Haragiri

## Portrayal

**Haragiri** is an antagonist in Demon Slayer: Blade of the Night. He is a demon who used to work for Takao Umirashi, before accepting Akaza's offer and joining Muzan's ranks in a currently unknown position.

## **Appearance:**

Haragiri is a tall man with an aged, unkempt appearance, having long gray hair down to his neck. Despite this, his face is relatively youthful, and he has a very thin beard. Haragiri, despite his height, often moves with a hunched back, making him appear shorter than he really is

Haragiri wears an old suit, which has been weathered by the nature itself, with its black color appearing grayish and discolored, alongside both his white shirt and black tie appearing to be quite loose.

## **Personality:**

Haragiri's personality is hardly known. His sparing appearances feature him being quite lazy at his own job, given how intensely powerful his ability is, the fact that he only does the bare minimum of what's required of him does indicate that he doesn't much care for his work, or people in general

It is unknown what led him to joining Takao, as he was the first demon the Tsuguko recruited, and furthermore, this reason gets put into question when taking into account why he changed sides so mindlessly, doing so because his colleagues were now dead, and this was seemingly the only reason why he was still with the slayers. Such contradictions have yet to be answered.

Haragiri, however, does care for his demon partners, seeing how he patted Mizushi's head to congratulate him for a job well done. He didn't react to their deaths in an outward, nor dramatic manner, and even joined their killer, so this care is debatable.

## **Synopsis:**

Nothing is known about Haragiri's backstory.

## **Abilities:**

**Monumental Strength:** While difficult to calculate when taking his ability into account, Haragiri can be assumed to be extremely physically powerful, given he was Umirashi's strongest demon by a large margin

**Monumental Speed:** Haragiri has yet to display his speed, mostly due to a lack of trying, but he can be assumed to be extremely fast, as he was able to unload countless sword slashes in quick succession without reaching his maximum speed.

**Monumental Durability:** Haragiri has yet to take any blows, but it can be assumed he is very durable, and capable of sustaining heavy damage.

**Immense Regeneration:** Since Haragiri has yet to be wounded, it too can only be assumed his regeneration speed is quite notable.

## **Fighting Style:**

**(At Least) Moderate Swordsman:** Haragiri has yet to display any sort of major swordsmanship, as until now, his sword was only a medium to unleash his Blood Demon Art, but it can be affirmed he is at least competent with his weapon.

### **Blood Demon Art:**

**Force Projection:** Currently unnamed, Haragiri's Blood Demon Art gives him the ability of increase and expand the force that he generates, from already naturally powerful sword slashes being turned into tower-cleaving cuts, to merely pressing his palm against the ground causing a localized earthquake. Haragiri has yet to display the full brunt of this ability, but he has even been noted to be immensely powerful by Akaza.

## **Equipment:**

**Regular Katana:** Haragiri's only equipment is a Katana. It may be made from his own flesh, but that remains currently unknown. Even if it is indeed made from his flesh it seems to have no additional effect beyond being a medium for his Blood Demon Art

## **Battles:**

* Haragiri vs Mizushi (Flashback)
* Haragiri vs Kyuzo (Flashback)
* Haragiri, Mizushi, Ueru, Kyuzo and Hibitaro vs Akaza

## **Trivia:**

* Haragiri's name is a different reading of the kanji for the word "Haragiri", a ritual disembowelment suicide from Japanese culture, usually reserved for dishonored samurai, willing to preserve honor for their families, or groups. How this meaning applies to Harakiri is currently unknown