Flower Breathing (
Overview[]
Flower Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics both perennial flowers and fruit blossoms and replicates them with the user's movements, techniques, and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms are a combination of graceful attacks that focus on agility. This Breathing Style also enhances and utilizes one's vision, albeit at the possible cost of their eyesight. Users of Flower Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating flowers and petals when unleashing its techniques.
It is unclear whether Flower Breathing was created during the dawn of the Breathing Styles or later. The only certainty about its creation is that it predated the Taisho Era (and likely the Meiji as well). The only known fact about its creator is that they planted a cherry blossom tree in what would become the Butterfly Mansion's garden.
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Known Users[]
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Kanae Kocho | Kanao Tsuyuri |
Known Techniques[]
Flower Breathing originally has at least 7 techniques, of which 5 were demonstrated including the Final Form.
- Second Form: Honorable Shadow Plum (
弐 ノ型 御 影 梅 Ni no kata: Mikage Ume?)[1] - The user releases several rotating sword slashes that deflects incoming physical attacks. - Fourth Form: Crimson Hanagoromo (
肆 ノ型 紅 花 衣 Shi no kata: Beni Hanagoromo?)[2] - The user unleashes single sword slash that curves and twists gracefully. - Fifth Form: Peonies of Futility (
伍 ノ型 徒 の芍 薬 Go no kata: Ada no Shakuyaku ?)[3] - The user unleashes a flurry of nine consecutive attacks that flow and weave in on themselves. - Sixth Form: Whirling Peach (
陸 ノ型 渦 桃 Roku no kata: Uzumomo?)[4] - A technique used after or during evasion, the user spins around moving with their body weight to deliver an attack. - Final Form: Equinoctial Vermilion Eye (
終 ノ型 彼 岸 朱 眼 Tsui no kata: Higan Shugan?)[5] - A focusing technique that raises the user's kinetic vision to its maximum, while using this technique the user perceives the world as if it were in slow motion. Usage of the technique, however, is highly dangerous, as the tremendous strain on the eyes could cause blood vessels to rupture and lead to partial or complete blindness.[6] This technique is still usable even if the user only has one fully functional eye.[7]
Demonstrations[]
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Trivia[]
- According to Kanao, the Butterfly Mansion garden's cherry blossom tree was planted there by the first user of Flower Breathing. It is named Victory (
必 勝 Hisshō?).[8]- Although many species of cherry blossom trees live for only three to four decades, the "Thread Cherry" (Prunus itosakura), a species native to Japan, is famed for being extremely long-lived. Individuals of the species (Jindai-zakura, Usuzumi-zakura, Daigo-zakura) have lifespans spanning multiple centuries, millennia even. The cherry blossom tree in the Butterfly Mansion garden is possibly one of them.
- Flower Breathing and Mist Breathing are the only two branching Breathing Styles besides the five main Breathing Styles that are not the personal creations of any of the Taisho Era Hashira.
- Demons' opinion on being slayed by Flower Breathing and its wielder is as follows:[9]
- "She was sort of angelic." - Demon A
- "And moved with grace." - Demon B
- "It was soft and smelled good." - Demon C
- "And ended with sweet words." - Demon D
- "Like she was sending us to heaven!" - Demon E
References[]
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 158 (Page 5).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 143 (Page 14).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 158 (Page 4).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 158 (Page 7).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 162 (Page 18).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 162 (Page 19).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 202 (Page 16-17).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 204 (Page 18).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Second Fanbook.
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