Hantengu

Hantengu = Hantengu's constant state of fright and cowardice. Hantengu's primary form has a persona of extreme cowardice and agitation. He was easily frightened by what occurred in his surroundings, showing traits of paranoia, fear, and emotional distress. He was always shown to cry out in fear at even the most insignificant things, such as the number of years since the last meeting of the Upper Ranks being 113. Moreover, during said meeting, Hantengu spent most of the situation crying out and cowering in fear over everything around him, from Muzan reprimanding them, to the in-fighting between Akaza and Doma. This extreme paranoia was especially evident in the fact that when in his regular form, he always chooses to crawl instead of walking up straight, and was often shown to quake in fear. Even in combat, Hantengu was shown to be extremely cowardly and afraid, crying when he was slashed by Muichiro Tokito and when he was hiding from the Demon Slayers throughout most of the battle, trying to calm himself by hoping that his clones would kill them off, and becoming frightened when his main body was spotted. Despite his anxious and near-pantophobic behavior, Hantengu was a severely delusional narcissist at his core. He had a pathological belief that he was a completely innocent, honest, and virtuous man despite the obvious evidence pointing toward his numerous immoral actions. He refused to take any accountability and had a habit of deflecting the blame towards anything but himself, even at one point proclaiming that his hands were guilty and acted on their own. As a human, he felt entitled to material wealth and showed no remorse when he was called out for theft. Even as a demon, killing and eating scores of innocent people, as well as the fiendish actions of his own emotional manifestations, which range from sadistic to sociopathic, he stubbornly and erroneously maintained that he was innocent and claimed that he deserved the sympathy of others. "I never told a lie!" Hantengu had an extremely prevalent victim-complex where he believed himself to be the victim of unfair treatment, with the people “wronging” him being unjust villains. When not crying out of fear, he instead cried that he was denied the sympathy he felt he deserved. Two of his emotional manifestations reflected his stubborn claim of persecution; his hatred, Zohakuten, acted as a defender for Hantengu's "innocence", and his resentment, Urami, was a more aggressive voice that shared Hantengu’s beliefs. As a human, Hantengu's delusions were evident even as a child, and only got worse as an adult, due to a surprisingly violent and maniacal side to him. In his youth, he had a habit of settling down with a wife and having children, only to murder them all in a rage when his duplicitous nature was called into question, still believing that he was in the right and being oppressed. He would show this treatment to a man who threatened to report him to the magistrate shortly before his last murder trial. thumb|A human Hantengu murdering a man who threatened to report him for theft. Moreover, Hantengu was a nefarious and deceitful pathological liar, as evidenced in his constant thievery as a human and his tendency to come up with alibis. He either feigned blindness to elicit pity from others or claimed that his crimes were the work of his hands, which acted autonomously. In addition, presumably to escape the law, he would change aspects about his identity so frequently that he eventually forgot his true one. This shows that while Hantengu did have the genuine belief that he was an innocent man, he was not above lying to give himself more credibility, making his insistence of innocence even more ludicrous, and completely contradicting his claim that he never uttered a lie. In death, when he remembered his final murder and trial before becoming a demon, he showed no repentance towards his crimes, with his only reaction being confusion and realization that his life was flashing before his eyes, a sign that his death was imminent. His final action was a futile attempt to push Tanjiro off by using Urami's giant arm. |-| Sekido = Sekido's unyielding annoyance and displeasure. As the manifestation of Hantengu's anger, Sekido was in a constant state of vexation, irritation, and rage, even towards his fellow clones, which could be seen when he easily got angered when they failed to meet his expectations and were subdued by the Demon Slayers. Sekido was also seen to care very little about his brethren. When they were injured by the Demon Slayers, such as Genya blasting Aizetsu's head off and Nezuko burning Karaku with her Blood Demon Art, Sekido was unsympathetic and berated the clones for losing to their opponents. His apathy towards the other clones was most exemplified when he forcibly absorbed them against their will to form Zohakuten, even as Aizetsu protested. He also showed himself to be the mo...

