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“	Savages who torment the weak. Spite, enmity, nothing but hatred, for those who bathe in pure evil.	”
	— Zohakuten (Hantengu) to Tanjiro Kamado, Chapter 116

Hantengu (半 (はん) 天 (てん) 狗 (ぐ) , Hantengu^?) is the primary antagonist of the Swordsmith Village Arc of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. He is also one of the Twelve Kizuki, holding the position of Upper Rank Four (上 (じょう) 弦 (げん) の肆 (し) , Jōgen no Shi^?).^[1]

Appearance

Hantengu takes on the appearance of a short frail man with a very thin and skeletal body, covered with veins and wrinkles and is usually seen crouching. His most noticeable feature is a large bump on the top of his head, accompanied by two curved horns.

His face is thin with a sharp chin and constantly wears an expression of terror and fear, with a prominent brow ridge that lacks eyebrows. His eyes are narrow and often appear to be squinting, lacking any visible pupils.

He has dark shoulder length wavy hair with a low hairline, only growing out from the back of his head and ears, who themselves are sharper and longer then a normal humans.

His nails are long but not sharp like most other demons and retain their natural square form.

Clothing wise he wears a dark kimono that is split in the middle, the right half being covered in a pattern of flowers and lines with the left half being dark and lacking any detailed features.He also wears dark pants and sandals.

Personality

Hantengu's primary form had a persona of cowardice. He was easily frightened by what occurred in his surroundings, showing traits of paranoia, fear and delusion, as, despite the obvious evidence of his numerous crimes as a human, he still believed that he was innocent and didn't do anything wrong. Even as a Demon, killing and eating scores of innocent people, he still stubbornly and delusionally believed that he was innocent. The more threatened he felt, the stronger his other personalities became.

Sekido (積 (せき) 怒 (ど) , Anger^?) - The personification of Hantengu's anger. As such, this clone portrayed himself to be in a constant state of anger, irritation and hatefulness, even towards his fellow clones, which could be seen when he forcibly absorbed them against their will to form Zohakuten. He also showed himself to be the most dominant of the emotion clones and appeared to be the leader, as he was the one who barked orders to them when they were battling the Demon Slayers.

Karaku (可 (か) 楽 (らく) , Relaxed^?) - True to his name, this clone showcased himself to be the most relaxed and laid back of Hantengu's clones. The entire time he was battling against Genya Shinazugawa, Tanjiro Kamado and Nezuko Kamado, he was constantly praising them and, instead of taking the battle seriously, he instead saw it as nothing more than a game, seeming to only take interest in the new experiences he was obtaining from the battle. This could be seen when he happily expressed his interest at the new sensation upon being shot by Genya and commenting that was the first time he was ever injured in such a manner. This was demonstrated again, only this time during his battle with Nezuko, when, instead of finishing her off, he decided to tease and play with her despite being able to easily overpower her anytime he wanted. This behavior easily got on the nerves of his fellow clones, specifically to Sekido, who constantly berated him for taking so long in battle.

Aizetsu (哀 (あい) 絶 (ぜつ) , Sorrow^?) - This clone portrayed himself to be completely dejected, sour and negative as he constantly described everything as being depressing. Out of all the emotion clones, Aizetsu was shown to be the most calm and collected out of all five of them, as seen where instead of frivolously wasting time on entertainment as Urogi and Karaku or immediately getting agitated and enraged by anything like Sekido, Aizetsu was shown to calmly analyze his opponents and think out his strategy and figure out his opponents abilities and weaknesses before attacking.

Urogi (空 (うろ) 喜 (ぎ) , Delight^?) - The most jovial and giddy of Hantengu's clones. Similarly to Karaku, he seemed to view the entire battle against the Demon Slayers as nothing more than a game or as a source of entertainment, as seen when he happily complemented Tanjiro on his intelligence for correctly guessing that neither one of the four clones were the "real" body, and constantly exclaimed that the entire fight against Tanjiro was delightful.

Zohakuten (憎 (ぞう) 珀 (はく) 天 (てん) , Hate^?) - The evolved form of Sekido after he absorbed the other clones. Zohakuten has displayed the same traits of Sekido, as he too was easy to enrage and was incredibly spiteful and hateful towards his enemies due to him, deeming them as "evil" for bullying his "weak and innocent" self. Like Sekido, he was also incredibly foul-mouthed as seen when he constantly insulted his opponents and referred to Mitsuri as a harlot, constantly calling her various degrading names in his thoughts. He also seemed to harbor an immense sense of loyalty towards Muzan, as seen when he told Mitsuri that he only heeds and follows the orders of one man in the entire world. Out of all the clones, he was shown to be the most intelligent and insightful aside from Sekido, as seen when he easily analyzed why Mitsuri Kanroji survived his powerful attacks and figured out the true source of her strength.

