at the early stages of season one of the show commodore family seemed like your normal family living on the mountainside but that couldn't be further from the truth they possessed the legendary breathing style sun breathing that was passed on throughout the generations and leads all the way back to the strongest demon slayer to ever live yorichi tsugikuni and that's where our story starts yorichi was a legendary demon slayer who lived nearly 500 years ago during the sengoku era also called the golden age of demon slayers he's the progenitor of breathing styles being the one who
created the original sun breathing and the only demon slayer ever that muzan kibutsuji was afraid of apart from being the only user of sun breathing he was also by far the greatest swordsman in the world even as a seven-year-old child with no training he was capable of easily defeating a trained swordsman the very first time he picked up a sword striking him in multiple areas across his body faster than the eye can process his swordsmanship was so great that a battle doll modeled after him had to be made with six arms wielding katanas and utilizing
108 techniques to even attempt to imitate yorichi's skills and even then the doll was still vastly inferior compared to him his might easily overwhelmed the demon king muzan and even in his 80s he was far stronger than the upper rank one kokushibu his younger brother he initially created sun breathing with twelve techniques all connected to one another later upon meeting the demon king himself yorichi perfected a swordsmanship style creating a new unnamed 13th form since some breathing techniques are so closely tied to kamado family let's quickly go through all of them the first and most
common form is dance where the user delivers a single high-powered vertical slash as seen in tanjido's battle against rui clear blue sky the user spins their body horizontally to deliver a 360 degree slash raging sun the user unleashes two horizontal slashes to hit or defend from incoming attacks burning bones summer sun the user unleashes a large circular slash that defends from imminent frontal attacks setting sun transformation the user backflips into the air to deliver a powerful upended sword slash that aims to decapitate their target solar heat haze the user charges towards the target unleashing a
horizontal slash seemingly covered in the haze that fails to land but actually does hit the target beneficent radiance the user spirals into the air and delivers a powerful slash that surrounds the enemy sunflower thrust the user unleashes a single thrust attack with the point of the blade dragon sun halo head dance the user unleashes a continuous fast and powerful sword attack that seemingly takes the form of a japanese dragon made of solar flames fire wheel the user leaps behind the opponent and spins in the air downward releasing a sword attack in a circular motion fake
rainbow the user performs high speed twists and rotations thus creating after images flame dance a two combo strike that starts with the vertical slash and then a horizontal one right after 13th form the user continuously performs all 12 forms of sun breathing in repetitive succession to increase the accuracy and agility of its movements this form was created solely for the purpose of killing muzan kibutsuji since the repetition of all 12 forms aims to destroy muzan's 12 vital organs 7 hearts and 5 brains that move freely inside his body so how did the kamado family come
in possession of this legendary breathing style well sometime during the sengoku era yodeji met sumiyoshi and sister of the kamado family yoruchi saved sumiyoshi presumably from a demon and they became close friends he would then often visit the kamados in their home in the mountain one time while staying with them sumiyoshi and his wife asked yorichi if he could perform his sun-breathing style in front of them he of course accepted performing all the forms with such grace he was likened more like a spirit than a human sumiyoshi would closely observe these demonstrations and keep them
in his memories on this last visit yoruchi gave sumiyoshi his hanafuda earrings sumiyoshi who looked up to yoruci promised to pass the sun breathing techniques along with hanafuda earrings onto his further generations he later named it hinokami kagura and it became a family tradition the hinokami kagura was passed on from father to son in a form of dance the kamado family used the breathing style within a ritual ceremony practiced every new year where the breathing style user would offer the fire god a dance from sunset to sunrise to ward off threats and diseases the hinokamikagura
dance was created with 12 different segments each one presenting a different form of sun breathing eventually the hinokami kagura was passed on to tanjuro kamado who used it in a similar way as his ancestors tanjuro was the head of the kamado family being the father of our protagonists tanjido and nezuko he died a few years prior to the main story due to his illness although there isn't much information about him from flashbacks we can assume that he was a loving and caring person he had a peaceful relationship with his family and regularly lectured tanjido about
life according to tanjido he didn't like standing out or displaying his true abilities to others however if his family was in danger he wouldn't hesitate to protect them and he would show no mercy toward the enemy at some point in his life tanjiro married kai and had six children with her despite possessing the legendary breathing style he never showed interest in joining the demon slayers and chose to spend his time with his family instead although he died some time before tanjido joined the demon slayers he was a great inspiration to him and the person who
