cna i just say if theres something i rly lovr abt kny its that grrr bark bark kny made me feel literally so bad for every demon after they died. like i think a lot of stories always try 2 take away a villains humanity so that you dont feel TOO bad or sympathize TOO much with the villain when they die/are defeated...,,,,, but kny said no❤️ and i lvoe that sm. i think it translates to real life very well like. sometimes good people do bad things and that doesnt make them inherently bad ✨🧚♀️
YEAH YEA AYEAHY EAH YEAH u explained it perfectly !! i think the story has a rly unique situation with its antagonists nd gotouge is able to . Really take their time to evaluate each unique character and give them their proper closure. they write it wonderfully imo and its something that really sticks w me. because yeah as you mentioned , i feel like a lot of stories struggle in finding that balance but aaaaaaaaaa yeah.. yeah. i love kny for this reason
i love how theres even . division among the antagonists in how that humanity is portrayed. i admire from a general view how all of the demons have this , almost ... duality?? i guess i would say? in their personas? the way they approached the world w their human selves vs the amplification of certain traits via their demon selves (not to talk abt akaza All the time but like. him fighting himself between muzan’s influence and that of koyuki and keizou’s is my absolute favorite).
but w that portrayal of humanity i mentioned, i guess one example i rly like is kaigaku; someone who doesn’t receive narrative sympathy or forgiveness like some of the other demons (say gyuutarou and daki) do. and thats bc gotouge decides intentionally highlight the more negative aspects of humanity that drive / characterize him . i mean , kaigaku’s story exemplified the selfish, arrogant, and generally p awful parts of himself tht he more or less embraced? idk how to frame it but . i like how gotouge provides each of their characters that humanity, but allows each story to explore what that full range of humanity offers. instead of each moon being some tragic pity-villain stereotype , there are some that were genuinely good people with unfortunate circumstance while others (kaigaku) were just awful people who took advantage of those around them & sought demonhood as the opportunity to further their selfish desires.
its cool !!! its so cool !! i love how you can pick any one character and just. dive down the rabbit hole & look at their motivations, goals, themes, etc. i feel like it introduces this sort of lore thats able to build on itself nd AAAA i love it soo much. i can never have enough dshfsdfksd
but back to you were saying , i totally agree. i love the opportunity to get to know these characters more and . actually feel emotion when learning about them. thts something i really enjoy in a story hehe . its great and all when you have a cool cast of protagonists but its so much better when the protags and antags can work w one another in deconstructing the binary of good and evil :3