LOL, facts!Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Only demons Tanjiro kills get backstories, because he's the only one that cares.
The problem with Muichiro's fight was that it didn't feel like he was the strong one - it just felt like Vase was weak. The backstory conveyed that:
-he was a nice guy,
- that he was a descendant,
- and that he could chop up a demon with no training (and with no memory to show us how it was done).
- trained like mad due to his vengence.
The physical feats here were that:
- he escaped the water prison (though unimpressive since he got help),
- that he could dodge every attack afterwards
- cut 10'000 fish or whatever it was
- disappear with his mist attack and cut Vase's neck.
The impressiveness of the speed or technique hasn't really been conveyed through the anime/story. It's partly due to the fact that we're so used to seeing quick flurry of attacks in general that cutting up all these fish doesn't register as being impressive. It's another "amazingly quick sword", but seemingly nothing we haven't seen before. Logically yes, Muichiro's actions-per-minute was higher than anyone else's, but it didn't feel that way. Contrast this to every time Zenitsu busts out his move. He only does a few slashes, but it's amazing whenever he does it.
Muichiro's got a "oh, that's it?" response from me watching him. Maybe it's the lack of hype music or impressive visual effects. Kanroji got the hype music.
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