# E1 - Cruelty
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**[00:25] ---**
*How?*
**[00:29] ---**
*How did this happen?*
**[00:34] ---**
Nezuko, don't die! Don't die on me!
**[00:39] ---**
I'm gonna save you no matter what!
**[00:43] ---**
I won't let you die!
**[00:46] ---**
I swear your big brother will save you
no matter what!
**[01:03] ---**
Tanjiro?
**[01:07] ---**
Your face is covered in soot.
**[01:10] ---**
Come over here.
**[01:14] ---**
It's dangerous with all this snow.
You don't have to go, you know.
**[01:18] ---**
Well, I want everyone
to eat their fill on New Year's,
**[01:23] ---**
so I'm gonna sell
as much charcoal as I can.
**[01:26] ---**
Thank you.
**[01:29] ---**
Big Bro!
**[01:32] ---**
You're going to town again today?
**[01:34] ---**
I'm going with you!
**[01:38] ---**
Oh no, you're not.
**[01:39] ---**
You know you can't walk fast like Tanjiro.
**[01:42] ---**
Mom!
**[01:44] ---**
You may not.
**[01:45] ---**
Since he can't use the cart today,
**[01:48] ---**
he won't be able to give you
a ride when you're tired.
**[01:53] ---**
Big Bro!
**[01:56] ---**
I wanna go with you!
**[01:58] ---**
I promise I'll help you!
**[02:01] ---**
Thanks, Hanako.
**[02:03] ---**
But you're staying home today.
**[02:09] ---**
You, too, Shigeru.
But I'll get you tons of goodies, okay?
**[02:14] ---**
Really?
**[02:15] ---**
Yeah.
**[02:18] ---**
And Hanako, I'll read for you
when I'm back.
**[02:21] ---**
Okay!
**[02:22] ---**
That's a good girl.
**[02:23] ---**
Thank you so much, Tanjiro.
**[02:25] ---**
Sure.
**[02:27] ---**
Okay, I'll be heading out now.
**[02:29] ---**
Takeo...
**[02:30] ---**
Will you chop as much wood as you can?
**[02:34] ---**
Sure, I'll do it, but...
**[02:38] ---**
I was hoping we could do it together.
**[02:42] ---**
There, there.
**[02:43] ---**
What's with that all of a sudden?
**[02:45] ---**
You're blushing, Take!
**[02:47] ---**
Hey, you shut up!
**[02:48] ---**
There, there.
**[02:50] ---**
I said cut it out!
**[02:56] ---**
Hurry back, okay?
**[02:59] ---**
Be safe, okay?
**[03:06] ---**
Big Brother!
**[03:09] ---**
Hey, Nezuko.
**[03:10] ---**
I was putting Rokuta down for a nap,
or he'd make a scene when you leave.
**[03:15] ---**
He misses Dad a lot
after he passed away.
**[03:21] ---**
And everyone follows you
wherever you go.
**[03:27] ---**
See you later!
**[03:31] ---**
*We don't have an easy life,*
**[03:34] ---**
*but we're happy.*
**[03:36] ---**
*But life could change suddenly
like the weather.*
**[03:41] ---**
*It shifts and moves on.*
**[03:44] ---**
*It's not like it always stays sunny,*
**[03:47] ---**
*and it's not like it ever snows endlessly.*
**[03:50] ---**
*And...*
**[03:52] ---**
*whenever happiness is destroyed,*
**[03:55] ---**
*there's always...*
**[03:57] ---**
*the smell of blood.*
**[04:07] ---**
Well now, Tanjiro!
**[04:10] ---**
I can't believe you came down
from the mountain on a day like this.
**[04:13] ---**
You're such a hard worker!
**[04:15] ---**
You might catch a cold, you know?
**[04:17] ---**
This is nothing, really.
**[04:18] ---**
Do you have enough charcoal?
**[04:21] ---**
Hey, Tanjiro!
**[04:24] ---**
Can I have some charcoal?
**[04:26] ---**
Thanks for fixing
my sliding doors the other day.
**[04:30] ---**
I'll need some charcoal, too!
**[04:36] ---**
Tanjiro!
**[04:37] ---**
Oh man, perfect timing!
**[04:40] ---**
I've been accused
of breaking this plate!
**[04:43] ---**
Help me out, will you?
**[04:45] ---**
Sniff it!
