Denshin Yìkage

## Debut

Part Three, Chapter Three

**Denshin Yìkage (伝 (でん) 心 (しん)  彛影 (かげ) , *Yikage Denshin*?)** is a Demon Hunter, a highly trained shinobi, and the Shadow Pairon of Dūlen Nagauji and Yoriichi Tsugikuni's band of fighters, the Pairons. He's also the older brother of Airashī Yìkage.

## Appearance

Denshin is a young man with a lean, slender build and a pale complexion. He has slender emerald green eyes with dark circles under his eyes and thin eyebrows. He's rather short for his age and gender, hence being the shortest male member of the Pairons.

He has long, wavy black hair with yellow tips that's parted in the middle. After the timeskip, he cuts his hair to shoulder-length and his hair becomes spiky.

He wears a custom-made version of the standard black Pairon uniform that looks like a cloak and has a bandana-like part that covers half of his face, accompanied with hakama pants, and navy-strapped zori with black socks. His Pairon uniform has the kanji for ‘shadow’ (影) at the back of it. He occasionally wears a patterned dark blue and black haori that fades to a woven trellis chain-like pattern near the bottom. His shinobi outfit consists of a black skin-tight jump suit with tekkou arm guards, shin guards, and a dark blue sash to carry his two swords. A sheath on his leg holds a blade shorter than the two nodachis on his back.

## Personality

Denshin displays a calm, laidback personality and a slothful demeanor that makes others think less of him until he takes things seriously. He is shown to be quite stubborn and headstrong. He has a strong sense of justice, hence strongly believing in the ‘an eye for an eye’ principle. Ironically, he is quite sadistic and indulges in inflicting pain, typically physical, to others he deems inferior. Denshin loathes any sign of weakness and frequently resorts to abusing the ‘perpetrators,’ both verbally and physically.

When it comes to the fate of humanity and achieving the Pairons' goal to kill Muzan, Denshin takes things very seriously. He is quick to make decisions and sacrifices, no matter how crucial or life threatening they are. This is displayed by how he constantly reinforces that he will sacrifice himself for the team. However, Denshin's generosity ends when it comes to a fellow Pairon showing any signs of weakness. He coldly tells his comrades that he’ll ‘end their lives himself' if they become weak and back out of fighting.

Like most of his fellow Pairons, Denshin despises the Demon Slayer Corps. and the Hashiras as a whole. He believes that the entire organization and its members are useless and inept, having not killed an Upper Rank in over 600 years. When he found out that the Demon Slayer Corps. kicked Yoriichi out for not killing Muzan centuries ago, his animosity towards the organization and all its members grew.

Denshin is merciless and callous when it comes to betrayal and dishonestly. This is shown when its revealed that Fūryū knew about a demon (Akaza) being present in the Bushi Temple for a few years. He ruthlessly suggests that she should be killed for betraying the Pairons' code of conduct and for aiding and abetting demons, but his perspective changes when he finds that Takeo and Yoriichi were involved in it as well.

Denshin has a habit of drinking sake; a vice he acquired from his advanced training days of ninjutsu. Surprisingly, he doesn’t get drunk and is always in full control of himself. In serious battle, he’ll drink a special sake-based elixir that gives him a boost. When he drinks the special sake, his voice becomes deeper, he adopts an outgoing personality, and his attacks become more powerful.

## Abilities

### Physical Abilities

* **Enhanced Physical Strength:**

* **Immense Speed:**
* **Immense Agility:**

## Fighting Style

**Chains:**

**Triple Blade Proficiency**: Denshin's third sword is a cursed blade that has been passed down in his family for generations. It has a jagged, razor-sharp edge and can tear through practically anything. Because of the blade's ruinous history and possessive abilities, Denshin vowed to only use it in extreme circumstances.

Shadow Breathing (*Hikage no kokyū)*: A Breathing Style developed by Denshin. This Breathing Style is centered on all aspects of ninjutsu, primarily stealth, defense, and efficiency.

## Trivia

* One of the blades on his back has 'Kill' and the other has 'Demons' engraved on it.
* Denshin is inspired by Feitan Portor from HxH!