Breathing Styles(Dogdiver)

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== Overview ==
Breathing Styles are fighting styles accompanied by Total Concentration Breathing that are used to slay demons. 
All known Breathing Styles currently taught within the Demon Slayer Corps are derived from Sun Breathing, the first one ever created. The majority of known Breathing Styles mimic a certain element of nature (i.e. flame, water and wind) and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. The weapon attacks of Demon Slayers who use Breathing Styles are also longer ranged, possibly due to shockwaves or air pressure generated from their weapon itself when swinging and striking.
New Breathing Styles are always being created to suit a Demon Slayer's combat needs, which results in new weapons being utilized in demon hunting (i.e. flails and whips). Such Breathing Styles embody a bigger variety of concepts, like animals, plants and emotions (i.e. serpents, flowers and love). When utilizing a Breathing Style, users automatically visualize themselves manipulating the subject behind their style, making it seem as if they were using magic, though those that are less apt and proficient in their style will visualize less of it than one who is.
It is possible to mix different Breathing Styles if the user cannot master one particular Breathing Style alone in order to use the stronger aspects of different styles to compensate.
Here is a chart of all the Breathing Styles.
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↓ 	←	← 	↧ 	← 	←	↧ 	→	↧ 	→	→ 	→	↧ 	→	→ 	→	↓
Stone	 	 	Water	 	 	Moon	 	Fire	 	 	 	Wind 	 	 	 	Thunder
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Metal	 	Flower	↔ 	Serpent	 	 	 	Love	 	Mist	 	Beast	 	Storm	 	Sound
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 	 	Insect	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Other Breathing Techniques ===
There is another technique called Recovery Breathing, which, by taking a brief moment to focus and steady one’s breath, allows them to recover from fatigue and stiff muscles.
Total Concentration: Constant is a Total Concentration Breathing state during the morning, noon, and night, and even while asleep that advanced Demon Slayers, such as the Hashira, can constantly maintain. There is an immense difference in strength, speed, and stamina between someone who can maintain Total Concentration Breathing at all times and someone who cannot.
Learning to maintain a constant state of Total Concentration Breathing requires tremendous effort, though, the skill itself is noted to be quite elementary despite the required effort.
The training process involves blowing into a special type of super durable gourd. The objective is to blow into the gourd with enough strength to make the gourd break apart. As training progresses, the gourd is replaced by larger and larger variations of the same type of gourd. The largest known gourd is about the size of a chair.
=== Tribal Influence ===
It is quite common to see tribes using Breathing Styles with a similar element. (Ex: Seawings using Water Breathing or a Silkwing using Insect Breathing). However, there are many in each tribe that use different styles and are also fluent in those styles.
However, each tribe has different aspects and others are stronger than others. The examples below are what each tribe strives in and why:
* Mudwings: Due to their diverse sizes, there is no general style Mudwings fit with and the entire tribe is extremely diverse. Having fire means they can access the Demon Slayer Mark easier than fireless tribes. Their most notable trait is they have the greatest lung capacity. This means that they can use Total Concentration Breathing most effectively and can also fight for the longest periods on average. Fireproof Mudwings don't have any added benefit unless the demon they fight uses fire.
* Seawings: Seawings are small but have large tails that can knock a demon head clean off. This means the styles they use are mostly offensive or require quick movements. They also can use their bioluminescence to disorient the opponent. Meaning they are really good at using derivates of wind and lighting breathing. Also, they are known for their Water Breathing due to Water Breathings increase in power when in the water. They have a strong lung capacity due to living in the ocean. However, this does not mean they always have good stamina as most Seawings have poor stamina when they are not swimming. Their second strongest lung capacity instead makes them capable of learning the Breathing Techniques at an elevated rate. Finally, their #1 night vision makes them adept to fight demons who only reveal themselves at night.
* Nightwings: Nightwings thrive in the night with their black scales and #2 night vision. They tend to do better with styles revolving around speed due to the difficulty of tracking them. Nightwings along with Skywings are able to access the Demon Slayer Mark far easier than any other tribe. Including Sandwings and Mudwings since Nightwings and Skywings have the most fire. Nightwings with foresight or mindreading are menaces on the battle field due to their ability to predict their opponents moves.
