#this is just speculating but i think fjmt is going to have denji at least partly confront his refusal to think about his trauma about his

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I think one thing about Chainsaw Man that really sticks with me (besides all the tragedy and the weird feeling I get in my chest anytime I think about it for too long) is how Fujimoto shows character regression as development. It’s a bit paradoxical, but it’s honestly comforting and almost validating as someone who deals with chronic depression alongside adhd and constantly ends up in negative mental spirals because of that, that you can go through things that make you want to change and then the next opportunity comes around and you’re back at square 1 again and even then you’re still worthy of living and loving and connecting with people anyways. These characters are going back to what they know, what was once comfortable but may not be anymore, and yet they still continue living day by day, and I for one find that far more motivating and inspirational than characters who go through trauma and then are healed and never go back to that ever again.