**[04:50] ---**
I smell a cat.
**[04:52] ---**
You see?
**[04:54] ---**
Oh my, so it was a cat?
**[04:56] ---**
I told you it wasn't me!
**[04:58] ---**
Tanjiro!
**[05:00] ---**
Can you give me a hand
with this luggage?
**[05:07] ---**
Jeez, it's late already.
**[05:10] ---**
I'm glad they're sold out, though.
**[05:14] ---**
Hey, Tanjiro!
**[05:18] ---**
Are you gonna go back to the mountain?
**[05:20] ---**
You'd better not. It's too dangerous.
**[05:22] ---**
I've got a great sense of smell,
so I'll be fine.
**[05:26] ---**
I'll put you up for the night.
**[05:27] ---**
Come on. Get back here.
**[05:31] ---**
But...
**[05:32] ---**
Don't argue! Come on!
**[05:34] ---**
Before the demons show up.
**[05:50] ---**
Thanks for the meal!
**[05:56] ---**
Hey, Granddad Saburo,
**[05:59] ---**
what are demons like?
**[06:02] ---**
Man-eating demons have always prowled
the land once it gets dark.
**[06:08] ---**
That's why you should
never stroll around at night.
**[06:12] ---**
If you're done eating, go to bed.
You can set off for home at first light.
**[06:20] ---**
These demons wouldn't come
inside your house, would they?
**[06:26] ---**
Yes, they'd come in.
**[06:32] ---**
Then, everyone would get eaten up
by the demons.
**[06:38] ---**
That's why the demon hunters
protect us by slaying them
**[06:42] ---**
since way back when.
**[06:46] ---**
Lights out now.
**[06:48] ---**
Go to sleep.
**[06:52] ---**
*Old man Saburo is all alone
after losing his whole family.*
**[06:56] ---**
*So, he must be lonely.*
**[06:59] ---**
*I'll bring my brothers
and sisters next time,*
**[07:02] ---**
*and say, "You don't have to be scared.
There are no demons. You're safe."*
**[07:07] ---**
*But, come to think of it,*
**[07:10] ---**
*my grandma used to say the same thing
when she was still alive.*
**[07:19] ---**
You be careful now.
**[07:21] ---**
Okay!
**[07:31] ---**
*Whenever happiness is destroyed,*
**[07:34] ---**
*there's always...*
**[07:42] ---**
The smell of blood!
**[08:07] ---**
Nezuko!
**[08:09] ---**
What happened? What's going on?
**[08:12] ---**
What happened here?
**[08:20] ---**
Mom...
**[08:28] ---**
Mom...
**[08:30] ---**
Hanako...
**[08:32] ---**
Takeo...
**[08:33] ---**
Shigeru...
**[08:35] ---**
Nezuko...
**[08:36] ---**
Rokuta...
**[08:46] ---**
*Nezuko's the only one who's still warm!*
**[08:50] ---**
*If I can get her to a doctor,
she might survive!*
**[08:53] ---**
*How did this happen?*
**[08:56] ---**
*Was it a bear?*
**[08:57] ---**
*Was it a bear that wasn't able to hibernate?*
**[09:06] ---**
*I can't breathe!*
**[09:08] ---**
*The air's so icy! My lungs hurt!*
**[09:11] ---**
*Keep moving forward!*
**[09:13] ---**
*Move your legs faster!*
**[09:16] ---**
*We still have a long way to go
before we reach town.*
**[09:18] ---**
*Hurry!*
**[09:21] ---**
*I won't let you die!*
**[09:25] ---**
*I'm gonna save you no matter what!*
**[09:27] ---**
*I swear your big brother will save you
no matter what!*
**[09:38] ---**
*Oh no!*
**[09:48] ---**
*I was saved by the snow.*
**[09:51] ---**
*I slipped because of the snow
to begin with.*
**[09:55] ---**
Nezuko?
**[10:03] ---**
Nezuko, are you all right?
**[10:07] ---**
You don't have to walk!
**[10:08] ---**
I'll carry you to town, okay?
**[10:11] ---**
Nezuko!
