The journey of Tanjiro Kamado has been depicted in the manga Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba. This began when he was 5 years old, where his family is attacked by demons and only one remains alive from the attack, Nezuko Kamado; who is now a demon after being consumed by anger and hatred after their massacre.
From then on, Tanjiro vowed to himself that he would find a cure to make his sister go back to being human. He trained hard and fought strong demons. But some fans were wondering about Tanjiro’s age. What is the protagonist’s age in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba?
How Old is Tanjiro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba?
Since Demon Slayer tackled Tanjiro’s journey, the whole story did not happen in just a year. When the series started, Tanjiro is 13 years old and it was during this age when he found his whole family dead and his remaining sister was turned into a demon.
Tanjiro joined the demon slayer corps at age 15. He had taken two years of training with Sakonji when he learned to breathe underwater, and his skills improved. Tanjiro joins an organization by chapter 204. By 16 years old, he had successfully completed several missions with friends
Within a short span of time, Tanjiro grew old and became skilled in many different types of combat. He has total concentration, water breathing style, Dance of the Fire God and Thunder Breathing to name only a few.
Tanjiro also has other innate abilities like the enhanced sense of smell, animal communication, and a hard head. He was strong-willed even as a child, which his friends struggled with at times.
Tanjiro would feel bad for the demons he killed regardless of their innocence or intentions. Tanjiro’s kindness made him one of the most popular protagonists in the anime world.
Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba is a manga series about seventeen-year-old Tanjiro, who pledges his life to slay the demons that should be purged from the human world.