Nezuko Kamado is one of the main characters of the hit new shonen anime, Demon Slayer. She is the younger sister of the title character of the series, Tanjiro and one of the last members of his family line. She showed up and immediately stole the hearts of anime fans everywhere.

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Due to the way she showed up and her past she has quickly become this anime season's character that everyone is saying, "must be protected at all costs". Honestly, they're right, and there are a lot of reasons that it's true.

10 SHE'S TANJIRO'S LITTLE SISTER

Being a little sister in an anime as crazy as this is definitely reason enough for adding Nezuko to a list of characters to protect at all costs as is. The fact that she is the younger sister of Tanjiro's little sister out of everyone amplifies this even further.

Tanjiro has been through so much that it would be horrible for him to lose something else. His whole goal is to save his little sister and make the world safer for her. That's why this reason is so important.

9 SHE IS ONE OF THE LAST MEMBERS OF THE KAMADO FAMILY

The Kamado family happy together in Demon Slayer.

Nezuko and Tanjiro are the last two members of their family's bloodline which is another huge reason that she and her big brother really need to survive the rest of this series. As said earlier, one of the goals of Tanjiro is to get revenge on the things that killed his family and to keep the rest of that bloodline going would be one of the best victories possible.

This bloodline is the key factor of the series and Tanjiro's whole reason for being who he is now which makes of the utmost importance to keep Nezuko protected.

8 SHE'S A LITTLE KID

demon slayer nezuko

One thing that no one wants to see in any anime whether it is dark or not is for a little kid to get hurt. Everyone knows that the small child being protected is one of the most attractive tropes in a series. It worked in The Mandalorian and it definitely helped get an audience of fans into Demon Slayer.

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The goal of the series is to protect this little girl just as it is in other series. Of course she's going to need to be protected for this reason.

7 HER PERSONALITY

Just like any other little kid, Nezuko's personality is very kind and caring.  It was seen and is said that she was the type of child that would always think about others much more than she would think of herself and thus would do a lot to make others happy.

She was actually a lot like her older brother, Tanjiro. She was a responsible older sister that was always there for her younger siblings, again, a lot like her big brother.

6 FANS WANT TO SEE HER RETURNED TO NORMAL

Nezuko changed a lot when she became a demon. She forgot a good bit of her memories from her life as a human other than that of her family. This led to her personality receiving somewhat of an overhaul. While she is still caring and very protective of those close to her she is a lot more detached and became brazen.

This, of course, makes fans hope that she is somehow returned fully to the girl she once was. Only time will tell if she will actually reach this goal however.

Being such a big person in the series, Nezuko is, of course, a very popular character. Even after her first appearance in the series, she stole the hearts of readers and anime watchers everywhere. The memes featuring the character even made her well-loved by those that have never even touched Demon Slayer.

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In fact, in the first character popularity poll for the series, Nezuko was ranked in third place with 3,319 votes. As said earlier, she is a very popular character.

4 SHE IS ADORABLE

Even though she looks a bit scary in her demon form, Nezuko is one of the most adorable characters in the series. Nezuko is a small young girl that the artist behind the series obviously made sure to make adorable as possible. According to the reactions of fans everywhere, he definitely succeeded.

From her first appearance, viewers even fell in love with the character's adorable nature and that has carried over even until now with her becoming a demon and having some scary looks at times.

3 SHE IS BADASS

nezuko in demon slayer

After Nezuko's demonic transformation she quickly became one of the most badass characters in the series and actually has been in quite a few fights during the story. This is of course due to her new form changing her personality and giving her a good arrangement of new abilities.

These abilities include enhanced strength, a healing factor, size manipulation, power restoration, and of course, her awesome Blood Demon Art Bakketsu or Exploding Blood.

2 FANS WANT TO SEE HER REGAIN HER MEMORIES

tanjiro kamado from demon slayer smiling and extending his hand

To see Nezuko finally get all of her memories back will truly be one of the biggest payoffs in anime. It would truly be a great finale to see her interact with Tanjiro and their new friends after all they've been through while she's 100% back to her old and caring self that everyone saw at the beginning of the anime.

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While the conclusion would probably be just as strong if Nezuko didn't get her memories back, it'd be even more satisfying to see her become her full self again.

1 THE MEMES

This is, of course, the elephant in the room but yes, one of the reasons that Nezuko is so popular. The character actually burst on the scene and blew up in popularity due to the memes surrounding her animated appearance.

Nezuko has quickly become one of the most popular characters of the season all because of this and it just so happens to be one of the reasons that so many gave the series a chance to begin with.

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