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Broski really used his full strength against a lower moon fodder 😹😹😹

#How Does Dead Calm Actually Work?

Dead Calm neutralizes attacks that enter Giyu’s range. But Akaza’s chaotic barrage already shows its limits: the attacks came from multiple directions, and Dead Calm couldn’t stop all of them.

Nothing really suggests it gives full 360° protection or automatically intercepts everything around him. In the fight you can even see some of Akaza’s strikes going past Giyu’s defensive range and ending up behind him.

So it’s not an omnidirectional barrier. It only covers what Giyu can actually intercept. Attacks coming from outside that coverage can just slip past it.

#It doesn’t need to be "broken"

Akaza’s attacks didn’t necessarily overpower Dead Calm. Some of them just bypassed its coverage. If enough attacks come from different angles at once, a few can get around it instead of directly breaking through.

That’s especially relevant against someone like Obanai, whose sword paths are irregular and hard to predict. Assuming Dead Calm just auto-blocks everything is a stretch.

#Does it counter Breathing Styles?

One scan says "all techniques that enter Giyu’s range are countered by Nagi." But the supplementary material specifically talks about demonic techniques.

The manga doesn’t really contradict that. “All techniques” in context doesn’t automatically mean every Breathing Style in the series. Dead Calm was clearly developed to deal with demon attacks, not other Hashira.

#What about Muzan’s tentacles?

Some people point to Giyu using Dead Calm against Muzan’s tentacles as proof that it works on regular physical attacks. But those tentacles are still explicitly a Blood Demon Art —> 伸縮自在の触手 (Flexible Tentacles) are explicitly classified as a 血鬼術 (Blood Demon Art).

There’s also another important detail. Tanjiro and Giyu lost consciousness in chapter 157. In chapter 164 they woke up and started treating their wounds, set out in 169, and only properly engaged Muzan in chapter 182. That’s 25 chapters outside of battle, 12 of which they spent resting and recovering. No other Hashira got that kind of downtime.

And even after all that rest, Giyu still takes hits from Muzan’s tentacles while using Dead Calm. You can see it on his clothes. That actually supports the earlier point: you don’t necessarily need to overpower or "break" Dead Calm. Muzan’s attacks are described as being able to change form and strike at unpredictable moments. Their chaotic, shifting nature was enough to get through and injure him.

#Conclusion

Dead Calm isn’t an all-direction shield that auto-negates everything. It neutralizes techniques that enter its effective range, and Akaza already showed that range has limits. Attacks can bypass it, especially when they come from multiple directions. And Muzan’s tentacles don’t prove it works on normal physical attacks or Breathing Styles, because they’re still a Blood Demon Art.

'Give me liberty, give me fire, give me backup against the weakest upper moon or I RETIRE' ahh Bumzui 😔✌️

On Obanai:

Obanai is a straight-up fraud and a massive bum. He deliberately showed up late to the Gyutaro fight because he knew his ahh would get handed to him. And when he finally arrives, this clown has the audacity to complain.

This bum couldn't even tag Nakime properly 😭🙏. Even Fraudsuri looked way better in base form against Zohakuten than this useless snake. No wonder she’s dumb” for thinking Obanai was stronger than her —> she wanted to marry someone actually strong but somehow convinced herself this fraud was the one 💀🥀.

And don’t even get me started on people calling that fight “the hardest, most exhausting fight any Hashira ever faced, tougher than LS Kokushibo.” Just get out.

Later, even with help and Muzan being distracted, fresh Obanai still gets tagged while REALLY exhausted Giyu is out here doing work. Then the databook reveals he showed up with a pre-painted red blade and even got a tattoo off-screen during the Nakime fight (because his ahh had nothing better to do) just so he could flex it later against Muzan. He takes some hardcore drugs just to temporarily see through Muzan… and still gets knocked out like a fraud. Then comes back only to rely on his snake for impact 😭✌️❓ Bro, the snake contributed more than he did.

On Muichiro:

Muichiro, on the other hand, fought Kokushibo and actually earned praise for his style and technique. Even when Kokushibo got serious, Muichiro kept pushing, lost a hand, kept fighting through heavy blood loss, saved Sanemi, blitzed Kokushibo, and delivered the finishing blow with his red blade — straight MVP performance.

Sure, in base form during the SSVA he looked like a bum against Gyokko, there’s no denying that… but it’s easy to explain: he had amnesia at the time and didn’t fully understand what he or Gyokko was truly capable of.

People constantly treat Yoriichi as if he's infinitely above everyone else in the verse, but the more you actually look at the series, the less convincing that becomes.

Muzan had over 400 years to grow stronger

—One thing people rarely acknowledge is that demons clearly become stronger over time through consuming humans and training. We literally have examples like Akaza and Doma, and even the databooks acknowledge that Upper Moons continue to improve.

