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For example, even if the mark had not appeared, as long as you are in the Demon Slayer Corps there is no guarantee you will live to tomorrow. Why would I cling to life at this point? No one becomes a Hashira with such half-hearted determination. That horrible insult... makes me boil with anger.
~ Gyomei Himejima to Kokushibo
IT'S MUZAN!!! Muzan Kibutsuji! Even if you cut off his head, he won't die!
~ Gyomei Himejima telling the Hashira and Tanjiro that Muzan Kibutsuji has arrived.

Gyomei Himejima (悲鳴嶼 行冥, Himejima Gyōmei) is a major character in the 2016-2020 action dark fantasy manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and its 2019 anime adaptation.

He is a blind religious demon slayer, who serves as the Stone Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps and is heavily stated to be the strongest Hashira in the entire corps. He's also a close friend and confidant to the corps' leader, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who saved his life from being executed for a crime he didn't commit.

He is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita in Japanese and by Crispin Freeman, who voiced Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, in English.

Appearance[]

Gyōmei is a hulking figure among the Demon Slayers. He is one of the show "top protagonists", standing effortlessly over his fellow Hashira. He is extremely muscular and powerfully built. He has black spiky hair, and a prominent scar that runs across his forehead horizontally. He has been blind with no irises nor pupils.

He wears a traditional black and white Demon Slayer Corps uniform with an olive-green happi draped over his shoulders. He also wears around his neck a large-beaded necklace and holds ojuzu when he is not engaged in combat.

Personality[]

Why would I understand? We (Demon hunters) take pride in living and dying as humans. Don't you impose your petty opinion upon others.
~ Gyōmei refusing Kokushibo's offer to become a Demon.

Despite his outwardly intimidating appearance, Gyōmei represents the gentle giant stereotype, being remarkably soft-spoken and sensitive, to the extent he cries easily over small matters. He is often seen to be very religious, often holding his beads of prayer and offering prayers in poignant circumstances, and in conjunction with that, harbors a love for all living things. However, we will fight demons whenever it is necessary, and whenever he engages them in combat, he displays immense strength to the extent he is considered the strongest member of the entire Demon Slayer Corps, which earns him a great amount of respect and admiration from his fellow Hashira. Due to his past experiences before he joined the Corps, he can be rather wary of and reluctant to trust people he doesn't know, especially children. However, when someone does earn his trust, he is completely and unwaveringly loyal to them.

Powers and Abilities[]

Overall Abilities[]

As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Gyomei is a very powerful and skilled combatant. He is stated by both Tanjiro Kamado and Inosuke Hashibira to be the strongest Demon Slayer in the entire Demon Slayer Corps. Additionally, Tengen Uzui had once called Gyomei "a complete enigma" which can either refer to his incredible physical prowess or his tremendous skill despite his blindness. This is further given credence by Kokushibo, who noted that Gyomei's natural physical abilities have been trained to their absolute peak and had stated that in the last three hundred years, he has not encountered a warrior of Gyomei's caliber. He was also able put up a fight against the strongest Upper Rank for a brief time without the use of his Demon Slayer Mark, further showing the extent of his skill. Moreover, Kokushibo noted that Gyomei and Sanemi were two of the more highly skilled combatants, even among the ranks of the already powerful Hashira. After the fight, Gyomei, who was injured and slightly fatigued, was able to contribute greatly in driving Muzan Kibutsuji, the Demon King, into a corner.

Tactical Intellect: Gyomei has displayed keen intellect and judgement abilities while fighting. When fighting against Kokushibo, he realised that the Upper Rank was overpowering him in a way that was supernatural but still could be obtained or countered somehow. When he gained access to the Transparent World, he surmised that his eyes gave him the ability to access this special world as well and instinctively learned how to use this to his advantage, even going as far as to manipulating his own blood flow and breathing to disrupt Kokushibo's attacks.Upon seeing Muzan's special constitution, he immediately deduced that he needed to attack all twelve of his vital organs simultaneously to deal significant damage to him.

Immense Speed & Reflexes: Despite Gyomei's large build, he possesses tremendous speed and reflexes. He is said to be the third fastest runner among the Hashira. Gyomei's incredible speed was put on display during his fight against Kokushibo, where he as able to easily move his body around to avoid all of his attacks, the Upper Rank even remarking that the belying ease and grace that he moved with was almost too absurd to believe. Gyomei was also able to keep up with Kokushibo for the entire duration of the fight, putting pressure on him with the help of Sanemi, Muichiro, and Genya. Later, he was capable of keeping up with the blistering movement speeds of the Demon King himself, Muzan, for a good portion of the fight.

Immense Stamina & Endurance: Gyomei possesses tremendous levels of physical endurance and stamina, so much so that his training during Hashira Training focused on endurance. He was able to nonchalantly stand on ground that was on fire while carrying two massive logs being further weighted down by four large rocks, even calmly explaining the details of his training to Tanjiro and Zenitsu while doing so. He also displayed his superhuman levels of stamina and endurance during the fight against Kokushibo, where he was able to hold off the Upper Rank for the entire duration of the fight without significantly tiring on top of sustaining deep cuts all over his body. After getting one of his legs slashed off by Muzan, Gyomei was able to persist and continue contributing to the fight against the Demon King.

