Darui Hirako

## Appearance

Darui Hiraku is a Middle-aged man with a slightly dark tan skin. He is completely bald with deep blue eyes and a scar around his neck.

Darui He wears a dark blue version of the Demon Slayer Uniform. The sleeves are slightly looser than the rest of uniform. The symbol on the back of his says "decay" instead of "destroy". He wears a drooping indigo haori that practically covers his whole body. He keeps a large dark blue pointed samurai hat over his head and in the direst of battles he puts it on his back

## Personality

Darui Hiraku is a calm, low-ley, laid-back Middle-aged man who mostly doesn't want to be a part of anything that happens in the Demon Slayer Corps. He has been told numerous times be Obanai Iguro to stop slacking. While Hiraku doesn't give a care in the world.

He became a Demon Slayer after being raised in a small village in a swamp area just to get out of the torture of being bullied by others for being "bald at such a young age". He was born with a disease called Alopecia areata that made him deficiently lose hair, being completely bald at 3 months.

He is always Cool and Chill, even in the face of demons. He tries to sympathize with them before killing them, which infuriates Obanai Iguro, while Darui just says to chill down.

During the fight with Muzan, he is seen as one of a few to not lose any body parts or organs, just being extremely exhausted.

## Abilities and powers

**Overall Abilities:** Since he prefers to not fight, no one's really recognized his strength. He is a very skilled and talented swordsman. It was said by a witness that he quickly took out Lower Moon 2, Rokuro. The battle only lasted 2 seconds. He was also seen to easily keep up with Upper Moon 5, Gyokko, as for the whole battle he was just toying with him. He held his ground against Upper Moon 1, Kokushibō and barely started trying when Kokushibo pulled out his true sword

* **Master Swordsman:** When he first became a demon slayer, he disliked using a katana because they were "sharp", so he forged two blunt greatswords in his favor, which largely boosted his proficiency as a demon slayer. Instead of slashing at his opponents, he whacks them and kills them using **Bubbling Tempo**
* **Bubbling Tempo:** The creation of Darui Hiraku, he swipes at a demons head, which manipulates the tempo of the blood in the demons head, causing it to explode.
* **Enhanced Physical Prowess:** As a member of the Hashira, Darui's physique has been increased to superhuman levels through years of harsh training combined with the use of the **Total Concentration: Constant** ( 全集中呼吸 *Zen Shūchū Jōchū*?). The members of the Hashira in general have incredible movement speed, all of them have displayed the capability to use blinding bursts of speed that make it seem like they teleported to even talented swordsman like Tanjirō Kamado.
* **Immense speed, agility, and reflexes:** Darui has immense speed, being able to keep up with Muzan during the fight. Out of all of the Hashira, Darui has the best reflexes, this could be from his **Samarui Art: Observation**. Despite his size, he is very agile. swiftly dodging through all of gyokko's attakcs.
* **Demon Slayer Mark:** Darui unlocked his Mark many years ago, forming as a pattern of abnormal bubbles on his face, this greatly impressed Kokushibo as He believed that all users of the demon slayer mark were to not get pass age 25. Although Darui contradicts this from learning the technique 15 years ago.

### Mental Abilities

* **Enhanced Mental Prowess:** Darui possesses an above average intellect than others, he can process attacks before they can even get to him. He can also closely learn the enemies moves with just one attack from them, as seen in the fight against Gyokko. All of his techniques were created to not miss a single hit, no matter the situation.
* **Samurai Art: Observation** (サムライアート：観察 Samuraiāto: Kansatsu): Formerly being a Samurai, he mastered a technique only the most proficient of Samurai could learn, **Samurai Art: Observation**. This technique is said to be a modified copy of Transparent World, with the user being able to see ALL organs of the body as well as predicting attacks before they even come. A very talented user, Such as Darui, is able to search for their opponents in a huge surroundings, similar to Beast Breathing, **Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness**. This was how he was able to determine which
* **Keen Knowledge:** Being a Hashira for a long time, Darui has gained knowledge from demons and mainly Upper moons. This was how he was able to figure out that Kokushibo could regrow his head before the fight even started. This could also add onto his battle iq, he was easily able to get used to Muzan's attacks.

