Blossom Breathing

The **Blossom Breathing** {花びらの呼吸 *Hanabira no kokyū*} is a breathing style branched out from Cherry Blossom Breathing, which itself is branched out from Flower Breathing.

Blossom Breathing is the creation of **umeko yamamoto** and is currently being used by **Blossom Hashira, umeko Yamamoto**(It is also used by normal slayers in the corps). Blossom Breathing mimics flower blossoms, flower petals, and other plants, specifically their beauty and grace that they hold. The techniques of the Blossom Breathing optimize the users agility and flexibility like Flower Breathing.

## Techniques

1. **First Petal: Blooming Spirit** -The user circles around their opponent with speed and delivers 8 slashes to their opponent.
2. **Second Petal: Flowering Blossoms** - The user runs at full speed in a zigzag pattern to generate enough momentum, creating 15 powerful stabs into their opponent. The blinding speed and erratic pattern also serve to throw the opponent into confusion and create an appropriate opening very similar to the Insect Breathing, Centipede Dance: Hundred-Legged Zigzag but there's no poison.
3. **Third Petal: Blossom Soul** - The user dashes towards their opponent at high speed and delivers 5 rotational slashes to their opponent.
4. **Fourth Petal: Thriving Blossom Shield** - The user releases several rotational sword slashes deflecting their opponents attacks like Flower Breathing Second Form, Honorable Shadow Plum.
5. **Fifth Petal: Blossoming** **Vines** - The user jumps over their opponent during invasion and delivers 7 rotational slashes to their opponent that has a burning pain after effect (to the opponent).
6. **Final Petal: Fully Bloomed Flower** - The user repeats the following forms until sunrise like Sun Breathing, Thirteenth Form but it goes in any order the user desires.
7. **First Fallen Petal: Bloomed Blossom God** - The fallen petal forms may only be used by the kaedehara family as the breathing style was created by **umeko Yamamoto.** The user repeats the following forms like the last one but in finale circles their opponent in the shape of a cherry blossom before decapitating their opponent.
8. **Second Fallen Petal: Withered Blossoms** - The user charges towards their opponent after invasion and delivers 7 deep slashes into their opponent .
9. **Third Fallen Petal: Blooming Spring Flower** - The user slides under their opponent before invasion and releases 4 rotational slashes into their opponent or just simply decapitates their opponent.
10. **Fourth Fallen Petal: Swirling Blossom Storm** - The user jumps over their opponent with a flurry of blossoms and in mid-air delivers 3 slashes to their opponent.
11. **Fifth Fallen Petal: Gazing Cherry Blossom Petals** - The user dashes towards their opponent at blinding speeds with a cherry blossom petal trail and delivers 16 slashes towards their opponent.
12. **Final Fallen Petal: Burning Floral Eyes** - This form makes the users vision to it's very maximum and is able to see the world in slow motion but the form is highly dangerous to use because it can leave you permanently blind because of the pressure it sets on the eyes. You can still use the form even if the user only has one eye available like Flower Breathing **Final Form: Equinoctial Vermilion Eye**.