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Demon Slayer Scaling Chains Revisions

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Introduction

Wanted to make this thread to address some outstanding issues with the existing inverse scaling chains currently accepted on the wiki.

The full descriptions of proposed changes can be found here:

Unwavering Resolve Arc​

[Accepted]
Rui was stated to be around the level of LM2 - LM1 so he should scale to the same tier as Gaiden Rengoku fighting LM2 instead of the Hand Demon:

Rui: Building level (Far stronger than Tanjiro without Hinokami Kagura and Spider Demon Father, and was stated to possess the strength around that of a Lower Moon 2 or Lower Moon 1, but was never interested in climbing rank)

Tanjiro (Post-Demon Slayer Training): Small Building level (Defeated the Hand Demon), higher with Constant Flux (Was able to cut through Rui's unenhanced threads when he previously couldn't), Building level with Hinokami Kagura (Cut through a web of Rui's most durable threads when he is normally unable to cut through one of his weaker threads, and nicked his neck which is even more durable than his threads)
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

Mugen Train Arc​

[Accepted]
It is well established in the verse that those on the verge of death can summon forth a momentary surge of power, something we see very clearly with Rengoku who goes from being toyed with by a laughing Akaza to legitimately contesting his strength and actually making progress on cutting through his neck. This fact is already acknowledged under ‘Awakened Power’ on their profile, therefore I think we should actually differentiate such in his AP/speed sections as well, with Death Amp Rengoku actually being relative to Akaza while Base Rengoku would instead sit around UM4 level off of Mitsuri:

(Main Series) Kyojuro: At least Town level, likely higher (Can lift an entire train off its tracks by simply dashing forward, should at least be comparable to his former student Mitsuri Kanroji), higher with Death Amp (Impressed Akaza and is comparable to him. Cut Akaza's neck halfway. Akaza compares him to Marked Tanjiro and Giyu) | Massively Hypersonic+ (Should at least be comparable to Unmarked Mitsuri Kanroji who could dodge lightning and Tengen who could do this. Post-Rehabilitation Tanjiro can't follow his movements, while Inosuke considered him being in a a whole different dimension), higher with Death Amp (Caught a panicked Akaza’s fist who was desperately trying to get away and escale the rising sun)
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

Entertainment District Arc​

[Accepted]
Daki, Post-Rehabilitation Training Zenitsu, Post-Rehabilitation Training Inosuke, Entertainment District Arc Nezuko, and Pre-Infinity Castle Arc Kanao are scaled to Post-Rehabilitation Training Tanjiro already (who upscales from Gaiden Rengoku), but haven’t been updated to reflect that.

Nezuko (Entertainment District Arc): At least Building level, likely far higher (Stopped Daki's sashes with her partially severed limbs and proceeded to overpower her)

Inosuke (Post-Rehabilitation Training): At least Building level, likely far higher (Kept up with Daki and sliced off her head alongside Zenitsu)

Zenitsu (Post-Rehabilitation Training): At least Building level, likely far higher (Kept up with Daki and almost sliced off her head and later did it with help from Inosuke)

Kanao (Pre-Infinity Castle Arc): At least Building level, likely far higher (Knocked out Post-Demon Slayer Training Tanjiro, and should be comparable to his Post-Rehabilitation Training self)

Daki: At least Building level, likely far higher (She is capable of fighting and hurting Nezuko Kamado, Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuke Hashibira), higher with Awakened Form (Was able to fight Tanjiro Kamado, while he was using the Hinokami Kagura, and Nezuko Kamado in her Evolved Demon Form), even higher with Gyutaro's Eye
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

Swordsmith Village Arc​

[Accepted]
The emotion clones are currently scaled above Gyutaro due to Hantengu stating Tanjiro was stronger than what Muzan had told of when they first meet, but this rather dubiously assumes Hantengu was contrasting Base SSV Tanjiro to Marked + Rage Amped EDA Tanjiro who badly needed those massive boosts in order to compete with Gyutaro (and was otherwise getting toyed with in Base).

Meanwhile even Post-SSV Base Tanjiro was getting fairly easily manhandled by a crippled Base Tengen at the start of the Hashira Training Arc, which rather casts into doubt the idea that SSV Base Tanjiro is equal to his Marked and Rage Amped incarnation that caught up to Gyutaro and MST Tengen at the apex of their clash and decapitated Gyutaro where Tengen failed to. He is similarly surprised when he can actually perceive the movements of Hashira when he watches Giyu and Sanemi spar at the end of the Hashira Training Arc (still learning of the fruits of the HTA, not expecting his base form to be able to keep up but it does thanks to his new permanent mark).

Nezuko and Genya also manage to gain the upper hand against the emotion clones, despite the fact that Nezuko was previously relative to Daki and thereby massively below the likes of Tengen, while Genya was despairing at the prospect of never becoming strong enough to become a Hashira, yet even Base Genya could somehow blitz an opponent supposedly comparable to Tengen, could prevent him from pulling out his spear, and beheaded him one-on-one in his base Monster Form.

Therefore they should instead upscale from Daki (for competing with a stronger Base Tanjiro) but not Gyutaro. Similarly, Base SSV Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the first three keys for Genya would be scaled off of the emotion clones rather than Gyutaro.

Tanjiro (Post-Type Zero Training): At least Large Building level (Comparable to Hantengu’s emotion clones who could shatter a large mansion with ease), at least Town level, likely higher with the Demon Slayer Mark (Easily overpowered and decapitated Sekido, Karaku, and Urogi, and could also cut the neck of the real Hantengu with some difficulty)

Emotion Clones: At least Large Building level (Comparable with Base Post-Type Zero Training Tanjiro and Demon Form Nezuko, thus should be superior to Daki who struggled with weaker incarnations of both. Could shatter a giant mansion with ease)

Genya (Base): At least Large Building level (Could briefly prevent Aizetsu from pulling his spear out of his body, thus should be far stronger than the lesser Hand Demon), higher with shotgun (His shotgun rounds can injure and blast off the heads of the emotion clones)

Genya (Monster Form): At least Large Building level (Defeated Aizetsu and cut off his head off screen)

Genya (Zohakuten Form): At least Large Building level (Stronger than before. Ripped off Urami’s arms)

Nezuko is currently scaled entirely within the Sum Immunity key for the entirety of the Swordsmith Village arc despite spending most of it prior to her Sun Immunity evolution. This should be resolved by splitting this key into 2 new keys:

Nezuko (Swordsmith Village Arc): At least Large Building level (Could battle evenly with Hantengu’s emotion clones who could shatter a giant mansion with ease) | Massively Hypersonic (Kept up with Hantengu’s emotion clones and Base SSV Tanjiro who should be faster than his incarnation that kept up with Awakened Daki who could do this)

Nezuko (Sun Immunity): Likely Town level (Could not be restrained or caught by any of the former Hashira guarding her, likely placing her on the level of a Hashira) | Massively Hypersonic+ (Faster than a former Pillar like Sakonji Urokodaki, who should be somewhat comparable in speed to a current Hashira like Mitsuri)
(3:5) Agree: Raiden38, Machmatej, KingTempest, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:7) Disagree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, Catbowtie, FelpeXDopZ, Passersby, Shadowslaya!
(0:0) Neutral:

[Accepted]
The reference to Base Muichiro being superior to Tengen is inaccurate and should be removed as it is blatantly in reference to Muichiro having greater innate talent (potential) compared to Tengen who was refuting Gyutaro on that exact point. It is not a statement of superiority of achieved power. Gyokko meanwhile pretty explicitly got toyed with by Marked Muichiro and should not necessarily scale to the same tier (let alone in base). Instead should just scale as at least the same tier as Gyutaro (from being UM5) and an unspecified ‘higher’ in his true form.