**[10:22] ---**
*Sh-She's...*
**[10:24] ---**
*a demon!*
**[10:27] ---**
*I just remembered
what old man Saburo told me.*
**[10:31] ---**
*Nezuko's a man-eating demon?*
**[10:34] ---**
*No! Nezuko's a human
ever since she was born!*
**[10:38] ---**
*However, she no longer has
Nezuko's scent.*
**[10:43] ---**
*But it wasn't Nezuko's doing!*
**[10:46] ---**
*She was lying
as if she was protecting Rokuta,*
**[10:48] ---**
*and there was no blood
on her mouth or hands.*
**[10:52] ---**
*And there was one more...*
**[10:53] ---**
*There was one more scent!*
**[11:00] ---**
Sh-She just grew in size!
**[11:04] ---**
*And she's getting stronger and stronger!*
**[11:07] ---**
*While I was sleeping carelessly
at Saburo's house,*
**[11:10] ---**
*they were murdered brutally like that!*
**[11:14] ---**
*I know it must've hurt.*
**[11:15] ---**
*You suffered, didn't you?*
**[11:18] ---**
*I'm so sorry I couldn't save you.*
**[11:22] ---**
*If only I could help Nezuko at least!*
**[11:25] ---**
*But she's too strong
for me to push her back!*
**[11:29] ---**
Nezuko!
**[11:31] ---**
Hang in there, Nezuko!
**[11:32] ---**
Don't give in!
**[11:34] ---**
You gotta hang in there!
**[11:37] ---**
Don't turn into a demon!
**[11:39] ---**
You gotta stay strong!
**[11:40] ---**
Hang in there!
**[11:42] ---**
Hang in there!
**[12:16] ---**
*What the...*
**[12:22] ---**
*Who's that?*
**[12:27] ---**
DESTROY DEMONS
**[12:27] ---**
*A sword?*
**[12:30] ---**
Why are you protecting it?
**[12:31] ---**
She's my sister!
**[12:33] ---**
She's my younger sister!
**[12:37] ---**
Nezuko!
**[12:42] ---**
You call that thing your sister?
**[13:00] ---**
Nezuko!
**[13:01] ---**
Don't move!
**[13:06] ---**
My job is to slay demons.
**[13:09] ---**
Needless to say,
I'm going to decapitate your sister.
**[13:13] ---**
Hold on!
**[13:14] ---**
Nezuko hasn't killed anyone!
**[13:17] ---**
Back at my house, there was another scent
that I'd never smelled before!
**[13:22] ---**
That's probably the one
who killed my family!
**[13:26] ---**
It wasn't Nezuko!
**[13:28] ---**
I don't know why she turned
into something like that, but...
**[13:32] ---**
but still...
**[13:33] ---**
It's quite simple.
**[13:36] ---**
Because her wounds were exposed
to demon blood, she turned into a demon.
**[13:40] ---**
That's how man-eating demons multiply.
**[13:44] ---**
Nezuko would never eat humans!
**[13:47] ---**
You gotta be kidding.
**[13:49] ---**
Just now, you were about to be devoured.
**[13:53] ---**
You're wrong!
**[13:54] ---**
I'm sure she knows who I am!
**[13:57] ---**
I won't let her hurt anyone!
**[13:59] ---**
I'm going to turn Nezuko
back into a human!
**[14:02] ---**
I swear I'll heal her!
**[14:04] ---**
She can't be healed.
**[14:06] ---**
Once you become a demon,
you can never go back to being a human.
**[14:09] ---**
I'll find a way no matter what!
So, please...
**[14:13] ---**
So, please don't kill her!
**[14:15] ---**
I'll hunt down the one
who slaughtered my family!
**[14:18] ---**
I'll make everything all right!
**[14:21] ---**
Please!
**[14:22] ---**
Please!
**[14:24] ---**
Don't do it!
**[14:26] ---**
*Don't take anyone else from me.*
**[14:31] ---**
I'm begging you not to!
**[14:34] ---**
Please!
**[14:35] ---**
Don't kill my little sister!
**[14:39] ---**
Please don't do it!
**[14:41] ---**
I'm begging you...
**[14:51] ---**
Don't ever give others
a chance to murder you!
**[14:56] ---**
Stop that pathetic groveling!
**[14:59] ---**
If it was the least bit effective,
your family wouldn't be dead!
**[15:04] ---**
Can a weakling who can't take the initiative
in such a situation heal his sister?!
**[15:09] ---**
Hunt down the enemy?!
**[15:11] ---**
Don't make me laugh!
**[15:13] ---**
The weak have no rights or choices!
**[15:16] ---**
Their only fate is to be relentlessly
crushed by the strong!
