Anime & Donghua

It's gotta be said, Japan is really embracing all the shit that Fujimoto has been very firmly against. Like this is the guy who had a nuclear war set to the Star Spangled Banner in his manga and now the prime minister is kneeling to Trump and pledging to defend Taiwan. And she's pretty popular, even with young people! So he sees all that, on top of the fact that part 2 has never been as popular as part 1, and it's not too surprising he decided to end it.

I really do miss the early part 2 stuff, those first few Asa chapters are some of the funniest manga I've ever read. Fujimoto is a legend for "don't come to school tomorrow." But the direction has been pretty mediocre for a while now so it could just be burnout or a lack of good ideas as much as anything else. Idk, it was a fun ride.

lmao if this is the ending it's so poorly done. The direction is fine but the execution is garbage.

No shade at the author though, he's clearly burnt out and the industry is incredibly extractive.

I thought it was cute.

Well, that sure was an ending. Not the worst thing possible, I suppose, but I do still feel it kinda came out of nowhere.

I think no, and that's ok. I have made peace with that, lol.

He just needs to show Denji gaining a final transformation and then using that to destroy the US and then we can talk

still dont know what kind of devil Pochita is. Anyone have any ideas? 🤔

The long battle scenes from fujimoto have never been my favorite parts of his work. Ending is definitely somewhat of a cop-out but I think fuji was digging a hole these last few months.

Now give me the kobeni spin off you coward

Okay I read it

That was like reading some kind of fixfic fanfiction. Everything's basically better than before, but in a very empty feel-good kinda sense.

With this in mind, I can only assume this means Fujimoto is hunkering down for a Part 3 in the future

That was hilarious

Does Fujimoto want to salvage this? No.

I think his roughest, yet best ending was Fire Punch. His best ending was definitely Chainsaw man part 1. For all other one shots, his endings have been about alternate universes, fake outs, ironic twists, etc.

This is totally in line with his usual approach, it came out of nowhere, but I can see what he is thinking: Denji, having learned absolutely nothing was about to fuck War and Asa (with Yoru probably lying about her consent). I could see how this deity would make the decision to put a stop to Denji's bad decisions.

Will people ever understand what Fujimoto is trying to say? Nah, the reading comprehension devil is more powerful than the gun devil.

Still sad its actually coming to an end now

I liked it

Now that midsawman is over, fujimoto can get back to his true magnum opus: Fire Punch 2

I can't believe I have followed this series for 7 whole years, it had its high and low moments, but towards the end it was so painfully clear that Fujimoto's battery was empty, drawing and writing out of obligation more than passion. I am glad they can finally move on to something else now.

I can also appreciate the choice of nuking the series at a point where Denji at least got Power back, in my opinion an unearned happy ending is better than an unearned sad ending.

I feel like the actual end of the world would have been the most natural ending at this point (ignoring the direction of the final 2 chapters), but along with what everyone else mentioned, perhaps Fujimoto was tired of fans and editors wanting a happy ending where everything is fine and just said fuck it, here you go.

local Chainsaw Man fan here, about as.. disappointing as you can get with that whiplash of

I don't really hate Fujimoto (or Gege in JJK, I've read the manga and watched the anime up to Season 2, will continue tomorrow to be prepared for Sendai Colony Episode) for the matters relating to how their stories ended, character development dropped and general disappointment with everything I was hoping for the stories. There were some issues in JJK manga because of Gege being rushed apparently so I don't feel as much hate towards the authors, rather the all-encompassing soul-crushing system that is Capitalism, and the type that Japan has as well that can be characterized as ever moving to the right..

I understand why it happened, why it could've happened but I held out hope Fujimoto would at least end Chainsaw Man in a somewhat satisfying way (someone else here said it could end in the world ending which is also a possibility, but if that were the case, I still hoped for the plot threads to be resolved before so, but I truly lost hope when it was said that one chapter would follow the reveal before the end). I personally think that it should've ended a bit more.. umm, 'positively' (that's my opinion, but I would be satisfied with any as long as the plot threads get solved in the first damn place!!) something like..

Overall, disappointing, but inevitable under excruciating pressure in the manga/anime industry.. I explained my detailed reasons above for why exactly I was disappointed with Chainsaw Man's ending, what I'd do with it, and I just wish Fujimoto better in his life, and if his next story interests me, I'll be right back to reading all about him~

no lol