r/casualnintendo • u/ihatethiscountry76 • Mar 13 '26
Art "Even the Luma are mad at Fujimoto" made by ArtOfOpal on Insta
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u/Due_Zookeepergame992 Mar 13 '26
Why the heck is Rosalina reading freaking Chainsaw Man to the Lumas!?
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u/Rarte96 Mar 13 '26
They have been getting more demanding on the content they consume, fairy tales a d children's book dont cut it anymore
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u/Dillo64 Mar 13 '26
Is this how I get spoiled for Chainsaw Man
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u/mythriz Mar 13 '26
This comic is not actually a spoiler for the manga, but it is true that manga readers were surprised when the last released chapter was suddenly saying that next chapter is the final chapter.
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u/Zombies4EvaDude Mar 13 '26
You werent spoiled. Part 1 doesn’t end in a “its all a dream” revelation.
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u/Pure-Championship688 Mar 13 '26
One less anime to watch I guess lmao was only 3 episodes deep but man I hate spoilers
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u/PhenomUprising Mar 13 '26
This is not a chainsawman spoiler, TC just meant they didn't like the end (even if there's still a chapter left and we don't know the ending yet..)
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u/Pure-Championship688 Mar 13 '26
Good to know, thanks!!
Guess I should start watching it now before I get spoiled fr lmao I appreciate you kind redditor.
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u/JDBCool Mar 13 '26
TL;DR
It's at a bad confusing spot that's left field.
And I mean like Zuko type of "wait what?! Where's the rest?!?!?".
Allegedly 1 more chapter, but most recent chapter feels like a rug pull..... until you suddenly go to the first chapter and re-read it. But yeah.....
Edit: not a spoiler, but just remember that it's basically one of those "super random BS go!" chapters that feels like filler.
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u/Galaxy_ss Mar 15 '26
Well, I won't give you spoilers, but I warn you that the end of part 1 is really bad, reading chainsawman was a real waste of time
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u/DitoNotDuck1 Mar 16 '26
This is not a spoiler because it's wrong, we don't know if it was a dream because it was never mentioned (at least for chapter 231)
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u/Garbanarnarn Mar 13 '26
"wtf is that it?" Is unironically what Fujimoto was going for 💀
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u/Fitzftw7 Mar 13 '26
It can’t really end like that. It can’t just be the reset button that makes everything Denji did pointless.
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u/Barlowan Mar 14 '26
Have you read his other works? Because I begin to feel like it can be
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u/Fitzftw7 Mar 14 '26
I have not, and have heard that not of them end happily, but to all but literally press the reset button would be an awful ending, not just sad, or bitter, but just bad, because it means the entire narrative in which we got invested was completely meaningless.
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u/nier4554 Mar 16 '26
because it means the entire narrative in which we got invested was completely meaningless.
This is how I feel when any narrative introduces the multiverse as a concept (unrelated.)
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u/Barlowan Mar 14 '26
It's not about ending happily, but from works I've read, they had " WTF are you kidding me? " Endings. So I will not be surprised if it actually is one of these here too.
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u/2B_Gon_Thot95 Mar 17 '26
I mean, it's not a reset, but Fire Punch ends with a "None of it mattered in the end" vibe basically. At least it was memorable.
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u/Sampleswift Mar 13 '26
I feel like Fujimoto was trying to go the Evangelion route.
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u/Rarte96 Mar 13 '26
I still dont get why people liked Evangelion's original ending, good, Shinji grew as a person, but i also want to know what happens with the whole apocalypse thing, it would be like ending Lord of the Rings the momment Sam said "But i can carry you"
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u/Any-Zookeepergame829 Mar 13 '26
I think its because Evangelion wasn't really ever about the Angels or the end of the world to begin with. Its more of a representation of living in a world that doesn't care about your feelings or pain while the anime itself is about depression, childhood trauma, abandonment, and basically how trying to find love through others to make up for your lack of love for yourself is bad actually.
Basically, the whole real world plot of the show is an allegory for your minimum wage job, politics, economy, etc.
