Hirari Saori

> *Is it okay for a girl to be this strong? I still worry that someone may ask that, as though I'm not human. In my fear, I was suppressing my strength. But not anymore. Leave this to me. I will protect everyone.*
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**Hirari Saori** is a major supporting character of *Blade of Honor: Meiyo no Yaiba*. She is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Rain Hashira

## Appearance

Hirari is a curvaceous young woman with a slightly pale complexion and round, dark cyan eyes with long eyelashes, a small beauty mark beneath each of them. She has long, cyan hair that all the way down to her ass. When she was trying to get married, her hair was dyed black in an attempt to make herself look more "normal."

Hirari wears a modified purple tinted version of the standard Demon Slayer uniform along with a sky blue haori that was gifted to her by Rintaro Shindo. The chest area of her uniform is left unbuttoned and she wears a short pleated skirt in place of the usual hakama pants. Additionally, she wears a pair of ocean blue thigh-high socks layered with the vertically striped light blue socks Hashikawa Sachirō gave to her and a pair of white zōri with white and cyan straps.

## Personality

Hirari is a very emotional and passionate person who constantly compliments people in her head, likely a contributing factor towards her nickname as "the Hashira of Love." Although she is rather shy and is easily flustered, Hirari is always kind to others, most notably towards Sachirō, whom she appears to share a strong bond with. However, despite her gentle demeanor, Hirari will show no mercy in the face of demons, instead expressing such sentiments with a fierce tone. She showcases a great amount of dedication to the Demon Slayers' cause. Despite being put out of commission by Kyosho at an early stage in their battle, she was determined enough to return and fight.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Hirari is a very powerful and skilled combatant. She is said to have completed the Final Selection within a mere six months of training, which Rintaro Shindo considers outstanding. Her abilities were put on display during the Swordsmith Village Arc where she quickly subdued and defeated a group of demons created by Upper Rank Five, Hanma, and later played a big part in the fight against Upper Rank Four, Kenzaburou, specifically against his clone, "Zohan", which possesses the combined strength of four Upper Rank demons. With the help of her Demon Slayer Mark, Hirari was able to fend off the incredibly powerful Upper Rank until sunrise.

**Abnormal Muscular Constitution**: Hirari has a special muscular composition, making her muscles eight times denser than that of a regular human. While her limbs are thin, they possess unbelievable strength and endurance capable of maintaining her body's structure after a point-blank sound attack from Zohan. To maintain the composition of her body, Hirari eats as much as three sumo wrestlers.

### Rain Breathing

A Breathing Style Hirari created herself based on her experience using Water Breathing, from being the Tsuguko of Rintaro Shindo. Rain Breathing incorporates elements of Hirari's superhuman flexibility and her unique whip-like Nichirin Sword. Using this Breathing Style, she can unleash attacks that cover a wide range of motion as well as long ranges that a normal katana would be unable to accomplish.