Muichiro: Town level (Should be comparable to other Hashira like Tengen Uzui, and is significantly superior to Base Tanjiro in the Swordsmith Village arc), higher with Demon Slayer Mark (Should be comparable to Marked Mitsuri Kanroji who could compete with UM4 level demons. Casually defeated Gyokko even in his True Form), even higher with Bright Red Nichirin Sword (Burnt Kokushibo and made him reel in pain)

Gyokko: At least Town level (Can easily overpower Base Muichiro and somewhat kept up with Marked Muichiro. As Upper Rank 5 he should be superior to Upper Rank 6 demons like Gyutaro and Kaigaku), higher with Molt
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Xaropadob3ta, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

[Accepted]
Mitsuri could cut through Zohakuten’s blood demon art even in base form (which is what was scaling her to Zohakuten’s AP while marked) so should just scale directly to that in base and then simply an unspecified ‘higher’ while marked. Obanai is also scaled off of her and should be adjusted accordingly.

Mitsuri: At least Town level, likely higher (Cut through Zohakuten’s blood demon art, visibly surprising Tanjiro with her power in the Swordsmith Village Arc), higher with the Demon Slayer Mark (Was able to match Zohakuten and stalemate him for a long time despite Zohakuten being unkillable. Capable of ripping off Muzan's arm)

Obanai: At least Town level, likely higher (Should be comparable to Base Mitsuri), higherwith the Demon Slayer Mark, even higher with the Bright Red Nichirin Sword (Stronger than before. Cut Muzan's neck twice, only failing to do lasting damage due to his regeneration. Helped Tanjiro parry Muzan's arm whips while guided with his snake)

Zohakuten: At least Town level, likely higher (Has the combined powers of Sekido, Karaku, Urogi, and Aizetsu. Harmed Mitsuri with his sound attack. Should be comparable to the other Rank 4 Upper Moon Nakime who could sustain the Infinity Castle, and superior to lower ranked demons such as Gyokko, Gyutaro and Kaigaku)
(3:10) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Xaropadob3ta, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:1) Disagree: Machmatej
(0:0) Neutral:

Infinity Castle Arc​

[Accepted]
After achieving his Demon Slayer Mark, Genya should be scaled to the same level as a Hashira but not necessarily to the level of UM4. He should more conservatively be scaled to likely around the level of UM6 (thus in a similar realm as Tengen and Base Muichiro, the weakest Hashira, rather than assuming he eclipses them entirely).

Genya (Kokushibo Form): Likely Town level (Acquired a Demon Slayer Mark and restrained Kokushibo with his Blood Demon Art, likely placing him on the level of a Hashira)
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

[Accepted]
Similarly to Rengoku, Shinobu is another example of a clear distinction of power when obtaining a Death Amp that I believe should be listed on the profile. Base Shinobu should upscale from Giyu’s Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust for having the strongest thrusting/piercing attacks, while Death Amp Shinobu actually upscales from Doma for being able to pierce clean through his neck.

Shinobu: At least Town level, likely higher (Stated to have the strongest thrusting attacks amongst the Demon Slayers; superior to Giyu’s Drop Ripple Thrust), higher with Death Amp (Was able to skewer Doma's neck and damage the ceiling in the process), can ignore conventional durability against Demons using her poison | At least Massively Hypersonic+, likely higher (Outpaced Doma several times, who repeatedly called her fast despite frost damaging her lungs and impeding her breathing. Doma thought she might be the fastest Hashira he had ever encountered, and might have beaten him with her speed if she had the strength to decapitate him. Should be significantly faster than Unmarked Mitsuri who could dodge lightning and Tengen who could do this), higher with Death Amp (Blitzed Doma to his visible panic, who called her fast once again despite her being grievously injured)
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

[Accepted]
Kanao’s second key (and both Inosuke and Zenitsu by extension) is currently scaled off of a Doma quote wondering if she is “more powerful” than Shinobu, however this can also be translated as “more skillful” (which would make more sense in the context of his preceding statement talking about her adapting to his moves and fighting style and being able to prevent herself from breathing in the freezing mist despite the instinct to do so in close combat), which should not scale her to Doma’s neck durability that Shinobu pierced, especially considering both she and Inosuke combined had serious trouble decapitating an extremely weakened Doma who was literally melting at the seams.

Instead, Kanao, Inosuke, and Zenitsu should all scale off of Zenitsu defeating and beheading Kaigaku who as Upper Moon 6 should scale to the same general tier as Gyutaro.

Kanao (Infinity Castle Arc): Town level (Kept up with and parried attacks from a casual Doma; was comparable if not superior to Inosuke Hashibira who performed relative to Zenitsu in the final battle, who in turn defeated and beheaded Upper Moon 6)

Kaigaku: Town level (As Upper Moon 6 he should be relative to his predecessor Gyutaro)

Zenitsu (Post-Hashira Training): Town level (Defeated and beheaded Upper Moon 6. Comparable to Inosuke and Kanao while fighting 4th Drug Muzan Kibutsuji)

Inosuke (Post-Hashira Training): Town level (Kept up with Kanao and parried attacks from a casual Doma. Against 4th Drug Muzan Kibutsuji kept up with Zenitsu who could behead Upper Moon 6)
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

Sunrise Countdown Arc​

[Accepted]
13th Form Tanjiro is currently scaled above all the Hashira due to being able to continue the fight after they were wiped out by Muzan’s whip spree. However this rather dubiously assumes the attack that wiped the Hashira was a purely speed based attack that he could keep up continuously against Tanjiro thereafter. Yet if that were the case, why was Muzan holding back his speed so drastically before this while he was fighting the Hashira for an extended period of time?

Tanjiro instead suggests it was more akin to a surprise attack utilizing Muzan’s shapeshifting, and having seen the attack pattern moments before it shouldn’t work as effectively on Tanjiro (not that Muzan likely had the stamina to replicate such a grandiose move to full effect twice in a row, as thanks to the drugs he was actually getting tired - much to his own surprise at his inability to kill Tanjiro), with Tanjiro also having the advantage of triggering Muzan’s PTSD through his resemblance to Yoriichi.

A bit later, Tanjiro was saved by a seriously wounded Marked Obanai despite the later having been poisoned the same as Tanjiro (or arguably even worse considering Tanjiro’s extensive treatment) and repeatedly keeps up with Tanjiro while also blinded in both eyes instead of one and reliant on his snake even before being given an eyeblind to directly share senses upon which the trend continues. Yet even their combined progress is attributed to Muzan’s weakening thanks in large part to the earlier Hashira’s attacks repeatedly. So I really don’t see the case of assuming he is a full blitz gap beyond the likes of Marked Sanemi and Gyomei who were at least relative if not outperforming Marked Obanai.

