The profound feelings and journey of growth embodied in Kanao Tsuyuri’s quotes
Here are some of Kanao Tsuyuri’s standout quotes that shine brightly in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Behind her unchanging expression and calm, matter-of-fact tone, you can glimpse the painful memories she carries.
Yet her heart gradually begins to thaw, and warmth starts to flow into her words.
In this article, we’ve gathered memorable lines from Kanao Tsuyuri that truly resonate.
Please enjoy these quotes that evoke iconic scenes—from the quiet, emotionless Kanao to the fiery rage she unveils in the Infinity Castle.
The deep feelings and path of growth embedded in Kanao Tsuyuri’s famous quotes (1–10)
I want to train with the master more.
Pillar Training began, and Kanao told Shinobu that she was going to the Wind Hashira’s place.
Kanao had been looking forward to Shinobu’s Pillar Training as well, so she asked, “Would it be all right to have my teacher’s training after the Stone Hashira’s?” But there she learned that Shinobu would not be participating in the Pillar Training.
Kanao seemed shocked, yet, fidgeting shyly, she conveyed these words to Shinobu.
Because of her past, when Kanao first came to the Butterfly Mansion she didn’t speak and wouldn’t eat unless told to.
Now she’s able to express her feelings honestly.
Shinobu must have been happy too… instead of her usual fixed smile, she smiled in a way that looked truly joyful.
I’m sorry I couldn’t cry back then.
Kanao was rescued by the Kocho sisters just as she was about to be sold by her parents, and she began living at the Butterfly Estate.
In the midst of this, her older sister Kanae lost her life after being defeated in battle by Doma, Upper Rank Two.
While everyone shed tears over Kanae’s death, Kanao alone could not cry—because she had grown up in an environment where crying led to severe violence.
After finally defeating Doma and searching for Kocho’s hairpin, she uttered these words of apology.
Then, holding Kanae’s hairpin she had inherited and the Kocho hairpin she had found close to her chest, a flood of emotion burst forth.
Thinking of the people dear to her, she was at last able to cry.
I wanted to protect you. I wanted to risk my life to protect you. I wanted to go home together.
Kanao’s Flower Breathing includes the Final Form, Scarlet Spider Lily Eyes.
This technique carries the risk of blindness, but near the end of the battle with Doma, Kanao decided to use it.
In that moment, she remembered Shinobu, who worried about her.
Shinobu had resolved to give her own life to defeat Doma, yet she was heartbroken at the thought that Kanao—like a little sister to her—might lose her sight.
Moved by Shinobu’s kindness and nobility, Kanao thought these words in her heart.
…It was a wish that could no longer come true.
What were you born for?
At the Infinity Castle, Kanao hurled a scathing remark at Doma.
Doma claimed Akaza was his best friend and even shed tears, saying he was sad about his death.
But Kanao pointed out that, despite saying he was sad, Doma’s expression didn’t change at all—that it was all nonsense and just an act.
In fact, when his father killed his mother and his mother then took her own life, Doma felt nothing.
Kanao struck a nerve, mocking him as ridiculous and foolish.
Then, with a chilling smile, she delivered those final words.
They weren’t related by blood, but her expression was reminiscent of Shinobu Kocho.
I’ll definitely cut them down. I will absolutely see it through.
Before the battle in the Infinity Castle, Kanao had been told by Kocho about her plan to make Douma absorb a body filled with wisteria poison.
Kocho had asked her, “I will definitely weaken the demon, so Kanao, you must cut off its head and finish it.” Fighting alongside Inosuke and confronting Douma, the poison finally begins to take effect.
In that moment, Kanao speaks these words in her heart as if addressing Kocho and moves in to deliver the finishing blow to Douma.
It was a line that conveyed her strong resolve—to keep her promise to Kocho and never let her sacrifice be in vain.
How dare you kill my flesh and blood!!
By “family,” it refers to Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho.
For Kanao, who was abused by her parents and sold, they were people she could truly call her real family.
These words are directed at Doma, the demon who took that family from her.
Facing Doma, Kanao was overwhelmed by his strength, yet felt an even stronger anger.
Becoming fully aware of the hatred inside her, she confronts Doma with these words as her starting point.
It’s a moving quote that conveys just how precious the Kocho sisters were to Kanao.
If everything’s whatever to you, can’t you decide for yourself?
https://www.tiktok.com/@w._xm6/video/7515321506725940498These words are what Kanao said to Tanjiro while he was undergoing rehabilitation training at the Butterfly Mansion.
When Tanjiro spoke to her, Kanao flipped a coin, and after confirming it landed tails, she began to speak.
She said that for anything she isn’t instructed to do, she decides by flipping a coin.
Tanjiro, puzzled, asked, “Why don’t you decide for yourself?” And these are the words Kanao replied with.
Kanao had been abused by her parents in the past, and at some point she stopped feeling anything, and everything became meaningless to her.