#ch: mitaka

[fcalty]

KELAN VELIZE @cava1ier commed ➣ You're a grown ass man Mitaka

"GENERAL HUX! ADMIRAL VELIZE IS BULLYING ME!"

[r0sie-bun]

More pages!

[denjhenge]

Ohhhhh Asa...

our poor cringe fail girl freak.

[fcalty]

to be called club president was a far stretch... it was more of a joke that ran widespread in the halls of the finalizer. probably started by thanisson, if dopheld knew any better. the petty officer had a thing for gossip and childish pranks. was it mitaka's fault that he had his best friend's interests at heart? all he wanted was for armitage to be happy. especially after his last break up with admiral asshole the second. that was what landed him the nickname "head of the hux protection squad" by opan and phasma.

the lieutenant sighed and put on his best smile for the upbeat radar technician. "it isn't really a club-" mitaka pauses. he decides to let matt entertain his little fantasy. it doesn't hurt, after all. "whats the news? give me the bad news first." he waited anxiously. part of him hoped matt had given up on trying to get risqué holos and information about the general.

while Kylo Ren and General Hux often butted heads (to put it lightly), the same couldn't be said of the presidents of their fan clubs, at least not from Matt's perspective. which is why the blond found himself so eager to slide next to the lone lieutenant. a goofy, lopsided smile and bright mischievous eyes did nothing to contain his excitement as he beamed down at @fcalty.

"so, i have some news - club related news. do uh, you want the good news or bad news first - and don't worry the bad news isn't that bad." he could hardly keep still, wanting nothing more than open the floodgates and share his little secrets and treasures with Mitaka. after all, if Matt was lucky he may just finally manage to convince the officer to give up something (hopefully juicy) about their lovely ginger General.

[sandwichmadeofbreakfast]

I truly do not get the negative response the latest Chainsaw Man chapter has had, this is a series that deals with the sexualities of its characters and how they deal with that in their lives. When Denji talked about how all he wanted to touch someone's boobs or how all he can think about is sex it's meant to be something serious, so I'm not sure how this chapter crosses any more lines than we've already crossed. Denji's sexuality and how people react to assault are things that have been covered throughout this entire series and I feel like this chapter is supposed to evoke a more visceral reaction, I'm just not sure why so many people have taken this in a negative way.

[badanaday]

About to turn into the war devil depending on what happens next ch 😭

[kuyenshino]

I think ppl conveniently forget that Asa is an orphaned 16 years old killed by a devil due to the actions of a jealous teammate and a grooming ped0 teacher, and that she only came back to life after being possessed by a devil.

Yes, it seems Yoru kinda warmed up to her but she's still a devil and for all we know she can "betray" Asa at any moment.

Asa is not there to cure or heal Denji as she has her own issues to deal with, doesn't have a degree in psychology, and neither was there in csm part 1, so she doesn't understand the whole picture or the extent of Denji's trauma.

You can say she is being selfish or self centered for sure (and who is NOT selfish in CSM?), but that's how she has lived for years. When you are alone, you only have to worry about yourself. After her mom died, she didn't even have family or friends until she met Yuko and that didn't even last long (and for what we know she was killed).

The fact that at least Asa listen or tries to understand Denji is enough I think, but its weird how ppl needlessly likes villanizing every single thing she does and treats her like a sociopath with no empathy (especially in reddit or twt), even when we know she is possessed by the War Devil and Asa is probably in a more difficult and fucked up situation than Denji.

And you know what? At least Denji still has Nayuta (and Pochita?) and he can focus on that. Yoshida is a wild card but he seemed to be concerned about him at some point. But Asa? She is completely alone and we know Fami/Kiga is playing with her. Same with Yoru, I don't trust her. So, who will help her? Who will listen to her?

Someone really cares about her?

[fcalty]

@dulathian

“You are my wife, my own, my dearest, my chosen one. You are all that I value in the world, my treasure and my comfort, my earthly happiness and my gleam of something better that is to come hereafter.”

— Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?

[conostra]

Chainsaw Man, or: The Myth of Third-Party Consent

This is gonna be more a stream of consciousness than a properly-written piece btw. Love me some CSM and had some thoughts on the recent chapters

It finally happened! Denji got molested. Unfortunately, this is probably the absolute worst way bro could've got his first nut off. After a series of literal months of his life being sexually harassed, assaulted, manipulated by older women in his life, and then ultimately coming to the conclusion that his dick, as the embodiment of his sexuality, was his ultimate demon, and that the stick gotta go. Maybe the balls too. They make the testosterone, so they gotta be the problem, right? And Yoru offers to assist him, by cutting his dick off in the back alley between some nearby buildings. They go back there, he changes his mind, they argue over it for a bit, and then she forces her hands into his pants- Yoru, not Asa, forces herself into his pants. One tally on the "ummm, I don't think this is appropriate" score.

