During the first two seasons of Demon Hunter Tanjiro and his companions had to contend with some of the most powerful and dangerous demons in the work conceived by Koyoharu Gotoge: the Twelve Moons. But who is behind the title First Crescent Moon and thus at the top of the group? Let’s go through all the details that have surfaced in this regard.
The most immediate answer is Kokushibo, extremely powerful fighter, with multiple resources and able to withstand a confrontation with multiple pillars at once, as shown during the course of Castle of Infinity, the penultimate story arc of the series. Kokushibo is also the only one of the many enemies that is presented great respect from Muzan KibutsujiMain antagonists and progenitors of the same demons.
No one has ever been able to defeat him and claim his title as First Crescent Moon, and on several occasions he has shown some of his skills by easily defeating Akaza and Muichiro Tokito, who managed to win the Fifth to kill Crescent Moon. Even Gyomei Himejima, the Pillar of Stone, is considered the most powerful Hashira of the last 300 years from Kokushibo himself, he couldn’t do much against the demon.
One of the special features of Kokushibo is the ability to use a breathing technique, since Kokushibo was a human and a demon hunter before he was transformed by Muzan. His name was Michikatsu Tsugikuni, Yoriichi’s twin brother who first user of Sun Breathing and creator of the five styles. Michikatsu dreamed of becoming Japan’s greatest samurai, but his brother’s talent, widely regarded as a true child prodigy, led him down a path of envy and anger.
By distancing herself from her brother and living a comfortable life as a husband and father, Michikatsu seemed to have found her way. However, one day Yoriichi saved him from a demon, and at that moment Michikatsu, thinking back on his dream, decided to make up his mind left his family to become a demon hunter. Although the only one who got good results in learning the styles was Moon Breathing Michikatsu, her level was low compared to Yoriichi’s.
In an attempt to become the best, Michikatsu developed his own brand, distinct from that of the chosen sun-breathing users, which began consuming them until he decided to accept Muzan Kibutsuji’s offer by morphing into one, to gain more power from the creatures he promised to destroy. Subsequent to Clash between Yoriichi and Muzanalmost fatal to the latter, Kibutsuji and Kokushibo traveled to Japan and killed anyone who had followed the sun breath, missing the Kamado family and avoiding Yoriichi himself as he was too powerful for them.
years later when Yoriichi was the ripe old age of 85Surprisingly for a branded person who usually dies at the age of 25, the two brothers clashed with the usual result: Kokushibo was always inferior to his brother in strength and skill. It was this feeling that kept fueling me Michikatsu’s hatred and angereager to become as strong as Yoriichi even after his death.
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