1. JOURNAL
Tanjiro Kamado
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2. Let's go.
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3. DESTROY
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4. The Demon Slayer Corps has
around several hundred members.
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5. It's an organization
unrecognized by the government.
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6. Yet it's existed since ancient times,
and we continue to hunt demons today.
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7. But as for who's leading
the Demon Slayer Corps,
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8. that remains a mystery.
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9. Demons.
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10. Staple food... Humans!
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11. They kill humans and feed on them.
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12. No one knows when and where
they first appeared.
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13. Their physical prowess is remarkable.
Wounds heal in the blink of an eye.
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14. Flesh is restored after being hacked off,
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15. and limbs can be newly regenerated.
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16. Some demons can shape-shift.
Others have otherworldly powers.
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17. They can only be killed by sunlight
or by decapitation with a special sword.
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18. The Demon Slayers battle the demons
with their own mortal bodies.
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19. Since they're human,
their wounds are slow to heal,
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20. and, once lost,
their limbs don't grow back!
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21. Even so, they battle the demons...
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22. to protect other humans.
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23. SABITO AND MAKOMO
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24. I am a trainer.
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25. I literally train swordsmen.
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26. There are many trainers,
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27. and each of them trains their pupils
with their own regimen in their location.
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28. To join the Demon Slayer Corps,
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29. you must survive the Final Selection
process held on Mt. Fujikasane.
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30. Whether or not you're eligible
for Final Selection is up to me.
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31. Starting today, I'm going to keep
a journal for Nezuko.
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32. I'm descending the mountain again today.
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33. I'm going to train my hardest
so I won't die during Final Selection.
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34. After repeatedly descending
the mountain, day after day,
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35. I'm starting to learn
how to avoid most of the traps.
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36. It's because I'm much stronger now,
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37. and because I'm even more adept
at detecting scents than before.
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38. Even so...
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39. the traps are getting
more and more difficult.
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40. He may really want to kill me!
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41. I made my descent today,
sword in hand,
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42. but the sword really hampered
my movement.
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43. With the sword,
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44. I can't stop getting ensnared
in all the traps!
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45. 991!
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46. I swing the sword today.
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47. Well, it's not just today. I've been swinging
the sword every single day.
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48. After descending the mountain,
I swing my sword until my arms nearly fall off.
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49. 1,000!
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50. 500 more!
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51. Swords break easily.
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52. That's what he told me beforehand.
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53. Though it's strong vertically,
it's weak horizontally, so...
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54. you need to apply the force
straight along the blade.
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55. The blade's direction and the direction
in which you apply the force
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56. must be exactly the same.
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57. And he added, "If you ever damage
the blade, in other words, break it,
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58. I'll snap your bones, as well"
in a threatening tone of voice.
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59. Nezuko...
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60. I'll keep working hard, okay?
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61. Today, I did nothing but fall.
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62. Training to break my fall
and get up quickly from any position.
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63. I wield my sword,
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64. and I charge Mr. Urokodaki
really trying to kill him.
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65. In contrast,
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66. Mr. Urokodaki is bare-handed
and unarmed.
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67. But he's ridiculously powerful!
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68. He flings me away
to roll on the ground every time.
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69. I'm home, Nezuko.
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70. Today, I learned breathing
techniques and some forms.
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71. Total Concentration Breathing?
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72. That's right.
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73. And I'm going to teach you
all ten of the Water Breathing forms.
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74. Remember to take a long breath
so the oxygen flows into every cell in your body.
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75. This will enhance
your body's natural healing power,
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76. and both stabilize
and energize your spirit.
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77. Relax your upper body
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78. while bracing your lower half.
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79. All right, breathe!
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80. Wrong!
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81. Next! Forms!
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82. Right! Like this?
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83. Wrong!
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84. Like this?
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85. Wrong!
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86. This?
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87. Wrong!
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88. This?
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89. Wrong!
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90. I get yelled at
for not bracing my stomach
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91. and clobbered to a pulp.
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92. Next, he told me
to become one with the water.
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93. Get in there!
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94. Nezuko!
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95. Nezuko! I am water!
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96. And now it's been six months
since Nezuko was last awake.
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97. Mr. Urokodaki summoned the doctor
right away and had him examine her,
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98. but he found nothing wrong.
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99. But it's not normal for her
to stay asleep like this.
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100. I was scared.
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101. I worry that one morning,
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102. I'll wake up to find her dead.
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103. Not a day goes by that I don't worry.
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104. My descents are getting more dangerous,
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105. and the air's even thinner where I train.
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106. Time and time again,
I think I might die.
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107. I have nothing more to teach you.
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108. A year after I arrived at Mt. Sagiri,
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109. he told me all of a sudden...
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110. The rest is up to you!
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111. Whether or not you can improve
to the next level.
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112. Come with me!
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113. If you can slice this boulder,
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114. I will allow you to enter Final Selection.
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115. Is a boulder...
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116. something you slice?
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117. Something you can slice with a sword?
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118. I don't think I can do it.
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119. My sword will snap!
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120. Mr. Urokodaki, please wait!
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121. Mr. Urokodaki!
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122. After that, Mr. Urokodaki
never taught me anything again.
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123. Every day,
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124. I practiced over and over
what I'd learned from Mr. Urokodaki.
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125. The basics like holding the breath
and flexibility...
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126. I was glad I had written those
down in my journal.
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127. But...
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128. even after six months had passed,
I still couldn't slice the boulder.
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129. I felt frustrated.
