Kenji Adamen

Tears Of Susano'o

## Physical Information

Kenji is a fighter, participating in the Ministry Succession Tournament.

## Appearance

Kenji appears as a young man of Japanese origin, with black hair and orange eyes. He has a slim build, but with notable muscle definition. Kenji typically wears somewhat odd clothing, the top section of which resembling a cropped black shirt with gold outlines, exposing his midsection. Hanging off his right shoulder is a piece of blue cloth similar to a cape, with red X-shaped stitches running down it.

## Personality

In the past Kenji was a cold-blooded monster slayer who had no hesitation in killing Yokai. Although to most people he was cheerful and kind there were signs that he was unhinged since he was young.
A bit of positivity with a fighting spirit like personality of a warrior, mostly a nice person you can get along with.

When Kenji gets serious he slicks his hair back and drops cheerful attitude, though he still has his sharp tongue. Often insulting his opponent fighting skill.

## History

In the Edo period, yokai were thought to have been dealt with for good thanks to the effort of Demon Slayers across Japan, who vastly reduced the population of yokai. However, the people of Japan would once again remember the terror of those spirits. In the Sawara near Edo (Tokyo) a procession of "demons" known as **Hyakki Yagyō** ("Night Parade of One Hundred Demons") took place, anyone on the path of leading yokai known as Nurarihyon(named Enryo), although there was one baby which survived massacre, His mother was devoured before she could have given the name to the baby. Said baby was found by a wanderer who heard the cries coming under the rubble. The wanderer brought the baby to the Demon Slayer order, which either recruited the volunteers or took orphans from yokai attack which after 7th year of their life they are given the choice of leaving the order to live ordinary life. The man who saved him, gave him his name and surname (Kenji Adamen) Kenji decided to stay.

Since childhood he learned basics of survival in wild and combat, due to the intense training he developed a sixth sense which can detect presence, a sort of intuition if you will which is necessary if you find high-ranking yokai. A high-ranking Demon Slayer in one way or another develops certain "quirks" in order to cope with stress as profession has high death rate and profits are marginable.
Kenji was overflowing with talent since the age of 14, he was already assisting veterans, at age of 17 he was sent on solo-missions, where he had to exterminate multiple yokai at once. One time he fought dragon and killed it, feat that was unprecedented since times of Miyamoto no Yoshitsune who was formidable for his strength and valor.

Since the day he was allowed to hunt Yokai on his own, Kenji was dead set on eradicating members of Hyakki Yagyo however their trail was hard to catch and he only managed to kill few lower ranking member of Hyakki Yagyo.

Soon Yokai decided to launch surprise assault as they gathered army of thousands demons which vastly outnumbered Slayer corps. They fought of the Yokai, to the point of breaking their bodies before phantoms skewered the weakened exorcists. Kenji was among small cast of survivors, he and others had to flee as much as it pained his pride. He trained for years, and yet all that training seemed naught as he couldn't defend his comrades and 'family'. Resolve shining brighter than ever, young man dedicated himself to purpose of eradicating the monsters, even if he himself had to become one.

Kenji and surviving demon slayers stood for final battle putting their lives and pride on the table. He rejoiced for he finally had chance to stand against creature which made his life filled with grief and despair. Demon Slayer charged forward ignoring small fries and aiming for the head of this whole army
Nurarihyon Enryo, however instead of hatred he felt weariness from fighting Yokai.

Enryo was capable of matching him even overpowering him for a while but Nurarihyon realized that he wasn't one who decided the flow of battle it was Kenji, finding the demon annoying demon slayer executed few cuts which dismembered demon "Haha... You're the real monster." said Enryo before bursting into flames.

Instead of feeling of accomplishment all he felt was void and grief over dead people, the man who destroyed his life and family wasn't that strong, he was... simply too weak to kill him.

Kenji and other survivors were celebrated as heroes for saving the entire land of Japan from Yokai terror.... however Kenji didn't share their attitude, the world he knew crumbled away, his comrades were slaughtered, all members of Hyakki Yagyo were exterminated and now his skills went to waste as there was no danger.
He needed to fill that void somehow. Kenji challenged the swordsman, one after another but they all died, unlike his previous spars this time men died way too quickly, Kenji went on spree, fighting anyone who ought to give him semblance of challenge.
For others it seemed as Kenji had gone insane, as if he was possessed by Yokai but he was the monster.

