Trio of Victory (
Summary[]
In the past, Shinobu and Kanao conversed about what would happen if they ever encountered Upper Rank Two. Shinobu believes that if she encountered him, and Kanao happened to fight alongside her, she would need to be eaten first, shocking her younger sister. Kanao pleads that she and her would fight the demon together, only for Shinobu to respond by telling her to abandon those thoughts. Though she knows an Upper Rank is as strong as three Hashiras at minimum, according to their late sister Kanae, Upper Two is gluttonous, with an obsession for eating women.
Doma collapsed further from of Shinobu's poison.
She knows that if the demon faced a female Hashira of great ability and was in excellent physical condition, he would definitely eat her, worrying Kanao further. She tells Kanao that her body is currently concentrated with wisteria poison. As Kanao tells her she is also willing to go through the same thing, Shinobu tells her it is impossible to reach her level; she had been absorbing the poison for over a year. Shinobu confesses she was the first to do such a feat, herself unsure of the potential side effects in the future and unsure if her plan would work on an Upper Rank or even Muzan. She states her sword has 50 millilitres of poison, but whatever demon consumes her would also consume 37 kilograms worth of poison in her body weight.
Kanao explains to Inosuke that Shinobu's poison is affecting Doma.
Doma collapses further from the effects of Shinobu's poison, his arm falling off, his bones melting, and his regeneration failing. He realizes he never felt the poison circulate through him until now. His ice dolls soon fracture and collapse as well, to Inosuke's confusion. Kanao realises Shinobu's poison is working, and they now have Doma cornered. Shinobu tells Kanao she doesn't know if a life's worth of expertise on poison would work on an Upper Rank Demon. Kagaya Ubuyashiki himself had deemed it impossible, but advised her to consult with a demon for further knowledge.
Shinobu tells her sister that if the poison did start working, she must never let her guard down, adding that the only sure way to kill Upper Two is to sever his neck. She knows she will definitely weaken him and tells Kanao to deal the finishing blow. Kanao becomes assured that she will kill Upper Two and resolves not to let Shinobu's sacrifice be in vain.
Kanao resolves to not let Shinobu's sacrifice be in vain.
As she and Inosuke converge on Doma, he summons his final technique: Blood Demon Art: Rime - Water Lily Bodhisattva, forming a massive ice bodhisattva that towers over them. With the two stunned at this new threat, the giant ice figure slams down onto the cult room pond, sending Inosuke and Kanao flying back. Kanao realizes that if they get forced away from the fog, Doma will have the time to recover, and if they enter the fog and inhale it, they will no longer be able to fight. However, she notices that though Doma's bodhisattva is powerful, it is shoddy; Doma has lost all his precision and creating it was a last-ditch effort.
Kanao remembers Shinobu's warning about the backlash of Final Form: Equinoctial Vermilion Eye.
She decides to use her own last technique and remembers her last moments with Shinobu. Shinobu warns her that using the technique might blind her; eyeballs are delicate, with very thin blood vessels and nerves, telling her not to endanger and burden herself by releasing such power. Kanao rejects her warning, asking why she should worry about her vision when Shinobu gave her own life. She calls her sister a sweet and honorable person, declaring she wanted to protect her with her life, and she wanted for her, Aoi, Sumi, Kiyo, Naho and herself to all go home together.
Kanao swings her blade at Doma's decaying head.
Kanao activates Flower Breathing: Final Form - Equinoctial Vermillion Eye, causing her eyes to flush with blood and her perception heightened even further than ever. The giant bodhisattva becomes slow in her eyes; she can see its hand about to slam down. She realises her scleras are turning red and quickly slices up the ice figure's hand to reach Doma. As she swings her katana at Doma's decaying head, the bodhisattva turns back and blasts Kanao with the icy fog, freezing her back and arms.
Her sword reaches his neck, but she can no longer swing further with her arms stuck frozen. Inosuke sees this and uses a new technique, Sudden Throwing Strike, hurling his blades at Doma. His swords hit Kanao's, driving the blade through Doma's neck and decapitating him.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Shinobu Kocho
- Kanao Tsuyuri
- Doma
- Inosuke Hashibira
- Aoi Kanzaki (Flashback)
- Sumi Nakahara (Flashback)
- Naho Takada (Flashback)
- Kiyo Terauchi (Flashback)
Events[]
- Kanao Tsuyuri and Inosuke Hashibira vs Doma.
- It is revealed in a past discussion with Kanao that Shinobu, in a plan to face Doma, has ingested wisteria poison for over a year, making her body poisonous.
- Doma collapses as his regeneration fails, with his body overwhelmed by Shinobu's 37 kilograms of poison.
- Kanao and Inosuke attack the weakened Doma, who summons a final technique to keep them at bay.
- Keeping her promise to behead Doma for Shinobu, Kanao uses Flower Breathing's final form to heighten her vision and perception.
- Kanao reaches Doma's neck with her blade, and with help from Inosuke, is able to behead Doma.