I think for Yoru to be able to create the "strongest weapon" to best Pochita would be to reclaim the weight of loss through herself such that she's able to process the horror of guilt and thus the horror of war in what cannot be restored, the missing parts of herself thru AsaDen.

The kin Pochita/Denjiman kills and eats + the parts of her eaten is something she can't make up for with something else "better" because it's her everything and what marks as a true sense of loss for her because she can't get it back. Something that can feel permanent.

Yoru isn't haunted by loss the way Denji and Asa are because loss is justified through her, and Pochita eating her and her kin flips that justification of loss on her very being and shifts that power onto him with his erasure capabilities and erodes her identity.

but their existence fundamentally serve hers (and therefore feeds into her mindset of owning them as their mother) there is no true sense of irreconcilable loss because Yoru only sees the gains that outweigh it, because that's the only thing that should matter to her

able to rationalise herself out of it, she's War, every action she takes in the name of war and as a devil is justified just as Makima is able to rationalise her cruelty as Control due to her role as a necessary evil. Yoru feels bad for losing Gun and Tank because they're dear to her,

Thinking about this again. I'm of the belief that Yoru isn't incapable of guilt (based on her wording in the JP version) and the fact that devils are born from humanity and human concepts esp the horsemen. Like Makima, Yoru doesn't feel guilt (to the extent Asa does) bc she's

Asa's regret for "saving Denji"+ Denji's heart in her hand. Denji "fulfills" his dream and is severed from Pochita. The guilt of creating a weapon because it's a shame to lose it, because you didn't have to but you must, because it doesn't deserve it and because you could have had something more.

What if Yoru's indulging Denji to turn him into a weapon against Pochita rather than make Chainsaw Man a weapon.

Oomf's Angel Devil sim in sims 4 just did a scribbly painting of a butterfly looking :( caught in a web as a spider approaches it like the Reze movie and it was randomly selected by the game.

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Its almost 7am and I still can't fall asleep

Is it just me or is bsky notifs kinda acting weird for everyone then again I'm on browser only.

Speaking of Famine did she turn back into a tchotchke after Death got eaten.

Hmm

When ur timeline is like angsty artsy gun fiend art and aki fiddling with a condom

prove his earnest in the weight of what the loss of Nayuta and normal life carries for Denji as it should for him as well leading to his death and incineration by Barem as his repentance but also punishment, yet it also ironically mirrors Denji's cooking of Makima, the forgiveness Yoshida hoped for

those circumstances, (which Makima created) though a hollow attempt which marks it as insincere. Yoshida's death somewhat bridges this dilemma on his part through his sacrifice as a role he fulfills but he's also betting on it being a worthwhile sacrifice that would make Denji feel for him if not to

In turn cementing his guilt and pushes him into the heroism that kicks start part 2. Barem points the gun at Nayuta to force Denji into the path of being Chainsaw Man while cutting off his normalcy and family and Yoshida provides Denji the means to redirect that unfairness onto him as a victim of

The gun pointed by Denji and Barem kind of highlights this disparity of responsibility and indulgence as well especially in its echo of the Gun Fiend fight wherein Denji had to pick the safety of the public over his attachment towards Aki as their hero at the cost of himself and his life with Aki.

duties to answer to at the cost of a normal childhood and like Makima those duties require him to enforce a detached and heartless front for control (the cabinet's statement to Makima about using her subordinates as dogs + Kishibe's detachment) while he yearns to live out a normal life.

towards Denji and whatever they could have had in terms of a normal life. In this way, Yoshida slots himself in the mirroring between Denji and Makima in this shared dilemma. He wants to believe that he's worth forgiving in Denji's eyes much like how Denji forgave Makima, like Denji he has greater

questioning if this hero route that sacrifices Nayuta is truly justified and forgivable in what it costs. (and who it affects) Denji's reaction and Yoshida's stance frames him as an enabler or killer regarding Nayuta's fate, and through this disconnect and responsibility it becomes Yoshida's failing

given that Yoshida had taken to embodying his more profound duties as an agent here with Denji in his disconnect with Denji's pain and loss despite his attempts to prevent Denji from having to go through that loss by prioritising Denji's normal life, ironically flipped in Denji being the one

responsibility and indulgence that dictates either ruthlessness or empathy (and if one is more valued or morally charged than the other in who/what it serves) Denji's exchange with Yoshida in the cafe in 191 and taking out his grief and rage on him for Barem's actions aligns these aspects quite well

polarising mirror to Makima's role under the cabinet as well while being a devil herself and the impact of her actions and beliefs) and this is also somewhat shared with Yoshida via Yoshida's duality in his identity as an agent and as a fellow student/potential friend of Denji's. This disparity of

(this including the removal of Makima via her consumption by Pochita over Denji's) The normal life that Makima and Kishibe grants him and defended by Yoshida. Denji is put through the wrath of the people in the failing of his hero status as well as his identity as a devil (we can see this as a

resentment and condemnation of Denji's mundanity can be seen as a perceived neglect of responsibility and values (in his greater purpose) while he basks in the comfort of a normal life in a status quo where the world and people are still subjected to ills or vices only Chainsaw Man can remove.