Hantengu = Hantengu was 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 and a prominent brow ridge that lacks eyebrows. His face was thin with a sharp chin along with a sharp nose, and he constantly wore an expression of terror and fear with a rictus grimace. He had brown skin and his forehead was also noticeably shrivelled and discolored reddish-purple. His eyes are narrow and often appear to be squinting, obscuring his miotic pupils, mostly showing a red sclera on his eyes. He has golden irises, with the kanji of |Jōgen}} engraved on his right eye, and the daiji for |Shi}} engraved on his left. Hantengu also had the kanji for |Obie}} etched into his tongue. He had dark, shoulder-length, disheveled and wavy hair with a low hairline, only growing out from the back of his head and ears, which themselves are sharper and longer than normal humans. His nails were long but not sharp like most other demons and retain their natural unkempt form. Hantengu wore an asymmetrical kimono that was split in the middle, the right half being black and covered in a wavy yellow lines pattern, with the left half being a dark red and lacking any detailed features. He also wore a pair of brown zōri with purple straps, and a violet obi. As a human, Hantengu was nearly identical to his appearance as a demon, with the exception of any obvious demonic features and discolored forehead. In addition, from the brief glimpse shown of his eyes, his pupils were small black dots. He wore a very similar kimono, although his right half was simply pin striped instead of having any elaborate decor. Moreover, a colored model sheet revealed that his kimono was a dull purplish-gray color, with the left half being darker than the right. Hantengu Human design.png|Hantengu as a human. Hantengu reminisces on his forgotten past.png|Hantengu with his pupils visible. Hantengu design.png|Hantengu's full appearance. |-| Sekido = |Sekido}} was a tall young man with a lean muscular build, dark long spiky hair that goes past his shoulders that have two shoulder-length bangs each side and two curved bangs on his forehead with a reddish tinge, and narrow, deep red eyes with red sclera, that have the kanji of |Jōgen}} engraved on his right eye, and the daiji for |Shi}} engraved on his left. He had brown skin, two prominent curved horns on his noticeably shrivelled and discolored reddish-purple forehead and markings under his eyes that give his face a cracked appearance. He also had the kanji for |Ika}} etched into his tongue. As a demon, Sekido had pointed ears and long nails on each finger. He was usually seen wearing an irritated or enraged expression on his face. Sekido wore the same asymmetrical kimono as Hantengu along the same split color, as he was formed from Hantengu's headless body. He also wore the same pair of zōri and obi as Hantengu does. and was always seen carrying around a |Shakujō}}. When he was first formed, Sekido took the appearance of a slightly older man; he had unkempt wavy hair, narrower eyes, and a sharper nose, similar to Hantengu. It isn't until Aizetsu forms from his severed head that he is rejuvenated. Sekido Profile.png|Sekido's appearance when first formed in the manga. First Split Sekido design.png|Sekido's appearance when first formed in the anime. Sekido about to impale Genya CH114.png|Sekido's appearance in the manga. Sekido's design.png|Sekido's full appearance in the anime. |-| Karaku = |Karaku}} was a tall young man with a lean muscular build, dark long spiky hair that goes past his shoulders that have two shoulder-length bangs each side and two curved bangs on his forehead with a greenish tinge, and narrow, deep green eyes with emerald sclera, that have the kanji of |Jōgen}} engraved on his left eye, and the daiji for |Shi}} engraved on his right. He had brown skin, two prominent curved horns on his noticeably shrivelled and discolored reddish-purple forehead and cracked markings under his eyes. Karaku also had the kanji for |Raku}} etched into his tongue. Karaku had pointed ears and long nails on each finger. He was usually seen wearing a sadistically gleeful expression on his face. Karaku wore nothing but dark green hakama pants tied with a red obi sash, accompanied by a dark Yuigesa harness with white pom-poms, along a rectangular pattern on the harness. Karaku was always seen carrying around a fatsia leaf-shaped |Uchiwa}}. The fan was orange and fades into a lime-green and blue color gradient, and it had a wooden handle with a purple tassel. When he was first formed, Karaku took the appearance of a slightly older man; he had unkempt wavy hair, narrower eyes, and a sharper nose, similar to Hantengu. It isn't until Urogi forms from his severed head that he is rejuvenated. Karaku Profile.png|Karaku's appearance when first formed in th...

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