Mitsuteru

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***-Mitsuteru To Sasori-***

Mitsuteru is a major supporting antagonist of The Begining. He is a demon affiliated with the Twelve Kizuki, holding the position of Upper Rank One.

## Appearance

As a demon, Mitsuteru took the form of a pale-skinned, tall and muscular man with long and spiky hair with red tips that he kept in a ponytail. His most notable feature is the three sets of eyes on his face with crimson and gold irises. His middle set of eyes featured the kanji of **Upper Rank** (上弦 *Jōgen*) and **One** (壱 *Ichi*) and red markings resembling flames were seen on his face and neck. Even so, his appearance was described to be extremely dignified and majestic by Scorpion Hashira, Sasori Akiteru

## Personality

Mitsuteru was often very reserved as a demon, and with such little knowledge about the Upper Ranks, not much was originally known about him. He was an adamant rule-follower, punctual, and he showed a great deal of respect to the hierarchy of the Twelve Kizuki as seen at the Upper Rank gathering Mitsuteru was portrayed to be humble as well, and he did not hesitate to admit his failure or complain of any difficulty.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** Mitsuteru was an extraordinarily powerful demon, proven to be the strongest of the Twelve Kizuki and the second strongest demon in the series, just behind Urami Kyosho. As one of the oldest demons in the series, he had battled numerous Demon Slayers and obtained vast experience and knowledge of combat. He was able to easily decipher the techniques and skills of at least two Hashira and overwhelm them in battle. As a Breath Style user, he possessed tremendous levels of strength and reflexes that were further enhanced by his demon physiology.

## Blood Demon Art

**Crescent Moon Blades:** Complementing his combat style: Moon Breathing, his Blood Demon Art allows him to create and manipulate dozens of sharp blades shaped like a crescent moon from his flesh katana that constantly changes in size, length and speed. This Blood Demon Art results in the enhancement of his techniques, allowing him to overwhelm a marked Hashira, Sasari Akiteru and keep up with two other stronger marked Hashira, Ryoga Shindai and Ryo Ogami. Since he could generate crescent moon blades from his flesh katana at will, he can create them without swinging his sword as long as it is unsheathed, though he usually creates them when swinging his sword and unleashing Moon Breathing techniques.

## Moon Breathing

* **First Form: Dark Moon, Evening Palace** (闇月・宵の宮 *Yamidzuki - Yoi no Miya*) - Mitsuteru quickly draws his sword and slashes swiftly in a singular horizontal motion in a crescent shape, creating numerous chaotic crescent blades. This technique is extremely reminiscent of Iaijutsu

* **Second Form: Pearl Flower Moongazing** (珠華ノ弄月 *Shuka no Rōgetsu*) - Mitsuteru performs several crescent-shaped slashes that defend him from incoming attacks, sending a barrage of crescent blades.

* **Third Form: Loathsome Moon, Chains** (厭忌月・銷り *Enkidzuki - Tsugari*) - Mitsuteru swings his sword rapidly in two gigantic crescent slashes, from which a storm of smaller crescents spread, causing huge destruction in a small area.

* **Fourth Form: Evening Moon, Reversal** (夕方の月・逆転 *Yūgata no tsuki - Gyakuten*) - Mitsuteru sends several simultaneous attacks that curve behind him from the front in the shapes of crescent moons. The initial crescent slashes would be used to deflect an incoming attack, and redirect it behind himself.

* **Fifth Form: Moon Spirit Calamitous Eddy** (月魄災渦 *Geppaku Saika*) - Mitsuteru makes multiple curved slashes layered over one another, creating a rising vortex of sword slashes and crescent moon blades.

* **Sixth Form: Perpetual Night, Lonely Moon - Incessant** (常夜孤月・無間 *Tokoyo Kogetsu - Muken*) - Mitsuteru releases a wild barrage of crescent-shaped slashes several meters in front of him. This technique was powerful enough to overwhelm Ryoga Shindai and so long-ranged that it slices up the surrounding pillars

* **Seventh Form: Mirror of Misfortune, Moonlit** (厄鏡・月映え *Yakkyō - Dzukibae*) - Mitsuteru swings the gigantic version of his sword in a powerful frontal crescent-shaped slash that creates powerful multi-directional long-ranged slashes in the ground.

* **Eighth Form: Moon-Dragon Ringtail** (月龍輪尾 *Getsuryū Rinbi*) - Mitsuteru uses the gigantic version of his sword and creates a singular gigantic crescent-shaped slash that slowly decreases in size, creating dozens of crescent moon blades.

* **Eleventh Form: Eclipse - Augmenting Moon** (日食・月の増強 *Nisshoku - tsuki no zōkyō*) - Mitsuteru produces a long ranged slash wave horizontally to cut down foes from a distance, and then brings his sword back and forth at blinding speed to generate an extending barrage of long ranged crescent slashes straight ahead. This attack would mow down multiple enemies at once with multiple layered slashes from a huge range.

* **Fourteenth Form: Catastrophe, Tenman Crescent Moon** (型兇変・天満繊月 *Kyōhen - Tenman Sengetsu*) - Mitsuteru uses the gigantic version of his sword and creates a chaotic vortex of powerful extremely long-ranged omni-directional slashes that destroys whatever is caught up within its attack radius

* **Fifteenth Form: Solemn Peel, Distant Moon** (厳粛な皮、遠い月 *Genshukuna kawa, tōi tsuki*) - Mitsuteru slashes several times into the air to generate a series of huge moon shaped slashes that curve upward so the fork of the crescent shapes pointed down. The motions of his blade would send these crescent slashes barreling toward opponents at nearly any distance in such a way that they would be stabbed, and slashed by the crescent moons prongs.

* **Sixteenth Form: Moonbow, Half Moon** (型月虹・片割れ月 *Katawaredzuki*) - Possibly **Moon Breathing**'s most powerful technique. Mitsuteru creates a barrage of downward crescent slashes from an extremely long and wide range, resulting in a powerful six-fold slash crashing down on his opponents; the attack itself is powerful enough to create several miniature craters where the slashes have landed.

## Equipment

**Blood-soaked Moon Crescent Sword:** Mitsuteru harbors a fleshy and demonically modified version of a Nichirin Katana he used when he was a Demon Slayer. As suggested by its appearance, the katana is created from the flesh and blood of Mitsuteru himself and due to his body's phenomenal durability and hardness, his katana is as sharp, if not more, than a regular Nichirin Sword. His sword is fleshy red in color, akin to the color of blood, with veins and his eyes all around the blade and even the hilt, it is unknown whether those eyes can be used to extend his vision, however, though it has been hinted at. His katana's hilt is circular shaped with 4 slight indentations, a center with 3 eyes and several black veins and a golden border. He also carries a sword sheath that has the same fleshy appearance as his katana.