Tanjiro (Sun Breathing Mastery): At least Town level, likely far higher (Fought on par with 4th Drug Muzan Kibutsuji and parried all of his arm whips by himself for 10 minutes straight. Was integral in the final fight against Muzan, fighting against him for a full hour and dealing the final blow) | At least Massively Hypersonic+, likely higher (Faster than before. Kept up with 4th Drug Muzan Kibutsuji for an extended period alongside Marked Obanai Iguro), higher with Dancing Flash
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

[Accepted]
Currently Demon King Tanjiro is rather absurdly scaled above Prime Muzan based off of a quote by Yushiro commenting on his potential as a demon and his ability to resist the sun. He speaks of Muzan and Nezuko in the same breath in this quote, so to assume Yushiro meant Tanjiro and Nezuko were actually on par with Muzan’s destructive power and speed (rather than in their ability to resist the sun as he mentions in the same breath) seems patently ridiculous. You can’t even assume he is superior to his human form since his rabid state is incapable of utilizing all his most potent techniques and abilities like Sun Breathing and Transparent World. Demon King Tanjiro’s actual feats include getting stalemated by an exhausted, conflicted, and injured Marked Giyu, and should instead be scaled off of that.

Tanjiro (Demon King): At least Town level, likely far higher (Infused with all of Muzan's remaining power, and Muzan himself deems him to be the new strongest demon after him. Incapacitated Zenitsu and Inosuke and wounded Kanao, the least wounded out of the remaining Demon Slayers from the previous fight with Muzan. Fought evenly with an injured Marked Giyu) | Massively Hypersonic+ (Fought evenly with an injured Marked Giyu. Struck Kanao even when she was using Final Form: Equinoctial Vermilion Eye)
(3:11) Agree: Kavopaco, CastoriceTheFifth, Xaropadob3ta, FelpeXDopZ, Catbowtie, Passersby, Machmatej, KingTempest, Raiden38, Apex_Predator_GX, Rogue_Forge, Bimbitesthedust, Elizhaa, DarkDragonMedeus
(0:0) Disagree:
(0:0) Neutral:

AP Scaling Summary​

Here is a summary of all existing AP scaling chains for all characters with the added proposals from above:

Bottom Tier (Street level)​

Evolved Demon level (Small Building level)​

LM6 - LM2 level (Building level)​

LM1 level (At least Building level, likely higher)​

Lower-Intermediate Kizuki level (At least Building level, likely far higher)​

Upper-Intermediate Kizuki level (At least Large Building level)​

UM6 level (Town level)​

UM5 level (At least Town level)​

UM4 level (At least Town level, likely higher)​

UM3 level (At least Town level, likely far higher)​

UM2 - UM1 level (At least Town level, likely far higher)​

Top Tiers (At least Town level, likely far higher)​


Since the proposed removal of the relativity between the Emotion Clones and Gyutaro would render the 4x multiplier irrelevant, here is what everything would look like if all the proposals except the Emotion Clones revisions were to be accepted:

Bottom Tier (Street level)​

Evolved Demon level (Small Building level)​

LM6 - LM2 level (Building level)​

LM1 level (At least Building level, likely higher)​

Intermediate Kizuki level (At least Building level, likely far higher)​

UM6 level (Town level)​

UM5 level (At least Town level)​

UM4 level (Large Town level)​

UM3 level (At least Large Town level)​

UM2 - UM1 level (At least Large Town level, likely higher)​

Top Tiers (At least Large Town level, likely far higher)​

 
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I entirely disagree with the emotion clones and SSV Tanjiro downgrade and the “With Emotion Clones” scaling makes way more sense.

“but this rather dubiously assumes Hantengu was contrasting Base SSV Tanjiro to Marked + Rage Amped EDA Tanjiro who badly needed those massive boosts in order to compete with Gyutaro”

This is not an assumption. It is flat out stated by Hantengu that he has surpassed the levels of his season 2 self. The anime subtitles even saying he surpassed ALL his reports. Gyokko even mentioned about how Muzan told him about Marked Tanjiro. There is absolutely nothing that suggests Hantengu was referring to something else other than his marked self from season 2.

Base Genya does NOT scale to the emotion clones at all no matter how you put it. He quite literally got no diffed by a casual Aizetsu with a poker face that kept constantly pitying him. There’s an entire 3 minute compilation of him getting obliterated with no difficulty. He didn’t even blitz Aizetsu either. Casual Aizetsu watched him in slow motion without any care in the world with an “are you serious” face the entire time. He does not care at all if he gets hit at all and allowed Genya to blast his head off despite slowly pulling out his gun. Sekido doesn’t even know what Aizetsu was doing and asked why he won’t lock in. Aizetsu didn’t even struggle pulling out the spear as he wasn’t even putting any effort to pulling it out. Genya off screening Aizetsu doesn’t matter because we have absolutely zero idea what could’ve even happened for that to happen. We just cut to Genya being a demon. The only time Aizetsu has EVER tried was when Hantengu’s main body was in danger. He had a serious death expression and actually used his blood demon art the first time and this was against Tanjiro. This argument will only make sense if Aizetsu actually tried against Base Genya but clearly he didn’t. He never even used his blood demon art on him.

“while Genya was despairing at the prospect of never becoming strong enough to become a Hashira”

Why are you taking this out of context. Genya is saying this because he’s weak. He cannot learn total concentration breathing and he cannot learn breathing techniques. He legitimately cannot become hashira level with his own strength. This doesn’t contradict Demon Genya’s scaling. He wasn’t even referencing to his Demon Power as he actively down scales from the demons he eats and gets even stronger temporarily the more he eats them to match them. This is basically saying the demons he eats are also not hashira level considering he’s scaling from their power from eating them.

Nezuko didn’t even scale properly to the emotion clones either. She was getting toyed and no diff by casual emotion clones while they were laughing. She was like this for half the fight until her RE AD Rage amp kicked in half way through, which is something that is on her profile. It’s also stated she gets stronger based off of much of Muzan’s blood is in her opponent. Also idk why this is suddenly an issue when this was Nezuko the entire series. She legit gets stronger from doing absolutely nothing and rapidly grows non stop. Sleeps the entire series, randomly gains a blood demon art. Sleeps the entire time, randomly becomes upper moon level with upper moon regeneration. Sleeps the entire time, randomly masters her demon form without going berserk. Sleeps the entire time, randomly conquers the sun as the first demon to do so. Btw Nezuko didn’t even train to master her demon form, she just did out of no where. This is confirmed by Tanjiro when he told Nezuko to not transform because he thought she’ll go berserk (nothing happened).

