Matazo

Matazo is the father of Yae and was transformed into a demon prior to the beginning of Giyu Tomioka: Gaiden (Part 1).

Human Abilities
As a human,Matazo was known to have been a skilled hunter. Having lived his life making a living by hunting through mountains, as seen where he managed to train his daughter,Yae to hunt as well.

Matazo was shown to have been a skilled marksman,as seen where he mainly employed a hunting rifle as his main weapon when hunting bears and deer in the mountain. Matazo was also implied to have some knife skills as well due to the fact that he trained his daughter Yae on how carve up deer,bear and ilk for its meat and bones.

Demon Abilities
Upon becoming a demon,Matazo was shown to possess all the natural/generic abilities of one and was seen to have been strong enough to overpower,kill and eat several hunters who attempted to stop him due to believing he was a bear and later showed to be strong enough to put up a descent fight against the Water Pillar,Giyu Tomioka.
 * Regeneration: Upon becoming a demon,Matazo was shown to possess slight above average regeneration for a Demon,as seen where he managed to regrow his head almost immediately upon having a part of his head blown off by Yae and later was able to immediately regrow his lost arm after it was cut off by Giyu.
 * Flesh Manipulation: During his battle against Giyu, Matazo showed that he could already manipulate and morph the flesh of his arms into blades,spikes and axes to use as weapons.
 * Flesh Detachment: Matazo was later shown being able to morph a part of his arm into a double bladed axe and then detach it to use as a projectile weapon.



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