It's quite ironic actually considering that Denji's pursuit of heroism also stems from his attachment to the normal life he had through Makima and what Barem desires out of Denji is a hero (which he succeeds in fulfilling by defeating Makima just not in the traditional sense) in a way this

this in turn introduces the question of Denji's handling of Makima due to their roles as hero and antagonist in the narrative. Denji's fandom tears him away from this normal life via their worship but also his condemnation through it by the civilians for the destruction it wrought under his name.

dream as the Control Devil over the more profound world peace she planned to achieve with Pochita under her control. This can be seen in the conflict between the Church and Yoshida regarding whether or not Denji should answer the call of being the hero (abiding by Justice as represented by Yuko) and

of what Makima imbued unto him. In his life with Nayuta and its destruction by Barem via what weighs on his heart in what he feels. Barem's "these flames are your punishment" both mirrors Makima's claim that Denji doesn't deserve a normal life but also a rejection of this normal life being Makima's

up from Aki. Both of which resulted from Makima's construction of the Hayakawa household. In a way it echoes Denji's exchange with Reze at the beach, about him being complicit in her crimes if he lets her run free which Denji accepts because of his love for her. In Denji's absorption/internalisation

resulting death from it (her flesh in the flames) and even in a literal sense through cooking, she's being changed/processed as well into this integrated part of family life through Denji's love as a dish which Denji was able to prepare through the help of Power's blood and the independency he picks

shoulder her wrongdoings (the grudges of those she's wronged) with her in his plan to eat her since he's unable to condemn her due to his love for her, which he needs in order to defeat her. And the cooking itself can be seen as a form of purgatory since Makima will then be reincarnated through her

Sure! So when I was putting these pages together, I was linking them up based on their connecting symbolisms and how the narrative links them based on what's specifically featured in the chapter/scene the page comes from. So with the first pic, Denji cooks Makima while talking about how he'll

Also expanding on this, the Ysd death fakeout from 192 lines this up with Yoshida blowing himself up really well following Yoru's criticism of him as a human who can't have fun bc of the leash he puts on himself, it's calculated but him going to that extreme at the same time he

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yet also being two sides of the same coin. The value of what is gained over the value of what gets lost. And is that not a reflection of the transactionality humans formed with devils stemming from how they treat themselves?

The understanding Kishibe has of Makima's intentions for the world to make it worse via ruin vs Makima's understanding that she's creating a world that better benefits humanity. The difference in their understanding of what humanity fears and wants out of the world,

is an extension of his desperate resistance to the evil that's normalised in the world despite his internalisation of it. And hence why he's both skeptical and hopeful that Denji was able to win with something like love that he couldn't spare.

And this point of difference between Kishibe and the utilitarianism of authorities around the world is something to take note of. Especially in the way that Kishibe's idealism (and therefore his black and white understanding of devils) is the exception not the rule and that his anti-Makima faction

Thinking back to intl.ass arc and what the US President said during Gun Devil arc, about Makima. And while there are some who read it as the narrative affirming Makima is sus and evil, I personally saw Kishibe's agenda against her differing from the authorities around the world wanting Makima gone.

For Asa to abandon her values would be to abandon the world that forsakes her and her heart unless she's able to find purpose through hope again. And in a twisted way wrt the mother/daughter AsaYoru angle, Yoru's usurping of Asa's everything could also read like Yoru's way of giving Asa that place

Thinking about Asa again, and I feel like it's understated that Asa's recent behaviour towards Denji and Yoru relates to her understanding of there still being a place for her in the world at its current stage and how her justice is shaped by that yearning ala her barring her feelings to Yoru during

The way this feeds into my csm brainrot in terms of how Barem treats humanity and devilhood/weaponhood as synonymous but also treats animals, devils and family as interchangeable, primarily stemming from perception of value and virtue. +Makima's distance with humanity despite her integration.