He has self-proclaimed himself as the number 1 swordsman after killing warriors from prominent samurai families he knew, taking their styles and incorporating them into his perfect style, bit after that people noticed a rooted lightning, in reality the lightning had been sliced by Kenji with his sword such incident was named "Hundred Cries of Susanoo incident"

That was until mysterious man came and defeated him, he couldn't sense aura around that individual but he could tell from his swings that his opponent was vastly weaker than him, yet he was felled by his blade.
"May you repose in peace, o'sorrowful boy." Kenji coughed out blood as his lungs had been pierced "How..."
Mysterious individual smirked "Your blade echoed your sentiments, our feelings were through battle." Kenji felt tired, his eyelids were heavy "Before I go away? What's your name?" Caped figure giggled "Hana... Hana is my name."

Kenji found himself in Valhalla, the words of Enryo and Mysterious individual ringed in his head. He needed to move on from his previous life in order to live his current life. Former Demon slayer decided to live outside the city and work on field, it ought to keep him occupied. While living there he built his own house and other buildings necessary for storage of food and other stuff. He was content with living alone until... strange woman stumbled around his house, he housed her of course but didn't seem to be comfortable around her presence, at first. Soon he got used to her presence and formed friendship, time has passed and he fell in love with that woman. Soon Niflheim invasion happened and he was among few people who fought of monsters without being overwhelmed, after invasion he was scouted by Graff and agreed under condition of giving safe-place for those he cared about to which he agreed. Since then Kenji was member of ministry.

## Abilities

**Inhumane Speed** - He can react to attacks much faster than the average human and his speed is dangerous

**Inhuman Strength** - Kenji's strength compared on par with the infamous Shuten-dōji. He's one of the 4 physically strongest members of Ministry, only below Shen, Bernice and Gary in strength department.

**Monstrous stamina** - He can fight for up to 4 days nonstop and won't even break a sweat

**Sixth Sense** - Acquired through intense training. Kenji was forced to acquire aura sensing as human body on its own isn't capable of matching Yokai might.

**Enhanced Five Senses -** His five senses are ten times sharper than those of average human.

**"Sumo" expertise** - If he ever found himself without a weapon, Kenji learned how to wrestle yokai to the ground.

**Weapon Master** - While Kenji is strongest with Tachi, he's able to use any weapon with relative ease and easily switch between weapons.

**Strategist** - Kenji has a sound strategic mind.

**Perfected Swordsmanship** - Kenji's training and The Hundred Cries of Susano'o incident honed his swordsmanship to perfection. He has mastered numerous swordsmanship styles and created his own style called Mugen-ryu(Infinite Style) which is blend of previous styles. Mugen-ryu was incomplete for most of Kenji's lifetime, it wasn't until he fought Shen which served as catalyst for completion of Mugen-ryu, surprisingly Kenji asked Kofuku and Hanzo for help, despite them being his rivals which shook them as Kenji generally is tight-lipped when it comes to his secret techniques.

* Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu
* Jigen-ryu
* Mugai-ryu
* Kendo,
* Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu
* Yagyu Shinkage-ryu

**Mugen-ryu:** Kenji ultimate style emphasizing his past as Demon slayer and vagabond. He returned to his roots, looking for answer in basic techniques, and therefore he set his sights on making most from the basics. The principal stance is middle-level posture(Chudan-no-kamae) which serves as balance between offense and defense.
Kenji when serious imbues his demon energy into 4 stances, creating what he refers to as *Pillars* since those styles support each other and are necessary for proper use of Mugen-ryu.

**Mu(Void):** Chief pillar which makes Mugen-ryu, it lacks form because it can become many things but it isn't everything at once, it is as close as possible for Kenji to infinity, chasing it as long as the vessel is capable of enduring exponentially growing power. This stance can be both light and straining on body, during this "stance" Kenji enters state of high concentration, fighting reflexively, implementing his 4 other pillars and rejecting the massive array of his moves to avoid similar techniques occupying his computing process.

**Jigoku(Hell):**  Emphasizes intensity and sheer power of strikes. For this stance Kenji trained arms and shoulders to maximize generated force. It requires the training in the Steel pillar in order to not strain body and quickly exhaust the user. It synergies well with sword skills which Kenji imbues with explosive Fire Ki. It's only stance that is purely offensive.

