Does Nezuko Die in ‘Demon Slayer’?
Technically yes, but so does everyone else.
Nezuko has a rough go of things in Demon Slayer. Her entire family (save for her plot-armored brother) is murdered, and then she gets turned into a demon by the Demon King Muzan himself. Her human life as she knows it is over, which I suppose could count a metaphorical death, but her physical body is very much alive. In fact, she’s doing better than ever. Her newfound demon powers give her the ability to go toe to toe with some of the series strongest villains, and she lacks all the disadvantages of regular demons. Unlike them, she can go out in the sun without harm and survive without consuming blood. It’s a win-win. From then on, Nezuko spends the the vast majority of Demon Slayer series alive and well.
Until the very end, that is. Warning: spoilers. At the end of the series, the Demon King Muzan is defeated, and Nezuko’s humanity is restored. Demons are purged from the world, the Tanjiro and the rest of the Demon Slayer Corps are free to hang up their swords and live out the remainder of their lives in demon-free peace. And they do, until they all peacefully die of old age, Nezuko included.
I only mention this because manga technically continues after all the main protagonists are dead—the epilogue is set in modern day Japan. In the epilogue, the descendants/reincarnations of Demon Slayers‘ main characters are pictured living picturesque lives—Nezuko’s included. Toko Agatsuma is Nezuko’s great-granddaughter she has a little brother named Yoshiteru and two unnamed little sisters.
So there you have it, Nezuko eventually dies of old-age, like every other human in existence someday will, but she does not die during the main events of the manga. Or rather, she’s not killed horribly like some other unfortunate characters who didn’t live long enough to see a demon-free world. Why couldn’t Muzan have turned them into demons too?
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