If you kill demons that are going to kill people anyway and you only kill people that wants you dead you will become...

>Miyazaki actually gave a similiar story a better ending because MC went on a spiritual journey together with a loli sidekick instead of ditching her

Aniki did nothing wrong

But I don't think the problem was killing demons (or asshole humans), but how he was in danger of becoming a mass murdering sociopath

OP here. I say you give it a shot anyway. Other than this bullshit plot point this is in the lead for anime of the year by far.

It's not fair because Sekiro actually wins everything in the Dragon's Return end. All ends are good, but the 'Normal' ones are better because there is some sacrifice involved

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>if you kill the bad guys that makes you the bad guy
How is this shitty trope so pervasive?

most of the people he killed weren't bad guys

And it was true. First humans he killed deserved it. They attacked and killed innocent children.

By the end of the show though, he was mowing down humans who had done nothing to him. Most of them were running away in terror.

Dragon Return's sacrifice is loli suffering when she prepares to become Kuro's vessel.
And she is one of the kindest people MC ever met.

Blame budhism, I think. But it is not that bad, it is just that some show are too literal about it.

Also, keep in mind that the main two people who kept telling him that were people who killed a lot themselves, and knew that killing people leads to suffering. They just didn't want Hyak to live with the burden.

>Buddhism
I thought it was the canadian philosophy

It's the same with western media so I don't think it's strictly business. For example Batman and other western superheroes - "killing is bad, we must find mercy in our hearts for that serial killer who's killed shitton of people and is going to kill more once he escapes like he always does"

meant buddhism, lol

Millions of people is an exaggeration, the demons would kill hundreds at most over the course of Daigo's entire reign. It's a small price to pay to keep the land rich and the people from starving.

it's literally established that when you kill too many humans you start to turn into a demon
Yes they are going to kill people anyways, the only reason they wanted hyaki dead is because he is the holy child destined to kill them all.
They would have taken over the whole place killing thousands by feeding on the people, Their promise of prosperity was a lie and only a retard like daigo would believe that demons would keep their end of the bargain once the only danger to them is dead.

>How is this shitty trope so pervasive?
Because people like you are too dumb to understand context.

Did the anime/source material specified that they would only be around during Daigo's reign?

I wasn't implying that they would go away after Daigo's reign, they just wouldn't kill as many people as you think they would. The demons typically won't massacre entire villages in a short amount of time. They would pick off a villager here and there like they were already doing in the anime and they would keep doing that throughout Daigo's time as lord of the land.

What's the difference between demons and bad human people anyway

>He actually believes the demons

How much of a brainlet are you, for all we know the demons probably caused the drought in the first place

they were there to kill him. just cuz they started running away when they realized how strong he is, doesnt change the fact they were placed in that position because daigo ordered them to kill him

Did you not pay attention?
>Daigo is without question depicted as evil
>Hyakki's soul becoming more "demonlike" is a consequence of him killing demons, not humans
>Even Tahomaru, who wants to kill Hyakkimaru for the prosperity of the land, acknowledged that what his father did was wrong
>The series ends with Daigo wondering if Hyakkimaru could've saved his wretched land and brought prosperity, if he had just raised him as his son rather than sell him to demons
Is "demons bad" really so difficult for you to understand?

Batman's no killing rule is a consequence of the Comics Code Authority, which came into being due to puritan fears that comic books were causing teenage violence. Golden Age Batman had a gun and killed The Joker the first time he showed up.

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The demons would have eventually killed everyone. Notice how Daigo didn't even gain any land and was just stuck in a perpetual war with Asakura. The demons wanted to extend everyone's suffering and create a perpetual system of (premature) death while invading the land more and more.

The worst part is when they kept saying this shit towards the end when literally the entire army was out to kill him. A lot of those "innocent" people like to claim Hyakki murdered would've tried to kill him first chance they got