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Meta-Narrative: What if the main character well-being was prioritized over the story? It's nonsensical as an author. Characters serve the story, not the other way around, but that's exactly why I think Fujimoto would be the one to subvert the expectations that deeply.

@NidhCthon @AsaMitahawk x.com/ARGirisOUT_/st… I also think that's the route Fujimoto was going too. I wrote some thoughts about the meta aspect of the story. Fujimoto literally being Pochita, which explains the why of the concept erasing powers. It's rough, mainly to tidy up my ideas.

@AsaMitahawk I think this is perfectly valid! Fujimoto didn’t write part 2 as a character driven agency story, it’s a meta commentary of heroism as a bad thing. The deus ex machina reinforces that the cycle can never end unless “fate acts” (bleak) which won’t resonate with everyone.

I have been reading other people's takes and reevaluating my opinion over the last few days, and I'm still feeling indifferent to Chainsaw Man's ending I don't think everything was meaningless, however the ending didn't resonate with me Thread below 🧵

Part 3 would undo this act of pure love. That's why it's definitive despite its apparent openness. And Denji, the Denji who woke up in that shack without Pochita, no longer belongs to the audience. He is finally... just Denji.

Out of guilt and love, he stopped watching. He completely betrayed his audience to let Denji live without being observed. His greatest act of love for his protagonist was to close the book, as he ultimately chose Denji over us.

Meta-Narrative: What if the main character well-being was prioritized over the story? It's nonsensical as an author. Characters serve the story, not the other way around, but that's exactly why I think Fujimoto would be the one to subvert the expectations that deeply.