introduced him to sun breathing not many people realized this but tanjuro was actually one of the strongest humans around at the time he was shown to be a phenomenally strong individual despite not being a demon slayer and having a tragic disease that makes his body incredibly frail he was able to slay a bear more than two meters tall with incredible speed without even wielding a niche sword what's also impressive is that he was able to access the transparent world tanjuro stated that he learned this from his father in the form of perception training and was
able to use it proficiently against a giant bear chopping the animal twice in the blink of an eye before it could even react tanjuro's birthmark on his forehead is secretly a demon slayer mark this is proven by shinjuro's explanation that all sun breathing users naturally have a mark on their forehead for those of you who don't know what transparent world is let us explain demon slayers that have awakened the demon slayer mark can utilize a special form of perception that alters their vision allowing them to perceive other living beings as if they were transparent only
being able to see the inner workings of their bodies most notably users are able to perceive the flow of blood breathing muscular contractions and joint movements of the creature that they are looking at one can use the transparent world's power to see inside an enemy's body as a way to predict and evade their opponent's attacks as well as to find openings for their own strikes additionally the user is able to perceive the world around them as if it was in slow motion thus dramatically increasing their movement speed and reflexes with all this information in mind
it would be very interesting to see how strong would tangier be if he trained as a demon slayer the first time we met hashidas none of them had access to the transparent world and they didn't even know what demon slayer marks are if not for his illness he would surely be able to rise to the rank of the hashida and possibly become the strongest demon slayer in his generation throughout his entire life kanjuro emanated absolutely no sense of hatred anger or fear even in dire situations this is greatly inspired by yodeji's capability to stop his
bloodlust for combat tanjuro also had immense stamina and endurance for a non-demon slayer being able to practice the hinokami kagura ritual dance from dusk to dawn without any rest despite his illness frail body and freezing surroundings we couldn't possibly make a video on hinokamikagura without mentioning everyone's favorite sun-breathing user tanjiro kamado at the beginning of his journey as a demon slayer tanjiro didn't even know what breathing forms are let her know what sun breathing is although he witnessed his father performing hinokamikagura in the past he was completely unaware of what it is he initially trained
under sakonji the former water hashira and learned water breathing techniques from him on his mission to avenge his family and defeat muzan kibutsuji tanjido faced many different demons in the beginning those demons were weak and he was easily able to behead them using the water breathing style however with time his enemies became exponentially stronger and the water breathing style he was taught was simply not enough to keep him alive during his near-death experience in his battle against rui tanjido recalled the memory of his father showing him the hinokami kagura in a form of dance simply
by recalling the single memory he was able to instantly adapt his water breathing and immediately change it to the hinokamikagura in the middle of battle now performing a technique this advanced simply because you saw it once wouldn't be possible for anyone we can only assume that since the kamado family practiced the same style for over 400 years it's literally in their blood and they easily master it without long training as tanjido's body was more suited to the hinokami kagura he quickly overpowered the lower ranked demon however the sheer force of fatigue it placed on his
untrained body caused him to collapse only moments after using it thus in battles he usually saves it as his last choice only using it when it's completely necessary tanjido trained more so that his body could take the strain of hinokamikagura techniques and was capable of using multiple forms in succession in his battle against daki although the whiplash from doing so became quickly apparent still through battling hantengu and undergoing intense training during the swordsman's village arc and the hashida training arc tanjido finally managed to master all the forms in the hinokamikagura using it to its full
potential against akaza when tanjido witnessed all the forms performed by yorichi tsugikuni himself he realized his own hinokami kagura moves had unnecessary movements different wrist angles footwork and breathing rhythm removing all these mistakes enabled him to awaken the true form of a legendary sun breathing and he was able to temporarily battle on equal grounds with the demon king muzan to the point that muzan saw yorichi's visage overlapping with tanjido's own when he was performing the techniques against him click on this video where we explain the entire story of yorichi tsugikuni i know you're still here
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