Summary

InDemon Slayer , the best of the best sometimes manifest a extra marking on their trunk , know as a Demon Slayer Mark . These orphic marks bestow great exponent that come at a price , and not every Demon Slayer can get one . They also deviate from person - to - individual , and do n’t manifest in the same way for everyone . Here ’s everything fans need to bonk about the Demon Slayer Marks , explain .

Put plainly , a Demon Slayer Mark is exactly what it sounds like – a scrape that identifies one as a Demon Slayer . However , these are n’t some sort of brand or tattoo . or else , Demon Slayer Marks sometimes appear on the spur of the moment on slayers in the heating of conflict . They often last for a short time , but always appear in the same pattern , which can disagree between different people . The target are influenced by the slayer in interrogative ’s preferred Breathing Style , such as Tokito ’s , which vaguely resemble daze rolling in to match his Mist Breathing . The Demon Slayer Mark also has a major downside , however .

Demon Slayer Marks Are a Blessing And a Curse

In rules of order to activate a Demon Slayer Mark , it ’s necessary for the Slayer to reach sealed physical state during battle . After Tokito activated his Mark , in chapter 129 , he relayed his condition to the others : a center pace of 200 BPM , and a body temperature of 39 degrees Celsius ( 102.2 degrees Fahrenheit ) . That ’s a potentially deadly febrility and a very dangerous marrow rate , and Tokito speculates that the headstone to unlocking the Mark is simply survive these conditions . The Mark , however , enables slayers to activatethe Red Nichirinfor their swords , which drastically increases their demon - slaying power , improves one ’s physical strong suit and endurance , and even provides access code to the mysterious " Transparent World . "

After learning about the Marks , the Hashira almost universally agree to try on to obtain one for themselves , however it turns out there ’s a mellow price . Stories about the Demon Slayer Mark from the past indicate that those who certify a Mark will not live past the age of 25 , except forthe original Mark holder Yoriichi Tsugikuni , who lived to 80 . People over 25 can attest the Mark , but it ’s unknown what the consequences of it are . In center , activating a Demon Slayer Mark means trading away one ’s life and future for exponent in the present , and unfortunately , there ’s no repeal this , as even a abbreviated activation of the Mark is enough .

Why Yoriichi Managed to Live Past 25 After Activating His Mark

It ’s never fully explained why Yoriichi is the only demon killer who was able to live a long life despite having a score . It ’s implied that this may be due to the fact that he was assume with the mark , rather than unlocking it later in life . Since Yoriichi had a marker since nascence , he was able of some rightfully incredible thing , like his ability to use the " Transparent cosmos " technique from a unseasoned eld . The scratch may have even determine his power to make grow the various Breathing Styles find out throughout the series .

It ’s sound out that one individual will always manifest a mark first , before it then begin appearing on those around them , and it ’s potential that this might also be why he hold up past 25 . If so , that would be good newsworthiness for Tanjiro , as he was the first of the Taisho - era daimon killer to manifest a marking . Tanjiro ’s scar also happens to be nearly identical to Yoriichi ’s , and he did have the scar present in that location before the Demon Slayer Mark appeared . Tanjiro ’s father had a birthmark in the same spot , suggest that the bull’s eye is passed down genetically as well .

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It ’s stated by Rengoku ’s father , Shinjuro , that all hoi polloi capable of using Sun Breathing have the same mark on their forehead in the same topographic point , suggesting that Tanjiro always had great potential as a Demon Slayer , as presumptively his Fatherhood did before him . This would explain why Tanjiro ’s Fatherhood was up to of the Hinokami Kagura , even if he did n’t sympathize that what he was doing was infer from Sun Breathing . This also seems like a good sign of the zodiac that Tanjiro might be able to parry the Mark ’s curse as Yoriichi did .

With that knowledge , it ’s certainly a bittersweet minute for fan to see a character manifest a Mark . While it means they ’ve achieved the pinnacle of their fighting ability , it also mean a short biography even if they survive the battle . Power sure as shooting does n’t get along easy in the humans ofDemon Slayer , but it seems some of the good slayers have decided a Demon Slayer Mark is worth the swap , if it means purging the world of Muzan and his ogre .

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