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My entire point was why in the world are they calling them demons? It is a completely pointless plot point.
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That's rather like asking why they bothered to put rubber forehead on people in Star Trek.
They're demons as a wink to Dragon Quest and other RPGs, because they're foreign (alien, even), and because the obvious, if ultimately superficial differences make the sudden unification against a common foe more believable.
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The same story could have been told between two warring nations of humans.
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Yes, they could have. They could have made it caucasians against asians or something. But that's its own can of worms, and I turn back your question: why?
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If in reality there is no "gap" to bridge, then why pitch the story as such? It falls completely flat on its face.
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It was never pitched as such. There are reasons for wars in general and this one in particular, yes. The Demon Queen explained what they were. It was never about fundamental differences except a basic recognition of "otherness".