Rokusa Chickafuji

Rokusa Chickafuji is a major supporting character in the DemonFall franchise. He belongs to the Burning Blade series, Rokusa is a member of the Demon Slayer corps and is one of the Hashira. Rokusa is the Plant Breathing pillar and created the style himself. It is speculated that he might be a very distant cousin to the Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui. Rokusa made his debut during Tsugoku Hashira joint meeting arc, when he was introduced as the newest addition to the Hashira.

## Personality

Rokusa has a very similar personality to Tengen. Rokusa believes that he is the best at what he does and everyone else should follow him, despite his relative weakness compared to some of the other pillars, like Gyomei or Muichiro. Rokusa does, however, look up to Tengen, and he is one of the only people who has truly earned Rokusa’s respect. Rokusa also has a lot of respect for Rengoku and Yuma, who he says both are overwhelmingly strong and loyal to the Slayer Corps.

## Fighting Style

Rokusa created Plant Breathing and modeled it after Flower, Insect, and Sound Breathing, each of which were used by a demon slayer who had inspired or helped him in some way (Kanae, Shinobu, and Tengen, respectively). Plant Breathing has eight forms:

-First Form: Grass blade. The user decapitates the opponent by swinging their katana upwards and then sideways.

-Second Form: Springtime Bloom. User slashes opponent and then performs a front flip while swinging the sword in order to land a momentum-assisted attack.

-Third Form: Tangling Vines. User moves clockwise around their opponent so quickly that they are impossible to hit, while slashing once every time they take a step. This move allows the user to keep the opponent from moving.

-Fourth Form: Autumn Leafshed. User slashes 10 times in a downward “X” shape before slashing sideways to behead the opponent. User will also release minor doses of poison with each strike and strikes a metal plate worn on the arm to ignite the poison on the final attack, causing a chain reaction explosion, effectively blowing the opponent to pieces.

-Fifth Form: Vibrant Fields. User slashes opponent in a dash attack and poisons or blows up the opponent.

-Sixth Form: Righteous Thorns. User stabs opponent to inject poison.

-Seventh Form: Rose Born of Heat. User sets off three explosions and slashes opponent.

-Eighth Form: Sunflower. User releases all remaining poison stored in the blade by swinging it in a circle motion and adding “petals” while moving so fast that the released poison doesn’t have time to hit the ground. The user then ignites it all at once, causing a massive explosion in the shape of a giant spinning sunflower. This form can seriously injure the user unintentionally, so Rokusa almost never uses it.

-Ultimate Technique: Chickafuji Shokobutsu. The Chickafuji equivalent to an esoteric art. User annihilates the opponent by slashing their head off and injecting all poison into them, igniting it, and exploding the opponent into oblivion. This is done all in a single moment and is essentially undodgeable.

# Notable Quotes:

” I don’t care if I get killed in the face of danger, as long as I fall with vibrance!” Rokusa to Yuma before the Infinity Castle raid.

”After I learned (Kanae) had been killed, I swore to myself that I would never allow myself to fall to the same fate and that I would help Shinobu avenge her.” Rokusa to Tengen during Hashira Tsugoku meeting.

”I swear to fight for the innocent and to protect my comrades with my life.” Rokusa agreeing with Yuma.

”People do not hate those who disagree with them, they are only afraid of change.” Rokusa to Rengoku.