Muichiro Tokito

## Portrayal

**Muichiro Tokito** is a major supporting character in both the original Demon Slayer, and Demon Slayer: Blade of the Night. He is the seated Mist Pillar, and the father of Taro Tokito. Muichiro is also a direct descendant of Michikatsu Tsugikuni.

## **Appearance:**

Muichiro is a tall man with a lean, muscular build. He has long, black hair with turquoise tips, which he usually keeps tied in a ponytail. The tips of his hair seem more unruly than when he was younger, and Muichiro has been noted to be very handsome.

Muichiro wears a blue-tinted Pillar Uniform, and often wears gloves in both hands, as a way to conceal his left prosthetic arm. Muichiro wears a very large, dark cyan haori with a mist pattern very reminiscent of the kimono he wore as a child.

## **Personality:**

Muichiro is a serious, cold and collected man, being much more focused than his originally airheaded personality. He is impassive, insistent and stubborn, but often has the best of intentions behind the less than pleasant facade he puts on.

Muichiro is extremely tied to his family, having a knack for overprotecting his own children. He understands that they cannot be underprepared in the event where a demon attacks, but he wholeheartedly believes that they shouldn't follow the path of Demon Slayers, an opinion that was shared by his eldest son, Yuizo.

It is displayed how paranoid and stressed out Muichiro is, with his house having an excessive amount of wisteria trees in his home, while also sending out Tendo with the express purpose of keeping an eye on Taro. He is, however, not quite as careful with Taro's friends, beating Ryo up with his sheathed sword for standing up against him, doing so with the express purpose of breaking his will and forgetting about Taro ever becoming a slayer again.

Muichiro, below all this cold persona, is incredibly loving. He cannot stand the idea of losing yet more people, so he became overprotective of his family, and furthermore, wrote a massive book with every single thing about those he loved's details. His mother and father, his brother, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, are all people he extensively wrote about, not wanting to forget about them again.

## **Synopsis:**

Muichiro was born as the younger twin, having Yuichiro as his older brother. Both hailed from the extremely poor Tokito family, which suffered a streak of tragedies as their mother Kieta fell helplessly ill, and their father Ketsu died when trying to find medicine. Yuichiro then refused a proposal to become Demon Slayers, only for a demon to attack a few weeks later, killing Yuichiro, and putting Muichiro on an oddly airheaded state as a means to cope with the events.

## **Abilities:**

**Monumental Strength:** Muichiro can nonchalantly overpower a post timeskip Ryo with a careless and sloppy sword slash, forcing the boy to dig his feet into the ground to merely stand up against the strength of the blow.

**Monumental Speed:** Muichiro is so insanely fast to the point where, when he wishes, he can move at speeds imperceptible to Taro and Ryo past the six-month timeskip, taking into account that they have become stronger than when they had fought Akaza.

**Total Concentration Breathing:** Muichiro is a master at Total Concentration Breathing, doing so at the age of twelve, with his training beginning not long before.

**Demon Slayer Mark:** Muichiro has access to the Demon Slayer Mark, with his being composed of cloud-like marks appearing in his face.

## **Fighting Style:**

**Master Swordsman:** Muichiro is one of the strongest swordsmen of not only his generation, but of all time, being seen as the potential number one of the entire Demon Slayer Core, and being able to fight two strong Pillars, Inosuke and Aki, all at once, standing his own and not being subdued.

### **Breathing Style:**

**Mist Breathing** *(Kasumi no Kokyu)*: Muichiro has learned the Mist Breathing from a young age, being taught by Kyoju Kiriha, the Mist Pillar prior to Muichiro. He is a master at the Style, creating three new Forms for it, all the while one of them remains entirely exclusive to him, and potentially Taro, considering how difficult it is to perform.

#### **Techniques:**

* **First Form: Low Clouds, Distant Haze** *(Ichi no Kata: Suiten Togasumi)* - The user unleashes a powerful thrust attack in front of them.

* **Second Form: Eight-Layered Mist** *(Ni no Kata: Yaekasumi)* - The user unleashes eight forward slashes with each one on top of the other in swift succession.

* **Third Form: Scattering Mist Splash** *(San no Kata: Kasan no Shibuki)* - The user releases a powerful circular slash in front of them that can be used to blow away projectiles.

