Giyu Tomioka
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Giyu Tomioka (冨岡 義勇 Tomioka Giyu) The current "Pillar (Hashira) of Water" and is the first Demon Slayer Tanjiro encounters in the first chapter of the series. Initially she tries to kill Nezuko for being a demon, but after seeing her protect Tanjiro, despite her status as a demon, he decides to spare Nezuko's life, and is also responsible for placing Nezuko's characteristic bamboo muzzle in her mouth. as a precaution and to prevent the latter from devouring a human. Following this encounter, he sends Tanjiro and Nezuko to his former mentor and former Water Pillar Sakonji Urokodaki in the hopes that Tanjiro can one day succeed him as Water Pillar and possibly find a cure for Nezuko's condition. In addition to the ten classic postures of "The Breath of Water", over time Tomioka has developed an additional eleven posture that only he knows. Two years after the first meeting with Tanjiro and Nezuko in a snowy forest, Tomioka runs into these two again, after a battle against a demon called Rui, who is the fifth waning moon of the Demonic Moons of Muzan and now sees Tanjiro as one of the corps, but he has not forgotten Nezuko either. It is also revealed during a meeting at the headquarters of the Demon Slayers corps, along with the other Pillars (Hashira) and the leading patron of the corps, that Tomioka along with Master Urokodaki and Tanjiro had sworn to kill Nezuko and sacrifice their lives through the Seppuku ritual if she ever devoured or hurt a human. During the final battle against Muzan, Tomioka loses an arm in combat, but fortunately survives after the demon is destroyed.