Tengen didn’t even manhandle Tanjiro. Why is the scaling so flopped. How do you even say that Base Genya who was clearly getting absolutely obliterated by a casual uninterested Aizetsu yet say that Tengen manhandled Tanjiro when they were both comparable to each other. Tanjiro intercepted and fought back against Tengen several times and was the only one capable of doing so. They were being casual as well. Also why is this being used as an argument when the scene / entire episode is anime only. The anime is secondary canon and anything that contradicts the original source material isn’t considered even if this was somehow true. The same arc introduced questionable in verse scaling that the manga says otherwise as Felipe mentioned too. At the end of the day it’s narratively stated that Base Season 3 Tanjiro surpassed his marked self from season 2

It’s also really dubious to say that Upper Moon 4 only upscales from Daki. Someone who isn’t even considered a real upper moon and is just there because of Gyutaro. The same Upper Moon 4 only upscaling post rehab zenitsu as well. It’s a really far fetch thing to say.
 
I only disagree with the emotion clone downgrade but agree with everything else. Expect there to be like 3 more people coming out disagreeing with the same thing with similar or different contentions since multiple of us discussed the sandbox before it was uploaded with you
 
“but this rather dubiously assumes Hantengu was contrasting Base SSV Tanjiro to Marked + Rage Amped EDA Tanjiro who badly needed those massive boosts in order to compete with Gyutaro”

This is not an assumption. It is flat out stated by Hantengu that he has surpassed the levels of his season 2 self. The anime subtitles even saying he surpassed ALL his reports. Gyokko even mentioned about how Muzan told him about Marked Tanjiro. There is absolutely nothing that suggests Hantengu was referring to something else other than his marked self from season 2.
His “season 2 self” encompasses like 10 different versions with different amps applying at different times. It does not specify what states are being contrasted, while the “all reports” part is a complete rewording of what the primary source material actually says.

I find the idea that Hantengu is comparing his most massively amped state to Base SSV Tanjiro who had yet to do anything to be incredibly dubious.

Base Genya does NOT scale to the emotion clones at all no matter how you put it. He quite literally got no diffed by a casual Aizetsu with a poker face that kept constantly pitying him. There’s an entire 3 minute compilation of him getting obliterated with no difficulty. He didn’t even blitz Aizetsu either. Casual Aizetsu watched him in slow motion without any care in the world with an “are you serious” face the entire time. He does not care at all if he gets hit at all and allowed Genya to blast his head off despite slowly pulling out his gun. Sekido doesn’t even know what Aizetsu was doing and asked why he won’t lock in. Aizetsu didn’t even struggle pulling out the spear as he wasn’t even putting any effort to pulling it out. Genya off screening Aizetsu doesn’t matter because we have absolutely zero idea what could’ve even happened for that to happen. We just cut to Genya being a demon. The only time Aizetsu has EVER tried was when Hantengu’s main body was in danger. He had a serious death expression and actually used his blood demon art the first time and this was against Tanjiro. This argument will only make sense if Aizetsu actually tried against Base Genya but clearly he didn’t. He never even used his blood demon art on him.

“while Genya was despairing at the prospect of never becoming strong enough to become a Hashira”

Why are you taking this out of context. Genya is saying this because he’s weak. He cannot learn total concentration breathing and he cannot learn breathing techniques. He legitimately cannot become hashira level with his own strength. This doesn’t contradict Demon Genya’s scaling. He wasn’t even referencing to his Demon Power as he actively down scales from the demons he eats and gets even stronger temporarily the more he eats them to match them. This is basically saying the demons he eats are also not hashira level considering he’s scaling from their power from eating them.

Nezuko didn’t even scale properly to the emotion clones either. She was getting toyed and no diff by casual emotion clones while they were laughing. She was like this for half the fight until her RE AD Rage amp kicked in half way through, which is something that is on her profile. It’s also stated she gets stronger based off of much of Muzan’s blood is in her opponent. Also idk why this is suddenly an issue when this was Nezuko the entire series. She legit gets stronger from doing absolutely nothing and rapidly grows non stop. Sleeps the entire series, randomly gains a blood demon art. Sleeps the entire time, randomly becomes upper moon level with upper moon regeneration. Sleeps the entire time, randomly masters her demon form without going berserk. Sleeps the entire time, randomly conquers the sun as the first demon to do so. Btw Nezuko didn’t even train to master her demon form, she just did out of no where. This is confirmed by Tanjiro when he told Nezuko to not transform because he thought she’ll go berserk (nothing happened).
Both Base Genya and SSV Nezuko are both already accepted as scaling to the Emotion Clones.

Sure, they are realistic a step below, but the idea that the gap between them is the same as the utterly massive gap between Tengen and Daki seems incredibly dubious.

Base Genya could prevent Aizetsu from pulling his spear, was fast enough in dodging him to merit Sekido’s intervention, and repeatedly stated his own confidence in defeating them.

Nezuko was struggling in a relative grapple with Karaku even before entering her rage amp (which she already needed to avoid being one-shot by Daki previously) and was outright superior thereafter.

Tengen didn’t even manhandle Tanjiro. Why is the scaling so flopped. How do you even say that Base Genya who was clearly getting absolutely obliterated by a casual uninterested Aizetsu yet say that Tengen manhandled Tanjiro when they were both comparable to each other. Tanjiro intercepted and fought back against Tengen several times and was the only one capable of doing so. They were being casual as well. Also why is this being used as an argument when the scene / entire episode is anime only. The anime is secondary canon and anything that contradicts the original source material isn’t considered even if this was somehow true. The same arc introduced questionable in verse scaling that the manga says otherwise as Felipe mentioned too. At the end of the day it’s narratively stated that Base Season 3 Tanjiro surpassed his marked self from season 2
This is circular logic.

Saying that there can’t be evidence against your interpretation of a certain statement because we must already assume your interpretation is correct and it contradicts the opposing evidence from a secondary source is nothing more than assuming your conclusion.

It’s also really dubious to say that Upper Moon 4 only upscales from Daki. Someone who isn’t even considered a real upper moon and is just there because of Gyutaro. The same Upper Moon 4 only upscaling post rehab zenitsu as well. It’s a really far fetch thing to say.
The Emotion Clones aren’t the real UM4 either.
 
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His “season 2 self” encompasses like 10 different versions with different amps applying at different times. It does not specify what states are being contrasted, while the “all reports” part is a complete rewording of what the primary source material actually says.

I find the idea that Hantengu is comparing his most massively amped state to Base SSV Tanjiro who had yet to do anything to be incredibly dubious.
Doesn’t matter. Both the manga and anime translation says the same line. Both of them means the same thing. He surpassed the levels of what Muzan told him about. All the anime subtitles did was spell it out. Legit the only argument against this is basically “I don’t like the statement”. For this to work you’d have to prove that he was talking about anything other than marked tanjiro from season 2. Since we already discussed this then we both know that there was no evidence to suggest otherwise

Both Base Genya and SSV Nezuko are both already accepted as scaling to the Emotion Clones.

Sure, they are realistic a step below, but the idea that the gap between them is the same as the utterly massive gap between Tengen and Daki seems incredibly dubious.

Base Genya could prevent Aizetsu from pulling his spear, was fast enough in dodging him to merit Sekido’s intervention, and repeatedly stated his own confidence in defeating them.

Nezuko was struggling in a relative grapple with Karaku even before entering her rage amp (which she already needed to avoid being one-shot by Daki previously) and was outright superior thereafter.
All them already scaling means is that Genya and profile’s needs to be fixed and not the entire verse.

