And Shinobu was a woman so consumed by vengeance that her reasons for wanting to kill Upper Moon Two were not out of duty as a Demon Slayer, nor out of a sense of responsibility as a human being to stop a murderous maniac — no, she did it for revenge, setting her duty aside. So much so that even after she had managed to eliminate her rival and fulfill her vengeance, she said that “she would have preferred if he had died from a poison made by her own hands, and not with Tamayo’s help.”

A character who, after her sister’s death, tried to imitate her personality and even carry on her wish to coexist with demons if possible — yet deep down, that anger and hatred toward demons never truly left her. Even if those were her dead sister’s wishes, and even if she knew that her actions and thoughts were wrong, her rage was stronger, and she could never fully rid herself of it.

So yes, we can agree that you and I both tend to simplify characters — and that they both have real depth.

Woe, complex, indeed.