#csm chapter 125

[lexieloo28]

Hey man she did ask politely

[a-preferable-alternative]

Chainsaw Man Chapter 125 without context:

[aijzeni]

Seeing Denji coming out of nowhere made me hyped can't to see what happens in the chapter.

[neferrious]

I’m obsessed with her. Get me a woman who can hold her head in her hands like a basketball

[chainsawpretzel]

"Falling devil goes to a supermarket" is a sentence I honestly never expected to use.

[lordsmaf]

when she says give me head she means it

[elmaxlys]

Me, me! I volunteer!

[roydeezed]

Chainsaw Man-Chapter Round-Up(Chapter 125)

There wasn’t a lot that happened this chapter that we can talk about but it does give us an opportunity to look back and get a bearing on the series so far. The contents of the chapter can be summarized pretty easily. The falling devil harvests some ingredients from humans while leaving them alive and then kills a public safety officer attacking her before being attacked by Denji. One key moment in this chapter is that Asa needs to fall or in another sense the War devil needs to be afraid. Below I go over some key ideas presented in past chapters, more plot than the character stuff I have been focusing on lately, so click on the ‘Keep reading’ to check it  out.

I have to say, the short period where Fujimoto was doing Bi-Weekly releases felt really great as the chapters were always pretty substantial. Though this wasn’t a bad chapter as it built an eerie ambience, I would much rather prefer he take his time and give us a full story beat with each chapter. 

Let’s talk about some of the moments in this chapter, such as how the Falling Devil didn’t outright kill anyone until she was attacked. I don’t see her being a substantial character beyond this little part but I do like how this charecterizes her as someone with priorities and how death isn’t really her end goal. It also highlights something I want to bring up in the context of the whole history of the Chainsaw Man world, and that’s the fact that Devil’s aren’t inherently evil. They're a lot more instinctual than that, as any acts of evil or damage they do commit is a result of them trying to perpetuate the fear that they’re based on. In short, they do what they do to survive. Like humans and other animals. I think it’s a key part of the morality of the world. The Falling Devil doesn’t need people to die to exist, just fear falling. 

Devils don’t want to end the world, they need humans to survive. Devils feed on their associated fears to live and that piece of information helps us understand the motivations of some of the more prominent devils we’ve seen. Especially the four horseman. Though they’re siblings, they have wildly different goals. With Makima, she wanted to make the world a better place. And despite all of her talk about loving Pochita, survival is a key factor in that desire too. Because if the world is that free and peaceful, what can you be afraid of? That’s right, Control. Meaning her end goal would have helped her to stay relevant and get stronger as well. 

We see this with Yoru and Fami as well, as Fami is totally okay with Yoru accomplishing her goals as famine and the fear of famine is quite often a byproduct of war, as most areas in our world suffering from forms of famine were places of armed conflict. Yoru just needs nuclear weapons back as Mutually Assured Destruction causes a great deal of fear in war. Meaning Fami needs Yoru much more than Yoru needs Fami. But despite all of that needing humans to work something is coming to the Chainsaw Man world that is going to introduce a catastrophic amount of death, as can be predicted through the prophecies of Nostradamus and the convicts impending deaths. A great king of terror is coming. One that signifies the end of humanity. And the devils are helping this along as seen with the Falling Devil being the first to shepard this devil in. 

But if humans are to be exterminated where would that leave devils? As they need fear to survive. I see this going two ways. One, which is less likely as I don’t know how sustainable it would be to tell Chainsaw Mans story, is that the great king of terror somehow makes it so that devils don’t need humans to live. And that would be somewhat okay from a storytelling perspective as all of our main characters aren’t strictly human right now. The other more likely scenario is that Earth is made into a living hell, with devils actively living there and becoming either immortal or able to be fully killed(maybe a secret ploy by someone). This seems more likely as a world with humans living alongside devils would always be producing fear, much more than the earth as it is now. Also it would make sense as something Fami could get behind and not Yoru as the world might be too divided to form big enough factions for war. 

I do want to mention a few more things. With the fourth sibling being Death, probably the biggest fear most people have, and also a great king of terror arriving, Death could be this great king and the brother of the other three horsemen. Also I find setting the arrival of this great king being in July kind of odd and it makes me think that the Chainsaw Man story will conclude with the dawn of the year 2000 as it is an alternate universe and Y2K used to be a huge deal. It just fits the aesthetic of the manga. And finally, looking around for information on Makima I found a really fun piece of trivia, where Makima is based on Benten from the Eccentric Family, which is my second favourite anime of all time. In fact my profile picture is Yajiro Shimogamo from the same anime. It was just a really cool coincidence so I thought I would bring it up. But wow, learning that information really makes me look at Makima differently. Benten in The Eccentric Family always had this unfathomable sadness that she hid behind aloofness much like Makima. I guess Fujimoto’s conclusion as to the pain behind her sadness was that she couldn’t connect with others. I believe it’s that she can connect with others but that she is self destructive and self-sabotages those relationships. Wow, this makes me want to talk about Eccentric Family in full, I haven’t visited that in such a long time. 

[chilled-ice-cubes]

csm chapter 125

oh she's a bad bitch. i mean i would totally take her. 😙

denji!!! let's fucking goooo. okay emphasis on "the only thing left to do is make asa mitaka fall" does this mean... fall into hell? how does falling devil know asa is war's vessel anyways?

oh no she's so funny... another fujimoto certified girlboss to cede all mortal possessions to!

[nesbiter]

(CSM Chapter 125) Denji's stretching his head forward by detaching some of the cords that make up his 'neck'. Was that something he could always do??? He's also got his head held by his arm??? Are these new things or am I just dumb??? Because damn, this looks so cool

[lordsmaf]

ohshit, Chainsaw Man actually showing up in Chainsaw Man