Shinobu Kocho

## Introduction

Shinobu displays a bright, friendly and cheerful demeanor, always having an easygoing smile on her face regardless of the situation she is in. However, her outward behavior is shown very quickly to be a façade. This is displayed in the way she enjoys teasing others, to the point of being rather sadistic about it, enjoying most notably to pick on Giyu Tomioka. Despite her relaxed exterior and her initial claim of wanting to get along with demons, she can be rather cruel towards them, which is seen when she kills the Spider Demon (Daughter) after giving her false hope of helping her, and attempting to kill Nezuko Kamado without hesitation. Later on, she is shown to have a more compassionate side towards both Tanjiro Kamado and his sister after hearing their full story.

It is later revealed that her outwardly calm and tranquil disposition is worn as a mask, as Shinobu holds an intense hatred for demons due to the loss of her sister, Kanae Kocho, at a young age, along with the deaths of her parents, almost all of her Tsuguko, and the families of her apprentices at the Butterfly Mansion. This hatred is so strong that she is in a near-constant state of extreme anger, which is sensed by Tanjiro Kamado when the two individuals hold a conversation. Her desire for revenge rendered her unable to live the normal life her sister had wished upon her, instead devoting the entirety of her energy to defeating demons.

### Character Details

As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Shinobu is a very powerful and skilled combatant. Despite not possessing the physical strength to cut off a demon's head common to that of an average Demon Slayer, Shinobu uses her creativity, ingenuity and other physical abilities to more than make up for it. Instead of the traditional method of decapitating a demon with a Nichirin Sword to kill them, Shinobu opts to use a modified version of a katana that acts as a stinger to inject lethal Wisteria poison that is poisonous to demons. Other than her intellect, she is extremely fast and agile, allowing her to overpower demons very quickly. Her true strength was revealed during her battle with the second most powerful Upper Rank demon, Doma, where she was able to go toe-to-toe with the demon, even managing to overpower him slightly and received praise from Doma.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier**: easily **9-A**, up to **8-C**, **8-B** with Thrust

**Name**: Shinobu Kocho

**Series**: Kimetsu no Yaiba

**Age**: 18

**Classification**: Human, Demon Slayer, Hashira, Insect Hashira

**Powers and Abilities**: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Slayers are capable of taking down demons who fight at close quarters with usually superior physical capabilities), Weapon Mastery (To become a slayer you must pass an exam that forces you to be proficient and even have mastered swordsmanship.) Acrobatics (Slayers must be able to match highly agile demons.) Statistics Amplification (Total Concentration Breathing makes the user become much stronger and faster) Accelerated Development (To become an official slayer you need to be able to adapt quickly to demons that are shown in final selection) Shockwave Creation (Breathing Styles can allow swordsman to create small shockwaves in the area.) Pain Suppression, Regeneration (Low; Total Concentration Breathing can stop hemorrhages) Enhanced Senses, Rage Power (Despite being almost dead, envisioned her sister which made her angry enough to fight back.) Durability Negation (Uses a poison on her blade that will slowly take effect on those she hits regardless of power.) Poison Manipulation (Uses Wisteria flowers that are very lethal to demons.)

**Attack Potency**: **Small Building Level** (Superior to a weak Tanjiro who was capable of cutting boulders bigger than himself) **High-Rise Level** (Hashira are the peak of the slayer corpse easily able to dispatch high level demons.) **Far Higher** (Hashira must defeat 50 regular ranked demons or one of the twelve Kizuki requiring the highest Status in power) **City Block Level** (has the highest thrusting power in the Hashira, along with being able to damage Doma who can create massive ice statues.)

**Speed**: **Supersonic+** (Far greater than the likes of Zenitsu who can casually blitz Kaigaku the replacement upper 6.) **Hypersonic** (Douma credited her to being an extremely fast Hashira, possibly the fast he has seen.) **Higher** (Shinobu main focus in the Hashira was her speed along with the devastating poison.)

**Durability**: **Small Building Level** (Superior to a weak Tanjiro who was capable of cutting boulders bigger than himself) **High-Rise Level** (Hashira are the peak of the slayer corpse easily able to dispatch high level demons.) **Far Higher** (Hashira must defeat 50 regular ranked demons or one of the twelve Kizuki requiring the highest Status in power) **City Block Level** (has the highest thrusting power in the Hashira, along with being able to damage Doma who can create massive ice statues.)

**Stamina**: **Superhuman** (Hashira train for months almost killing them to succeed.)

**Intelligence**: **Gifted** (Should be Comparable to Sanemi and Giyuu as she's seen as extremely intelligent among the Hashira)

**Weakness**: Very little slashing strength forces her to use a heavy thrust as well as poison to take down enemies, being unable to take off a demons head.)

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Butterfly Dance: Caprice** ( *Chō no mai: Tawamure*?) - The user leaps into the air and charges towards the opponent and stings them multiple times with their blade to inject poison.

* **Dance of the Bee Sting: True Flutter** ( *Hōga no mai: Manabiki*?) - The user dashes at their target at blinding speeds and uses the momentum of their speed to then strengthen a single thrust into their opponent and inject poison into them.

* **Dance of the Dragonfly: Compound Eye Hexagon** (*Seirei no mai: Fukugan Rokkaku*?) - A six strike attack with which the user aims to strike and inject their target with multiple doses of poison at the target's weak spots (such as the neck, heart, torso, etc.) in order to kill them with a large dose of poison.

* **Dance of the Centipede: Hundred-Legged Zigzag** (*Gokō no mai: Hyakusoku Jabara*?) - An attack with which the user uses their full speed to run a zigzag pattern that confuses their opponent in order to create an opening for them to directly stab their opponent's neck and inject poison to kill them, with the stab's force and power being further enhanced by the momentum of their speed. Doma noted that the sheer speed of this technique is strong enough to destroy an entire wooden bridge.