‘Demon Slayer’: Was Mitsuri Kanroji Married?

Mitsuri Kanroji is a major supporting character in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is a Demon Slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Love Hashira. Mitsuri Kanroji played a large role in the manga, and with the Swordsmith Village Arc finally being adapted into an anime, we have finally gotten the chance to see more of her and her story in the anime as well. Mitsuri might come off as a very straightforward, happy-go-lucky type of character, but she had a very interesting and empowering backstory. This article will be dedicated to that backstory, as we will tell you whether the Love Hashira, Mitsuri Kanroji was ever married in Demon Slayer.

No, Mitsuri Kanroji was never married, although her reincarnation later ends with Obanai. As was the tradition of her time, she was supposed to marry when she was still a minor, but several interviews with potential fiances failed because of Mitsuri’s inherent oddness. But these experiences made her stronger, and she learned how to distinguish real love from everything else, which made her a stronger character.

This article will be the most informative guide on Mitsuri Kanroji you need. We will give you a full introduction to her backstory and some other related aspects of Mitsuri’s story, those that are relevant to understanding what happened to her in her past and why she became the person we see today. You’ll get many answers related to Mitsuri Kanroji, as we plan to provide you with everything you need related to the question. We must warn you that the article will contain some spoilers, so be careful how you approach it.

No, Mitsuri Kanroji was never married, but she did come close

Mitsuri, one of five siblings born during the Meiji era, shocked even her strong mother when she demonstrated supernatural power at a young age. This was a result of her special muscle composition.

Another one of her major trademarks is her ability to eat superhuman amounts of food while retaining her slim figure. She usually says she just had a nibble when she’s finished eating while columns of empty plates pile up around her. She grew up eating far more than the norm and acquired an abnormal hair color (as a result of consuming too much sakura mochi), which made her seem freakish and prevented her from getting married as was anticipated of her at the age of seventeen.

This was simply how things happened back then, and she had several interviews with potential husbands, but things rarely turned out as expected.

When she was seventeen years of age, she had a very important interview with a potential suitor. During that meeting, her potential husband, who seemed very mean, told her that only a bear, boar, or cow could take Mitsuri as a wife because of her inherent strength and her eating habits.

He also said that her hair color (pink) disgusted him and that the mere thought of her passing it down to their children disgusted him. He then told her to forget about him and simply left, leaving the young Mitsuri crushed.

This rejection, as you’d suppose, hit her hard; she was still basically a child, and being called such names and being insulted in such a way could shatter even stronger personalities, let alone the personality of an outcast 17-year-old girl. So, as a reaction, Mitsuri changed, and with that, she did the worst thing possible for her own development.

To blend in more with the other girls after this rejection, she dyed her hair black, seemed to be weak, and made herself consume a normal amount of food even though it pained her, as her body needed more nutrients. Soon after making these changes to her physical appearance, a potential companion approached Mitsuri.

With him, things seemed to be going quite well. He had nothing to complain about as Mitsuri was everything a potential suitor of the time would ask – a weak, fragile little girl with normal habits and completely normal hair. They seemed happy and satisfied, and it seemed, finally, that Mitsuri would get married. But she wasn’t happy, as you might assume.

However, she started questioning whether posing as someone else would ultimately benefit her. And she was right to do so, as being someone other than herself would absolutely not benefit Mitsuri in any way.

She was someone else, and being someone else for the rest of her life was out of the question. Sure, she could always dye her hair black, but it would be visible to her children. Sure, she could pretend she was weak all the time, and she could eat in secret, but that was not a life. What was just – nothing. And Misturiy eventually realized that that was not the way to go, so she and her potential partner eventually parted ways.

Then Mitsuri met Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who advised her to embrace her uniqueness and reject normalcy because her power was a special gift and not something she should be ashamed of.

And that meeting actually changed her life in many ways. She became different. She realized that she could be as strong as she wanted and that she did not have to change the color of her hair, and that she could also eat as much as she wanted because there would be people that would accept her. This was the biggest lesson she took from meeting Kagaya, who was very wise and perceptive in that aspect.

And her view on life changed. At this moment, she realized two things. First, she wanted a husband who would be “stronger” than her, i.e., someone who could handle her in her normal state and not someone she would have to entertain by pretending that she is weak and fragile.

Second, she realized that she could very well function alone. If such a person would not appear in her life, Mitsuri was now fully capable of leading her life alone, happy, and having accepted her true self, as she was told that her true self was special and that it simply must not change, regardless of what others thought of her. This was an important moment in her story, and although she did continue looking for a husband, it wasn’t a priority for her, and the search itself was more comical than anything else, really.

Her encounter with Kagaya also enabled her to meet the other Demon Slayers, who showed her that other powerful people like her also existed in the world, which lifted her spirits a bit. At that moment, she decided to join the Demon Slayer Corps, a place where she would be able to use her power and talents to help those around her. She would, as we know, eventually become a Hashira.

She supported the notion of marrying a guy who was stronger than her while she was a member of the organization, but it didn’t work out because she was stronger and more talented than the other slayers, except her fellow Hashira, of course, but this was understandable. She began collaborating with Kyojuro Rengoku, and during one of their battles, she created her own breath called Love Breathing.

As the years passed, Mitsuri Kanroji became an important factor in the Demon Slayer Corps and one of its most capable Hashira. She was known for her cheery and flirty personality, but she was also very kind to others and cared a lot about them; this was seen when Nezuko, whom the Hashira tried to kill initially, went to hug Mitsuri as soon as she welcomed Tanjiro and her in the Swordsmith Village. She was also genuinely happy to see Tanjiro when he arrived.

So, as you can see, at this point in the story, Mitsuri Kanroji is truly happy with herself, proving that she has become a better person after accepting herself. Eventually, though, she was able to find what she was looking for in Obanai Iguro, a fellow Hashira who also gave her her striped socks, a present she really cherished in that aspect.

Mitsuri Kanroji liked Obanai Iguro, and Obanai Iguro liked Misturi Kanroji back. This was known and obvious, and the two of them probably managed to connect via the fact that they were both, in their own way, outcasts.

Sadly, though, their romance never came to be, as both of them died during the final battle against Muzan, with Mitsuri dying in Obanai’s arms due to her wounds and Obanai dying not long after her. It was a very sad scene in the end. But, the controversial ending of the manga showed us that the reincarnated Mitsuri and Obanai eventually met up again and became a couple, just as they promised each other before dying.