#csm 193

[thejessc0de]

[ragde890]

Wake up, honey. Another 20 pages of Denji suffering just dropped

[neplusultros]

there IS a real and powerful comedy in how unsubtle this all is. The Devil That Is War shows up on your doorstep and says, hey, unloved man who feels unlovable. you feel that way because you are pathetic and unworthy of love. but don't worry! Do Enough Violence and i'll let you have sex with this girl (don't worry, she likes you, she told me). or fail and i will erase you from existence. either way it's not like you have anything else going for you!

[sibblank]

Makima only "loved" Denji because he shares a body with Pochita

Yoru only loves Denji because she shares a body with Asa

[lindleland]

STOP IT

LEAVE HIM ALONE

[leonofthelake]

So with chapter 193 it's now even more clear how Denji has a compromised view of love and, more in general, affection. He is brought to tears by the mere fact that someone still likes him after all that happened to him even when it's clear that the person who is telling him that (Yoru) isn't being 100% geniuine. She even tells him that her feeling are only a proxy of Asa's ones but Denji doesn't seem able to make that distinction in his mind. He also equals the idea of sex and physical intimacy with love, which shows an even more simplistic view of that emotion. What I wanted to point out is how Fujimoto actually already laid out this concept with a parallel in early part one: Katana Man tells Denji that, since he never experienced different tasting food as a child his palate is both underdeveloped and unable to distinguish complex flavours, which is exactly what happened over and over in the course of the story with his concept of "love". Since he never experienced being cared for when he was a a kid he now takes every little sliver of attention, kidness and romantic interest geared towards him and swallows it (just like he swallowed Himeno's vomit because he had some semblance of nutritional value)

[catboyklav]

fascism (control, war) grooming young men is such a powerful metaphor. but god free my boy dennis PLEASE

[dr-pipis]

so i’m gonna light my house on fire