
Originally Posted by
shinta|hikari
But that's the thing, this batch of hashiras was expected to be the best one yet, and we had one die and one retire from fighting these upper rankers. And even with Muichiro beating this one, he had a ton of luck and plot armor just to do it, which also points to the fact that he is stronger than the sound dood.
We don't know how hashiras are ranked, but it would make total sense that they aren't all equal or even in the same power category. It just so happens there is no rank above hashira except for the leprosy leader.