With regard to the third season of Demon Hunteralready confirmed by the Ufotable study, in which the pillar of the Shinobu Kocho insect will play an important role, it is interesting to reconstruct and deepen everything that has been leaked so far regarding its unique breathing technique.
The different breathing and fighting styles define most of the characters in the universe that were conceived by them Koyoharu Gotoge, and they share several qualities as they descend from the five main breaths: water, flame, wind, rock, and lightning. We’ve already encountered some notable variations in anime, like Inosuke’s Breath of the Beast and Sun’s Breath in Season 2. But what makes the Shinobu style special it is the fact that it is again derived from the original styles.
All known breaths actually distance themselves from an imaginary family tree of a position’s styles from the original five, while the insect’s breath is from the Breath of the Flower by his older sister Kanae, deceased, which is a deviation from the water style. Shinobu is currently the creator and only user of this style, which was also designed to honor Kanae’s memory.
They are now known four techniques of insect respiration, all exploited to quickly inject poison into the opponent, namely: the dance of the butterfly: rampage, dance of the bee sting: just fluttering, dance of the dragonfly: hexagonal compound eye and dance of the centipede: hundred-legged zigzag , the latter allowing her, in particular, the enemy stab right in the throat. Shinobu’s petite build forced her to pay attack and movement speed is his ace up his sleevecombined with his extensive and profound knowledge of poisons.
After Kyojuro Rengoku and Tengen Uzui, who had peculiar techniques but required melee operations on the battlefield, it will be interesting to see the clashes with Shinobu.
