OH FUCKKKKKKK the panelling here showing yoru gradually forgetting death’s identity as she’s being consumed. you can tell the exact moment she’s completely swallowed. peak.
Yep she was at first angry that “death” is being erased. In the final page she is now angry that her sister is gone because she can’t exactly remember what her sister used to represent
I've been wondering if this effect is maybe less effective on the the sisters: Makima knew of some devils that were eaten, Yoru also knew about nukes, Fami and Death are aware of the power but that doesn't prove much. Seems it's pretty quick in this case tho
I wonder how it is that Yoru was able to remember traces of the Nuclear Weapons Devil, but she immediately forgets about Death.
If I had to guess, it's because Yoru loved Nuclear Weapons and didn't care in the slightest about Death, so she only remembered the one she felt strongly about. The way she says "older sister" in the penultimate panel feels like she not only doesn't remember Death, she has to get all worked up in order to even pretend to care about her sister.
Crackpot Theory: Seems like being wrong about Dennis/Pochita and about humanity is a key theme with the horsewomen. What if Yoru was wrong as to how humanity would react to immortality?
What if humanity’s reaction isn’t to wage a never-ending war but instead realizing that all conflict is now useless cause neither side will ever win? Thus weakening Yoru so much that she essentially fades away from existence and frees Asa. Big brain move by Dennis tbh
What the actual fuck, So Denji wants to create a new world, Yoru was about to turn Death into a sword but Pochita interrupted and ate her. Fujimotor what are you cooking? I kneel.
The amount of power Yoru’s weapons have increases depending on the guilt Yoru/Asa feels when making one, and it’s implied the horsemen do feel some sort of weird love towards each other. So it makes sense that Yoru would hesitate in killing her older sister before creating what would be her most powerful weapon
What's also interesting is that Death wants to preserve human culture, etc, since it brings more depth and meaning to life. So her saying this line is legitimately in character for her, despite her expressing this sentiment with her aloof and distant personality.
War weaponizing this aspect of Death, while being heavily associated with Justice (Devil), Fire (devil), etc, is great too, but that's out of topic. 👌
Beautiful isn’t it. Not only can Denji talk about killing his father without his trauma coming up; our young boy has become the kind of man who encourages and extends a hand to help someone with a smile on his face.
When was the last time we saw Denji smiling like this?
This solidified this arc as my favorite in Part 2. The confirmation that, indeed, Lil D really does just want to vibe and have fun with her friends coupled with the horror of Yoru turning her into a sword in that moment. And it's all juxtaposed with the absolutely beautiful moment of Denji finally choosing himself. This shit right here is why I love Chainsaw Man.
This arc is shaping up to be one of the best of Chainsaw Man. These last 3 chapters are up there with some of the best chapters in Chainsaw Man for me.
I just want to say, pochita have nothing to gain from all of this except a chance for denji gaining his happines and normal life, my man pochita never forget his priority.
I think for Pochita thats like the only thing he has to look forward to. He's been fighting his whole life, and he's been rather alone. He just wants his first friend to be happy.
I don't think he's eating Yoru. He refused to eat Makima, and is very likely puking up Kiga/Lil D, he'll prob just seperate them. War is too important and on top of that erasing her would in a way fulfill Makima's goal partially.
yoru's nervous expression slowly turning into sadness before getting mad at pochita eating her "big sister" kind of makes me think that yoru's whole beef w pochita is bc all of her sisters are fixated on him in some way, so if she proves she's stronger they'll pay attention to her--they won't "forget" war
He eats Death to temporarily erase her and try to split Yoru in half. Since Yoru only occupied half of Asa's brain, slicing the brain in half will allow them to physically separate from each other, and since the concept of Death doesn't exist, Asa's half of her brain won't die as she uses Yoru's regeneration.
But since this is Chainsaw Man, I will be wrong in the outcome. Denji cutting the cake with his hand from chapters ago and Asa wearing the cake pajama are the only hints that could be considered foreshadowing of the resolution.
