Chainsaw Man, Vol. 9". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021 . Retrieved November 1, 2021. Chainsaw Man, vol. 2] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020 . Retrieved September 14, 2019. Ressler, Karen (November 25, 2018). "Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 3 New Manga in December". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021 . Retrieved September 14, 2019. Turned out my brain is so small. I couldn't find the genius of this manga. Neither did I find realistic characters. I'm re-reading this because this will be adapted into an anime soon, and another reason is because this has become a big part of my life when I started reading it September of 2020. It was one of the best manga I've read, and reading it again is really worth my time.

At times, it tries to be somehow "dark" or "deep" but rather than taking you to the world and help you feel the ugliness of it, we are spoon fed with forced "dark" mechanical sentences.This series is so interesting. At first you look at it and you think it's probably this absolutely batshit insane, over the top action fun gore madness. And that it is. Denji as the MC was shallow, following the trends in front of him, and no amount of "I just want to touch boobs" or "I just want to live a normal life" made him realistic, relatable or interesting for me. Chainsaw Man, vol. 11] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021 . Retrieved January 19, 2021. The insane finale of Chainsaw Man’s first major story arc, and honestly it works as a perfectly satisfying ending overall. The fact that there’s more to come is just the icing on the cake. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021 . Retrieved January 4, 2021.

sometimes i feel like the mangaka just wrote and drew whatever? i'm still looking for the plot of this. there's barely any consistency, things change so rapidly they give me whiplash. explanations given make as much sense as the ramblings of flat earthers. Kinda looking forward to Nayuta and Denji spending more time together, they have such found family potential. I HOPE things will get less depressing from here. Also, This was a great volume and a very fitting ending to the series. Denji's character development since the beginning of the series is incredible and that's especially apparent at the end, where we see a much more mature Denji. He's still a teen and his main motivation for doing what he does is still the fact that he's horny and he wants to have sex, but now he has another layer to his personality, a much deeper one. Another character with great character development was Power. Her personality in this volume, compared to her personality in the first volume, is like she's an entirely different character, but this change didn't happen out of the blue, it was an organic change that was caused by the situations she had to go through. Furthermore, in this volume we get a bit more into Kobeni's character, which was very interesting. I hope that she'll have a role in the second part of the manga. Now that it's finished, it seems to me that one of the main themes of the series is the power of friendship. That's very clear in most volumes of the series, but especially in this one. Thanks to his friendship with Power, Denji is able to survive a fight that he couldn't otherwise. Another important theme of this volume is the need for love and human connection. This is something found in Denji's character, but also Makima's. We all feel the need to connect with other people, in meaningful and equal relationships and that was Makima's reason for doing everything she did. Moreover, this volume is extremely fast paced. Since it's the final volume, it has a lot of action. All the action here is wonderful. The stakes are extremely high and the way everything is written is perfect. Everything happens so fast that I didn't even realised when I reached the ending. And what an ending it was! It was very sweet and powerful and it showed how much Denji has grown. It was a very fitting ending for the series, while it also makes me very excited for the second part.

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Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 6, 2020). "Chainsaw Man Manga Ends on December 14 With 'Important Announcement' ". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021 . Retrieved December 6, 2020. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 12". Viz Media. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023 . Retrieved June 22, 2023. Chainsaw Man, vol. 10] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021 . Retrieved November 24, 2020. Female characters were just BAD. I mean, well, I can understand why Power and Makima were sexualized. It was part of the story and the themes, so I could pass them. But sexualizing every other female character just showed how uncreative the author is, in giving actual personalities to females, and impatient in respecting his female audience. It's just way cliché and boring to sexualize women in stories, which also ruined the significance of Makima's character. Makima, the greatest evil of Act 1, has been defeated in the most anticlimactic way. No complaints here; I think, Denji being the simple person that he is, has given the most perfect blow of death to the monster that is the Control devil.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 19, 2020). "Chainsaw Man Manga's '2nd Part' to Feature 'School Arc' ". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021 . Retrieved December 19, 2020. This whole volume felt like a dark, surrealistic subversion of the superhero origin story. Denji gets some much-needed development and growth as he finally learns to stand on his own and think for himself instead of being abused and manipulated by everyone around him. Against all odds, he fights to save the reality that so many of his friends and loved ones died trying to protect. Chainsaw Man, vol. 13] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 3, 2023 . Retrieved November 16, 2022.

Tatsuki Fujimoto's artwork in this volume was great. Unlike the previous volume, for whom I had some complaints, the character designs here were fantastic and extremely epic. The fight scenes were incredible and the more quiet and slow moments were also beautiful. Fujimoto's attention to detail made every panel seem beautiful, even if the images depicted in it were violent and gory. This was quite the wild ride. Some parts didn’t make sense but the fights throughout the series were way over the top and entertaining. Denji is just a great character because he is such a loathsome human being but you also care about him, you feel sorry for him, but it’s great to have a laugh at his expense every now and then, too. i only read this because of a tweet about a certain character who kinda delivered but i also still don't really know what their deal was. The resolution of this story arc is surprisingly emotional and philosophical. It perfectly subverts the simplistic, comical and sometimes downright stupid origins of where the story first began. This bait and switch tactic was meticulously planned out by the author to pull the rug out from under the reader’s feet by steering the narrative into a much more serious direction and he did a good job pulling it off. En fin, que este es un manga grotesco, divertido, estúpido y único. O te encanta o lo aborreces, no hay término medio. De alguna forma u otra, te impacta.

paneling and framing did not have problems but weren't special either. I couldn't find many innovative angles and frames. I'm now really looking forward to part 2, since pretty much all of the big conflicts and mysteries (Like what's behind that door, MAKIMA, Who is Pochita,etc) have been answered and resolved. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 3, 2018. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020 . Retrieved July 8, 2020. a b Ressler, Karen (December 10, 2018). "Viz's Shonen Jump Adds Haikyu!!, Demon Slayer, More to Simulpublishing Lineup". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019 . Retrieved September 14, 2019.

i could barely keep the characters apart? who were all these people in the last two volumes especially?