Muzan Kibutsuji

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## Complete Nightmare

* Anime
* Manga

### Alias

Muzan Kibutsuji
Lord Muzan
Master Muzan
Lord Kibutsuji
His Lordship
Tsukihiko
Toshikuni
That Man
Daddy (by his daughter)
Coward (by Tamayo)

### Allies

* Kokushibou
* Doma
* Akaza
* Hantengu
* Gyokko
* Daki
* Gyutaro
* Nakime
* Kaigaku
* Enmu
* Rui
* Kyogai (formerly)
* Susamaru and Yahaba
* Snake Demon

Tamayo (formerly)
Other demons

### Resources

Genius-level intelligence
Human consumption empowerment
Supernatural physical attribution
Supernatural strength
Supernatural regeneration
Immerse resourcefulness
Cunning
Charisma
Psychological manipulation
Absorption
Body manipulation
Multilingualism
Intimidation
Durability
Invulnerability (save sunlight)
Shapeshifting
Strategy and tactics
Shockwave emission that can disrupt opponents' nervous systems
Mouths on his body can suck opponents towards him
Expertise in pharmacology
Can harbor multiple hearts and brains in his body
Meticulousness
Ability to hide and blend into human society
Self-fragmentation
Resurrection (so long as there are at least 300 flesh fragments left)
Allusion
**Muzan's Demonic Blood**:
Demon siring through injection into others' bodies
Reading minds of his minions at close range
Function as tracking devices of his minions from afar
Telepathy and memory transference to his minions
Strengthen subordinate Demons
Excessive amount of injection can disintegrate others' bodies
Corporimancy
Analyze and break down poisons in his body
**Blood Demon Art**:
Black Blood: Brambles

### Goals

Survive from his illness (succeeded).
Destroy the Demon Slayer Corps and conquer the world.
Become an absolutely perfect being/immortal and eradicate humanity by turning them into demons (both failed).
Kill Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado (formerly).
Overcome his weakness to the sun by devouring Nezuko (failed).
Turn Tanjiro into a demon (posthumously, succeeded until Tanjiro was cured) and influence him to destroy the Demon Slayers (failed).

### What Makes Them Ridiculous

Creating every demon in existence.
Programming or tasking his demons to devour humans.
Causing countless humans to either die or be turned into man-eating demons.
Killing half of Tanjiro's family including mother and siblings.
Turning Nezuko into a demon against her will despite Nezuko being a mere child.
Destroying Nakime even though she was possessed by Yuishiro.

### Cool/Complex/Good Qualities

His past gives more depth to his character since he was neglected and treated unfairly due to his terminal illness.
His overall design looks cool and his theme song sounds intimidating.
Toshihiko Seki and Greg Chun's amazing performance of his voice.
He is famous on the internet for multiple Michael Jackson memes.
The scene where he confronting Tanjiro and Giyu is used as a famous dialogue editing meme on the Internet in Korea.

### Most Evil Crimes

Mass murder (inc. child murder)
Unlawful human mutations
Genocide
Malefic
Mutilation
Cannibalism
Terrorism
Nigh-omnicide (indirectly)
Abuse of power
Mass destruction
Suicide inducement
Mass torture
Treason
Psychological abuse
Corruption
Brainwashing
Conspiracy
Death threats
Domestic abuse
Mass vandalism
Usurpation
Attempted world domination

### Type of CN

Egotistical Immortality-Seeker

**Muzan Kibutsuji** (鬼舞辻無慘, *Kibutsuji Muzan*) is the main antagonist of the *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba* fantasy horror manga and anime series.

Muzan was once originally a human 1,000 years ago until he is cursed and became the very first demon. He was then the progenitor of most demons and the leader of the Twelve Demon Moons. He is also the arch-nemesis of both Tanjiro Kamdao and his little sister, Nezuko Kamado and he is also the worst of enemy of the Demon Slayer Corps, and was responsible for killing their family and turning Nezuko into a demon with his blood and made Tanjiro depressed as an orphan. He created every demon in existence and either programs or tasks them to devour humans, which makes their crimes fall into his shoulders as well. This causes many humans to die due to the countless demon creatures, creating a sort of war between demons and the demon hunters.

He was voiced by Toshihiko Seki in the Japanese version, while he was voiced by Greg Chun in the English dub.

