#fujimoto has been up on his psychological shit lately and it rocks!!

[ddenji]

this is drawing some really interesting parallels between denji and nayuta (and makima). to me it's fair to assume the "nightmare" denji is talking about nayuta, and also makima by extension cuz he's referencing her past. the most crucial part of this is "you threw that all away when you chose chainsaw man" because makima did sacrifice any chance to be happy or have a family in her pursuit of chainsaw man. she thought chainsaw man was her only true equal and her only chance at having those things. however in recent chapters, denji is going through a similar choice & i think it would be fair to say the “nightmare” denji could be talking to present denji here too! he's realized that he can either have a normal life or be chainsaw man, and he's choosing the latter. especially cuz in the past like 2 chapters denji was pushing nayuta away to distance her from chainsaw man. and the dreamself denji seems to be reinforcing that choice, perhaps reminding him of why he doesnt “deserve” a family so csm is all he has. and of course, the chapter title “the old me” kind of strings this all together. the old denji that is the child who killed his father, the old denji that is the one who dreamed of a normal life, the old nayuta that was makima and the old nayuta that wanted to destroy denji. i just feel like this really tied them together again in terms of like their desires & how they get there & what theyre leaving behind <3