Chainsaw Man Episode 1 Preview: The Man Beneath The Chainsaw
The following is a review of Chainsaw Man's first episode, courtesy of a screener from Crunchyroll. The episode was in Japanese with English subs. The opening theme was not featured in the screener and will release with the first episode on October 11.
Chainsaw Man is by far MAPPA's most anticipated project since Attack on Titan: The Final Season and with that comparison comes some degree of trepidation, however slight. The previews have been exciting and gorgeous, but those previews can be deceptive, so does the first episode, airing on October 11, live up to the hype?
Based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga of the same name, Chainsaw Man follows Denji, a young man who merges with a devil, letting him turn his limbs into chainsaws. He works with devil hunters to kill other devils in the hopes of being able to live comfortably and without the weight that has been thrust upon him.
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The first episode is as comprehensive a hook for a story as a premiere can possibly be, and it accomplishes this thanks to Denji's characterization. His motivations aren't inherently unique and if anything, it's their simplicity in contrast to his circumstances that make him entertaining. All he wants is money and a simple life being with a girl he likes.
His adolescent dreams are crushed soundly beneath heaps of debt to the Yakuza, amassed by his late father, and the grind to pay it off never seems enough. Even though he's killing devils with the help of his only friend, a chainsaw devil named Pochita, he's got a ways to go. These oddities are also played completely straight as if commonplace in a world very much like ours. There is something undeniably amusing about this world where a character like Pochita exists and is
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