| “ | It wasn't always like this. I wasn't afraid to die. ...Because I was a shinobi-a ninja actually... I was a kunoichi-a female ninja... and I'd never be as strong as a male shinobi. So we're taught to pull back when our lives are threatened. |
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— Makio on her upbringing in Value
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Makio (まきを Makio?) is a supporting character of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is a kunoichi and one of Tengen Uzui's wives.
Appearance[]
Makio is a young woman of average height with a voluptuous figure, pale skin, and large light brown eyes framed by prominent eyelashes on both her upper and lower lids. Her thin eyebrows arch downward, giving her a determined and headstrong look. She has black hair tied up, with yellow bangs framing her face in loose, soft strands.
Makio is seen wearing a red, sleeveless striped dress that ends mid-thigh which also reveals her cleavage and secured with a black obi where she stores her kunai. She has gray-colored bandages wrapped around her calves and up to her thighs. Her footwear consists of a pair of zōri with red straps. During her time as Daki's captive, she is seen with cuts and bruises across her body.
When retired, Makio wears a more modest version of her usual attire, consisting of a scarlet kimono with darker lines and lifted sleeves, paired with a white yuban underneath that has an open window revealing her mid-chest. The outfit features white straps tied and laced in an X pattern around her shoulders and back, extending down to her ankles for added coverage. A darker grey obi is tied around her waist, secured with a white obijime in the middle. She retains her red-strapped zōri.
Personality[]
Makio punching Suma in the middle of a fight.
Makio's personality is similar to Inosuke Hashibira: bold and confident in the way she acts. Out of her two co-wives, Makio tends to have less patience with Suma. When the two had fought against Daki's obi in the underground cavern, Makio can be seen berating her for being pessimistic. She was also seen chiding her for eating too fast and wanting to be a firefly in previous times. Later on when the three wives reunite, Makio can also be seen slapping Suma and calling her an idiot after she falsely claims that Hinatsuru is dead.[2] Another is when Tengen almost succumbs to Gyutaro's poison and she yells at Suma for loudly panicking and crying, interrupting Tengen's last words, and attempts to shove dirt into her mouth to silence her.
She seems to have a more cordial relationship with Hinatsuru, going to her for advice and comforting her when she weeps recalling their final battle. Despite her headstrong and fierce temperament, Makio does have a softer side that shows when dealing with Tengen. She is seen worrying about his declining health following their major battle, and clings to him in relief after Nezuko heals him. [3]
Like her co-wives, Makio has a soft spot for Tanjiro, due to his monumental aid in the battle in Yoshiwara, offering him kind words during his training and wishing the best for him in his battle against Muzan.
History[]
Makio speaking with Hinatsuru regarding Tengen's beliefs.
At some point of her life, Makio married Tengen Uzui, along with Suma and Hinatsuru. After she left the clan, her family journeyed to see Kagaya Ubuyashiki in order to fight as a part of the Demon Slayer Corps.[4]
At some point in the past, Makio was instructed alongside Suma and Hinatsuru by Tengen on his personal ideology: to put their own lives first, then respectable humans, and lastly himself. Makio questioned this approach to life in private, as it went against what they had been taught as kunoichi, Hinatsuru assured her that it was okay to put her own safety first.[5]
Synopsis[]
Entertainment District Arc[]
Makio captured by Daki's obi.
Makio initially arrives at the district to work undercover as a courtesan at the Ogimoto House. She tries to gather intel on reports of a demon within the district and sends back information to Tengen via crow. One day, Makio is discovered by Daki and captured by her obi, which interrogates her over who she is sending the letters to.[6] Refusing to disclose her mission, Makio is taken to Daki's underground bunker and sealed within a sash.
Makio leads the evacuation of Yoshiwara.
When Inosuke later discovers the bunker, he cuts the obi freeing both Makio and Suma from within it and the two women assist him in protecting the girls from getting reabsorbed by the Obi.[7] After they reunite with Tengen in the cavern, Makio and Suma are freed and lead the evacuation of the citizens within the district.[8]
Once Makio and Suma succeed in evacuating the citizens, they return towards the end of the battle and discover the aftermath. Makio alongside her co-wives hurry to provide first aid to Tengen, but discover their antidotes aren't working to cure Gyutaro's poison. After initially panicking over what to do, Suma's crying irritates Makio, causing her to lose her temper and attack Suma, Nezuko approaches the group and heals Tengen with her abilities, allowing the women to rejoice and embrace him.[9]
Swordsmith Village Arc[]
Makio helping Tengen as they leave Yoshiwara.
As Kakushi appear in Yoshiwara so that clean up can begin, Makio and her co-wives can be seen assisting Tengen off of the battlefield so he can begin his recovery.
