u/GodKira04

Yeah, I still think Part 1 is really good on its own, but what was the point of all that? Just for everything to get erased and for the characters to forget everything that happened? Like, how am I supposed to still feel anything for characters like Aki and Reze when they’re basically nobodies now and it’s practically as if they never even existed?

Anyway, I’ll probably stay in the Chainsaw Man fandom for a little while longer, but nothing major. Maybe I’ll watch the rest of Part 1 when it gets animated (I’m definitely not watching Part 2), and then goodbye Chainsaw Man. I’ll definitely be completely fed up with this franchise and its fandom by then.

And mind you, Homelander was humiliating himself because he was desperate for his life, while Denji humiliated himself just because he thought Fumiko was “cute.”

Enjoy your protagonist’s “character development,” bro.

Enjoy your protagonist’s “character development,” bro.

Enjoy your protagonist’s “character development,” bro.

Thinking about it, Fujimoto really must not like the “romanticization” of superheroes if he felt the need to make Part 2 even though Denji’s character already had a pretty solid conclusion in Part 1. Part 2 was basically nothing more than a humiliation ritual for Denji just to show that being a hero “isn’t a good thing.”

I even wonder how much Fujimoto actually enjoyed making Part 1, because Part 2 feels like a parody/deconstruction of it too. Back then, Denji falling down and getting back up again was portrayed as something admirable. Hell, the ending of Part 1 is literally Denji defeating and killing the devil that represents control, the devil who manipulated him and ruined his life, when before he was completely under her thumb. On top of that, he took responsibility for raising her reincarnation so she wouldn’t end up becoming evil again by giving her love and affection.

If you ask me, those “heroic” actions are genuinely admirable and even inspiring, but I guess I must’ve interpreted it wrong. Apparently Denji freeing himself from Makima’s chains, killing her, and taking care of her reincarnation so she wouldn’t go down the same path was actually supposed to be viewed as something sad and pitiful.

Also: I think it’s funny that Fujimoto said “the most correct type of ending for a hero story is to quit being a hero” when it was Pochita who basically made that decision for Denji and forced him to stop being Chainsaw Man.

Seriously, what happened that made some people completely unable to appreciate villains, anti-heroes, or morally gray characters nowadays? I honestly think that if DBZ came out today, Vegeta would be massively hated by some people because he “killed people and doesn’t deserve any redemption for it.”

Like mother, like daughter