Demon Slayer Cosplay Gender-Flips Tengen With Incredible Results

Tengen Uzui, the Sound Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, is a popular character from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, famous for his flamboyant attitude and for his many kunoichi wives. The cosplayer Usagi realized a gender-flipped version of the character, mixing her great costume and make-up skills with some digital effects.

Tengen is one of the most powerful members of the Demon Slayer Corps, but his style and personality are quite different from his fellow Hashira. Born and raised in a ninja village, Tengen went through a harsh upbringing that resulted in the death of all his siblings, except his elder brother, who subsequently became cold and heartless. Because shinobi value completing a mission above anything else. Tengen grew to reject this dogma and prioritizes the safety of his companions and underlings above anything else. Perhaps as a repudiation of his shinobi upbringing, Tengen has a flashy and eccentric personality. He strives to be flamboyant in everything he does, something that is reflected in his weapons of choice, two massive nichirin blades, and the fighting style he developed, called Sound Breathing, which features explosions and other flashy techniques.

Tengen was a favorite character while the Demon Slayer manga was published, and is experiencing a surge of popularity now that he is one of the protagonists of the second season of the anime, focusing on the brutal fights of the Entertainment District Arc. This is perhaps why cosplayer Usagi decided to homage Tengen with her own rendition, shared on Instagram.

Usagi, who has almost 70,000 followers, has brought to life many beloved characters from anime, manga, and video games. In the pictures posted on her Instagram feed, she often adds visual effects, creating very unique results. In the Tengen cosplay, she added a caption referencing the three wives of the Hashira, an important aspect of the character who, despite having an apparently arrogant and brash attitude, is really caring and considerate when it comes to his loved ones. Usagi showed that she actually knows the characters she portrays, always a great quality for a cosplayer.

Tengen Uzui is usually a very masculine character, this gender-flipped rendition by Usagi demonstrated that it’s possible to interpret one’s favorite characters in many creative ways, while still staying faithful to their origins. Fans of Demon Slayer will certainly be pleased with this one.

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