So... so strong... I couldn't react at all...
Cold sweat broke out on Inosuke's forehead. He could hardly believe it.
He had thought that after all the training he had done since Mount Natagumo, he should have been able to fight a Hashira. But now, he clearly had no chance of fighting back.
"All right, since everyone's ready, let's start training." Chiba Yo stepped away from behind Inosuke and addressed the three of them.
"Yeah!" All three nodded.
"Then let's start with basic physical conditioning."
Chiba Yo looked at the three of them, considering what training to give them.
Chiba Yo knew a fair amount about all three, though he knew Tanjiro the best and Inosuke the least.
Zenitsu's greatest strength was his speed. Chiba Yo had seen him use Thunder Breathing, First Form, which relied on blinding speed, so he only needed to tailor his training to that.
Tanjiro was more well-rounded. His strength and speed were both decent, but his greatest asset was his Sword Techniques. After all, his Hinokami Kagura was the most intricate sword technique Chiba Yo had seen so far.
His weaknesses were fairly obvious too. His physical conditioning was still somewhat lacking, and he had yet to fully master his Breathing Style. It wasn't a matter of technique; his lungs simply weren't strong enough yet. Chiba Yo had noticed that when he watched him use Hinokami Kagura.
Although his Breathing Style was almost identical to Chiba Yo's Sun Breathing, that weakness greatly reduced the power Tanjiro could unleash and made it extremely strenuous to perform. He couldn't even use Hinokami Kagura very many times. If he was injured and exhausted during a battle, he might not even be able to execute the full sequence of Sword Techniques.
Chiba Yo had already advised him to