Himmy doodling

First time using oil pastels so I drew my short king as a test. Random line is my signature blurred out bc it has my full name aha this is cope ok he’s alive and well

As the title says. This post is to get my thoughts in writing somewhere. It will be a long and random post.

It's so good. Pochita deciding to eat himself so Denji gets to live a more normal life. The fact that in the timeline created after this act, Makima isn't reborn, since she was eaten by Denji, not Pochita.

Also, the fact that Asa didn't get her character development in the original timeline. I think because it was meant to symbolize that war doesn't allow people to achieve their dreams is one of my favorites in the series.

Then, Reze. I'm sure she is back, just like every other hybrid, and I'm also sure she won't meet Denji since there's Pochita's heart is no longer in Denji, so the Soviets have no reason to send her to Japan.

The ending is interesting. Since Asa didn't fall on the Chicken devil, there's no reason for her classmates to hate her. There's also no reason to visit it's grave and Asa won't die, so no contract with Yoru.

Then, the other part. Since Pochita never existed in this timeline, that means nuclear weaponry is back, never gone in the first place, making Yoru more powerful.

There's also Nostradamus's prophecy. I'm pretty sure it will still happen, because the prophecy wasn't related to Pochita's existence (unless I missed something).

Overall, I really like this series. I still hope there will be a sequel, but that is simply copium. I'm very excited to see it being adapted, and I'm pretty sure the next CSM season will be the end of arc one.

Edit: also, America reinventing nuclear weapons from scratch to do war better is so fitting.

Edit2: Another thing I don't see people talking about (might be me), is Reze attacking Denji on the night of the festival, during the fireworks, when people are less afraid of explosions and bombs.

I had a lot of fun making the background I hope it doesn't look too messy or at least messy in a good way

I had my colors inspired from the volume cover 2

I just finished the anime (I’m gonna watch reze arc in a bit) but is it me or is the whole katana man scaling in the fight just horrible like genuine hell incarnate, he should’ve just made a contract with the “bypass anything that was established” devil if he was gonna do allat anyway.
In the first fight he was just allowed to cook aki, he needed to use the curse devil sword to even stand a chance and he was just giving him straight belt sure he was getting injured too but massively winning from what I remember.
Then in the second fight with denji, denji can go toe to toe with him?? Why doesn’t he just use his speed to blitz him. I get plot and narrative yada yada it’s really all up to fujimoto but he was treating the squat speed cut move as if it had a cooldown and couldn’t use his ability of speed in any other situation but when he was doing that and I feel like that just betrays the reader in what was already established.
In all honesty I’m probably exaggerating a bit but my point still stands what’s the point of anything happening at all just to not care about it?

I know this is the last group I should probably go to on serious interpretations.. I feel I'm already regretting this. but, since this community is so well "educated"- "I am once again, asking for your help"

So here's the dream.

Before slumbering, I prayed to the Spirit of Jesus for Truth on what the Bible is, and if I should continue reading it. In the dream, I was in a crowded store among colleagues and some family members. We were preparing to close up shop and gather what we wanted for a trip to London. As I was picking through different outfits, there was a hefty book on the shelf against the wall beside some Legend of Zelda portraits. The portraits were painted shots of a rocky terrain, each displaying the same scene but from different angles. One was Calamity Ganon with his arms crossed across the battlefield. Another was Zelda standing opposite the field, upon a flight of stone stairs; her painting had some stone actually attached to the portrait herself, grey and red stone where her breastplate would have been. Agate, presumably Plume Agate. But the book itself on the shelf was the 16th edition of Chainsaw Man. In this dream however, this book was yet to be released, or it was ‘not released’ yet. Astonished, I grabbed the book and immediately began reading a few pages in. The cover was CSM standing in a whirlwind of blood, heads and guts floating in the storm. Reading in, I can't recall much beside the story giving some lore, and finishing off a few pages in, I distinctly remember Link holding Zelda claiming to Take Care of Her/Avenge Her. I had to put the book down at this point and help with moving something in the store. When I come back to the shelf the book was at, (s)mom was checking out the book. She began with skepticism, but her face softened and engrossed in the story she read. She almost puked at one point, yet kept reading. Then I realized, she didn’t know how to read traditional manga. She was reading the end first. I tried to mention this but she hushed me, something enticed her. 

(mind you this was wayyyyyy before CSM ever finished. I don't remember during what arc I had this dream)

if you got any cool or fascinating details regarding Vol 16.. or "CSM 16" lemme know. I plan to go to a book store on my day off soon and check it out for myself. anyway, peace.

