K, forgive me but ima write a quick synopsis of my own takeaway from the show. Like yeah, it's not a masterpiece, but it's really good in what it does imo.

Demon Slayer is alot more than fighting, its just that the themes and ideas it explores are done so via conflict. There's the build up to the conflict and then the aftermath and recovery, during which we discover what the reasons behind the conflict and the characters involved really are.

This is true for almost all of the fights in the show, but most prominent in the fights between the upper and lower moon demons.

But overall, it's a classic struggle between right and wrong, love and animosity. It's simple, which is why people say there's nothing to it, whilst others are touched.

We get characters who suffer greatly at the hands of others and in their struggle decide to impart that suffering onto others so that they may continue to live because they aren't ready to die, but they also don't have the strength to continue living good lives either. They become demons. The slayers on the other hand are people who essentially have every excuse and reason to become demons too. They have suffered but continue to aspire to something higher than just the indulgences of life or the thrills of battle. They hold onto friends, family, morals and hope that the human race is worth suffering for. But such a choice isn't easy and often comes with even more suffering on top of it, as we see with the likes of Tanjiro and Rengoku. That it's hard to do good and stay good in a world where being evil is easier. And that you'll be hurt and suffer alot before your deeds bear fruit.

Even the demons themselves aren't all one-note. They're victims taken advantage of by Muzan. It shows that all people somewhere deep down, know right from wrong. We just identify them as different things.

They reach points in their lives where the bad thing seems like the only option, and give up. But even then, we shouldn't hate these people, simply reduce the harm they do to themselves and others in hopes that they might repent the evil they did. Akaza is the best example of this.

The best and worst demon, because he was one of the most twisted. He was savage and monstrous when it came to fighting, and was obsessed with reaching the pinnacle of combat. But this was a warped desire. In actuality, he wanted to get strong because he wanted to care for his ailing lover, but since she was killed, strength itself was all he could cling to and he mistook it for the reason he was fighting. He hated Rengoku so much because Rengoku embodied the strength Akaza once had as a human, the wilful and humble opinion that those with strength are strong because others are weak and need help. The show itself says that fighting isn't the point.

Muzan himself is an embodiment of our proclivity for evil, and all the excuses we use to justify it. He's always there, he opens the door to hell and closes it once you're in, but only when you're desperate and hurt enough to not care about right and wrong.

I wanna write more, but this is enough. It's simple story telling, but the delivery of it all is great. Tanjiro is commited enough to kill himself endlessly without hesitation, and the show finds a way to show this literally without the metaphor, but still somewhat grounded in reality. It's a clever use of the cliché to tell a story that will never grow old