A review by celestriakle
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 7: In a Dream by Tatsuki Fujimoto

adventurous dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This is probably the weakest volume so far. Don't get me wrong, I still liked it, I'm still enjoying the series. But this volume was just a whole lot of set-up for the next big battle with relatively little time with the characters we actually care about and few character moments. Highlights are
Power crashing the car and the old mentor guy plotting to kill Makima
. I think what drags down this volume most is the author's weakness in terms of human character design. Obviously with so many people dying, we need a new stream of bodies to kill, but it ends up in a place where this entire volume I was going, do we know this guy? is this the same guy from earlier? am i supposed to recognize this person? So not only are we getting a bunch of new characters that look similar, but none of them are getting enough screentime to be memorable so they all act similar, and I had real trouble keeping track. The entire Reze arc, I thought she'd have some kind of connection to Himeno, bc they looked really similar too.
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