NezuKana

"you can’t let nezuko chan cry, okay…?"

- Kanao on the Kimetsu no yaiba manga chapter 202.

nezukana is the slash ship between Kanao Tsuyuri and Nezuko Kamado from the Demon Slayer fandom.

Canon
Kanao and nezuko’s first met in episode 21 on Natagumo Mountain Arc. Their first meeting is rough as Kanao is trying to kill Nezuko due to her orders from Shinobu, and thus chases Nezuko through the forest. Kanao attempts to cut her head off but Nezuko dodges by shrinking into a child, Nezuko keeps dodging and running away without fighting back which makes kanao wonder why, as Kanao is about to land a hit she gets interrupted by the Kasugai crows announcing that nezuko and tanjiro need to brought to headquarters, kanao then bends down and asks "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 when Tanjiro is turned to a demon and has a hold of Nezuko, Kanao injects Tanjiro with Shinobu’s medicine saving Nezuko.

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

in chapter 204 we see their reincarnations; kanata and touko holding hands, flirting and planning a date.

in Kimetsu gakuen

Nezuko and kanao (along with tanjiro) walk home together getting some boba along the way

=fanon=

Kananezu is a rare pair in the demon slayer fandom, with very few fans and a very scarce amount of fan work. Even though they haven't talk to each other much some fans liked there dynamic between the two and think Nezuko can get Kanao to talk more. This ship is overshadowed by there more popular (canon) ships TanKana for Kanao and ZenNezu for Nezuko.

This ship is mostly seen as a very close friendship between the two, however there are some people who ship them romantically.

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= trivia=

• their sections in the 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, in chapter 21 kanao and Nezuko are seen holding hands

• they’re both younger siblings of their family

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 * nezukanaaoi is the ship between Nezuko Kamado, Kanao Tsuyuri and Aoi Kanazaki