Kanao Kamado

## Portrayal

**Kanao Tsuyuri-Kamado** is a minor supporting character in Demon Slayer, and once again in Demon Slayer: Blade of the Night. She is a Demon Slayer, and the current Flower Pillar. She is the adopted sister of Shinobu and Kanae Kocho.

## **Appearance:**

Kanao is a relatively short woman with large, somewhat unnerving eyes of a dark lilac color that are framed by thick eyelashes. She has a pale completion, and straight black hair, with the tips being bright pink in color. Her hair reaches about her waist in length. She keeps her hair loose, with a pink and green butterfly ornament fastened to the back of her head.

Kanao wears a slightly purple-tinted version of the Pillar Uniform. Instead of the average Hakama pants, Kanao wears a long skirt, reaching just before her knees. Kanao, to this day, wears a white cloak fastened on one side by a dark pink triple knot. The cloak, however, is considerably longer than the one she wore as a teenager, now reaching down to her ankles, and being capable of concealing her whole body if she so wishes.

## **Personality:**

Kanao is a quiet, somewhat intimidating woman with a generally powerful presence. Her gaze is often met with fear and her soft-spoken behavior tends to be mistaken for disdain.

In truth, Kanao is incredibly kind, and often feels like she should be harsher on the Flower Sect trainees, as she is forgiving to a point of almost naivety, such as verbally permitting certain trainees to take unscheduled breaks because they "look unwell". She often tries to be kind and nice to all she meets, but due to her intense gaze and emotionless face, she rarely actually manages to connect with anyone.

Kanao's family life is very good, however, as her husband and her son understand her quite well, even if her relationship with Tori is more distant, since the girl doesn't understand her quite well yet. It's difficult to interpret Kanao's emotions, so that makes talking to her otherworldly unnerving to most at a subconscious level.

## **Synopsis:**

Kanao lived an impoverished lifestyle before she was taken in by Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho. Her parents were incredibly abusive towards her and her siblings, beating them and drowning them if they did anything they disliked. She broke psychologically because of this, becoming an empty shell who was eventually sold off into slavery.

Coming across her by chance, Shinobu and Kanae Kocho distracted the man leading Kanao around, and took her to the Butterfly Mansion, from where Kanao was properly cleaned and treated, starting off a path to a better life.

## **Abilities:**

**Monumental Strength:** Kanao, as a Pillar, is quite physically powerful, even if she has yet to display it.

**Monumental Speed:** Kanao is quite fast, and as a Pillar, she should be immensely swift and agile.

**Enhanced Vision:** Kanao's eyes grant her special vision, with which she is able to predict her opponents' next moves despite not using the Transparent World as far as it is known.

**Total Concentration Breathing:** As she has mastered the Flower Breathing, Kanao has access to the Total Concentration Breathing.

**Demon Slayer Mark:** While not shown, Kanao has unlocked her Demon Slayer Mark.

## **Fighting Style:**

**Master Swordswoman:** Kanao is one of the most capable fighters among the Demon Slayer Core, and she's currently the strongest user of the Flower Breathing to ever exist. Most impressive of all is how she is self-taught, and her swordswomanship is commended by Doma, who, admittedly, may not have a great footing for his opinion, but still goes to show how capable she was, since the age of 16.

### **Breathing Style:**

**Flower Breathing** *(Hana no Kokyu):* Kanao has mastered and developed the Flower Breathing, using it to fight, and representing it as its strongest user. Kanao is almost entirely self-taught, and has not only spread the Style to a larger group of users, but has also developed two new powerful Forms.

#### **Techniques:**

* **First Form: Twirling Lotus** *(Ichi no Kata: Hine Kuru Rotasu)* - The user will strike in front of them a couple of times in twisting movements, meant to be used as a quick counter

* **Second Form: Honorable Shadow Plum** *(Ni no Kata: Mikage Ume)* - The user releases several rotating sword slashes that deflect incoming physical attacks.

* **Third Form: Moonlit Orchid** *(San no Kata: Tsukiakari no Ran)* - The user will strike upwards in winding movements in proximity to their body, once again used as a counter or quick defensive movement.

* **Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo** *(Shi no Kata: Beni Hanagoromo)* - The user unleashes a single sword slash that curves and twists gracefully.

* **Fifth Form: Peonies of Futility** *(Go no Kata: Ada no Shakuyaku)* - The user unleashes a flurry of nine consecutive attacks that flow and weave in on themselves.

* **Sixth Form: Whirling Peach** *(Roku no Kata: Uzumomo)* - A technique used after or during evasion, the user spins around moving with their body weight to deliver an attack.

* **Seventh Form: Blossoming Woods** *(Shichi no Kata: Hayashi no Kaika)* - The user will slash all around the target, hitting them countless times in a second. This technique must be performed by a user with above average eyesight

* **Eighth Form: Flying Lotuses** *(Hachi no Kata: Soratobu Hasu)* - The user performs a series of eight horizontal slashes that all tie in to one another, being able to destroy an enemy's defenses with the unrelenting blows

* **Final Form: Equinoctial Vermilion Eye** *(Tsui no Kata: Higan Shugan)* - 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.

## **Equipment:**

**Standard Nichirin Sword:** Kanao carries around a standard Nichirin Katana, which is colored light pink, as expected from a Flower Breathing user. Her handguard is circular shaped with a light pastel blue center and border, filled 3 red five-leaved flowers and a winding pattern that is light green in color.

## **Familiars:**

**Isuzu:** Kanao's crow, Isuzu worries for her, even for the most minor of things.

## **Trivia:**

* Kanao's name has no internal meanings, due to the fact that it is written in Katakana, rather than Kanji. However, the word [Kanao], when written with Kanji, have a multitude of meanings, ranging from "Flower", to "Gentle", and even "Straightforward". Her chosen surname, [Tsuyuri], can be split into [Tsu], meaning "Chestnut", [Yu], meaning "Flower/Blossom" and [Ri], meaning "Fall". And finally, her newly gained surname, [Kamado], is split into [Kama], meaning "Charcoal Furnace", and [Do], meaning "Door".
* Kanao has no favorite food, but her favorite drink is ramune.
* Kanao's openness is about 10%
* While Kanao's relationship with her daughter Tori is a little distant due to them naturally not being capable of properly understanding eachother, Kanao and her son Ran are incredibly close, as they are very similar personality-wise.
* Kanao's views on her fellow Pillars are as follows:
	+ Tanjiro: *I love him.*
	+ Giyu: *He is nice.*
	+ Kyojuro: *He is very nice.*
	+ Gyomei: *I like him.*
	+ Sanemi: *I don't like him.*
	+ Zenitsu: *He is nice.*
	+ Seiji: *He is very rude.*
	+ Daisuke: *He is lazy.*
	+ Obanai: *He is rude.*
	+ Murata: *He is there.*
	+ Shinobu: *I love her.*
	+ Mitsuri: *She is very nice.*
	+ Senjuro: *He is quiet.*
	+ Suguru: *I don't like him.*
	+ Muichiro: *He is fine.*
	+ Inosuke: *He is loud.*
	+ Aki: *He is fine.*
	+ Tengen: *He was loud.*