Hi, Junko from Japan here! What’s the transparent world in Demon Slayer? It’s a kind of special ability that allows a person to see through others’ bodies.
When you see living things’ bodies with this ability, you can see through bones, muscles, and organs inside them as if the bodies became transparent. Since Himejima Gyomei who’s blind reached the stage, it may be like mind’s eye, not physical eyesight.
Who Have Reached the Transparent World?
In the main story of Demon Slayer, these people obtained the transparent world.
- Kamado Tanjiro
- Kamado Tanjuro (Tanjiro’s father)
- Himejima Gyomei
- Kokushibo
- Tsugikuni Yoriichi
- Tokito Muichiro (for an instant)
- Iguro Obanai (for an instant)
How Can You Obtain the See-Through Ability?
The first person who brought the word “transparent world” was Kamado Tanjuro. According to him, if you recognize every corner of your body and cut down every needless movement, you’ll eventually get the perfect control of your body and allows yourself to act with maximum output with minimum power. When you reached this domain with the right breathing and the right movement, everything eventually becomes transparent. He called it SUKITORU SEKAI, meaning “transparent world” or “see-through world” in Japanese.
When you enter the transparent world, your body reaches the point of nothingness. Since it has no killing intent, the opponent can’t read your movement, and your attack will be stealthy.
Another option is becoming tireless. While entering the transparent world, your body doesn’t get tired. I think that’s because you can move your body with the minimum energy and practically boost your stamina dozens of times.
Tanjiro’s father Tanjuro was weak with illness, but he could dance the Hinokami Kagura all night by entering the transparent world.
When it comes to the transparent world, Tsugikuni Yoriichi was exceptional. He was in this realm by nature and could see through every creature. Since that was normal for him, he didn’t notice it was a special ability only he possessed until he met Uta, a woman who became his wife later.
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For the transparent world.. Can we deactivated and activate whenever we want? I just want to know!
Hi, thanks for the question. Tanjiro was able to activate the Transparent World at will, just like other Hashira who could do so when they concentrated to the extreme. This means they normally didn’t use this ability all the time.
On the other hand, Yoriichi was born with the power of the Transparent World and seemed to have it activated all the time, regardless of his own will.
It’s likely that this technique usually requires personal intent to activate or deactivate, but someone who has reached mastery like Yoriichi could have it on constantly. Hope it helps!