Tally two comes after she grabs his penis, and this is where the weirdness comes into play. She remembers as she grabs his dick that this is not, in fact, the first time that these two have "gotten intimate". The first time was Asa and him at his apartment, at her behest- before she was turned into a dog by Nayuta, and had her memories wiped. She remembers that they kissed, and leans in to kiss him again. Denji's face screams confusion, but ultimately, he accepts, leaning in to kiss as well after her second go at him. And she begins to jerk him off, to completion, and he finishes in her hands.

So, here we are. Denji finally got his nut off! But instead of celebrating, he slumps to the ground in the alley as Yoru cleans off her hands in a puddle. Her immediate first response is, at first calm, then panicked, to cut Denji off when he asks why they kissed to tell him that she only kissed him because it felt good. And absolutely no other reason. At all. And that she harbors no feelings for him. At all. In any way at all. In any way shape or form. And in fact, that any and all feelings that she felt or has only came from the "other her", Asa.

Way to clear things up, Yoru.

Asa bitch smacks the absolute fuck out of Yoru on her way out the alley, hurting both of themselves, punching and beating on herself even after she gets her body back, crying into the wall that she did, in fact, like Denji, and now he's just gonna think she's some slut cause she literally gave it up to him in a back alley.

And on the train, they both look like they've gone through shell-shock, and to varying degrees, they both have.

Asa was forced to become a rapist. Despite Yoru being the one to "act", it was her body, her hands, her feelings that were Yoru's own one and the same. She, to some degree in her own mind, bears enough of the responsibility here to feel shame on herself, not just if at all for what she did for Denji, but the age-old shame that all women, but especially women Asa's age are forced to bear for being at all sexual with another person, especially another young man like Denji. She's soiled herself, in her eyes, and Denji wouldn't want her. She holds no value to herself, as much as she thinks she holds to Denji.

There's a mix of other feelings in there, of course. Potentially, there is jealousy that Yoru was the one who used her body for the "real" kiss from Denji, that she was robbed of the opportunity to actually get to perform the acts of both love and intimacy that her body was puppeteered for. There is also more than just a small chance that Asa is too caught up in these mixed feelings in the moment to understand that what just happened to her AND Denji was nothing short of sexual assault by Yoru.

And this is almost definitely what happened to Denji. When he has been manipulated like this for the entirety of his life at this point, with no real autonomy or ownership over himself, starting as a young boy and ending with the collapse of Makima's reign over his life, Denji is almost used to these feelings. But when this... "thing"... happens with Yasa, this on-and-off relationship the two of them have shared over the past few months, his immediate concern is the one thing he's truly focused on when it came down to it for his relationships- Does Yasa really feel a way about him? Or did she, just like those before, simply use him?

First the mafia. They owned his body as a tool to pay off his father's debt. Then, Makima, and Himeno, and Reze, Power, and even Nayuta. Himeno used him to try to get off, then vomited in his mouth, then utilized him to try to get what she wanted from Aki. Sure, she became a friend, but only after nearly forcing herself onto the conflicted and young boy.

Reze, who claimed to have fallen in love with him, and wished to run away. Who helped teach Denji to do math, and read, and to play and think for himself, before ultimately revealing that the love had been staged, and that she was a powerful devil sent to either kidnap or execute him. She kills some of his friends, allies, whatever- and still, he wishes to run away with her. He hopes that, perhaps, although staged, the flower of love had still actually bloomed, and could grow even further were it planted somewhere else. And Reze, in fact, reveals that it could have blossomed even more beautifully- before being cut down at the stem by Makima.

Power is Denji's first real experience with the female body. And it's... not at all what Denji had it cracked up to be. First time bro copped a feel on a pair of titties, and not only were they padded, but he still didn't enjoy it nearly as much as he imagined he would. In fact, this was enough to get him to re-think his goals, and what it was he wanted out of life. It got him to almost remember...

And then Makima got her hooks back in him. She ruined not just his relationships with women, but people in general. Got him to kill Aki. Got him to kill Power. Got him to forget his initial dream, his dream to just find a girl to hang out with and play video games with, a girl to just fall asleep with in his arms. She might, in fact, be one of the primary reasons that his perversion went beyond just standard perversion. By making herself the object of his desire, she could shape his activity, shape the very desire itself. And she did- he needed a mother, and she gave him the idea of that and a lover in one, the shelter he needed through the girl he could fall asleep with. She made herself his goal, and dangled it, constantly. Every woman now compares to Makima, and now with every woman Denji must go through the same hoops.

