˖𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒Nezuko kamado౨ৎ ̊⟡˖ ࣪

Nezuko Kamado (竈門かまど 禰ね豆ず子こ, Kamado Nezuko) is the deuteragonist of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is a demon and the younger sister of Tanjiro Kamado and one of the two remaining members of the Kamado family. Formerly a human, she was attacked and transformed into a demon by Muzan Kibutsuji.

She was born in Japan, during the Taishō era (1912-1926). Though this era is known for the growing blend of Japanese traditionalism and modernism, Nezuko herself is from a rural village, where she and her family lived in a small house in the woods, away from most other residents of the area. While living at home, Nezuko was devoted to her family, willing to take on the responsibilities that were passed on to her in the absence of her father. Nezuko was a responsible and caring older sister to her younger siblings, assisting her mother in their upbringing.

Nezuko is a young girl with fair skin, visibly large, prominent fangs, a slender build, and sharp, stiletto nails with a base color of light pink and ombre fading to a red-pinkish color at the end where they point. Her hair is long, black, and wavy. It reaches just below her waist, turning a flame-orange color as it passes her elbows, and appears to be crimped into large, straight ridges, worn side-swept drastically to her left. She has soft-looking, pale pink eyes that appear a lighter color around the rims of their irises, slanted downward toward the sides of her face and framed by notably long eyelashes, the pupils of which can appear slit as she transforms. In the manga, Nezuko can sometimes be shown with more than one bow. According to Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko was known as a great beauty in their home town.

She wears a light pink kimono with an asanoha (hemp leaf) pattern, the lining a paler pink, secured by a red and white-checkered hanhaba obi with an orange-threaded obijime and a green obiage. Over this, she sports a long, dark-brown haori that reaches her calves, as well as a pair of zōri with pink straps and white tabi socks, wrapped with thick pieces of black material resembling kyahan. Nezuko also wears a small pink ribbon on the left side of her head to keep her hair out of her face, along with the bamboo muzzle Giyu Tomioka gave her, which is secured around her jaw with a strip of red cloth.

Nezuko's original personality as a human was that of a kind and caring girl who thought of others before herself, much like her older brother, Tanjiro. Additionally, she was a responsible elder sister to her younger siblings and often put their needs before her own. Nezuko is, however, not afraid to get in harm's way, protecting her friends from demons even after being returned to a human state. It is also shown that Nezuko's humane, laid-back demeanor supports this fact after Tanjiro apologizes to her.

While Nezuko initially starts off like any other demon, bloodthirsty and hungry for human flesh, after seeing her brother's desire to protect her from being killed by a Demon Slayer despite her being a demon, she changes completely and becomes fiercely protective of him. Nezuko seems to have forgotten a good portion of her memories as a human, besides those related to her family, and thus doesn't retain the exact personality she had before transformation, instead acting akin to a child. She is still very caring and protective towards humans who she sees as members of her family, although this is mainly due to the influence Sakonji Urokodaki had on her while she was asleep for two years. Nezuko also retains some of her human emotions, as she has been seen to cry when sad and smile when happy, but in general, she appears more detached than her human cohorts, although she is still much calmer and less malicious than most demons. Nezuko also tends to see the images of her siblings in other humans, like Rokuta Kamado in Yushiro.

Since becoming a demon, Nezuko appears to have become rather brazen and does not seem to fear fighting; she fiercely guards her brother as well as her allies. She has also developed a strong willpower, which can be seen through her refusal to consume human flesh or blood, even in cases of extreme injury or exposure to human blood, which can be seen when she refuses Sanemi Shinazugawa after he attempts to lure her into biting him with his Marechi blood.

She has a list of abilities including

• Size Manipulation - Able to manipulate her physical form and age to a certain extent. Often used by Nezuko to travel when carried inside a box by Tanjiro by returning to a younger infant stage. During battle, she shows growth in which she transforms into an adult body more suitable for fighting. However, using this form causes her to exert more energy noted by the time she tries to run away after getting injured from her first battle due to exhaustion.
• Natural Strength - Being a demon, she is easily able to fight against other demons. Using brute force to handle most situations, she was not formally trained. She is especially strong considering she has never consumed human blood.
• Enhanced Regeneration - Possesses extraordinary regeneration abilities, common to demons. However, at full potential she is able to solidify and manipulate her blood at will.
• Demon Transformation - Further transforming into a berserk state, indicated by a single horn that protrudes from the right side of her forehead. Vine-like tattoos circling her entire body appear, as well as veins around her body and forehead. This form increases her overall abilities at the cost of needing to consume humans for energy.
• Blood Demon Arts - (血鬼術) Able to ignite her blood from range, she is able to control flames that can be used offensively or defensively. This art can be used in combination with Tanjiro’s Dance of the Flame God. One of the blood arts used to protect Tanjiro in the fight against Rui.