## What Makes Him a Complete Nightmare?

* He murdered the doctor who tried to cure him by using the Blue Spider Lily.
* He killed 5 wives by violent remarks during the Heian period.
* After Muzan became a demon, he vowed to find a way to conquer the sun and cheat death during the daytime. This resulted in him mass spreading demon kind by turning innocent humans into demons or obviously killing them, having no qualms or regards for his actions in order to conquer the sunlight.
	+ He would also make other demons turn against one another, resulting in eating each other to avoid being a target for what he had done.
* He murdered several Demon Slayers in the past.
* He also turned Sizu, Sanemi's mother into a demon which made her attack and murder five out of the seven children in Sanemi's family.
* He forced Sanemi to kill Sizu in order to protect Genya.
* He turned Rui into a demon and encouraged him to know that his family isn't worth his time.
* He converted various humans with issues and tragic backgrounds by tempting them and then manipulated them into killing other humans, meaning that Muzan's corruption caused numerous deaths.
* He put a curse on the Ubuyashiki Family for birthing him as still-born and inflicted them with the same disease he got as a human, causing a lot of deaths in the clan.
* He tricked Tamayo into becoming a Demon by withholding the details that she would gain a hunger for humans, which led to her killing her family.
* He ordered Kokushibo to kill the Demon Slayer Corps and the Ubuyashiki leader for vengeance against Yoriichi for almost killing him.
* He murdered Tanjiro's family in cold blood and turned his sister, Nezuko, into a demon.
* He once turned an innocent man into a demon in front of the public as a distraction to ensure he isn't exposed or killed by Tanjiro.
* He killed off two drunk men when he was on his way back to lead his kind, then shared his blood with an innocent woman, but ends up killing her without regards.
	+ To be fair, Muzan did genuinely try to leave them alone, only attacking the men after they provoked him, but killing the woman was completely uncalled for.
* He sent Susamaru and Yahaba to kill Tanjiro after witnessing him under fear.
* He put a curse on all his Demons, which would trigger and kill them if they happened to mention his name.
* He murdered all of the Lower ranks of the Demon Moons without hesitation due to the death of Rui, seeing them as useless and he no longer needed them.
* He ordered Enmu to go kill Tanjiro, leading to Enmu nearly devouring 200 people on the Mugen train and then sent Akaza, knowing Enmu would likely fail, leading to Kyojuro Rengoku's death.
* He sent the Upper Moons, one by one, to kill off the Demon Slayers for good during their missions.
* He tortured and berated Akaza just for being unable to kill the other three Demon Slayers who were around Rengoku at the time, and for failing to find any information about the Blue Spider Lily.
* He had Daki and Gyutaro to lay a trap for the investigating Demon Slayers.
* He ordered Hantengu and Gyokko to wipe out the Swordsmith Village to stop them from vanquishing Demons.
* Upon hearing Nezuko's ability to walk in the daylight, he became so thrilled that he had no use of hiding anymore and this results to him killing or eating his own foster mother and her maid without a second thought. Given he had a wife and daughter during his first encounter with Tanjiro, it could be implied he had killed them already with zero remorse if so.
* He arrived at Kagaya's mansion solely to cripple the Demon Slayer Corps and to wring Nezuko's location out of him.
* He explicitly expressed his remorseless advice that people should be grateful they survive and to the fact they should forget about their loved ones after their deaths. This shows how much of an evil person Muzan is, and even Tanjiro called him out by saying he is someone who doesn't deserve to exist.
* During his big fight, he kills 4 heroes: Tamayo, Obanai, Mitsuri and Gyomei.
* He poisons Tanjiro during their fight.
* Before his defeat, he tries to manipulate Tanjiro into thinking no one wants him after becoming a demon.
* He overall treats his allies like pawns, as he has never shown any care if they died.

## Trivia

* Currently, Muzan Kibutsuji is the Complete Nightmare with the most cool, complex and/or good qualities, as he has 5 different excuses (i.e. his past, his character, his actor's voice performance, his appearance in memes and dialogue during his battle). However, Muzan still qualifies due to his cruelty and his joy at people forgetting their dead loved ones.
* Along with Enmu and Doma, Muzan is currently one of the 3 villains in *Demon Slayer* to be a Complete Nightmare. Ironically, Muzan and Enmu are both Pure Evil whereas Doma is Near Pure Evil because Doma cares for his love interest and has moral agency issues.

## External Links

* Muzan Kibutsuji on the Villains Wiki
* Muzan Kibutsuji on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Muzan Kibutsuji on the Demon Slayer Wiki