Love Breathing

“	Is it okay for a girl to be this strong? I still worry that someone may ask that, as though I'm not human. In my fear, I was suppressing my strength. But not anymore. Leave this to me. I will protect everyone.	”
	— Mitsuri Kanroji

Info

Mitsuri as seen in-game

Love Breathing (恋 (こい) の呼 (こ) 吸 (きゅう) , Koi no kokyū^?) is one of the fourteen breathing styles available in Demon Fall. Upon learning it, you'll be granted with an exclusive Love Breathing Nichrin katana that may look like a normal Custom Nichirin on the first look, but it becomes a whip-like weapon when attacking.

Inventor and only known user of Love Breathing, Mitsuri Kanroji

Love Nichirin becoming a whip-like weapon per attacks

Just like Sound Breathing, Insect Breathing, Moon Breathing and Beast Breathing, you can't craft another Nichirin blade while you have this breathing.

Similar to Sound Breathing, it requires 17 skill points to fully unlock all of its techniques.

Love Breathing emphasizes on high-speed slashes and combos, and this is also obtainable as a Hybrid.

How to Obtain

To learn Love Breathing, you must find Mitsuri Kanroji somewhere in White Peak, looking for Rengoku. After talking to Kanroji, you need to finish the following tasks:

First task: Give Mitsuri 20,000 yen.

Second task: Defeat the Axe Demon and grab his collar.

Location

• Slow but easy way to Mitsuri (The Video Starts at the Hayakawa Horses)
• Other methods
  • Near the axe demon cave, if you look at the cave from the outside and turn left.
  • You will have to jump down and Mitsuri is on a lower platform. *Take caution: drop is very high!*

Breathing Style Relationship Chart

Sun

Flame

Love

Love Breathing Nichirin (unlocked as soon as you obtain the breathing).

Breathing Skills

This is what Love Breathing's skill tree looks like, it's similar to Sound Breathing and resembles a heart.

Passive - Faster health regen and more M1 range. Unlike Beast, Sound, and Insect Breathing, it can get another M1 from Kendo Mastery despite the fact that it has a different Nichirin.

Note that Kendo Agility II gives no improvement to swing speed.

• First Form: Shivers of First Love (壱 (いち) ノ型 (かた) 　初 (はつ) 恋 (こい) のわななき, Ichi no kata: Hatsukoi no Wananaki^?) - The user performs four forward whip slashes in quick succession, similar to Beast Breathing's Fourth Fang: Slice 'n' Dice.

Deals 25 damage with a 30-second cooldown and consumes 15% of the breath bar. [Hyperarmor] [Blockable]

• Second Form: Love Pangs (弐 (に) ノ型 (かた) 　懊 (おう) 悩 (のう) 巡 (めぐ) る恋 (こい) , Ni no kata: Ōnō Meguru Koi^?) - The user releases a rapid flurry of slashes, almost like Mist Breathing's Eight Layed Mist and Moon Breathing's Moon Spirit Calamitous Eddy.

Deals 25 damage with a 40-second cooldown and consumes 45% of the breath bar. [Blockable]

• Third Form: Catlove Shower (参 (さん) ノ型 (かた) 　恋 (こい) 猫 (ねこ) しぐれ, San no kata: Koi Neko Shigure^?) - The user backflips into the air and releases a three-way projectile of slashes.

Deals 40 Damage with a 50-second cooldown and consumes 70% of the breath bar. [Guard Break] [I-frames]

• Fifth Form: Healthy Life (伍 (ご) ノ型 (かた) 　応 (おう) 急 (きゅ) 処 (しょ) 置 (ち) , Go no kata: Ōkyū Shochi^?, lit. Fifth Form: First Aid) - The user heals allies in front of them. (The heal isn't instant, it makes health regeneration faster)

Heals 70 Health with a 1-minute and 55-second cooldown and consumes 80% of the breath bar. [Regen]

• Sixth Form: Rainbow (陸 (ろく) ノ型 (かた) 　虹 (にじ) , Roku no kata: Niji^?) - The user dashes forwards, creating a series of pink and heart strikes, akin to that of Beneficent Radiance.

Deals 25 Damage with a 33-second cooldown and consumes 60% of the breath bar. [Blockable]

Demonstrations

— Love Breathing — First Form Second Form Third Form Fifth Form Sixth Form

Pros

• Proficient with combos.
• Decent to high damage.
• Close to average range.
• Has high damage guard break. (Third Form)
• Faster regen speed.
• Longer M1 and M2 range than simple swords. (can hit from behind)
• First move costs barely any breath bar.

Cons

• Requires a high amount of grinding for Yen.
• First Form's attacks may be a bit difficult to deliver.
• Third Form is hard to hit in PVP.
• If camera is too close to character, using moves can cause lag.
• Healthy Life does not heal user, making it useless in 1v1s.

Combos

If you have Kendo Mastery, add an extra hit for every combo. If you have lunge, use it before M1 combos if possible.

• Lunge, M1x3, Love Pangs, M1x3, Shivers of First Love/Rainbow (any further is optional), rush, M1x3, Shotgun/M2.

• Lunge, M1x3, Shivers of First Love, rush (skip if close enough to the opponent), M1x3, Rainbow, rush, M1x3, Shotgun/M2.

• Lunge, M1x3, Shivers of First Love, rush (skip if close enough to the opponent), M1x3. Catlove Shower.

Trivia

• Love Breathing is a derivative of Flame Breathing, so it would make sense that Mitsuri should be in White Peak.
• Mitsuri has high food expenses in the canon, so it would make sense for her to make the player pay 20K Yen.
• Coincidentally, this breathing style was released AFTER the trailer for Swordsmith Village Arc was announced.
• Kendo Mastery adds you an m1 as in other breathings. (except Beast, Sound and Insect)
• The slayer mark isn't how it appears in the manga, in game it's on the right cheek, in the manga it's on the neck. This is because Roblox avatars have no neck.
• Best paired with Kamado or Kanroji clan