* Skywings: Skywings are almost always large and therefore do better with breathing styles that require strength. Skywings along with Nightwings are able to access the Demon Slayer Mark far easier than any other tribe. Including Sandwings and Mudwings since Nightwings and Skywings have the most fire. Firescales are able to access the Demon Slayer Mark on command. However Firescales still need a sword to slay a demon. This sword is said to take an entire year to create.
* Rainwings: Rainwings are some of the most gruesome demon slayers. Their venom can not kill a demon but slow the regeneration process of wherever the demon was hit. Many are known to cover their blade in their venom, so if they cut a demon, it cannot regenerate fast enough to fight back. Rainwings are one weakest physical tribes and therefore do better with quick multi-hitting styles. Their camouflage scales to not hide the blade so they are instead used to disorient the opponent. Due to their curving tails, some Rainwings fight with a blade in their tail.
* Sandwings: Sandwings, like Rainwings, use their poison to hinder a Demons Regeneration. However, this works to a much lesser extent due to demons resistance to any poison other than wisteria. Having fire means they can access the Demon Slayer Mark easier than fireless tribes. They have an average size most of the time and therefore can fit into most styles. Sandwings have VAST pools of stamina and can fight for the longest periods and are only bested by Mudwings due to their lung capacity. It is said that Sandwings are the least adept to fight demons due to living in the desert where few demons can stay alive.
* Icewings: Icewings use their spiked tails and frost breath to deliver disorienting blows to their opponent. They can also use their breath weapon to coat their blade in ice to increase its power. However, they have the hardest time accessing the demon slayer mark due to their low body temperatures. Icewings are the least likely to be disoriented due to their resistance to bright light. Their sharp claws and spikes makes them adept at using highly offensive and self-risking styles. There is a joke that Icewing Demon Slayers go against the tribes "politeness".
* Silkwings: Silkwings are like Rainwings in that they do not have much physical strength but make up for it in their diversity. They can use their silk to turn their blade into a ranged weapon. They can also use it for traps, restraining, and disorienting. Silkwings can use their antenna to predict their opponents next move. Silkwings are very diverse but it is said that they thrive most with Water Breathing and even rival Seawings with how fluid they use it. Flamesilks can access the Demon Slayer Mark faster than Nightwings and Skywings but not instantly like a Firescales.
* Hivewings: Hivewings are quite similar to Sandwings and Rainwings. However due to the unlimited abilities Hivewings can possess it is near impossible to document what their strengths are.
* Leafwings: Leafwings can combine their leafspeak with their mastery of the blade to become devastating swordsman. They have slightly stronger physiques so they are adept at using strength based fighting styles.
== Sun Breathing or Hinokami Kagura ==
A Breathing Style called the Hinokami Kagura. It is passed on from father to son in every generation alongside two amber earrings in the shape of a sun. The 'Claws Family' uses the Hinokami Kagura within a ritual ceremony practiced every new year, where the Hinokami Kagura user offers the Fire God a dance from sunset to sunrise to ward off threats and diseases. 
The dance is composed of twelve segments repeated throughout the night until dawn. It is noted that the breathing technique utilized in this dance allows the user to never exhaust themselves no matter how long they move, making it such that they can seemingly dance forever. Only 'Claws Family' members can properly learn this technique if taught by a Scorching descendant.
The Hinokami Kagura is later revealed to be a legendary Breathing Style known as Sun Breathing a long forgotten Breathing Style and the first one to ever be created. All other Breathing Styles are derived from it as the result of its creator, modifying it to suit the individuals he taught who were unable to use it.
Both the Hinokami Kagura and Sun Breathing are Breathing Styles that mimics the sun and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques, and abilities. All techniques and forms are extremely varied and have no set pattern, making it the most versatile and effective against demons. Users of Sun Breathing visualize themselves seemingly manipulating solar flames when unleashing its techniques. 
Sun Breathing was initially created with 12 techniques all connected to one another by Scorching. Later upon meeting Demise, Scorching perfected his swordsmanship form, creating a new unnamed thirteenth form.
* Dance - The user performs a singular downwards vertical slash in an arcing motion.
** Dancing Flash - A modified version of Dance. The user combines the Thunderclap and Flash 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 releasing it all to assault the target with a slash. This technique requires one to have witnessed Thunder Breathing countless times.
