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You're fine. Your post reads like a much kinder take on Demon Slayer to what people used to say about both Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online: "baby's first anime." Because in 2013 both of those kind of blew up.

As someone who remembers .hack//SIGN, SAO was cool for being like the next version or iteration of that. And Attack on Titan was just cool. Sure, the second season fell off a bit, but it was overall good stuff. And I liked most of SAO... minus the SA scenes. The characterisations of the girls left a bit to be desired, but the books were written by a pretty young dude in a culture where holding hands with a girl is actually taboo so... I get it? Anyway, the sci-fi stuff is what appeals to me. Specifically the time dilation introduced in the third season (and plays out a lot more in the fourth).

@cerebralhawks watch the first and the second chapters, they are the ones that are based in actual manga chapters, all the other ones are fillings. They aren't bad for se, but don't let that stop you from an awesome movie.

That’s exactly what I did. I watched it kinda on and off because my wife was the one actually watching and I just sat in when I could. But I watched the last 2 episodes and it prepared me enough for the movie. Obviously my wife filled me in with some minor details on some characters’ backgrounds afterwards, but I didn’t feel lost during the movie. It’s also pretty easy to follow if you don’t have a hard time remembering how characters look like (DS has same-face syndrome), because the story is largely contained to 2 battles and 5 characters only.

Would you be willing to impart any suggestions for watchable anime?