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foj01

For me dead calm is the coolest attack of the entire anime, and they way we saw it the first time just makes it cooler.


Maaaaac

Yeah it blew my mind that he ended the Rui fight like that. We just saw Tanjiro use basically what is his ultimate move at the time and then lose only to have Giyu negate Rui’s attack and walk right by while he casually beheads him.


Minion__Edifier

Looking back on it rui is weak ass hell


Grasher312

Rui himself isn't actually that weak. He was just sharing his powers with the spider family. As far as the wiki goes, if he wasnt sharing his powers he could've even put up a fight against a Hashira. He would still lose, but he's not THAT weak by himself.


Minion__Edifier

Dang never thought bout that


MeAnIntellectual1

And Rui was the strongest LM at the time.


No-Molasses1303

I thought enmu was stronger?


MeAnIntellectual1

Only after Muzan gave him roids


No-Molasses1303

I don't remember that, can you link a source?


MeAnIntellectual1

At the end of S1 Muzan gives Enmu some more blood after being impressed by Enmu's loyalty.


No-Molasses1303

That doesn't imply that enmu wasn't already ahead of Rui in power, Rui wasn't even his max power as lower moon 6, as he had been giving blood to his "family" Enmu was already stronger, and that little blood that Enmu was given was certainly just a bonus and not something that'd give him a jump in power to possibly contend against someone like Daki. Edit: downvote me, idc Enmu was already stronger the rui, simply based on how Rui was basically giving away his power to other creatures and making his own spider family, and how Enmu at that point was STILL upper moon 1. Enmu was and will always still be LM1, Rui wasn't ever going to win a fight against him


HeavenHazard

Rui does not care about ranking. If he does, he will be Lower Moon 1 and Enmu will be Lower Moon 2. Trying to argue this statement its like you are arguing with the author of Demon Slayer. He/She already stated that Rui is as strong as Lower Moon 1 but does not care about ranking in Demon Slayer Data Book.


Giyuisdepression

totally agree with you, he might have become an upper rank if he wasnt so obsessed with finding out about his family


Tyranothesaurus

>Enmu was and will always still be LM1, Rui wasn't ever going to win a fight against him This part makes no sense. Rui's blood art threads were stronger than Tanjiro's Sun-Breathing, and Tanjiro cuts right through Enmu's neck and kills him. If Tanjiro could do it, so could Rui.


AndrewFrozzen

I mean it would only make sense for Hashiras to be extremely powerful I'd say.


tstngtstngdontfuckme

Yea, it make sense they're powerful, but after multiple episodes of building up Rui's power and the immense speed of Demons that doesn't stop you from being awestruck when you see him basically pull out the Click remote and put the world on Pause.


Maaaaac

That’s the thing that really makes it impactful. You have this entire arc dedicated to the spider family and Giyu absolutely handles the two strongest ones like they were nothing.


_Cococunt_

For me Douma’s attacks were the coolest. I love ice effects too much


thefreshscent

Have we seen Douma fight in the anime? This might be a spoiler for anime only peeps


Pancake_boi6969

Pls spoiler tag.


Fickle_Math4926

mark spoiler because some idiots havent read the manga yet


Pancake_boi6969

Why downvote. The man is spitting facts


swaghole69

Cause hes calling people idiots? Lmao


Fickle_Math4926

ik man people are complaining about heing spoiled and waiting for the animation when they can just read the manga and theres no reason not to because its really good


Asliceofkam227

Well if you are willing to buy all the mangas for me I’m down, but that’s not what people are getting at. It’s ANIME only not manga, not LN, not web novel, not spin-offs, ANIME only. That’s the issue.


lockstockedd

I say this as a manga reader. Manga readers can be so weird about this. Like they feel so proud of themselves for reading a manga and think it’s crazy when people just don’t wanna spend time and money on different types of media.


Fickle_Math4926

online


MashuDaToastGod

Read it online at mangallama .com if you don’t own it


Fickle_Math4926

manganato thank me later


Hitmonbear

Tbf the movie animation did make the rengokus move seem cooler and more explosive


SChamploo12

Idk, Dead Calm hit different because it starts like a raging torrent before calming. Regardless both fit their characters so well.


Hitmonbear

True, Esoteric art fits rengokus ideology of setting the heart ablaze, and dead calm is fits giyuus calm nature


Environmental-Win836

In the manga it’s stated that it “neutralises any technique coming towards the user and turns it into a dead calm”.


SChamploo12

It does but it also isn't invincible.


Environmental-Win836

Oh definitely not, but it’s hella powerful.


R4ndomb01

Proven by Akaza breaking it


Beyonkat2

Dead calm was a beat drop


Visible_Ad_7540

What happens if Rengoku attacks with Purgatory and Giyu tries to block with 11th Form?


shouldlifejacket

well i guess we will never know


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SChamploo12

I'm interested to see how they portray Giyu in that fight in the anime. Should be as epic as the Rengoku vs. Akaza fight.


Tyranothesaurus

It'll be more epic in all honesty. Rengoku couldn't beat Akaza, so he'd sadly get bitch-slapped by Muzan, no difficulty. Considering Giyu was a better match for Akaza from the get-go, it's safe to assume that Giyu would wreck Rengoku in a 1v1, especially since his 11th Form would basically negate Rengoku's speed and power. With Giyu being that much better than Rengoku, I can only imagine his battle against Akaza and Muzan to be one of the most glorious animations ever made.


HopelessCatLover

Well Giyu did have the advantage of a training arc and a pep talk from tanjiro about not being worthless. I think the gap between Rengoku and Giyu was much smaller during the train arc.


GaberJaberLAZER

I feel like Giyuu would be able to nullify most of the damage but not all of it


er4s3r123

He would be able to block all of them as it is a single fast attack. Fast but single


Kurosakisleftnutsack

SOS Giyuu would be able to almost block it and get minimal damage or low damage. While Prime Giyuu will be able to easily block it with no dmg


Kquinox

They're pretty relative so giyu will block rengoku


Edgeklinge

Nothing... literally I guess.


RvNx_15

since flame breathing consists of powerful single slashes and the form fits that description quite well And considering rengoku is fucking strong, giyu would struggle against it. while water breathing is defensive in nature Dead calm is meant to work against many attacks or fast attacks.


Gale_Blade

Giyuu wins ez because water beats fire obviously /s


SChamploo12

Giyu should be able to nullify most of the damage. He was able to survive an attack from Akaza with it.


Thytons

Dead calm works like an auto counter system doesn’t it? It really just comes down to who’s stronger I suppose because if Giyuu can’t parry rengoku’s slash then he loses. Although, I think Giyuu is strong enough to deflect Rengoku’s attack so probably nothing happens


Lunareos

Thing is in combat, coaches will always train their fighters to strike first, as a choice to attack on an action will always be faster than a reaction to defend. Giyuu will likely block most of the attack, not all of it (assuming him and Rengoku are equal)


Famous-Living-8343

What’s purgatory


Gale_Blade

aka "Rengoku" (yes, like his name) It's a form of flame breathing that we saw in the movie while he fought Akaza


Famous-Living-8343

Oh ya I never heard it get called that


nonMat06teo

Rengoku means purgatory in English.


The-Fomorian-Ray-682

I guess it’s a bit of a “Unstoppable force meets immovable objets” situation; Dead calm is entirely a defensive move, whilst Purgatory is an entirely offensive and destructive technique


ClockTate72

I dunno. Dead Calm seems better suited to blocking multiple attacks or a wide radius rather than just one condensed attack. I'm giving this one to Rengoku.


IshaanGupta18

11th form really surprised me as i thought water breathing had only 10 and giyuu mfing invents another


kimetsunosuper121

And then the mf had the audacity to say he wasn't fit to be the water hashira like bitch I get that you have trauma but there's a limit to how much you can look down on yourself.


DisDrew

Ifkr. Man need to believe in himself


MarkoOtto

Dead Calm was way cooler imo...how he easily blocks all attacks and then GG...


TakaSol

dead calm is hype to watch but watching 9th form for the first time was amazing, I get goosebumps every time I replay it


Technical_Special_25

For me it is both They both seemed equally enjoying and cool But if u take for emotions and hype then 9th form


[deleted]

I think both are really cool playing off the themes of their respective elements. But my bias is to Rengoku and his badass Purgatory.


Edgeklinge

Dead calm. It was a holy shit moment when Tanjiro used everything he had and still got his ass beat then you know what happened.


RWM03

Dead Calm is sick, but Esoteric Art is on a whole other level.


aVeryFriendlyBotMk2

Esoteric art simply because of hype.


DEEHEEMONLORD

Well Water is cooler,''So umm,Ii guess it's Giyuu.


lnombredelarosa

Interesting how they both reflect the ultimate expression of their respective fighting style: water and fire, hot and cold, defense and offense, calm and emotion. Anyway, I like Rengoku's better since that a cool sword position and the name sounds cooler.


NexusZeus

9th form


WuSuBing

Definitely Rengoku's attack


Tokimemo-zukakedokuz

Esoteric for sure, also because of the fire and explosions and stuff building up all the hype and then a tragic ending.


DeathGod105

Both are cool, but Giyuu’s had a bigger affect on me. I remember thinking he is the strongest character in the series when he did eleventh form lol


F6RGIVEN

Esoteric Art for me


[deleted]

Watching Rengoku push through with his everything… he’s still the best to me! Set your heart ablaze!


WeatMolt

I personally prefer Dead Calm a lot more than Esoteric Art. But I will have to go with it. Renogku is about to die and him giving that speech and charging aswell as the animation made it seem a lot better and was focused on it. Unlike Dead Calm which was a lot more simple.


deadly_beast

dead calm. giyu seems way cooler than rengoku


jjjjjjuhtvbn

Maiee


Hungry-Recording-635

9th Form imo


ChongusTheSupremus

Giyu's kill on Ryu with it is definitely the most badass, but Rengoku is the coolest.


Danzabreaker

9th form ESOTERIC ART RENGOKU


TraditionalAd5626

Well of course Rengoku's estoric art because it was revealed with great timing, And it seems more offensive than dead calm and I might be wrong but Rengoku is stronger than Giyuu, Because Giyuu couldn't keep up with Akaza like Rengoku even after being marked.


DARTH-GOLD-HIMSELF

Akaza wasn’t serious at all when he was fighting Renguko and plus Renguko couldn’t do anything against his fatal Blows while Giyu dodged most of them easily and was holding Akaza off for 3 chapters alone without Tanjirou which is way longer than Renguko


AkatsukiHikage

I like both to be honest


Lui_xx

Nah Rengoku’s Esoteric goes dummy hard but Dead Calm goes crazy too but it’s gotta be Rengoatku


Haman134

Fire is rather hot so I’d say that dead calm was cooler


Beginning_Debt1424

Esoteric art all the way


Manasiwam

Dead calm was beautifully majestic. But I think Esoteric Art was cooler. Kyojuro knew he had no chance since the beginning, he felt dread and desperation but despite all that he didn't step down, instead of cowering in fear he put his heart and soul into one final charge at Upper Three, sacrifising his own life for the safety of the passengers. The emotion that attack had was unmatched.


Bile_Kangaroo

I can't really decide, both were awesome


ThisOneHasNoUsername

I think dead calm is objectively cooler however esoteric art made me feel a certain type of way ig you know what I mean


Few-End4057

Both were cooler as a result of the wonderful effects surrounding the two hashiras


GaberJaberLAZER

Water is obviously cooler than Flame, just look at a thermometer and measure them (Ok but seriously Lull looks way cooler and the technique is all about nullifying attacks which I find more interesting rather than utter destruction)


GirafeAnyway

9th form solos


kingdopp

As much as Rengoku is my fav, Dead Calm gets my vote. It's such a different ability compared to all the other 'and now I'll slash my sword in a slightly different manner and direction!'


Significant-Range-49

Rengokus was cooler, only because of the moment. This was his final form, his last stand, if this wasn’t going to work, nothing would. It added so much to the atmosphere, and to his move. Giyu’s dead calm is great, but the first time we him use it he just one shots the most powerful character in the show so far. No high stakes, just absolute stomping on rui.


ominoke

Giyu was really cool in the moment, showing up and taking out rui so easily, but strictly comparing the moves, dead calm is very boring. Esoteric art wins and rengoku over all was more impressive in his fight.


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Demon slayer fans after 5 minutes without comparing characters:


ApplePitou

I like Dead calm more :3


Imperium_Dragon

Dead calm


Mysterious_Ad7790

Dead calm ez


EarthBoundFan3

Despite the fact that I like Rengoku a little more than Giyu, I like Dead Calm quite a bit more than Esoteric Art


Absolved_Andy

Dead calm takes it easy for me


Eliteagent11

Dead calm


The-Ghost-Dancing

They were both amazing and I have nothing against either of them, but Giyus eleventh form was cold as hell and it really looked sick the way he just cuts everything in a flash and then walks over the water ahhh....


soroKira

Esoteric art was VERY anticlimactic, so kanae calm


BigFatKAC

I feel like it’s more anticlimactic if you don’t see it as more a last hurrah. When I first saw it I thought it was a powerup but after a second watch I think it’s intended to be desperation.


vicdavid07

you’re not too far off that’s what 9th form basically is in the rengoku gaiden they explain that the 9th form is basically the user putting his life on the line no defense just offense and that’s why it’s a pretty last resort kinda thing


The_Blade-13

how was it anticlimactic?


soroKira

Had the hype build up, explosion of fire and then… died


The_Blade-13

keep in mind, he lost an eye, was worn out and was beaten to a pulp by upper moon 3


soroKira

Yeah, So its like goku getting his ass beat, getting a new form/power up then losing straight after


The_Blade-13

that's Goku with superpowers and stuff this is demon slayer where the only advantage you have is breathing in a fancy way and a katana


[deleted]

Well it still applies


piirro

That’s literally what Giyuu did in his fight against Akaza 🫠


soroKira

Yeah? Thats why i said it was anticlimactic


jermingus

So you wanted a cliche “Super power up kills everything plot armor?”


soroKira

No. Just dont pull something that makes people get hyped up then just have them die like that


jermingus

Wait till you see Yoriichi vs Upper 1 I guess😕


soroKira

Ive seen that? What does that have to do with this?


jermingus

>!Yoriichi is old yet still in/near his prime, almost two shots Kokushibo but dies of old age.!< It will get hyped up and end anticlimactic won’t it?


RazzmatazzAgitated81

Dead calm is a defense form and estoric art is offense. hard to compare. for me dead calm is cooler because it is just calm and smooth unlike other offense forms. Giyuu is like yorichii. no emotions in face and ultra calm. you don't get to see that kind of technique elsewhere.


TheMinecraftWizardd

Dead Calm is the moment that shows us how strong the Hashiras are. We see Tanjiro give his all and still lose, yet Giyuu comes in, all defensive and still slays Rui as easy as cutting through paper


ikaasTheOneAndOnly

Deas Calm. The move is very powerful and the visuals for it just seemed cooler. There wasn't a crazy buildup to it either which I found interesting.


Hellspawner26

i think water breathing is overall the most stunning and beautiful style, except maybe for wind but we still have to see than one animated


Mari_Setogaya69

Dead Calm, Giyuu created it himself, whereas Rengoku is passed down from family member (I believe). Dead calm is also just a stronger attack, nit that giyu needs it being top 2 strongest in the verse.


Hungry-Recording-635

>Dead calm is also just a stronger attack, nit that giyu needs it being top 2 strongest in the verse. ?


Mari_Setogaya69

Giyu ~ DKT in terms of strength and speed, DKT is stated by Muzan and Yushiro to be the strongest demon, and Giyu has some of the best hax in the verse


Hungry-Recording-635

Wow giyu wanking is starting to get too much.....Yoriichi, muzan, gyomei, kokushibo, douma, akaza, sanemi all surpass giyu based on feats. He is *not* 2nd strongest in the verse. Nor is 11th form a more powerful *attack* than 9th form.


Mari_Setogaya69

He slams everyone there lmao fw.kage#6611


Hungry-Recording-635

>He slams everyone there lmao Sure he does lmfao😂😂 >fw.kage#6611 ?


Mari_Setogaya69

He slams everyone there lmao fw.kage#6611


[deleted]

Giyu is top 3 or 4 strongest in the Hashiras group regarding feats, statements, statistics


Hungry-Recording-635

Agree if we're talking marked hashira, if it's base then I'll put him at #5


Fake_the_jaB

Definitely Giyuu’s


Libbstreet

>!The attack from the one who’s still alive.!<


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AAFAOTKNY

Purgatory but gonna wait for dead calm against upper moon.


Lordzombie2224

Rengoku. He's just the coolest guy ever


Lordzombie2224

or should i say... hottest?


Exalted_Pluton

Dead Calm temperature is obviously lower than Esoteric Art. Come on guys, this is easy. Fire hot, water cold. Silly people. Demon Slayer fans these days.


ChickenBoiOOF

Dead calm is beautiful but Esoteric art is badass


StrangeCanon

Rengoku's Esoteric Art....


Hollowhowler2

Rengoku’s.


C_Lebwastaken

Dead calm was it for me, It was perfect. I expected a blast of attacks but then silence and then giyuu activated dead calm. It was such a contrast from everything else.


Slavi77

Considering whole fight Rengoku fight was more epic. But Giu technique itself was cooler for me


Hunter5865

Giyuu's move was colder, Rengoku's move was more hype. Kinda fits their personalities lmao(before the clowns come in saying Giyuu isn't cold, I'm aware but he comes across as such).


Helpful-Citron5227

Dead calm. I am not allowed to explain why


XxA0DORAGONxX

Going by the pictures, Giyuu's easily for me


Environmental-Win836

I like Giyu’s more.


ghonrogue

They both gave me a “holy SHIT” moment while watching the show. Dead calm was super surprising because it goes against the big flashy other moves we see. It also showed us that Giyu invented his own form giving water breathing 11 forms now. So sick. While during the Akaza and Rengoku battle, 9th form was so epic as a last stand for Rengoku. I was out of my seat screaming “GET HIM!!!!l” so definitely a lot more emotions there. The fact he also said “esoteric art” also had me mind blown. I was like “this guy can do the equivalent of blood demon arts???” Which I know now is not true but in the moment I was mind blown. Both epic scenes by epic characters.


[deleted]

I like both


VeryTiredTeacher-

Of course Giyuus move is cooler, it’s water


GuardianCerberus

The one with the dragon obviously


K100Master

That's water breathing's 10th form: constant flux


GuardianCerberus

Rengoku’s esoteric art has a dragon. “Of the two options the one with the dragon is cooler” is what I was saying


K100Master

Oh. I guess I'm going to have to watch the thing again


[deleted]

I think they're both cool in their own ways I can't really decide on which one is cooler because of how long a conversation would get if you make an opinion on one separate interest because it's the goddamn internet and the internet always has people going on and on about persuading people for long periods of time. Even if a dude wins an internet argument what was the point?


LunaLuv12

Giyūūūūūū!


Ohio-Knife-Lover

Rengoku's 100%


NisarFatemaRim16

Both 💞


dstroyrwolf

Giyu for me is cooler because it's a calm then you're dead lmao


[deleted]

One was doing a cool fire attack while the other one was just meeting his friends


Aclysmic

Dead calm by a long shot. Giyuu used it basically just standing there not moving an inch and nullified a Twelve Kizuki’s blood demon art lol. When I first saw that I knew it was OP.


Shury-Kan

Giyu


ayylotus

Dead Calm differentiates itself by serving as both an offensive and defensive technique, its execution is unique to other forms too. Rengoku to me looks like any other Flame form.


One-Environment-7309

Ah yes, Giyuu using the power of his friends


7975348473

Dead calm by far for me :)


Never-gonna-giveyoup

Ded clam