Pluesan

Noelle is from the Silva family which is a demon slaying bloodline who have always produced a water hashira. Her eldest brother, Nozel, is the current water hashira, and her late mother acier (former water hashira) died protecting her as a baby. This made her family resentful towards her. When trying to learn water breathing to become a demon slayer like expected of her, she was unable to perform the forms 1 through 9. Nozel, seeing this, decided to ban her from becoming a demon slayer because of her lack of talent (in reality, he was looking for an exuse for noelle to stay at home and not get into danger). Noelle, like in canon bc, didn’t let that be the end of it. She kept practicing in secret, but never managed to get the first 9 forms. She still snuck out on the day of final selection. However, Yami (Shadow hashira who was going to talk with nozel abt smth) found her and took interest. After a spar, he quickly realised her problem, and gave the talk you see in the comic. After that talk he told her to wait till the next selection in order to just work on her single move. Noelle half-followed his instructions, as she didnt go to final selection that day, however, she still practiced ALL the forms of water breathing as best she could (still not getting the first 9). Next year she snuck out and went. What the plan is for her character here, is her realising that she isnt adaptable like water. She can’t respond to different situations with fluidity, which is the basis of water breathing (a defense heavy style). What she CAN do, is solve the situation through brute force/offense much like the dragon of the 10th form: Constant Flux. She’ll realise this early on i think (maybe after final selection or the first mission?).  Also, the big noelle panel's pose is from the giyuu gaiden please read it if you havent the art is incredible. Yami's words to noelle are just Jigoro's words to zenitsu but tweaked a bit, since zenitsu and kny!noelle have similar issues. God i have so much respect for comic/manga artists now.