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Chainsaw Man 01 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

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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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jessthanthree's review against another edition

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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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smallish_bird's review against another edition

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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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rorikae's review against another edition

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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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