Nezuko Kamado

As a result, Tanjiro failed to behead "Kei" when his Crimson Blade disappeared. "Kei," nearly beheaded, screamed, causing Hantengu's clones to Sekido and absorb the other three clones, evolving into the powerful "Zohakuten," who once again overwhelmed the group. Although Zohakuten claimed that Tanjiro and the others' attempt to kill "Kei" was an act of "harming the weak," Tanjiro immediately pointed out that he, having devoured countless people, was merely a demon who had to pay the price. Mitsuri Kanroji arrived and delayed Zohakuten, while Tanjiro Nezuko, and Genya Shinazugawa went to pursue Hantengu's true form, "Kei."

On their journey to seize the future, "Timid" became enraged when Tanjiro ignored his repeated pleas for mercy, causing it to grow to enormous size and engage in combat with Tanjiro. However, it accidentally fell from a high slope. Afterward, Hantengu, having exhausted his strength from overusing his Blood Demon Art, planned to eat nearby villagers to replenish his energy. He fled into the village and began hunting them down. Tanjiro caught up with him and beheaded him using the Dance Flash, but Hantengu was not dead. Instead, he continued to pursue the villagers with his headless body.

Only then did Tanjiro realize that he had beheaded a clone of Nezuko called "Ken." But at the same time, the sun was rising and about to shine on Nezuko beside him. Tanjiro was caught in a dilemma: should he save his sister or the villagers?

Thanks to Nezuko's voluntary sacrifice, Tanjiro, who was kicked away by Nezuko, caught up with Hantengu. At the same time, he Muichiro Tokito activated "Transparent World," discovering that Hantengu's true form was hiding in the heart of "Hate." Then, Tanjiro used the Nichirin Sword from the Sengoku period, which Muichiro had stolen from Hotaru Haganezuka, determined not to waste the opportunity his sister had gained through sacrifice. He used Hinokami Kagura Clear Blue Sky to sever both "Fear" and the body of "Hate" together.

After slaying Hantengu, Tanjiro couldn't feel happy. However, just as he was feeling incredibly sad because he felt Nezuko had been destroyed by the sun, he unexpectedly discovered that his sister had overcome the sunlight and even regained her ability to speak. Overjoyed, Tanjiro hugged his sister tightly and cried tears of joy.

After the villagers of the Swordsmith Village cleaned up the mess, Tanjiro, Nezuko, Muichiro Tokito, Genya Shinazugawa, Mitsuri, and the others returned to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters.

During his Hashira Training, Tanjiro completed his training at the residences of Tengen, Muichiro Tokito, and Mitsuri. While training with the Serpent Pillar, Obanai Iguro, Tanjiro was mistaken for a rival by Obanai, who had a crush on Mitsuri, because of his close relationship with her, and was thus subjected to her constant disdain.

Later, Tanjiro was asked by his ailing master to comfort the depressed Giyu Tomioka. After pestering Giyu Tomioka for a long time, Giyu Tomioka told Tanjiro that he had been saved by his best friend Sabito during the Final Selection and then entrusted to the care of others. He had passed the Selection without defeating a single demon, but Sabito, who had defeated almost all the demons, was ultimately killed by the Hand Demon. Therefore, Giyu Tomioka felt that he had not truly passed the Final Selection and therefore did not deserve to stand with his Pillar comrades. However, Tanjiro then reminded Giyu Tomioka that he must continue what Sabito had entrusted to him.

Recalling Sabito's Giyu Tomioka, Giyu realizes that his future was secured by Sabito and his sister's sacrifices, and he understands that he must not let them down. In the end, Giyu Tomioka apologizes to the two deceased, resolves his inner conflict, and prepares to join the Hashira Training. However, Tanjiro mistakenly believes that he has made Giyu Tomioka even more upset, and therefore suggests that they go eat soba noodles together.

Later, while training at Sanemi Shinazugawa's residence, Sanemi Shinazugawa learned that Genya Shinazugawa was eating demons. Unwilling to let Genya Shinazugawa take such a risk, Genya Shinazugawa intended to cripple him so that he could no longer fight, thus indirectly protecting him. However, Tanjiro, unaware of this, stepped forward to save Genya Shinazugawa and fought with Genya Shinazugawa until dusk to buy Sanemi Shinazugawa time to escape. Ultimately, the two were forbidden from contacting each other by their superiors.

