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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:52:39 PM No.280754828
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>has legendary OP sword technique
>still not even Top 10 power level by the final arc
>has never won a 1v1 against a real threat
>always the sidekick when it’s time to fight boss-level enemies
>his entire role is to pop out from behind the strong senpai and land a surprise hit to “wow” the boss
>every time the senpai gets knocked out or yeeted across the map and he has to go solo, he gets wrecked instantly
>gets saved again by the senpai
Seriously, how is this pathetic cuck the MC?
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:58:59 PM No.280755065
He won though
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:59:32 PM No.280755087
>inexperienced kid needs to be saved by veterans
>this is bad
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:01:03 PM No.280755138
>KnY bait threads after the movies smashed the box office.
Make it less obvious
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:03:14 PM No.280755236
>>280754828 (OP)
Nobody soloed an UM though. You need a numbers advantage against them.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:04:26 PM No.280755280
>>280754828 (OP)
He is genetically nothing more than just a peasant.
What r u expecting?
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:15:58 PM No.280755730
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>>280755236
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:16:54 PM No.280755755
>>280755087
It is when it has to happen for the whole story.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:18:17 PM No.280755807
>>280754828 (OP)
I'll never understand how this got as popular as it did. This is truly one of the worst cast of characters I've ever seen combined with a painfully average by the numbers story.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:19:48 PM No.280755856
>>280754828 (OP)
Stick to your kiddie dbz threads, shounenspic.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:23:42 PM No.280755994
>>280754828 (OP)
Because he's a Rookie after all, I'm glad that his plot armor Is not as big as Luffy's
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:23:49 PM No.280755997
>>280755807
That's because you're mentally retarded. People like you have trouble understanding things.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:23:58 PM No.280756008
>>280754828 (OP)
Why are you praising KNY this much? Do you really think people take this as bad thing? Finally in shounen "muh MC power" aren't overshadowing the seasoned veterans and villain's are this much threatening MC doesn't get a free pass just because he is are protagonist.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:27:54 PM No.280756149
>>280754828 (OP)
>has legendary OP sword technique
it's the user, not the breath. Yoriichi is one of a kind
>still not even Top 10 power level by the final arc
series isn't about power level autism
>has never won a 1v1 against a real threat
yeah, it's called teamwork
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:28:00 PM No.280756153
>>280755994
This. It's so refreshing to see protagonist that is allowed to struggle this much and don't get a free pass just because he alone has some special things about him. Author is forever based for not making him defeat Koku
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:29:54 PM No.280756230
Funny how any attempts to shit on Tanjiro fall flat here.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:29:59 PM No.280756236
>>280754828 (OP)
>Cuck
He fucked Kanao and reproduced.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:40:22 PM No.280756637
Absolute cope of a thread and OP is a fag
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:47:23 PM No.280756870
>>280755730
he lost
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:49:07 PM No.280756920
>>280754828 (OP)
but enough about bumji bumtadori
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:53:22 PM No.280757037
>>280755755
Considering not a lot of years pass since he started being a slayer it's fine.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 8:56:45 PM No.280757149
Could Tanjiro beat UM1? Technically, no. But then, technically, he stood no chance against every UM he’s faced but there was always a convenient plot-weakness he alone notices and is able to exploit using his protagonist climax boost and win. So why wouldn’t exactly the same thing happen against UM1?
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 9:00:05 PM No.280757251
>>280754828 (OP)
>>has never won a 1v1 against a real threat
He had barely any time to train & zero talent
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 9:16:20 PM No.280757775
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>>280757149
UM4 was him being able to detect the scent of the main demon and UM3 was his tree mode to counter Akaza's wallhack. There is feasibly nothing that he could asspull against Koku that would overcome the sheer difference in ability because Koku doesn't use anything besides overwhelming power.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 9:21:35 PM No.280757937
>>280754828 (OP)
Way better than unreasonably OP isekai protags.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 9:27:12 PM No.280758148
>>280754828 (OP)
Just read DB.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 9:40:17 PM No.280758611
>>280754828 (OP)
Here's why I like this manga. Tanjiro ain't some blue-blood prodigy or chosen one.
His talent's just a notch above average, and no matter how hard he grinds, he’s never hitting that god-tier level.
