# E3 - Should Have Been
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MUGEN
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To be able to die while dreaming...
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Just how lucky are you?
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It doesn't matter how powerful
a Demon Slayer you are.
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A human's driving force
is the heart, the spirit!
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DREAM
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All you have to do
is destroy the spiritual core.
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You can kill them just like that!
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All human hearts are the same.
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So fragile and weak, like glasswork.
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You are falling...
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You are falling...
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into a dream.
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It's a deep slumber.
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They can...
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LOWER ONE
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no longer awaken.
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EPISODE 3:
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
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This way!
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The peaches over here taste great!
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And there are tons of white clovers in bloom!
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I'll make you a chaplet!
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I can make these really great-looking ones...
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Nezuko!
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Yes! Make a lot, okay...
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Zenitsu?
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There's a river along the way,
but it's shallow, so you'll be okay, right?
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River?
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What am I going to do, Zenitsu?
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I can't swim.
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I-I'll just carry you on my back
and jump right over the river!
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Not even your toes will get wet, Nezuko!
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Just leave it to me!
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Let's go!
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Expedition Team! Expedition Team!
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We're the Cave Expedition Team!
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Expedition Team! Expedition Team!
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We're the Cave Expedition Team!
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Expedition Team! Expedition Team!
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Boss!
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Boss!
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What's up, Underling 1 and Underling 2?
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PONJIRO
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I can smell the master of this cave
over there, pompoko!
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CHUITSU
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And I can hear it breathing
as it sleeps, squeak!
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Here he is!
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All right, let's go! Showdown!
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- Roger that, Boss!
- Roger that, Boss!
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Hey you! Come with me, Underling 3!
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Come over here! Look, I'll give you
these sparkly acorns! C'mon!
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Let's go!
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- Hey!
- Hey!
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*Why did I come here?*
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*Oh, right.*
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*To report to my father...*
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*that I've become a Hashira.*
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So what if you've become a Hashira?
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Worthless.
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It means nothing.
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You're never going to amount
to anything anyway.
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Neither you...
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nor I.
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Brother...
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Was our father pleased to hear your news?
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Do you think our father will acknowledge me
if I become a Hashira, too?
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*He wasn't always like that.*
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*After all, he did rise to the rank of Hashira
in the Demon Slayer Corps.*
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*He was a passionate man.*
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*And yet, one day, out of the blue,
he quit being a swordsman.*
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*Suddenly.*
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*The man who'd raised us both
with such enthusiasm...*
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*Why?*
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*It's pointless to think
about such things, so stop.*
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*Senjuro is even worse off.*
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*He barely has any memories of our mother
who died of illness when he was very young,*
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*and just look at the state our father is in.*
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I'm going to be honest.
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Our father wasn't happy to hear it.
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He told me that it meant nothing.
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But that's not enough
to extinguish my passion!
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This flame inside my heart
will never go out!
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I'll never give in!
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And Senjuro...
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You're not like me.
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You have a big brother...
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who believes in his little brother.
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No matter what path you take,
you're going to become a fine human being!
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Keep that burning passion
inside your heart!
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Let's do our best!
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Let's do our best and live on!
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No matter how lonely it gets.
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Looking good.
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Those ropes that I created are used
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for a special technique that allows one to invade
the dreams of whoever you're tethered to.
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I always fight with the utmost caution.
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Once you're asleep, Hashira or not,
you're no different than a baby.
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I'll enjoy the feast
after killing the Demon Slayers.
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There's no need to swing in such a hurry.
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Relax your shoulders.
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Like this?
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That's right.
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Close call. He's right there.
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*I have to make sure he doesn't see me!*
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*I have to hurry to the edge of the dream!*
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*Hurry!*
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The dream world I show them isn't infinite.
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It's circular, with the dreamer in its center.
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DREAM
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The realm of the subconscious exists just outside
the dream, where you'll find the spiritual core.
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SUBCONSCIOUS
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CORE
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That's what you must destroy.
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Do that, and the dreamer will become crippled.
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There it is!
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The scenery doesn't end here,
but I can't go any further.
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*I'll destroy his spiritual core right away!*
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*And then, I'll get to see
a happy dream myself!*
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*What an odd realm of the subconscious.*
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*It's hot.*
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*It's burning up.*
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*I have to hurry.*
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Found it!
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The spiritual core!
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I've never seen a red one before.
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All I have to do is destroy this and...
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it'll be my turn to...
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*I thought humans couldn't move
while they were under a spell.*
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*What a strong survival instinct he has!*
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I'm going to make your favorite
rice crackers today, Tanjiro.
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Wow!
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I'll start breaking old rice cakes first.
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It's our lucky day, Rokuta!
Rice crackers!
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No fair! Big Bro's not the only one
who likes rice crackers!
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- I like them, too!
- Me, too!
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Then, let's eat them together, okay?
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Can you get the grill ready for me?
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Okay!
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I'll crush them up in the grinding bowl!
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Okay, I'll be in charge
of flipping them over, then!
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Me, too!
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Okay, then, I'll be in charge of eating them!
