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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:59 pm
I was most of the way through this episode before knowing about Attack on Titan, so I'm going ahead and finishing this one before watching AoT, but I'll probably pause here unless I happen to be able to fit it in as well here or there.
E7
E7
- Spoiler:
-I didn't realize he could have his hand there at the same time as the chainsaws, especially when one got cut off at least once.
-oh GROSS, eating the demon to get more blood!
-Himeno being like "yes! This guy's crazy enough to never die!"
-can't be unhinged if you don't loosen the screws every day
-How thrilled Himeno is at how batshit Denji is, itself seems like it should be a sign of unhingedness, even if it's for a sane reason
-he wants Power's Nobel prize
-he's been doing this for three days?!? Do the chainsaws also make him okay with no sleep ?
-by the end the demon just wants him to kill it
-nope, still needs sleep
-"You tried to kill him too." "I know, right? Kids these days, they're so sensitive."
I'm sorry, I cannot believe this person has more than half a hinge. I kind of love her, though.
-Power trying to claim all the food
-the other guy envies how reasonable Power is, yikes
-Denji loudly denying he's gonna kiss Himeno to Majima but also still confirming just as loudly that the kiss is still on to Himeno
-Power upping and upping her IQ to be the best
-You know he's only 16, Himeno, don't do that!
-OH GROSS
-gross gross gross gross agh that's so gross
-poor Denji, he spent three days sleeplessly getting his body destroyed and drinking devil's blood and his reward is puke in his fucking mouth
-OH GOD HE SWALLOWED IT I'M NOT SURE I CAN KEEP WATCHING THIS SHOW
-new guy kinda redeeming himself by looking after Denji while he pukes and makes us listen to more puking sounds please stop, Denji
-what the fuck, Himeno?!? Please don't go where it looks like you're gonna go with this, he's wayy too drunk to consent and also a minor
-my internet was cutting out so I stopped watching like five minutes before the end and then picked it up again later, and man, I could have done without those five minutes...
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:35 pm
Okay, back to this show.
E8
E8
- Spoiler:
-what the fuck is wrong with Himeno
-Majima fixes his first kiss with first indirect kiss, which you'd think would be way less significant, that's a hell of a power she's got.
-I guess I should be grateful she respected a no at least?
-the next day it's "whoops, lucky I didn't commit a morally heinous felony." She should maybe consider not drinking to blackout point anymore.
-Denji's intensely-basic/grounded/whatever-ness also makes him immune to awkwardness, god I wish that were me
-she's into Aki, I guess her freakout when he almost died was more than just not being able to handle losing another partner
-What the FUCK
-whatever the reason her eyes are weird and all the secrets around her, it better be something that makes Majima not really be dead
-the way they're just showing everything happen silently with just music overlaid sure makes it look serious, but I don't trust that Majima would be dead. Sorry noobs, though.
-the rest of them totally ignoring the weird guy talking about his yakuza grandpa killing kids.
-GO POWER!
-GO AKI!
-oh shit, not human or demon
-looks like a sword version of Denji
-Aki's sword power is creepy as hell
-Himeno's sacrifice scene was really cool, the way the hand passed through hers and then more and more hands, and then that massive flowery, creepy-faced demon, and her arm reaching out to grab and then the arm is just gone
-and massive snake rips in and takes it out instantly
-all that's left is her clothes
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:20 pm
E9
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-the last hand went to start Denji's chainsaw
-Denji's voice with the chainsaw running noise sounded so badass there
-Denji is making a big mistake assuming that guy cares about his comrade
-oh shit, a get-sliced-in-half mistake
-YES! MAKIMA QUIETLY BACK UP AND SMILING CREEPILY!!
-(for some reason I can never remember if her name's Majima or Makima so if I keep using different names that's why)
-lying about getting shot, so whatever's up with her, the division doesn't know about it?
-did that guy just implode!?! His head just sort of folded itself up and splat! I feel like this is the first time I've seen someone really animate an implosion so it feels different from an explosion, and it is gross! But cool.
