Overall Abilities: As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Shinobu is a very powerful and skilled combatant. Despite not possessing the physical strength to cut off a demon's head common to that of an average Demon Slayer, Shinobu uses her creativity, ingenuity and other physical abilities to more than make up for it.
8 Shinobu Kocho, The Insect Hashira
Shinobu Kocho is a capable Demon Slayer whose worthy of being the Insect Hashira. That being said, she's arguably the weakest Hashira when it comes to pure strength.
Overall, Shinobu is recognized as one of the most powerful Hashira in the Demon Slayer series and is also able to keep up with extremely powerful demons because of her proficient and exceptional swordsmanship.
Shinobu Kocho Is The Weakest Hashira
The Insect Hashira, Shinobu's petite frame prevents her from being physically able to decapitate any demon, be it an Upper-Rank or the weakest demon in Japan.
Shinobu Kocho is considered to be the weakest Hashira in the Demon Slayer Corps. Physically, she is far weaker than Rengoku. She doesn't have enough strength to decapitate a demon's head but she makes up for it in her ability to craft lethal poison.
1. Gyomei Himejima. Gyomei Himejima, the Stone Hashira, is the strongest Hashira in the Demon Slayer corps in terms of strength and swordsmanship.
With her jovial and concerned attributes, as well as her “Moshi Mosh,” It is no wonder that Shinobu is the most liked Hashira in Demon Slayer.
Despite her petite appearance, Mitsuri Kanroji has a special muscular composition that makes her muscles eight times denser than an ordinary human's. She is also more flexible than the other Hashira. These two strengths balance out her being the slowest runner out of all the Hashira.
Shinobu's favorite past-time during missions is poking and irritating Giyu, according to a Taisho Secret. She worries about Giyu a lot since he seems like an airhead and got angry after he stopped her from defending him against a demon on Mt. Natagumo.
Obanai Iguro is one of the harsher Hashira members. He demanded that Giyuu be punished for allowing Nezuko to get away unharmed, and later restrained Tanjiro as he tried to help his sister. He hates demons and has little regard for his fellow Hashira, except Mitsuri Kanroji later on.
Keen Intellect: Shinobu possesses vast knowledge in using poison in combat. She has one of the best IQ in the Corps, having an IQ of over 200 making her a genius.
You see, Shinobu originally received a core uniform. similar to that of mitsaries at first, but Shinobu knew about his motives, so technically. she burned the uniform in front of the Taylor. to threaten him. And it worked.
The Wind Hashira has one of the saddest backstories in Demon Slayer. His mother had turned into a demon and had killed five of his siblings. He was forced to kill his own mother in an attempt to save his only remaining brother, Genya.
While a human's body is certainly weaker than a demon's, Shinobu's sword seems totally adapted to avoid slashing of any kind. This would presumably be the same philosophy when fighting another human, and as a result, Shinobu has nearly no relevant weapons in her fight against Tanjiro.
From the character popularity polls, Giyuu is the Hashira who manages to rank the highest among the others.
Shinobu confessed her love to Guiyu. in episode 18 of Demon Slayer, Shinobu shows her liking to Guiyu.
When Giyu later hears about Shinobu's death, he suddenly recalls her smiling face while being visibly shocked and upset by the news. This contrasts to his reaction to death of his other fellow Demon Slayers such as Kyojuro Rengoku, Muichiro Tokito and Genya Shinazugawa, whom he didn't react to as emotionally.
Shinobu holds a strong resentment and hatred for Doma, due to him killing her older sister, Kanae.
When it comes to pure strength, Shinobu Kocho is the weakest Hashira in Demon Slayer. She doesn't even have enough strength to decapitate a demon's head and she makes up for it by injecting poison into the demons.
Demon Slayer's Tengen Uzui is considered to be one of the weakest Hashira due to almost losing this fight, but the fact is that Tengen only looks weak when compared to the most overpowered Hashira.
1 Muzan Kibutsuji
The Demon King Muzan Kibutsuji has seven hearts and five brains, making him one of the most intelligent characters in the Demon Slayer anime series.