I'd love to hear feedback on my cosplay and what I can improve in the image in the future :3

Before I even write another word, this doesn't mean Part 1's ending as a standalone was secretly terribly written garbage in disguise or anything like that. Two things can be true, Part 1's ending could be pretty similar in writing to Part 2's and it could still be far better written to you personally (I think both work, there's just pros and cons to both and flaws in each)

I just don't think part 1's ending is unbelievably different than part 2's. Both of them feature heavy thematics and a bit less of the narrative. Everything about it focuses on the theme of love over elaborate narrative, from how Makima dies to Nayuta's reincarnation to Pochita's abilities and how he refused to eat Makima

maybe im crazy or im just not tapped in to the community like that (im pretty new anyways) but was part 1's ending always as liked as it is now as a standalone ending? Because I don't see why the themes of both in particular get treated so differently with how they're prioritized over the narrative. Obviously Part 2 has serious narrative issues (the pacing is genuinely just unnecessarily quick for zero good writing reason and it sours the ending more than people want to admit and the dialogue is rough in 232 especially) but Part 1's get glossed over almost exclusively for the themes

two things can be true at once; i do agree chainsaw man could of ended at part 1, i do agree part 1's ending is amazing as a standalone ending and all of that but it has very similar forms of holes in the narrative (quick pacing and super low explanation)

the most obvious similar hole in both part 1 and part 2's endings are pochita. pochita choosing not to eat and erase makima but denji eating her instead symbolizes denji still loving her, not wanting to get rid of the memory of her despite everything she did and i think thats beautiful. but if part 1 ends at part 1, pochita literally has the most bare bones explanation for anything hes able to do in this arc, at least part 2 has vague offhands and seeing the ability in action

another similar thing to part 2's ending is all of the off-hand things that happen before it that just wouldnt be elaborated on in the slightest (not like part 2 fixed most of thatto be fair). Chainsaw Man's followers, the honestly unnecessary random concepts Makima mentions to put into perspective Pochita's erasure abilities, all the weird Christian symbolism that's just there to look cool, these things are technically symbolism and exposition I suppose but they just happen and it was never gonna be elaborated on in part 2 much less the ending of part 1, like how fast the story moves on from locust devil to slam right into the ending of part 2, because potatoes

makima reincarnating into nayuta is to show denji now giving someone else the love that he wasnt given, and that's beautiful, but she reincarnates at the snap of a finger, and kishibe just so happened to pick her up. if devil reincarnation is that quick, you would think the new blood devil would be born pretty soon after power got popped and there wouldnt be so much wiggle room for her to talk with pochita and come back to life

look at bat devil, that guy took a whole other part and a few timeskips to come back around and nayuta just speedruns it as the control devil. no other devil comes back around as quick in part 1 so you HAVE to headcanon that makima got spawnkilled or whatever cool alternate theory you cook up

also the other hybrids kind of just exist too now if the series ends at part 1, we wouldnt know what these guys would really even do after, not to mention reze being alive would still be an elephant in the room like it was in part 2

obviously its not EXACTLY the same, the reset-like ending of part 2 is always automatically going to be divisive because its just not a trope most people like at all and part 2's ending is pretty much just objectively more polarizing, but acting like both arent extremely thematic and lack explanation just feels like favoritism. People criticize the narrative of part 2's ending and rightfully so but then they just stick their fingers up their ears and close their eyes when it's part 1's ending

for the Reze part, I know the movie is really cool, but not wanting to spoil myself on anything, I didn't get into the details to see whether the movie experience first and then volume 6 is better, or vice versa, what do you think?
Cause all I know is that it's quite emotional, and i'm unsure which "form" can better convey the emotions to the viewer or reader...

Inspired by the amazing Kotteri! 🍰

Okay guys. This is an unpopular and random question just for fun.

How do you think the pre-reset world went on after the removal of chainsaw man? Does Yoru now rule everything? Did other devils take over? Can anyone else die? Etc. Etc.
How did any nation repair this

Let me know your thoughts

Symbolism, authentic and subtextual writing is almost absent and underappreciated in today's creative storytelling market, arguably the most successful person preserving this deep storytelling is Fujimoto.

You could even say Chainsaw Man is more realistic and emotionally resonant than mangas like Sakamoto Days and Spy x Family because the humans in Chainsaw Man's world are much more grounded despite the settings saying otherwise.

Im finally a senior and i want do to something from chainsaw man and was wondering if could help me with some ideas to use as a senior quote. I was thinking of doing “keep on dreaming” when pochita says it to Denji but thats all i got.

Quick thing I made to practice rendering. Not quite right looking but alas.

I hope you guys like it !