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Big benefit of catching up in being able to go mining for memes. https://twitter.com/franmm127/status/1625538057771286528?s=20
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i guess for all that i love fujimoto's characters, plotting, and humor, the thing i might find most compelling is just the really weird concepts or visuals that come out of nowhere. which is why bucky the friendly talking chicken carcass and yoru turning the teacher into a horrific living bonesword had me hooked from the first chapter of part 2. it's too off-putting not to like
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Feb 22, 2023 21:18
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I just really hope that Asa being so out of touch with everyone around her is just because she's awkward or neuroatypical or something, and not because she's actually part devil or some dumb thing.
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Feb 22, 2023 21:22
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In her introduction chapter, Asa was already shown to be awkward, she even came to the realization that she was jealous of everyone having friends when Bucky remembered her name and everyone waved for her to come join...and then she tripped.  Rereading the chapters is way quicker and flows better when you're not counting the days until the next chapter drop.
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Feb 22, 2023 22:08
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maybe watching her mother die saving her life might have something to do with it
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PringleCreamEgg posted:I just really hope that Asa being so out of touch with everyone around her is just because she's awkward or neuroatypical or something, and not because she's actually part devil or some dumb thing. She's definitely gonna hit a point where she'll be like "oh a devil is to blame for all my troubles" before going "oh no it's just me"
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Feb 22, 2023 22:21
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Miching Mallecho posted:
 Although, I was hooked on pt 2 from the first chapter
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I think pt 1 only found its stride once we landed on the normalcy of the Aki + Power + Denji dysfunctional family combo. It was good before that obviously, but that point is where it really finds its heart. Pt 2 starts out much better because Asa's a loving loser who's great by herself, greater when paired with Yoru, and greatest when forced to interact with characters who can barely stand her.
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Feb 22, 2023 22:34
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:maybe watching her mother die saving her life might have something to do with it The whole chase sequence and flashback absolutely was one of my favorite parts so far.
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Feb 22, 2023 23:07
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CSM drags its characters through the mud but I think in the end Fujimoto gives his characters things even more precious than happiness or life. Power dies but not before she learns to love someone else, Denji loses the person he wanted most but also accepts that she was bad for him, Aki dies horribly, but before that he gains a family. Himeno dies but before that Denji gives her hope enough that she can get emotionally invested in keeping her partners alive. They’re not happy endings, but they become better people Not sure how Asa fits into that. Right now it seems she is unnecessarily down on herself. Even her bragging about herself and assuming guys are in love with her is fed by her insecurity. She achieves great things but only focuses on her failures so for right now it seems like she needs to be happier, more optimistic with herself. But Fujimoto doesn’t seem to give his characters happiness in the end, he gives them character growth, so there’s a lot of stuff yet in store for Asa we haven’t gotten to yet. Really interested to see where this goes. Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Feb 22, 2023 |
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Feb 22, 2023 23:08
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I only caught up once Part 2 was already in swing but I loved Asa from the get
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Feb 22, 2023 23:57
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Steve Yun posted:CSM drags its characters through the mud but I think in the end Fujimoto gives his characters things even more precious than happiness or life. Power dies but not before she learns to love someone else, Denji loses the person he wanted most but also accepts that she was bad for him, Aki dies horribly, but before that he gains a family. Himeno dies but before that Denji gives her hope enough that she can get emotionally invested in keeping her partners alive. They’re not happy endings, but they become better people She's going to finally learn to love herself and she'll make some real friends and then she'll loving die.
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Steve Yun posted:Not sure how Asa fits into that. Right now it seems she is unnecessarily down on herself.
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chiasaur11 posted:. I kind of feel like the Justice Devil is the through line, but Asa hasn't really realized this yet. The Justice Devil was behind two of the worst events in Asa's life and I feel like a more competent protagonists would have gone "Hey, I gotta find this Justice Devil and take them down before they strike again because they have a clear pattern of targeting troubled young girls, driving them insane, then causing them to turn into devils and commit horrific acts of violence. I've got confirmation that they go to my school, so let's start investigating before they gently caress up my life for a third time" already, but Asa is kind of bad at figuring out what she should do and Yoru is even worse so they haven't grasped that they should really be proactive on this one. Eimi posted:Maybe I wouldn't have thought so if Yuko hadn't entered, made me think maybe Asa was just gay, and then died to reveal that no Asa is a femcel. We don't know Yuko is dead for sure yet, just that she's had her head cut off. Like, I'll admit things looked pretty grim last time we saw her and she's PROBABLY dead, but after her head came off her body she was still talking so she was still alive at that point. Devils are hard to kill, Denji has survived decapitation before and Power was able to come back from some blood.
