10 Strongest Blood Demon Art in Demon Slayer (2024)

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Arc!!

In Demon Slayer, the power of the demons lies not only in their incredible physical strength and regenerative abilities, since these are common traits gained after receiving Muzan’s blood. The more people the demons eat, the stronger they grow, eventually acquiring special abilities known as Blood Demon Arts. These demonic arts manifest the essence, previous experiences, and personality of the demon, so each one is different, which is why some Blood Demon Arts stand out for their extraordinary strength and versatility.

While the Blood Demon Arts are only awakened by powerful demons, some of them are so formidable that they have a great impact on battles, making it extremely difficult to win, even for Hashiras.

From the terrifying manipulation of space to the summoning of monstrous creatures, the strongest Blood Demon Arts belong to the Twelve Moons and are the purest and most devastating manifestation of their power, challenging the members of the demon slayer corps.

10 Infinity Castle Manipulation Controls an Interdimensional Fortress

Nakime - Upper Moon Four

Nakime has the ability to control the vast and complex Infinity Castle, a labyrinthine dimension in which she manipulates its structure at will through the sound of her biwa, a traditional Japanese instrument. Nakime can open portals that connect the castle to the outside world, move entire rooms, and change the layout of hallways, separating and confusing her enemies by continually reconfiguring the space.

While rearranging the castle, she toys with her enemies, wears away their stamina, traps them in dead-end situations, or transports them to places where she has the advantage. Although Nakime's power is not offensive since she doesn’t have any direct attacks, even if she can crush her opponents with parts of the castle, she is difficult to defeat for those who depend on direct combat, since it is practically impossible to get close to her without incredible stealth abilities. Nakime can also counter other demons by opening portals and throwing them into the outside world in broad daylight.

9 Obi Sash Manipulation Allows Attacks From All Directions

Daki- Former Upper Moon Six

Daki's Blood Demon Art allows her to control obi sashes that she can manipulate into lethal weapons. These obi sashes can move at high speed, slashing through almost anything, and can also be used to trap or restrain. Additionally, she can hide multiple people within her obi as a means to store or transport her victims.

Daki’s obi is extremely versatile; she can distribute her own force on them, create sentient sashes for surveillance, attack multiple enemies simultaneously, or be used as a defensive barrier protecting her from direct attacks, as well as keep their enemies at bay while attacking from a safe distance. Although Daki is powerful on her own, her Blood Demon Art is designed to complement her brother Gyutaro's abilities, and her impulsive and immature personality doesn’t allow her to fully develop her power.

8 Exploding Blood Is a Purifying Force Against Other Demons

Nezuko Kamado

Nezuko's Blood Demon Art allows her to ignite her blood at will, which only burns demons or objects derived from them, and she can control the intensity of these explosions, causing devastating and harmful flames. Since Nezuko’s Blood Demon Art only attacks demons, leaving humans and demon slayers unharmed, it makes her unique and showcases that she fights on the side of humanity.

Nezuko's explosive blood is really effective against other demons and is amplified by her emotions when she is in situations of extreme danger and due to her desire to protect humans. Also, Nezuko can use her exploding blood to infuse Tanjro’s Nichirin Sword and unlock its true potential, dispel other blood demon arts from her opponents and delay their regeneration, and purify demon poison, making it a powerful and useful ability.

7 Blood Manipulation Can Create Poisonous Blood Sickles

Gyutaro - Former Upper Moon Six

Gyutaro's Blood Demon Art, Blood Manipulation, can generate and control his blood, which he uses to create deadly sickles infused with a powerful poison. Gyutaro's slashes can cover long distances with his devastating rotating waves of sharp blood, and his flying blades can be launched at great speed and even change their trajectory with precision to reach his enemies.

Gyutaro's blood ability is effective in hand-to-hand combat, since he is a skilled close fighter, and a single scratch from his kamas, which is made from his blood, can be fatal. Also, his attack, Rampant Arc Rampage, manipulates his blood to create a dome to shield himself. Gyutaro's most powerful trait is that he can launch his poisonous attacks from unexpected angles.

6 Porcelain Vase Spells Is an All-Round Ability

Gyokko - Upper Moon Five

Despite being often underestimated due to being defeated by a single Hashira, upper moon five, Gyokko's Blood Demon Art is extremely dangerous and adaptable. Gyokko's ability revolves around the creation and manipulation of vases that he uses to move between them, launch surprise attacks from any angle, and summon grotesque marine creatures with fish shapes or giant tentacles. Gyokko's attacks can be toxic to his opponents by summoning goldfish that can shoot a thousand needles infused with deadly venom and ten thousand fish from multiple pots that release a poison absorbed through the skin.

Gyokko can also manipulate water, generating it from his vases and creating powerful blasts of pressurized water or giant bubbles that trap his opponents, slowly drowning them. Gyokko's blood demon art allows him to launch attacks at long range, but he is dangerous at close range as well in his true form, with his Godlike hands where every part he touches turns into fish. From mobilization, summoning creatures, and poisoning his enemies to wide and close-range attacks and body manipulation, Gyokko has an all-round blood demon art that can be potentiated with strategy.