Following the Hashira Training, Tanjiro went to the residence of the Stone Pillar, Gyomei Himejima, for further training, but made no progress because he didn't understand the training methods. Later, after learning from Genya Shinazugawa about "Repetitive Action" as a method to improve concentration, Tanjiro successfully completed his training. Upon finishing his training, Gyomei Himejima appeared and spoke with Tanjiro, saying that he had heard that Tanjiro, in the Swordsmith Village, chose to prioritize saving the villagers who were about to be harmed by Hantengu rather than saving his Demonization sister, and therefore decided to acknowledge Tanjiro.

However, Tanjiro confessed to Gyomei Himejima that he hadn't been able to make a decision immediately; it was actually Nezuko who made the decision for him, and therefore he couldn't accept Gyomei Himejima's approval. Tanjiro's pure words dispelled Gyomei Himejima's doubts and concerns. Afterwards, Gyomei Himejima told Tanjiro about his past, revealing that he had become very suspicious after being betrayed, but Tanjiro hadn't run away, hadn't lied, and had always been honest. In the end, Gyomei Himejima decided to believe in Tanjiro and help him to the very end.

As Tanjiro was about to leave Gyomei Himejima's residence, he explained to Genya Shinazugawa that he had not detected any malice towards his younger brother in Sanemi Shinazugawa's words, and reassured Genya Shinazugawa to convey his thoughts to Sanemi Shinazugawa. At the same time, Tanjiro noticed Zenitsu's unusual behavior, but did not inquire further.

Afterwards, Tanjiro went to Giyu Tomioka's residence to prepare for his training, but stumbled upon Giyu Tomioka and Sanemi Shinazugawa fighting. Because Sanemi Shinazugawa's house always smelled of glutinous rice, mochi filling, and matcha, Tanjiro mistakenly thought the two were fighting over Ohagi and stepped in to stop them. Because he revealed that Sanemi Shinazugawa liked Ohagi, Tanjiro was immediately punched by the embarrassed and angry Sanemi Shinazugawa and knocked unconscious.

When Muzan attacked the Ubuyashiki Estate, Tanjiro and Giyu Tomioka rushed back together. However, due to the Blood Demon Art of the new Upper Nakime Four, Tanjiro and the other swordsmen who arrived were all defeated and sent to the Infinity Castle.

Upon entering the Infinity Castle, Tanjiro and Giyu Tomioka quickly encountered Akaza. After Giyu Tomioka failed to answer his question about his name, Giyu was kicked away by Akaza's Destruction Kill Kick. Tanjiro and Akaza then began a one-on-one fight. After Akaza brief exchange, Akaza acknowledged Tanjiro's improvement. However, because Akaza said, "Tanjiro became stronger thanks to Kyojuro Rengoku's death," Tanjiro was enraged and pointed out to Akaza: "Everyone has moments of weakness. Everyone has received help from others to some extent. The strong need to protect the weak, and then the weak must become strong to protect other weak people. This is the natural order!"

Upon hearing this, Akaza finally realized that his dislike for Tanjiro wasn't due to his previous weakness, but rather because every word Tanjiro spoke triggered memories of a long-forgotten period in his human life—a time filled with empty promises and unfulfilled dreams. Remembering his master's similar words, Akaza was enraged and cornered Tanjiro. At this moment, Giyu Tomioka arrived and rescued Tanjiro, Awakening his Demon Slayer Demon Slayer Mark and engaging Akaza in battle. During this fight, Tanjiro recalled Inosuke Hashibira's words about the terrifying appearance of the old woman at the Wisteria House, realizing that Akaza's Blood Demon Art was based on sensing the enemy's location using fighting spirit. He also recalled his father's teachings on the ultimate level of controlling fighting spirit, "The Transparent World."

As Akaza Giyu Tomioka, Tanjiro successfully severed Akaza's arm and saved Giyu Tomioka. Sensing Tanjiro's change, Akaza attempted to defeat him with the Destruction Kill: Final Form - Blue Silver Chaos Remnant Light, but Tanjiro, activating Tanjiro Transparent World, dodged almost all of it. Unaware that Tanjiro was still alive, Akaza was about to kill Giyu Tomioka when Tanjiro proactively revealed his survival. As Akaza prepared to retaliate, he discovered that Tanjiro hadn't emitted any fighting spirit, rendering his Destruction Kill: Compass ineffective, causing him to freeze in place. Tanjiro then used Hinokami Kagura: Setting Sun Transformation and behead Akaza from the front.

Immediately afterward, Giyu Tomioka threw his broken sword, piercing Akaza's head and decapitating him. However, Akaza's obsession with becoming stronger caused him to break through the limits of a demon, continuing to fight the two headless and beginning to regain his memories from his human days. Tanjiro was then kicked away by Akaza and knocked unconscious. When he awoke, seeing Giyu Tomioka about to be killed, Tanjiro drew his sword to stop him, but due to exhaustion, the sword slipped from his hand. Forced to resort to punching Akaza's regenerating head, Tanjiro struck directly with his fist.

Because his master had also beaten him in the same way, Akaza, deeply traumatized, finally realized that what he truly wanted to destroy was himself—failing to keep his promise to his father and lover, and defiling his master's most important Soryu Style. In the end, after smiling at Tanjiro, Akaza took his own life, admitting that he had lost when Tanjiro had honorably beheaded him. After the battle, both of them lost consciousness due to exhaustion.

After waking up, Tanjiro learns from a letter from Senjuro Rengoku about the Yoriichi Tsugikuni Sun Breathing, and Muzan Kibutsuji, the connection between Sun Breathing and Hinokami Kagura, and the thirteenth dance form of Hinokami Kagura that he was unaware of. [27] The two, who were searching for Muzan in the Infinity Castle, learn from a Kasugai Crow that came to deliver a message that their comrade had died. Despite being filled with grief, and even though he was just a demon slayer who had not fully inherited the mantle of his predecessors, Tanjiro made up his mind to fight to the last moment of his life, just like his comrades.

The two were moved to Muzan Kibutsuji's location by Nakime's Blood Demon Art. Tanjiro, who tried to close the distance to attack, had his right eye blinded by Muzan. Unable to quickly determine the trajectory of the attack due to the loss of an eye, Tanjiro turned to his sense of smell to deal with Muzan's attack, but in doing so, he ignored the terrain and crashed directly into the wall behind him, forcing Muzan into a Muzan situation.

Suddenly, Mitsuri Kanroji, who should have been dead, burst through the ceiling, interrupting Muzan's attack. Tanjiro was rescued by Obanai Iguro, who had arrived with him. It turned out that Nakime's mind had been controlled by Yushiro's Blood Demon Art, and with his help, the four of them joined forces to fight Muzan. Muzan to regain control of Nakime finally lost his temper and killed her. The Infinity Castle, now free from Nakime's control, began to collapse. Tanjiro threw the short swords of his fallen teammates into Muzan's head, saving Mitsuri from being killed. In the end, Yushiro managed to break free of the Infinity Castle using Nakime's remaining cells, allowing everyone to escape the Infinity Castle.

When Tanjiro regained his senses, the Infinity Castle had completely collapsed, and the Demon Slayer Corps members were on a street in the city. There was still about an hour and a half until sunrise. To prevent Muzan from escaping, countless ordinary members who rushed forward died Muzan his attacks. Tanjiro struggled to go and help, but then Muzan consciousness due to the poison Muzan had injected into his right eye, and stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating. While Gyomei Himejima and Sanemi Shinazugawa arrived and held off Muzan, Murata seized the opportunity to carry the dying Tanjiro away from the battlefield.

At this moment, Tanjiro is in a state of "apparent death," showing no signs of life, but his consciousness is attached to his ancestor Sumiyoshi Kamado. In his ancestor's memories from a hundred years ago, he meets Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the creator of Sun Breathing. From Yoriichi's words, Tanjiro learns about his past and, after understanding that Hinokami Kagura is Sun Breathing, learns the truth about the Thirteenth Form from Yoriichi. In the real world, Yushiro and the others inject Tanjiro with a large amount of serum that resists demon blood toxins to save him, awakening Tanjiro.

Muzan injured all the Pillars, as well as Zenitsu and Inosuke Hashibira. Just as he was about to kill Kanao Tsuyuri, who was still conscious, Tanjiro arrived in time, severed Muzan's arm, and rescued Kanao Tsuyuri, entrusting her to Kakuzumi. By analyzing the information left to him by Shinjuro Rengoku and his father Tanjuro Kamado, and by observing Muzan's physical structure, Tanjiro became convinced that the Thirteenth Form of Sun Breathing was an infinite continuous attack using the twelve sword techniques of Sun Breathing in a loop. Although his intelligence and physical condition did not allow him to continue fighting for a long time, Tanjiro still decided to prolong the battle until dawn by continuously using the Thirteenth Form.

Tanjiro, constantly battling on the edge of life and death, grew stronger with each battle, and even transformed his Nichirin Sword into a crimson Crimson Blade without Nezuko's help. Although Tanjiro was constantly weakening due to his injuries and fatigue, Muzan's own body aged by about nine thousand years due to the aging-accelerating drug.

With fifty-nine minutes to go before dawn, Tanjiro successfully unleashed his Thirteenth Form and realized that he could not cause any real damage to Muzan unless he directly attacked Muzan's brain and heart. However, Tanjiro was also gradually becoming oxygen-deprived due to using the Breathing Technique for a long time, and he could not see anything even when he tried to use the Transparent World. He had no choice but to rely on his sense of smell to track Muzan's movements.

As Muzan aged, he revealed the sword scar left by Yoriichi Tsugikuni, which he had kept hidden for a century. Believing that continuing the fight would only drag him down until sunrise, Muzan decided to escape and indiscriminately attacked the bodies of the already dead Demon Slayer Corps members. Seeing this, Tanjiro immediately threw his Nichirin Sword, which had fallen to the ground, at Muzan, while Obanai Iguro rushed forward and pierced Muzan's neck.

As the battle continued, Muzan's body gradually reached its limit. Unable to escape using his split technique, he forcibly used Blood Demon Art Shockwave to attack the two. Tanjiro, who was attacked, was also unable to move due to nervous dysfunction. In order to stand up and help Inosuke Hashibira and Zenitsu, Tanjiro chose to directly use his Crimson Blade to stab himself in the chest to neutralize Muzan's Blood Demon Art, and arrived in time to stop Muzan's attack when Inosuke Hashibira was almost killed.

Ultimately, under the combined attack of everyone, Muzan gradually weakened to the point where he could no longer easily use Blood Demon Art. However, with both arms severed by the Love and Wind Pillars, Muzan directly transformed his head into a giant maw and bit at Tanjiro. Just then Obanai Iguro arrived again and shielded Tanjiro from Muzan's bite with his own body.

Undeterred by his Muzan obsession, the nightmare returns. Facing the approaching dawn, Muzan once again fights with all his Muzan, knocking away Sanemi Shinazugawa and Obanai Iguro. However, Tanjiro still desperately uses his Crimson Blade to trap Muzan. Giyu Tomioka also arrives to help Tanjiro strengthen the Crimson Blade.

Muzan could only release a large amount of flesh to envelop his true form, swallowing Tanjiro as well. Transformed into a giant baby, Muzan tried to escape to a shady spot to avoid the sunlight, but the remaining members of the Demon Slayer Corps did everything in their power to stop him. Just as Muzan was Muzan to burrow underground to escape, Tanjiro, inside the giant baby, attacked Muzan form, rendering him powerless to escape. Ultimately, Muzan turned to ashes in the sunlight.

The battle did not end with Muzan's disappearance. Having already accepted his inevitable Muzan, Kagaya Ubuyashiki had told him before his death, "Life may perish, but will endures and never dies." In order to pass on his will, Muzan poured all his remaining blood and power into the body of the deceased Tanjiro.

Tanjiro quickly overcame the demon blood and, having lost his sense of self, became the new "Demon King" who inherited Muzan's will, beginning his attacks on the surviving Demon Slayer Corps. To prevent Tanjiro from becoming a murderous demon, Giyu Tomioka summoned nearby members who were still able to fight to trap Tanjiro, but Tanjiro, like Nezuko, soon overcame the sunlight.

Inosuke Hashibira, arriving at the scene, nearly gets killed because he can't bring himself to attack Tanjiro. Nezuko, now back to human form, arrives and stops Tanjiro's attack. Despite Nezuko's cries, Tanjiro doesn't regain his senses; instead, he scratches Nezuko's back and uses his Blood Demon Art to send everyone except Nezuko flying. Because he bit Nezuko and remembers the taste of her blood, Tanjiro unleashes his Blood Demon Art to attack those around him.

The long night ended at this moment. Kanao Tsuyuri, holding a backup of the medicine left by Shinobu to turn him back into a human, attacked Tanjiro. Although she successfully injected the medicine into Tanjiro's body with the help of the Crimson Vermilion Eye, she was also injured. Injected with the medicine, Tanjiro finally began to regain his human form at the urging of the crowd. Muzan, Muzan, in Tanjiro's subconscious, tried to prevent him from becoming human again. But with the support of the spirits of his deceased family and comrades, Tanjiro broke free from Muzan's grasp. Faced with Muzan's temptation to become a demon and gain eternal life, Tanjiro declared that he would live, grow old, get sick, and die as a human, and would never become a demon who sacrificed himself for eternity. In the end, Tanjiro awoke at the urging of the crowd and became human again.

After the final battle, Tanjiro's arm and eyes, which had recovered from his Demonization, atrophied and he went blind. Before leaving, Yushiro expressed his hope that Tanjiro would live on for Tamayo. After the Demon Slayer Corps disbanded, Tanjiro bid farewell to his companions and his master Sakonji Urokodaki. After visiting the grave, he returned to his hometown with his sister, Zenitsu, Inosuke Hashibira.

Although Kiriya Ubuyashiki sent a lot of money to ensure the Kamado siblings' livelihood, the two decided to continue working as charcoal burners. Despite the town beginning to popularize gas, the Kamado family's charcoal was still very popular because of its high quality.

In the special manga "Tanjiro's Current Status Report" in the second volume of the official guidebook, it is mentioned that Tanjiro goes to Kanao Tsuyuri once a month to check on his health. Nezuko also often comes to Kanao Tsuyuri's place to learn how to cook and brings back local specialties such as ramune soda.

She later married Kanao Tsuyuri. Their great-grandchildren, Kanata Kamado and Sumihiko Kamado, live in modern-day Tokyo. When he was a child, he heard the story of the Demon Slayer Corps from his grandmother and was moved and missed them.

Tanjiro's Hinokami Kagura has been passed down, and Kanata Kamado and Sumihiko Kamado would go to the shrine managed by the Ubuyashiki Family to Kagura every year.

Afterwards, Muichiro Tokito asked Tanjiro about the whereabouts of Kozo Kanamori and why Tanjiro was so happy when he helped him. When he heard Tanjiro say, "Helping others brings joy, and you will be rewarded in return," Muichiro Tokito reacted with a strange expression and wondered if he had met Tanjiro before.

Just then, Upper Hantengu, suddenly appeared. After Muichiro Tokito beheaded Hantengu, it didn't disappear; instead, it split into two demons, Sekido and Karaku. After Karaku fanned out a strong wind that blew Muichiro Tokito, Genya Shinazugawa arrived Oni Giri, but this only caused Hantengu to split into two more demons, Urogi Aizetsu. The four demons joined forces to suppress everyone. But in the end, Tanjiro used the burning blade "Crimson Blade," which appeared after Nezuko's Blood Demon Art, to unleash Hinokami Kagura - Head Dance, severely injuring the three demons, Enraged and Cola, while also sensing the location of Hantengu's true form, "Coward." Tanjiro then asked Genya Shinazugawa to slay the demon, but because Genya Shinazugawa failed to behead "Coward," he had to take matters into his own hands.

Nezuko Kamado, the female protagonist of this series, is Tanjiro Kamado's younger sister. She was turned into a demon by Muzan Kibutsuji's blood. She usually hides in the box behind Tanjiro, suppressing her demonic instincts with her rationality and fighting alongside Tanjiro.

She has long, black hair with orange ends, which she usually wears loose. She wears a pink kimono with a braided pattern and a black haori over it. She is a demon girl who always has a bamboo tube in her mouth. Before Demonization, she wore her hair in a bun. She has a cute appearance and is a well-regarded beauty in the town.

Before becoming a demon: Nezuko was a kind and gentle girl who cared for her family. However, according to her younger brother Takeo Kamado, Nezuko was actually like Tanjiro, the kind of person who was gentle but terrifying when angry. When she was a child, she once scared an adult who was bullying a child to the point of kneeling down and begging for mercy.

After becoming a demon: Having lost her human consciousness, she became only at the level of a child in terms of intelligence and behavior. Because of a suggestion from Sakonji Urokodaki, Nezuko subconsciously regards all humans as family and protects them, and regards demons as mortal enemies.

Initially, she feared sunlight due to her Demonization and often needed to use a specially made box to shrink her body and hide behind her brother. Through self-adaptation, she was able to meet her energy needs through sleep, thus suppressing her cannibalistic instincts and fighting demons to protect humanity.