#i know because i was fujimoto

[violettierre]

Power : and then you know what he told me ?!

Angel : what ?

Power : he said, "eat your veggies"!!!!!

Angel : he said WHAT ???!!!!

Power : yah i know right ??!!??!! Like- could you be any more rude ...

Angel : Oh. My. God.

Power : like- seriously... i can't believe he'll say something like that to me!!!!

Angel : there was also this one time he told me, "stop eating so much ice cream it's unhealthy"

Power : NO. FUCKING. WAY!!!!!!!!

Angel : for real like- that's SO rude...

Power : sooo rude...

[meownotgood]

also sorry to not post about aki or the new chainsaw man chapter, I still love him so so dearly but... the new chapter kind of disappointed me........ :,)

[thiinka]

Just saw Look Back in the theater. It's a perfect manga to film adaptation: integrity to both mediums, an actual reason to be adapted, and intentional and loving filmmaking as a celebration of human collaboration are all here. The music, voice acting, visual composition, backgrounds, and animation are amazing.

Even if you've already read the original, please, if you can, go see this. It's incredible.

[ddenji]

‘normal’ denji isn't denji anymore

okay for some reason i have a lot of thoughts about this damn crow because it just seemed so random at first. but it struck me as interesting while I was reading the chapter that the crow is paralleled with pochita here, with both of them on their backs and denji looking back towards them. the comparison was really just making me about how stepping on and killing a crow/animal is something denji neverrr would have done before, and the implications of this moment given some of the things we know about denji and his values.

due to the fact that he's very animal coded himself (specifically dog coded of course), denji has a connection/ respect for most animals as non ‘moral’ beings who aren't looking to hurt him in the way humans and devils are. i think there's also an element of him relating to other beings that are looked down on, as he's been looked down on pretty much his whole life. he would definitely feel guilty to kill an animal (or really anyone/thing that wasn't trying to hurt him) in the earlier chapters of part 1.

following that, pochita was the most important thing in the world to him & their relationship informs denji’s philosophies and moralities. to that end, he viewed pochita as a pet but also as an equal; they were in it together in denji’s eyes. which establishes denji’s unwillingness to look down on a “pet” and similarly, other animals, just because they aren't human, or from the opposite side, his willingness to consider animals or other 'lesser' species as equally important.

later on, we see denji come to understand power better because of her relationship with meowy, which he sees as resembling his relationship with pochita. the fact that she would do anything for this cat makes him see her in a better, more empathetic light, because that's a trait he has himself and values greatly.

and of course, we cant forget the panel where he chooses to save the cat instead of multiple people, which can be read in many different ways, but for my purpose specifically, it means that denji sees value in saving the cat, even over human lives. this once again makes clear his willingness to consider 'lesser' species as important. saving the cat is an equally valid choice in that scenario, because it's still a life to save.

i’m sure there are other instances i’m forgetting, but the key thing is that all of those instances made him the version of denji that was able to be chainsaw man. his own doglike nature, his connection with pochita because of their mutually respectful relationship despite being different species, his connection with power through animals and his choice to save the cat were all distinctly traits that denji valued when he was still able to be chainsaw man. and so, we turn back to ch 150.

currently, denji is so caught up in trying to return to his normal life and justifying his happiness that he accidentally kills an animal. in this moment, he has become so far removed from many of the things that he valued, from many of the things that made him him. very similarly, chasing his dream of a normal life has forced him to give up being chainsaw man - another thing that makes denji distinctly himself, and something that he values very much.

so, i see killing the crow as a moment that snaps denji out of his desire for a normal life because there is a direct cost, a direct violence now that is attached to following this desire. he has trampled on another being while chasing his goal, which is exactly what others have done to him in the past when he was considered a "lesser" being. he could bear to sacrifice things himself for the sake of nayuta and his newfound normalcy, but in that moment, he has gone so against his values that he held in part one that he can’t look past it anymore. his dream isn't just affecting himself anymore, unlike all of his previous dreams. and so he reflects, and with the help of his inner-conciousness-pochita, he realizes that it’s time for a new dream. or perhaps it's just time to return to a life that was never a dream in the first place.

[eightspringdays]

I saw an art on twitter of fujino and kyomoto as a couple when they grew older and now I want to drink battery acid.

They were kissing. .. and happy... And ... And. Sniff sniff I started crying.

[mokutone]

here's some recent flubs + failures from the past month!

[battleslippers]

can't let gang know I fw chainsaw man because they'll hit me w the one scene and say it was for shock value

[cybergirlblues]

new csm chapter got me fucked up

[tariah23]

The fact that Fujimoto is one of the only few new age shounen mangaka that can write things outside of the shounen scope. His technical writing ability is crazy.

[musical-chick-13]

This is maybe half of a coherent thought, but *something something original Nayuta of the Prophecy was forced into a role by society of “being evil” and everyone assumed she’d cause the apocalypse with her powers and ended up possibly making that a self-fulfilling reality* *something something this is literally what is happening in the fandom right now with csm Nayuta*

[thevashstampede]

THEVAS??? YOU JUST READ PART 1 OF CSM??

Oh oh oh, tell your thoughts please <3

Oh god. Oh god man. The way I was NOT expecting to be hit with the found family trope so hard and I got absolutely SMACKED anyways... WHEW. MAD that the hype is pretty well deserved. MAD that I was pussy and didn't pick it up when it first came out because I thought it was going to be cruel and nothing else. MAD that Makima was 100% the Worst from the get go but she still managed to BETRAY me bro....

They all said they weren't going to fall in love with each other and I believed them. Like a FOOL bro. It's like. Such a simple story, like all of the twists and underdog trump cards were SO simple but they hit EVERY TIME.

[robocops-a-christ-allegory]

People often call my art edgy and I never feel like it is because I never make it with the Intent Of Being Edgy Im kind of just doing what I think is interesting and being way too personal On Line. Anyway thats why I defend Tatsuki Fujimoto too much

[eightspringdays]

fujimoto is probably one of my fav mangakas because he's so fucking weird but in a very millennial way. he's absolutely unhinged in a way it could've given him at least 4 lobotomies 80 years ago.

he is not misogynistic nor homophobic, which makes him better than 80% of the mangakas except for Gege "I breathe yaoi" Akutami.

fujimoto is to yuri, what gege is to yaoi

he's just fucking weird because no sane mind would've written fire punch. it's GOOD but the fact the chilliest thing happening there is CONSENTED CANNIBALISM tells you everything you need to know

[jerriisspeakingnow]

That awkward moment when you have to restrain yourself from info dumping everything you think/know/love about Chainsaw Man onto your friend because you want them to fully experience the show but simultaneously you want them to understand every nuanced detail because you need them to understand the amount of love that was put into the show.

[angstigone]

just so you know ... tomorrow we might have the new csm chapter and the first episode of 'my brilliant friend' in italian.

if you don't see me, know I am crying on the ground and cursing elena ferrante and tatsuki fujimoto.

[ocdhuacheng]

the justice devil running around....... and that horseman (presumably famine) girl........ chainsaw man TWO electric boogaloo........ yoshida fucking off to wherever it is he goes........... questions. questions