Yōkai taijiya

Yōkai Taijiya are humans skilled at killing Yokai. They are often payed to driveaway and/or kill troublesome Yokai.

Description
Demon Slayers are people who make their livelihood as "Yokai Exterminators". They can combat & kill yokai despite their lack of spiritual powers (like those possessed by monks & priests), due to many years of training, the use of special weapons, & equipment made to combat demons. Due to their strength, specialized weapons, & skills they are mistaken by some people to be ninjas.

Though they make their liveihood killing demons (Yokai), they do not see all demons as a threat. In fact, they peacefully co-exist demons who are friendly or do not pose a threat to humans. In the Demon Slayers' village (home to Sango & Kohaku), the nekomata Kirara lived in the village and aided the slayers in fighting yokai.

Abilities, Weapons, & Equipment

 * Strength
 * Sango is shown able to carry Hiraikotsu which an ordinary human can't. Miroku himself wondered how someone as small as her was able to lift a weapon that heavy. She is also able to lift large rocks.


 * Stamina
 * Sango is shown to be able withstand deadly wounds and still fight, she can also easily run at an impressive speed as seen in the first movie.


 * Weapons & Armor
 * Slayer's use weapons & armor made from bones of slain Yokai.


 * Hiraikotsu
 * Sango's main weapon is a massive boomerang which is made of the bones of yokai that have been killed (a weapon owned by her grandfather that passed on to her by her father). Her grandfather used it to defeat Mistress Centipede (allowing him to obtain the Shikon no Tama from its carcass). The demon spirits in Hiraikotsu have refused to work for Sango in the final act. Hiraikotsu gains the ablity to destroy demonic energy after getting repaired by the posion master.


 * Kusarigama
 * A sharp sickle on a chain, possibily made of demon bone. Kohaku's main weapon.


 * Dagger gauntlet
 * The dagger is hidden within her sleeve and can be retracted. In one particular episode Sango, who is possessed, uses this weapon against Miroku, it is this same episodes that he proposes to her. Sango rarely uses this weapon mainly preferring the Hiraikotsu (it can be considered as a slayer's last resort).


 * Wakizashi
 * A short one-handed sword, some mistake it to be a katana.


 * Yōkai Paralyzing Poisons
 * A poisonous concoction that paralyzes demons.


 * Numbing Potions
 * This is mainly used when a slayer wishes not to kill a demon. The poison will numb the demon and she normally masks the poison by baking it into buns or donuts.


 * Chain
 * The chains are used to constrict or hold enemies.


 * Mask
 * Protects the wearer from poisons and miasma from demons (it can also be used to protect slayers from the various gases the slayer uses).