Hikari Akinori

> *That's right! And that light... is going to wrench off your head!*
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*-Hikari to Mitsuteru-*

He is along with Atsushi Kirihara and Taketora Igarashi, a travelling companion of Tsuneto Kushihara and Yukago Minami. He is also a Demon Slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps.

## Appearance

Hikari is a tall, muscular, and slender man with spiky white hair and large eyes. His had a small wound on his left cheek and on chest and abdomen. He cuts his hair short somewhere in between the Functional Recovery Training Arc and the Demon Train Arc.

He wears a green-tinted version of the standard Demon Slayer uniform, unbuttoned to expose his chest and abs with a white above and yellow below sleeved shirt over it with the kanji for kill (殺さつ satsu) etched on the back, white buckles around his shins and tabi socks with a pair of white zōri with green straps.

During his battle with Mitsuteru, he loses his right index finger and his right middle finger.

## Personality

Hikari is abrasive, hot-blooded, and stubborn, often times impulsive and quick to lash out. The only person he displayed reverence towards was Hayato Fukamiya, and only after realizing the man was much more than his outward appearance suggested.

Hikari's cold, rude, dismissive behavior is the result of losing too many people he cared about in the past. Later, when he sees those people who have passed, such as his mother, he can't help but give her a smile to be able to see her again. When he joins the Demon Slayer , Hikari hurls verbal abuses at him, but Tsuneto Kushihara is able to tell Hikari didn't truly hate his family.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps, Hikari is a very powerful swordsman. According to Mitsuteru, Hikari's physical abilities and techniques have reached their peak.

**Marechi:** Hikari's blood was revealed to be one of the rarest blood types, making it incredibly intoxicating and mouth watering to Demons. It is also unique due to its intense potency that the smallest whiff of his blood immediately causes Demons to salivate and lose focus, as his blood was able to affect the strongest of the Upper Ranks, Mitsuteru.

**Muscle Control:** Hikari has also shown the ability to manipulate his own muscles to close up and prevent fatal and mortal wounds from opening up and bleeding out during mid battle, as seen when he was fatally slashed and cut up across his abdomen by Kokushibo, he was still able to fight on by manipulating his own muscles to close up his wounds.

## Light Breathing

* **First Form: Reflection** (反射 *Hansha*) - The user diverts the attack and sends it back to the enemy by twisting and swinging the user's sword.

* **Second Form: Shining light** (まばゆい光 *Mabayui hikari*) - The user reflects the light of the moon by angling their blade in a single movement and temporarily interferes with the enemy's vision.

* **Third Form: Fireflies fade** (ホタルが消える *Hotaru ga kieru*) - The user uses their surroundings and speed to appear as if they're fading in and out of the enemy's view.

* **Fourth Form: Arrow of light** (光の矢 *Hikari no ya*) - The user continually altered the rhythm of his body to make it appear as though they were attacking in slow motion only to instantly accelerate when slashing.

* **Fifth Form: Glittering Revelation** (煌々たる啓示 *Kōkōtaru Keiji*) - The user disappears right before the slash hits the enemy and they somehow appear behind them while in the air. Then they finish with a slash that hits from a completely different direction from the one they swung at, landing right after beheading the enemy.

* **Ninth Form: Luminous Purge** (明るい粛清 *Akarui Shukusei*) - The most powerful form of **Light Breathing**, The user will jump forward. Along with the slashing, it can be repeated slashing six times in succession or dodging an attack and slashing as well. -Disadvantages: Should not be used more than twice. Because it may cause the muscles to tear.