Even with her inferiority complex brought about by her small size and weak physical strength, and despite losing so much blood to the point she couldn't stand and not being able to breathe. Though never shown onscreen, Shinobu has a notable temper, namely in the way that makes even Inosuke Hashibira take notice.

Indomitable Will: Shinobu possesses an undaunted spirit and incredible willpower, mostly due to her unquenchable hatred for demons. The names she came up with for Kanao Tsuyuri were so bizarre that upon seeing them, Kanae broke down into such an "EH? However, the structure of her sword makes it ineffective for blocking attacks, so she makes up for it with her swift thrusts and stabs.

This was shown during her fight against Doma where she was able to keep fighting the Upper Rank despite losing a lot of blood, having one of her lungs punctured and being unable to breathe, [16] a feat which made Doma doubt if she was human. It is the same as any katana from the handle to slightly above the hilt, but above that, the weapon loses its blade and is replaced by a rod.

Even if we're weak and can't cut off demon heads, if we defeat one demon, we can save dozens of people. She wears white zōri sandals with purple straps for footwear, with a hidden blade in one of the heels.

A Breathing Style created by Shinobu Kocho, who designed it to compensate for her lack of physical strength to cut off a demon's head. Shinobu’s haori is made from cloth with a wire running from the collar to the outer edge of the fabric, allowing a wide range of poses to create movement.

Her sword thrusts are so fast and powerful that they can pierce boulders and out-speed Water Breathing's Drop Ripple Thrust form, the fastest thrusting technique in that Breathing Style. Immense Stamina and Endurance: As a Hashira, Shinobu has attained tremendous levels of stamina and endurance due to years of harsh training. She possesses the necessary skills to slowly saturate her body with poison without negatively impending her own health, as well as the medical skills needed to counteract the venoms and poisons created by demons. This beautiful 1/8 scale figure features Shinobu in a gravity defying pose as the butterflies seem to carry her.Most impressively, she moved so fast that she sundered a bridge after being severely injured by Doma. The amount of wisteria poison in Shinobu's body was originally stated to be seventy times the lethal amount to kill a demon in the magazine version, but it was later corrected by Koyoharu Gotoge to be seven hundred times in the volume edition. In addition to her intellect, she is extremely fast and agile, allowing her to overpower demons very quickly.