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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba desserts are some of the most beautiful anime sweets ever【Photos】

When a master of nerikiri turns his attention to the phenomenal anime hit, desert magic happens.

Junichi Mitsubori (@c9z_mj on Twitter)) is a Japanese confectioner who’s particularly skilled at making nerikiri. Literally meaning “knead and cut,” nerikiri is a mixture of sweet white bean paste and gyuhi, a kind of extra-soft mochi. Dense yet pliable, it can be shaped into just about any shape the confectioner wants, and this set of nine pieces that Mitsubori has completed is especially beautiful.

単体ショットを
まとめてみました👹 pic.twitter.com/xm1R01wXP8

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) February 6, 2021

Each design is exquisitely imaginative, with abstract forms evocative of flowers or leaves. But there might be another similarity tugging at the corners of your mind, and there’s a hint in the way Mitsubori ends the above tweet with an emoji of an oni, or Japanese demon…because each of these nerikiri sweets is actually an edible homage to the cast of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

The easiest salute to spot is the one that share the iconic green-and-black checkerboard pattern of main character Tanjiro’s costume.

鬼滅隊となると私は滅せられる方なんですけどね😅

菓の呼吸
一の型
炭治郎切り🌊#鬼滅の刃#炭治郎#鬼滅隊#鬼#炭治郎の耳飾り #日の呼吸#ひのかみかぐら #和菓子#煉切#ねりきり#針切り#mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/9bMfZOaILv

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) January 26, 2021

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Likewise, the piece for Nezuko isn’t too hard to pick out, what with its recreation of her bamboo gag.

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禰󠄀豆子祭り
木箱に入れといてね👹🌸

菓の呼吸
ニの型
禰󠄀豆子切り🌊#鬼滅の刃#炭治郎#禰󠄀豆子#鬼滅隊#鬼#炭治郎の耳飾り #日の呼吸#ひのかみかぐら #和菓子#煉切#ねりきり#針切り#mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/lruZF9m251

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) January 26, 2021

Rounding out the core trio is blond-boy buddy Zenitsu…

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菓の呼吸
参ノ型
善逸一閃⚡️#葉隠#葉隠は葉が命#着物柄#鬼滅の刃#我妻善逸#鬼滅隊#鬼#善逸#雷の呼吸#和菓子#煉切#ねりきり#針切り#mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/GgbR8jwtf4

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) January 27, 2021

…and of course, you can’t leave out Rengoku, what with his stealing the show in the most successful Japanese movie of all time thanks to his fiery personality and equally fiery hairstyle.

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菓の呼吸
伍ノ型#煉獄#葉隠#葉隠は葉が命#日輪刀#鬼滅の刃#無限列車編 #煉獄さん#煉獄杏寿郎#鬼殺隊#柱#和菓子#煉切#ねりきり#針切り#mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/Kp0Yvu2Rhp

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) January 29, 2021

Fitting her role as the Insect Hashira, Shinobu’s butterfly hair accessory and segmented-wing cloak pattern show up in her nerikiri,

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菓の呼吸#捌ノ型 #蝶の戯れ#胡蝶しのぶ#蟲柱#鬼滅の刃#柱#和菓子#煉切#ねりきり#針切り#mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/pa7JNSzkQA

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) February 2, 2021

You might miss them at first glance, but look carefully and you can spot the facial features of a boar, and the texture of its fur, in the Inosuke piece, where the half covering also serves as a reference to the character’s masked status.

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And rounding out the Demon Slayers is Giyu, with a nerikiri piece that matches his asymmetrical haori coat.

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菓の呼吸
陸ノ型#義勇ねじれ渦#葉隠#水の呼吸#鬼滅の刃#富岡義勇#鬼殺隊#柱#和菓子#煉切#ねりきり#針切り#mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/Z7MlOZhvRO

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) January 30, 2021

Naturally, Demon Slayers need some demons to slay, and so Mitsubori has also created some villainous nerikiri treats for stripe-faced adversary Akaza…

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菓の呼吸#漆ノ型#術式展開#猗窩座#上弦参#鬼滅の刃#無限列車編#鬼#和菓子#煉切#ねりきり#針切り#mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/Ccxl9dsMQH

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) January 31, 2021

…and archnemesis Muzan Kibutsuji.

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▼ This might be the most intimidatingly sinister-looking dessert we’ve ever seen.

菓の呼吸
玖ノ型
鬼舞辻無惨

mitsuboric pic.twitter.com/1uBufYOmX1

— 三堀 栄純 EIJUN Mitsubori (@c9z_mj) February 3, 2021

Given the immense amount of time that went into making each piece, Mitsubori obviously has no plans of producing them for commercial sale. We’re not sure any true Demon Slayer could bring themselves to eat such a beautiful tribute to the series anyway, so really, this is one of those rare cases where we’re happy to look but not eat.

Source: Twitter/@1357850417128873984 via IT Media
Top image: Twitter/@1357850417128873984
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