Mitsuri Kanroji is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer, a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps, and the current Love Hashira. She is known for her being emotional, cheery, and passionate in her demeanor as well as someone who compliments people a lot in her head. She is one who is easily flustered and typically shy but has strong bonds with a few of her fellow hashira. The two closest ones are Obanai and Shinobu. She shares romantic feelings for Obanai while she and Shinobu share a love of cooking and bonding over being the top female demon slayers in the corp. As the Love Hashira, her style of breathing is one of extremely quick and nimble movements attacks combined with sweeping range attacks from her whip-like katana. It is a style that has its roots in Kyojuro Rengoku’s Flame Breathing style but has been modified to work for Mitsuri’s dense muscle structure and extremely nimble body. As this is the style created by herself it is perfectly geared towards multiple ranged attacks that slash multiple demons into ribbons, as she dances amongst the bladed confusion that no one but her can do. This leads to a mobile storm of blades, blood, and body parts that decimate whatever foes stand in her way.
Mitsuri Stats
Str 15 Dex 13 Con 12 Int 8 Wis 13 Cha 12 (27 point buy)
Str 16 Dex 13 Con 13 Int 8 Wis 14 Cha 12 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Monk 5 (Way of the Kensei)/Barbarian 1
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Ranged Melee Destruction.
- Massive Strength, Tiny Frame.
- Mobility Unleashed.
Background
For Background, I chose Folk Hero for Mitsuri. She gains the Skill Proficiencies of Animal Handling, Survival, Tool Proficiencies of Vehicles (Land) and Brewer’s Supplies, and the Background Feature of Rustic Hospitality. Brewer’s Supplies represent her skill in making honey from her bee hives.
Race
For Race, I chose Goliath. With this race, she gains +1 to Str, Con and Wis, Little Giant, Mountain Born, and Stone’s Endurance. The key parts are Little Giant and Stone’s Endurance which represent the massive muscle density of her small frame. Where Little Giant gives her the ability to lift like a giant while Stone’s Endurance represents her ability to shrug off powerful blows due to how dense her muscles are.
Class
Mitsuri’s class breakdown is a mixture of two classes, Monk 5(Way of the Kensei)/Barbarian 1. It is with these classes that she gains access to increased movement options to dance about the battlefield, lashing out at her enemies with a slashing weapon that attacks at range, extreme mobility with help from Ki the Mobility feat and Barbarian’s Rage, multiple ways to tank damage from her foes, cooking skills and her Demon Slayer Mark represented by Rage. This combination of class and feats is the best attempt to consolidate his abilities and talents at this level.
Monk 1 is the starting class for Mitsuri. This gives her the skills of Acrobatics, Insight, Cook’s Utensils, Unarmored Defense, and Martial Arts.
Monk 2 is the next step in Mitsuri’s progression. It is with this level she gains access to Ki and Unarmored Movement. Now she has the ability to gain multiple attacks, increased movement, and defensive abilities. Her movement speed also becomes 40 feet.
Monk 3 gives her access to the Monastic Tradition of Way of the Kensei and Deflect Missiles. With Path of the Kensei, she gains proficiency in Calligrapher’s Supplies, Kensei Weapons Whip and Dart, Agile Parry, and Kensei’s Shot. Now she is skilled in using her trademark whip katana which leans more toward her mobile fighting style.
Monk 4 is where Mitsuri gains her legendary speed and reflexes with the Feat: Mobile and Slow Fall. With Mobile she now has a speed of 50 feet, can dash over difficult terrain without losing movement, and has the ability to move away from a foe who you already attacked without triggering opportunity attacks. Slow Fall allows her to have more maneuverability without suffering extra damage from falling due to her high jumps.
Monk 5 grants her Extra Attack and Stunning Strike. This gives her up to 4 attacks and each has the ability to stun a foe to the point of being a standing target.
Barbarian 1 is the last level for this build with the features of Rage and Unarmored Defense. Rage gives her the ability to gain an advantage on Str checks and Str saving throws, a bonus to damage, and resistance to bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage. This feature represents her achieving her Demon Slayer’s Mark.
With full use of Mitsuri’s powers she can perform the following techniques via job features and abilities:
Love Breathing
- First Form: Shivers of First Love- Whip Attack + Extra Attack + Stunning Strike
- Second Form: Love Pangs- Whip attack + Extra Attack +Flurry of Blows
- Third Form: Catlove Shower- Step of the Wind+ Athletics to Jump + Mobility feat + Whip Attack + Extra Attack
- Fifth Form: Swaying Love, Wildclaw- Athletics to Jump + Mobility Feat + Patient Defense + Whip attack + Extra Attack
- Sixth Form: Cat-Legged Winds of Love- Round 1: Step of the Wind + Athletics to Jump + Mobility Feat + Whip Attack + Extra Attack
- Round 2: Whip Attack + Extra Attack + Flurry of Blows + Agile Parry + Mobile Feat
This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Mitsuri an all-consuming passion of fury and love shared in equal measure in Six levels or Less.
Spells
None besides Melee Damage
Equipment
Standard Monk equipment with Darts and Shortsword. Pick up a Whip to fight to her full potential
Shout out to https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Kimetsu_no_Yaiba_Wiki for their amazing information in making this amazing character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. My next build will continue building the Hashiras! That Hashira being Kyojuro Rengoku, The Flame Hashira! Until next week Tale-Tellers!