### Combat techniques

**Bubble Breathing** (泡の呼吸 *Awa no kokyū*) is a breathing styles derived from Mist Breathing and Water Breathing, But mostly Mist breathing. The personal creation of **Darui Hirako**, It allows the user to manipulate dense bubbles that trap and suck the life out of Demons. This Breathing style can only be utilized using two blunt greatswords, centralizing that this breathing style doesn't Involve stabbing or slicing. These Greatswords feature a wide, flat blade with two curved indentations near its base, creating a sort of cross-guard. These swords have the shape of a flounder fish

* **First Form: Raging Bubble Foam** (レイジングバブルフォーム *Reijingubaburufōmu*) - The user swings their blade and five small bubbles appear from the slash. These Small Bubbles hit the ground and expand into massive bubbles, being able to absorb anything, even Muichirō Tokitō's mist.

* **Second Form:** **Calm shower, Diverging Bubbles** (穏やかなシャワー、発散する泡 *Odayakana Shawā, Hassan Suru Awa*) - The user dashes at blinding speeds, causing Massive bubbles to form in its wake.

* **Third Form: Soap Bomb Imprisonment** (石 鹸 爆 弾 投 獄 *Sekken Bakudan Tōgoku*) - Similar to Mist Breathing, **Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash**, the user performs a Powerful circular slash that turns into a Supermassive bubble that traps all of those around it.

* **Fourth Form:** **Bubble Breath Beam** (バブルブレスビーム *Baburuburesubīmu*) - The user inhales a mouthful of air and blows it all out, creating hundreds of tiny bubbles than explode on impact. This attack easily countered Gyokko's **Ten Thousand Gliding Slime-Fish** as it was able to conceal the poison the fish held and dispersing it into the air as clean air.

* **Fifth Form: Tormenting Fizz, Quintuple Ripple** (苦しめるフィズ、5倍のリップル *Kurushimeru Fizu, 5-bai No Rippuru*) - The user leaps high into the leap and unleashes five large bubbles that expand into Extremely Massive bubbles that had were larger than small houses. Everything inside these Bubbles will be torn apart in the bubble as it whirls in place.

* **Sixth Form: Bubble Trap** (バブルトラップ *Baburutorappu*) - The user taps the victim with the tip of the hilt, causing a bubble to form around the victim, rendering the victim destabilized. This technique was mainly made for interrogation for the Demon Slayer Corps. The demon loses their ability to use any attacks while in the bubble. This bubble can also protect the demon from the sun for the deadly rays that kill demons cannot penetrate the bubble.

* **Seventh Form: Bungee Bubble!** (バンジーバブル！*Banjībaburu!*) - The user inhales all of oxygen they can, and delivers a lightspeed like attack that brutally damages the internal organs of the victim. This Technique easily penetrated Kokushibō's Transparent world. This attack does take a toll on the user, causing extreme exhaustion for them.

* **Ultimate Art: Planetary Supermassive Fume Dome** (惑星超巨大ヒュームドーム *Wakusei Chōkyodai Hyūmudōmu*) - **Bubble Breathing's** Strongest Technique. The user, with the help of their Demon Slayer Mark, Swings their blade numerous times, causing an **Extremely Supermassive Bubble** to expand from the user. This was calculated to be 300 feet tall with a huge diameter. Everything inside this bubble starts experience immense g-force as the bubble starts to slowly implode on itself. Numerous bubbles form and swarm around the massive bubble, making it seem like a beautiful bubble show

## Trivia

* "Hiraku" means to Expand or Open.
* Darui doesn't have any close relationships with anyone, only being mildly fond of Muichirō Tokitō.
* Darui claims he would only drink fresh water, but he eats salad for nutrients.
* Darui is a vegetarian, his favorited meal is Japanese Cucumber Salad.
* He mostly sleeps throughout most of the day.
* He doesn't believe in violently stabbing demons to death, rather "burst" them.
* Mitsuri Kanroji mentions how "abnormal" Darui's weapons are.
* He only decides to go on missions when he feels like it. The only example in the series was when he went to the swordsmith village with Muichiro.