Izumi Shimeri

**Izumi Shimeri** is a major supporting character in Demon Slayer: Blade of the Night. She is a friend of Soichi Kurayame and his group, while also being Iwajima Takeyama's potential love interest.

## **Appearance:**

Izumi is a tall, slim girl with a generally neutral expression. She has long black hair tied in a long braid with square bangs being the only bits left free. She also wears extremely oversized glasses, jarring when compared to her small eyes.

Izumi wears the traditional Slayer uniform, with no added details or haori, making her look very unremarkable.

## **Personality:**

Izumi is a quiet, but polite girl, who generally doesn't stand out due to both her affable personality and her generic looks. She is generally well-mannered, but as displayed when she tried to order Senju into abandoning the idea of selling a date, Izumi is willing to speak up when contradicted. She does not have a lot of argumentative power, as her wails went ignored.

Izumi was said to be really bad at talking to boys, this was proven when her "date" with Iwajima passed with them exchanging zero words past introducing themselves. It can be noted that she displayed an intent of knowing him better afterwards.

Izumi is notably weak-willed, as she doesn't seem to have any strong opinions on anything, and gets rather thrown around by her friends, as if she's drifting around in life.

## **Synopsis:**

Nothing is currently known about Izumi's past, other than she partook a Final Selection prior to the one Asahi, Kin and Maki participated.

## **Abilities:**

**Superhuman Strength:** Izumi is quite physically powerful, considering that she uses the physically taxing Steam Breathing

**Superhuman Speed:** Izumi is quite fast, being the second fastest runner of her group, behind only Asahi.

**Superhuman Durability:** Izumi withstood direct blows against a demon, while also still keeping her composure after suffering the effects of a poison.

**Tactical Intellect:** Izumi has displayed a powerful intellect, coming up with a way to counter Kizo's poison, which acted when sudden movements were made.

**Total Concentration Breathing:** Izumi knows Total Concentration Breathing, as she has achieved superhuman levels of power.

## **Fighting Style:**

**Skilled Swordswoman:** Izumi is quite adept at fighting, as she is considered capable, and powerful among her group. The extent of her dexterity is unknown

### **Breathing Style:**

**Mist Breathing** *(Joki no Kokyu)*: Izumi has learned the Steam Breathing, and is incredibly capable at it, creating a Form in the midst of battle to avoid the poison that specifically countered her fighting style.

#### **Techniques:**

* First Form: Sideways Geyser *(Ichi no Kata: Yoko Kanketsusen)* - The user propels themselves forward similarly to the Thunder Breathing’s First Form, although this form is immutable and will cut anything in its way instead of changing directions.

* Second Form: Evaporating Rain *(Ni no Kata: Johatsu Suru Ame)* - The user will spin around their body upwards, swirling and taking an absurd amount of space.

* Third Form: Swirling Mist *(San no Kata: Uzumakukiri)* - The user will sway around, biding their time, and when the opponent leaves an opening, the user will strike with all their power

* Fourth Form: Whistling Vapor *(Shi no Kata: Kichibue no Joki)* - The user strikes quickly and swiftly directly in front of them, like a stinger. This creates a whistling noise that becomes louder every time this form is used consecutively.

* Fifth Form: Vapor Stream *(Go no Kata: Joki Ryu)* - The user will attack upwards with all their strength, creating a powerful current, so this form can also be used underwater.

* Sixth Form: Pressured Release *(Roku no Kata: Kaatsu Ririsu)* - The user will use all their strength in one attack to finish off an enemy. This cannot be used a lot because it strains the muscles used. Because of the strained muscles, the blade will reach further than usual, giving the user better range.

* Seventh Form: Boiling Flow *(Shichi no Kata: Wakasu Nagare)* - The user begins their movement with a slow build-up of speed and power, culminating in a series of incredibly powerful attacks powered nearly entirely by momentum

## **Equipment:**

**Standard Nichirin Sword:** Izumi carries around a traditional Nichirin Katana, turned light cyan as expected from a Steam Breathing user. Her handguard is composed of a black circle surrounded by interweaving golden rings of a comparatively small size.

## **Familiars:**

**Funsui:** Izumi's crow Funsui is much like herself, and has never uttered a sentence even once, yet she somehow understands it.

## **Trivia:**

* Izumi's name can be broken down into the following: [Izumi] means "Spring/Fountain", but also "Pure/Unpolluted". while [Shimeri] means "Damp/Humid/Fog/Vapor".]
* Izumi's ability to read is surprisingly very poor, as she can pretty much only write her name in Kanji, and often takes half a minute to read simple words. This is because her memorization of Kanji is horrendous
* Izumi struggles to remember the names of those she meets