Aizetsu wasn’t even trying to pull out the spear. He straight up wasn’t putting effort into doing so. Sekido intervening is irrelevant to this when aizetsu straight up was watching Genya the entire time without caring about his so called “blitz”. 2 minutes before this he watched Genya slowly pull out his gun and let himself get blasted. I don’t know why daki and tengen’s gap are relevant. A casual and uncaring Aizetsu quite literally toyed and pitied Genya the entire time. Similar happened with Nezuko and they were just laughing at her.

Relative grapple? Karaku was laughing hysterically against her and you call that a relative struggle? Pre amp Nezuko was physically tryingwith all her might while Karaku was casually grappling with no effort. Again why is the scaling flopped

This is circular logic.

Saying that there can’t be evidence against your interpretation of a certain statement because we must already assume your interpretation is correct and it contradicts the opposing evidence from a secondary source is nothing more than assuming your conclusion.
My evidence is the manga narrative itself. Your evidence is an anime only scene that also created several questionable in verse scalings against the manga. Since you yourself said the primary source material is what matters the most because the anime subtitles quite literally spelled it out to the entire audience that tanjiro surpassed his season 2 self, you’d also have to respect the primary canon as well.

The Emotion Clones aren’t the real UM4 either.
They’re all upper moon 4. They’re all him. It’s dubious to suggest that they’d barely upscale from Daki the demon that isn’t even considered an actual upper moon and RLD Zenitsu.
 
Doesn’t matter. Both the manga and anime translation says the same line. Both of them means the same thing. He surpassed the levels of what Muzan told him about. All the anime subtitles did was spell it out.
“All reports” is a significant new qualifier which is why you highlighted it yourself. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Legit the only argument against this is basically “I don’t like the statement”. For this to work you’d have to prove that he was talking about anything other than marked tanjiro from season 2. Since we already discussed this then we both know that there was no evidence to suggest otherwise
You are acting as if it is automatically guaranteed he is referring to Marked + Rage Amped EDA Tanjiro and that the burden of proof rests entirely on me. This is not how anything works.

All them already scaling means is that Genya and profile’s needs to be fixed and not the entire verse.

Aizetsu wasn’t even trying to pull out the spear. He straight up wasn’t putting effort into doing so. Sekido intervening is irrelevant to this when aizetsu straight up was watching Genya the entire time without caring about his so called “blitz”. 2 minutes before this he watched Genya slowly pull out his gun and let himself get blasted.
This is a baseless assumption.

I don’t know why daki and tengen’s gap are relevant.
That is the jump you are saying Base Genya to Monster Genya, Base Nezuko to Raged Nezuko, and Base EDA Tanjiro to Base SSV Tanjiro all underwent to scale accordingly.

Nothing shows anywhere near that level of a difference.

My evidence is the manga narrative itself. Your evidence is an anime only scene that also created several questionable in verse scalings against the manga. Since you yourself said the primary source material is what matters the most because the anime subtitles quite literally spelled it out to the entire audience that tanjiro surpassed his season 2 self, you’d also have to respect the primary canon as well.
My entire argument is that the entire narrative of the Swordsmith Village Arc in the manga doesn’t show anywhere near the absurd jump in power you are claiming.

They’re all upper moon 4. They’re all him. It’s dubious to suggest that they’d barely upscale from Daki the demon that isn’t even considered an actual upper moon and RLD Zenitsu.
Right…. There is totally no difference between Zohakuten who at first glance paralyzed Tanjiro with a look and the Emotion Clones he was sweeping.
 
I'll go in depth when I get the chance to, but for now, I disagree with the Swordsmith Village Arc scaling revision.
 
“All reports” is a significant new qualifier which is why you highlighted it yourself. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
It’s literally the same sentence. All that line did was spell it out for you so it prevents people from thinking “well maybe muzan was talking about season 1 tanjiro from when he fought susamaru”

Again, you said it yourself that we have to respect the PRIMARY canon which is the manga. Since you said it yourself, the credibility of my argument would only lose like 5% while the credibility of your argument loses 50% since half of it is relying on an entire anime only scene from the arc with several contradictions for in verse scalings.

Even if we include both anime and manga, it will still include the statement where it spells it out that he surpassed ALL his reports. It’s a lose lose situation for your argument no matter how you put it.

You are acting as if it is automatically guaranteed he is referring to Marked + Rage Amped EDA Tanjiro and that the burden of proof rests entirely on me. This is not how anything works.
Literally more gymnastics is required to prove that he isn’t talking about season 2 marked tanjiro than saying he is. The anime subtitles SPELLED it out for you. Why would he NOT talk about marked tanjiro. Why would he NOT be aware about marked tanjiro. Gyokko literally knows and talked about marked tanjiro too.

“All reports” is a significant new qualifier which is why you highlighted it yourself. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.


You are acting as if it is automatically guaranteed he is referring to Marked + Rage Amped EDA Tanjiro and that the burden of proof rests entirely on me. This is not how anything works.


This is a baseless assumption.
Baseless assumption? The baseless assumption is when Aizetsu doesn’t use his BDA? The baseless assumption is when Sekido is wondering why Aizetsu isn’t trying? The baseless assumption is when Aizetsu pitying Genya the entire time? The baseless assumption is Aizetsu allowing himself to get blasted when Genya took like 10 seconds to pull out his gun in real time? If this is the counter argument that is being resorted to then the entire thing is cooked.

That is the jump you are saying Base Genya to Monster Genya, Base Nezuko to Raged Nezuko, and Base EDA Tanjiro to Base SSV Tanjiro all underwent to scale accordingly.

Nothing shows anywhere near that level of a difference.
Genya literally down scales to the demons he eats. Nezuko gets stronger constantly by literally doing nothing alongside having a RE AD Rage amp and a statement where she gets stronger based off of how much of Muzan’s blood is in her opponent. Tanjiro trained and was literally stated on screen to surpass his season 2 self. That is the narrative.

My entire argument is that the entire narrative of the Swordsmith Village Arc in the manga doesn’t show anywhere near the absurd jump in power you are claiming.
This is like an entirely different argument to the anime only scene you tried to use while telling me to use the primary source canon manga. Don’t know how it’s an absurd power jump from a girl who Afks the series and got her power ups from doing nothing, a guy who downscales from the opponent he eats, and the main character who grows at a rapid pace in his training with the narrative flat out backing it up.

Right…. There is totally no difference between Zohakuten who at first glance paralyzed Tanjiro with a look and the Emotion Clones he was sweeping.
Don’t know why this is relevant to the emotion clones who are 4X weaker than zohakuten being gyutaro level or how they’re all actually upper moon 4 and not daki who isn’t even considered a real upper moon 6.
 
It’s literally the same sentence. All that line did was spell it out for you so it prevents people from thinking “well maybe muzan was talking about season 1 tanjiro from when he fought susamaru”
That is a huge stretch.

