WHY isn’t he stronger???
Now before y’all start crucifying me for this take, just hear me out. We know Michikatsu was hashira level as a human, and he obtained the slayer mark and was even shown having it activated outside of battle, which means he also trained on top of getting the mark to have it be constant. We also know he personally created his own form of breathing style known as moon breathing, which is obviously on another level compared to the others outside of sun breathing. Not ONLY that but there is a panel which Michikatsu states and I QUOTE “nobody is powerful enough to rival us”. With the other translation being “nobody can compare to us.” This is clearly the author conveying that they are both at the top during the sengoku era, the “golden age” for the demon slayers. Now IF Michikastu WAS that strong as a human, HOW is he not one-shotting the Hashira the SECOND he gets serious in his long-sword form???
Considering the fact that he was clearly stated to be strong as a human, THEN he becomes a demon, implements his BDA into his techniques, eats countless humans and grows stronger over the course of almost FIVE HUNDRED YEARS, AND has the STW. Please explain how this makes sense. Judging how we see how fast the demon slayers can grow in such a short amount of time, and master their breathing to a crazy level, AND KOKU WAS DOING THAT FOR ALMOST 500 YEARS!!!!
I get that in the beginning he was clearly not taking the fight serious, HOWEVER it is painfully obvious the second his kimono gets shredded, he takes that personally and gets serious, as we know that despite Kokushibo being a demon, he clearly as some form of pride in not taking any damage that would be considered “fatal” in human standards, as he clearly dodges and evades unlike akaza, even though his regeneration would be second only to Muzan himself.
So WHY can Kokushibo NOT kill them in this form, by all metrics he should be MILES ahead of them, and yes I’m aware he IS strong and would kill them all under normal circumstances “genya’s super op BDA” but even then there should be no reality that they should be able to see and react to his attacks at that point, because if that’s the case, THEN WTF HAS HE BEEN DOING FOR ALMOST 500 YEARS!?!?