How Guilt Became the Defining Theme of Daemons of the Shadow Realm

When an anime character is either handed or chooses their destiny, the reaction is generally exuberance. “I’m going to be king of the ninja!” and all that. But what if they didn’t feel so great about it? What if destiny became a burden, or even worse, meant a loss of control that ripped your humanity and free will from you? Daemons of the Shadow Realm plays with the idea of destiny being a conduit for guilt, and it exists so ferociously within its main characters that it’s arguably the series’ defining theme. Yuru and Asa, the long-separated siblings, experience it to the most heightened degre...

Sometimes being the Chosen One feels pretty bad!