#i knew going in that csm dealt with these topics

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oh my god its an utena reference

okay so i finally watched chainsaw man, its absolutely gorgeous, sometimes even i get tired of my intolerable hipster taste in anime, and it seemed highly likely to be the new gen i would actually enjoy

verdict -- pretty good, okay for now, have the feeling (like utena) its a show that needs to be watched in its entirety to really show its hand

but holy shit are there utena references, in the first ep of csm denji gets stabbed just like utena and look at the animation

even look at the types of swords and positions of the characters...

both of these stories deal with CSA and its clear that directorial choices were made influenced and referencing utena

CW: for depictions of CSA in the read more

both animes, specifically during scenes of sexual assault place the viewer in the perspective of the perpetrator and have very long drawn out scenes taking place before the assault.

It is also during said assault that the perpetrator begins mooing during her speech, almost definitely a reference to the famous cowbell episode where nanami does the same thing