* 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 arcing slashes around themself in order to strike incoming attacks.
* Burning Bones, Summer Sun - The user performs a singular slash utilizing a spiraling motion which extends in front of themself 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 strike 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 performs a singular thrust utilizing the tip of their blade to strike the target.
* Dragon Sun Halo Head Dance - The user performs a large array of consecutive slashes in a continuous motion to strike the target whilst also being capable of decapitating multiple targets.
* 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, thus creating afterimages used mostly to evade attacks. The afterimages work most effectively on enemies with good vision.
* Flame Dance - A two-combo strike which starts with a 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 the demon king, since the repetition of all twelve forms aims to destroy their twelve vital organs (seven hearts and five brains) that move freely inside his body.
=== Known Users ===
*Scorching of the Suns
== Wind Breathing ==
Wind Breathing is one of the five Breathing Styles derived directly from Sun Breathing. Beast Breathing and Mist Breathing are derived from Wind Breathing. When combine with Thunder Breathing, one can create Storm Breathing
Wind Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics wind, specifically powerful torrents of air and whirlwinds, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve purely offensive attacks, most of which utilizing rotating movements to generate swift whirlwind-like slashes that greatly increase the wielder's striking range or utilizing the air around them to deliver sharp sickle-shaped attacks. Users of Wind Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating wind when unleashing its techniques.
This Breathing Style is also extremely reminiscent of the real life swordsmanship style, Jigen-ryū, a sword wielding style that emphasizes on the opening strike and high stances.
This Breathing Style was created from one of Scorching's students who attempted to learn Sun Breathing, but due to not being as innately powerful as him, they were instead taught an alternated personalized Breathing Style that focused on their individual strengths and weaknesses, which eventually evolved into Wind Breathing. Wind Breathing as a minimum of 9 known techniques and forms.
* First Form: Dust Whirlwind Cutter - The user dashes forward at blinding speeds and slashes continuously in a horizontal cyclone pattern.
* 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 resembling claws.
* Third Form: Clean Storm Wind Tree - The user unleashes 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 releases several slashes above them from below their target.
* Fifth Form: Cold Mountain Wind - The user creates several 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 while 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.
=== Known Users ===
*Dogfish of the Waves(Formerly)
== Beast Breathing ==
Beast Breathing is a Breathing Style that is distantly derived from Wind Breathing. Only one dragon can use Beast Breathing due to it being self-taught.
Beast Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics beasts/wild animals, specifically their unpredictable, ferocious and wild nature, including movements, attacks and senses, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms are simple, straight-forward yet wild, unpredictable and animalistic movements and attacks, although one of them utilizes the powerful sense of touch to replicate an animal's primal senses. Users of Beast Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly manifesting the fangs and claw slashes of a wild animal when unleashing its techniques.
Since this Breathing Style is self-taught, it can be assumed that it can only be utilized by someone with dual Nichirin katanas and an extremely acute sense of touch. On top of this one must be extremely flexible to the point where the user can bend backwards so far that his head reaches between his feet. He can also dislocate his arm to extend his reach and dislocate any of the joints in his body at will.
Unlike most Demon Slayers, the user wields two Nichirin katanas. They are chipped with numerous gashes within the blade's edge, allowing the swords to rip and tear demonic flesh, rather than cause a clean slice, which he prefers. His dual blades are indigo-gray in color. Unlike his fellow Demon Slayers, the user doesn't have a hilt or a sword sheath, but rather uses bandages to improve his grip.
Beast Breathing has ten known techniques with an improvisation technique created for last resorts. Unlike other Breathing techniques, only supplement moves are called "Forms", as assaulting Beast Breathing moves are called "Fangs" instead.
* 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 simultaneous horizontal slashes towards the target's throat to decapitate them.
* Fourth Fang: Slice 'n' Dice - The user delivers multiple diagonal double slashes with both swords.
* 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. This technique was so strong that the user could sense all the demons spread out through a whole mountain.
* 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.
* Sudden Throwing Strike - The user throws both of their blades in a spinning motion at an enemy.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Mist Breathing ==
Mist Breathing is a Breathing Style derived from Wind Breathing.