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PringleCreamEgg posted:I just really hope that Asa being so out of touch with everyone around her is just because she's awkward or neuroatypical or something, and not because she's actually part devil or some dumb thing. i have a theory that she is part War devil
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Devils are hard to kill, Denji has survived decapitation before and Power was able to come back from some blood. Devils are difficult to kill. Hybrids like Denji are something else. Kishibe and Nayuta have both described him as immortal no chaser, and the evidence has kept up with that, where even Chainsaw Man failed to erase them from existence.
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i like part 2 more than part 1 cause i have an easy time relating to fail women
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Hidingo Kojimba posted:If it goes that way, that seems more like something Justice would do than Fami. We haven’t heard anything from the Justice devil in a while. I am certain that Justice works for Fami. So far, the incidents involved with Justice surround Asa/Yoru, and I am assuming that Fami is driving these interactions.
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Flair posted:I am certain that Justice works for Fami. So far, the incidents involved with Justice surround Asa/Yoru, and I am assuming that Fami is driving these interactions. That assumes that Justice and Famine are different devils. They both carry scales, after all.
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There’s gonna be some crazy shell game where Fami is under Justice’s control and Justice is under Octopus’ control
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Every devil is powered by the fear of something So really, a devil that causes people to commit suicide should be Life Devil
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I'm a sucker for slice-of-life juxtaposed against an off-kilter setting, and Chainsaw Man: Part 2 scratches that itch.
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I like Chainsaw Man best when it surprises me with some dumb poo poo and thus far I have not been disappointed.
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Feb 23, 2023 10:52
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part 2 has had a much stronger start than part 1 did
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Bad Seafood posted:I'm a sucker for slice-of-life juxtaposed against an off-kilter setting, and Chainsaw Man: Part 2 scratches that itch. I also like Yoru starting to care about the teenage girl they technically adopted.
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Part 2 owns and I don't know how anyone could be let down by it
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Part 2 is worth it for Yoru's temper tantrum alone.
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I'm really enjoying how part 2 is spiralling off in its own direction rather than attempting to recreate similar relationship dynamics to part 1.
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part 2 owns and can only get better because kobeni has yet to appear
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Hace posted:Part 2 owns and I don't know how anyone could be let down by it I imagine the people who decry any episode that isn't beginning-to-end fight scene to be useless filler.
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For me I didn't feel like we needed a part 2, part 1s ending was a sufficient ending. And then when we get to 2, Denji shows up and it feels like his character backsliding because he's once again just trying to get laid, and Nayuta was missing. As well a big part of the appeal was that csm was very much not typical shounen and moving it to a high school was the opposite of what I wanted. I think it's justified itself now, but I was worried that is a backslide on what made me love part 1.
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Reading Look Back and Goodbye, Eri after finishing Part 1 made me appreciate Part 1 so much more and made me so hype for Part 2. LB and GE just showed that Fujimoto has so much in his repertoire and is constantly evolving, and I was certain he would bring it to CSM. So far, Part 2 has been awesome!
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I don't think Denji ever stopped trying to get laid
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ImpAtom posted:I don't think Denji ever stopped trying to get laid Literally just before handling Makima he declares before Kobeni and Kishibe that he wants to keep being Chainsaw Man so he can get 10 girlfriends and have tons of sex.
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yum posted:part 2 owns and can only get better because kobeni has yet to appear Kobeni will reveal her contract in Part 4 and I'll poo poo my pants.
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MorningMoon posted:Kobeni will reveal her contract in Part 4 and I'll poo poo my pants. Both of these predictions are correct, but they will not be related.
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Feb 23, 2023 22:26
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Kobeni has a contract with the devil. Not like a devil devil, but literally just Satan.
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Feb 23, 2023 22:44
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Yes, but Satan is the name of the poo poo Your Pants Devil.
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There probably is a Satan Devil, there's just no reason it would hang out in Japan instead of a more heavily Christian part of the world.
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There's probably the Devil, the Devil Devil, and a the Devil Devil Devil, in descending order of strength.
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