![]() ![]() At every turn Chainsaw Man makes a statement none of it is literal. In the end they can’t even continue to exploit him, because their own reflection is too repugnant. Especially after the whole yakuza monologue when he tells Denji that even though he works for cheap and is as loyal as a dog, he can’t help but hate Denji’s ‘stench.’ They can’t stand the mirror of his honest labor and simple, straightforward ethic. The devil’s ‘employees’ are willing to trade their autonomy and even conscious cognition for a little power. He was deliberately duped by a rigged system and those who would gladly skim off the top of his labor without doing anything themselves, then died having never gotten anywhere he wanted to go.Ī greedy devil who zombifies sellouts as a representation for the corporate work paradigm? Hilarious touch and very culturally relevant. And I’ll kill you if you get in my way.” Denji tried to play the game in earnest he cooperated with the system until the very end. It takes that much for him to go: “Alright, I’m just gonna do what I want. It takes Denji being murdered, betrayed and chased out of his job by literal sellout zombies, for his gears to shift. His only regret? Leaving his pet alone to fend for itself. Even still, as Denji dies sliced up in a dumpster, he wonders if he’s been too greedy for wanting jam on his bread, for not appreciating what he already had. Not only do these people ask too much of him, they also cut down his payments with ridiculous management and interest fees. He’s willing to do things like eat a cigarette for money in order to entertain people who continue to take advantage of his honesty. The tragic thing is Denji doesn’t even aspire to be rich. But even his daydreams are interrupted by a terminal disease and his debt literally knocking on his door: “time to go to work!” He wants to go on a date, play video games together, then fall asleep in a shared embrace. A sexy date, you ask? A lecherous debacle? Not according this window into his thoughts. His two aspirations in life, he thinks to himself in his shabby shack, are the luxury of jam on his bread and a date with a girl. He doesn’t even suspect that his whole circumstance is really a con and he’s playing a losing game. He stays loyal to the relationship between labor and money. Life’s circumstances have robbed him of half his virility, half of his visual perception and half of his life force. I mean, at the beginning of this story he’s out a testicle, eye, and kidney. Denji is a sort of tragic Tarantino character, really. A normal life? That’s just a dream for him––he’s probably just going to die before having a girlfriend (a fear that’s very relatable to an uncomfortably large percentage of the male population). ![]() A boy makes a deal with the devil in order to get out of said debt, which we later learn wasn’t even legitimate. His father? Died and left him with only debt and an ultimatum. ![]() Right off the bat, the author of Chainsaw Man goes through tremendous pains to establish Denji ( Kikunosuke Toya) as the quintessential good, simple, honest man he just wants to do honest work and get paid for his labor. Perhaps you’ll want to join me in this ride as I try to figure out whether I agree or disagree with these voices above? Here’s what I found this week:ĭENJI – A HYPERBOLE OF THE MALE CONDITION No doubt it’s hard to form a complete opinion with a single episode, but we can certainly conclude a few things. As I scrolled through the net, some of the most common assessments were “The MC only wants to get laid and touch boobs!” “This story doesn’t make any sense!” “Not enough explanations!” Whoever said criticisms echo louder than any compliments and praise was not wrong. Even so, this one ended up slipping through the cracks for me, though I would be lying if I said I never heard anything about it. Since it’s release in 2018, Chainsaw Man, like any successful WSJ publication has been garnering attention and following with each consecutive chapter. OP: 「KICK BACK」 ( Kick Back) by Yonezu Kenshi ![]()
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