Satomi Tanigawa

**Satomi Tanigawa** is a major supporting character of *Blade of Honor: Meiyo no Yaiba*. She is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps, Erika Yasutake's Tsuguko and the adopted sister of Erika and Utsumi Yasutake.

## Appearance

Satomi is a short, young girl with large, gentle eyes of a dark lilac color that are framed by thick eyelashes. She has thin white hair, worn tied into a ponytail on the right side of her head and fastened by a pink and green butterfly ornament that once belonged to her adoptive sister, Usami Yasutake. She has a straight fringe and two loose, chin-length strands that curve downwards from above each of her ears.

Satomi wears a slightly purple-tinted version of the standard Demon Slayer uniform, just with a knee-length pleated skirt in place of the usual tattsuke-hakama pants. Over this, she wears a short white cloak, fastened on one side by a dark pink triple knot, also sporting knee-high lace-up white boots with tan soles, heels and toes.

Sometime between then and her next appearance in the Infinity Castle Arc, the color of Satomi's hair changes as the ends now appear tinted slightly purple before fading to a neon pink around halfway down her ponytail. After her battle with Fuyu, Satomi begins to wear Erika Yasutake's hairpin rather than Utsumi's as the latter's shattered as a result of her battle. She also loses the ability to see out of her right eye due to her using Winter Breathing's final form to take out the Upper Rank, with her eye gaining a defined pupil with a dark ring around it and becoming deprived of its gradient.

## Personality

At first, Satomi was an indecisive and quiet girl due to the abuse she endured in her past before meeting the Yasutake sisters. She became unable to make decisions by herself and repressed her emotions as a defense mechanism. In order to help rectify this, Utsumi gave her a coin to flip to decide which path to follow when she didn't know what to do.

Satomi has also now been shown to express a greater sense of camaraderie and care for her fellow Demon Slayers other than Satomi, as seen when she becomes visibly angry and sympathetic on Kiba's behalf when Shuya begins gloating about his mother's death. She shows immense rage at the Demon's taunts, insulting him and telling him to shut up, which is a complete step up from the original emotionally distant relationship she had with her comrades.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Satomi is the Tsuguko of Utsumi and Erika and has been personally trained by the both of them in the art of combat. As such, Satomi possesses superhuman physical skills, abilities and prowess that potentially marks her as a future member of Demon Slayer Corps' Hashira. Tatsuma, another promising candidate, even states that, during their first meeting together, he could already sense that Satomi was the closest to the Hashira out of the existing Demon Slayers, just by smelling her scent and feeling her aura, which further confirms her skills.

**Enhanced Strength**: Satomi has attained incredible physical strength through harsh training. She can jump extremely high distances incredibly fast, showing her incredible leg strength. In terms of arm strength, she can swing her katana at subsonic speeds incessantly without tiring.

**Enhanced Vision**: Satomi possesses extremely sharp eyesight, being able to accurately predict her opponent's next attack and movements by simply observing the subtle shifts of their muscles, joints and the slight movements of their eyes. This allows her to make effective counterattacks and dodges and stay ahead of her opponents. The Upper Rank Two, Shuya, comments on this feat and remarks that due to this skill, Satomi may be more skilled than Erika. This ability is enhanced with the Winter Breathing, Final Form: Eternals Winter.

## Fighting Style

**Master Swordswoman**: As an immensely gifted individual, Satomi is an incredible swordswoman, to the point even Shuya thought that she was more talented than Erika Yasutake.

### Breathing Style

**Winter Breathing** (冬の呼吸 *Fuyu no kokyū*): A breathing style Kanao learnt and later mastered by simply observing Utsumi Yasutake.

### Techniques

* **Second Form:** **Windy Blizzard** (弐ノ型  風の吹雪 *Ni no Kata: Kaze no fubuki*) - The user releases several rotating sword slashes that deflects incoming physical attacks.

* **Fourth Form: Snowy Owl** (肆ノ型  シロフクロウ *Shi no Kata: Shirofukurou*) - The user unleashes single sword slash that curves and twists gracefully.

* **Fifth Form: Winter Wheel** (伍ノ型   冬の車輪 *Go no Kata: Fuyu no sharin*) - The user unleashes a flurry of nine consecutive attacks that flow and weave in on themselves.

* **Sixth Form: Winter Gale** (陸ノ型   冬の強風 *Fuyu no kyōfu*) - A technique used after or during evasion, the user spins around moving with their body weight to deliver an attack.

* **Final Form: Eternals Winter** (終ノ型   永遠冬 *Tsui no kata: Eien fuyu*) - A focusing technique that raises the user's kinetic vision to its maximum, while using this technique the user perceives the world as if it were in slow motion. Usage of the technique, however, is highly dangerous, as the tremendous strain on the eyes could cause blood vessels to rupture and lead to partial or complete blindness. This technique is still usable even if the user only has one fully functional eye.