Warning: The following contains spoilers for Demon Slayer!!
Summary
Muzan's ability to control his body allows him to disguise himself as other humans. Muzan uses his human form to amass wealth and access restricted information. Muzan's cruel nature is demonstrated by the way he disposes of his human family when they no longer serve him.
IN Demon Slayer,Muzan Kibutsuji is the ancestor of all demons. Muzan is intelligent and cunning, for centuries he has worked in the dark, avoiding sunlight, which is his only weakness. He has many special abilities. One of his powers is that he can control all the properties in his body at will, including blood, cells, flesh, and organs, so that he can change his face and your appearance to look like different people. Muzan uses this ability to adapt and disguise his demon, to the point that normal people do not notice him.
Muzan has been frantically searching for the blue spider lily, the key to resisting sunlight, while also searching for a demon capable of conquering the sun for over 1,000 years, during which time he disguised himself to integrate into Tokyo society and seek information.
Muzan's narcissistic traits allow him to hide his disdain for humans and easily manipulate them, taking on multiple roles at different times, even becoming a child, a widow, and a widow. female or have a family of their own. These are unusual human guises for a ruthless demon, leaving fans wondering the reason behind his countless appearances.
The reason behind each of Muzan Kibutsuji's human forms
The official Demon Slayer fanbook explains the motive behind Muzan's disguise.
When Muzan was first introduced in Demon Slayer season one, episode #7, he had a human family and his fake wife Rei called him Tsukihiko. They also wore expensive Western-style clothes and showed off their wealth by traveling in cars, which were reserved for the wealthy during the Taisho period. The official Demon Slayer fanbook explains Muzan's human form, stating that he kills wealthy individuals, so he can take advantage of their appearance to accumulate money and gain influence for ease. collect information.
This helps him disguise his demon form as well as reach places quickly and it also proves that it is not his biological family; he only impersonated Rei's husband to raise money. Additionally, in episode #26, Muzan transforms into a woman dressed as a Geisha. With his skilled mimicry, this form allows Muzan to seduce men and entice them to seek out the Blue Spider Lily for him during the day, while also gathering information in otherwise inaccessible circumstances. be in male form.
In Demon Slayer season 3, episode #11, he has the appearance of a child named Toshikuni. In this form, he appears in a library and it is implied that he is reading books obsessively. This allowed Muzan to search human literature for clues about the blue spider lily, while also establishing a place to create an elixir capable of withstanding sunlight. The reality is that Muzan goes to great lengths to impersonate other humans, beings he considers inferior, showing that he is willing to do anything to fulfill his goal of becoming a perfect being.
What happened to Muzan's family
Muzan left his family when they no longer served his purpose.
In the season finale of the Demon Hunter Blacksmith Village Arc, Muzan brutally killed two women, possibly the mother of the child he was impersonating and a maid who was forcefully asking for help. help from her owner, which suggests there were more people in the house there. moment. With Muzan's vile nature, he most likely killed all his family members to avoid leaving any traces. This is certainly the result for everyone who interacts with Muzan. The Demon Slayer's fanbook also says that Muzan's evil tongue caused his five wives to die.
Since Nezuko has become the sun-conquering demon that Muzan longed for, he no longer needs to pretend to be human. Despite having lived like many humans for a millennium, he has always been insensitive and has no empathy for others, as demonstrated by Muzan's human past where he killed his doctor and said that he had a wish to destroy all living beings. The reason behind his different human forms shows fans that, despite his outward appearance, Muzan Kibutsuji is just a truly unforgivable villain who only uses others to fulfill his own desires.
