MuiTan

"Helping other people, also ends up being beneficial for you at the end of the day."

- Tanjiro to Muichiro, Chapter 106.

MuiTan is the slash ship between Muichiro Tokito and Tanjiro Kamado from the Demon Slayer fandom.

Canon
Muichiro and Tanjiro first met at the Hashira Meeting deciding if Nezuko should live or not. After that, Muichiro threw stones at Tanjiro for interrupting Oyakata-sama and tells him to never interrupt the master.

They met again at the Swordsmith Village, where Tanjiro saw Muichiro being rude to Kotetsu and tried to stop him but Muichiro knocked Tanjiro out. After that, Muichiro squeezed Tanjiro's nose to wake him up and asks about Kanamori-san, his new swordsmith, Tanjiro says he will help him look for Kanamori and Muichiro asks why would he care about him, so Tanjiro tells him that helping the people can benefit him too, Muichiro's eyes sparkle and he shows emotion for the first time in years. But both were interrupted by Upper Moon 4, Hantengu, who Muichiro effortesly beheaded. After that, Tanjiro has a feeling there may be a special condition like Gyutaro and Daki. He tells Muichiro not to let his guard down, as Hantengu makes a new clone, who threw Muichiro away in the forest. Muichiro sees Kotetsu in danger and helps him after remembering what Tanjiro says to him. Kotetsu tells Muichiro to help Kanamori-san as well and in that he encounters the Upper Moon 5, Gyokko who traps him. Muichiro sees Tanjiro tell him that he will not die and things his dad said, then Muichiro remembers that his father's eyes were red like Tanjiro's and manages not only to free himself but also to remember his tragic past, and because of that, Muichiro defeats the Upper Moon 5. When Muichiro goes to Tanjiro, he asks if Tanjiro is oka and thanks him for helping him remember something important, as Muichiro remembered his past because of what Tanjiro said.

In the Hashira Training arc, Muichiro is happy to see Tanjiro doing well in his training, and tells him he can go train with the next Hashira. The other Demon Slayers envy Tanjiro and asks if they can too, but Muichiro tells them they can't.

When the crow announces Muichiro's death, Tanjiro cries and sheds tears over the death of an important person.

Fanon
MuiTan is very well received within the fandom. People usually start ship them after the scene in chapter 132, the fandom seems to like creating memes with this scene. Tanjiro is really an important person to Muichiro and that's why Muichiro is always nice to Tanjiro. MuiTan has often fanarts with Yuichiro - Muichiro's twin brother - being jealous of his brother and not approving of their relationship.

The ship rivals TanKana, InoTan, ZenTan, MuiNezu and GenMui.

Currently this ship has 161 works on A03.

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 * むいたん tag on Pixiv

Trivia

 * Tanjiro was the first person who made Muichiro show emotions in years.
 * Their crows didn't get along at all but it seems that after the final battle they are crow husband and crow wife

Variations

 * GenMuiTan refers to the ship between Genya Shinazugawa, Muichiro Tokito and Tanjiro Kamado