It mimics insects, specifically their lethal stings and movements, and replicates it with user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms include stabbing, thrusting, and making shallow cuts with a specially coated/made sword to inflict multiple wounds onto the intended target in order to inject various lethal wisteria-based poisons into them. Users of Insect Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly manifesting insects (mainly butterflies) when unleashing its techniques.
Weapon: Nichirin Blade with a tip
Color: Grey
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Demon Slayer Mark
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User: Shinobu Kocho
Forms: 4
Butterfly Dance (Cho no mai): Caprice (Tawamure)- The user leaps into the air and charges towards the opponent, stinging them multiple times with their blade to inject poison in just seemingly one strike.
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Dance of the Bee Sting (Hoga no mai): True Flutter (Manabiki)- The user dashes at their target at blinding speeds and uses the momentum of their speed to then strengthen a single thrust into their opponent and inject poison into them.
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Dance of the Dragonfly (Seirei no mai): Compound Eye Hexagon (Fukugan Rokkaku) - A six strike attack with which the user aims to strike and inject their target with multiple doses of poison at the target's weak spots (such as the neck, heart, torso, etc.) in order to kill them with a large dose of poison.
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Dance of the Centipede (Goko no mai): Hundred-Legged Zigzag (Hyakusoku Jabara)- An attack with which the user uses their full speed to run a zigzag pattern that confuses their opponent in order to create an opening for them to directly stab their opponent's neck and inject poison to kill them, with the stab's force and power being further enhanced by the momentum of their speed.
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Dance of the Wasp (Suzumebachi no mai): Queen Stinger (Kuin Sutinga)- An attack which the user uses their full speed to deliver lots of stabs towards the opponent and inflicts all stabs and cuts onto the opponent using the blade and then performs a final, stronger thrust.