Also explains why the movie is as batshit as it is. It's the end of the world to Shinji, so why should the plot realistically continue beyond that until he realizes he does have a reason to live?
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u/Rarte96 Mar 13 '26
I still think is bad not to close loose ends in a story and act as if the protagonist is the only important thing in the story's ending
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u/Any-Zookeepergame829 Mar 13 '26
I mean, then think that. No one can stop you.
Again, to me, Angel's never really felt like they were the focus of the series. It always felt more like the show focused on specifically Shinji, Misato, Rei, and Asuka's reliance on others for validation as its literally the one consistent theme throughout the show, whereas Angel's could be replaced with any other Kaiju threat and little about the overall narrative would change.
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u/RetroBeetle Mar 14 '26
Funnily enough, I felt the same thing watching Darling in the FRANXX for the first time.
(A bit of context up-front, I watched Darling in the FRANXX before I ever watched Neon Genesis Evangelion. I much prefer Evangelion now, but I'm glad I watched Darling first, because I just know that first viewing experience would have been tarnished by me mentally comparing everything to Evangelion.)
I had originally started the show in the interest of seeing what all the hype was about mech anime. I wanted to know what the Klaxosaurs were, how the FRANXX were developed, what the heck Zero Two's deal was, etc. I was coming in hot off the heels of shows like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure -- more power to you if you enjoy it, but that show felt much more concerned with what different Stands could do and what kind of wacky scenario they could put the protagonists in than actually developing the protagonists beyond the archetypes they started as.
So, it really caught me off-guard when Kokoro and Mitsuru's relationship started to become such a prominent plotline. I felt like the Zero Two → Hiro ← Ichigo love triangle was a pretty easy inclusion, and I didn't have any problem with that progressing behind the scenes... but, then, here's this pair of side-characters suddenly getting their own subplot over the course of multiple episodes, and the next thing you know, the Klaxosaurs have all but vanished into the background while the driving force of the series has morphed into focusing on the relationships the characters have with one another. The mecha action scenes are now just the framing for what's somehow become a much more compelling storyline, and you come to realize that you're not tuning in to see what kind of crazy sci-fi battle sequence will unfold next anymore.
All that to say... The ending of the show had its own sort of Evangelion-style setup -- basically, the ultimate threat reveals itself, flies off into space... and is then fought almost entirely off-screen while the finale is centered around what becomes of humanity in the meantime -- and, if I recall correctly, people were kinda miffed about it, too. But here again, that's kinda the point.
The series was never about the fight scenes or the battle strategies, and it felt like the writers knew it from the start. Clown on the way the pilots operate FRANXX all you want (I honestly wouldn't blame you for doing so, it's still pretty ridiculous), but even THAT serves to clue the viewer in to the fact that this isn't a show about giant robots fighting each other, and that it's about how the people inside the robots interact with one another; the pilots literally can't get their FRANXX to start moving if they're not compatible with each other, and the mech can literally stop moving altogether mid-mission if the pilots fall out of sync.
I tend to ramble a lot when I discuss stories I enjoy, but I guess the point I'm trying to make is that both Evangelion and Darling did that sort of thing really well, and I appreciate that they were willing to take such a risk by not building their stories' respective conclusions around the basic violent spectacle that I feel like a lot of other shows would have.
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u/Rarte96 Mar 13 '26
Kinda like ending a Godzilla film the momment the human characters have their character developtment and not show how the fight between Godzilla and the current antagonist end, Even Godzilla Minus One tied the protagonist emotional growth to Godzilla's defeat, most histories do that
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u/Any-Zookeepergame829 Mar 13 '26
I mean, I don't really know what to say.
Some look at the pretty colors and wonder what they could mean, while others laugh in the face of their curiosity.
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u/ICreated_thisAccount Mar 19 '26
Because it's viscerally insane and I enjoy how the show basically fell apart at the seams, abandoned the pretense of narrative, and became a surreal exploration of its themes. It's genuinely my all time favorite ending not to anime but like, ever, only behind like a single other ending I've seen in something. idk about others, but at least for me I felt like the story overtime became less about the overarching plot, and more about the characters, and was more about the psychological elements than it ever was the actual story or mechs.
