The Hashira of Demon Slayer are the strongest warriors able to preventing towards the demons. However regardless of their immense preventing capabilities, they don’t seem to be invincible. Many have fallen or retired on obligation. Even so, many proceed to serve the corps in their very own methods. The proper instance of that’s the former Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui.

Not like the earlier articles of this sort, I’ll primarily talk about stuff already proven within the anime. Nonetheless, I’ll embody particulars from Season 4, the Hashira Coaching Arc, so there can be minor spoilers when you haven’t caught as much as the most recent season but.

Who’s Tengen Uzui?

With the dumb trio and Nezuko, Tengen Uzui is likely one of the important stars within the Leisure District Arc. He’s the one who forces the trio to hitch him in his mission to rescue his three wives. The explanation he wants their assist will not be as a result of he’s weak. He is likely one of the strongest Hashira within the sequence, however that’s a dialogue for later.

Tengen kidnaps the trio to make them infiltrate the Leisure District and collect as a lot intel as they will. In the meantime, Tengen himself lies low to watch the district’s exercise. Throughout this mission, Tengen’s modus operandi is clearly proven. He’s famous to be one of many prettiest faces within the power — as identified by many within the sequence — and he makes use of this to his benefit. He makes use of his magnificence when persuasion is required. Though he often wears a ninja-like apparel as his typical demon slayer outfit, he desires the whole lot to be flashy and excellent.

Why does Tengen have three wives?

Tengen was born in a shinobi clan that employed rigorous coaching strategies to harness its members. Three of Tengen’s siblings died earlier than even reaching the age of ten because of the mentioned coaching, whereas the remaining 4 had been killed by both Tengen or his remaining brother. Nonetheless, Tengen was fully oblivious to his siblicide till he reached 15. Solely he, his father, and his brother remained at the moment. Even so, he couldn’t deliver himself to kill both of them and opted to depart the clan.

The Uzui household is polygamous, so when Tengen left his clan, he already had three wives: Makio, Suma, and Hinatsuru. It’s additionally a typical notion within the household that having wives is just a way to supply extra offspring. Tengen, nevertheless, wasn’t keen on the concept. When he escaped together with his three wives, he additionally modified their mindset. He taught them to desert their kunoichi instructing and prioritize themselves over the mission. He genuinely cherished all three of them, and his wives actually cherished him.

Shortly after leaving their village, Tengen and his wives sought Kagaya and formally joined the demon slayers of their trigger. Whereas Makio, Suma, and Hinatsuru weren’t members of the corps, they’d nonetheless accompany and assist Tengen in his missions, as proven in the course of the Leisure District Arc.

How sturdy is Tengen Uzui?

Tengen could now not be serving because the Sound Hashira, however he was a power to be reckoned with. Reaching his place, he was undeniably a grasp combatant. He was second solely to Gyomei Himejima, the Stone Hashira, in power and was the quickest amongst his friends. As well as, he’s the primary Hashira amongst his friends to take down an Higher Moon, and that’s with out awakening his mark.

His excellent fight potential is because of his harsh shinobi coaching, which taught him to maneuver stealthily and developed his poison resistance. Tengen additionally has enhanced listening to talents much like Zenitsu. He may even use his listening to to echolocate, rising his fight talents. As a Hashira, Tengen is a grasp of a Respiratory Model, the Sound Respiratory, which he created. As its identify suggests, this Respiratory Model goals to imitate sounds, leading to most assaults dealing explosive injury.

Combining his enhanced listening to together with his Sound Respiratory, Tengen executes a method he calls Musical Rating. Utilizing Musical Rating, Tengen analyzes his opponent’s rhythm and assault patterns. He then creates a counter-tactic towards them. The approach takes time to drag off, however it’s so lethal that the approach allowed Tengen to defeat Higher Moon Six, albeit in trade for his arm and eye.

Attributable to his accidents, Tengen is compelled to retire as a Hashira. Even so, he nonetheless helps put together the corps for his or her battle towards Muzan. He’s additionally nonetheless sturdy sufficient to beat up base Tanjiro and the opposite lower-ranking members of the corps.