@Wilen ah yeah sure thats why they waste multiple chapters on showing what TrAgIc EvENtS they went through before they were kind of forced to become a demon
totally not supposed to redeem them yeah
thats why they sometimes show the demons as they cross over to the afterlife and cry like a little bitch when they realize what they did amiright
just stretching the run time because everyone knows that muzan doesnt have a backstory and its over after he dies amiright
@Kampfarsch The whole point of KnY is to continue living, in despite of all things. That's why the author tries to give attention to their villains' backstories and show that they were just normal people at some point, but because of their miseries they choose the easy way to live, to be strong and immortal as a demon. But just like you said, that doesn't redeem them at all, and that's why the heroes don't hesitate to deliver their judgement. Even though they lived through miseries, they're still monsters that need to be destroyed. But if that's true, the opposite is too. Why should I have compassion for some monster whose only purpose is to hurt and kill? "Because they were people just like me". Tanjirou literally resumed the whole message Gotouge is trying to pass, which happens to also be his own way of thinking. But even when Tanjirou shows his compassion he doesn't hesitate to destroy evil; which is, in some way, also a form of compassion that, by killing his enemy, they can't do more evil. Tbh you didn't understand or simply don't want to.
@Kampfarsch is there even a rule that dictates villains in KnY should be redeemed in the first place?
It's not waste of chapters, they're literally flashbacks for exposition connecting what happened back then to present day (in the story), I assumed that most people already know that but I guess not.
You know, I just realized that the reason Tanjiro's family survived for so many generations despite knowing the breath of the sun was because they used it as a family ritual dance instead of using it for killing demons.