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Okay, so I never really wrote it down, but what I really really really love about CSM is how Fujimoto takes really simple, easily understood metaphors and just uses them to brutally illustrate our condition under late capitalism

Making literal deals with devils...

Just, man, this manga is just so peak

denji-just-like-me

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[-] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

The past few weeks, ever since shinji-screm, has been absolutely insane. There's not even time to breathe anymore. The fact that those politicians don't even hesitate... chefs-kiss

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

So is CSM going to need to be cut open to restore the existence of mouths, since his mouth is also removed?

[-] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We're kinda at the point where no matter how much is foreshadowed I have absolutely no idea what Fujimoto is going to do next

[-] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

It's incredible, isn't it? This whole series has been like "look folks you might think you know where this is going but I assure you, you absolutely do not" and we consistently fail to learn this lesson. People construct all sorts of theories about things, speak confidently about narrative arcs, all that shit, and the Fujimoto is like, "yeah but what if Denji got a sort of accidental handjob and then mouths stop existing" and everybody is like "uuuuuhhhhhhh what is happening." I love it.

[-] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

The wildest part is that despite all the swerves everything still fits in a narrative/thematic sense

Spoilers for this chapterDenji has the power to change the world lying dormant within him, the metaphor literalized in the story as a supernatural ability to ontologically change reality. Everyone on this forum knows that the powerful won’t bat an eye to sacrifice as many innocents as needed to prolong their grasp on power, but we’ve gone from the fucking around to the finding out stage as we see the prime minister’s office lose control of the situation

[-] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Absolutely, that's why the series works I think. Fujimoto always goes where nobody can predict but thematically it all makes perfect sense. He's not like an edgelord just trying to do surprising things with no thematic reason. Everything connects, it's all intentional.

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

They're gonna give him ultra diarrhoea

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Not if he can stuff the butthole devil up there first!

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

It's going wild in these latest chapters

[-] Blep@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Retriactively starving to death because i dont have a mouth to eat with

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Refusing to eat, so he can’t be controlled. When Denji, loves to eat.

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Fami stonks rising

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

That meme “chainsaw man is crazy good this week”. It’s eternal.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Excellent timing. Peak comedy. chefs-kiss

this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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