Using his superhuman hearing, he has displayed the ability to decipher layers upon layers of sound in one of the brothels and even in the Infinity Castle. Nonetheless, Zenitsu's strength more than likely matched that of the Hashira by the end of the series.Įnhanced Hearing: Zenitsu possesses a heightened sense of hearing, allowing him to detect danger from even the faintest of sounds. Moreover, he could keep up with and overpower the Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, albeit he was severely weakened by the Anti-Kibutsuji Drug. However, his true strength seems to manifest when Zenitsu can fight while awake, as he managed to match the new Upper Rank Six, Kaigaku, in power by himself and later blizted and decapitated him before he could react. As further credence to his strength, Zenitsu was able to advance to the highest point of the Hashira Training. A few months after that, he was able to go toe-to-toe with an awakened Daki with the assistance of Inosuke, and later managed to blitz her with Thunderclap and Flash: God Speed.
He was later able to defend 3 entire train carts being under attack by Enmu, Lower Rank One, along with Nezuko. Zenitsu's true strength awakens when he is asleep, as that's when his nerves that normally keep him from accessing his true strength give out, making him more sagacious, calm and precise in combat, which allowed him to instantly decapitate the Tongue Demon and defeat the Spider Demon (Son) by himself. Overall Abilities: From the beginning, Zenitsu is a talented and skilled Demon Slayer, though he denies this. Though, Zenitsu does show to respect woman, telling Daki to let go of a girl that Daki nearly tore the ear off of, and later demanded her to apologize.Īs the only one boy in the trio to have grown up in the city, Zenitsu shows more knowledge about how the city works and is constantly embarrassed by his partners' naivety. During these times, he is also shown to become physically aggressive, lashing out at them in frustration. Zenitsu seems to have a strong crush on Nezuko, openly expressing his affection for her and always rushing to protect her as if on instinct. This womanizing nature is shown to override his docile personality, in particular when he believes his comrades are "flirting" with cute girls, he soon snaps and goes in long hysterical rants and complaints. He tends to hit on girls who he thinks are cute and asks them to marry him, much to their annoyance. Zenitsu is also shown to be something of a wannabe womanizer, stemming from a desire to not be single should he be killed. Zenitsu also hates himself for how cowardly and incompetent he is, genuinely striving to better himself. He holds great respect and admiration towards his comrades and his deceased teacher, Jigoro Kuwajima, and his inner focus and drive in avenging him help to wash away his cowardice and second thoughts when he is in a pinch. However, despite these weaknesses, Zenitsu still wants to live up to the expectations others set up for him and will try his hardest when he needs to. He is also shown to be pessimistic at times, especially during the Hashira Training Arc where he lashed out at Tanjiro and Inosuke for viewing the training positively. Due to this, Zenitsu screams and shouts a lot, sometimes annoying the people around him. Zenitsu is in a constant state of fear and always cries and tries to run away at the sight of danger, claiming he wants to live a modest, normal life, instead of that of a Demon Slayer.
He also has rather low self-esteem despite his strength, even considering himself useless as seen when he couldn't believe he had slain a demon and tricked himself into instead believing that it was Shoichi, even though the latter was a young child who didn't possess any form of special demon-slaying ability. Zenitsu comes off as a coward, as he often claims that he doesn't have long to live due to the dangerous job of being a Demon Slayer.