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It is the Taisho Period (i.e. 1912-1926). Tanjiro Kamado is living a modest but blissful life in the mountains with his family. One day, when he returns from selling charcoal in town, he finds the remains of his slaughtered family in pools of blood after a demon attack. Tanjiro rushes down the snowy mountain with the sole survivor, his sister Nezuko, on his back. But on the way, Nezuko suddenly snarls, turning on Tanjiro.[1]
Walking through an intense blizzard with his wounded sister, a young boy begs her to stay alive, promising to save her no matter what.After loading a basket of charcoal on his back, Tanjiro Kamado hears his mother call to him. Wiping the soot off his face, she tells him of her worry for his safety, due to the heavy snow as he’s selling.
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As he leaves, he encounters his younger sister Nezuko, carrying their youngest sibling Rokuta on her back. Wishing him good luck as he leaves.Reaching a nearby town to begin selling his charcoal.Suddenly, he hears a hurt young man call to him, accused by a store clerk of breaking a plate. Using his sharp sense of smell, he deduces that a cat had broken it, to the man’s relief.
night having arrived, Tanjiro heads home but is stopped by an elderly neighbour living nearby, warning him not to enter the mountain. The man sternly tells him to take residence at his home for the night instead, as demons roam about during the night.He tells them that demons devour humans and are only active in the dark, hence the peril of traversing the mountain at this time. Saburo, who had lost his family to demons, is pitied by Tanjiro, who wishes to bring his siblings to meet him next time to give comfort.
At dawn, he sets out for home and leaves Saburo’s residence. But as he approaches his home, he suddenly detects the scent of blood and hurriedly runs to his house. In the front yard, he catches sight of a bloodied and lifeless Nezuko, with Rokuta in her arms. In shock, he runs over to her body and asks what had happened, before turning his head and looking inside his house.
Tanjiro carries Nezuko across the snowing mountain for help in the town.Tanjiro and hurls themselves off the mountain path down a cliff. Protected from the fall by the thick snow, Tanjiro looks up and sees his sister standing upright.Tanjiro, recalling Saburo’s words, realises Nezuko is now a demon, but doesn’t believe she was the one responsible for killing everyone else,Nezuko begins to cry and ceases her attack on her brother.
A young man wielding a sword speeds towards the siblings and leaps into the air. Tanjiro notices him and forces Nezuko out of the way of the strike, to the swordsman’s confusion.swordsman asks why he is protecting the demon, to which Tanjiro answers the demon is his younger sister Nezuko.Tanjiro tells the Demon Slayer that another scent was present at their house during his family’s murder and it was perhaps the true culprit.
Tanjiro insists that she doesn’t eat humans,He promises to return Nezuko back into a human.Seeing the tears fall of Tanjiro’s face, the Demon Slayer thinks to himself for him to not cry and despair now, despite all the pain he had recently felt.without a strong resolve, he can never heal his sister or avenge his family.
Tanjiro sees his fallen hatchet and runs towards the Demon Slayer in a frontal attack driven by emotion. Seeing his weak effort, the Demon Slayer slams his sword handle into Tanjiro’s back, knocking him unconscious. Suddenly, he notices that Tanjiro isn’t armed.He hears the sound of a spinning object, looking up in time and ducking his head to the side as the hatchet flies towards him.
Impressed at Tanjiro’s attempt to strike him down regardless of his inferior strength and technique, Nezuko breaks free of the swordsman’s hold in his short lapse of focus. Kicked backed, he sees the demon about to pounce on the unconscious Tanjiro.Instead of killing him, Nezuko stands in front of her brother, ready to protect him.After burying his family in the front yard of their house, Tanjiro takes Nezuko’s hand and together, they leave their home and make their way to the mountain.
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