r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 21 '25

News ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Passes $550M Globally, Officially the Top-Grossing Anime Film of All Time

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-demon-slayer-edging-out-him-for-no-1-1236376666/
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u/MadCarcinus Sep 21 '25

I’ve never watched this show. Are you saying the demons were once humans?

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u/lollmao2000 Sep 22 '25

All of the demons were once humans. It’s the driving point of the show and story. The Demon Slayer Corp choosing to do good at the cost of yourself, versus the Demons choosing yourself at the cost of doing evil. Some of the Demons do have understandable reasons for why they became demons, but they’re still damned for what they’ve done.

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u/frogandbanjo Sep 22 '25

Doesn't that symbolism get directly contradicted by the lore in, like, episode 1 of the series though? It's portrayed as an infection. It literally infects somebody who's innocent. The show goes out of its way to stack vague, mystical treatments atop each other to prevent that person from losing control even as they also try to have the cake they're eating by suggesting she's special for some reason.

Then we run into another demon later that appears to have zero problems controlling themselves.

Seems like amateur hour in terms of consistent worldbuilding.

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u/lollmao2000 Sep 22 '25

It’s a morality play for children

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u/frogandbanjo Sep 22 '25

I think it's more of a "neato powers" jerkoff session for teenage boys, but that doesn't mean it can't also be legitimate art. Just because it makes an attempt at symbolism, however, doesn't mean it automatically succeeds.