Mist Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics mist, specifically the obscurity of mist, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve swift strikes and movements performed in a unique pattern that obscures the opponent's senses and surroundings as if the battlefield were enveloped in mist. Users of Mist Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating mist when unleashing its techniques.
One must wear a cloak or multiple cloaks that covers their arms and legs in order to obscure their movements in order to fully maximize the potential of this Breathing Style.
Mist Breathing originally has 6 known forms and techniques, and a seventh one created and only utilized by the current Mist Hashira
* First Form: Low Clouds, Distant Haze - The user unleashes a powerful thrust attack in front of them.
* Second Form: Eight-Layered Mist - The user unleashes eight forward slashes with each one on top of the other in extremely quick succession.
* Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash - The user releases a powerful circular slash in front of them that can be used to blow away projectiles.
* Fourth Form: Shifting Flow Slash - The user quickly unsheathes their sword and dashes towards their enemy at blinding speeds and delivers a quick slash from beneath them. This technique is reminiscent of Iaijutsu.
* Fifth Form: Sea of Clouds and Haze - The user dashes forward at high speed and unleashes a flurry of slashes that cover a wide area while obscuring their movements.
* Sixth Form: Lunar Dispersing Mist - The user backflips into the air while upside down and delivers countless ranged slashes downwards, capable of decimating dozens of targets at once.
* Seventh Form: Obscuring Clouds - The personal creation of the Mist Hashira. A technique in which the user drastically changes the tempo of their movement to disorient their enemy, which seemingly takes the form of clouds of mist enveloping a wide area. When the user shows themselves, their speed will appear to be extremely slow but when they hide, the user moves in the blink of an eye.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Thunder Breathing ==
Thunder Breathing is one of the five main Breathing Styles directly derived from Sun Breathing. Sound Breathing is derived from Wind Breathing. When combine with Wind Breathing, one can create Storm Breathing.
Thunder Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics lightning, specifically swift strikes and movements akin to lightning ripping through the sky, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve utilizing blinding speeds and immensely fast attacks to overwhelm the enemy in an instant. Users of Thunder Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating lightning and electricity when unleashing its techniques.
It has been remarked that this Breathing Style focuses on channeling strength into the user's legs, and maximizing the output of every single muscle and blood vessel in them. Users also mimic lightning to such high fidelity that they cause the air to vibrate when poised to unleash a technique and create immensely loud sounds akin to thunder with their mere footsteps. This Breathing Style is also very reminiscent of a swordsmanship style practiced and utilized in real life known as Iaijutsu, a famous quick-draw sword technique.
This Breathing Style was created from one of the Scorching's students who attempted to learn Sun Breathing, but due to not being as innately powerful as the Mudwing, they were instead taught an alternated personalized Breathing Style that focused on their individual strengths and weaknesses, which eventually evolved into Thunder Breathing.
Thunder Breathing has 6 standard forms in total, with the first form said to be the foundation for all the other forms.
* First Form: Thunderclap and Flash- The user unsheathes their katana, dashes forward at blinding speeds and decapitates their opponent 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 the air".
** Twofold- An extension of the Thunderclap and Flash technique created by Dogfish due to being unable to do Sixfold or Eightfold. The user performs Thunderclap and Flash two times in quick succession while slightly augmenting the power and speed of his dashes. Dogfish will use Thunderclap and Flash once to go forward and Thunderclap and Flash again to return to his original position (facing the other way).
** Sixfold - An extension of the Thunderclap and Flash technique. The user performs Thunderclap and Flash six times in quick succession while slightly augmenting the power and speed of their 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.
** Godspeed - An extension of the Thunderclap and Flash technique. The user performs Thunderclap and Flash while greatly augmenting the speed of the technique. It is said that one mustn't perform this technique more than 2 times, otherwise their legs would be rendered useless due to muscle fatigue and exhaustion. However, Dogfish - due to being mostly incompatible to Thunder Breathing - can only preform it once.
* Second Form: Rice Spirit - The user releases five arched slashes in the shape of a pentagram after dashing forward with the speed of Thunderclap and Flash.
* Third Form: Thunder Swarm - The user uses weaker versions (6) of Thunderclap and Flash to attack their opponent from multiple directions. The user must use at least 3 of the dashes to circle the enemy. The other three can be uses depending on the situation.
