Ice breathing

**Ice Breathing** (氷 (こおり) の呼 (こ) 吸 (きゅう) , *Kōri no kokyū*?) is a Breathing Style derived from the Water Breathing.

## Description

Ice Breathing is a Breathing style that mimics Ice, specifically its smooth but pointy form and replicates it with the users movements. All techniques are a combination of graceful and sharp attacks that put their focus on rapid movements. Users also see themselves seemingly creating and manipulating Ice when unleashing its techniques. As a result of Ice being cold, blades of users of this style are extremely cold as well.

This breathing style is also the personal creation of Miyuki Kazahana. She later taught Akitō Kazahana this style.

This Breathing style is also said to be among the least common of the breathing styles as it's hard to learn. And not very easy for beginners to learn unlike the Water Breathing, which is the style it derived from and is the easiest to learn.

## Techniques

Ice Breathing has 9 techniques and forms at maximum.

* **First Form: Winter Solstice- Snowy day**  (壱 (いち) ノ型 (かた) 冬 (ふゆ) ノ至 (とう)  点 (じ) 雪 (ゆき) 日 (にち) , *Ichi no kata: Tōjiten - yuki-bi*?) - With a fast frontward dash, the user will use their blade to send a powerful diagonal strike which cuts their foe in half.

* **Second Form: Winter's Dance - Snowbound** (弐 (に) ノ型 (かた)  冬 (ふゆ) ダ (だ) ン (ん) ス (す) 雪 (ゆき) 限 (げん) 界 (かい) る, *Ni no kata - Fuyu Dansu - Yukigenkai*?) - The user will circle around their foe while spinning themselves in a repeated spinning motion that resembles a beautiful dance. All the while, the users blade cuts their foe to bits.

* **Third Form: Calming Blizzards** (参 (さん) ノ型 (かた)  鎮 (ちん) 静 (せい) 亂吹 (ふぶき) , *San no kata: Chinsei Fubuki*?) - The user will deliver a series of sudden slashes that move the same way a blizzard does. When performed, a blizzard that has sharp shards of ice is envisioned by both the user and their foe.

* **Fourth Form: Frosty Winters** (肆 (し) ノ型 (かた)  霜 (かんき) 冬 (ふゆ) , *Shi no kata: Shimō fuyu*?) - This form is one of the most deadly alongside Subzero. The swordsman will go for the foes heart and use their sword to impale it. This is the most painful form of the 9 as the foe will undergo immense pain.

* **Fifth Form: Glacial Flurry** (伍 (ご) ノ型 (かた)  氷 (ひょう) 草 (そう) 草 (そう) , *Go no kata: Hyōsōsō*?) - The user will deliver a small series of fast circular shaped slashes. The slashes will go in horizontal and vertical directions.

* **Sixth Form: Icy Frostbite** (肆 (し) ノ型 (かた)  陸 (ろく) ノ型 (かた)  氷 (こおり) 凍 (かんき) 傷 (かむ) , *Roku no kata: Kōri tōshō*?) - This form is typically used when the enemy is distracted but it sometimes can be used in other instances. The user will leap up into the air in a graceful manner. Then, the user will charge towards their opponent but will intentionally go off to the side a little bit. Once the enemy realizes where their opponent is it will already be too late as the user will deliver a blow to their foe and will then land.

* **Seventh Form: Frozen Waters** (漆 (しち) ノ型 (かた)  凍 (こお) 海 (かい) , *Shichi no kata: Kōkai*?) - The user will focus really hard and then use their blade to send out a shockwave which will not only cancel their opponents movements but will also stun them too. this can provide the user with enough time to either deliver a blow or cut their foes head off. But this move, much like subzero, is less effective against higher ranking demons.

* **Eighth Form: Snowfall Rush** (捌 (はち) ノ型 (かた)  降 (こう) 雪 (せつ) , *Hachi no kata: Kōsetsu*?) - The user will leap over their opponent and slash them. At the same time they're slashing their opponent, the user will also perform a spin/twirl-like motion.

* **Ninth Form: Subzero** (玖 (く) ノ型 (かた)  深 (しん) 冷 (れい) , *Ku no kata: Shinrei*?) - The user’s blade turns to a firm blue which makes it an extremely lethal cold temperature. With this, the user dashes forward and delivers a flurry of 12 devastating blows in quick succession that resemble a dance with the final blow being the most deadly. These attacks seemingly take the form of large barrages of ice moving at swift speeds.