Demon Snow (
Appearance[]
Demon Snow has long hair that goes down to the skirt of her kimono that is grey and wavy in appearance. She has a hairstyle similar to of the hime cut just that it is divided and with two strands underneath the bangs with two other side bangs that are quite long. She has yellow sclerae and two red straight lines coming from the bottom of her eyes. She also has a pale white skin with a blue (mostly) and purple aura (back in the port mafia and sometimes in combat).
Demon Snow wears a white kimono with a black outline underneath. She had a fully black obi.
Description[]
Main[]
Demon Snow allows its wielder to materialize a female sword-wielding phantom known as Demon Snow, infamously deemed as the incarnation of slaughter.[3] In Kyōka's case, it initially followed orders coming from a mobile phone she always carries on her person,[1] which was given to her by mother.[2] As such, Demon Snow listened to orders from other people on the line mostly for killing others,[4][5] and it did not comply to Kyōka's own wishes of not killing anyone anymore. This condition was heavily exploited during her time in the Port Mafia, which earned her position as a mafia assassin. As a result, Kyōka executed assassination missions amounting to a total of 35 kills within six months.[4]
Kyōka's first use of Demon Snow without using her phone.
After she joins the Armed Detective Agency, this restriction was subverted with Yukichi Fukuzawa's ability, which enables Kyōka to control her own ability and use it normally without having to rely on her phone as medium. This allowed her to activate Demon Snow and cut off her restraints with its katana while imprisoned in an unmanned aircraft.[6] Though she harbored initial feelings of indifference towards the ability that killed her parents, Kyōka soon came to acknowledge it as the embodiment of her parents' love after learning that Demon Snow protected her life as ordered by them.[2] Being able to freely command Demon Snow to a considerable extent, Kyōka can order it to launch attacks or defend herself whenever necessary, as well as control its manifestation and dissipation at will.
Atsushi blocks Demon Snow's attack.
Demon Snow has a high offensive force, capable of lacerating and impaling targets with its katana at quick speeds and successions. In general, it is able to slash through materials and surfaces with relative ease. Nonetheless, Kyōka has shown to control Demon Snow's magnitude or strength of attacks over time. For instance, Kyōka is able to control Demon Snow into merely knocking targets unconscious,[7] which she once remarked to be quite challenging as compared to easily and quickly killing them.[8] Despite its strong offense, Demon Snow is not entirely impenetrable to other abilities, such as Atsushi Nakajima's partially-transformed arm, which was able to block Demon Snow's katana attack.[4] Kyōka was also once able to pin down Demon Snow with household materials, including kitchen knives, a pair of scissors, and chopsticks, rendering it incapacitated for some time and to struggle getting out of its situation.
Aside from its proficiency in handling a katana for offensive purposes, Demon Snow can also perform some basic human movements, such as but are not limited to holding a soap, a dipping bowl,[2] and a mobile phone;[9] shutting a door;[10] and sitting down.[2] Demon Snow is also occasionally used for defense, such as shielding itself and Kyōka from various materials like bullets by slashing through each morsel with its katana.[8]
- Orders
- “Kill anyone who interferes...Demon Snow!” (by Kyōka to Atsushi)[1]
- “Cut the enemy into ribbons… Demon Snow!” (by Kyōka to Atsushi)[4]
- “Guard the bomb. Kill the meddler” (by Kyōka to Atsushi)[4]
- “Demon Snow, those who approached Kyoka - who told her a world of lies must be punished.” (by Kōyō to Atsushi)[11]
- “Demon Snow, defeat my enemy.” (by Kyōka to Kōyō)[12]
- “Demon Snow, protect my daughter.” (by Kyōka's mother)[2]
BEAST[]
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Demon Snow's suprise attack to Akutagawa.
Demon Snow is a personified ability with the appearance of a female phantom wielding a silver katana. Its power is capable of withstanding and deflecting Akutagawa's continuous Rashōmon attacks. Despite its superhuman speed, Demon Snow appears to have a difficulty of blowing a counterattack when encountereed with spontaenous and multiple attacks escpecially Rashōmon's blades. It is also capable of blending with its environment in order to perform suprise attacks on an enemy. Demon Snow can also perform whirlwind attacks that can tore walls, floor, and ceilings.[13]
As Kyōka's ability, Demon Snow only obeys her when she speaks through her phone. Akutagawa used this opportunity to steal the phone from her using Tanizaki's Light Snow. As such, Akutagawa is able to give orders to Demon Snow. On the other hand, Osamu Dazai can change Demon Snow's orders by editing the audio on the device he installed inside the phone capable of recording everything said on it. This was a tactic used by Dazai knowing that Demon Snow can be used as the enemy's weapon.[14]
- Orders
- "Demon Snow, kill this man." (by Kyōka to Akutagawa)[14]
- "Demon Snow, kill the enemy and protect us." (by Kyōka)[14]
- "Demon Snow, kill your master Kyōka one hour from now." (by Akutagawa to Kyōka)[14]
- "Demon Snow, Stop... Do not... kill your master Kyōka." (by Dazai - using Akutagawa's voice)[14]
Background[]
Kyōka's mother controls Demon Snow.
Demon Snow was once possessed by Kyōka's mother, an ability which she used in various operations together with her husband as professional assassins. Three years ago, assassins being controlled by an unknown assailant who can manipulate bodies through blood infiltrated their residence. Though the assassins were easily fended off by Kyōka's parents, they were eventually controlled by the blood ability as well, urging Kyōka's mother to have Demon Snow slay her husband. She later ordered Demon Snow to protect her daughter, resulting in the ability killing her in the process. In her final moments, Kyōka's mother transferred Demon Snow to Kyōka. However, due to the suddenness at the time, control over Demon Snow was transferred to Kyōka's phone instead to Kyōka herself.[2]
Appearances[]
- Chapter 7 - Kill A Man and Die Thee Too, Part 1
- Chapter 18 - Flowers and Autumn Leaves, Snow and Gold
- Chapter 36 - If I May Lay Down This Burden Today
- Chapter 43 - Cherrirs!
- Chapter 48 - Mutual Destruction, Part 2
- Chapter 49 - Mutual Destruction, Part 3
- Chapter 61 - Dogs Hunt Dogs, Part 3
- Chapter 63 - Enemies of Society
- Chapter 69 - The Escape
- Chapter 70 - The Escape, Part 2
- Chapter 75 - Skyfall, Part 2
- Chapter 78 - To Threaten God, Part 1 (image)
Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc
- Chapter 91 - Back to the Detective Agency
- Episode 8 - Teaching Them to Kill; Then to Die
- Episode 9 - The Beauty Is Quiet Like a Stone Statue (flashback)
- Episode 17 - Three Companies Conflict
- Episode 24 - If I May Shed Away My Burden Now
- Episode 31 - Part 1: Herurisu! / Part 2: Portrait of a Father
- Episode 34 - Cannibalism (Part 1)
- Episode 35 - Cannibalism (Part 2)
- Episode 44 - Dogs Hunt Dogs
- Chapter 10 - Plan
- Chapter 11 - Time Limit
- Chapter 12 - Reunion
- Chapter 13 - A Long-Awaited Greeting
Derivation[]
The Demon Pond (Play by Kyōka Izumi)
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Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 43.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 8.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 17.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 36.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 69.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 61.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs: DEAD APPLE (Film).
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 70.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 17.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 18.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs BEAST Manga: BEAST Chapter 10.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Bungo Stray Dogs: BEAST.
- ↑ The bell tolls on Demon Pond. The Japan Times.