Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado are the main characters of “Kimetsu no Yaiba“, one becoming a demon hunter who seeks to make his sister human again, and this one precisely transforming into a demon following the attack that wiped out his entire family. Throughout the manga and the anime, we’re learning more about the Demon Hunter lore, and that’s why it seems to me necessary to talk about Tanjuro Kamado, the father of these brothers.
Who is Tanjiro’s father? It was Tanjuro Kamado
- We meet Tanjuro Kamado during the story of Kimetsu no Yaiba through multiple and constant flashbacks, the reason? That He dies before the story begins. that Koyoharu Gotouge prepared.
- Tanjiro’s father dies naturally due to a disease that constantly weakened him. It was something that was reflected in his appearance and in the fact that he could not perform physical activities on a regular basis.
- Does this mean that he was a weak man? Not at all, well Despite his condition, he could perform the Hinokami Kagura dance even in extremely cold conditions.. On the other hand, he can even be seen killing a bear over two meters tall without too much difficulty.
- Tanjuro Kamado also had a character that defined him to be calm, understandable and affectionate. He was a father figure who, along with Kie Kamado, Tanjiro and Nezuko’s mother, taught these two and the rest of the siblings to take care of others and treat people the way one would like to be treated.
Tanjuro Kamado, the dance and the demon hunters (SPOILERS)
- Obviously, as we progress through the story of Kimetsu no Yaiba we realize that the Hinokami Kagura dance is not just a “ritual dance”. This is neither more nor less than the living representation of the Breath of the Sunthe first of the breaths, the most powerful of all and from which all the other forms of combat of the hunters of demons derive.
- How is something like this possible? Because Tanjuro Kamado, as well as Tanjiro himself, is a descendant of the Yoriichi Tsugikuni line.who created the Breath of the Sun and from whom Muzan hid for decades until he simply died of old age.
- It’s like that the Hinokami Kagura, that mystical dance that Tanjiro remembers from his father, is how the Breath of the Sun was passed down from generation to generation so that its power would not be lost, as he is the only one who can directly confront Muzan. The same goes for Tanjiro’s peculiar earrings as well as the scar on his forehead, representing the famous Hunter’s Mark, which grants access to abilities beyond the human limit.
- It was for all this that Tanjuro Kamado, despite having a weak body, was able to perform unusual physical activities. At the end, the mastery he possessed of the Hinokami Kagura gave him access to a type of breathing that improved each of the qualities of his body.
The interventions of Tanjiro’s father in Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Obviously, having died before Kimetsu no Yaiba started as such, Tanjuro Kamado’s interventions are extremely limitedbut as I commented, they keep happening in the form of memories of Tanjiro himself.
- The first of Tanjuro Kamado’s most notable interventions takes place during Tanjiro’s confrontation with Rui. When it seems to have nothing to do with the Low Moon, Tanjiro remembers his father’s movements and words about the Hinokami Kagurawhich causes him to perform the dance moves by changing his Breath of Water into an early form of Breath of the Sun (which nonetheless possesses tremendous attack power).
- Another of Tanjiro’s father’s most notable interventions comes during the Infinity Train arc. At first, when Tanjiro is trapped in the dream world created by Enmu, Tanjuro seems to guide his son in order to find a way to escape this trap.. On the other hand, Tanjiro himself refers to his father moments later when he gets the chance to deliver the final blow to Enmu.
And that’s all you need to know about who Tanjiro’s father is. Indeed, Tanjuro Kamado is a character whose relevance and implications for the lore of the “Kimetsu no Yaiba” universe continue to grow as more episodes are added. Although logically he never has the direct impact of others given his untimely death, I think it’s still interesting to see how his figure serves to gradually reveal the secrets of something so relevant as the origin of demon hunters.