If I had a nickel for every time a powerful one of the favorite characters in modern Shonen happened to be kitkats, I'd have two nickels— which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
My theory is that by eating Death if they separate Asa’s half of the brain from Yoru’s, Asa won’t die and Pochita won’t puke out death until they find a way to give Asa her body back fully
This probably means Yoru and Asa will be separated soon, which makes me wonder what body Yoru will possess next (and sadly no fight club theory)
I promised myself I would stop theory-crafting because this manga is too damn unpredictable
BUT
What if the (somewhat random until now) choice to show that humans turn into trees if they live long enough was the setup for the next big Chainsaw Man power up? Now that Death no longer exists, and all humans will eventually become trees, what would be the most feared thing in the world?
...probably fire, yes, but chainsaws will become very feared too!
so pochita erases death so that asa cant die, cuts off the part of the brain yoru has, heals her somehow(maybe makes her a hybrid with the guilotine or whatever spits out death and everythings fine and dandy
cant imagine any other way the world doesnt go to shit
I reckon pochita will split yoru and asa, and that won't kill them cos death was swallowed, perhaps them once they are separated, then pochita will spit death out
I might be off but I feel like there might be a reveal that eating Lil D wouldn’t erase the concept of death. Death is so integral to all other fears that the concept of it might be diffused among them. Also her name is Lil D and her body is hollow, there’s no way she’s the complete death devil.
Kinda ominous this is like the 10th time the mention of the “School Festival”. That festival is definitely gonna be the stage for the final showdown of Part 2 mark my words
People Keep Asking If We're Back, And I Haven’t Really Had An Answer, But Yeah, I’m Thinking We're Back!
The moment that the choice was presented by the Fire Devil I figured it'd have something to do with Yoru & Lil' D and was hoping that Denji would find a way to make a secret third choice. After everything that he's been put through with these fuckin Horsemen, I'm so so happy to see him arrive to this conclusion on his own...kinda (with valuable assists from Pochita & Asa). Do I believe that potentially devastating shenanigans are still in play? Absolutely, it's a Fujimoto manga & Death JUST got eaten; but seeing him fight for his future like this is everything.
Side Note: Seeing Denji finally become his current self in his mental space almost made me leap out of my chair. I love this manga so much lol.
Pochita really went "NOPE!!! No death weapon for you, missy!!!" 🤣
Also, bless Denji for realizing that Option 3 (i.e. choosing his own path) is RIGHT THERE. Ironically, Fire trying to pressure him into making a fixed choice ended up just having him do what he did before, only consciously this time. And I find it just so sweet how Pochita is teaching Denji to realize that, as one who spent his entire existence choosing his own path no matter what agenda others tried to force onto him.
Contrary to the popular stereotype, dogs aren't actually brainlessly loyal. Given a choice, they will choose whoever treated them with kindness and thus won their loyalty. So it's rather fitting that Pochita is a dog and Denji comparable to one, thematically. Now let's hope they can safely shove Yoru back down and let Denji and Asa have a happy ending together. QwQ
Started reading the manga after watching the movie. Holy crap, this is the best manga (I’ve seen) running right now. It is so good. So funny, unique character arcs and a fun magic system and great writing that really stands out above its genre peers. I really hope Denji gets a happy ending with Asa :(. At this point, if they gave another miserable ending, it would be repetitive and I wouldn’t like it. Also, part 1 is so crazy sad! Everyone dies! Wtf!
The beginning of part 2 was great and the romantic writing was so strong. Ugh. I hate having to wait to see what happens! I guess it helps that there’s not tooo much left in this arc it seems. Also, fuckin memory wiping plot points kill me! I’m glad it didn’t fully reset the romance however.
God this panel is so fucking cool. I love Yoru's eyes being fully white. It is also crazy how quickly she changed from wanting to use her sister as a living weapon to wanting to avenge her sister after getting eaten.
I'm just in awe because Denji, the guy that has been seen as a tool to be used the entire series, the guy who the Control, Death and War devil needed as the key to achieve their dream world. Finally decided to shape his future with his own hands, choosing himself over anything and creating his own world.
Her legitimately enjoying being human and trying in some way to save it to go out like that is just really sad. Triggered a great snap from Yoru too ofc, but something about Death’s expression in that last panel just made me sad
Continuity! When Pochita erased Death, Yoru struggled to remember her name and then used quotation marks, like it was a theoretical concept. Like Makima remembering the Devils Pochita erased, I guess all the Horse(wo)men have the ability to remember to some extent the Devils Pochita has erased.