One of those hoops being: "Do you really love me?" Not only if they truly love him, but if they love him. That they aren't still just there for chainsaw man. That they aren't still just there for his body, aren't there on some secret agenda, that they're there for him. And Asa? Denji enjoyed his time. And perhaps, Denji thought that Asa was there for him, even if she flip-flopped so hard. Even through her emotional issues and diabolical amounts of autism, she was fun to be around, and enjoyed the time she spent with him for him.

And here, stripped to his barest, literally slumped to the ground in an alleyway after being sexually taken advantage of more directly than any other time in his life, is the first girl who's really, truly, unabashedly brought enjoyment to his life in a way that Nayuta simply couldn't, there is- nothing. There is just the idea that, once again, Denji has been used and cast aside.

He's still reckoning with all that. The aspersion of his autonomy is already ingrained into who he is. There is no need for Denji to reconcile with being taken advantage of in the alley, because in order to do that, Denji must reconcile with his entire life. And I'm not even sure if Denji has the mental faculties to reconcile with the idea that this is an issue he has to deal with. Not even taking into account that one of his immediate stress responses is still, after all this time, putting his finger in his mouth, and thinking of Makima.

[thestagsman]

Well, I called it. It was more Warsaw than Asaden than I would have liked. Tho I still hold to the fight club theory that Asa has always been war so it doesn’t bother me as much. Will probably lead to a conflict between Asa Yoru when they are next alone. That will be a lot of juicy drama.

The question is what happens next? Yoru left Asa with the mess so to speak. But I think it was the shock of realizing what was happening to Denji that brought Asa back more than Yoru retreating. Asa will defiantly be grossed out, but will she blame Denji or Yoru? Something will probably happen to drag them away before Asa can settle how she feels (I’m not sure how she will feel about the whole thing).

She was probably okay with the make out session considering how long it went on for, with Denji totally kissing back. But she was definitely not ok with the second part. That’s going to bother her.

Denji will be confused, as is normal, but at the same time this is like the only good thing that has happened to him in like this whole half of part 2? So he is either going to be put back down or shake of the funk and make some decisive decisions for one.

I expect next chapter will provide direction for them rather than more of hopeless wanderings of the last few chapters.

[fcalty]

rip mitaka

[fcalty]

"erm... they didn't have tech this old in the first order. i don't even think this button still works."

"You have no idea what you're doing, do you?"

[vhsmoontape]

HAPPY VALENTINES ASADENIZENS

[denjhenge]

At least...she can be reasoned with...

But Nayuta's cold attitude toward humanity must have been devastating for denj to hear..

He really tried the best he knew how...but Denji never had the guidance he needed growing up...so he used the only tools he had..

And now it's pretty clear to him that he didn't do the best job as a parental figure. However he's not entirely failing either since she seems receptive to his feelings & his feelings alone...

Even if it seems like every conversation is a bargain...

Though Kishibe DID see Denji as the only one fit to raise the control devil, I'm interested to see where goes.

[spwiski]

Cuddling with Asa for the first time is a unique experience. It's the first time Asa has done something like this, it's strange nobody had shown her love and affection since the death of her mother.

She's incredibly red whilst in your arms, and you can tell she's trying to contain her emotions. She's so fragile, and you want to make her feel safe and loved.

As you hold Asa in your arms, you can feel her slowly relaxing and letting her guard down. You stroke her hair gently and whisper words of comfort, assuring her that she is not alone and that she deserves love.

Asa slowly looks up at you, her eyes filled with tears, and you can sense the pain she's been holding onto for so long. You wipe her tears away and hold her close, letting her know that it's okay to cry and that you are there to listen.

Eventually, Asa manages to calm down and she kisses you softly on the lips. She tells you how grateful she is for your love and support, and you can feel the warmth of her smile.

You spend the rest of the night holding each other close, watching television or simply recovering in each other's company. You know that Asa needs this kind of support, and you are happy to provide it.

[toweroftunes]

it would take. a. WAR.

Yoru, where the hell you been loca?! like, i cannot wait for Asa hours! fingers-crossed that the besties are back in town.

i know i haven't been on the Chainsaw Man stuff for quite a few chapters now. but Fujimoto had to throw out "it would take a war" at the end of 156 and i've been compelled to post.

also genuinely curious how this jail break is gonna play out because i assume Yoru wants rights to eviscerating Chainsaw Man. we also don't have confirmation about what happened to Nayuta; if War saved Nayuta, and we get a sister team-up as well. hahaha. sorry this isn't an analysis post, it's more just uhh reaction and speculation because i'm excited lol.