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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

to past inside covers, where the subjects were depicted inside of the cityscapes. Interestingly enough, the inside cover that resembles this one the most is Fami's! With what we know now, could she be dreading the loss of the outside aka human world?

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#chainsawman Re: vol 20 inside cover, we get the sense that Asa is relegated to the role of observer. Together with the front cover this paints a new picture: the transition from past to present. Asa is displaced, dismembered (for a time), and the city is devastated. Past Asa was +

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

#csm194 #chainsawman Bet you a million dollars he's thinking back to when he and Denji cut class and went to the movies...sulking Yoshida kicking my ass

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

She has referred to her as "sister" a number of times now. Does she desire a human sibling dynamic? Lots to consider.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

extracurriculars. This recontextualizes her exchange with Nayuta to me. I didn't doubt her words but figured they were specifically catered towards Nayuta. It now appears to me that she was pretty transparent about her desires even then. I wonder where the limit of this affinity +

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

humanity, but this does not involve a love for humanity. This is consumption. She summoned Falling and allowed for the casualties that ensued. When faced with the opportunity to assist Public Safety now, she'd rather partake in a human experiences through her friendship and +

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

#csm194 #chainsawman 🧵Revisiting this thought in light of chapter 194. Fami preferring her nickname over "Famine", working against the "age of devils"...Fami's human-favouring trait has been spelled out for us. She lives to savor HUMAN experiences in particular, seeking to preserve the age of +

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#csm193 Kino panelling here as well. Love how she encroaches on him with every point she makes.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#csm193 #chainsawman Oof, the empty chair included in this panel. Asa's absence is truly felt here.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#csm188 #chainsawman If Yoshida was spit out when Denji requested a useful devil in a chapter titled "Octopus, War, Chainsaw" what does this say about his identity? We also know for a fact that Octopus was consumed. Why did Aging refer to him as a human?

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#csm188 #chainsawman The circumstances that brought them back together are so funny to me. Peak trio.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

On his inside cover, Yoshida is unmistakably despondent and alone. Does he feel that he's being dragged back towards his dangerous town life? Would a normal life, alone, still make him miserable? There is such a powerful contrast between the cover and the way he's portrayed in this chapter.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#csm188 Adding to this, his people/bear binary recontextualizes this scene for me. Convincing Denji to, in his words "live as a human" is akin to convincing Denji to remain in the same world as him.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

attempts at reconciliation with both Denji and Asa are genuine. I think he feels immense relief, despite his fundamental distrust in bears. Hell, Asa even has her arm back. He could have simply apologized before offering his solution to escape; these gestures are not necessary/

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#csm188 #chainsawman Where to start...Fascinated by the binaries Yoshida frames things in. Allies vs. enemies, people vs. bears. I think in spite of this, his cheery disposition here can be attributed to the fact that in this suspended realm, he can suspend his title. I truly believe his/

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Just being able to see all the crazy ways she ignites herself (as well as her limbs reconstituting themselves) is so fucking hype to me

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

They used her rocket-torpedo-missile arm on the uppercut instead here but added exhaust and it looks so fucking good dude (in the manga she doesn't get to use it before Violence interrupts)

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

In this medium you can experience the movement and sound (eventually) that accompanies the Typhoon Devil in a new way. The pressure is really palpable here!

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

the music picks up and that familiar feeling (that comes from reading Chainsaw Man) sets in. Breakneck pacing punctuated by a jarring/alarming beep tone that kicks things up even further. The trailer similarly ends on a distressing tone. To me, it's a sensory "wrongness".

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Something really distinctive about the bomb arc to me is that tonal shift from strictly coming-of-age romance to action, and this is reflected so well in the sound design here. The piano music degrades, the colours shift in temperature, followed by eerie silence. Suddenly,

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

So much there's so much. Like can I breathe for one second. In the manga, Reze beckons with outstretched hands that extend beyond the panel. Here, the absence of music and haunting quality to Reina Ueda's voice draw you in just the same.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

His words in the hospital may have sounded cold, but his regret is visible and it's revealed that PS was waiting outside of the room. Sorry I'm hormonal so this tilts me even more than usual. People really hate him so much that they're obtuse when it comes to very obvious cues.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

We have confirmation that PS was hoping that Yoru would turn CSM into a weapon. Therefore, Yoshida's warning in 133 was not necessary, nor was it necessary for him to try and keep Asa away from him. His emotional outburst is not the reaction of someone who is unaffected by the consequences.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Help me.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Then there's the posing. How is it so unnatural? What is keeping her upright? This angle suggests that she is about to fall, and yet she smiles. Gonna bang my head against the wall about this brb.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

#chainsawman Oh my god there's so much. The mockery. The eye contact. The emphasis on her remaining in spite of everything. This isn't the overgrowth that existed with Yoshida's inside cover but instead, neatly presented (institutional?). The fact that she's only ever partially concealed.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#csm185 #chainsawman Even though nobody's checking that her weapon looks good, her first priority is to address how it reflects on her capabilities. A cute Asa-ism but also indicative of her need for approval/that she expects judgment.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#csm185 #chainsawman Perplexed maybe, but also some concern. To express this in spite of what he's going through is so very Denji.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#csm185 #chainsawman Giggling and clapping my hands this goes so fucking hard

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#csm185 #chainsawman Love the reintroduction of the idea of unfathomable concepts in this chapter, always wanted this to be revisited within csm. In this instance I'm reminded of the "four possible conclusions other than death at the end of living beings' life spans"

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

[TERMINAL LEVELS OF COPE] okay, we've got part 1 references two chapters in a row, and Denji is in dire need of blood right now...what if...what if this is hinting that other moments from part 1 are being revisited including mention of the Blood Dev--💥💥

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

burgeoning hope and acceptance of loss is entirely false and detrimental. I think this may be a step towards some sort of larger acceptance of his situation, but this won't free him of pain in the immediate future. He hasn't "bounced back" per se, but maybe he's overshooting/

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Like arming himself with a sort of acceptance that frees him from the present? It comes across as an escape in a way that mirrors his self-destructive antics. His sprint here is a part of his plan but I don't think Cicada Man is necessarily wrong, nor do I think that Denji's/

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

#csm184 #chainsawman So many thoughts about part 2's perpetual motion machine. When Denji fought Falling his strategy involved cutting up his brain as a "rule" in response to mental attacks. Denji's approach here involves the acceptance of loss but framed in a concerning way.

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

#csm184 #chainsawman Bet money the perpetual motion machine involves running in the Aging domain and not the family loss cycle but it still hurts to hear him put it this way

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The colours and movement make me think of hawatari nioku centi (3rd csm ending)!

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Chainsaw Man Thoughts @csmthoughts.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

#csm183 #chainsawman Sinking while remembering Reze I'm gonna snap for real FUCK FUCK FUCK

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