Chainsaw Man — How Japanese Fans React

But thank you for creating Asa Mitaka as a character. The man's a god

でも三鷹アサというキャラを生み出してくれてありがとう。神だよ

If that's the case then the Gun Fiend fight becomes the finale... brutal.

だとしたら銃の魔神戦が最終回になるよね…えぐぅ

The story starts with Denji coughing up a flower and meeting Reze, and ends with Denji eating one. That symmetry is gorgeous.

デンジが花を吐き出してレゼと出会って物語が始まって、デンジが花を食べて物語が終わるの綺麗で好き

The punchline itself was fine, but they skipped way too much of the buildup. I thought King Crimson had erased my memory of it or something

オチはあれでいいんだけど 過程をいきなり飛ばしすぎた キングクリムゾン かと思った

The Assassins Arc proper is exactly volumes 7-8, up to Kishibe's "I don't wanna see anything anymore" line. That's too long for a movie but too short for a TV cour, and the Denji-Power scene at the start of volume 9 can't really be a season 4, so honestly the best move is to make it a TV anime and tack the volume 9 stuff onto it.

実際資格編として取扱されてるのは7巻から８巻ピッタリで岸辺のもう何も見たくねぇのところまでなんだけど映画にするにしては長いしアニメにしては少ないし、9巻冒頭の話のデンパワのシーンは4期としてやれないから、アニメにして9巻のところもくっつけてくるのがいいな

Makima only ever looked at Pochita — at Chainsaw Man — but Reze was looking at *Denji*. That contrast wrecks me too.

マキマさんが見てたのはポチタ（チェンソーマン）だけだけどレゼは「デンジを」見てたのになぁって、そういうのも切ない

Honestly, I really loved the finale

正直最終回めっちゃ好き

If they fight the Gun Devil, there's a bit of direction I want for the Makima fight: just for the Public Safety Squad 5 episodes, swap the KICK BACK OP cast from the Squad 4 members to Squad 5.

銃の悪魔と戦うならVSマキマ戦のときにやってほしい演出があるんたよね対魔特異5課の話の時だけOPを4課メンバーから5課に変えたKICKBACKにしてほしい。

There's a line basically going "if Makima was behind it all, then none of it mattered, oh well" — so Reze surely knew that going to Denji meant a 99% chance Makima just crushes her. And she went to the café anyway. That's too precious.

「マキマが裏にいるなら意味なかったじゃん、あーあ」みたいなセリフがあるから、デンジの元に行っても99%マキマに捻り56されるのは分かっていたであろうが、それでも喫茶店に行ったのが尊すぎる。

Honestly, Part 1 wrapped up so cleanly that I never expected a Part 2... makes you wonder if he was pressured into it

正直、一部が綺麗に終わってたから二部出てくるとは思ってなかった…作らされちゃったのかな

How far is the Chainsaw Man Assassins Arc gonna go? From the PV it looks like they're taking it all the way through the Gun Devil arc, huh.

チェンソーマン刺客編はどこまでするんだろ。PV見たら銃の悪魔編までかな？

Wait — are YOU Tatsuki Fujimoto?

お前、藤本タツキ？

Even going back to Part 1, the concept itself was genuinely great — if they'd used the 'bugs get stronger as death disappears' idea well, it could've been amazing

1部からではあるけど普通に設定自体はクソおもろくて、死が消えたら虫とかが強くなるみたいなの上手く活かしたら超面白くなりそうではあった

Wait, does season 2 end on the Gun Fiend? They're literally coming to break the viewers...

もしかして銃の魔人で2期終了？ 視聴者の心を壊しに来てる…

Ending it on "Reze falling in love = the Angel Devil running her through the heart" is such a Tatsuki Fujimoto way to put it. I love it.

最後はレゼが恋に落ちる＝天使の悪魔に心臓を貫かれるって表現が藤本タツキらしさあって好き