E8 - The Mu in Muichiro

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    The numbness is so severe.
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    These needles...
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    I may have escaped the water pot...
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    but I'm not...
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    K-Kotetsu...
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    HYOTTOKO
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    My strength...
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    is sapped.
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    There's nothing...
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    I can...
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    I know you can do it, Muichiro.
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    Now, on your feet!
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    Father...
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    EPISODE 8:
    THE MU IN MUICHIRO
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    That's right.
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    My father was a woodcutter.
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    And as his son...
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    I would help him cut down trees.
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    I...
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    I...
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    liked helping my father work.
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    Mother, are you all right?
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    Father's out getting you herbs
    right now, so...
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    Mother!
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    She's burning up.
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    Here, take my blanket.
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    How's that, Mother?
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    I'm cold.
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    Father will be back soon, all right?
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    That day...
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    I lost both my mother and father...
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    people dear to me, at once.
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    My parents died when I was ten.
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    I found myself alone at ten.
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    Muichiro?
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    No, that's not right.
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    I was 11 when I found myself alone.
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    I...
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    I had a twin.
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    My brother's name was Yuichiro.
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    Compassion does no good for anyone.
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    Doing something for others
    won't get you anywhere.
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    You're wrong.
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    Whatever you do for others...
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    comes around to help you,
    as well, in the end.
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    That's what Father said.
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    You can't trust the word of a man
    who died trying to help someone else.
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    Why would you say that?
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    It was for Mother's sake—
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    As if some herbs
    would've healed her in that state.
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    It's beyond stupid.
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    That's an awful thing to say, Brother!
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    If he hadn't gone out in the middle of a storm,
    we would've only lost Mother.
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    Don't say things like that!
    That's going too far!
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    I'm only telling you how it is.
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    Don't yell. It's too noisy.
    You might attract some boars.
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    The "mu" in Muichiro
    stands for "incompetence."
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    This conversation is meaningless.
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    You can't change the past.
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    The "mu" in Muichiro
    stands for "meaningless."
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    My brother always spoke harshly.
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    I have a feeling that, in a way...
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    I was like him when I had amnesia.
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    My life with my brother...
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    was stifling.
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    I was sure that he despised me...
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    and I thought he was a cold person.
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    The seasons changed...
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    and it was spring.
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    I'm going to go fetch some water, okay?
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    You still haven't gotten around to it?
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    She was so beautiful...
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    that at first...
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    I thought she was a white birch spirit.
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    DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA
    SWORDSMITH VILLAGE ARC
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    DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA
    SWORDSMITH VILLAGE ARC
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    This person was...
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    Master's wife...
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    and she'd traveled...
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    this far up the mountain to visit us.
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    But...
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    in the end...
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    my brother just spewed his usual insults
    and drove Lady Amane away.
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    Can you believe it? She says
    we're descended from swordsmen!
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    Descendants of an amazing swordsman who used
    something called "First Breathing" no less!
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    What do I care?
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    Wash the rice already.
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    Listen! Let's become swordsmen!
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    I can't believe that demons
    actually exist in this world...
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    but if we can do something to help...
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    Listen!
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    Let's save the people who are suffering
    because of those demons!
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    I bet you and I can—
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    What the hell do you think you can do?
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    Someone who can't even cook rice
    on his own, become a swordsman?
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    Save others?
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    Give me a break, will you?
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    Seriously, you're exactly
    like Father and Mother, aren't you?
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    You're too optimistic!
    How does your mind even work?
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    Just like Mother, who worked without telling us
    she was unwell until she collapsed!
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    Just like Father, who went out
    in a storm to find herbs!
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    After all...
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    After all I did to try to stop him!
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    After I begged Mother to rest
    over and over!
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    You know who can help others?
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    Only the chosen ones!
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    Our ancestors may have been swordsmen,
    but what can kids like us do?
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    Want me to tell you?
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    What it is we can do?
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    This is what you and I can do...
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    Die like dogs and die in vain!
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    Because we're Father
    and Mother's children!
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    We're only going to be used
    by that woman!
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    There's no way
    she's not plotting something!
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    We're never gonna talk
    about this again! Got that?
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    Now hurry up and get dinner ready!
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    After that...
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    we stopped speaking to each other.
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    Except for the one time we fought...
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    when my brother hurled water
    at Lady Amane...
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    who continued to visit us.
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    Then, summer came.
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    It was hot that summer...
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    and my brother and I
    were always irritable.
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    It was hot even at night,
    and the cicadas were singing.
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    Oh, hell...
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    Just a couple of brats?
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    Well, whatever.
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    Muichiro!
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    - Ow! Ow!
    - Brother! Brother!
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    Shut up! Shut up!
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    Not a sound.
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    A couple of poor woodcutters like you...
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    You're totally useless anyway.
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    Since it doesn't matter
    whether you exist or not...
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    your lives are that worthless!
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    At that moment...
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    all I could see was red.
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    It was a violent rage I'd never before felt...
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    that seemed to be boiling over
    from the pit of my stomach.
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    I really don't remember
    what happened next.
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    A monstrous roar... I couldn't believe...
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    that it was coming from my own throat,
    from my own mouth.
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    The next thing I knew...
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    the demon was on the brink of death.
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    But apparently, it couldn't die
    even with its head smashed in...
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    so it was suffering.
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    Soon after, the sun came up...
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    and the demon turned to dust
    and vanished.
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    But I truly couldn't care less about that.
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    All I wanted was to go to Yuichiro...
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    but suddenly,
    my body was as heavy as lead.
