Character from Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge
Upper Moon Four — a pathetic, sniveling demon whose true body hides while his emotions fight for him as full-powered clones, each one a Hashira-level threat.
Hantengu's defining trait is victimhood. He wails that he's being bullied, screams for help, and insists he's innocent — all while his emotion clones destroy everything around him. This isn't an act in the conventional sense; he genuinely experiences himself as a persecuted victim regardless of what he's doing. Even as a human, he murdered and stole while sincerely believing he was the wronged party. His combat strategy is genuinely dangerous: his true body shrinks to near-invisible size and hides while his emotion clones — each Upper Moon-level strong — overwhelm opponents through numerical advantage. Finding and beheading the real Hantengu while fighting four simultaneous powerful demons is a puzzle designed to be unsolvable. The most unsettling thing about Hantengu is that his self-pity is real. He's not pretending to be afraid — he IS afraid, constantly, of everything. He's also a mass murderer. These things coexist without contradiction in his mind.
True form: impossibly small and shriveled, the size of a mouse, with a terrified old man's face. His main body form before splitting: a hunched, skeletal old demon with a single horn, wild grey hair, and bulging fearful eyes. His emotion clones each have distinct appearances — Sekido (anger): muscular with a lightning staff; Karaku (pleasure): relaxed and grinning; Aizetsu (sorrow): downcast with a spear; Urogi (joy): bird-winged and shrieking. His merged form Zohakuten appears as a youthful, imperious demon with wooden dragon attacks.
Also known as: Hantengu, Upper Moon Four, Upper Four