**[15:20] ---**
The demons might know
how to cure your sister!
**[15:24] ---**
But don't think that a demon
would respect your will or wishes!
**[15:30] ---**
Naturally, I have no respect for you, either!
**[15:32] ---**
That's reality!
**[15:34] ---**
Why did you throw yourself
over your sister earlier?
**[15:37] ---**
Was that your way of protecting her?
**[15:40] ---**
Why didn't you swing your hatchet?
**[15:42] ---**
Why did you show your back to me?
**[15:44] ---**
All those blunders led
to your sister's capture!
**[15:47] ---**
I could've skewered her along with you!
**[15:53] ---**
*Don't cry.*
**[15:55] ---**
*Don't despair.*
**[15:57] ---**
*Now's not the time for that.*
**[16:00] ---**
*I know you're devastated.*
**[16:03] ---**
*Your family was massacred,
and your sister's become a demon.*
**[16:06] ---**
*I know it's painful.*
**[16:08] ---**
*I know you want to scream.*
**[16:11] ---**
*I get it.*
**[16:13] ---**
*If only I'd gotten here a half-day sooner,*
**[16:17] ---**
*your family might not have ended up dead.*
**[16:20] ---**
*But there's no way to turn back time.*
**[16:25] ---**
*Feel the rage.*
**[16:26] ---**
*The powerful, pure rage
of not being able to forgive*
**[16:29] ---**
*will become your unswerving drive
to take action!*
**[16:33] ---**
*With such a fragile resolve like yours,*
**[16:35] ---**
*you can't protect your sister or heal her...*
**[16:38] ---**
*or get revenge for your family!*
**[16:41] ---**
No!
**[16:44] ---**
Stop!
**[17:01] ---**
*A straightforward attack
driven solely by emotion...*
**[17:04] ---**
You fool!
**[17:20] ---**
*Where's his hatchet?*
**[17:30] ---**
*Just before he hid behind the tree,*
**[17:33] ---**
*he hurled that rock toward me
and, at the same time,*
**[17:37] ---**
*tossed the hatchet in the air.*
**[17:40] ---**
*He hid his hands
as he pretended to attack*
**[17:42] ---**
*so I wouldn't realize he was unarmed.*
**[17:46] ---**
*He knew he couldn't beat me.*
**[17:49] ---**
*He tried to bring me down
after I struck him!*
**[17:55] ---**
*This kid...*
**[18:01] ---**
*Damn!*
**[18:02] ---**
*She'll devour him!*
**[18:08] ---**
*Nezuko...*
**[18:13] ---**
*It wasn't Nezuko!*
**[18:16] ---**
*She'd never eat humans!*
**[18:22] ---**
*Long ago,*
**[18:24] ---**
*someone once said the same thing,
only to be devoured by a demon.*
**[18:28] ---**
*When a demon is starving,*
**[18:31] ---**
*it will kill and devour
even its own parents or siblings.*
**[18:34] ---**
*Because they're nutrient-rich.*
**[18:37] ---**
*I've seen it happen
more times than I can count.*
**[18:41] ---**
*This girl has been wounded,*
**[18:44] ---**
*and she's expending energy
to heal those injuries.*
**[18:47] ---**
*She must've drained vast amounts of her
strength as she transformed into a demon.*
**[18:52] ---**
*That means she's severely starved
at this moment, without a doubt.*
**[18:56] ---**
*She must've wanted to feast on a human
right away, even if it's her own brother...*
**[19:01] ---**
*Yet, she protected him instead,*
**[19:03] ---**
*and she even intimidated me...*
**[19:08] ---**
*I wonder...*
**[19:10] ---**
*These siblings might be...*
**[19:11] ---**
*different from others.*
**[19:31] ---**
I'm sorry to leave you behind, Tanjiro.
**[19:36] ---**
Take care of Nezuko for me, all right?
**[19:50] ---**
You awake?
**[19:54] ---**
Go see an old man named Sakonji Urokodaki
who lives at the foot of Mt. Sagiri.
**[20:01] ---**
Tell him that Giyu Tomioka sent you.
**[20:05] ---**
She seems to be all right
since it's cloudy now,
**[20:08] ---**
but never let her be exposed
to the sunlight, okay?
**[20:28] ---**
Let's go.
**[21:06] ---**
EPISODE 1:
CRUELTY