Giyu Tomioka

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* Water Breathing

**Giyu Tomioka** is a major supporting character of *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba*. He is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Water Hashira.

**Giyu Tomioka** is also a user of the Water Breathing Style.

## Appearance

Giyu is a tall young man of a muscular stature and pale complexion, who is almost always seen wearing an unimpressed or emotionless expression. He has unruly black hair of uneven lengths that sticks up in tufts around his head, which he wears tied back in a low messy ponytail at the base of his neck. His bangs fall over his eyes in an uneven fringe. His eyes are sharp and moderately large, their irises a deep sapphire that fades to a lighter blue and their pupils a bluish-black, and are framed by thin eyebrows.

Giyu wears a dark cyan-tinted version of the standard Demon Slayer uniform with buttoned white leg-wraps and a pair of white zōri with dark blue straps, the socks underneath the same cyan color as his uniform. Over this, Giyu wears a haori that's split down the middle into two different patterns: the right one a solid red, and the left one geometrically patterned with squares of green, orange, and yellow.

## Personality

Giyu always wears a serious expression on his face. He has a reserved personality and a strong sense of justice with no tolerance towards those who don't know their limitations and throw away their lives. Despite letting Nezuko Kamado live due to Tanjiro Kamado's persistence, he shows zero hesitation when killing other Demons and has no respect towards them like most Demon Slayers. Even so, Giyu violated the Demon Slayer Corps' code of conduct when he protected Nezuko during Shinobu's attempt to kill her. This implies that he doesn't completely despise Demons as some other Hashira do, and is willing to make an exception for a Demon by letting them live if they don't kill and eat humans. This shows that he is more pragmatic in dealing with Demons rather than out of hatred for Demons like some other Hashira do.

Giyu appears to have a complex with what others think of him and is shocked when Shinobu Kocho claims he is hated by many. Besides that, however, he doesn't seem to be hurt by Shinobu's other pokes, even ignoring her. Despite that, they are decent friends with a good amount of history together.

He is a man of very few words and has trouble interacting with others, so he usually keeps himself at a distance.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Giyu is a very powerful swordsman. He can easily defeat the Father Spider Demon in his transformed state and Rui, Lower Rank 5.

### Physical Strength

**Enhanced Strength:** As a Hashira, Giyu has honed his physical strength to nigh-superhuman levels. Even since the first encounter, he has displayed impressive feats, such as holding down a berserk Demon Nezuko Kamado with one hand effortlessly, and later, knocking her unconscious in one strike.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** Giyu is very fast, being able to tie up Inosuke Hashibira before he even realized what happened. He was also able to cut off Rui's head in the blink of an eye.

**Immense Stamina & Endurance:** Due to extremely harsh training, Giyu has attained incredible stamina and endurance, mostly displayed in combat.

### Mental Abilities

**Tactical Intellect:** As a Demon Slayer with incredible talent, Giyu possesses amazing tactical intellect and wits.

## Fighting Style

**Master Swordsman:** Being a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Giyu is one of the most powerful and skilled swordsmen in the entire organization.

### Swordsmanship

**Water Breathing**: Taught to him by the Water Hashira before him, Sakonji Urokodaki, Giyu has completely mastered this breathing style, becoming arguably the most powerful and skilled user of this breathing style. Furthermore, Giyu created an entirely new form he named **Eleventh Form: Dead Calm**

