way of a strike just before it connects (source)
Reaction & Movement - Jumps out of the way from a strike from the same demon (source)
Reaction & Movement - Rapidly crosses the distance between him and a demon (source)
Reaction & Movement - Snatches a sword so rapidly an Upper Rank demon didn’t notice (source)
Reaction & Movement - Clashes repeatedly with an Upper Rank Demon (source)
Reaction & Movement - Moves so rapidly that Muzan had trouble perceiving him. Cuts off one of Muzan’s tentacles just before it touched Tanjiro (source)
Reaction & Movement - Clashes repeatedly with demon Tanjiro (source)
Agility - Jumps high into the air (source)
Agility - Jumps off Tanjiro’s back (source)
Agility - Does a high jump from out of a hole (source)
Agility - Rapidly bounces out of a room (source)
Agility - Does multiple flips away from a demon’s arm (source)
Agility - Easily recovers after being thrown across the room by Tanjiro (source)
Agility - Stands on top of a fence (source)

Skill

Combat - Fights like a four-legged beast, striking with unusually low attacks (source)
Combat - Weaves through multiple strikes from Demon Slayer Corps members manipulated by demons (source)
Combat - Dodges around a variety of demonic obis and blood sickles (source)
Combat - Kicks his sword in midair, flipping it into his hand (source)
Combat - Claims no one has ever thrown him before Tanjiro (source)
Combat - Got his first Nichirin Sword by beating up a Demon Slayer Corps member bare-handed and stealing it (source)
Flexibility and Acrobatics - Demonstrates inhuman flexibility, kicking Tanjiro from a handstand and pulling his legs over his head with broken ribs (source)
Flexibility and Acrobatics - Can dislocate all the joints in his body, allowing him to fit anywhere his head can fit (source)
Flexibility and Acrobatics - Gets stabbed through the chest and survived because he’s flexible enough to shift his internal organs around (source)
Flexibility and Acrobatics - Dodges an attack from an Upper Rank demon, who compliments him on his flexibility (source)
Flexibility and Acrobatics - Dislocates all the joints in his arm, extending his range, and sets all his joints back in easily (source)
Flexibility and Acrobatics - Balances on his hands on a broom on a vase (source)
Teamwork - Executes a combo attack with Tanjiro’s guidance (source)
Teamwork - Executes a combo attack with Zenitsu to cut off an Upper Rank demon’s head (source)

Durability

Blunt Force - Gets right back up after his ribs get broken (four broken ribs) (source)
Blunt Force - Takes a hit from a spider demon’s arm swing and recovers quickly; does the same after a direct punch from that spider demon. That demon could swing a large tree hard enough to send Tanjiro flying, punch through thick trees, and create a crater in the ground (source) (anime version: https://gfycat.com/impeccableimpassionedhomalocephale)
Blunt Force - Takes a beating from that demon (source)
Piercing - Takes multiple slashes across his body from a demon. Seems fine despite his ’terrible wounds’ (source)
Piercing - Gets back up after being slashed across the chest and knocked away, then gets slashed again (source)
Piercing - Unhurt by jumping through a window (source)
Endurance - Fights Tanjiro and gives him a hard time even after his ribs are broken. Punched by Tanjiro, fights at close range, headbutted, gets a concussion from Tanjiro (source)
Endurance - Gets his throat crushed by a demon and survives, even being able to speak afterward. He suffered crushing trauma to his larynx and vocal chords (source)
Endurance - Went through Hashira Training, which included sitting under a waterfall, carrying logs on his back, pushing a boulder, and various other things (source)
Endurance - Gets stabbed through the chest by a poisoned blade poisonous enough to quickly affect someone who had built up a poison immunity, and survived because he shifted his organs around and is even more immune to poison. He collapsed later, but was healed by Nezuko. Recovers from his injuries nine days earlier than Tanjiro, who was unconscious for two months (source)
Endurance - Takes a hit from Muzan’s tentacle and returns to keep fighting. Muzan could destroy half a building with a tentacle. Withstands getting chomped on by Muzan’s tentacle, then withstands another hit from Muzan, and another, and another, and lived (source)
Endurance - Gets knocked back by demon Tanjiro’s attack that could crater the ground and survived and fully healed in a month (source)
Endurance - Chased a demon in a house for three days, presumably without food or rest (source)
Endurance - Survived falling off a cliff and into the water as a baby (source)

Senses

Can sense when people are looking at him, right down to the specific body part they’re looking at; it’s easiest with people who are hostile towards him, but harder with people who have no hostility (source)
Senses a puppeted Demon Slayer Corps member coming up from behind him and counters (source)
Senses Nezuko in Tanjiro’s box (source)
Senses faint vibrations in the air to let him know where a demon is (source)
Perceives and slices through thin spiderwebs (source)
Senses attacks coming from all directions and easily dodges them (source)
Senses slight chills in the air, allowing him to avoid breathing in Doma’s deadly, chilling fog (source)

Other

Was one of five out of 20 students to survive his group’s Final Selection to become a demon slayer, spending seven days and night on a demon-infested mountain (Inosuke was the fifth) (source)
Crawls on the ceiling (source)
Has a strong will, allowing him to manifest in his own subconscious (source)
As a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, can show their rank with a simple command (source)
Inosuke’s ideal self-image (source)
Was raised by boars, but taught to speak and read by a kindly old man (source)

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