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No fair!
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DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA
MUGEN TRAIN ARC
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DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA
MUGEN TRAIN ARC
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There.
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Nezuko, let's go.
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What did I just say?
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I'm back!
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Welcome home, Tanjiro.
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Yeah, I'm home!
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Welcome home, Big Bro!
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Welcome home!
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Welcome!
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Huh? Where's Nezuko?
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Big Sis went up the mountain
to pick vegetables.
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In broad daylight?
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She's not supposed to?
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Well...
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Um...
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Tanjiro...
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Could you get the bath ready?
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I'm going to be busy with this for a while.
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*I keep saying all these strange things.*
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Am I tired maybe?
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Huh? It's gone.
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I wonder what that was
for just a split second.
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A toolbox perhaps?
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I guess my eyes were playing tricks on me.
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Wake up!
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Wake up!
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Wake up!
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You're under attack!
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It's a dream!
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This is a dream!
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Wake up now!
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*I see... That's right, I'm...*
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*on board the train!*
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Wake up and fight!
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Fight!
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Fight!
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Big Bro, give me your pickled radishes!
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No, you don't! You stop it right now!
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Why are you always
taking food away from Big Bro?
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What's your problem?
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You just had seconds!
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*No good! I'm not awake yet!
I'm still inside a dream!*
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*How can I get out of it?*
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*Now that I've realized that it's a dream...*
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*What am I supposed to do?*
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I have to wake up...
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Big Bro!
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- What should we do? The fire is—
- Big Bro!
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*That's Nezuko's scent!*
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*It's Nezuko's blood!*
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*Nezuko...*
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*Nezuko!*
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*My uniform...*
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*My Nichirin Sword...*
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*I'm waking up!*
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*Little by little.*
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*Little by little!*
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Big Bro?
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Big Bro, are you all right?
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Big Bro?
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Sorry.
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I have to go.
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*I have to hurry back!*
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I'm sorry.
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Big Bro!
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- Big Bro!
- Big Bro!
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*If the demon who's showing me
this dream is nearby...*
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*I have to find him
and slash him right away!*
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*Where is he? I have to...*
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Where are you going, Big Bro?
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I picked lots of vegetables today!
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Mom! This way!
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Big Bro was on fire all of a sudden!
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Mom?
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Tanjiro, are you all right?
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Big Bro...
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What's the matter, Tanjiro?
Why are you dressed like that?
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I wish I could stay here...
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forever.
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*I wish I could turn around and go back.*
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*By rights, I should've been living
like this forever.*
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*Right here.*
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*If none of this had happened...*
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*they'd all have been alive and well now.*
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*And Nezuko would've lived in the sunlight,
under the blue sky.*
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*If none of this had happened...*
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*If none of this had happened...*
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*I should be here
making charcoal every day.*
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*I never would've laid a hand on a sword!*
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*If none of this had happened...*
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*If none of this had happened...*
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*But I've lost them now.*
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*I can never go back!*
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Big Bro!
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Don't leave us behind!
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*Sorry!*
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*I'm sorry, Rokuta!*
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*We can't be together anymore.*
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*But I'll always be thinking of you, okay?*
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*I'll be thinking of you all!*
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*There are lots of things to thank you for.*
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*Lots of things to be sorry for!*
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*But I will never forget you!*
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*No matter what,
my heart will always be with you!*
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*So, please...*
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*forgive me!*
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I have to destroy
his spiritual core right away.
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*So, this is the inside of his heart?*
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*How can it be so beautiful?*
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*It's so endlessly vast...*
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*and...*
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*also warm.*
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They're having trouble, aren't they?
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I wonder why.
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They haven't destroyed
any of the spiritual cores yet.
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Oh well...
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I guess it doesn't matter,
since they're buying me some time.
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*Not here.*
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*But I can smell a demon, faintly.*
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*What's this, though?*
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*It's like there's a film over everything!*
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*There's a faint demon scent everywhere!*
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*I can't tell the exact location!*
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I have to hurry!
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Nezuko's bleeding!
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If everyone else is asleep,
we're in big trouble!
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*What should I do?*
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*Am I unable to use
Total Concentration Breathing now?*
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*Am I just asleep right now?*
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*Tanjiro...*
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Take up your sword.
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There's something you must cut.
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*There's something...*
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*I must cut.*
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*There's something I must cut...*
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*in order to wake up.*
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*I think I know what it is.*
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*But what if I'm wrong?*
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*If what happens in this dream
has an effect on reality, too...*
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*there'll be no going back.*
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*Don't hesitate! Do it!*
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*You have to do it!*
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*My death in this dream
will lead me to reality!*
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*In other words...*
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*what I have to cut is...*
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*my own neck!*
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Good job preparing yourself for all this.
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It's because of what you always told me.
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Even if you're in anguish,
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try to be a graceful and strong person
who can feel love for other humans.
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All those people suffering at the hands
of the demons... Nezuko... Take care of them...
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Tanjiro.
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I'm going to give it my all, Father!
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Next, Episode 4, "Insult."
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TO BE CONTINUED