Something about Chainsaw Man never sat right with me, to the point I suspected the creator was some kind of something. Commie? Pedo? Never was sure. But take a look at the overall theme of the show. "Gore is cool, demons are cool, humans making pacts with demons is cool, human sacrifices (Makima's temple scene) is cool and a good thing. I'm keenly aware that this sounds like some evangelical whining, but I've never been one of those people, and CM has that shit in such a degree that it actually makes the dials on my "something is wrong here" machine wiggle. Even a show like Hellsing never went in on "Hell and demons are awesome" to such a degree while seemingly taking its lore seriously.
It felt subversive. no other way to put it. But I blew it off as just me getting old and my perceptions changing. Until this comes out. BL/yaoi has been around forever, but nobody brags about it in public like this. Its considered a fairly shameful fetish even in Japan, with artists usually doing it under a pseudonym and nobody ever bragging about it. Especially not the fat fujoshis who are the main market for it.
Makima is literally the villain of the story, tho. She is never portrayed as anything else, even Denji's obsession with her is shown as pathetic, sad and the result of him being fucked up.
I don't think pacts with demons are shown to be cool.
A bunch of the people got fucked through them. When were demons cool in it? I mean... Pochita is cute, but even that mutually beneficial partnership is making Denji's life both much better and infinitely more dangerous and also very traumatic.
Demons ruin the lives of everybody who partners with them, Makima is unbelievably manipulative and the main villain, but I will grant you that it does make the guy with chainsaws for arms look badass in fights.
Something about Chainsaw Man never sat right with me, to the point I suspected the creator was some kind of something. Commie? Pedo? Never was sure. But take a look at the overall theme of the show. "Gore is cool, demons are cool, humans making pacts with demons is cool, human sacrifices (Makima's temple scene) is cool and a good thing. I'm keenly aware that this sounds like some evangelical whining, but I've never been one of those people, and CM has that shit in such a degree that it actually makes the dials on my "something is wrong here" machine wiggle. Even a show like Hellsing never went in on "Hell and demons are awesome" to such a degree while seemingly taking its lore seriously.
It felt subversive. no other way to put it. But I blew it off as just me getting old and my perceptions changing. Until this comes out. BL/yaoi has been around forever, but nobody brags about it in public like this. Its considered a fairly shameful fetish even in Japan, with artists usually doing it under a pseudonym and nobody ever bragging about it. Especially not the fat fujoshis who are the main market for it.
Makima is literally the villain of the story, tho. She is never portrayed as anything else, even Denji's obsession with her is shown as pathetic, sad and the result of him being fucked up.
I don't think pacts with demons are shown to be cool. A bunch of the people got fucked through them. When were demons cool in it? I mean... Pochita is cute, but even that mutually beneficial partnership is making Denji's life both much better and infinitely more dangerous and also very traumatic.
Demons ruin the lives of everybody who partners with them, Makima is unbelievably manipulative and the main villain, but I will grant you that it does make the guy with chainsaws for arms look badass in fights.