Suguru Sunarashi

## Portrayal

**Suguru Sunarashi** is a supporting character in Demon Slayer: Blade of the Night. He is the seated Sand Pillar and Shinku Mono's master.

## **Appearance:**

Suguru is a tall, pale man with a muscular build and neck-length black hair always kept slicked back, with two strands hanging at the front. He has a heavy brow, meaning that his eyes are often obscured. He is often seen with an intense, serious expression

Suguru wears an outwardly traditional Pillar Uniform, along with a black overcoat with golden buttons. The coat is stuck to his shoulders by buttons that were added to his uniform.

## **Personality:**

Suguru is a serious, cool-headed man with a generally detached behavior. He seems to be entirely neutral to most subjects and people, displayed when he immediately invited Ryo, Taro and Kanjuro to follow him to the Sand Sect over a convenience, when they had just been tried for possible treason. He does display annoyance when confronted, being extremely bothered by Shinku's disruption of the trial, more due to the disrespect of the action, since Suguru states he dislikes formalities.

Suguru also displayed a fairly good relationship with Shinku, although the full nature of such is yet to be revealed, Suguru was seen giving Shinku advice in a flashback, while also tolerating an offense unheard of prior. Suguru's care could be seen as "tough love", considering his battle against his student was one where he held back, but didn't bar himself from wounding his own protégé. It is implied that Suguru cares for Shinku due to some trauma of the past, but that remains unknown.

Suguru is displayed to not be above underhanded methods when fighting, seeing as his kusarigama has poisonous needles attached to them, almost invisible to the naked eye. This poison is noted by Shinku to be ineffective against humans.

## **Synopsis:**

Suguru's backstory remains unknown, but it can be inferred that either he was, or met someone that was as strong willed and hard-headed as Shinku.

## **Abilities:**

**Monumental Strength:** Suguru does not have many strength feats as of current due to his only fight happening in the present having him hold back significantly.

**Monumental Speed:** Suguru similarly lacks speed feats outside being able to outspeed lightning bolts. However, it can be inferred he is immensely fast due to his position as Pillar.

**Tactical Intellect:** Suguru was seen to be extremely level-headed no matter the situation, leading the Kakushi in aiding the medically impaired shortly after the Battle of the Infinity Castle, standing out due to how entirely neutral he was to the whole event.

**Enhanced Vision:** Suguru does not appear to have advanced eyes like Kanao Kamado, but has still displayed an enhanced sense of sight by being able to easily see through a raging sandstorm.

**Total Concentration Breathing:** Suguru has fully mastered the Sand Breathing, being the strongest user of the Breathing Style as of present.

**Demon Slayer Mark:** Suguru has unlocked the Demon Slayer Mark, appearing as stitch-like marks right below both of his eyes.

## **Fighting Style:**

**Kusarigamajutsu:** Suguru is highly skilled at the unconventional Kusarigama, a weapon that is already unorthodox among the core, and upon learning how to properly handle the weapon, Suguru developed six techniques.

### **Breathing Style:**

**Sand Breathing** *(Suna no Kokyu)*: Suguru utilizes the Sand Breathing, a branch of the Stone Breathing style. It can be inferred he developed this branch himself, as there are no known users of it dating prior to Suguru himself.

#### **Techniques:**

* **First Form: Buried in Dunes** *(Ichi no Kata: Ume Rareta Sakyu)* - The user will manipulate both ends of the kama in a low stance, bringing nearly against one another, however, keeping one end above the other, as they slash two times at once.

* **Second Form: Desert Blade** *(Ni no Kata: Sabaku no Ha)* - The user spins their chains all around themselves, forming large blades with the attacks. This form can contend with actual swords in a duel.

* **Third Form: Shrivel and Die** *(San no Kata: Chidjinde Shinu)* - The user spins their chains continuously, to tear an opponent in close proximity’s body apart. This attack does leave the user with plenty of openings.

* **Fourth Form: Sand Cannon** *(Shi no Kata: Suna Taiho)* - The user throws a scythe in the opponent’s face with maximum momentum forward. The attack is supposed to pierce through any defences and poison the opponent.

* **Fifth Form: Booming Sands** *(Go no Kata: Todoroki Suna)* - The user spins both scythes around, forcing them upwards and then downwards in a devastating, long-ranged attack. This move causes immense damage, and can continue even after the scythes have been planted on the ground.

* **Sixth Form: Desert Whirlwind** *(Roku no Kata: Sabaku Senpu)* - The user spins both scythes in a single direction in a short-ranged movement. This is a defensive form. The attack can swiftly change directions, to avoid attacks coming from anywhere

## **Equipment:**

**Kusarigama:** Suguru carries a Nichirin Kusarigama, with extremely long chains and two scythe ends, each end also having a needle at its peak, said needle injecting paralyzing poison into the opponent. The weapon is almost entirely bronze, as expected from a Sand Breathing user.

## **Familiars:**

**Koya:** Suguru's crow Koya is very rough with others, often bullying less confident crows that will allow it to overextend its abrasive personality.

## **Battles:**

* Suguru and Aki vs Hantengu
* Suguru vs Shinku

## **Trivia:**

* Suguru's name can be broken down into the following meanings: [Suguru] means both "superiority, excellence", but also "caring, gentle". Meanwhile [Sunarashi] is comically simple, quite literally meaning "Sandstorm"
* Suguru's only on-screen fights happen on Chapters 1 and 100 respectively. At least as of present.
* Suguru's tendency to wear western fashion has apparently spread throughout the Sand Sect, with it being the only one among the entire core to not have Haori as the leading optional clothing choice.
* Suguru's favorite food is grilled cod roe.
* Suguru's openness level is 22%
* Suguru is the Pillar with the highest salary not due to his work ethic being beyond others, but simply because he frequently goes out of his way to request raises.
* Suguru's opinions on his fellow Pillars are: