The Sound was mocked by the Snake Hashira for his injuries after fighting the weakest Upper Moon and had to retire.
You mean that scene when he says a mere rank 6? I think that's just Iguro being cocky. Facts are, Iguro believes that even in that state Uzui is strong enough to be a hashira
I believe that overrides his cocky comment earlier.
That seemed like the author clearly portraying that he was meant to be seen as the weakest Hashira. There isn’t any other Hashira that had such a negative portrayal scene.
I disagree with that being negative portrayal tho. It's clearly Iguro being condescending.
Plus Uzui sustained those injuries due to protecting people. In a clear battle he was more than keeping up with 2 demons on that level.
I maintain my stance here. Uzui is superior in basically all stats, you can argue SHinobu might be somewhat faster in actual combat, but as I said Uzui is a faster runner, has high poison tolerance, is a shinobi lol, so has experience in martial arts, and CQC to easily overwhelm Shinobu.
I don't see how she beats him.
As for Rengoku, he was defeated handily by an Akaza who wasn’t really trying. Akaza was holding back due to wanting to make Rengoku a demon. Shinobu has better feats than him.
I'll have to reread that part, but I don't think Akaza was holding back that much. Iirc he even said at one point, fine I'll kill you since you won't be a demon, and stated how strong Rengoku actually is.
I’m also not sure why you think Rengoku can one shot her when even Doma didn’t one shot her. And I’m also not sure why you think Shinobu needs multiple blows on Rengoku in order to win unless Rengoku has some poison immunity that I’m not aware of.
Doma was never serious with Shinobu. We saw his power later. Heck, I would maybe argue we never saw Doma fully serious. He was always hampered.
Rengoku doesn't have any poison immunity that I am aware of. However, fire burns out poison, so it's possible Rengoku can burn it out I guess.
The way I see it, both Flame and Sound have questionable performances against demons confirmed weaker than Doma and unlike other demon slayers, they weren’t given power ups or new feats later on in the series so they will remain on the bottom of my hashira list.
Eh Doma was never serious against Shinobu and was clearly much superior. I don't see her beating any of them tbh. I have her as the weakest.