That raw realism hits hard.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:17:48 PM No.280759812
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>>280758611
He's only behind Yoriichi. Tanjirou literally fucking stalls a murderous Muzan for a long time single-handedly while he beat Shinazugawa, Gyoumei, Giyuu and Obanai in combination like the side characters they are. By the end of the series, he's very well above everyone else except Yoriichi. Demon Slayee fags should stop acting like their bog standard battle shounen is different from the rest of the bunch and it didn't follow every rule by the book, every cliche and every pitfall like the others just because it's their first bog standard battle shounen.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:21:47 PM No.280759922
>>280754828 (OP)
>talented but in a very “hardwork” way
> his super duper style has nothing to do with him being the chosen one
>ancestor was simply Chosen one’s number 1 fan, and learned the style as a bootleg dance version just to celebrate him
>father was the gifted one, but died for illness instead of saving the world
>get his waifu and took part in her growth without her being annoying ,useless or hyper fixated on him
>succeded into everything he wanted
>his ending is the result of his own actions and kindness, that lead to his friends saving and healing him instead of just putting him down (basically the super secret good ending of a RPG)
>was important but without being the sole unique savior of the story, it was a team effort
>his jurney was meaningful and with a nice epilogue
Unironically Tangerine is /OURGUY/
The true chad among a bunch of chosen ones and cucks
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:26:09 PM No.280760048
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>>280759922
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:27:13 PM No.280760079
>>280759812
He could stall muzan just because the 13th kata is that strong once you enter in “the zone” to use it in rapid succession.
And yet he couldn’t resist enough to solo muzan . Even the bastard sais “meh, you are not strong as yoriichi”.
What truly fucked muzan was the poison and the team effort that followed right after that.
And tangerine is still behind Salami and Godjima
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:28:15 PM No.280760109
>>280759812
no he isn't
when ever Muzan exerts himself the drugs nuke him
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:28:31 PM No.280760113
>>280759922
>without her being annoying
lmao
lol
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:28:58 PM No.280760121
>>280755730
DAMN BRAT!!!
NEEDS ARTISTIC CORRECTION
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:34:16 PM No.280760291
>>280759922
>>talented but in a very “hardwork” way
Hardwork shounen MCs are the most overused trope in the genre. Tanjiro joins a line that includes:
>Naruto ("I work hard because I suck!"... until I get god powers)
>Deku (quirkless loser... until All Might gives him a literal nuclear arsenal)
>Ichigo (regular guy... with Soul Reaper + Hollow + Quincy + plot armor bloodline)
Tanjiro fits the mold exactly. He trains, but he also:
>Inherits the most broken technique
>Develops several combat-exclusive, plot-convenient power-ups
>Outlasts all elite characters by endgame
"Hardwork" stops meaning anything when your effort pays off with protagonist-tier destiny tools.
>his super duper style has nothing to do with him being the chosen one
No. Stop. That “bootleg dance” is literally the diluted version of the original god-tier Sun Breathing, and it turns out to be the key to beating Muzan. Also, Tanjiro doesn't just inherit it, he reawakens its true form and unlocks the 13th form. The only reason he wasn’t born as Yoriichi 2.0 is because the author had to pretend he wasn't a chosen one.

This is reverse-engineered destiny. If anything, it’s worse than the typical chosen one trope because it hides behind fake humility.
>father was the gifted one, but died for illness instead of saving the world
And that’s supposed to not be a chosen one bloodline? Tanjiro’s father had the scar. So did Tanjiro. He taught Tanjiro Sun Breathing before he could even hold a sword. He passed down god-tier combat intuition through dance moves and breathing techniques. That’s not "regular guy stuff." That’s the shounen equivalent of a magic bloodline tutorial quest.
>get his waifu and took part in her growth without her being annoying ,useless or hyper fixated on him
Kanao spends most of the series sidelined until the final stretch when she has every right to be a part of the main four. Even the Entertainment District was practically tailor made for her.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:36:35 PM No.280760369
>>280760291
>most broken technique
only when used buy sword jesus
the style doesn't determine how strong someone is
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:43:25 PM No.280760581
>>280760291
There is nothing really god like in the Sun breathing except that is more balanced and versatile that the other breaths…and that’s just because it was the original one and all the other forms evolved from it due to the practicers being incompatible with it in its purest form (which is why hybrid styles like bug, mist, beast ,flower, sound and love exists).
It was yoriichi alone making it super special to a god-like degree. Even into his mastered form Tangerine is still weaker than Himejima , Sanemi and Muichiru which were the super unique prodigies.
Even the scar and everything following is just the result of his family dancing for over 500 years and not some god made miracle.
