Episode 1

Cruelty (残酷, Zankoku) is the 1st episode in the Kimetsu no Yaiba anime TV series.

Characters

 * Tanjirou Kamado
 * Nezuko Kamado
 * Kie Kamado
 * Shigeru Kamado
 * Hanako Kamado
 * Takeo Kamado
 * Rokuta Kamado
 * Saburoujii
 * Giyuu Tomioka

Synopsis
It is the Taisho Period. 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 his family slaughtered 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.