* Fourth Form: Distant Thunder - The user throws their sword before using the strength of Thunderclap and Flash Twofold to catch up with it and slice the opponent from behind.
* Fifth Form: Heat Lightning - The user unleashes a long-ranged upward sword slash. If used with the speed of Thunderclap and Flash, then one can jump up to increase its distance.
* Sixth Form: Rumble and Flash - The user performs Thunderclap and Flash to jump up. The user will then preform Second Form: Rice Spirit at the enemy below.
=== Known Users ===
*Dogfish of the Waves(Formerly)
== Sound Breathing ==
Sound Breathing is a Breathing Style derived from Thunder Breathing.
Sound Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics sound, specifically its disorientating loudness, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms utilize explosives to deal massive amounts of damage while making use of extremely fast movements similar to how fast sound travels as well as the user's sense of hearing.
The only known user, the Sound Hashira uses a technique developed using his superhuman sense of hearing called Musical Score, which involves him reading his opponents movements and deconstructing them into sound by analyzing the rhythm of their movements. Through this, he is able to take advantage of their openings to much greater effect by striking in a way similar to making the beat to a song. In conjunction with this, he uses small but powerful anti-demon bombs that are capable of damaging the bodies of Upper Rank demons.
Since this combat style was created by the Sound Hashira, it can only be used with a specific set of weaponry, which is two gigantic nunchucks-like Nichirin Cleavers, which each have a notch in the sharp ends of their blades and are held together at the hilt by a metal chain. His swords are said to have large amounts of explosive power.
Sound Breathing has 3 techniques and forms at minimum.
* 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.
* Second 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.
* Third 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.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Storm Breathing ==
Storm Breathing is a Breathing Style that is the result of combining Wind Breathing and Thunder Breathing.
Storm Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics thunder storms, specifically their unpredictable wind currents and lightning strikes, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms utilize combining the techniques of Wind Breathing and Thunder Breathing to preform countless forms of Storm Breathing. This versatility means that as long as the user has stamina, they are able to channel a new form into fruition, similar to how a storm is always changing and no two storms are the same. To use this form, one must understand how to use Thunder Breathing and Wind Breathing. Users of Storm Breathing envision themself's creating clouds of lime color lightning.
Storm Breathing is stronger than Thunder Breathing but slightly slower. Wind Breathing is slightly stronger than Storm Breathing but slower.
The Breathing Style is learned, developed, and utilized by Dogfish who was taught Thunder Breathing and Wind Breathing. After discovering he could use both forms but not master them, he created Storm Breathing to better suit his needs. However, he is still in the process of mastering Storm Breathing.
Since Storm Breathing is a combination of all Thunder Breathing techniques and Wind Breathing techniques, there is 49 techniques and forms at minimum. All of the technique names are a combination of the names of the original techniques they utilize or are inspired from. However the final technique is a specialty Dogfish created. Multiple forms are alike due to Thunder Breathing revolving around Thunderclap and Flash.
*Note: Due to this being fan made, finishing this section will take time since I have to find inspiration for them*
* First Form: Whirlwind and Flash - The user combines Dust Whirlwind Cutter and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish uses Thunderclap and Flash to dash forward and at the end, preforms Dust Whirlwind Cutter rather than a simple horizontal slash. This can be used to fool opponents who think it will simply be Thunderclap and Flash. This technique allows the user to travel 1.5 the distance of Thunderclap and Flash.
* Second Form: Purifying Thunderclap - The user combines Claw-Purifying Wind and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish uses Thunderclap and Flash to dash forward and at the end, preforms Claw-Purifying Wind rather than a simple horizontal slash. This can be used to fool opponents who think it will simply be Thunderclap and Flash.
* Third Form: Thunderclap Wind Tree - The user combines Clean Storm Wind Tree and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish uses Thunderclap and Flash to dash forward. During which he also uses Clean Storm Wind Tree to defend them from incoming attacks. Right before they reach the target, the user sheathes their blade and preforms a quickdraw.
* Fourth Form: Thunderclap Dust Storm - The user combines Rising Dust Storm and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish uses Rising Dust Storm multiple times in rapid succession and uses the speed of Thunderclap and Flash to enhance the technique. This allows Dogfish to continuously slash at their opponent from below as they push them into the air. Many see this as a vertical multi-hitting Thunderclap and Flash.
