01x11 - Tsuzumi Mansion

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Southeast!

Your next destination is
to your southeast.

I know.

-I know, so can you please keep quiet?
-Southeast!

Please.

I know that, so please.

Please!

Please.

Will you marry me?

I don't know when I'll die!

So I hope you'll marry me.

Please!

What's wrong with that guy?

Please!

I only have you.

Only you can do it, please.

I see now.

I'll find a way.

Can you please do it?

Can you marry me?

I'm begging you!

What are you doing
in the middle of the road?

You know she's not willing.

Don't disturb the sparrows!

That uniform.

You're from the Final Selection.

There's no one like you in my circle,
so I don't know you!

We have met before! We have!

Maybe you don't remember it so well!

It's settled.

You may go home now.

Yes, thank you very much.

You should've stayed out of this!

She wanted to marry me
because she liked me!

That hurts.

Stop slapping me, it hurts!

Calm down!

Since when did I like you?

I only saw you crouching on the road
looking unwell,

so I came to ask if you were all right!

You talked to me because you were worried,
not because you liked me?

I'm already arranged
with someone else, you know?

So I can't possibly be with you.

I suppose you're all right, aren't you?

Goodbye!

Wait up.

-Wait...
-Give it up.

Why did you have to butt in?

You have nothing to do with this!

What look are you giving me?

Stop that!

Why are you staring at me
like I'm not a human being?

You owe me one!

It's because of you
that I can't get married!

Say something, damn it!

Listen.

I'm about to die in my next task.

I'm extremely weak.

Mark my words.

You have to protect me
until I get married, okay?

My name is Tanjiro Kamado.

Well, I'm sorry!

I'm Zenitsu Agatsuma.

You need to help me, Tanjiro.

Help you with what?

Why did you take up this job, Zenitsu?

And why were you embarrassing yourself?

Watch your mouth!

Some woman swindled money from me

and the old man who got it back
so happened to be a trainer.

Then I went through every day like hell.

It was so bad that I would rather die!

I thought I'd die in the Final Selection,
but luckily I survived.

Now I'm living every day in hell!

I'm scared!

I'll be eaten by demons!

They will suck my gray matter
from my ears!

Please no!

Help me!

What's the matter? Are you okay?

Well?

Now that I'm calm, I feel hungry.

Did you bring anything to eat?

No.

Well, you can have this.

Sure, thank you.

You're not hungry, Tanjiro?

I only have that rice ball.

I'll give you half.

Really? Thank you!

I know that you're really
afraid of demons, Zenitsu,

but you shouldn't disturb the sparrows.

Disturb?

Sparrows?

How did you know?

Because you were so hellbent
on not going on duty,

you would hit on any girl you see
and you snore so loudly.

That's what he said.

Is that so?

You understand birds?

You're joking.

You're making a fool out of me.

Run for it!

Tanjiro, Zenitsu, you have to run now.

Both of you go to the next stop.

Hurry up, Tanjiro and Zenitsu.

What? The crow talked!

Goodness, Tanjiro.

I don't think I can do it.

I don't think I'll be of any help to you
as your companion.

The demonic scent
is getting stronger and stronger.

There must be something up ahead.

What's that?

I can smell blood.

But this scent...

What smell is it, you say?

I've never smelled it before.

Don't mind the smell.
Did you hear that sound?

Besides, we have to work together.

Sound?

There are children.

What's up with them?

What are you doing here?

They're quite terrified.

Okay, I'll show you something
you might like.

Look!

It's a sparrow in a hand.

Isn't it cute?

So tell me, what happened?

Is this your house?

No.

This is...

a haunted house.

They took my brother.

We were on the road one night

and suddenly, there was a monster
I never saw before.

It didn't notice us.
It only took our brother.

They went into that house, right?

So you trailed them all the way here?

That's terrific.

You did great.

We followed our brother's blood trail
because he was injured.

Injured?

It's okay.

We'll take down the bad guys
and save your brother.

Really, you'll do that?

Sure thing.

Tanjiro.

Tell me what sound this is?

The noise is making me uneasy.

Is it a drum?

A noise?

I don't hear anything.

Don't look!

Are you okay?

Are you all right? Pull yourself together!

The wounds are so deep, it's...

I got out...

I had so much trouble
to get out of there...

Now you can see that I'm out.

Am I going to die?

He's dead.

He must have suffered so much.

Tanjiro, isn't that the two kids'...

I couldn't save him.

If we arrived here a little earlier,

we could have saved him.

Is this your...

That's not him.

Our brother wore a persimmon kimono.