Again, you said it yourself that we have to respect the PRIMARY canon which is the manga. Since you said it yourself, the credibility of my argument would only lose like 5% while the credibility of your argument loses 50% since half of it is relying on an entire anime only scene from the arc with several contradictions for in verse scalings.
My interpretation does not suffer contradictions with the Tengen scene, while yours is literally two different sentences from what is supposed to be the same line of dialogue. The Tengen scene is only contradictory if you straight up assume your conclusion is correct from the get-go. Again, circular logic.

Baseless assumption? The baseless assumption is when Aizetsu doesn’t use his BDA? The baseless assumption is when Sekido is wondering why Aizetsu isn’t trying? The baseless assumption is when Aizetsu pitying Genya the entire time? The baseless assumption is Aizetsu allowing himself to get blasted when Genya took like 10 seconds to pull out his gun in real time? If this is the counter argument that is being resorted to then the entire thing is cooked.
The baseless assumption in assuming he wasn’t even trying to pull out his spear when we literally see him do exactly that and wonder why he can’t.

Genya literally down scales to the demons he eats. Nezuko gets stronger constantly by literally doing nothing alongside having a RE AD Rage amp and a statement where she gets stronger based off of how much of Muzan’s blood is in her opponent. Tanjiro trained and was literally stated on screen to surpass his season 2 self. That is the narrative.
In the other two cases of Genya eating demons, it never comes close to letting him reach a similar level of power, let alone let him take their head. Only in the one case where he was already lesser relative to the demon in question and openly boasting that he would beat them. Nezuko never before shown such growth from sleeping (and in so little time as well) to cross the gigantic chasm from Daki to Tengen. Tanjiro’s main improvement was the mere unlocking of precognition that allowed him to cross the gap of the Yoriichi Type Zero. This is narrative.

Don’t know why this is relevant to the emotion clones who are 4X weaker than zohakuten being gyutaro level or how they’re all actually upper moon 4 and not daki who isn’t even considered a real upper moon 6.
I see no reason as to why the Emotion Clones are not as to Zohakuten as Daki is to Gyutaro.
 
The emotion clones are currently scaled above Gyutaro due to Hantengu stating Tanjiro was stronger than what Muzan had told of when they first meet, but this rather dubiously assumes Hantengu was contrasting Base SSV Tanjiro to Marked + Rage Amped EDA Tanjiro who badly needed those massive boosts in order to compete with Gyutaro
I don’t think this is a dubious assumption, as Muzan had also informed the UMs about Tanjiro having awakened his mark, which means he must have known about his level on that state. Additionally, other demons (including Muzan) had already encountered marked demon hunters before, while Kokushibo is quite knowledgeable about it, so it wouldn’t make sense to assume Muzan knows little about it.
Furthermore, Tanjiro really wasn’t rage amped when cutting Gyutaro’s head, it was more of him squeezing every ounce of strength from his body in order to behead him (as he himself declared), but he didn’t seem angrier than before or under any sort of rage state.​


To be fair, Tanjiro wasn’t being easily manhandled, Tengen didn’t land a single hit on him, Tanjiro either blocked or dodged every blow. On the other hand, it was a sparring match, so there’s no reason to believe Tanjiro was going all out, especially considering he’d definitely avoid hurting a friend. Remember the mere thought of hurting some random fellow hunters during Obanai’s training terrified him and halted his movements; the guy even pities demons. Furthermore, base SSVA Tanjiro is only being scaled to Gyutaro’s AP, not his speed, so Tengen could still be faster. And even though Tengen was fighting with a single arm, he was already used to it, remember he used to hold one blade per hand, so in terms of power there shouldn’t be any decrease there.
On the other hand, the sparring match where Sanemi and Obanai took on Muichiro at the same time would also add to wonky scaling. Considering here the characters were using breathing techniques while causing explosions and actual damage to the environment strongly suggests they were having a much more serious encounter; Tanjiro vs Tengen pales in comparison. There are also Sanemi’s statements about the training “hitting hard” and the possibility of someone “getting hurt for real” in case of losing focus. So why focusing on Tanjiro's and Tengen's match only?​
This doesn’t add much, as Tanjiro is not being scaled to Gyutaro’s speed, but only his AP.


Nezuko and Genya also manage to gain the upper hand against the emotion clones, despite the fact that Nezuko was previously relative to Daki and thereby massively below the likes of Tengen, while Genya was despairing at the prospect of never becoming strong enough to become a Hashira, yet even Base Genya could somehow blitz an opponent supposedly comparable to Tengen, could prevent him from pulling out his spear, and beheaded him one-on-one in his base Monster Form.
Aizetsu handled Genya with fair ease, the best Genya could do was prevent Aizetsu from pulling his spear out for a brief moment, but then Aizetsu pulled out anyways without signs of major effort. Then Genya seemingly blitzed him, but Aizetsu still had enough time to turn his head around (not like getting beheaded would do him any bad anyways); and by that time Genya was using repetitive actions, which grant him a stats boost similar to that of breathing techniques. There’s also the fact that base SSVA Tanjiro is only scaling to Gyutaro’s AP, not his speed, as I said earlier, so one can't assume the emotions clones should be as fast as Gyutaro. Additionally, it didn't really seem like Aizetsu was trying his best against Genya, he didn't even use his BDA during their first encounter, and the fact that Genya wasn't dying from lethal attacks took him and the other clones out of guard as they were expecting him to die from the first blow (which would also explain why Aizetsu was wondering why he couldn't pull his spear out). Base Genya was never shown to gain the upper hand against any of the emotion clones really, I'm actually against him upscaling from them.

Regarding Nezuko, I don’t see much of a problem here as she grows stronger by doing literally nothing. When she fought Daki, she managed to blow away half her head, reacted to her attacks (remember Daki had previously blitzed Tanjiro) and was already regenerating as fast as an UM before transforming; so she went from fodder demon to LM1 level at the very least in a matter of months. It also seems to be that she gets stronger as she faces demons with a higher concentration of Muzan’s blood, and Hantegu should have a much higher concentration than Daki. Furthermore, she definitely didn’t gain the upper hand against any of the clones either, she was being easily restrained by Karaku, who was only toying with her, and later a single wind blast knocked her off, while Sekido impaled her with no effort.​



I agree to everything else.
 
For the Unwavering Resolve Arc, Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Muichiro scaling, Mitsuri scaling, Infinity Castle Arc, Shinobu Death Amp, Kanao scaling, Sunrise Countdown, and DKT, I agree with the revisions being made.

My main disagreement is the Emotion Clones scaling.

The knowledge Muzan had given Hantengu would've absolutely been information about Entertainment District Tanjiro with the Demon Slayer Mark and his "Death Amplification" (I know it's a working title, Epyriel). This is because Muzan was watching the fight in real-time.