* Fifth Form: Cold Mountain Flash - The user combines Cold Mountain Wind and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish creates several circular arched slashes that increase in size from above their target. He then preforms a midair Thunderclap and Flash to dive through the slashes and decapitate their opponent.
* Sixth Form: Black Wind Thunderclap - The user combines Black Wind Mountain Mist and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish uses Thunderclap and Flash to dash forward and at the end, preforms Black Wind Mountain Mist rather than a simple horizontal slash. This can be used to fool opponents who think it will simply be Thunderclap and Flash.
* Seventh Form: Gale, Sudden Flash - The user combines Gale, Sudden Gusts and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish Thunderclap and Flash to dash forward and at the same time, preforms Gale, Sudden Gusts, swinging their blade which generates gale-force winds to shred their opponent apart at lightning speeds.
* Eighth Form: Primary Thunderclap Slash - The user combines Primary Gale Slash and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish uses Thunderclap and Flash to dash forward and at the end, preforms Primary Gale Slash rather than a simple horizontal slash. This can be used to fool opponents who think it will simply be Thunderclap and Flash. Many see this technique as an enhanced version of Whirlwind and Flash. 
* Ninth Form: Thunderclap Typhoon - The user combines Idaten Typhoon and Thunderclap and Flash. Dogfish uses Idaten Typhoon to unleash a powerful gust of circular wind that slashes apart anything in front of him. He then preforms Thunderclap and Flash to dive through the slashes and decapitate their opponent.
* Tenth Form: Rice Cutter - The user combines Dust Whirlwind Cutter and Rice Spirit. Dogfish uses Rice Spirit to release five arched slashes in the shape of a pentagram. He then uses Dust Whirlwind Cutter to spin rapidly in place, increasing the cutting power. This is both offensive and offensive as if the pentagram fails then Dust Whirlwind Cutter will prevent any immediate counters.
* Eleventh Form: Claws-Purifying Spirit - The user combines Claws-Purifying Wind and Rice Spirit. Dogfish uses Rice Spirit to release five arched slashes in the shape of a pentagram. However each slash takes the form as four claw marks, increasing the cutting power.
* Twelfth Form: Rice Wind Tree - The user combines Clean Storm Wind Tree and Rice Spirit. Dogfish uses Clean Storm Wind Tree to defend themselves from every direction. However the slices are in a pentagram similar to Rice Spirit. While there is only 5 slashes, each one becomes stronger and stronger, with the final one being 10 times stronger than the first.
* Thirteenth Form: Rising Rice Storm - The user combines Rising Dust Storm and Rice Spirit. The user releases several slashes (10) above themselves from below their target. The slashes create the shape of a pentagram and therefore creates a pentagram of slices twice.
=== Known Users ===
*Dogfish of the Waves
== Flame Breathing ==
Flame Breathing is one of the five main Breathing Styles directly derived from Sun Breathing. Love Breathing is derived from Flame Breathing.
Flame Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics flames and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve extremely powerful singular strikes which 'burn' their opponents, with most attacks being initiated from a high stance. Users of Flame Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating fire when unleashing its techniques.
This Breathing Style was created from one of Scorching’s students who attempted to learn Sun Breathing, but due to not being as innately powerful as him, they were instead taught an alternated personalized Breathing Style that focused on their individual strengths and weaknesses, which eventually evolved into Flame Breathing.
It is implied that Flame Breathing must never be referred to Fire Breathing as Fire Breathing is written the same as Sun Breathing.
Flame Breathing has 10 techniques in total. Among these, the Ninth Form: Rengoku is an "Esoteric Art" exclusive to the ‘Flaming’ family. The Final Form: Ignite was created by Cactus in order to use Flame Breathing on the level of the Flaming family without the use of the ninth form.
* First Form: Unknowing Fire - The user dashes towards the target at tremendous speeds, before unleashing a singular horizontal slash directed at the targets 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 into a high guard before performing a series of sword slashes which take the form of a flaming tiger enveloping the user.
* Sixth Form: Burning Thrust - The user thrusts their blade at the opponent with enough force to split a boulder from a high guard.