It was all connected due to his family working hard by passing the legacy of yoriichi (which is a theme of KnY) and the flower blooming near their house.
And even by that alone, it was an impossible task to do solo and it required help and carry from everyone in the cast
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:45:41 PM No.280760650
>>280759922
>succeded into everything he wanted
Because the author wrote it that way. That’s how protagonists work. He got the “good ending” because people liked him. You’re not special because the story decided you were the moral center. That’s basic genre structure.
>was important but without being the sole unique savior of the story, it was a team effort
Except he was. He stalls Muzan. He unlocks unique combat abilities no one else has. He becomes a demon-hybrid when Muzan infects him and then resists it through sheer protagonist willpower. The others help, but he’s the anchor, and everyone else is written as background support. This is every shounen climax ever: “We’re a team, but the MC does all the important shit.”
>his jurney was meaningful and with a nice epilogue
The epilogue was rushed, full of reincarnated cameos, and tonally disconnected from the main story.
It's not terrible, but it’s no Fullmetal Alchemist-tier closure. It was serviceable fan service, not emotionally devastating craftsmanship.

Tanjiro isn’t a "realistic, grounded, team-player underdog." He’s just another idealized, conveniently gifted shounen MC wrapped in a facade of humility. The only thing “different” about him is that
>The author pretends he’s not special
>Fans believe that lie because the story sprinkles just enough beatdowns early on to sell the illusion
But in the end
>He’s the strongest (no Gyomei is not superior to him in the end contrary to what fags say about that side character)
>He gets the final blow
>He has plot armor
>And he walks away with everything except maybe an arm and eye
That’s not /ourguy/ that’s just shounen template protagonist #548, but with nicer manners and a watercolor aesthetic. Kenichi from History's Strongest Disciple is /ourguy/
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:51:33 PM No.280760820
Had Muichiro any ancestral film reels on sun breathing, he would’ve taken care of Muzan before they got dimension gated. Tang is just some mountain miner who had a lot on his plate.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:56:06 PM No.280760976
>>280760820
nope he isn't compatible with it
he would be weaker than he would be using mist
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 10:59:14 PM No.280761079
>>280760650
>because he is the protagonist
Because he hearned that ending by completing all the secondaries and taking an active role by:
-helping tamayo sidequest by collecting the UMs blood and perfecting the antidote + poison
-maxing affinity with the 5 superfriends and the pillars
Which resulted in him hearning his ending instead of playing a passive role.
He even ended up headbutting with people for it instead of just letting things go like a certain cuck in green.
>he get the final blow
The final blow delivered by everyone where all the others where holding muzan and Tomioka holding the sword with him and slashing hard
>he got to outlive everyone with a slap on his wrist expect for an arm and and eye
For a shonen protagonists standards he is a D Day survivor. Especially Taking in consideration he is going to die at 25 because of the mark

>the 13th kata
It is not a super asspullish technique like the final getsuga tensho or the Gear 5th. The 13 th kata is just a rinse/repeat of all the other previous kata in loop. The hard part is not the perform it the first time, but continue dancing in rapid succession.
Which is something he cannot do, and can’t even reach a fragment of yoriichi perfections considering the guy could perform all the 12 moves in an instant
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:03:12 PM No.280761216
>>280760820
As said by the other anon, it is about compatibility . Both phisically and mentally.
The hybridation of the breathing styles happened because the practicers could not be compatible with the OG one.
The sword’s color is very important since it determines the affinity pf the practicers, either into studing a specific style or creating a new one.
This is also the reason why no black sword user like tanjiro managed to reach pillar level, since their affinity was for a style they could not learn, they were stuck with a weaker and low mastered style they were taught.
So no, muichiro does too well with the Mist style than switching for the sun style
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:13:42 PM No.280761573
>>280754828 (OP)
>still not even Top 10 power level by the final arc
If you're just counting the "good guys" he's at least top 5.
The hashira can be generally ranked in tiers as
>stone
>sound, wind, serpent
>flame, water, mist, love
>shinobu
By the end Tanjirou is solidly in Sanemi's and Obanai's tier. He might not be quite as strong as them, but he's certainly stronger than those below him. He would be right at Tengen's level if he had a mark and never got injured.
If you really want to count demons too then of course he's still arguably top 10 lol. Muzan and the upper 3 were all better than any one human, but by the end the strongest marked hashira could probably beat 4 solo.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:16:13 PM No.280761662
>>280761573
I think you can bump up Giyuu a tier.
