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Chainsaw Man, vol. 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Alina Pachano

12 reviews

kiruma's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

W Reads frfr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, Cursing, Violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse

minispiderboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

this book is about people who love. Anime manga Dark stories. And who read at a medium pace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Self harm, Addiction, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Genocide, Racism, Vomit, Bullying, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Racial slurs, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Car accident, Deadnaming, Deportation, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Incest, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

warning 18+

fieldofhats's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Truly do not understand the hype. The action is fun, the art and visuals are cool, Denji’s (the protagonist) chainsaw devil design is amazing, but the story, character interactions, and vibe are not only lackluster, but often downright bad. I was on board with the first chapter, but when Denji’s new boss started treating him like a dog in a really bizarre, not-so-vaguely sexual, manner, it lost me. The story only got worse from there when Denji decided that his entire goal in life is… boobs. I get that he’s a horny teenager, but this is not a good, nor interesting, motivation for a protagonist. The only reason I gave it two stars was for the stunning visuals and the art direction. I will not be reading further, and I suggest that you don’t waste your time with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Death, and Suicide

berry21's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really digged this :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Suicide

dario_alv's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

While re-reading, it's very clear how much effort was made by Fujimoto in establish the world, it's logic and making sure that the story continuity is air tight. Page after page there are drops of **very** subtle hints of what's to come. 
However, for first time readers, this is nothing more than your run of the mill, horny shonen manga, with an interesting setting.
The world of devils and their public safety hunters is very well designed, even though it will be expanded on much better in later entries of the series.
The pages with Makima and Power are standouts, as they are both stylistic and faithful to their overall characterization. There is also a beautiful page of a train with some amazing composition.    
I cannot, however, give it more than a 3 starts, as for now it is still a very generic shonen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Minor: Suicide

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

smallish_bird's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have many thoughts about this series and this individual volume, but for now, I'll just say this: the frank depiction of the trauma/effects of poverty and childhood neglect is one of the most visceral and relatable that I've seen in fiction so far. My childhood wasn't anywhere near the level of fucked up that Denji's was, but the financial anxiety and hyperawareness and loneliness and finding escapism in dreams/fantasies was very familiar to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Classism, and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Suicide, and Confinement

fujo_cat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Aaaagh why do I always do this? Why do I always leave the series that make me the most hyped to read for last!? I'm so dumb lol Anyways, I loved this! It's a reread so I knew what to expect from this volume, but there was so much I did not remember, and having watched the debut episode for the anime, it's incredible how smooth everything is compared to the art in the manga haha I love Denji as a character, and I gotta admit, back when I read this for the first time, I was still a teen who did not understand anything from this world and thought Denji was just a weird preverted MC, 

but seeing it from the eyes of a boy who hasn't experienced anything, he's very pitiful and I love him with all my heart ( <3 ).  I can't wait to see how fucked up this Makima and Denji dynamic is going to become... oh boy.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Abandonment, Classism, Gore, Violence, Slavery, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Minor: Suicide

rorikae's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 3.5/5 

‘Chainsaw Man’ by Tatsuki Fujimoto is a brutal start to a series that follows one young man who under tragic circumstances makes a deal that gives him the ability to transform into a half chainsaw, half human being. With these newfound abilities, he joins the Public Safety Devil Hunters agency who fight against devils so that they won’t overrun the world. 

This series starts out with Denji in pretty dire straits and throughout this first volume, that is compounded through the brutal scenes of violence. Denji as a character isn’t particularly engaging. He has a tragic backstory but in the present time he’s solely focused on eating well and getting a chance with a girl. His personality is basically these two aspects. I hope that further installments will continue to develop his personality because it’s pretty dry so far. The other characters in the Public Safety Devil Hunters agency are more interesting and appear to have moderately more fleshing them out. I’m interested enough to keep reading though if this series stays one note, I likely won’t read more than a few volumes.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

kamp99's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Rating: 4.5 ⭐'s

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Body horror, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Death of parent