5 Emotion Manifestation Can Split Into Multiple High-Level Clones

Hantengu - Former Upper Moon Four

Hantengu's Blood Demon Art allows him to split into four separate versions of himself, each with a different feeling and ability: anger, pleasure, sorrow, joy, and hatred. The other three personifications can combine with anger to become his most powerful manifestation, Zohakuten, which can use every ability and can launch countless striking dragon-shaped trees that can blast destructive attacks.

What makes Hantengu so powerful is that these clones can work together, combining their abilities to corner and overwhelm their enemies, since, in addition to being powerful entities, they can regenerate quickly and don't disappear unless the main body, fear, is defeated. The fear can shrink to a small size, and he is good at concealing himself and fleeing while his incarnations fight, which makes defeating him difficult.

4 Destructive Death Is the Pinnacle of Hand-To-Hand Combat

Akaza - Upper Moon Three

Akaza's Blood Demon Art uses a form of bare-handed martial combat called Destructive Death, manifested through fist strikes and kicks that are imbued with explosive shockwaves, designed to maximize damage on each hit and capable of destroying his surroundings. Akaza's Compass Needle can detect and predict the movements of its opponents, visualizing fighting patterns and countering attacks with precision, allowing him to fight in all directions and assessing his opponent's fighting spirit.

Akaza's Blood Demon Art is not only a manifestation of his physical power but also of his combat philosophy and his pride as a martial artist, allowing him to increase his power in response to greater challenges and reflecting his desire to face strong and powerful opponents and test their strength.

3 Crescent Moon Blades Is Perfect Fusion Between Demonic Arts and Swordsmanship

Kokushibo - Upper Moon One

Kokushibo combines his Blood Demon Art with his skill as a swordsman, using his moon breathing, a style he developed based on sun breathing, and wielding an unbreakable demonic sword that is composed of his own flesh and blood. One swing of Kokushibo produces numerous crescent-shaped blades that fly in extremely fast and irregular, unpredictable ways, and also manipulates the length and shape of his sword, which can regenerate, giving him a devastating advantage in combat.

Kokushibo can unleash slashing attacks without even swinging his sword as long as it is unsheathed, accurately strike multiple opponents, and project blades from all over his body when in danger. Although Kokushibo’s Blood Demon Art is undoubtedly powerful, and he is the strongest demon after Muzan, the power of his ability is dependent on his extremely advanced swordsmanship skills.

2 Cryokinesis Is an Incredibly Versatile and Deadly Power

Doma - Upper Moon Two

Cryokinesis, Doma's ability, has great versatility in combat as it can generate and manipulate ice, creating different structures that he can move at will and use both defensively and offensively, such as ice lotus flowers, stalactites, ice barriers, spears, and vines. Doma can also create ice clones of himself, powerful enough to fight and distract multiple opponents at once.

The deadliest of Doma’s ice sculptures is an enormous Bodhisattva statue, which can launch powerful hand chops and freeze its surroundings. Also, Douma mixes his Tessenjutsu abilities with a blast of cold air from his twin fans, which can freeze the bodies of his enemies and release powdered ice that is really toxic when inhaled, causing the death of lung cells. Douma's Blood Demon art allows him to attack from multiple angles and is not only physically powerful but, when used seriously, can dominate any battle.

1 Biokinesis Is the Maximum Manifestation of Demonic Power

Muzan Kibutsuji

The progenitor of demons Muzan Kibutsuji, has the most powerful Blood Demon Art of all, Biokinesis, which allows him to control his Demonic Blood, to use it as a weapon and transform his body at will to adapt to different situations and even alter the composition of its internal organs. Muzan can create slashing tentacles that move at a deadly speed; he can suction from the mouths on his arms to pull his opponents close before releasing crushing shock waves; and his attack, Black Blood: Brambles, transforms his blood into dangerous black thorny vines, which serve as whips.

Also, with Muzan's biokinesis, he can secrete his blood through his whips, becoming a deadly poison that destroys human cells. His ability to manipulate blood, transform his body, and display unmatched destructive power makes him an almost invincible adversary, showing that Muzan’s Blood Demon Art is the strongest in Demon Slayer and the maximum manifestation of demonic power.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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Animation

Action

Adventure

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba follows Tanjiro Kamado, a young boy who becomes a demon slayer after his family is slaughtered and his sister Nezuko is turned into a demon. Tanjiro embarks on a perilous journey to find a cure for his sister and avenge his family, facing numerous demons and formidable opponents along the way. Set in Taisho-era Japan, the series combines intense combat sequences with intricate character development.

Cast

Natsuki Hanae , Zach Aguilar , Abby Trott , Akari Kitō , Yosh*tsugu Matsuoka

Release Date

April 6, 2019

Seasons

5

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Animation