-Villain woman immediately thinks Makima must be alive. What the fuck is she doing with those convicts? (I mean, I assume sacrificing them, but to what demon/how/what does it let her do??)
-I'm weirdly fascinated by these implosion deaths or whatever they are, the visual is just really unsettling and compelling
-everyone gets blindfolded for her whatever-she's-doing. And those prisoners look pretty alive still.
-oh my god, she just like folds them up in her hands like a cross between origami and playdoh
-looks like she needs the target's name to do anything to them
-woah, newbie 1 saved newbie 2!
-And now she's back to butcher knives, but wayyyy more badass
-and shooting blind?? did Makima arrange this somehow or is this something to do with newbie's own demon powers?
-two of the villain woman's fingernails are red now, I'm thinking those are lives used up
-jeez, the flashback of her having the old lady shoot herself, no wonder she's unstable if this is the kind of thing she does when she's not panicking
-Makima's "too bad, the food in Tokyo is to die for" was so unsettling.
-the creepy and sad Himeno-themed ending. I love the way this show does episode-specific endings, I can't recall seeing that anywhere else.
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Sat Apr 22, 2023 5:36 pm
E10
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-even after all that, and at the bedside of their one surviving colleague, Denji and Power just squabbling over apples, they're both so...them
-leaving Aki a single one of his own apples is Denji's idea of being thoughtful here, too
-2 years left, not good
-the lighter makes him think of Himeno
-Denji interrogating his feelings and realizing that his lack of reaction means he's lost his heart figuratively too, and then putting on that fake show of usual Denji cheerful not-caring; a fake lack of feeling over a real one. That immediateness or shallowness you always feel from him in a way makes him a character without depth, but they do interesting things with it.
-new trainer seems like he's too worn out to have any screws left at all, this show should be getting super-depressing, but it's centred around characters that can't really be.
-breaks their fucking necks
-"His brain is diseased!"
-"Always wanted toys that could take a beating" while they're gasping and shuddering while bleeding out
-demons can stop answering their contracts if they're mad, interesting.
-poor Aki
-Denji and Power trying to win a battle of wits sounds hilarious
-they're wearing glasses to be smarter
-bottles of blood for spears was pretty smart
-Himeno wanted Aki to quit
-he doesn't even get to pick what demon he contracts with? -
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Sat Apr 29, 2023 5:42 pm
E11
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-all that set-up and Future Demon's ridiculous. Kind of adorable, even.
-gets a good deal because his death will be the worst
-getting Section 4 in public consciousness means saving more people from demons so anything is justified just to get Section 4 good publicity, that gentle way of talking she has just makes everything she does even more ice cold
-And even that's a lie
-keeping zombies around as a secret weapon seems like a massive logistical pain
-Aki knows his goal's not realistic but couldn't carry on any other way
-that bow Aki gives as the car leaves
-the Gun Devil takes money?? That's so not-horrifying! And honestly even the price seems very reasonable!
-forcing the mob to help with the removed eyeballs of all their loved ones that can be put back if they help. M-maybe Gun Demon's not so bad after all with its reasonable bargains?
-you can only count as a necessary evil if you're a government organization, but if you are... Fuck, Makima's terrifying.
-Zombie-eating shark boy seems like he's going beyond "a screw missing" into "so deep in debt on screws that the IKEA mafia is coming to break his kneecaps with a hex key"
-they're good at coming up with creative new ways for fiends to be weird and unsettling
-Himeno's demon
ETA: A little language detail in case anyone is interested: When the Future demon's cheering "the future's the best," and then Aki won't cheer too, the translation I'm watching used "you've got a shitty attitude," which seemed kind of different from what it sounded like he was saying, "kako saiaku," which sounds like the opposite phrase of his cheer, "the past is the worst," but that didn't really make sense there, so I looked it up. It is literally the words for "past" and "worst," but it turns out it's a phrase that means "the worst ever." This show has a lot of little wordplays like that and I miss like 95% of them.