UFO's display of his abilities was something else.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:19:28 PM No.280761763
>>280761662
Next year you'll be saying the same thing for stone, serpent, and wind.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:21:09 PM No.280761828
>>280761763
We know himejima is the strongest.
But even for the final fight wani had sanemi and tomioka fight side by side for a reason.
Tomioka's biggest issue was "I hate fighting" after all.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:23:11 PM No.280761889
>>280760581
>There is nothing really god like in the Sun breathing
Stop.

Sun Breathing is explicitly stated and repeatedly shown to be
>The original, most potent breathing style
>The one all others are derivatives of precisely because no one could master it except Yoriichi
>The only style capable of standing up to Muzan and the Upper Moons on an equal footing without gimmicks
It’s not “just balanced.” That’s like calling a nuke “just versatile.”
Sun Breathing is the omega-tier fighting style, and everyone else’s techniques are nerfed, Frankenstein'd versions of it
And Tanjiro, by plot design, is the only one since Yoriichi to bring it close to its original form, mastering 13 consecutive forms
It’s god-tier. That’s the whole point of the series
>It was yoriichi alone making it super special to a god-like degree.
False distinction
Yoriichi was a prodigy but the technique was designed by and for someone god-tier, and its lethality scales with mastery
If you give Sun Breathing to an elite user say, one who
>Trains in it his whole life (Tanjiro’s dad)
>Develops the stamina and precision to use all forms consecutively
>Unlocks See-Through World and Selfless State
It becomes a weapon that rivals Yoriichi’s use, even if not to the exact same level.
Saying the technique isn’t special is like saying the Byakugan isn’t broken just because only Neji couldn’t match Kaguya with it
>Tangerine is still weaker than Himejima , Sanemi and Muichiru
Nope and that's a cope
That might’ve been true for most of the story but by endgame, it’s demonstrably false
Muichiro gets his ass handed to him instantly by UM1 and dies before the final fight. No comparison
Gyomei and Shinazugawa both got punked by Muzan alongside Obanai and Giyuu despite being in a group
Tanjiro enters solo, holds the line, and pushes Muzan toward defeat
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:28:34 PM No.280762068
>>280760581
>the scar and everything following is just the result of his family dancing for over 500 years
Anime mental gymnastics
So
>His scar conveniently evolves into the Demon Slayer Mark
>His family’s dance conveniently encodes the most lethal technique in history
>His breathing techniques sync perfectly with those of the strongest demon-slaying prodigy ever
But it’s not destiny just a cool coincidence that turned into a superweapon passed down by interpretive dance amirite
That’s not realism, it's just a shounen destiny disguised as "heritage"
>And even by that alone, it was an impossible task to do solo and it required help and carry from everyone in the cast
Half-true, but irrelevant
It was a team effort in structure because every shounen finale is.
But only one character
>Survives the whole fight
>Unlocks god-tier abilities at the perfect time
>Lands the final blows
>Resists a demon transformation
>Becomes the de facto savior
And that’s Tanjiro
You can have teamwork, but when the plot centers on the MC getting all the key moments, then he’s the chosen one, no matter how many side characters you sprinkle in
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:30:28 PM No.280762133
>>280761573
>Tanjirou is solidly in Sanemi's and Obanai's tier
yeah no
he is above love but but below water, wind and snake
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:31:01 PM No.280762150
>>280759922
Based Tangerine!
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:32:27 PM No.280762197
>>280761889
>The original, most potent breathing style
nope the wind rock water thunder and flame were already used by the demon slayer corps they just didn't know breathing
re read the Yoriichi flashbacks
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:41:42 PM No.280762516
>>280754828 (OP)
>has legendary OP sword technique
Sword techniques are literally irrelevant, the flashback guy was overpowered by nature, not by having the sun breath
>still not even Top 10 power level by the final arc
He is easily top 5, name 10 characters above him
>has never won a 1v1 against a real threat
Literally no one has, that's one of the points of the series, that teamwork beats overwhelming power
>always the sidekick when it’s time to fight boss-level enemies
Same thing as previous point
>his entire role is to pop out from behind the strong senpai and land a surprise hit to “wow” the boss
Everyone has a role to fulfill in a team, if he gets it done than he is good for the team
>every time the senpai gets knocked out or yeeted across the map and he has to go solo, he gets wrecked instantly
That's literally every mc ever, shonen mc always lose until they win through the power of friendship.