(Courtesy of a friend)

In the video provided, we can clearly see Muzan remotely view of Nezuko walking in the sun. This remote viewing is what gave Muzan the information of Nezuko's Sun Immunity. It is highly implied, if not outright obvious, Muzan used this clairvoyant ability in the Entertainment District. After Daki's and Gyutaro's, Muzan had nigh-instantly summoned all of the Upper Ranks to the Infinity Castle and made remarks about the fight. "Nigh-instantly" as in, Gyutaro and Daki died, Gyutaro's body blew up, Nezuko saved everyone (all happening within the same few seconds), some concurrent things happen (Tanjiro with Daki and Gyutaro, Obanai talking to Tengen, and crows going to Ubuyashiki's mansion to tell him an Upper Rank died), then all the Upper Ranks are summoned. Not even an hour passed in universe before Muzan teleported the Upper Ranks to the Infinity Castle. During the Upper Rank meeting, Muzan actually provided commentary about the fight (read right to left)
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There's no real reason to assume Muzan wouldn't know about Death Amp + Demon Slayer Mark Tanjiro, especially when he knows the events that occurred in the fight.

As for Genya "Speed Blitzing" Aizetsu. It was not a Speed Blitz. By definition of Versus Battles, a Speed Blitz is "the act of one attacking their opponent before they are capable of perceiving or reacting to them." I think a video from my friend (who asked to not be named. You know who you are) should handle this matter appropriately (please forgive their informality)


So, if Genya didn't blitz Aizetsu, then what did happen? Well, I reckon its how Gotoge demonstrates a character moving in a quick burst of speed, and not necessarily indicating a character is moving faster than what their opponent can perceive.

Here's Rengoku closing the gap between him and Akaza:
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Here's Kokushibo doing the same to Gyomei:
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(They were standing this far from each other)

Here's Shinobu doing the same with Doma:
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In fact, we do know if something is Speed Blitzing another by comparing in universe examples of an actual Speed Blitzes. Here's Gyokko getting Speed Blitzed by Muichiro:

Here's Gyomei and Marked Sanemi getting Speed Blitzed by Kokushibo:

And here's another example of Kokushibo consistently Speed Blitzing Marked Muichiro:


Meanwhile, in the manga, Genya's speed looks like this (read left to right):
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If Gotoge intended for the reader to interpret the scene as what we Battle Boarders would call a Speed Blitz, it'd most likely be accompanied by a "What did he do?" or a "What just happened?" or a hollow outline of a figure. Instead, it's simple miss on Aizetsu's part. Additionally, the chant Genya performed was him using Repetitive Action, which essentially boosted his physical statistics, so the speed shown is more attributed to the fact Genya temporarily achieved a higher speed by way of using Repetitive Action, rather than Genya randomly Speed Blitzing Aizetsu.

As for Tengen "manhandling" Tanjiro, Felpe took the words out of my mouth, so I won't say the same thing in different words.
 
Ill respond later but to add onto something
To be fair, Tanjiro wasn’t being easily manhandled, Tengen didn’t land a single hit on him, Tanjiro either blocked or dodged every blow. On the other hand, it was a sparring match, so there’s no reason to believe Tanjiro was going all out, especially considering he’d definitely avoid hurting a friend. Remember the mere thought of hurting some random fellow hunters during Obanai’s training terrified him and halted his movements; the guy even pities demons. Furthermore, base SSVA Tanjiro is only being scaled to Gyutaro’s AP, not his speed, so Tengen could still be faster. And even though Tengen was fighting with a single arm, he was already used to it, remember he used to hold one blade per hand, so in terms of power there shouldn’t be any decrease there.
On the other hand, the sparring match where Sanemi and Obanai took on Muichiro at the same time would also add to wonky scaling. Considering here the characters were using breathing techniques while causing explosions and actual damage to the environment strongly suggests they were having a much more serious encounter; Tanjiro vs Tengen pales in comparison. There are also Sanemi’s statements about the training “hitting hard” and the possibility of someone “getting hurt for real” in case of losing focus. So why focusing on Tanjiro's and Tengen's match only?​
If we are going to use completely anime only scenes then this is completely fair game as well. (Especially since the Same statements are in the manga. The anime just spells it out for everyone loud and clear)

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The knowledge Muzan had given Hantengu would've absolutely been information about Entertainment District Tanjiro with the Demon Slayer Mark and his "Death Amplification" (I know it's a working title, Epyriel). This is because Muzan was watching the fight in real-time.

There's no real reason to assume Muzan wouldn't know about Death Amp + Demon Slayer Mark Tanjiro, especially when he knows the events that occurred in the fight.
The argument is not that Muzan or Hantengu had zero knowledge of Tanjiro’s foremost amped state, but that this was what he was choosing to contrast to a Tanjiro that had yet to do anything.

This could just as easily be a statement remarking on how Tanjiro had grown at all, which would easily be resolvable as him comparing base states.

As for Genya "Speed Blitzing" Aizetsu. It was not a Speed Blitz. By definition of Versus Battles, a Speed Blitz is "the act of one attacking their opponent before they are capable of perceiving or reacting to them." I think a video from my friend (who asked to not be named. You know who you are) should handle this matter appropriately (please forgive their informality)
Aizetsu doesn’t react until Genya is already behind him. And when he does actually react, after an exclamatory ‘huh?’ in surprise, all he accomplishes is slightly turning his head around before Sekido intervenes.

So we have someone who has repeatedly cut off the heads of the emotion clones without difficulty (they may have whated this, but there isn’t any evidence they can manually reduce their own durability), can physically contest them in preventing Aizetsu from pulling out his spear, and repeatedly stated his own confidence in defeating them.

Forgive me if I don’t buy the idea that they are in no way shape or form at all relative. Stronger perhaps. Completely eclipsing all relativity? Definitely not.

Especially if you want to scale him off of Daki, who if the emotion clones scaling stood up would be an effortless one-shot perception blitz below them.
 
If we are going to use completely anime only scenes then this is completely fair game as well. (Especially since the Same statements are in the manga. The anime just spells it out for everyone loud and clear)
As I have stated repeatedly, there is an enormous difference between anime-only scenes and a scene that covers the same thing as the manga with different lines. If it actually had the same meaning as the manga as you keep repeating, you wouldn’t keep bringing it up instead of just posting the manga quote.

This is representative of the entire standard of how secondary canon is treated on site, direct contradictions are to be thrown out in favour of the primary material, but non-contradictory material can be accepted.
 
As I have stated repeatedly, there is an enormous difference between anime-only scenes and a scene that covers the same thing as the manga with different lines. If it actually had the same meaning as the manga as you keep repeating, you wouldn’t keep bringing it up instead of just posting the manga quote.

This is representative of the entire standard of how secondary canon is treated on site, direct contradictions are to be thrown out in favour of the primary material, but non-contradictory material can be accepted.
Its literally the same exact line with one spelling it out for the audience. You said it yourself too. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. If that SUBTITLE line of an already existing statement from the manga is unusable then so is the episode thats 99% anime only. The difference is my argument barely relies on this and uses it as support while your argument is heavily relying 50% on it, which is why you want your cake and want to eat it too. Also really. Do you really want to argue that when the 99% anime only episode has more grounds of being contradictory to the source material than the literal subtitle of an existing manga line. Good luck trying to explain why that line contradicts the same manga line.
 
The anime and the manga are saying the same exact thing with different words. It's a distinction without a difference.
 
The anime and the manga are saying the same exact thing with different words. It's a distinction without a difference.
If the meaning actually doesn’t change as you claim, why do I keep seeing the anime version referenced? Why bother, if it a distinction without a difference?

Because the meaning does change.
 
