NezuKana

"You can’t let Nezuko-chan cry, okay…?"

- Kanao in Kimetsu no Yaiba manga Chapter 202.

NezuKana is the femslash ship between Kanao Tsuyuri and Nezuko Kamado from the Demon Slayer fandom.

Canon
Kanao and Nezuko first meet in Chapter 44/Episode 21 on Natagumo Mountain. Their first meeting is rough as Kanao is trying to kill Nezuko, due to Nezuko trying to flee from Shinobu and thus Kanao chases Nezuko through the forest, she rather quickly catches up with Nezuko and attempts to cut her head off. This plan fails due to Nezuko shrinking into child-size and keeps running away, and thus dodging the attacks. As the chase continues Nezuko does not attempt to fight Kanao eventhough she tries to kill her. Kanao is left blaffled by the idea of a demon not attacking humans. When the Kasugai crow calls out to bring Nezuko and Tanjiro to headquarters, Kanao then bends down and asks her "are you Nezuko?".

In the omake, she is also seen bending down a bit asking Nezuko if she's okay with going in the box.

After the Swordsmith Village Arc when Nezuko is able to speak she stays at the Butterfly Mansion, where Kanao also stays. In the omake, Kanao is seen showing Nezuko a butterfly on her hand.

After the fight with Douma, as we see a flashback of Nezuko clinging on to Kanao’s skirt, Kanao says that she values her comrades, Nezuko being one of them.

While Nezuko is returning back into a human she has a flashback of Kanao smiling at her when she was in her box, meaning that Nezuko remember their interactions.

During the final battle in the Sunrise Countdown Arc, while Tanjiro was turned into a demon and had a hold of Nezuko. Kanao arrives with the vale of medicine. She rushes in while using her final form. Kanao injects Tanjiro with Shinobu’s medicine and says "You mustn't make Nezuko cry." after this Kanao gets hit to the ground. Nezuko, who was stil in the hold of Tanjiro, called out to Kanao with tears in her eyes saving Nezuko.

It's shown that Nezuko cares enough about Kanao, as seen when Nezuko referred to her as Kanao-chan, thus implying that there are some closeness between them.

They become sisters-in-law when Kanao and Tanjiro got married.

In Kimetsu gakuen, Nezuko and Kanao (along with Tanjiro) walk home together getting some boba along the way.

Fanon
is fairly popular within the Demon Slayer fandom, with a handful of fans and a scarce amount of fan work. Even though they haven't talked to each other much on screen, some fans liked the dynamic between them and believe Nezuko can get Kanao to talk more. Others ship them because of the similarity in their characters and narratives. This ship is frequently overshadowed by their more popular (canon) ships. TanKana for Kanao and ZenNezu for Nezuko. It is sometimes shipped alongside ZenTan. Some fans of NezuKana began shipping it because they also ship ZenTan.

This ship is mostly seen as a very close friendship between the two. However, people who enjoy femslash content are likely to ship them in a romantic sense. This ship currently has over 100 works on Ao3.

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Trivia

 * Their sections in Koyoharu Gotoge’s Kimetsu no Yaiba art exhibition are right next to each other.
 * Kanao and Nezuko use the honorific “-chan” to address each other, implying there’s some closeness between them.
 * They’re the only girls in the Kamaboko Squad.
 * Nezuko often buys ramune as souvenir which is Kanao’s favorite food.
 * Nezuko was stated to frequently vist Kanao in the Kimetsu no Yaiba Oneshot - Tanjiro’s Status Report.
 * In Kimetsu no Aima Chapter 21, Kanao and Nezuko are seen holding hands.
 * They’re both younger siblings of their family.

Variations

 * NezuKanaAo refers to the ship between the two and Aoi Kanzaki