* **Fourth Form: Shifting Flow Slash** *(Shi no Kata: Iryugiri)* - The user quickly unsheathes their sword and dashes towards their enemy at blinding speeds and delivers a quick slash from beneath them.

* **Fifth Form: Sea of Clouds and Haze** *(Go no Kata: Kaun no Umi)* - The user dashes forward at high speed and unleashes a flurry of slashes that cover a wide area while obscuring their movements.

* **Sixth Form: Lunar Dispersing Mist** *(Roku no Kata: Tsuki no Kasho)* - The user backflips into the air while upside down and delivers countless ranged slashes downwards, capable of decimating dozens of targets at once.

* **Seventh Form: Obscuring Clouds** *(Shichi no Kata: Oboro)* - A technique in which the user drastically changes the tempo of their movement to disorient their enemy, which seemingly takes the form of clouds of mist enveloping a wide area. When the user shows themselves, their speed will appear to be prolonged but when they hide, the user moves in the blink of an eye.

* **Eighth Form: Moonlit Mist** *(Hachi no Kata: Tsukiakari Kasho)* - The user will repeatedly slash downwards in confusing blinding movements in varying tempos, causing immense area-of-effect damage with an incredible range.

* **Ninth Form: Moon Spirit Clouds** *(Ku no Kata: Tsuki Reiun)* - The user performs multiple curved slashes one on top of the other, causing immense damage at long range. This Form also works to destroy incoming projectiles.

## **Equipment:**

**Standard Nichirin Sword:** Muichiro carries around a standard Nichirin Katana, colored diamond blue as expected from a Mist Breathing user, while his handguard is rectangular with hollowed rectangles at each corner, all of which are gold in color.

## **Familiars:**

**Ginko:** Muichiro's crow Ginko is very prideful of not only itself but also Muichiro, and generally doesn't get along with other crows. Ginko resembles an overbearing mother that feels the need to constantly proclaim how good her son is.

## **Battles:**

* Muichiro, Genya, Sanemi and Gyomei vs Kokushibo
* Muichiro vs Inosuke (Sparring)
* Muichiro vs Taro and Ryo
* Muichiro vs Inosuke and Aki (Offscreen)

## **Trivia:**

* Muichiro's name is divided into [Mu], which means "Nothingness". Meanwhile, the kanji used for it is the same used for "Infinity" or "Mugen". [Ichi] means "One", and [Ro] is "Son". His surname, [Tokito], is divided in [Toki], which means "time" and [To], which means "transparent, permeate"
* Muichiro never had any pets prior to marrying Yae. However, their previous dog died before the events of the story of old age.
* Muichiro's favorite food are brussel sprouts.
* Muichiro's level of openness was ranked as 40%
* Muichiro has no hobbies, as he believes them to be preposterous, and things for either kids or old men.
* Muichiro and Giyu are often believed to be related.
* Muichiro's opinions on his fellow Pillars are:
	+ Tanjiro: *He's the model Pillar, the model Slayer, the model person.*
	+ Giyu: *I struggle to form any actual opinions on him. I suppose he is at least healthy.*
	+ Kyojuro: *He is loud in a way that I didn't believe to be possible. In a way that isn't bothersome.*
	+ Gyomei: *I tend to look for him for advice. I worry for his age.*
	+ Sanemi: *He would be better off if not for his unecessary aggression.*
	+ Zenitsu: *I don't like him very much, and I don't really know why.*
	+ Kanao: *She is perfectly fine as a human being. I have no opinion on her, either positive or negative.*
	+ Seiji: *He is needlessly cruel, though I suppose his steadfastness is commendable*
	+ Daisuke: *Careless and weak-minded. He should be demoted.*
	+ Obanai: *He is oddly kind to me. I always try to reply positively. We think alike.*
	+ Murata: *I cannot understand how someone can allow themselves to spiral this deep down.*
	+ Shinobu: *She is quite intelligent, her role is vital for this organization.*
	+ Mitsuri: *I like talking to her because she is always optimistic. Despite this, we don't think alike at all.*
	+ Senjuro: *I have barely talked to him, and I don't feel compelled to change that.*
	+ Suguru: *He seems to be treating his position far too lightly.*
	+ Inosuke: *I like him slightly more than Agatsuma. He is a good sparring partner.*
	+ Aki: *He seems to have his head in the clouds almost always.*
	+ Tengen: *I miss him a lot.*