5 Facts You Should Know About Mitsuri Kanroji’s Sword 

Male characters may take center stage in shonen anime, but Demon Slayer doesn’t lack for a badass female character in the form of Mitsuri Kanroji, the Love Hashira known for her unique breathing style and one-of-a-kind nichirin sword. 

Taking her spot alongside the likes of Tanjiro Kamado, Tomioka, Zenitsu, Giyu, and Shinobu Kocho, Mitsuri uses her sword to vanquish demons in style. 

1. Mitsuri’s Sword Is A Nichirin Blade

Like the other hashira and demon slayers, Mitsuri uses a nichirin blade. 

Nichirin blades are a special type of sword imbued with the power to kill demons. Unlike swords in Sword Art Online, the nichirin swords are specific to their user and adopt the user’s breathing style as well as their personal characteristics, both of which are communicated through the design of the sword.

All Demon Slayer swords are made from Scarlet Crimson Iron Sand and Scarlet Ore taken from Mount Yoko. The year-round sunlight at the peak allows the materials to absorb the mystic powers of the sun, giving these samurai swords the ability to kill demons through decapitation.

2. Mitsuri’s Sword Is Called the Pink Nichirin Sword

Since Kimetsu no Yaiba focuses on Tanjiro’s journey, we don’t really see much of the individual stories of the hashira, but we can assume from Tanjiro’s experience during the Final Selection that Mitsuri must have also watched her sword turn pink after it was created by the swordsmith.

Many of the other hashira’s swords are also named after its color. Tanjirou’s black nichirin sword is an example of this.

However, Kanao Tsuyuri also has a pink nichirin sword and the two blades are only distinguished by their difference in shade. Tsuyuri’s sword is more of a light sakura pink while Mitsuri’s sword is a deeper hot pink color. 

3. Mitsuri’s Sword Technique Was Learned From Kyojuro Rengoku

The demon slayers’ breathing styles are intricately tied with their sword techniques so Kanroji Mitsuri’s katana is always used in tandem with the Love Breathing technique, a method she developed using Rengoku’s teachings.

Rengoku was the previous Flame Hashira who had mastered the Flame Breathing style under the teaching of the previous Flame Hashira. He then passed on his knowledge of Flame Breathing and sword fighting to Mitsuri who used its principles to create Love Breathing, an agility and dexterity based fighting technique. 

4. Mitsuri’s Sword Design is Inspired by Her Love Breathing Technique

We have yet to see much of Mitsuri’s sword in the anime, let alone see it out of its scabbard. But Mitsuri fights a lot in the manga, showing us that her sword has a tsuba made to look like four interlocking hearts. 

Because it’s meant to be used with the fast paced highly agile Love Breathing style, the sword can turn into a whip that ensnares Mitsuri’s enemies.

5. You Can Get a Mitsuri’s Replica Sword 

Star Wars isn’t the only franchise with a ton of replica swords. The famous katana swords of Demon Slayer are also available on the market in the form of sword replicas designed for cosplay. Or, if you’re a collector, a home decor piece. 

Whether you’re planning a cosplay or simply adding another sword to your collection, these Mitsuri Kanroji swords are some of the best built ones available online for a reasonable price point. 

Steel Love Pink Nichirin Blade

Like it says on the tin, the Steel Love Pink Nichirin Blade is a stainless steel replica of Mitsuri’s sword that comes with its own faux leather scabbard and some of the best detail work you can find on a replica anime sword. It’s fully anime accurate, down to the last character written on the upper end of the blade.

• Material: Stainless steel
• Length: 106 cm

Wooden Love Pink Nichirin Blade

This wooden replica of Mitsuri’s sword is just like the stainless steel version, except that it’s made of wood. None of the details are off and this version comes with a white faux leather scabbard as well. The only difference made by the wood material is that the paint stands out brighter and the sword has a more synthetic-feeling reflection compared to a real metal sword. 

Conclusion

If there’s one femme fatale in Demon Slayer, it’s definitely Mitsuri Kanroji. Armed with her pink nichirin blade, the Love Hashira kills demons just as well as any other hero and she does it in style. Mitsuri cosplayers and fans who want to collect their own copy of her sword can easily have it in the form of either a wooden or stainless steel replica.