Gyomei Himejima

## Introduction

Gyomei is a hulking figure among the Demon Slayers. He is one of the tallest characters in the series, easily towering over his fellow Hashira. He is powerfully built and extremely muscular. He has spiky black hair and a prominent scar running horizontally across his forehead. Having been blind since childhood, he has white eyes with no visible irises or pupils. His eyes frequently tear-up when he gets emotional.

### Character Details

As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Gyomei is a very powerful and skilled combatant. He is stated by both Tanjiro and Inosuke to be the strongest Demon Slayer in the entire Demon Slayer Corps. As stated by Tengen Uzui, Gyomei gained the rank of a Hashira in a mere two months. This is further given credence by Kokushibo, who noted that Gyomei's natural physical abilities have been trained to their absolute peak and also stated that in the last three hundred years, he has not encountered a warrior of Gyomei's caliber. He was also able put up a fight against the strongest Upper Rank for a brief time without the use of his Demon Slayer Mark, further showing the extent of his skill. Moreover, Kokushibo noted that Gyomei and Sanemi were two of the more highly skilled combatants, even among the ranks of the Hashira. After the fight, Gyomei, who was injured and slightly fatigued, was able to contribute to driving Muzan Kibutsuji, the Demon King, into a corner.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier**: easily **9-A**, up to **8-C** higher with red nichirin, easily **8-B**

**Name**: Gyomei Himejima

**Series**: Kimetsu no Yaiba

**Age**: 27

**Classification**: Human, Demon Slayer, Stone Breather

**Powers and Abilities**: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Slayers are capable of taking down demons who fight at close quarters with usually superior physical capabilities), Weapon Mastery (To become a slayer you must pass an exam that forces you to be proficient and even have mastered swordsmanship.) Acrobatics (Slayers must be able to match highly agile demons.) Statistics Amplification (Total Concentration Breathing makes the user become much stronger and faster) Accelerated Development (To become an official slayer you need to be able to adapt quickly to demons that are shown in final selection) Shockwave Creation (Breathing Styles can allow swordsman to create small shockwaves in the area.) Pain Suppression, Regeneration (Low; Total Concentration Breathing can stop hemorrhages)
Enhanced Senses Perception Amplification, Information Analysis, Enhanced Sight, Analytical Prediction (Transparent world makes time appear to slow and allows the user to directly see blood flow, and muscle function allowing to predict future movements.), Heat Manipulation (Via read nichirin)

**Attack Potency**: **Small Building Level** (Vastly above the likes of a Tanjiro, who can split a boulder in half), **High-Rise Level** (Should be far above the likes of lower moon demons, considering people like Tanjiro can fight on par with them), **City Block Level** (Could damage the likes of Muzan, who can output shockwaves that cause a mini earthquake) **Higher**, **City Block Level** (Should be above the likes of Doma, who can create an Ice Statue, while being severely weakned by being poisoned by Shinobu, can also damage people like Kokushibou)

**Speed**: **Supersonic+** (Gyomei was reacting to and damaging the likes of Kokushibou, who is an upper moon, this same Kokushibou is vastly above the likes of a Zenitsu, who can move fast enough to the point where Kaigaku can't react), **Hypersonic** (Is capable of fighting with the likes of Kokushibou, who would vastly be above someone like Tengen, considering Tengen was relative to an Upper Moon 6, who was being held back by his sister)

**Durability**: **Small Building Level** (Superior to a weak Tanjiro who was capable of cutting boulders bigger than himself) **High-Rise Level** (capable of fighting on par with Lower Moon level demons with ease even dominating the fight.) possibly **City Block Level** (During the fight with Muzan was compared to Kanao and Inosuke being praised by him.)

**Stamina**: **Superhuman** (Can fight on par with Hashira and Upper Moon Demons.)

**Intelligence**: **Gifted** (When fighting against Kokushibo, he realised that the Upper Rank was overpowering him in a way that was supernatural but still could be obtained or countered somehow. When he gained access to the Transparent World, he surmised that his eyes gave him the ability to access this special world as well and instinctively learned how to use this to his advantage, even going as far as to manipulating his own blood flow and breathing to disrupt Kokushibo's attacks. Upon seeing Muzan's special constitution, he immediately deduced that he needed to attack all twelve of his vital organs simultaneously to deal significant damage to him)

**Weakness**: (Is blind)

**Notable Attacks and Techniques:**
**Breath of Stone** (*Iwa no kokyū*): A Breath Style that mimics earth and stone and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms utilize the ground beneath the user and the vast surroundings to generate powerful and sturdy attacks that specialize in both offense and defense.

In his own version of this Breath Style, Gyomei incorporates his superhuman sense of hearing and physical strength to utilize a spiked flail and axe to use its techniques. As the Stone Pillar, Gyomei is his generation's most skilled Breath of Stone user. He displayed mastery of this Breath Style in his battle against Kokushibo, where he was able to unleash attacks that were able to match the demon's Breath of the Moon techniques.

* **First Form: Serpentinite: Twin Poles** (*Ichi no kata: Jamongan - Sōkyoku*) - The user throws both the flail and axe towards their intended target and manipulates the chain by rotating it thus causing the axe and flail to also rotate in order to drill and grind right through his target.

* **Second Form: Celestial Surface Smash** (*Ni no kata: Tenmen Kudaki*) - The user throws both his axe and spiked flail for a pincer move before smashing down on the chain to cause the flail to then rebound and smash his target from afar.

* **Third Form: Igneous Reflection** (*San no kata: Ganku no Hadae*) - The user unleashes a series of slashes with his axe deflecting nearby attacks.

* **Fourth Form: Rhyolite: Rapid Conquest** (*Shi no kata: Ryūmongan - Sokusei*) - The user manipulates both the flail and axe weapons at both ends of the chain by swinging the chain on both sides in order to strike his opponents using a two pronged wide ranged attack.

* **Fifth Form: Stone Wheel of Justice** (*Go no kata: Garin Gyōbu*) - The user utilizes a powerful barrage with his flail and axe, doing a great amount of damage. The axe is destined to hit first with the trajectory of the flail following from the opposite side and slamming into the opponent.

Category:Demon Slayer