>gets saved again by the senpai
Unironically i only remember when he was saved by giyuu in the first episode, name 3 other times.
>Seriously, how is this pathetic cuck the MC?
Earnest kid that knows nothing about demons throws himself into the fire to protect his sister, is not that hard to figure it out.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:43:24 PM No.280762568
>>280762197
More cope to protect the "Tanjiro isn’t special!" narrative
The canon makes it crystal clear
Yoriichi was the originator of Breathing Techniques.
Before Yoriichi, no such thing as Total Concentration Breathing existed
The other styles Water, Flame, Thunder, Wind, Rock were derived after Yoriichi tried to teach Sun Breathing to others, but they couldn't replicate it
So what happened?
Their incompatibility led to the creation of derivative styles tailored to their strengths
These became the five main elemental styles, but they were adapted from Yoriichi’s own

This isn’t hidden lore. This is stated outright in the manga
>Sun Breathing is the origin. The others are imitations lesser offshoots tailored to each user
You're tking vague pre-Yoriichi references to elemental symbolism and retrofitting them into proof that the other styles existed first while ignoring the fact that Sun Breathing came first, canonically, functionally, and narratively
And you're clinging to this point because if Sun Breathing is truly god-tier and unique, then Tanjiro’s "inheritance" of it proves he is the chosen one
Which ruins your whole "he’s just a hardworking boy with a cool dance move!" fantasy
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:45:46 PM No.280762643
>>280762568
>The other styles Water, Flame, Thunder, Wind, Rock were derived after Yoriichi tried to teach Sun Breathing to others, but they couldn't replicate it
wrong, reread or keep spouting YOUR HEADCANON as fact jeremy
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:47:56 PM No.280762714
>>280760369
This, reminder that muzan and the number 1 demon spent centuries hunting sun breath users after sword jesus died, all of them perished and aren't even named or get a faceless design, they were all bums even though they were sun breath users.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:48:24 PM No.280762727
>>280762643
Reread your own shitty manga fag
You're the one who says headcanon like people using Flame, Water, Wind without breathing before Yoriichi invented it when they're ALL offshoots of Sun
You’re confusing basic swordplay and martial archetypes with actual Breathing Techniques, which are
>Enhancing oxygen intake
>Boosting reaction speed
>Creating superhuman strength and perception
>Manifesting technique forms
Without breathing, those elemental styles didn’t exist as combat techniques they were concepts at best
Like saying a dude swinging a sword is doing Flame Breathing because he’s aggressive
Breathing is what transforms swordsmanship into a style
And that innovation belongs 100% to Yoriichi
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:51:12 PM No.280762802
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>>280762643
???????
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:51:23 PM No.280762810
shut up and learn to read faggot
shut up and learn to read faggot
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>>280762727
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:52:13 PM No.280762830
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Imagine arguing so autistically about a manga you know nothing about.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:52:38 PM No.280762842
>>280762802
>>280762810
Yoriichi's word over a drunk spewing dribble in a drunken rage
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:53:23 PM No.280762860
>>280762830
>Kokushibou's word over his brother's
lol lmao
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:54:50 PM No.280762911
>>280762714
That just proves they sucked
Not that the technique was weak
Muzan and UM1 killing all Sun users proves the opposite of what you think
It actually confirms Sun Breathing was a threat even when wielded by average users
Muzan and UM1 were so terrified of its potential, they hunted down and exterminated anyone with even a trace of it
They didn’t do that for Flame, Water, Stone, or any other style

So ask yourself this
Why would Muzan paranoid, immortal, supreme demon overlord obsessively hunt down Sun descendants if it wasn’t uniquely dangerous?