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130. Not enough!
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131. I wasn't training hard enough!
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132. I gotta do more!
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133. More!
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134. Am I...
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135. hopeless?
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136. Is Nezuko going to die
without ever waking up?
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137. I'll almost give in! I'm breaking down!
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138. Keep working, Tanjiro! You can do it!
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139. Shut up!
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140. A man shouldn't whine.
It's unseemly.
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141. When did he show up?
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142. There's no scent. A fox mask?
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143. Now matter how you suffer,
bear it in silence...
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144. if you're a man.
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145. If you call yourself a man.
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146. Slow.
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147. Weak.
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148. Immature.
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149. That's not what you call a man.
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150. KIMETSU NO YAIBA
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151. KIMETSU NO YAIBA
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152. What are you doing?
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153. I'd like to know
what you think you're doing.
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154. What do you mean?
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155. I'm training.
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156. How long do you plan
to keep your butt on the ground
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157. without even taking a stance?
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158. Come on. Come at me.
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159. But you have a wooden sword,
and I have a real sword!
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160. Well, well! Thank you
for worrying about me.
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161. So, you think
you're actually going to injure me!
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162. Well, you have
absolutely nothing to worry about!
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163. I'm more powerful than you
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164. because I've sliced that boulder!
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165. He's sliced that boulder?
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166. You've learned nothing.
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167. You haven't mastered a single thing!
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168. Particularly, the breathing technique
Mr. Urokodaki taught you...
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169. Total Concentration Breathing.
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170. He knows Mr. Urokodaki?
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171. And the breathing technique, too?
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172. All you did was memorize it as fact.
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173. Your body has no clue
what it needs to do.
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174. What the hell were you doing
for a whole year and a half?
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175. Slam it into your flesh!
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176. More!
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177. More!
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178. More!
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179. So that you'll never forget the secrets
Mr. Urokodaki taught you!
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180. Pound it into the marrow of your bones!
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181. I'm trying!
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182. I'm trying every single day!
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183. With everything I've got!
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184. But I'm not making any headway!
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185. I just can't go any further!
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186. Go further!
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187. If you're a man!
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188. If you call yourself a man!
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189. There's no other way
to go but forward!
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190. Bring it on!
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191. Show me what you're capable of!
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192. I'm leaving the rest to you.
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193. Are you all right?
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194. Did you see that just now?
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195. What a strike that was!
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196. Not a single bit of wasted motion!
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197. It was really beautiful!
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198. I want to become like that!
You think I can become like him?
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199. I'm sure you can...
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200. since I'll be looking after you.
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201. She's so cute.
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202. Who are you?
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203. This girl's name was Makomo.
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204. She told me the boy's name was Sabito.
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205. Makomo also pointed out my defects.
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206. She corrected my unnecessary
movements and bad habits.
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207. But when I asked her
why she was doing that,
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208. and where she came from,
she didn't tell me anything.
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209. Both he and I love
Mr. Urokodaki very much.
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210. That was Makomo's pet phrase.
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211. She and Sabito weren't siblings.
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212. She said Mr. Urokodaki raised them
after they'd been orphaned.
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213. There are other children besides us.
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214. They're always watching you, Tanjiro.
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215. Makomo is a somewhat strange girl.
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216. She speaks in such an abstract,
dreamy way.
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217. See, Total Concentration Breathing
accelerates your blood circulation
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218. and your heart rate.
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219. That causes
your body temperature to spike,
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220. making you as strong as a demon
while staying human.
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221. The important thing
is to expand your lung capacity.
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222. When you bring lots of air into your blood,
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223. and when your blood gets excited,
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224. your bones and muscles scurry
to heat up and grow stronger.
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225. I'm not sure I get that.
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226. How can I do that?
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227. Train to death.
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228. At the end of the day,
there's nothing else you can do.
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229. Until my arms and legs
were ready to fall off...
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230. Until my lungs and heart
were ready to burst,
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231. I swung my sword.
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232. But still...
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233. I just couldn't beat Sabito.
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234. Not until six months later.
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235. When I challenged him that day,
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236. Sabito was wielding a real sword.
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237. After six months, finally,
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238. you have the look of a man.
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239. Today's the day I win!
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240. Head-on battles are simple.
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241. Whoever's stronger and faster wins.
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242. The battle was over in an instant.
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243. On this day, in this moment,
for the first time,
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244. my blade reached Sabito first.
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245. The moment I won,
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246. Sabito smiled.
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247. He looked sad and happy.
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248. A relieved kind of smile.
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249. Tanjiro...
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250. You did great.
Don't forget what you just did.
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251. Win, okay, Tanjiro?
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252. Beat that guy, too.
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253. The next thing I knew,
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254. Sabito was gone.
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255. And my sword, which I was sure
had slashed Sabito's mask...
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256. had sliced the boulder.
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257. PREVIEW
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258. RUSTLE RUSTLE
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259. Yeah, I was shocked, too!
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260. I could never imagine
I'd be able to cut a boulder like that.
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261. I couldn't have done it
without Sabito and Makomo.
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262. I can't thank them enough.
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263. Now, it's time for a Taisho secret!
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264. Why does Mr. Urokodaki wear a mask?
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265. I heard that's because demons used to make fun
of his face for looking too kind.
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266. Sabito, Makomo and Mr. Urokodaki!
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267. I'll work harder
to turn Nezuko back into a human!
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268. Next, Episode 4, "Final Selection"!
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269. TO BE CONTINUED
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