Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃)

The numbness is severe...

because of these needles.

I just got out of the water pot, but I'm already...

Ko... Kotetsu...

I'm losing strength.

I'm already...

You can do it, Muichiro.

Come on, get up.

Father?

Where do we go running through the dark night?

The moonlight is the only guiding light

The pain and sadness can't be wiped away

But I won't let the blaze in my heart put out

For who do we carry out this will

And tear apart the darkness for?

Under the sunlight

Until the light shines through

Soar above and put on

The fire in your unleashed heart, now beyond the dawn

Until I can love this world you are in once again

Even if my life ends, carry on

The miracle that the bond created

That's right. My father was a lumberjack.

As his son, I helped him cut down trees.

I...

I liked helping my father.

Mother, are you all right?

Father is still going out to pick herbs for you.

Mother!

Her temperature is high.

Use my futon. How does it feel, Mother?

It's cold.

Father will be home soon!

That day...

I lost both of my beloved parents.

They died when I was ten.

At the age of ten, I was alone.

Muichiro.

No, that's wrong.

I wasn't alone until I was eleven.

I...

I had a twin.

My older brother's name was Yuichiro.

They say compassion is not for other people's benefit.

Even if you help someone else, it doesn't mean anything.

You're wrong.

That expression means helping others eventually ends up being good for you.

That's what Father said.

You can't trust the word of a man who died trying to save someone else.

Why would you say that?

Father did try to save our mother.

There's no way herbs could cure her condition.

He was completely foolish.

You're being mean.

If he hadn't gone out in a storm, we would've only lost our mother.

Don't talk like that! That's too much!

I'm just telling the truth.

You're so loud, keep your voice down, or the boars will come.

The "Mu" of Muichiro is taken from "Munou" which means incompetence.

This conversation is pointless.

In the end, the past never changes.

The "Mu" of Muichiro is taken from "Muimi" which means meaningless.

My brother had a harsh tongue.

Somehow I feel I was like him when I had no memories.

Living alone with him was stifling.

I thought he hated me.

I thought he was a cold person.

The seasons passed.

And spring came.

Brother, I'm going to get some water.

I can't believe you haven't done that.

She was very beautiful.

At first, I thought she was the spirit of the birch tree.

She said that she's the wife of the Master.

She came all the way to the mountains just to make an offer.

However...

In the end, my brother turned Lady Amane away with his harsh words.

Isn't that amazing? She said we're descendants of swordsmen!

Moreover, the bloodline of incredible people who used the first breathing technique!

It's nothing to do with us. Hurry up and wash the rice.

Hey! Let's become swordsmen!

It's hard to believe that there are demons in this world.

But we can be helpful.

Come on!

Let's help people who are hurt by demons!

I'm sure we can—

What could you do?!

You, who can't even cook rice by yourself, want to become a swordsman?!

You want to help people?!

Stop being an idiot!

You really are exactly like Father and Mother!

You're too optimistic!

There must be something wrong with your head!

The same as Mother, who kept working and got sick without telling us!

The same as Father, who went out to gather herbs in a storm!

Despite how...!

Despite how much I tried to stop him!

Also despite I told Mother to rest, all the time!

Helping someone else is something only chosen people can do!

Even if our ancestors were swordsmen, what can we kids do?

You want to know what we can do?

The only thing we can do!

It's to die pointlessly! We have no value!

Because we're Father and Mother's children!

In the end, that woman will make use of us!

I'm sure she's plotting something!

This conversation is over! Understand?

Now go and prepare for dinner!

And from that moment, we stopped talking.

But one time we had a fight,

when he doused Lady Amane with water because she continued visiting our home.

Summer came.

That summer was really hot, it made us irritable all the time.

Even the nights were hot. The cicadas buzzed.

Huh? There are only two kids?

Oh, well...

Muichiro!

- It hurts! It hurts! - Big Brother! Big Brother!

You're so noisy! Shut up!

Don't make a fuss.

Poor lumberjacks like you are useless anyway.

Whether you're there or not, it makes no difference.

Your lives are worthless.

Everything I saw was red.

It was a rage I had never felt before, that came out from the pit of my stomach.

I really can't remember anything after.

Even now, It's hard to believe...

that tremendous roar came from my own throat.

The next thing I knew, that demon was dying.

But he was in agony because he couldn't die even if his head was crushed.

It wasn't long before the sun rose.

That demon turned to dust and vanished.

From the bottom of my heart, I didn't care.

I wanted to reach Yuichiro as soon as possible,

but suddenly my body became as heavy as lead.