Answer: cause even when incomplete, Sun Breathing was still the only technique that ever nearly annihilated him
Yoriichi didn’t just hurt Muzan, he traumatized him
And Muzan never got over it

So this "inheritance" makes Tanjiro the exception
He is the first
>To inherit the full dance
>To unlock See-Through World
>To master the Selfless State
>To reconstruct the 13th Form that can wear down Muzan’s bodies
He achieves in 2 years what no one else could in 400+
That’s not just hard work. That’s narrative engineering. He’s not just a good user of the style he’s the fulfillment of its legacy
Which again brings us back to the truth: Tanjiro is special
The rest were narrative cannon fodder to make him look even more exceptional
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:55:20 PM No.280762925
>>280759812
>Tanjirou literally fucking stalls a murderous Muzan
That muzan was drugged up, ageing rapidly because of said drugs, tired from fighting literally the entire corps including marked pillars and with open wounds from fucking yoriichi. He was very far away from his best condition, yes Tanjiro was tired too but the entire point of his dance was that once mastered you could do it continuously the entire night like his dad was able to do. Tanjiro would lose to any of the pillars one on one.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:55:27 PM No.280762930
This REALLY IS just a standard-format shounen. There isn’t a SINGLE thing that’s different from any other well-known shounen. The chosen battle god with explosive growth pretending to be a peasant just answering the call to adventure. The plot-convenient power ups and special insights. Other protagonists can have cool fights and show off interesting victories, but only the MC may be the super-special chosen one of ascendency. The MC must always be as humble, as good-natured as he is strong because that’s how shounens roll.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:01:56 AM No.280763126
>>280762911
>That just proves they sucked
Yeah that's the point, sun breath is not a hack that makes anyone invincible.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:03:11 AM No.280763164
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>>280762930
pic related is the actual chosen one with godly lineage bro, the entire point of the story is how cooperation and the indomitable human spirit triumph over evil and individualism. Sorry you failed to understand grade school level literature.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:04:26 AM No.280763196
>>280762830
Nice self own retard, nice way to show people you can't read not even a badly written children's comic lmfao
>"Nobody could use Breaths, so I taught them how they worked."
Directly confirms Yoriichi invented the Breathing system. It didn’t exist before. No one knew how to do it. He created the whole thing
And it confirms breathing styles = Yoriichi's invention
>"The swordsmen were already excellent, and once they used breaths, their power rapidly increased."
There were strong fighters but they didn’t have Breathing until Yoriichi taught them
He augmented existing martial styles with his original breathing system
>"The demon hunters began defeating demons with amazing force."
Sun Breathing = power breakthrough
The moment Yoriichi shared it, slayers became exponentially more powerful
>"Yoriichi was teaching everyone his sword technique and breaths."
Clear statement: Yoriichi created and taught the foundational technique
There was no system until he introduced it
>"None of them could reach his level, so he worked around each person’s strengths and taught a modified breath system."
And there it is the elemental styles are EXPLICITLY stated to be modifications of Sun Breathing
Sun Breathing = the OG, everything else = derivatives
>"Thus, more derivatives of the Breath of the Sun began to appear one after another."
Literally the manga saying: all breathing techniques are offshoots of Sun

You're trying to say
>"S-Sun Breathing wasn’t that special, it’s just another technique”
But what the manga says
>"Sun Breathing was the first, most complete style. Everyone else copied it because they couldn’t handle the real shit"
You just posted pages that
Confirm Yoriichi invented the system
Confirm other styles were adapted from his because no one could replicate Sun Breathing
Confirm the entire Demon Slayer power structure is built off Yoriichi's original style

What an embarrassing self own lol
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:08:10 AM No.280763315
Dont you have a MHA thread to necrobump from page 10?
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:08:35 AM No.280763332
>>280763164
>the entire point of the story is how cooperation and the indomitable human spirit triumph over evil and individualism
So pretty much every shounen ever ?
Stupid KnYfag
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:10:49 AM No.280763415
>>280763196
they already knew how to fight and had their sword styles
they just didn't know how to breath to enhance them until he came along
so no they aren't off shoots they existed before sun
and faggot learn to click the right post instead of yourself next time
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:16:37 AM No.280763595
>>280763332
>So pretty much every shounen ever ?
No? Most shonen end with the MC being the strongest in the universe and single handedly solving every problem ie. killing/beating the main villain
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:17:45 AM No.280763633
>>280763415
Nice semantics
Deflection too after you got cornered by irrefutable canon you posted yourself lol
>they already knew how to fight and had their sword styles
People were fighting with swords before Yoriichi
They had martial forms, sword techniques, and battle experience
BUT the elemental breathing styles Water, Flame, Thunder, Wind, Stone, etc did not exist as breathing techniques or combat styles until Yoriichi’s Sun gave birth to them
The manga is explicit:
Yoriichi taught the Breathing System to other swordsmen
They couldn't replicate Sun Breathing, so he modified it based on their strengths
This led directly to the derivative elemental styles
That's literally what the panels say
>"He worked around each person’s strengths, and taught them a modified breath system."