**Ten(Sky):** Emphasizes proper foot-work and breathing techniques. This stance requires strong legs and soles in order to achieve optimal agility, proper breathing allows better flow of energy and decreased energy consumption. The strikes with this style are so fast that they are invisible to eye, defense is utilized in form of dodges, it utilizes wind and lightning Ki. Other than that he developed the techniques that utilized pole-arms.

**Umi(Sea):** Emphasizes flexibility and countering ability. Mind of the Sea. This stance is more concerned around precise energy manipulation, his sensing skill and reaction are unparalleled, it could be referred as style that's defensive and offensive. The defense of this style is active as it involves parries and deflections while offense is passive waiting for occasion to attack, trying to wear down the target or seriously debilitate it. when counter or strike targeting vitals is successful the damage delivered is devastating, however counters also make him vulnerable and require foothold to properly redistribute force. This is hunter style which utilizes water Ki. There are some assassination techniques which he created.

**Tetsu(Steel):** Emphasizes endurance and stability. Body of Steel. This pillar along with the Sky pillar are the most important for establishing proper foundation as those stances train the core and legs respectively. This style is only primarily defensive style whose purpose is to outlast the enemy, it's defense is second to none just like it's strength, it might not have as much force as Sky or Hell pillar

## Equipment

Kenji carries an arsenal of Japanese style blades, varying in size, length, and curvature.

* **Two Tachi**
* **One Odachi**
* **Three Tantos**
* **One Katana**

**Yokai Core** - A powerful core filled with impure energy due to the mass quantity of spiritual power flowing from the countless yokai trapped inside. With this core, the user can wield the abilities of up to seven yokai.

Demonic Armaments - Set of weapons, which were created on request once Kenji heard about the tournament. Each weapon was infused with Kenji demonic energy and essence of demons. They are his personal weapons and as such they can't be stolen, though they can be temporarily destroyed. Due to his ineptitude it takes around 30 seconds to change weapon, during the weapon switch he's vulnerable. Kenji claims it to be a ingredient to surpass Shen. Also Yokai core demons can't stand its presence hence he can't use Yokai core alongside his Demonic Armaments.

* Baiyun(White Cloud): A Guandao which rapidly expands in straight path by manipulating it's density, Kenji tried once to use it in curved path but it lost a lot of its power and easily shattered, it requires two hands to wield effectively, Whenever contracting this weapon is especially vulnerable. Even without the expansion aspect, it is formidable for it's range and speed.
* Todorokasu Mono(Angry One): A powerful Kanabo which sends vibrations whenever connecting the target, it is said to bypass common defenses. Due to Kenji holding the mace, a part of vibrations travels through his body, making it double-edge weapon. At it's best, he would experience minor twitches which are slightly uncomfortable.
* Hjalmþrimul: Dane axe(Two-handed battle-axe) which is capable of cleaving through armor.
* Kuroshiro*:* A pair of wakizashi and katana.
* Kamanataka(Destroyer of Desire): Tachi. Purple blade, surprisingly there's no special ability for this weapon, despite it being a favorite of his. One could say though that this blade fits him like glove.

## Techniques

**Yokai Core Techniques:**

* **Gashadokuro “Immortal Self”** - This transformation allows Kenji to gather the strength of the Gashadokuro and compress it into a suit of armor. The bone clad armor is heavily compressed making it a strong armor capable of withstanding killing blows on the bone sections. When a killing blow is delivered on a bone section the bone section breaks.
* **Uwabami “Devour”** - This ability allows Kenji to summon an already tamed Uwabami at his disposal.
* **Emperor Sutoku, Tengu “Reign Over the Lands”** - Allows Kenji to generate natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis.
* **Tamamo no Mae “Shifting Souls” -** Kenji can copy the abilities of every Yokai & Demon he has slain. When releasing a yokai ability it also releases the weaknesses
* **Shuten Doji “Show your Pride” -** Doubles Kenji's strength and durability.

**Swordsman Techniques:**

* **Raikiri(Lightning cutter)** - Swift upwards vertical cut which is able to slice through lightning.

* **God Kneeler -** Kenji's ultimate killer blow. He can only use it twice per day due to the extreme toll on his stamina, however, the attack is so powerful it's capable of cutting even a god in half. It's nearly impossible to evade the strike due to speed of the blade generating a gravitational pull.

Pillar Techniques:

Hollow Body/Air Step

Flame Circle

Crimson Lotus

Water Mirror

Tenjin exhale