Three breathing styles, three demon slayers, Tanjiro Kamado in a spray of water, Inosuke Hashibira and his serrated blade, Zenitsu Agatsuma in his triangle-patterned haori, Demon Slayer

Test: which Demon Slayer breathing style is right for you?

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Your mission

Water, Flame, Thunder, Wind, Stone or Beast: your breathing style is decided in eight questions. Answer on instinct, that is how Inosuke found his.

In Demon Slayer, a demon slayer does not really choose their breathing style: their body, their character and sometimes the colour of their blade decide for them. Rengoku burns, Giyu flows, Zenitsu strikes like lightning, Sanemi sweeps away everything in his path. Each style is like the one who practises it.

This test gives you one of the five basic breathing styles, Water, Flame, Thunder, Wind and Stone, or Beast Breathing, the one Inosuke invented alone in the mountains. Eight questions about your character, the way you fight, your ideal master and what drives you. Answer on instinct, without trying to guess which breathing style hides behind each choice. You can change an answer along the way. Our page on all the Demon Slayer breathing styles explains them one by one.

Which element is most like you?

Tanjiro Kamado striking, his blade wrapped in a wave of water, a paper talisman on his forehead, Demon Slayer
  1. Water, which adapts to everything
  2. Fire, which warms as much as it burns
  3. Lightning, fast and sudden
  4. The storm, which sweeps everything away

How do you fight?

Kyojuro Rengoku launched into a wave of flames against Akaza, Demon Slayer
  1. Solid, patient, impossible to push back
  2. On instinct, with no rules at all
  3. In a single blow, at breakneck speed
  4. Smoothly, following your opponent’s moves
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Rengoku LEGO katana

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How do your friends describe you?

Sanemi Shinazugawa, eyes wide, his face scarred and his teeth clenched, under the sky, Demon Slayer
  1. Enthusiastic and warm
  2. Hot-tempered, with no filter
  3. Calm and unshakeable
  4. Wild and unpredictable

Which weapon do you want to hold?

Inosuke Hashibira crouching under his boar’s head, his two swords in hand, in the Tsuzumi Mansion, Demon Slayer
  1. A classic sword, well looked after
  2. Two chipped blades, one in each hand
  3. An axe and a ball joined by a chain
  4. A sword with a flame-shaped guard
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Crouching Inosuke figure

Inosuke crouching, a chipped blade in each hand, ready to pounce.

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What can’t you stand?

Zenitsu Agatsuma, eyes closed and teeth clenched, about to strike in the Entertainment District, Demon Slayer
  1. Injustice towards the weakest
  2. Demons, every single one
  3. Rules and orders
  4. Your own fear

Which master would you like to have?

Jigoro Kuwajima, the former Thunder Hashira, master of Zenitsu and Kaigaku, Demon Slayer
  1. A masked former Hashira, strict but fair
  2. An old man with a wooden leg who believes in you
  3. Your father, who passes the family’s knowledge on to you
  4. No one: you learn alone
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Sleeping Zenitsu figure

Zenitsu with his eyes closed, his hand on his sword’s guard, just as sleep takes him.

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Which training do you choose?

Tanjiro Kamado, hands clasped, under an icy waterfall during the Hashira Training, Demon Slayer
  1. Pushing a huge boulder, day after day
  2. Taking everyone on, without a break
  3. Repeating a single form, thousands of times
  4. Running through the forest with the animals

Where do you feel at home?

Gyomei Himejima in prayer, hands clasped around his rosary of red beads, Demon Slayer
  1. By a lake, in the moonlight
  2. In the family home, by the fire
  3. In a temple, deep in the mountains
  4. On a windswept ridge

The breathing style that is like you

Water Breathing

Supple and patient, you adapt to everything and never waste a move. It is Giyu Tomioka’s breathing style and the one Tanjiro learns first from Urokodaki, before preferring his father’s dance. Its eleven forms: Water Breathing.

Flame Breathing

Your energy carries everyone along, and you never back down. It is the Rengoku family’s breathing style, passed from father to son for generations, and one of the five original breathing styles. Its forms: Flame Breathing.

Thunder Breathing

A single attack is enough for you, as long as it is lightning fast. It is Zenitsu’s breathing style; he masters only one of its forms, but to perfection. Its forms: Thunder Breathing.

Wind Breathing

Brutal and fast, you hit hard and leave your opponents no chance. It is Sanemi Shinazugawa’s breathing style, the most aggressive of all, the one Inosuke drew his own from. Its forms: Wind Breathing.

Stone Breathing

Calm and powerful, you hold firm whatever happens. It is the breathing style of Gyomei Himejima, the strongest of the Demon Slayer Hashira. Its forms: Stone Breathing.

Beast Breathing

You obey nothing but your instinct, and it works for you. It is the breathing style Inosuke invented alone, without a master, from Wind Breathing and the beasts of his mountain. Its techniques are called fangs. Its fangs: Beast Breathing.

To wield the sword of your breathing style, the replicas are in our katana collection, and the outfits in the cosplay collection.

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