The only reason "Water Breathing" or "Flame Breathing" are even things is because they were custom-tailored Sun variants
That’s what an offshoot is
You don’t get to rewrite basic lineage cause you're mad your favorite character isn’t as grounded as you want him to be

What you're basically saying is
>Karate existed before Bruce Lee, so Jeet Kune Do isn’t the foundation of anything
Which is BS. People punched and kicked before Bruce Lee
But Bruce Lee’s system codified, enhanced, and evolved it
Same with Yoriichi
People swung swords before him.m
But Breathing Techniques, Demon Slayer Marks, Total Concentration ?
All started with him
He turned a bunch of brawlers into superhuman demon slayers
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:19:14 AM No.280763683
>>280763633
yeah but they aren't off shoots
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:22:19 AM No.280763775
>>280755807
Cute art. Fuck animeniggers.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:29:58 AM No.280763992
>>280756153
>Author is forever based for not making him defeat Koku
He didn't even let him MEET Koku. What balls.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:33:21 AM No.280764089
>>280763595
>DB
Gohan is the strongest, not Goku. Kid Buu gets taken out by teamwork aka the Spirit Bomb
>Naruto
Hagoromo is the strongest, not Naruto. Kaguya gets taken out by teamwork.
>Bleach
Ichigo gets the final, but he was backed by Uryu, Renji, Aizen, Orihime and even literal time manipulation
>One Piece
Luffy beats Kaido only after Zoro saves him, Law and Kid weaken Kaido and Big Mom, Yamato delays Kaido, Momonosuke moves Onigashima and Luffy jobs twice
>SnK
Final arc is literally the entire cast vs Eren
The MC becomes the villain, and the side characters are the heroes
>MHA
Deku has literally every single character helping him
Support from Class 1-A, All Might, Endeavor, Bakugo, Shoto, civilians, even former enemies

Stupid KnYfag
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:43:18 AM No.280764383
>>280763196
>>280762643
>Desperately changing the goalpost when owned.
It's clear to everyone in this thread that you don't know anything about the series, stop humiliating yourself.
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:45:12 AM No.280764438
>op will now pretend he didn't said the sun breath was a hack and that he didn't said the other breaths already existed.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:49:41 AM No.280764569
>>280762930
>There isn’t a SINGLE thing that’s different from any other well-known shounen.
It doesn't drag on for fucking forever.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:55:16 AM No.280764726
OP's attempt to get /a/ to shit on Tanjiro failed.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 1:04:41 AM No.280765037
>>280764089
>One Piece
>Luffy beats Kaido only after Zoro saves him, Law and Kid weaken Kaido and Big Mom,
They did shit to weaken him unless getting a few hits in count as weakening him?kaido has plenty of rest to recover afterward.
>Yamato delays Kaido,
True, doesn’t mean much though
> Momonosuke moves Onigashima
Doesn’t really effect the fight, it was purely to save the capital.
>and Luffy jobs twice
And he recovered immediately afterward and beat kaido. One on one by the way.
One piece is a dog shit example.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 1:11:34 AM No.280765259
>>280764383
Cope
Your original argument was
>"Sun Breathing isn’t god-tier. The other styles existed first and weren’t derived from it"
Then
You showed manga panels explicitly stating (thanks for the self own btw)
>Yoriichi invented Breathing
>Sun Breathing is the OG
>All other Breathing Styles are derivatives
And when cornered with your own sources, you pivoted
>"O-Okay, maybe Yoriichi made Breathing, but the styles existed before in some vague sword form!"
That’s you moving goalposts, not me
I stayed consistent
Sun Breathing = OG
Other Breathing Styles = wannabes customized for weaker users
Tanjiro = only one to ever nearly replicate it, which puts him narratively in a chosen one position
This has been canon for years, and even casual fans understand it but you don't cause you wanna believe your badly written children's comic is "not like the other girls" when it's just another basic bitch lol
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 2:30:24 AM No.280767355
The wall of text won't stop for at least 2 months it seems
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 2:31:44 AM No.280767387
>>280767355
he was wrong about the box office and he is wrong about the sword styles
he will always be wrong when it comes to kny
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 2:38:39 AM No.280767556
>>280767387
>lost argument about sales
>shift to the story instead
this is just sad. also making 3 threads?
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 2:45:39 AM No.280767760
no clue
but pamphlet dump thread was probably not made by him
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 3:38:08 AM No.280769017
>>280755065
he didn't win shit