Hashira Training Arc[]
Makio assists Suma and Hinatsuru in Tengen's stage of Hashira Training, giving out food to the exhausted participants and listening to her husband explain the entirety of the Training Program. She greets Tanjiro when he appears to begin his training, and compliments the young Demon Slayer for reaching into manhood. Tanjiro thanks them for their help in Yoshiwara, but they claim they are the ones to be grateful. They hear and are amused by Tengen demanding the trainees eat more, threatening to make the next exercise harder should they leave any food, with Makio joining in on the threatening teasing.[10][11]
Makio explains Tengen's true demeanor.
Later on, Tengen orders the trainees to run to a mountain and return or be denied dinner. As Tanjiro is stretching for the exercise, Tengen's wives approach him; Hinatsuru and Suma remark that despite his outward harsh exterior, Tengen is actually gentle on the inside. with Makio mentioning that he did not eat until the last trainee returned, even going so far as to search the mountain to find them. Having heard them talking about him, Tengen sarcastically tells them as much and pats Makio on the head, to their bemusement. After helping Tengen's wives with chores in the kitchen, Tanjiro is thanked with a cup of Gyokuro tea. Hinatsuru takes the chance to thank him and his companions for saving them in Yoshiwara. She begins to cry as she remarks that Tengen still wants to fight, leading to Makio comforting her and noting that he blames himself for relinquishing his position in the Corps. She listens as Hinatsuru wishes for Tanjiro to defeat Muzan. When Tanjiro finishes training with Tengen, she bids him farewell.
Sunrise Countdown Arc[]
In the wake of the final battle and Muzan's death, Makio visits the Kamado siblings in the Butterfly Mansion. When Suma begins to enthusiastically and loudly dote on Nezuko, Makio scolds her with a slap on the back of the head, prompting another of her famous tantrums. Later on, she poses for a group photo and later frolics in a field with her beloved husband and co-wives.
Abilities[]
Overall Abilities: Makio does not possess any form of superhuman abilities. However, as she was raised as a kunoichi, Makio possesses impressive shinobi skills, being capable of wielding a kunai as well as performing maneuvers and fighting much more proficiently than regular people can.
Fighting Style[]
Ninjutsu: As a trained kunoichi, Makio is a skilled practitioner of ninjutsu, having the acrobatics as well as proficiency with kunai to be an excellent fighter. During her brief fight against Daki's sentient belt, she is shown to hold her own and be very confident and bold, unlike Suma. However, due to her lack of Breathing Styles, she can be overwhelmed when fighting demons, and is overshadowed by her husband in terms of power.
Game Exclusive Techniques[]
- Back Attack[12] - TBA
- Tripped Up Ninjutsu[12] - Makio and Suma attack their opponent simultaneously; the former somersaults and plunges her kunai into her opponent, the latter trips and accidentally drops several small bombs which detonate one-by-one, forcing the opponent into the sky.
- TBA[12] - Hinatsuru blitzes her opponent with a series of attacks with a sword and kunai, as well as using her own acrobatics to repeatedly kick them. After she hurls wisteria-coated kunai at her opponent, Makio and Suma dash in opposite directions, making an x-shaped slash with their own kunai and knocking the target back. Hinatsuru then somersaults towards them and delivers a powerful axe kick against the opponent.
- TBA[12] - After Hinatsuru initiates the attack by somersaulting back and dashing at her opponent, she, Makio, and Suma blitz around them in a wild array of either hurling kunai at the opponent or attacking them themselves up close. In the chaos, Suma is accidentally knocked on the head, much to Hinatsuru's dismay and Makio's amusement. Angered, Suma begins to beat on her opponent with a series of ineffectual punches before finishing with an extremely powerful upward punch that flings them in the air.
Equipment[]
Standard Kunai: As a kunoichi, Makio carries around two standard black kunai for combat purposes, 2 of which she uses for melee combat and the rest as ranged projectiles.
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*The story does not indicate which child of Tengen carries on the lineage nor the quantity of generations that follow prior to Tenma. It also does not indicate who the mother was.
Trivia[]
- Makio is actually a distant cousin of Tengen's.[1]
- Makio's name contains solely the hiragana for "ma" (ま?), "ki" (き?) and "wo" (を?) respectively.
- Makio's English voice actress Erica Mendez is currently in a relationship with Akaza's English voice actor Lucien Dodge.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kimetsu no Yaiba Second Fanbook.
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 94 (Page 18).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 94 (Page 14).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 87 (Page 10).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 80 (Pages 1-3).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 72 (Page 18).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 79.
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 88 (Page 1).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 95.
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga: Chapter 132 (Page 2).
- ↑ Kimetsu no Yaiba Anime: Episode 58.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Kimetsu no Yaiba Game: The Hinokami Chronicles 2.