hydra 🦝

making a silksong version too

@QuitexSincere @pissvortex Yep that’s exactly the shallow point of my original message which you first replied to. I’m not sure how you got anything else from it. (Also arguably they were saying otherwise)

Part 2 is kind of like 100+ chapters of “Here’s what would happen if Denji didn’t learn his lesson wouldn’t that be fucked up” and then shows him butterfly effect saving the entire world in one page by just being nice to Asa without the expectation of sex in return

rip my goat dusclops 😭

knight 2 is genuinely diabolical i resent castorice so much

feeling very whelmed by the ashveil trial. he is certainly a character that honkai star rail released in the very important 4.1 game version.

@QuitexSincere @pissvortex No it literally isnt your point, you said that “Saying you wanted more isn’t criticism either” which I did not say. That is the exact point you made which is just incorrect

@hydratedjk @pissvortex You didn't offer any criticism at all, that's my point

@QuitexSincere @pissvortex When did I personally say that friend

@hydratedjk @pissvortex "I wanted more" isn't criticism either.

@noidnoidnoidev @trashboatmovies You know what I was typing a response about how it really isnt a real choice he makes still because obviously he would hurt Asa too if he kept running at her with a chainsaw, but thats like, exactly what happens in the rest of part 2. I think I might be seeing the vision now

@trashboatmovies @hydratedjk I was talking about this scene in specific. he literally drops this symbol and doesn't kill the devil he was suppose to

I am still extremely melancholic that it ended and I can't stop thinking about it. I've been defending Chainsaw Man from superficial criticism for over 6 years lmao so nothing is more symbolic to me than doing this one last time (at least during its release). Chainsaw Man isn't about Chainsaw Man (kinda is at the end). Chainsaw Man has always, always been about Denji. Chainsaw Man was always Denji and Pochita was always Denji's heart. But for a long time, the work and we, the audience, considered the two as separate entities. And this is the main, and perhaps ONLY, catalyst for all the conflicts in Part 2. I can't understand anyone who isn't satisfied with this ending because of "loose ends". It took 200+ chapters for you to understand that the great universe and great characters are just the foundation to tell Denji's story? A story that rewards a character who, even after losing everything, kept following his dream and ALWAYS looking for a third option in the midst of dilemmas where both options suck. ALL the fights Denji won were always through his ability to find ways out of "no way out" situations, and not about how strong he is. The work ALWAYS prioritized closing thematic arcs rather than narrative arcs per se. And the second part is completely self-aware, and to me, this ending is perfect. I always knew that only a happy ending would make sense for the manga. Being the Chainsaw Man (hero/devil) we know became Denji's crutch that sustained him after so many traumas. After Makima disappeared, the single problem for everything that happened was the fact that Denji still wanted to be this hero, or at least his idealized version of it. Just like any addiction that stems from our defense systems in trauma situations. It's very common for people who have suffered abuse to persist with habits and raised defenses even after they are "safe" from those abuses. And these quirks become a burden and a problem, just like the burden of being Chainsaw Man was for Denji. The story concluding with him dropping this symbol and not letting himself be carried away by the options imposed by others is sensational. And this point is proven when he, and we as the audience, are totally rewarded, whether by saving Asa from the same cycle of traumas as his, saving the world, seeing Power and Nayuta happy, and Denji doing good just because he wants to and can. And the paradox is that this is what truly makes him Chainsaw Man and the hero he is, without needing a devil's heart. So, in the end, Chainsaw Man is about Chainsaw Man, but Chainsaw Man isn't the hero of hell, but rather our Denji. ++

i unfortunately may have to reread all of chainsaw man now with the new context of the ending

@pissvortex that does not mean its absolved from criticism

@hydratedjk I had fun while reading them so it was therefore not meaningless

@dededekay_ @pissvortex a majority of the plot around the death and war devil ended up not mattering or having any real consequences and most of the character development got thrown out the window so yea probably

@hydratedjk @pissvortex Are the chapters meaningless though?

absolutely nightmare lose streak into first timing sinclair

@farris206 because he wasn't the chainsawman devil and fujimoto doesnt even know himself what pochita actually is

So like… was it ever explained why the chainsaw devil can just… erase concepts?

CONFIRMED: Tatsuki Fujimoto creator of the hit manga Chainsaw Man announces that there will be a Part 3 and reveals an illustration of the new protagonist.