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    It took me what felt like ages
    just to reach the house right in front of me.
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    Please... I beg of you...
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    Brother...
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    Are you alive? Brother!
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    Dear God... Buddha...
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    Please...
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    Please...
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    just save my brother.
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    My brother... is not like me.
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    He's a kindhearted kid.
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    He says he wants to help others...
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    but I got in his way.
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    I'm...
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    the only one...
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    to blame.
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    If you're going to punish anyone...
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    then...
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    let it be only me.
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    I've always known.
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    The truth is...
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    the "mu" in Muichiro...
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    ...stands for...
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    "infinity."
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    Mist Breathing...
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    Fourth Form...
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    Shifting Flow Slash!
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    Kotetsu!
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    Mr. Tokito...
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    Don't worry about me.
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    Save...
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    Mr. Haganezuka!
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    Protect...
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    the swords!
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    Right.
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    Damn him! Damn him!
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    This man!
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    This human!
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    He still won't stop honing
    after all I've done to him!
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    UPPER FIVE
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    Even when I destroyed his eye,
    he kept honing without so much as crying out!
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    I know!
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    If I tell him I'm going to kill that one...
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    He escaped the Water Prison Pot!
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    How on earth?
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    I have no idea!
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    I thought his death was imminent,
    so my mind wasn't on him at all!
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    No, wait a second.
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    On the other hand,
    that shows how focused I was!
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    FIVE
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    Yes!
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    Hmm?
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    Hold on, hold on, hold on!
    What is that mark?
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    According to the information
    Lord Muzan gave me,
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    that child with the earrings
    also has a similar mark!
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    No! Never mind that!
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    How can you stand there
    looking so nonchalant?
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    My attack should've paralyzed your body!
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    How were you able to summon
    even greater speed to wound me?
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    Octopus Vase Hell!
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    Lord Tokito!
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    Hyo, hyo!
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    How do you like how springy
    this octopus flesh is?
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    Surely you can't slash this!
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    Still honing that sword!
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    Is he a fool?
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    He's not in his right mind.
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    But that's sublime in its own way!
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    That swordsmith can wait!
    First, the Hashira!
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    I wasn't really trying earlier!
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    This time, I'm going to crush him
    for sure, then absorb him!
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    Hyo?
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    You made...
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    this sword for me.
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    DESTROYER
    OF DEMONS
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    Thank you...
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    Mr. Kanamori.
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    N-No!
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    All I did was...
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    follow the instructions
    of your first swordsmith!
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    That's right.
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    It was Mr. Tetsuido
    who forged my first sword for me.
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    He passed away from heart disease.
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    No matter how many times you replace
    your sword, it won't change a thing!
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    Ah...
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    It fits like a glove.
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    I worry about you, boy.
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    Who will ever understand
    what you're going through?
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    How you have no time for anything else?
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    How you're barely getting by
    and have no breathing room?
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    How anxious you are
    because you can't remember anything?
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    And how you strive so hard
    that you vomit blood?
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    Who will ever understand all that?
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    Whenever I see the swords you've used,
    it brings tears to my eyes.
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    I won't be around much longer.
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    Not that I want to cling to life at my age...
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    but I just can't stop worrying about you.
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    Mr. Tetsuido...
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    I'm sorry.
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    DESTROYER
    OF DEMONS
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    I know I made you worry.
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    But I'm...
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    all right now!
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    Mist Breathing...
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    Fifth Form...
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    Sea of Clouds and Haze!
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    Well, that was some rapid-fire chopping,
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    but you don't seem to be able
    to keep up with my vase's speed!
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    Are you sure about that?
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    What?
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    It looks like your senses
    have totally dulled.
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    It's because you've lived
    for hundreds of years.
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    I'm going to slash you next time.
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    I have better things to do
    than playing your stupid vase game all day.
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    Don't underestimate me, you brat!
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    DESTROY
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    Muichiro...
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    Sorry I couldn't be more gentle with you.
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    I could just never...
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    afford to be that way.
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    Being kind to others...
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    is one more thing
    that only the chosen ones can do.
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    But...
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    Muichiro...
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    no matter how virtuous
    a life you may lead,
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    neither the gods nor Buddha
    will protect you in the end.
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    That's why I thought
    I had to protect you.
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    Muichiro...
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    You're not like me.
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    For the sake of someone
    other than yourself...
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    you can exert infinite strength.
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    You're one of the chosen ones!
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    PART 8
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    Ms. Kanroji, Happy Birthday!
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    Let's start with your friends
    from the village!
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    ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT!
    FROM YOUR
    FRIENDS FROM
    THE VILLAGE
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    HAPPY
    BIRTHDAY,
    MITSURI
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    Our gift is this
    all-you-can-eat spread!
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    Oh!
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    All-you-can-eat means I can have
    as many helpings as I want, right?
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    Huh? You're going to have
    seconds of all this?
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    - Of course!
    - Omigosh omigosh omigosh!
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    WE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID
    "ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT"...
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    Now, it's time for a Taisho-era secret!
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    Nowadays, Ms. Kanroji's favorite foods
    are pork cutlets and omurice.
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    Both modern and fashionable
    Western-style foods!
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    So...
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    CONGRATS MS. KANROJI
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    that's what Nezuko and I
    are giving her for her birthday!
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    Oh! Thank you!
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    Can I eat them now?
[23:58] ---
    Be our guest!
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    Next, Episode 9,
    "Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito."
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    Seconds, please!
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    Already?
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    Come on, keep them coming!
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    TO BE CONTINUED