Giyu Tomioka

Giyu Tomioka is a male anime and manga character who features in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Biography

Giyu Tomioka (Japanese: 冨とみ岡おか義ぎ勇ゆう, Hepburn: Tomioka Giyū?) was a Japanese male who came to live in the Taisho era in Japan. In that time, he grew up alongside his older sister Tsutako Tomioka. When he was still a child, his sister sacrificed herself to protect him from a Demon.

Whilst travelling through the snow covered mountains, he came to find Tanjiro Kamado whose sister Nezuko Kamado having been turned into a demon. At first, Giyu looked to eliminate her as per his duty but Tanjiro moved to protect his sister. Tomioka though came to dismiss his pleas and continued his attempt at killing the demon. As Tanjiro calls out to his sister in alarm, Giyu tells him not to move, stating that it is his job to kill Demons like Nezuko. The swordsman then listens as Tanjiro attempts to defend his sister and explain their current predicament, commenting afterwards that her change in demeanor is simple to explain: any open wound bathed in Demon blood causes that person to become a Demon themselves, thus increasing their overall numbers. When the boy exclaims that his sister hasn't eaten any humans, Giyu reminds him of what had just transpired, shortly thereafter bluntly remarking that there is no way to cure a person once they are turned into a Demon, despite Tanjiro petitioning that there must be a way. As Tanjiro continues pleading for his sister to be released, Giyu brings his sword up to Nezuko's throat. Tanjiro prostrates himself before the swordsman, begging for his sister's life. Giyu grows angry at his actions, stating that he has no authority over who lives or who dies. He continues that Tanjiro was too weak to protect his family, and all of his talk about finding a cure for his sister's condition and finding his family's killer is ridiculous. Stating that neither he or the Demon Lords would have any respect for such a miserable display, Giyu asks Tanjiro why he thought that covering his sister's body with his would be more effective instead of swinging his hatchet and that Tanjiro's mistakes are what lead to her capture and states also that Giyu could have skewered them both and have been done with it. As the boy ponders these words, Giyu silently encourages him to find the resolve necessary to accomplish all of the lofty goals he had placed upon himself. He then stabs Nezuko in the chest, causing Tanjiro to throw a stone at him in fury.

Giyu blocks the stone with the hilt of his sword, avoiding another of the projectiles as Tanjiro charges at him. Seeing the attack attempt as only a simple act of emotion, the swordsman angrily drives the hilt of his sword into his attacker's back, knocking him to the ground. Staring down at the fallen boy, Giyu wonders where his opponent's axe is. Looking up, he sees the weapon spinning towards him through the air, narrowly dodging it. He then muses over Tanjiro's clever strategy, without even realizing that the boy was empty-handed when he attacked. Deciphering Tanjiro's plan, Giyu realizes that Tanjiro likely thought to take him out with the surprise attack, even if it meant perishing as well. Distracted, the swordsman is attacked by Nezuko, dodging backwards from her kick. Cursing himself, Giyu watches as the girl reaches for her brother, certain that she was going to devour him. To his surprise, she instead stands protectively in front of his prone body, before charging at him again in rage. Giyu recalls Tanjiro's previous assertion that Nezuko would not eat humans, noting that somebody a long time ago had said the same thing and had been killed regardless. He reflects on the nature of Demons, in particular, the high amount of stamina lost during the transformation process, and what they do to alleviate the lost stamina and prevent starvation: eat humans, even those closest to them. Seeing that Nezuko was not following this example, Giyu sheathes his sword, incapacitating the unusual Demon with a barehanded blow to the neck. While Tanjiro and Nezuko are unconscious, Giyu wraps the Demon in a clean cloth and straps a bamboo, muzzle-like tube across the girl's mouth. When Tanjiro regains his consciousness, the swordsman instructs him to visit Sakonji Urokodaki and to also to not take his sister out in the sun, before promptly leaving. He would later send a letter to Sakonji, requesting for him to train Tanjiro and explaining the boy and his sister's circumstances.

