Aki Kodachi

## Portrayal

**Aki Kodachi** is a minor supporting character in Demon Slayer: Blade of the Night. He is a Demon Slayer, and the current Leaf Pillar.

## **Appearance:**

Aki is a man of average height and a light-skinned complexion, with dark brown hair, kept in large brown clumps, tied into a bun behind his head.

Aki wears a green-tinted Pillar Uniform, alongside a dark green haori littered with leaf patterns. He also wears small, round smokey glasses.

## **Personality:**

Not much is known about Aki's personality other than he is a generally relaxed individual. He portrays himself as a friendly man, with a tendency to joke around and relax. That said, he is respected enough to not be chastised for it like Daisuke.

Aki is generally seen as odd, but unremarkable. He is on good terms with the entire Pillar lineup, yet remains distant from all of them. Aki is also displayed to be intelligent, seeing as he is the second best doctor among the Pillars, with him being a potential successor to Shinobu Tomioka should she ever retire.

## **Abilities:**

**Monumental Strength:** Aki, as a Pillar, is immensely powerful.
**Monumental Speed:** Aki was able to keep up with lightning strikes born from Zohakuten's Blood Demon Art, displaying his speed at an early age.

**Total Concentration Breathing:** Aki, as the creator of the Leaf Breathing, has achieved Total Concentration Breathing, allowing him to reach heights beyond those of regular humans.

**Demon Slayer Mark:** Aki has already unlocked his Demon Slayer Mark, that being of small, leaf-shaped patterns appearing in his face, running from his lower left cheek to his neck.

## **Fighting Style:**

**Master Swordsman:** Aki, as a Pillar, is a master at swordsmanship, standing among the strongest humans alive, backed up by an insane amount of skill.

### **Breathing Style:**

**Leaf Breathing** *(Ha no Kokyu)*: Aki is the creator, and strongest known user of the Leaf Breathing, a Style born from the Wind Breathing, with six total forms.

#### **Techniques:**

* **First Form: Falling Leaves** *(Ichi no Kata: Ochiba)* - The user slashes downward vertically two times in quick succession. This technique is very reminiscent of the Wind Breathing’s Second Form

* **Second Form: Hurricane of Autumnal Leaves** *(Ni no Kata: Koyo Hariken)* - The user will slash all around themselves at quick speeds, spinning may increase the technique’s power but lower accuracy. This attack can be done in quick succession over and over in inverted spinning directions in order to boost its effect.

* **Third Form: Swaying Tree** *(San no Kata: Yueru Ki)* - The user will twist their upper body, slashing at open areas in diagonal upwards attacks. This attack is dangerous to perform as it leaves the user’s upper body open to attacks

* **Fourth Form: Seeding Winds** *(Shi no Kata: Tanemaki-Fu)* - The user will continuously push back their targets with incessant attacks, aiming to push their target off their field as best as possible

* **Fifth Form: Tranquil Forest** *(Go no Kata: Shizukana Mori)* - The user stays still, concentrating in order to perform a singular, powerful, unavoidable move. This move requires complete concentration and can be both offensive and defensive depending on the user’s necessity. The more one trains their concentration, the quicker they can perform this move.

* **Sixth Form: Destructive Wisteria Dragon** *(Roku no Kata: Hakai Fuji Ryu)* - The user will backflip highly, performing countless arched slashes below, tearing anything apart with powerful attacks using the air itself

## **Equipment:**

**Standard Nichirin Sword:** Aki carries around a standard Nichirin Katana, with a dark green blade featuring small lines, colored light green, forming a pattern similar to that of a leaf, as expected from a Leaf Breathing user. Aki's handguard is composed of a leaf pattern designed on dark wood, surrounded by a golden border.

## **Familiars:**

**Kashiwa:** Aki's crow Kashiwa is a quiet, but competent crow. Aki often gets irritated that it doesn't give him information all at once, instead leaving and coming back over and over until the message is finished.

## **Battles:**

* Aki and Suguru vs Hantengu
* Aki and Inosuke vs Muichiro (Offscreen)

## **Trivia:**

* Aki's name can be divided into the following: [Aki], written with the 秋 kanji, means "Autumn". However, the name itself has multiple meanings, such as "Bright" or "Clear/Crystal". His surname, [Kodachi] meanwhile, is written as "木立", meaning "Grove", but it carries the double meaning of representing a shorter sword that can be used alongside a katana.
* Aki practices his accuracy with slashes with gardening
* Aki's opinions on his fellow Pillars are: