Tanjiro Kamado

Tanjiro Kamado is a Demon Slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps who joined to find a remedy to turn his sister, Nezuko Kamado, back into a human and to hunt down and kill demons, and later swore to defeat Muzan Kibutsuji, the King of Demons, in order to prevent others from suffering the same fate as him. Before he became a Demon Slayer, Tanjiro was a coal burner before his family was slaughtered by Muzan, while his younger sister, Nezuko, was turned into a demon. Tanjiro is very kind by nature and has been described by others as having very gentle eyes and a compassionate persona. He exhibits a great deal of determination and will not give up once he has a goal to achieve. Even though he is relatively strong on his own, Tanjiro isn't opposed to asking others for help when he needs it. He is very protective of his friends, and even more so of his younger sister. However, despite his kind and understanding nature, Tanjiro does have a limit to his tolerance and has a distaste for rudeness and cowardice, as he easily becomes annoyed by Zenitsu Agatsuma's constant whining and angered by Inosuke Hashibira's barbaric actions. Tanjiro is direct and very honest, taking everyone's words with sincerity and seriousness. He has difficulty lying, and doing so causes his face to contort severely as his honest nature clashes with the insincerity of his words. Having grown up in the countryside of Japan, Tanjiro has no experience of life in large urban areas and does not know what a red-light district is. Under Tanjiro's rather kind and friendly shell is a person with a growing fire of rage and vengeance inside of them. In the face of irrational evil, Tanjiro shows a more cold and terrifying side of himself, acting more violently towards his opponents as a result. Tanjiro's most notable attribute is his ability to empathize with anyone, even demons, which initially made him hesitate before delivering the final blow. Tanjiro has a unique ideology regarding demons, believing that those who have committed evil should be killed without mercy, but those who regret their actions should not be belittled after their deaths, showing great nuance and maturity in Tanjiro's thinking, probably brought about by his sister. This is reflected through his frequent prayers for demons killed by him. Tanjiro's compassion was so strong, that he was not above consoling particularly cruel demons defeated by him in their final moments. For instance, he beheaded Mother using a painless Water Breathing form after sensing that she was so filled with despair that she preferred death by his blade. Much later, when Daki and Gyutaro are beheaded and exchanging venomous hatred towards each other, Tanjiro gags the latter and gently tells them to not fight as after all the suffering they caused the demon siblings needed each other for support. Moreover, his compassion for demons was an abnormality amongst the Demon Slayers Corps as even the most virtuous members viewed them as either mindless beasts or odious villains to be executed without sympathy or regrets. His courage to protect the weak commits him to face his enemies with respect and dignity, whether they are good people or evil demons. Tanjiro is adamant about serving justice to the evil by any means necessary, even declaring to cut off the heads of demons who have committed heinous crimes and confronting them about their inhumane mindset and their criminal deeds. Tanjiro inherited his rock hard forehead from his mother. Tanjiro was born on Mount Kumotori in Okutama, Tokyo. Tanjiro is able to understand what birds are saying by determining their emotions based on smell. Tanjiro is tone deaf. Tanjiro was the one who found his father dying and coughing up blood. Tanjiro was also the one who found his grandmother dying. One time he visited the village, he smelt the scent of blood from a dying person. He informed them and realized that had he not been there, the family wouldn't have realized that someone was dying. Tanjiro's favorite food is angelica sprouts. When they're on the table, even if he keeps himself composed, one can notice his nostrils flaring. Tanjiro's hobbies are Cleaning and Headbutting. Tanjiro's favorite riceball flavor is plum seaweed. Due to his kind nature and the fact that he was good at cooking, fellow Demon Slayers affectionately nicknamed him "Mom". Nezuko Kamado is the younger sister of Tanjiro Kamado, one of the two remaining members of the Kamado family, and an informal member of the Demon Slayer Corps. Formerly a human, she was attacked and transformed into a demon by Muzan Kibutsuji. 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. While Nezuko initially started 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 has 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. 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. Since becoming a demon, Nezuko has 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. On the rare occasion that Nezuko attempts speech, she has been seen to stutter a lot, which may be due to her bamboo mouthpiece, which is seldom removed, and the fact that she didn't speak for a number of years after her transformation. However, after developing resistance towards sunlight, which allows her to go outside and interact with others more often, her speech has shown signs of improvement, and she is able to fully pronounce words if someone else has just spoken them, or hears them repeated frequently enough. Nezuko has the subconscious memory of Muzan callously slaughtering her family and harbors a deep anger and resentment towards demons. This anger manifests into protectiveness and determination when she witnesses demons harming innocent humans in which she pictures the images of her family. However, she also sees other friendly demons as her family. Interestingly, when she first fully awakened her demonic powers, Nezuko revealed a side to her that was severely uncharacteristic of her usual benevolence. Although she was at first fueled by the same vengeance against demons, as an awakened demon herself, her rage grew beyond being justified at being a victim of their cruelty. Nezuko tortured the demon in a manner typical of the species' sadism towards humans, demonstrated by her wicked grin and laughter as she brutalized her opponent. Nezuko had also regressed back to her feral demonic state. Fortunately, Tanjiro intervened and brought Nezuko back to her normal self by singing a lullaby their late mother sung, filling Nezuko with enough shame and grief for her to regain control of her impulses. Eventually, Nezuko was able to control herself in this form, enabling her to fight with a stable mind and her superior strength together. Nezuko is the first demon to ever be a member of the Demon Slayer Corps. Nezuko was born on Mount Kumotori in Okutama, Tokyo.