Nakime

**Nakime** is a main antagonist of both Demon Slayer and Demon Slayer: Blade of the Night. She is a demon working under Muzan Kibutsuji who, uniquely, is not a member of the 12 Kizuki.

## **Appearance:**

Nakime is a short, pale woman with extremely long black hair, whose length is such that it reaches down to her shins whenever she stands, and whose fringe usually covered her eyes. She wears a simple, black kimono with no other distinctive features

Nakime also only possesses a single eye, revealed one her fringe was opened. It is unknown, but highly likely, that her eyes only fused into one shortly before the events of the Infinity Castle Arc. Her pupil is colored pink.

## **Personality:**

Nearly nothing is known about Nakime's personality, given her almost total silence and lack of response. It is unknown how much she is actually aware and perceiving of events, given the scope of her ability being too large for her brain. It is implied, however, mostly due to her strategic thinking, that she is able to think and act according to coherent thought.

Most of all, Nakime has expressed frustration at one of her stored fighters being taken down, and subsequently, her underestimation of Seiji Kosetsu's skill.

## **Synopsis:**

Nearly nothing is known about Nakime's past, but it is implied that she is incredibly ancient.

## **Abilities:**

**Immeasurable Strength:** Yet to be displayed, but it can be inferred that Nakime is immensely powerful due to the amount of demonic blood she possesses.

**Immeasurable Speed:** Nakime is incredibly fast, displayed by her quick reflexes and thinking during the battle.

**Immeasurable Durability:** Yet to be displayed, Nakime can be inferred to be extremely durable and resistant

**Immeasurable Regeneration:** Nakime is capable of regenerating at immense speeds due to the amount of Muzan's blood she has on her body.

**Genius Intellect:** Nakime, despite lacking many outputs when it comes to discussions and strategies, has displayed a powerful intellect by her control over the Infinity Castle all the while strategizing her movements and the placement of certain fighters

## **Fighting Style:**

**Back-up Army:** Nakime has an array of demons that she can bring upon her foes with a multitude of powers. A bunch of them have been noted to have been the origins of many Japanese Myths. It can be noted that they are independent entities, who were merely entrapted within the Infinity Castle. Currently, only two are known:

* **The Daidarabotchi:** Spawning as three separate entities, the Nurarihyon, the Otoroshi and the Nozechi, who, upon all three being decapitated, their bodies will morph and fuse into the demon's true body. The Daidarabotchi is incredibly large, to the point where a single fingernail is roughly the size of a house. The Daidarabotchi, due to its size and immense destructive power, is also very frail, to the point where relatively weak cuts will force its skin to burst with other creatures, such as giant centipedes and spiders.

* **Yamata no Orochi:** An eight-headed, eight-tailed dragon. Its abilities are unknown, but it is notably stronger than The Daidarabotchi, given that Nakime considered it to be strong enough to beat Seiji Kosetsu after his victory against the former, and it indeed kept Seiji at bay until the end of the battle, surviving the encounter.

### **Blood Demon Art:**

**Infinity Castle** *(Ikukan Mugen-Jo)*: Nakime has a total reign over the pocket-dimension known as the Infinity Castle, and with it, she has an array of methods to dispose of her foes, both with the use of demons trapped within her castle, or simple geometry. She is capable of spawning portals of entrance to the dimension in the form of shoji doors on a place of her choosing. Inside the castle, she can move around rooms and doors like her whole body, and has developed enough so that her biwa is secondary to her control, being only a medium for her to more accurately move things around. The castle's limitation is that it isn't endless, as it only loops around, making it so Nakime can't simply throw her opponents into some far away place where they couldn't, within their lifetimes, escape.

## **Equipment:**

Biwa: A Biwa fashioned from her flesh. It has no special properties beyond being a medium for Nakime to control the castle.

## **Trivia:**

* Nakime's name can be broken down into [Naki], meaning "To Cry/Call" and [Me], meaning "Woman"
* Nakime's lack of promotion to the rank of a Kizuki, her implied age and her power indicates that she is part of something entirely external to the 12 Kizuki, though the nature of this group, or its very existence, are still mysteries.