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Manga Log: Chainsaw Man

My personal thoughts on the Manga

(Spoilers will be marked with „#Spoiler!!!“ and „#End of Spoiler!“)

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I recently read Chainsaw Man, since I heard that it's getting an anime adaptation (by MAPPA, my current fav studio!)

Since Chainsaw Man was serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, I had really high hopes, since im a fan of many of their series – it still suprised me.

When I think of shonen manga, i usually think of adventure, action, comedy.
I don't usually think of horror, violence and dark humor.

That being said, I didn't hate it. While reading, I quickly fell in love with the art and the protagonist Denji, as well as many other characters. The relationship between Denji and the others was very refreshing since it felt neither forced, nor bland. However, I really was sad about some characters not getting as much development as I would have liked.

Spoiler!!!

The Story was very different from what i expected, but thinking back on it now, I should have expected it to be this typical „Main character turns into the thing he hates the most to fight alongside of other humans against it“ pattern. I like many other storys with this theme like Tokyo Ghoul or Blue Exorcist, but i wonder if this will be a cliché genre soon, similar to tha isekai hype we are in right now- if it isn't already...

End of Spoiler!

I read all 97 chapters and I thought that it was a real waste to end things here, until i saw the news about a second arc! Apparently more arcs are planned and the second one is supposed to be serialized in Shonen Jump+ pretty soon.

I have to admit i'm pretty hyped about more chapters and especially about an anime adaptation by MAPPA💖, thats why these are my ratings:

Art: 10/10
Story: 7/10
Characters: 8/10
Enjoyment: 8/10

I can recommend this manga if you like darker stuff like Tokyo Ghoul or maybe even Jujutsu Kaisen.

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