#csm145

[medcat33]

chapter 145 prediction

[nebuleona]

I REFUSE to choose between Yoshida and Asa. I hope they don't have to fight and become besties.

This is like gay on gay crime.

FUJIMOTO YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO US

But also he gave us this Denji and Nayuta so it's alright

[chainsawmanthoughts]

If she creates an arm out of a weapon I'm gonna lose it

[chainsawmanthoughts]

The pieces are falling into place. Yoshida wasn’t merely doing his duty but operating with the knowledge that Public Safety already has it out for Denji. He's been working tirelessly to intercept threats from multiple directions.

And true to his word, Denji's "peace" does seem to matter to him. It almost seems like he thinks he can protect Denji better by not alerting him to the threats that surround him. His antsy hovering and loss of composure make more sense now, too. Given the state of things, there is much for him to worry about. It's super interesting to me that he was the one that got dispatched to take out War Devil...like, what is Public Safety's assessment of her strength, exactly? I mean, it's not unlike them to toss outmatched cannon fodder hunters at major devils, but if this was a calculated match-up then it's pretty exciting. (Sidenote: I'm even more convinced now that whatever denomination Yoshida is operating under is spearheaded by Kishibe...)

[chainsawmanthoughts]

Something seems significant to me about the fact that Asa was already planning to turn her apartment (and thereby the door itself) into a weapon. There's a clear contrast between her mentality and Denji's at this time, and her vigilance is actually kind of concerning.

Things are starting to move fast, barreling towards their inevitable outcomes. Our last Door Scene was preceded by Asa's Recurring Metaphor Nightmare, the one in which her life takes a route where casualties are numerous and unavoidable, a point of no return.

Given that she's got no choice but to square off against Public Safety now, and that she's resolute in her self-defense (to the point of having been prepared to leverage her home)...the point of no return foretold in her nightmares is imminent. What does this bode for Asa as a character? She's a battle-hardened public enemy now with honed survival instincts, capable of making sacrifices. In spite of their conflict during the last arc, she and the War Devil appear to operate with more unity than before. I suspect we're in for some harrowing chapters.

[uh-mozzaza]

"Asa's right arm sword" is going to be a killer weapon tho

[uh-mozzaza]

not to be a death devil theories guy, but so did The Chainsaw Man church make a pact with the Death Devil, and that's why they are able to use Justice's powers? I know it's more probable that they made a pact with Fami, but as far as I know Fami's power (having control over people that crave for something) seems unrelated to this "using a dead devil's powers"