Immense Strength: Gyomei possesses the greatest level of physical strength in the entire Demon Slayer Corps, most notably showcased when he is able to easily lift and swing his massive spiked flail and axe constructed from pure iron at speeds faster than the eye can see incessantly to thwart the attacks of Kokushibo. He was also able to push a large boulder bigger than him through a town with his bare hands. Gyomei also nonchalantly endured the weight of two massive logs on his back further weighed down with four large rocks.

According to Gyomei, he was naturally born with the gift of his incredulous physical strength, as shown when he subdued a demon that attacked him when he was a skinny teenager by beating it to a bloody pulp with nothing but his bare hands prior to him joining the Demon Slayer Corps and undergoing training.

Gyomei defends from Muzan's attack using Stone Skin

Gyomei's prowess and proficiency with a kusarigama enables him to deflect Muzan's attacks.

  • Kusarigamajutsu: Unlike ordinary Demon Slayers who use swords in combat, Gyomei uses a spiked flail and axe reminiscent of a Kusarigama, a weapon consisting of a scythe and heavy iron weight connected with a metal chain, and thus would use a similar fighting style known as Kusarigamajutsu. As a Hashira, Gyomei is extremely proficient in combat and one of the most skilled combatants in the entire Demon Slayer Corps, particularly in this fighting style which can briefly match the likes of Upper Rank One, Kokushibo, a demon swordsman who has nearly five centuries of swordsmanship experience. Moreover, he was also shown to be able to hold off Muzan and his blisteringly fast whips for an extended period of time, using his spiked flail to deliver powerful blows to the Demon King.
  • Stone Breathing (岩の呼吸, Iwa no kokyū?):
    1. First Form: Serpentinite Bipolar (壱ノ型 蛇紋岩・双極, Ichi no kata: Jamongan Sōkyoku?) - Gyōmei throws both the flail and axe towards his intended target and manipulates the chain by rotating it thus causing the axe and flail to also rotate in order to drill and grind right though his target.
    2. Second Form: Upper Smash (弐ノ型 天面砕き, Ni no kata: Tenmen Kudaki?) - Gyōmei throws both his axe and spiked flail for a pincer move before smashing down on the chain to cause the flail to then rebound and smash his target from afar.
    3. Third Form: Stone Skin (参ノ型 岩軀の膚, San no kata: Ganku no Hadae?) - Gyōmei unleashes a series of slashes with his axe deflecting nearby attacks.
    4. Fourth Form: Volcanic Rock - Rapid Conquest (肆ノ型 流紋岩・速征, Shi no kata: Ryūmongan - Sokusei?) - Gyōmei manipulates both the flail and axe weapons at both ends of the chain by swing the chain on both sides in order to strike his opponents using a two-pronged wide-ranged attack.
    5. Fifth Form: Arcs of Justice (伍ノ型 瓦輪刑部, Go no kata: Garin Gyōbu?) - Gyōmei strikes his opponent with a simultaneous axe and iron ball barrage.

Etymology[]

Gyomei (行冥) means 'to venture/roam through the darkness' while his surname Himejima (悲鳴嶼) means 'Island weeping in sadness', apt name and surname to Gyomei's gloomy life and tragic past.

  • The name Gyomei means "row, line" (行) (gyo) and "dark/darkness" (冥) (mei).
  • Gyomei's surname Himejima means "scream, squeal, shriek, cry, screech, shout, squawk, howl, yell" (悲鳴) (hime) and "island" (嶼) (jima).

Trivia[]

  • Gyomei is often presented with tears flowing down on his face.
  • Tomokazu Sugita, Gyomei's Japanese voice actor has also voiced:
    • Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency.
    • Daisuke Nagase in the Persona Franchise.
    • Marlo Freudenberg in Attack on Titan.
    • Tanaka Gundham in the Danganropa Franchise.
    • Escanor in The Seven Deadly Sins.
    • Gueldre Poizot in Black Clover.
    • Ryūki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
    • Kensei Mugurama in Bleach.
  • Besides both possessing formidable combat skills, Gyomei and Kokushibo share some additional similarities:
    • Both are right-hands to their respective lords who answers directly to them.
    • Both are deemed to be the strongest agents in their respective organizations.
    • Both are in charge of maintaining law and order between members of their respective organizations.
    • Both are deemed to be the oldest in comparison with their other respective peers.
    • Both possess knowledge how Demon Slayer Corps functions.
  • Gyomei likes cats, a characteristic which he has in common with the Love Hashira, Mitsuri Kanroji.
  • Gyomei is the only Demon Slayer to not wield a Nichirin Sword due to being blind. Instead, he wields a Nichirin Chained Spiked Flail and Axe reminiscent of a Kusarigama and uses an art called Kusarigamajutsu.
  • Besides Muichiro Tokito and Shinobu Kocho, Gyomei is the only Hashira to have a personal connection to Upper Rank 6 Kaigaku, one of the orphaned kids under at the temple under Gyomei's care and would later be directly responsible for inviting a demon to the temple, which led to the death of all kids except Sayo.

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