Urami (恨 (うら) み, Resentment^?) - The final of Hantengu's clones, and his last-ditch attempt at surviving. He was shown to be just as hypocritical and delusional as Zohakuten and Hantengu, as he angrily told Tanjiro not to bully and hurt his "weak and innocent" self. He angrily asked why Tanjiro couldn't "see" his innocence and, true to his name, he has shown to be the embodiment of Hantengu's resentment due him to being punished and persecuted for crimes that he was "innocent" of.

Abilities and Powers

Demon Abilities

Having held the position of Upper Rank 4, Hantengu can be considered to have been the fifth strongest Demon in the series.

Supernatural Physical Prowess: As an Upper Rank Demon, Hantengu's physical capabilities have been augmented to supernatural levels due to the high concentration of Muzan's blood present in him. The base level speed of an Upper Rank can reach subsonic, proven when Upper Rank 3, Akaza, was moving so fast that even two extremely talented swordsman, Tanjiro Kamado and Inosuke Hashibira could only perceive sparks and dust clouds from his blinding movements, the same goes for their immense reflexes and reaction time. The base level physical strength of an Upper Rank is superhuman as well, proven when the weakest Upper Rank, Daki, could punch a hole into a building with her fists. The durability of an Upper Rank's skin and flesh is way stronger than Nichirin, proven when the neck of the second weakest Lower Rank, Rui, couldn't be cut by Tanjiro Kamado. Giyu Tomioka also noted that all Upper Rank Demons have limitless stamina and never suffer from fatigue.

Enhanced Mental Prowess: Like all Upper Rank Demons, who harbor extremely high concentration of Muzan Kibutsuji's blood, Hantengu possesses superhuman mental capabilities. He could process information and think clearly at supernatural speeds, proven by fighting Hashira, who can think at equally or slightly slower speeds. As another testament to his mental capabilities, he has incredible concentration abilities and wits. He can split his focus on multiple opponents while still overwhelming them, he can also easily adapt to different combat situations and conceive combat strategies while engaging in combat.

Blood Demon Art (血 (けっ) 鬼 (き) 術 (じゅつ) , Kekkijutsu^?):

Emotional Manifestation: Hantengu's main ability is to manifest his emotions as powerful younger clones of himself with their own unique appearances and abilities. These clones also seem to embody a certain emotion Hantengu has felt before, and has shown to only feel that specific emotion. Each is identified by their clothing and a kanji tattoo in their tongue labeling their core emotion.

Demon Form

Description & Attacks

Hantengu (半 (はん) 天 (てん) 狗 (ぐ) Hantengu^?)

Main form of Upper Moon 4 which is a diminutive version of the original body and also the body possessing Hantengu's "core." This body has incredible physical fortification and durability, that not even Genya's Sun Steel bullets or sword could penetrate his flesh, despite Genya using his demon enhanced strength to further strengthen his attacks.

Abilities and Powers:

Supernatural Stealth: Hantengu's skill in stealth seems to be his most formidable ability when not divided into his clones as can be seen when he managed to easily infiltrate the blacksmith village of the Demon Slayer Corps, one of their most vital and well fortified bases, without any of the numerous guards noticing. Later on he managed to sneak up on both Muichiro and Tanjiro without them noticing, despite the former being a Hashira and having prodigal skill and talent in battling demons and the latter's superhuman sense of smell.

Sekido (積 (せき) 怒 (ど) Anger^?)

One of the first emotion clones shown by Hantengu, Sekido is the embodiment anger.

Abilities and Powers:

Flesh Manipulation: Sekido can shape and distort his flesh into the shape of a Khakkhara (錫 (しゃく) 杖 (じょう) , Shakujō^?) staff.^[2]
- Absorption: When angered and enraged enough Sekido can forcibly absorb and assimilate his fellow emotion clones and form Zohakuten.

Staff Proficiency: Sekido is incredibly proficient in his staff, being able to keep up with the attacks of both Tanjiro and Nezuko.

Blood Demon Art (血 (けっ) 鬼 (き) 術 (じゅつ) , Kekkijutsu^?):

Lightning Inducement: Sekido's main ability is to summon extremely powerful lightning strikes and manipulate them at will. The lightning attacks themselves are powerful enough to nearly kill fellow demons, as seen with Nezuko, and to completely paralyze demon slayers. However a weakness to this is that Sekido cannot electrocute something created from his own cells as seen when he could not channel his lightning through the severed leg of Urogi.

Karaku (可 (か) 楽 (らく) Relaxed^?)

The second of the emotion clones created by Hantengu, Karaku is the embodiment relaxation.