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Werel Tue May 02, 2023 1:33 pm
Enail wrote:E11
- Spoiler:
-all that set-up and Future Demon's ridiculous. Kind of adorable, even.
ETA: A little language detail in case anyone is interested: When the Future demon's cheering "the future's the best," and then Aki won't cheer too, the translation I'm watching used "you've got a shitty attitude," which seemed kind of different from what it sounded like he was saying, "kako saiaku," which sounds like the opposite phrase of his cheer, "the past is the worst," but that didn't really make sense there, so I looked it up. It is literally the words for "past" and "worst," but it turns out it's a phrase that means "the worst ever." This show has a lot of little wordplays like that and I miss like 95% of them.
- Spoiler:
- I liked Future Demon so much, and the little wordplays make me like him even more I am profoundly jealous of your ability to catch those puns, it seems like it would add SO much interest and fun to watching a subtitled show!
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Tue May 02, 2023 2:22 pm
Werel wrote:
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- Spoiler:
- My ability to catch these puns is very minimal, I'm pretty sure I miss 10 for every one I catch, and even the ones I suspect are puns, I usually have to look something up to understand it. But I'm glad I can make it look like I'm catching them
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Sun May 14, 2023 6:53 pm
Oh, this is the last one!
E12
E12
- Spoiler:
-Himeno
-I didn't realize Aki was that young
-the cigarette with a message! Way to go, Himeno's demon!!
-Crazy newbie with the butcher knife!
-Power announcing herself to the zombies the moment she's told to be quiet, evidence Denji's actually the more sensible of the two, scary
-"watch my back" *just stands there and lets the elevator doors close*
-huh, Katana dude had his heart replaced with a demon but still feels guilty about killing zombies, what's with Denji, then?
-the "please evacuate the subway" announcement in the background made me lol
-Katana feels bad about killing zombies, but Denji's the one who tries to protect the civilian in the way, so basically Katana thinks feeling bad about it later is what counts for a conscience
-it's a little hard to get into this battle in spite of all the prior setup, because Katana's design/concept just seems like an inherently less impressive version of chainsaw man.
-leg chainsaw!
-of course what Denji wants to do when he's captured the person who killed Himeno and is thinking about revenge and justice, is have a shooting-him-in-the-nuts contest
-also, I think there's a bit of wordplay going on here, he says Himeno was shot with a bullet, so he should shoot Katana in the balls, and the word for bullet has the same pronunciation as the word for balls, so it has more of a tit-for-tat sound to the phrasing than in English
-and that almost poetic thinking to Himeno in heaven while they're doing it
-the ending sequence of them just hanging out was kind of sweet, even Aki looked happy
-the words on the cigarette slowly burning away
-what a strange question to set things up for next season. Probably irrelevant nitpick, in the subtitles I was watching, it said "you can't open that door," which leaves it ambiguous if it's he's incapable of opening it or he shouldn't, but the original was "you absolutely mustn't open it."
The end felt a little abrupt and unfinished, though maybe that was just because I hadn't realized I was already at E12 until this week, but still, lots of fun, managed to bring in real pathos and also lots of intriguing unsettlingness, I'm looking forward to another season!
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Enail Sun May 14, 2023 6:55 pm
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- ep 8-12:
Whatever Makima has going at the temple is juuuuuust fucking cooooool though. My best guess for her at this point is "(contracted with?) devil of mirror neurons/empathetic response/human intimacy and connection", which is legitimately extremely scary to a lot of people so she'd be strong as fuck, and being able to trade a human life + the use of a name to destroy a human life seems thematically fitting for that contract. Whatever it is, her power is cool as hell and I want to see a lot more of it.
This is a brilliant idea!
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Re: Chainsaw Man
by Hielario Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:28 pm
Ep.7
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- Oh god Himeno's messed up. But I also think she's super hot (puke-kiss scene notwithstanding). Am I seriously getting horny for a 2D character or am I just envious of the peotagonist??
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