What's the change in meaning between the anime and the manga?
“Exceeded all reports” implies stronger than any reported feat.
“Stronger than the level my lord told me about” is more ambiguous. Could easily be a holistic assessment, in which a comparison of the compared state to a comparable form in the prior battle is a sensible possibility.
 
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“Exceeded all reports” implies stronger than any reported feat.
“Stronger than the level my lord told me about” is more ambiguous. Could easily be a holistic assessment, in which a comparison of the compared state to a comparable form in the prior battle is a sensible possibility.
I may be getting you wrong (I do not know what you meant tbf), but why wouldn't the assumption for the latter statement be that Muzan told Hantengu about Death Amp + Demon Slayer Mark Tanjiro?
 
I may be getting you wrong (I do not know what you meant tbf), but why wouldn't the assumption for the latter statement be that Muzan told Hantengu about Death Amp + Demon Slayer Mark Tanjiro?
The better assumption is that he shared with Hantengu a fuller picture of Tanjiro’s performance and capabilities/functions.

Which then just raises the question as to what part of that picture Hantengu is drawing a contrast to. If he is making a holistic appraisal of how Tanjiro got stronger overall, he could easily be comparing Taniiro’s current form to his comparable state from the prior battle, rather than his circumstantial amps, and the statement would ring just as true.
 
Then why do you keep bringing it up instead of quoting the manga?

Because it is not the “same exact line”.
You’re the one stuck up on that line. I used it as supporting evidence. I only ever brought up again as an addition to someone else’s response about the anime only scene saying they’re both fair game if it’s used.

Btw this is the full history of the counter arguments made against this blatant statement

“Tanjiro surpassed the level about what Muzan told me about”

It’s dubious to assume he’s talking about RLD marked tanjiro. Maybe he’s talking about season 1 Tanjiro when he fought Susamaru!

*Panel of gyokko straight up talking about Marked Tanjiro gets sent

It’s still dubious to assume he’s talking about RLD marked tanjiro. Maybe he’s talking about the tanjiro that fought black hair daki. Maybe he’s talking about blood tear Tanjiro against white hair Daki!

*The anime subtitles of the same statement literally spelling it out that it was RLD Marked Tanjiro he was talking about

It’s a contradiction to the original source material. Invalid!


You see how much gymnastics is needed to try cast doubt and invalidate something this blatant and simple?
 
The contradiction when the manga says SSV Base Tanjiro surpassed his RLD Marked Self with the anime reaffirming it by spelling it out for everyone
 
The better assumption is that he shared with Hantengu a fuller picture of Tanjiro’s performance and capabilities/functions.

Which then just raises the question as to what part of that picture Hantengu is drawing a contrast to. If he is making a holistic appraisal of how Tanjiro got stronger overall, he could easily be comparing Taniiro’s current form to his comparable state from the prior battle, rather than his circumstantial amps, and the statement would ring just as true.
I agree with removing the clone scaling
 
i agree with everything except the section about the clones.

to elaborate, Tanjiro in the begginning of the Red Light District wasn't fast enough to percieve base Daki's attack until he he used the HK, only then could he somewhat keep up with Daki toying with him, and when Daki retrieved her obi she could move faster than Tanjiro could percieve, then he got a rage boost and was able to overwhelm her and almost decapitate herFast forward a little bit and daki gets stronger due to gyutaro's eye, not only could water breathing Tanjiro not get immediately killed because of her faster speed he was able to hang on albeit with the help of the others, he then seperates and is now able to actually offer tengen some support on the battlefeild even when extremely fatiguedthe above is mainly to show him getting progressively faster and stronger, but the main point however is him blitzing gyutaro with his new water breathing + HK breathing style, a watered down version of the HK


the above implies that tanjiro progressively got stronger in the figth against daki and gyutaro, fast enough to not only parry gyutaro's blood blades but also faste enogh to not be able to not get blitzed by awakened daki. albeit he carried on the fatigue and injuries along with him, speed/stats boosts have always been uncontrollable but its undeniable that water breathing + HK tanjiro was able to blitz gyutaro and carry tengen's wife away from him.

seeing that in this season using the HK put a huge strain on tanjiro's body yet he is able to freely use it in season 3 implies a huge boost in performance, and even if you want to assume tanjiro took gyutaro by surprise when he took tengen's wife away from him, he was at least relative to him in speed then/not much slower than him, this rather seems like an ordinary progression of abilities, the statements further reinforce this.


the rest i agree with
 
It might be worth keeping in mind that Tengen was explicitly affected by Gyutaro's poison.
 
The better assumption is that he shared with Hantengu a fuller picture of Tanjiro’s performance and capabilities/functions.

Which then just raises the question as to what part of that picture Hantengu is drawing a contrast to. If he is making a holistic appraisal of how Tanjiro got stronger overall, he could easily be comparing Taniiro’s current form to his comparable state from the prior battle, rather than his circumstantial amps, and the statement would ring just as true.
Muzan watched the Gyutaro fight in real time. He saw the Demon Slayer Mark, the Death Amp, and Tanjiro actually cutting through Gyutaro's neck. That's the most extreme power display Tanjiro has ever shown. Why would Muzan ignore that when briefing an Upper Moon about Tanjiro's power?

Hantengu says the "stronger than reported" line while actively fighting Tanjiro. It's not reflective. The context of the line is "I’m shocked you’re stronger than what Muzan told me." That means the strength Tanjiro is displaying is above his highest recorded strength output. For it to be a reaction in battle, it has to relate to the most relevant and extreme point of comparison Muzan knew about, which is the Gyutaro fight, not Base EDT Tanjiro.
 
Muzan watched the Gyutaro fight in real time. He saw the Demon Slayer Mark, the Death Amp, and Tanjiro actually cutting through Gyutaro's neck. That's the most extreme power display Tanjiro has ever shown. Why would Muzan ignore that when briefing an Upper Moon about Tanjiro's power?
Genuinely where are you getting the idea that I’m claiming Muzan didn’t share that?

I’m pretty sure I have clarified the opposite multiple times now.

Hantengu says the "stronger than reported" line while actively fighting Tanjiro. It's not reflective. The context of the line is "I’m shocked you’re stronger than what Muzan told me." That means the strength Tanjiro is displaying is above his highest recorded strength output. For it to be a reaction in battle, it has to relate to the most relevant and extreme point of comparison Muzan knew about, which is the Gyutaro fight, not Base EDT Tanjiro.
This is an incredibly dubious assumption in my eyes.

Immediately assuming that Hantengu is contrasting the most extreme amped version of EDA Tanjiro to the first meeting of Tanjiro in SSV seems entirely without basis in my view, especially when all he says is that he is on a higher level than described as Muzan, and if Muzan shared everything (which by your own admission there is little reason to doubt), he would be aware of a fuller picture of what transpired in the EDA battle. If Base SSV Tanjiro is stronger than Base EDA Tanjiro, this would be a clear indication that he has grown stronger than previously described. Assuming instead Tanjiro grew by a ginormous one-shot blitz gap when the main training he got between arcs was merely unlocking his precognition seems to me a baseless assumption without any hard evidence that makes precious little sense narratively.
 
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