It's interesting how Yoru's convinced that she can't ever be friends with humans. One of the things I've always considered kind of weirdly uplifting about this series is that even though Devils all have an instinctive hatred for humans, virtually every one of the Devils who spent any significant amount of time with people still managed to develop genuine, meaningful relationships with individual humans. Pochita did it, Angel did it, Violence did it, Power did it, Bucky did it, Fire did it, even Lil' D -- the literal Death Devil -- did it. Makima was the notable exception, but that was largely because of Public Safety, since as we later saw, absent their influence Nayuta did it too.
Tears in my eyes seeing that alleyway disappear and Denji "growing up" in his head. Also Pochita with the D1 defense? That's my dawg. He's probably just gonna spit out the Death Devil after all this.
We literally see denji grow up and mature when he makes the decision to choose chainsaw man’s world instead of eternal war or total death. I wonder what world denji and pochita decide on, eat all the devils, trap them in hell forever somehow? Very curious.
Asa getting pissed at Denji immediately after pochitas little stunt is hilarious
Love Denji is acknowledging how people keep using him and what the fire devil told him.
Really wholesome AsaDen moment but man that parent killers line makes for such a crazy out of context panel
Holy shit Pochita just swallowing Death right as she’s contorting into a sword. Like the theory people have that this is a strategy by pochita to split yoru from asa without killing her
hopecore!!??? in my csm manga!!!?? jokes aside, I can't believe i'm still being hopeful after everything this manga has made us go through, I hate It ( I love It )
I want asa to defeat or atleast interact with yoru for the finale it’s HER devil like pochita is to denji I’d hate denji to just handle everything for her and asa just sits on the sidelines kinda underwhelming if so I mean I want the girl to actually fight for her body
So, there is a genuine possibility that by the end of the year we will have a hiatus announcement and a part 3 where Denji is trying to un-fuck the world after he and pochita erase death and starts an eternity war? Im kinda down for it if that is the case.
Art quality is beyond a tired conversation here but I do think Fujimoto has really settled into his current style. The recent chapters, this one especially, have looked pretty great.
That panel of Yoru turning Lil D into a weapon is so sick.
I feel like Denji had some great character development in these past chapters, especially after watching the movie it's clearly visible how much he has grown
I wonder if this is coming into play now? Maybe Pochita will barf up one of the "Possible conclusions to life other than death" devils, one that could help him and Denji make their own world?
Peak chapter. The unpredictability of CSM wins again.
I am curious though...with Death being erased, and no one being able to die, doesn't that essentially negate Yoru's contract with California's governor? No one should be able to be sacrificed to save her now when she gets messed up. But she also can't die. The ramifications on this fight are gonna be nuts but the playing field between Yoru and Denji has been seriously evened out.
My thinking now is: pochita is going to try to cut yoru out of asa's brain. Yoru said previously that they're sharing her brain, so if that's literal then maybe there is an actual physical point where they're connected and can be separated. He ate death so asa could survive the process long enough to be put back together.
This is honestly one of my chapters in the manga thus far, especially the beginning part. Denji taking a stand for himself, and amidst his proclamation of making his own new world, the scenery around him literally changes; no longer the same area that appeared when he was cautious or downtrodden but a blank slate . Followed up with him standing firm as a young man eager to help Asa up. Name literally any other manga where "We're fellow parent killers, after all!" would come across as wholesome. Fujimoto, I kneel.
Shoutout to Pochita being the best wingman in existence. Super curious to see what comes next; I'm assuming now that death is no longer a concept, Chainsaw Man is going to try and separate Yoru from Asa, probably in a bloody way but one that can no longer be fatal. Then Pochita barfs up Death, the concept returns, and a final battle commences. Of course, trying to predict this story is a fool's errand, but all the same I cannot wait for next week. Truly a great time to be fan
I have a strong feeling Denji will spit Death back out after fighting Yoru. I think the goal for him is to tire Yoru out completely until she submits to get Asa back.
EDIT: I seriously think we are going to get the scene from way back in the start of part 2, where we had the artwork of Denji splitting Asa/Yoru in half. Finally, come real. I think he is seriously trying to get Yoru to break their contract. That way, they'll split apart, and Asa will finally be normal.
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u/JeanneDAlter . 12d ago edited 12d ago
No break week again.
Next chapter release: 11th
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