Reguarding the flashback problem
This is a response to a popular critisism against knY
Personally i dont think that the amount of backstories is the problem,
its just that every character arc that we are introduced to during the flashback (which is the main goal of a flashback) is resolved within said flashback
Take for example mitsuri's backstory
The main thing we learn about her is that she wants to fit in to the point where she changed her whole identity into something else
Only for the end of the flashback to just say "and then i joined the demon slayer corps and made a bunch of friends and didnt have to hide who i am anymore"
Which kinda ruins the entire point
But what if instead of immidiately being her normal mitsuri self right as we meet her,
We could instead meet her in the middle of her arc, where she was forced into being something that she isnt
During the arc, as she gets closer to tanjiro she opens up and allows herself to be herself
Wouldnt that be better than what we currently have?
And that's exactly why i love the arcs that zenitsu, gyomei and akaza had, since they were actually concluded on screen in a satisfying way (might be more in the future idk im anime only)