I see.

They must have caught a number of people.

I promise that I'll bury you
once I get back.

My apologies.

Well, then. Zenitsu, let's go.

But only you and I can save them.

Okay, I see now.

But why?

Why do you pull a face like a demon?

I'm coming!

I didn't force you to come.

I said I'm coming!

As a precaution,

I'll leave the box here.

It will protect you if anything happens.

Well, we're off now.

Tanjiro.

Hey, Tanjiro.

You'll protect me, right?

You'll protect me, right?

Zenitsu.

I would like to apologize first.

I had my rib and legs broken
in my previous battle

and they haven't completely healed.

So...

What? You have broken bones?

How could you?

How can you protect me
when you have broken bones, Tanjiro?

I'm going to die!

What should I do?

I'm doomed!

I'm toast!

How could you have broken bones?
This is inexcusable!

There's a 99 percent chance of me dying!

-I'm dead!
-Calm down, Zenitsu.

You won't die.

I don't need your consolation!

No.

I know what I'm doing, Zenitsu.

No!

You can't come in.

Sir, that box made a rattling sound.

You shouldn't have left it like that.

It's more precious than my life, you know.

Sorry, my butt just...

The room changed.

Or are we moving?

I have to follow the drum.

Sorry that you got separated
from your brother.

But I promise I'll protect you.

Zenitsu will protect your brother too,
so don't worry.

What's your name?

Teruko.

So it's Teruko.

You have a nice name.

Of all the scents around,

it's this stench
that's filling the whole place.

The demon must have eaten many people.

He's also the master of the house.

I'm toast!

I'm toast! I'm a goner this time!

Tanjiro and I got separated!

Teruko?

No!

You must not shout.

If the bad guys hear you,
we'll be in deep trouble!

Let's get out of here quickly!

Why do we have to go out?

You only want to run for your life.

You keep grumbling that you're toast.

That's embarrassing, don't you think?

To grab onto me who's younger than you,
shouldn't you feel ashamed?

Then what purpose
does the sword on your waist serve?

You're a tough talker.

No, that's not it!

-It's because I'm totally useless.
-Let go of me.

-I'll go get help from the grown-ups.
-Please let go.

You can't just count on little kids
to deal with this situation.

It can't be!

I'm sure this is a vestibule!

Where's the way out?

I'm sure it's this one!

Is it this one?

Is it this one?

Or this one?

It's a monster!

Hey!

Don't look at me like that!
Nobody likes it!

If those things...

If they didn't come to mess with us...

Teruko, stay still and don't shout.

The rooms can move,
so don't go to the hallway.

Now, stand back.

Hide behind the cupboard.

Damn it.

It's those monsters' fault
that I lost my prey.

I caught them myself.

Why?

I don't care who they are,

but they surely are
a bunch of uncouth intruders.

I'm so pissed off.

That is my prey.

I found them in my territory,
so they're my prey.

Those things...

Those things...

Hey, you!

I'm a Mizunoto-ranked Demon Slayer,
Tanjiro Kamado!

I'm here to vanquish you!

That is a child of rare blood
that I've found!

Got you.

Teruko.

The tatami is now a wall.

The room is changing.

It's his Blood Demon Arts.

The entire house and its vicinity
are the demon's territory.

What?

There's a pleasant scent rushing this way.

It's not a demon.

Rushing in like a boar!

Rushing in like a boar!

Who is this guy?

He's wearing a boar's hide.

He's wielding a pair of Nichirin blade.

Hey, monster.

I'm going to make a stepping stone
to a higher rank in the Corps

by cutting you into shreds!

I'm pissed.

I'm so damn pissed.

Here I come,

rushing in like a boar!

Okay, Tanjiro.

The girl you parted me from,
I still think she likes me.

What are you talking about?

She told us loud and clear
that she hated you.

I dispute that.

She may have said that,
but she wanted me to go after her, right?

Come to think of it, when she slapped me,

I thought I felt some love.

As she slapped me on and on,

I could feel her lovely feelings
from each slap.

That's why I think
she absolutely likes me!

Say something!

Here's a little gossip
from the Taisho era.

I heard that Zenitsu is all about girls.

No matter who, he cares a lot about them
and that makes his heart flutter.

I can't help it!

Because girls are cute,
soft, and fragrant.

Whenever I think of girls,
it reminds me of that girl back then.

Once I leave that mansion,
I'm going to see her face to face.

Next, episode 12, "The Boar Bares
Its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps."

Don't act like I'm not here, Tanjiro!

TO BE CONTINUED