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EP. REVIEW: Chainsaw Man

I am at a loss to remember the last time an anime was allowed to be so deviously lewd—and I mean honestly, truly deranged with sexual tension—as the scene between Denji and Makima.

Well, padded boobs were a bit disheartening, but achieving your dream for all that effort and it not feeling right sucks a lot too.

MFrontier wrote:

Well, padded boobs were a bit disheartening, but achieving your dream for all that effort and it not feeling right sucks a lot too.

Thinking about it, I wonder why she would even bother wearing them. Would someone who barely cares about humans/human society care about how big she looks?

Everybody talking about sex and I am the only one more intrigued by the fact this anime is dealing with really heavy terrorist acts. One of them kinda looked a bit like what happened in 2001. I'm really surprised this series made it to the Weekly Shonen Jump considering present demographies being less violent when compared with previous works like Saint Seiya being toned down as the story progressed.

I wonder if the NRA turned into a Gun Devil worshiping cult.

I have mixed thoughts on this because I do think that an emotional connection enhances a sexual experience but I also believe that sex as a purely physical act between two (or more) parties can still be pleasurable and not a totally empty and unfulfilling experience. I think a meeting of minds and expectations is a needed component but not neccessarily a deep emotional bond.

Sex work in various forms from prostitution, stripping, webcams etc. gets repeat business from customers. Ultimately the customers might not feel emotionally fulfilled from the interaction but they fact they keep coming back means they are getting something out of the experience.

Or rather, where the lewdness and sexy tension in Chainsaw-Man does serve a story purpose, in most other shows it's besides the point and the budget is spent on the action instead. Doesn't help that most anime male protags will quiver and run away to a corner to maintain chastity, or the females will just yell "baka" and punch them for seeing them with a towel on, and that's pretty much the beginning and end of the scene.

MFrontier wrote:

I wonder if the NRA turned into a Gun Devil worshiping cult.

There definitely seemed to be some kind of commentary on gun control since it’s stated pretty clearly that more people having firearms to defend themselves from devils is what lead to the creation of the Gun Devil and to the “terrorist” attacks (not that there’s necessarily a “moral” or political position here). This might just be a plot device and the episode makes it clear that the cataclysmic events are a worldwide phenomenon but as I see it this is the show’s way of telling us that this is not the real Japan where gun violence is a statistical anomaly.

Episode 6 might be my least favorite episode so far. They spent an entire episode discussing whether or not to kill Denji when they should've discussed whether or not to get rid of Kobeni. Good Lord she's absolutely insufferable. I saw someone calling her "female Zenitsu", and I'd have to agree.

"I'm gonna make it suffer 'till it wants to kill itself". Oh Denji, never change (just kidding please go to therapy).

Power is a fiend, not a devil. Episode 2 defined that as a devil who has taken over a corpse. Based on what we have seen so far, it seems that being bound to a human body weakens the devil significantly. The latest episode also pointed out that fiends can't make contracts.