Abilities and Powers:

Flesh Manipulation: When Karaku's arm was torn off and seperated from him by Nezuko and was blown away by his own technique, Karaku showed that he could easily regrow and create a new fan from his flesh similar to Sekido. A weakness to this fan is that other people can make use of it once taken from Karaku.

Fan Proficiency: Karaku has shown multiple times that he can proficiently wield his maple fan, able to utilize it for both offense and defense.

Blood Demon Art (血 (けっ) 鬼 (き) 術 (じゅつ) , Kekkijutsu^?):

Wind Generation: Karaku can use his fans to create powerful gushes of wind capable of easily leveling an entire building and nearly crushing humans and demons respectively to death and leave behind maple leaf like craters.

Aizetsu (哀 (あい) 絶 (ぜつ) Sorrow^?)

The third emotion clone created by Hantengu, Aizetsu is the embodiment of sorrow.

Abilities and Powers:

Flesh Manipulation: Like Sekido and Karaku, Aizetsu's spear is also likely created from his own flesh and bone and thus explaining its ability to grow and shrink at will.

Spear Proficiency: His skill in wielding his spear easily overwhelmed Genya several times, and when combined with his spear manipulation ability makes him extremely formidable to fight.

Blood Demon Art (血 (けっ) 鬼 (き) 術 (じゅつ) , Kekkijutsu^?):

Spear Manipulation: Aizetsu possess the ability to fashion a long spear Yari from his cells, that can then extend and shrink according to Aizetsu's will. He incorporates this ability in close range combat by extending the reach of the spear during mid thrust and slash, allowing him to easily butcher his opponents from a long to mid range combat.

Urogi (空 (うろ) 喜 (ぎ) Delight^?)

The fourth emotion clone created by Hantengu, Urogi is the embodiment of delight.

Abilities and Powers:

Flesh Detachments:This clone is also capable of creating several miniature clones of himself from his severed body parts. The clone is also capable of firing sonic screams, however only possess less than a tenth of their original power allowing even the weakest demon slayer to easily shrug its attacks off.

Blood Demon Art (血 (けっ) 鬼 (き) 術 (じゅつ) , Kekkijutsu^?):

Bird Physiology: Urogi takes the form of a gleeful harpy-like demon with wings and bird talons. He has extremely sharp talons that are sharper than diamond.

Sonic Scream: Urogi has displayed the power to blast sonic screams from his mouth as his main attack.

Zohakuten (憎 (ぞう) 珀 (はく) 天 (てん) Hate^?)

The most powerful emotion clone of Hantengu formed by Sekido's absorption of Karaku, Aizetsu, and Urogi. Zohakuten is the embodiment of hatred.

Abilities and Powers:

Blood Demon Art (血 (けっ) 鬼 (き) 術 (じゅつ) , Kekkijutsu^?):

Wood Manipulation: Zohakuten can manipulate the wood from the flora in his surroundings and conjure wooden dragons to attack his opponents by beating on the five drums attached to his back to control the dragons.

Ability Combination: Zohakuten has the power to use the abilities of the four clones he absorbed through the Dragon heads which are capable of breathing out lightning and thunder of Sekido, emitted the Sonic Screams of Urogi, generate powerful wind attacks that leave behind gigantic maple leaf craters like Karaku, and breath out spear-like thrust attacks like Aizetsu.

Techniques:

Countless Striking Trees (無 (む) 間 (けん) 業 (ごう) 樹 (じゅ) , Muken Gōju^?):^[3] Zohakuten unleashes his dragon-like trees towards the enemy, making them rapidly grow bigger and multiply as they rush towards his opponent.

Crazed Cry of Thunder Death (狂 (きょう) 鳴 (めい) 雷 (らい) 殺 (さつ) , Kyōmei Rai satsu^?):^[4] An attack utilized by Zohakuten's wooden dragons, which demonstrate the ability to combine the unique powers of Urogi and Sekido's powers to create an attack of thunder and sound.

Compressed Sound Waves (狂 (きょう) 圧 (あつ) 鳴 (めい) 波 (は) , Kyōatsu Meiha^?):^[5] Zohakuten emits wavelike-screams — similar to Urogi — which are powerful enough to destroy a human's body; For stronger individuals, the attack can temporarily stun the opponent as seen when he attacked the Love Hashira, Mitsuri Kanroji.

Urami (恨 (うら) み Resentment^?)

The final emotion body detachment created by Hantengu. Urami is the embodiment of resentment.

Abilities and Powers: Hantengu created Urami as a last line of defense, being essentially a larger more physically powerful version of his "core" with its primary purpose is being a living armor used to hide his true body inside its heart.