Beast Breathing

**Beast Breathing** (獣の呼吸, *Kedamono no Kokyū*?) is a Breathing Style that is distantly derived from Wind Breathing.

## Overview

Beast Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics beasts/wild animals, specifically their unpredictable, ferocious and wild nature, including their movements, attacks and senses, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms are simple, straight-forward yet wild, unpredictable and animalistic movements and attacks, although one of them utilizes the powerful sense of touch to replicate an animal's primal senses. Users of Beast Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly manifesting the fangs and claw slashes of a wild animal when unleashing its techniques.

After the death of Muzan Kibutsuji, Beast Breathing, like Sun Breathing and the other Breathing Styles, became a ritual dance known as the **Kedamononokami Kagura** (獣の神 神楽, *Kedamononokami Kagura*?), lit. "Dance of the Beast God") offered to both the legendary creature, Raiju, and the Four Symbols (Chinese: 四象, *pinyin: *Sì Xiàng**?, lit. "Four Images") (a.k.a the "Four Guardian Beasts of Japan"): Suzaku the Vermilion Bird, Seiryū the Azure Dragon, Genbu the Black Totoise/Black Warrior, and Byakko the White Tiger. This was done by the Hashibira family.

## Weaponry used with this Breathing Style

Most known users of the Beast Breathing have wielded Nichirin swords whose blade is indigo-gray in color in a serrated sharp edge.

Also, since this Breathing Style is personally created and self-taught by Inosuke Hashibira after living in the mountains and fighting for survival, it can be assumed that it can only be utilized by someone with dual Nichirin katanas and an extremely acute sense of touch.

## Known Users

* Beast Breathing Users
* Kedamononokami Kagura Users

## Techniques

Beast Breathing has ten known techniques with an improvisation technique created during Inosuke's fight with Doma. Unlike other Breathing techniques, only supplement moves are called "Forms", as assaulting Beast Breathing moves are called "Fangs" instead.

## Description

* **First Fang: Pierce** (壱ノ牙: 穿ち抜き, *Ichi no kiba: Ugachi Nuki*?) - The user stabs the target's neck with both blades.
* **Second Fang: Slice** (弐ノ牙: 切り裂き, *Ni no kiba: Kirisaki*?) - The user unleashes a double slash with two blades in an X-shaped cut.
* **Third Fang: Devour** (参ノ牙: 喰い裂き, *San no kiba: Kuizaki*?) - The user releases simultaneous horizontal slashes towards the target's throat to decapitate them.
* **Fourth Fang: Slice 'n' Dice** (肆ノ牙: 切細裂き, *Shi no kiba: Kiri Komazaki*?) - The user delivers multiple diagonal double slashes with both swords.
* **Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting** (伍ノ牙: 狂い裂き, *Go no kiba: Kuruizaki*?) - The user slices everything in all directions while in mid-air.
* **Sixth Fang: Palisade Bite** (陸ノ牙: 乱杭咬み, *Roku no kiba: Ranguigami*?) - The user releases simultaneous slashes with two swords from both directions in a saw-like movement.
* **Seventh Form: Spatial Awareness** (漆ノ型: 空間識覚, *Shichi no kata: Kūkan Shikikaku*?) - The user utilizes their sense of touch to identify the position of enemies and their weaknesses by feeling small disturbances in the air. This technique was so strong that Inosuke Hashibira could sense all the demons spread out through a whole mountain.
* **Eighth Form: Explosive Rush** (捌ノ型: 爆裂猛進, *Hachi no kata: Bakuretsu Mōshin*?) - The user charges towards their opponent at blinding speeds, ignoring all incoming attacks.
* **Ninth Fang: Extending Bendy Slash** (玖ノ牙: 伸・うねり裂き, *Ku no kiba: Shin - Unerizaki*?) - The user dislocates the joints of their arm to increase the range of their attack, and then unleashing a fast-swinging forward strike.
* **Tenth Fang: Whirling Fangs** (拾ノ牙: 円転旋牙, *Jū no kiba: Enten Senga*?) - The user rapidly spins their swords in a circular motion, deflecting enemy attacks such as projectiles.
* **Improvised Fang: Sudden Throwing Strike** (即興ノ牙: 思いつきの投げ裂き, *Sokkyō no kiba: Omoitsuki no Nagesaki*?) - The user throws both of their blades in a spinning motion at an enemy.

## Trivia

* In the official Demon Slayer manga, whenever a Beast Breathing user performs their techniques, they visualize themselves creating slashes that are bright gray in color with a black outline. However in the anime, the slashes are bright white fading to light blue in color with the same black outlines instead.