* Seventh Form: Ragging Embers - The user preforms a low horizontal slash from a tail guard. The goal of the move is to immobilize targets or put them of the defensive.
* Eighth Form: Heated Storm - The user spins rapidly in place to defend themselves from every angle. They can also preform this move mid-air to slash in every conceivable direction.
* 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. The technique is powerful enough to completely carve out the ground in its wake. This technique seemingly took the form of a flaming Japanese dragon that envelopes the user as they are charging towards the target.
* Final Form: Ignite - Cactus's personal creation due to being unable to learn the Ninth Form: Rengoku. The user takes their blade and puts it into their second sheath which is attached to the first and has a lid. The second sheath has a highly flammable liquid coating the inside. When Cactus uses one of the eight forms, the blade will ignite, causing increased power to the strike. However, Cactus can also light it prior before hand with his own fire, thus decreasing the original power but increasing the longevity of the burning affect.
=== Known Users ===
*Cactus of the Sparks
== Love Breathing ==
Love Breathing is a Breathing Style derived from Flame Breathing.
Love Breathing is a Breathing Style that is based on the emotion of love. Most, if not all, known techniques form a combination of mid to long-ranged whip-like attacks that utilize the user's own flexibility, dexterity, agility and speed.
This Breathing Style is the personal creation of the Love Hashira, made by altering the Flame Breathing she learned from the Flame Hashira to suit her needs. It takes advantage of her body's unique muscle density, which grants her inhuman strength without making her physically bulky, to deliver fast and powerful blows while moving with incredible flexibility and agility. As it relies on her body's special composition, it is a style only she can use. It can also be assumed that this Breathing Style is most effective with a whip-like katana, however, a regular one can also be used.
Love Breathing has 6 techniques and forms at minimum, with 5 known techniques.
* First Form: Shivers of First Love - The user dashes forward with a series of extended whip slashes that winds around and through the target.
* Second Form: Love Pangs - The user unleashes multiple powerful whip slashes around themselves.
* Third Form: Catlove Shower - The user leaps and unleashes a series of ranged arced attacks in quick succession.
* Fourth Form: Spark of Love - The user preforms a technique similar to Iaijutsu in order to instantly behead their opponent from afar.
* Fifth Form: Swaying Love, Wildclaw - The user somersaults backwards through the air creating a long whip-like string of attacks.
* Sixth Form: Cat-Legged Winds of Love - The user twirls upside-down and creates multiple extending slashing attacks before retracting it and extending it again, all within a very short amount of time.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Stone Breathing ==
Stone Breathing is one of the five main Breathing Styles derived from Sun Breathing. Metal Breathing is derived from Stone Breathing.
Stone Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics earth and stone and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms utilize the ground beneath the user and the vast surroundings to generate powerful and sturdy attacks that specialize in both offense and defense.
The Breathing Style was originally created by one of the Scorching's students who attempted to learn Sun Breathing, but, due them to not being as innately powerful as him, they were unable to master it and was instead taught an alternative personalized Breathing Style by their teacher that focused specifically on their strengths and weaknesses, eventually branching out completely and becoming Stone Breathing.
Stone Breathing can only be used with a flail connected to a axe via a long chain made of the same metal Nichirin Swords use.
Stone Breathing has 5 known techniques and forms at minimum.
* 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 his target.
* Second Form: Upper Smash - The user throws both his axe and spiked flail for a pincer move before smashing down on the chain to cause the flail to then rebound and smash his target from afar.
* Third Form: Stone Skin - The user unleashes a series of slashes with his axe deflecting nearby attacks.
* 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 his opponents using a two pronged wide ranged attack.
* Fifth Form: Arcs of Justice - The user utilizes a powerful barrage with his 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 into the opponent.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Water Breathing ==
Water Breathing is one of the five main Breathing Styles directly derived from Sun Breathing. Flower Breathing and Serpent Breathing are derived from Water Breathing.
Water Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics water, specifically the flow, flexibility and adaptability of the liquid and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques involve the user bending their body, arm and weapon in a fluid motion to match the movements of rushing or flowing water. Users also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating water when unleashing its techniques.