He along with the Insect Hashira Shinobu Kocho were dispatched to the Natagumo Mountain (那な田た蜘ぐ 蛛も山やま Natagumo yama?) to assist the Demon Slayer Corps there after a number of their hunters were killed by the Spider family. Upon arriving, Giyu and Shinobu separated in order to cover more ground as well as eliminate any demons in the area. Tomioka himself managed to arrive just in time to help save Tanjiro who was engaged in battle against the Kizuki Rui and had nearly been killed by the Spider family's leader. Giyu and the demon then battled where the Water Hashira managed to effortlessly slay Rui whose head was severed from his body. As the spider demon slowly decayed, Tomioka walked over its body though Tanjiro begged the senior Demon Slayer to respect it as Rui was once human and deserved compassion in his final moments. omioka came to realise that the boy and his sister were the siblings he had saved from sometime ago. This caused him to stop Shinobu from killing the sister Nezuko despite her being a demon where he told Kamado to run away with his sibling whilst he found off Kocho.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Giyu Tomioka was a tall young man possessing a muscular stature and pale complexion who had unruly black hair of uneven lengths that stuck up in tufts around his head which he wore tied back in a low messy ponytail at the base of his neck. His bangs fell over his eyes in an uneven fringe. Within the Demon Slayer Corps, he came to hold the title of the current Water Hashira (水みず柱ばしら Mizu Bashira?).

Typically, he appeared as a stoic figure who had an unbothered expression on his face.

He felt that pure rage was a powerful emotion that could drive a person to take action.

Powers and abilities

Giyu Tomioka was a human who came to undergo training to become a swordsmen and martial artist so that he could fight demons. As a Hashira, he came to be considered one of the most powerful and skilled swordsmen in the Demon Slayer Corps.

He came to be trained by the previous Water Hashira Sakonji Urokodaki and learnt the art of Water Breathing (水みずの呼こ吸きゅう Mizu no kokyū?).

Among the techniques known to him included:

• First Form: Water Surface Slash (壱いちノ型かた 水みな面も斬ぎり Ichi no kata: Minamo Giri?) :
• Second Form: Water Wheel (弐にノ型かた 水みず車ぐるま Ni no kata: Mizu Guruma?) :
• Third Form: Flowing Dance (参さんノ型かた 流りゅう流りゅう舞まい San no kata: Ryūryū Mai?) :
• Fourth Form: Striking Tide (肆しノ型かた 打うち潮しお Shi no kata: Uchishio?) :
• Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought (伍ごノ型かた 干かん天てんの慈じ雨う Go no kata: Kanten no Jiu?) :
• Sixth Form: Whirlpool (陸ろくノ型かた ねじれ渦うず Roku no kata: Nejire Uzu?) :
• Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust (漆しちノ型かた 雫しずく波は紋もん突づき Shichi no kata: Shizuku Hamon Tsuki?) :
• Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin (捌はちノ型かた 滝たき壼つぼ Hachi no kata: Takitsubo?) :
• Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow (玖くノ型かた 水すい流りゅう飛沫しぶき Ku no kata: Suiryū Shibuki?) :
• Tenth Form: Constant Flux (拾じゅうノ型かた 生せい生せい流る転てん Jū no kata: Seisei Ruten?) :
• Eleventh Form: Dead Calm (拾じゅう壱いちノ型かた 凪なぎ Jū Ichi no kata: Nagi?) :

He was armed with a Nichirin Katana that was used by the members of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Through training, he came to join the ranks of the Demon Slayer Corps (鬼き殺さつ隊たい Kisatsutai?) where he rose to the rank of Hashira (柱はしら Hashira?, lit. Pillars).

Notes

• Giyu Tomioka was created by Koyoharu Gotōge where he featured in the setting of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba universe.

Appearances

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba:

External Links

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Wiki Entry

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