—So why do people automatically assume Muzan remained completely stagnant for over four centuries?

—On top of that, we never even saw modern Muzan's complete combat form with all of his extra appendages.

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The "Golden Age" argument is so ahh

—People love calling Yoriichi's era the strongest generation.

—Yet Kokushibo constantly praises the current generation, repeatedly expressing surprise at how far they've come.

—He even recalls the old belief that future generations might eventually surpass them.

—Nothing in the manga definitively establishes that every Hashira from Yoriichi's era was automatically superior to the current ones.

—It's like me saying the Heian Era in JJK was the strongest era, when that's not even remotely true. Most sorcerers back then didn't even have RCT. Yeah, it's just an analogy, so don't get your panties in a twist 😭🙏

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The famous "blitz"

People constantly say

"Yoriichi perception blitzed Muzan."

Okay...

He perception blitzed a Muzan who had absolutely no idea what Yoriichi could do.

Blitzing an opponent with no notable speed feats while they're completely off guard has never automatically placed someone above everyone else in speed scaling.

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The 1,800 fragments feat

People treat this as the greatest speed feat in the series.

But let's think about it.

Muzan exploded into roughly 1,800 pieces.

Yoriichi destroyed around 1,500 of them.

Meanwhile Muichiro with the Mark destroyed 10,000 fish.

Does that automatically make Muichiro faster?

Obviously not.

Because fragment size, spread, reaction time, trajectories and countless other factors matter.

The feat by itself simply isn't enough to quantify Yoriichi's speed the way people try to.

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Yoriichi himself

Ironically, Yoriichi himself says that neither he nor Michikatsu were special.

No, this doesn't prove he was weak.

But it's funny how fans ignore literally everything the character himself says whenever it doesn't fit the agenda 😂🙏

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Marked Hashira almost defeated THAT Muzan

One thing people rarely acknowledge is that supplementary material literally implies the Hashira of that era, after awakening their Marks, pushed Muzan to the brink.

Think about how absurd that actually sounds.

A bunch of ordinary Marked Hashira nearly defeated him.

Meanwhile current Muzan required:

—Tamayo's drugs

—multiple strongest Hashira of new era

—multiple marked Hashira

—Red Blades

—STW

—Yoriichi PTSD

—and still almost won.

Modern Muzan and 400-year-old Muzan genuinely don't look comparable.

— — —

Tanjiro accidentally downscales old Muzan

Current Tanjiro awakened the Mark and eventually defeated Gyutaro.

So apparently...

Marked Hashira from Yoriichi's era ≈ old Muzan.

Marked Tanjiro ≈ Gyutaro.

Congratulations.

Old Muzan is now Gyutaro level.

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Fear ≠ scaling

People constantly say:

"Muzan feared Yoriichi."

"Kokushibo feared Yoriichi."

So?

Fear has never automatically meant superiority.

If someone gets stabbed by a clown as a child and develops lifelong trauma, that doesn't suddenly make every clown stronger than them.

Psychological trauma isn't powerscaling.

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The Kokushibo blitz

Another feat people love bringing up.

Yoriichi "blitzed" newbie Kokushibo.

Context?

Kokushibo had just witnessed his younger brother somehow surviving for decades despite being expected to die long ago.

He was completely shocked.

Then Yoriichi immediately attacked.

Blitzing someone whose guard is completely down and whose mind is elsewhere has never automatically placed someone above everyone else.

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Muzan's Yoriichi glazing

Another thing people constantly quote:

"You'll never reach Yoriichi."

Yeah...

Maybe don't treat Muzan like an unbiased narrator.

The guy literally got traumatized for centuries.

This is basically survivor's PTSD.

Every time he sees Sun Breathing and anything that remembers of Yoriichi -> he starts having Vietnam flashbacks.

His opinion regarding Yoriichi is probably the least objective source in the series.

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"Sun Breathing buffs every stat"

Where exactly is that stated?

People love acting as though using the original breathing style magically increases every physical attribute.

Nothing ever says that.

The Crimson Blade leaves lasting damage because of Sun Breathing.

That's completely different from saying:

Sun Breathing = biggest stat multiplier in the verse.

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Muichiro > Yoriichi confirmed???

Muichiro literally defeated the Yoriichi Type Zero in base while suffering from amnesia.

People immediately respond:

"The doll was old."

Okay...

Old doesn't automatically mean weak.

If something is maintained properly, it can continue functioning for centuries.

The doll was specifically created as the closest possible recreation of Yoriichi's movements and combat ability.

That's literally why it had four arms.

Therefore...

Base amnesia Muichiro > Yoriichi.

Conclusion:

We've officially downscaled Yoriichi below

Gyutaro

Base Muichiro with amnesia

PTSD victims