Nakime

Nakime is a recurring character and a supporting antagonist in the Infinity Castle Arc of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is a demon who owns and controls the Infinity Castle and serves directly under Muzan Kibutsuji. Some time after Hantengu's death during the battle in the Swordsmith Village, Nakime attains the position of Upper Rank Four in the Twelve Kizuki. Nakime is a pale woman with a grayish complexion, who has sharp, blue-stained nails and notably red lips which sharply contrasted the tone of her skin. She has shiny, hip-length hair of a dark brown color, which she wore falling down her back in slight waves that cut off sharply at the ends, with two chin-length strands left to frame her face and long bangs that obscured her large eye set in between them, swept to either side of her nose. Nakime dons a plain black kimono with a muted white lining, secured with a striped pale brown-striped obi, white socks and no shoes or clogs. She was always seen holding a four-stringed wooden biwa with a large bachi pick. Since becoming an Upper Rank, Nakime took to wearing her bangs as to not obscure her face, showing that she possessed a single large, pink-colored eye with the daiji for "Four" engraved into its iris. The upper portion of her face was also revealed, and appeared to be a darker gray color than the rest of her pale skin with prominent veins surrounding her one eye. Nakime is aloof and taciturn, almost never speaking and displaying little to no emotion or will outside of obeying orders. She was extremely loyal to Muzan, listening and following his every order faultlessly, something he appreciated; in fact, her unwavering loyalty to him is one of the very few instances Muzan ever complimented an individual, though it seemed more likely that he was satisfied to have a powerful tool to use at his disposal. Despite this outwardly one-sided relationship, Nakime graciously accepted his words and told her master she was honored to be of great use to him. She showed little interaction with other demons and seems to be mostly disinterested in their presence. During the Lower Ranks Meeting, she calmly sat by and observed with the same stone-faced expression as the demons were all ruthlessly killed, almost paying them no attention and simply waiting for Muzan to give her another order. Similarly, in the Upper Ranks Meeting later on, she only speaks during two instances; answering Akaza's queries and rejecting Doma's invitation to be at his temple. Despite this, in her battle against Obanai Iguro and Mitsuri Kanroji, Nakime appeared to be very confident in her powers and did not regard the threat the two posed on her, remaining unmoving as the Hashira launched numerous attacks against her that would prove futile due to her vast and highly unorthodox powers.