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He looks so cute, comfy, and adorable like that....

Karaku and Urogi definitely will be the loudest to wake him up.

Hantengu fell asleep in his chair while doing crossword puzzles.

Will his five rambunctious boys wake him up or will they let him sleep?

Part 2 of the comic of before, credits to Deroniecomme from X, of course.

𝕸𝖟 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖕𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝕳𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖚'𝖘 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖉𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖓 𝖆𝖗𝖙

Since the release of the third season I've often thought about the upper moons bdas, mainly about Gyokko's and Hantengu's. And I think especially Hantengu's has been really underestimated. In my opinion, it has a lot of potential and is probably even more terrifying than most of the other's blood demon arts if you try to imagine it in a realistic setting. So I thought I'd share some of my thoughts for those interested.

Urogi's scream ⊹ His power is probably one of the most underrated ones. And interestingly, the one power that most of them share - him, Zohakuten, Urami and Hantengu's main body.

A lot of people underestimate the danger of loud noise. Not only is it crucial for demon slayers to be able to hear their surroundings to identify where an unseen attacker might come from - the ear is also the balance organ. Seeing Tanjiro struggling to hold his balance during his fight with Urogi would have been a nice detail.

Judging from the effect that Urogi's screams had on Tanjiro, I think it's safe to say his screams are above 120 decibel, which is when it actually starts to be painful. Sounds above 150 decibel burst your eardrums while sounds above 185 damage internal organs and can be deadly. I am not sure of the total range of his volume, but Zohakuten demonstrated that he coul rip someone apart with his scream. Mitsuri only survived because of her special muscle densitiy.

Also, sound travels faster through water. Urogi could e.g. pick up his victim and drop them into a body of water before diving under and screaming at them, causing a lot more damage. Of course his feathers would need to be water-repellent. And not even taking into account his power, just utilizing his ability to just pick up a weaker slayer and drop them into a lake for example, would already debilitate them, as it's difficult to get out or they might even drown if they can't swim.

Sekido's lightning ⊹ His power would obviously be extremely powerful if it worked like actual lightning. But in the anime/manga he rather imitates lightning. Aside from the obvious fact that physics laws don't seem to exist in most media and we're dealing with a dark fantasy anime, it's still fun to imagine his power as realistic as possible.

Sekido could make people's heart stop, partially blind them and even cause the blood vessels in their brain to burst. Those few who survive to tell of the demon's power would be marked by unique patterns stretching across the skin where lightning hit, known as Lichtenberg figures. Perhaps blinded and deaf, they wouldn't be able to fight anymore.

Even though most people who get hit by lightning survive without major injuries, it's still a unique power that is perfect for stunning an opponent. I suppose the author made him appear weaker for the plot. In a fanfiction it would have a lot of potential though.

Urami's size ⊹ This is mainly about how terrifying his size actually is. He's twice as tall as Tanjiro, standing at about three metres or nine feet tall. Imagine being in Tanjiro's situation and having Urami's giant hands wrapped around your head. The immense pressure would be insane. Genya really was Tanjiro's savior in that moment.

Additionally, it was interesting to see him not burning up immediately when hit by the sunlight. The scene was definitely stretched and felt longer than it actually was, but he still didn't make an effort to find shade. Comparing this to Akaza, who seemed terrified by the upcoming sun, indicating he is likely not as resistant to the sun despite having a higher rank, this seems like Hantengu developed a bit of a resistance to the sun even if only for a few seconds. Or this might be a unique feature about the clones. Since Urami is not the main body, he might be able to regenerate faster than the sun destroys his cells as long as the main body is safe and therefore survive longer when hit by sunlight.

@virtuousweakling, should I write a smut with Karaku or Sekido demanding too much of a virgin, pure girl? I can see them definitely do that.

I don't know if I can change my AU again, but I might just do separate demon Toyotama-hime and Hirakugo and human AU of the two.

For the Human AU, nothing much would change except maybe that I would do the Sengoku era Hashira and possibly somehow add Hantengu in there. Hime and Hantengu and pure soulmates in every life cause I said so. Hantengu would have a small hunting group with some friends of his that always scurry around woods and forests to kill animals for food or as signs of high power? Will have to think that up sometime.

@hantengudelulu @fallstreakfeathers @virtuousweakling opinions perhaps? Suggestions maybe even?

I'm stealing both of them. No one is stopping me.

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Girl, this??

𖦹 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬' 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𖦹

Since the design material collection books finally arrived, I was able to scan some of the pages and visualize the demon's heights. Some of them are officially stated while for others, I had to approximate based on comparison. Explanation for each of those is stated below.

First of are Muzan (179 cm), Kokushibo (190 cm), Doma (187 cm) and Akaza (173 cm). Their heights are all officially stated in the Demon Corps Records.

Next are Hantengu (166 cm), Gyokko (between 150 and 170 cm in his vase), Daki (~ 178 cm) and Gyutaro (~ 190 cm). The later two don't have an official height mentioned but the size of the head is a good measure to compare the characters in the official designs. Daki is of course taller because of her shoes, while in the anime, Gyutaro is hunched over a lot. But from the image of the design material from the Entertainment District Arc which I've used, you can see what his height is standing straight, or at least as straight as physically possible for him.

I'd like to add that while Gyokko's height is known, if you go based off the official art, he can be taller than 170 cm, depending on how straight he positions himself and how far he comes out of his vase.

Hantengu's clones

Looking at the clones next, you can see Zohakuten (~ 165 cm) and first-split Sekido and Karaku (~ 190 cm). Zohakuten's height is more or less official since we are shown the direct comparison with Tanjiro. The other two were again compared with the head sizes and proportions.

Second-split Sekido and Karaku as well as Aizetsu and Urogi are generally the same size (~ 190 cm) since their proportions don't really change. However, Urogi's anatomy generally affects his height, but not too much as when he's standing on his legs, his hips would be around the same height as the others'.

The smallest of the clones is the main body / fear clone (~ 19 cm). The tallest being Urami (~ 260 cm) who is seen directly next to Tanjiro in the design material.

Gyokko's height when morphed

Morphed / true-form Gyokko (~ 215 cm) is directly compared to Muichiro whose height is known (160 cm), making a visualization of his size easy.

(An approximation of his tail length may follow.)

Ranking

From tallest to smallest, Muzan and the upper moons as well as their other forms can be ranked as followed:

Urami - 260 cm

Morphed Gyokko - 215 cm

Kokushibo ︱ Sekido, Karaku, Aizetsu and Urogi ︱ Gyutaro - 190 cm

Doma - 187 cm

Muzan - 179 cm

Daki - 178 cm

Akaza - 173 cm

Hantengu - 166 cm

Zohakuten - 165 cm

Gyokko - ∅ 160 cm

Hantengu / Fear Clone - 19 cm

Mount Rainier

And here we have two situations with our boy Akiyo, Sakuro x Maylis son. The first 3 are from the last fight and we have Sakuro being a protective dad with Akiyo.