After turning into a demon, Nezuko still contains her human consciousness while in her demonic state. Other demons that she and Tanjiro have encountered noticed that Nezuko is different from their kind. Instead of relying on human blood to survive, she uses sleep to revitalize her energy.
What does Nezuko need to survive?
It’s a good thing that Nezuko only needs to sleep for sustenance and doesn’t need food. Nezuko’s family works in the charcoal business, meaning that they work using fire a lot.
So, when does Nezuko turn back into human?
Yes, she does. Right before Tanjiro temporarily becomes a Demon, they are able to turn Nezuko back into a human again, and it is also through her actions as a human (and Kanao’s as well) that they are able to turn Tanjiro back into his ordinary self.
The first reason is that demons don’t need to eat humans to survive as they are immortal and they would only eat humans to gain more strength, and the only reason Nezuko doesn’t eat humans is that she see every human as her family because Urokodaki the teacher of Tanjiro hypnotized nezuko to not eat humans and see every human as her family.
This of course begs the question “What is Nezuko kamado’s humanity?”
Nezuko is a major character in the series and her humanity is what drives the narrative so there’s still so much to uncover about Nezuko Kamado. After turning into a demon, Nezuko still contains her human consciousness while in her demonic state. Other demons that she and Tanjiro have encountered noticed that Nezuko is different from their kind.
How did Nezuko become a demon?
What we know is that he was once a sickly, weak human at some point and he was turned into a Demon around 1700’s by some Doctor, he killed the doctor not knowing that the doctor medication was working and the doctor was working on a cure for his day light problems Ohh and he was the first demon by the way 5K views View upvotes View 1 share.
This begs the question “Why did Nezuko turn into a demon?”
Lets find out. thus, Muzan created demons for hundreds of years even when he didn’t want to turn someone. Since he didn’t know anything about the Blue Spider Lily medicine, he needed others to find the plant for him by happenstance. This is the general reason why Muzan turned Nezuko into a demon.
Being a sole survivor of demons with his brother Tanjiro, she herself is in a constant struggle with becoming a demon and retaining her humanity. It’s one of the reasons why Nezuko has been an important character in the show. Let’s take a look at what makes Nezuko so special in Demon Slayer.