#ₓₓ ˢᵘʳᵍᵉʳʸ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵃ ᶜʰᵃᶦⁿˢᵃʷ [;META]

[cqntrcller]

.. the cinema-hopping date chapter with makima is very telling about her character in a nutshell. makima has watched plenty of movies, before, enough to know that she only finds one out of ten interesting. when her and denji go on the date, makima can't connect with the movies in any emotional capacity at all. there's not even a negative reaction to them; when she gives her thoughts on them, they're short, to-the-point, and are stated more like facts than what she thinks. the rest of the audience, in the panels they're given attention, do have emotional reactions to what they see.

makima doesn't look at the stories the way others do, she doesn't connect with them, and she looks at it with a more objective lens. makima is detached not just from the stories but humanity as a whole - as she was raised, and as is 'natural' for a human. it's not until her and denji see the final movie, alone in the theatre together and watching the movie 'no one understands', that makima finally expresses a genuine emotion, and perhaps the most 'human' emotion we've seen from her in the entire manga. she cries.

i think what makes this moment so impactful, and why it matters to makima's character, is that her connecting with the movie is what she wants as a whole. which, yeah, is basically spelled out by fujimoto towards the end of part 1, but why does makima make a habit out of watching movies, despite the fact it seems she doesn't care about them at all?

because there was one movie she's seen before that she connected with, that she saw and something resonated with her, and she catches a glimpse of what humans feel - something she's wanted for her entire life. makima chases and chases after the stories that humans love, in case she gets that feeling again. if she felt it once, then she should feel it again right? but while this is happening, while she's chasing after fictional stories and tales of the chainsaw devil, she's disconnected from that humanity.

the final two pages of the chapter, when denji asks makima if he has a heart - that's not just denji himself the manga is asking the question about. does makima have a heart?

for denji, makima says yes. she puts her head against his chest, and listens to his heartbeat - to pochita - and confirms he does. she walks away and leaves him alone in the dark. she's saying yes because that's what denji wants to hear, because she cares more about his literal heart than anything else about him.

but the way she's shown to 'prove' it. denji is not asking literally. makima answers literally. even though she connected with the movie just before, she still can't with a 'human'. it's always a power dynamic with her. when she walks away from denji and leaves him alone, vulnerable and confused and infatuated, she's so close to understanding genuine connections on more than an objective level. but she, of her own accord, leaves, the understanding is gone, and denji is left in the aftermath.

[cqntrcller]

.. just a little observation. but i wonder what makima’s thoughts on the other horsemen/her siblings are and if it differs from control devil incarnation. like, we know that makima doesn’t understand or show love as one might expect - she ‘loves’ humans as one might a dog, she considers being eaten by chainsaw man an honour, etc.

so like. her wanting to make csm eat the other horsemen... on one hand, she says its for the world, to make it a better place.  on the other hand, she herself is completely content and would be happy to be eaten and erased from existence. 

but the explanation for this i’ve found to be the most likely is that. well, makima was raised by the government.  they had an agenda for her and intended to use her for their own means, because that’s the world they live in.  so it makes me wonder how much of makima’s desire to erase her siblings was a result of the governments influence and how much was actually in her nature.

[cqntrcller]

.. for other characters/csm related things aka im so tired my arms hurt

ₓₓ ᶜʳᵃᵖ ᵐᵒᵛᶦᵉˢ [;ANIME]

ₓₓ ᶦᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢⁿ'ᵗ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ᵃⁿʸ ˢᵉⁿˢᵉ [;MANGA]

ₓₓ ᶦⁿ ʰᵉʳ ᵍᵃˡˡᵉʳʸ [;CSMART]

ₓₓ ˢᵘʳᵍᵉʳʸ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵃ ᶜʰᵃᶦⁿˢᵃʷ [;META]

ₓₓ ʰᵉ ʲᵘˢᵗ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ᵐᵉ ᶠʳ [;CSMEME]

ₓₓ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵒᵖᵉⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵒᵒʳ [;CSMSPOILER]

ₓₓ ᵈᵉᵛᶦˡ'ˢ ʰᵒᵘⁿᵈ [;DENJI]

ₓₓ ᵍˡᵒʳʸ & ᵍᵒʳᵉʸ [;POWER]

ₓₓ ʰᵒʳʳᶦᵇˡᵉ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ [;AKI]

ₓₓ ᵈᵉᵃᵗʰ ᶦˢ ᵏᶦⁿᵈ [;ANGEL]

ₓₓ ʷʳᶦᵗᵗᵉⁿ ᶦⁿ ᶦⁿᵏ [;YOSHIDA]

ₓₓ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵒˡᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᶦˢ [;KISHIBE]

ₓₓ ᵈᵃⁿᶜᵉ ᵗᶦˡ ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ ᵈᵉᵃᵈ [;KOBENI]

ₓₓ ᵈʸⁿᵃᵐᶦᵗᵉ ʳᵘⁿᵃʷᵃʸ [;REZE]

ₓₓ ᵈᵉᵃᵈ ᵍᶦʳˡ ʷᵃˡᵏᶦⁿᵍ [;ASA]

ₓₓ ⁿᵘᶜˡᵉᵃʳ ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈ [;WAR DEVIL]

ₓₓ ᵈᵉᵛᶦˡ'ˢ ᵇᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳᶦᵉⁿᵈ [;POCHITA]

ₓₓ ˢʷᵒʳᵈˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ʷᶦᵛᵉˢ [;QUANXI]