Demon Slayer: Tanjiro Just Created a New Breathing Style..!!!

 There's a new Breathing Style in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba thanks to Tanjiro -- now he just has to survive long enough to master it.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2, Episode 16, "Defeating an Upper Rank Demon," now streaming on Funimation, Hulu, and Crunchyroll.

Leave it to Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's Tanjiro Kamado to invent a new Breathing Style on a whim when the two styles he already knows aren't working. The "Entertainment District" arc's battle against Daki and Gyutaro, the demonic siblings who share the title of Upper-Rank Six, is heating up as Tanjiro struggles to just stay on his feet. Tanjiro was too exhausted to perform the Hinokami Kagura and not suited for Water-Breathing, so he desperately combined the two Styles to save Hinatsuru from Gyutaro's grasp.

  Breathing Styles are the cornerstone of the Demon Slayer Corps' battle against Muzan Kibutsuji's demons. These sword-wielding techniques, along with Total Concentration Breathing, give Demon Slayers superhuman strength and abilities against the nearly unkillable demons that plague Japan. The five main Breathing Styles are Flame, Wind, Stone, Thunder, and Water, yet various offshoots, like Tengen's Sound and Inosuke's Beast, also exist. Offshoot Styles are created when a Demon Slayer trains using one of the main five Styles, then tweaks it to suit their own body and skillset.