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Fandom sideblog. I like anime and western cartoons. MelancholyPills on ao3!

[melancholypills]

Think I’m gonna fuck around and make a whole new account so that this isn’t a side blog anymore

[grimeclown]

But that's not entirely untrue it is clear that denji's extreme isolation is intended to be a hyperbolic form of the emotional neglect that so many young boys experience growing up in patriarchal society. Chainsaw Man is nothing if not a story about the horror of living in late capitalism. Denji is the way that he is because of the extreme neglect he faced as an orphan in abject poverty being subjected to dehumanization for his whole life. He had no freedom to go to school, have hobbies, make friends, or do anything but work and scrounge for food and porn out of the garbage. It only makes sense that sexuality is the only viable form of affection that clicks right in his head, because it's the only type he's ever been exposed to. And nobody has bothered to see this as a problem. As something that is sad. Because they choose to see him as a perverted teenage boy instead of as a victim of a society that has offered him no other form of connection to reach for.

[melancholypills]

It occurred to me how funny it is that Denji, who yells about wasting food and eats food off the ground and used to dumpster dive for survival and tried to eat Aki’s scab, finds something as mundane as coffee so gross he actually spit it out

[domiiomii]

But Orpheus always looks back...

[verydeadaten]

You can’t do this to me

[socialemotion]

It’s almost out of touch season who’s scared

[socialemotion]

THAT WAS PEAK??? I WASNT EXPECTING AKI TO SOUND SO SHAKEN UP AND DESPERATE DURING THIS SCENE I ALWAYS IMAGINED IT MORE SOLEMN I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED

[melancholypills]

I so badly want Aki to ask Denji questions. Like, kid eats food off the ground and never went to school and can’t read a menu and is excited about jam and says it would be a waste to not sleep in a nice bed despite being in a Devil realm and Aki’s strongest reaction is just going ‘huh’ and moving on

[melancholypills]

Woo I’m all caught up on Chainsaw Man!

I’m so scared!

[zephyrine-gale]

consume | expel

[heavenseraph]

@whiskybravo

[melancholypills]

Denji wanting Nayuta to have a better life than he did growing up (though he still isn’t grown up….) has me weaaaakkk

[kremes-are-krispy]

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[melancholypills]

“Denji’s horny but not a pervert” is a statement I’ll always stand by

[melancholypills]

Rereading Chainsaw Man and god Aki’s and Power’s deaths hit just as hard the second time….

[melancholypills]

Sometimes I think about Denji’s situation before Public Safety where he was living off trash and single slices of plain bread and how excited he was to eat bread with jam and how despite having nothing he still wondered if he was selfish for wanting more and how his goals are way more humble than a teenager’s should be and I get so emotional…

[melancholypills]

Happy Halloween!

[itriedimhighandstillreadytodie]

He thinks everything a fucking game.

[itriedimhighandstillreadytodie]

Reze Arc movie came out in the US I see.

[afterthelambs]

I like the contrast of Denji and Reze's pool scene and the beach scene. In the pool, they show intimacy by taking off their clothes together. Meanwhile at the beach, the intimacy comes from Denji putting clothes on a naked Reze, showing compassion to her even after all the destruction and pain she brought him. I think that moved her as much as him sparing her life because it's such a small 'unnecessary' kindness.

It's also proof that Denji isn't just a 'gooner creep' like some of the audience misinterprets him to be. We know he finds her sexy but instead of perving over her naked unconscious form, he put his shirt on her to give her some privacy and safety. He's a considerate guy.

This is why the pool scene is important to the character development and themes btw, despite some dumb people calling it 'gooner bait'. It gets recontextualized in the end to indicate their feelings have deepened beyond physical attraction or surface level... perfection.

[noechi-xxx]

“I was ready to die, but despite knowing the consequences, you saved me. Forcing me to steal the most important thing you have. Your life”