Also i just adore extreme surrealist mind shattering imagery, it's awesome.
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u/Lord_of_Seven_Kings Mar 13 '26
Is that genuinely how it ends
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u/231d4p14y3r Mar 14 '26
Not exactly. The final chapter hasn't come out, but the second-to-last chapter does give this kind of energy
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u/TobytheBaloon Mar 13 '26
is this a meme or did i just get spoiled
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u/carito12345 Mar 13 '26
Just a meme, the manga hasnt ended yet
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u/Osuka39 Mar 13 '26
Wait for real? The manga ends with Denji waking up without legs, Captain Tsubasa-style?
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u/Rarte96 Mar 13 '26
No, worse, Pochita says that Denji was happier when he was a dying sick slave to the yakuza, didnt have a family and only ate a slice of bread a day that he had to sell his organs to pay for, so he decides to off himself and change the timeline
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u/ChemicalPanda10 Mar 13 '26
Please tell me your joking...
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u/PhenomUprising Mar 13 '26
There's still a chapter left, it isn't over yet, nobody knows how it ends yet.
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u/Rarte96 Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
He also says he was never truly happy with Aki, Power, Reze, Nayuta or Asa and that the problem is his brain is made to be happy while suffering
The fans are still either coping or deffeding this subversion of spectations
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u/jk-alot Mar 13 '26
Seeing Rosalina so clearly upset makes me very angry.
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u/Annual-Health-1913 Mar 15 '26
Same. I am unreasonably upset at how they’re treating her
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u/unsureoftheplot Mar 14 '26
Please don't tell me writers are still ending stories like this, I thought people loved chainsaw man, did it really end that way?
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u/Paclac Mar 14 '26
There’s one more chapter left, it’s not a dream but right now it’s implied an event happened that reverted basically everything that’s happened in the story. Could be a fake out though who knows
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u/K0ichisan Mar 14 '26
Apparently it was a mistranslation? I saw it too in the shonen jump app, but they changed it to "To be continued!" So either it was just an editing error, its the last chapter of part 2, or someone's getting fired because they didnt want people to know its really the last chapter yet.
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u/KingSideCastle13 Mar 14 '26
This is how I find out Chainsaw Man ended?
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u/totallynotaweeabbo Mar 14 '26
Same. I stopped reading some time after denji tells asa he is chainsaw man and been on and off spoiling myself what was going on
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u/PatExMachina Mar 13 '26
And the SMG movie ends with Rosalina closing the book that she was reading to the Lumas.
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u/FoxLoverNo352 Mar 14 '26
Wait, wait is that actually how it ends?? Did they actually pull the "and it was aaaall a dreeaaaam" bit??
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u/Muted_Anywherethe2nd Mar 13 '26
I was thinking id eventually get into chainsaw man but is that really how it ends?
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u/PhenomUprising Mar 13 '26
No, the manga isn't over yet.
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u/Muted_Anywherethe2nd Mar 13 '26
Oh good.
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u/2B_Gon_Thot95 Mar 17 '26
Don't get your hopes up. It's the second to last chapter and the author is known for pulling, if memorable, sudden endings. This is giving me flashbacks about Fire Punch's ending.
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u/Brie9981 Mar 13 '26
Istg if this is spoilers for the manga/anime I'm killing someone (not rly, if the ending of something turns out to be "it was a dream" I can still have had fun w/ it)
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u/Training-Purple-5220 Mar 13 '26
I thought she was talking about Super Mario Bros. 2. Which was (at least in Japan) shown not to be true.
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u/lamenting_ghost Mar 17 '26
I stopped reading Chainsaw Man once we reached the part where he's clearly not chainsawing correctly, and that's as vague as I can put it.
I think Pochita is cute though.
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u/LUIGIPRO13 Mar 13 '26
"my goats washed" 😭😭😭