> First Form: Water Surface Slash - The user generates enough momentum to create a powerful single concentrated slash.
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> Second Form: Water Wheel - The user leaps and vertically spins forward in the air while releasing a flowing attack in a circular motion.
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> Second Form: Improved - Lateral Water Wheel - The user uses the Second Form: Water Wheel in a horizontal spin.
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> Third Form: Flowing Dance - The user swings and bends their blade in a winding motion along with their body and dances in a flowing pattern, slicing everything in its path.
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> Fourth Form: Striking Tide - The user makes multiple consecutive slashes while twisting their body and sword in a flowing fashion to deliver multiple blows simultaneously.
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> Striking Tide - Turbulent - An improved version of the Fourth Form: Striking Tide. The swordsman increases the number of consecutive strikes and slashes along with improving its accuracy to contact a specific target during a chaotic situation.
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> Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought - The user changes the grip on their sword and decapitates the opponent in a single flowing strike that causes little to no pain. It is a “sword strike of kindness” used when the enemy willingly surrenders.
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> Sixth Form: Whirlpool - The user fiercely twists their upper and lower body, creating a whirlpool of air that cuts anything caught in it. Its effect and efficiency are enhanced underwater, where the user can draw water around their weapon to enhance their slashes.
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> Whirlpool: Flow - A combination of Third Form: Flowing Dance and Sixth Form: Whirlpool. The swordsman combines the footwork from Flowing Dance and the twisting aspect of Whirlpool, resulting in the swordsman performing an attack around the user and conjure a twisting, swirling, the vicious flow of water to redirect projectiles from multiple angles.
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> Seventh Form: Piercing Rain Drop - The user performs a fast and accurate stab, capable of reducing the impact of a moving target. The fastest and only thrusting technique of this breathing style.
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> Seventh Form: Piercing Rain Drop - Curve - A modified strike that hits in an arc from an angle corresponding to the sword's structure to minimize the impact of a moving target.
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> Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin - The user cuts the target vertically in a flowing motion which is most effective when they are falling downward.
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> Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow - The user changes their footwork in a way that minimizes the landing time and surface needed when landing, allowing the user to move without limits. Ideal when fighting in a place with no solid foothold.
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> Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow - Turbulent - An improved version of Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow.
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> Tenth Form: Constant Flux - The most powerful Water Breathing technique. The user performs a continuous flowing attack which takes a form of a water dragon that increases in strength and power with each rotation.
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> Eleventh Form: Dead Calm - A powerful technique with phenomenal defensive capabilities and the personal creation of the current Water Hashira, Giyu Tomioka. Giyu ceases all body movements and enters a state of complete tranquility, deflecting, blocking, and cutting any incoming attacks with the imperceptible speed with his blade. However, its effectiveness is limited as fast and numerous attacks can breakthrough.
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## Equipment

**Standard Nichirin Katana:** Like the majority of Demon Slayers, Giyu harbors a standard Nichirin Blade. His katana is in a shade of blue, complementing his breathing style, Water Breathing. His katana's hilt is hexagonal shaped with a bronze core and with an overlapping fuschia border and his scabbard is black in color. On the side of his katana, the words **Destroyer of Demons** are carved.

## Trivia

* Giyu's name contains the kanji for "heroism, loyalty and courage" ( *giyū***?**). His surname contains the kanji for "wealth" and "hill".
* Giyu's favorite food is simmered salmon with daikon (Winter radish). Seeing a fresh plate made Giyu smile, a sight which impressed and also disgusted Shinobu.
* Giyu's rankings in the popularity polls are as follows:
	+ Giyu ranked 4th place in the first popularity poll with 2,190 votes.
	+ Giyu ranked 2nd place in the second popularity poll with 13,281 votes.

## Quotes

* (To himself, regarding Tanjiro Kamado) "*Don't cry. Don't despair. Those things will do you no good. Your family is dead and your sister has become a Demon. Your heart is crushed. I know your pain, how you must want to cry out. If I'd come half a day sooner your family might have survived. But there is no turning back time. Fill your heart with anger. Strong, pure anger that gives no quarter. Anger that becomes the unwavering force that drives your limbs. Weakness and empty promises cannot protect your sister or find her a cure. And they certainly cannot avenge your family.*"
* (To himself) "*She must've been craving a feast right from the start, even her own brother. But she protected him and turned her attention to me. I wonder if... just maybe... these two are different.*"
* (To Shinobu Kocho) "*I'm not disliked by people.*"

## Reference

1. https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Giyu\_Tomioka