This Breathing Style was originally created by one of Scorching's students who attempted to learn Sun Breathing, but due to not being as innately talented as Scorching, they were instead taught and trained an alternative personalized Breathing Style that focused on their strengths and weaknesses, eventually becoming Water Breathing.
It is said to be the most common Breathing Style among Demon Slayers due to being the easiest to learn for beginners. 
The water that users of Water Breathing visualize themselves manipulating is reminiscent to that of water or oceanic waves being depicted in classical ukiyo-e styled Japanese paintings, ex: The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Water Breathing has 10 techniques, with an eleventh one created and exclusively used by the current Water Hashira, along with numerous modified versions of pre-existing forms.
* First Form: Water Surface Slash - The user crosses their arms and generates enough momentum to release a singular, concentrated slash which is often horizontal.
* 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 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.
* 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 efficiently is enhanced underwater, where the user can draw water around their weapon to create whirling currents enhance their slashes.
** Whirlpool, Flow - A combination of Third Form: Flowing Dance and Sixth Form: Whirlpool. 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 redirect projectiles from multiple angles.
* Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust - The user performs a precise, fast and accurate thrust with their blade
** 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Eleventh Form: Dead Calm - The personal creation of the current Water Hashira. 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. However, its effectiveness is limited as fast and numerous attacks can break through.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Serpent Breathing ==
Serpent Breathing is a Breathing Style derived from Water Breathing.
Serpent Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics serpents/snakes, specifically their slithering motions, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms focuses on twisting and bending the sword like how a serpent slithers, the attacks are not direct and constantly meander which can ultimately strike anywhere. Users of Serpent Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly manifesting white serpents that accompany them when unleashing its techniques.
Since this technique is currently known to only be utilized by the Serpent Hashira, it can only be used with a twisted blade that is similar in appearance to an Indonesian Kris Sword, with the sword's shape modeled into the bodily structure of a snake.
Serpent Breathing has 5 known techniques and forms at minimum.
* First Form: Winding Serpent Slash - The user moves like a slithering snake and releases several slashes in a winding pattern.
* 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.
* 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 curves their sword in multiple directions and slices their opponent, making it capable of decapitating multiple enemies at once.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Flower Breathing ==
Flower Breathing is a Breathing Style derived from Water Breathing.
Flower Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics flowers and fruits and replicates with the user's movements, techniques, and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms are a combination of graceful attacks that focus on agility. This Breathing Style also enhances and utilizes one's vision, albeit at the possible cost of their eyesight. Users of Flower Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating flowers when unleashing its techniques.
Flower Breathing originally has 7 known techniques including the Final Form.
* Second Form: Honorable Shadow Plum - The user releases several rotating sword slashes that deflects incoming physical attacks.
* Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo - The user unleashes 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 - A focusing technique that raises the user's kinetic vision to its maximum, while using this technique the user perceives the world as if it were in slow motion. Usage of the technique, however, is highly dangerous, as the tremendous strain on the eyes could cause blood vessels to rupture and lead to partial or complete blindness. This technique is still usable even if the user only has one fully functional eye.
=== Known Users ===
*N/A
== Insect Breathing ==
Insect Breathing is a Breathing Style derived from Flower Breathing.
Insect Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics insects, specifically their lethal stings and movements, and replicates it with user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms include stabbing, thrusting, and making shallow cuts with a specially coated/made sword to inflict multiple wounds onto the intended target in order to inject various lethal wisteria-based poisons into them. Users of Insect Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly manifesting insects (mainly butterflies) when unleashing its techniques.
This Breathing Style is the personal creation of the Insect Hashira, Venom, who designed it to compensate for her lack of physical strength to behead a demon. Hence, this sword style can only be utilized by her and only using a unique katana with a needle-like tip, resembling an insect's stinger in appearance and function. The "stinger" is designed for injection of Wisteria poison into demons. The blade sheath was also designed as a portable poison mixer, allowing Venom to change the poison that coats her blade at a moment's notice.
Insect Breathing has 4 known techniques and forms at minimum.
* 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 Dragonfly: Compound Eye Hexagon - A six strike attack with which the user aims 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 - An attack with which 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. It is noted that the sheer speed of this technique is strong enough to destroy an entire wooden bridge.
=== Known Users ===
*Venom of the Wasps
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