Chainsaw Man's Big Return Doesn't Live Up to the Hype
Warning: spoilers ahead for Chainsaw Man chapter 98!
The long-awaited return of Chainsaw Man may include the copious amounts of gore that fans have been pining for since the first part of the incredibly dark manga ended in December 2020, but it doesn't display the same level of profound insight as earlier chapters or the one-shots mangaka Tatsuki Fujimoto penned over the last year and a half, such as Just Listen to the Song.
When Fujimoto announced his hiatus from Chainsaw Man in December 2020, he immediately began writing a slew of one-shots that still subjected his characters to hardships, but that ventured beyond the violence that so often befalls Chainsaw Man's protagonist Denji. So, when Chainsaw Man returned in July 2022, his readers were ready for not only bloodshed but a rollercoaster of emotions.
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Chapter 98 of Chainsaw Man only really delivers on the former, but no-one could argue it skimps on the bloodshed. A new character named Asa Mitaka is betrayed and almost murdered by her supposed friend, exacting brutal revenge thanks to a contract with the War Devil, and yet for those looking for substance, Fujimoto's one-shots have more to offer. Interestingly, the story is something of a one-shot adventure on its own, centering on new characters as it does. This is not even mentioning the fact that it marks the long-awaited return of a beloved manga and is more than twice as long as the normal 19-or-so pages. This new chapter should rightfully have contained all of the emotional upheavals that Fujimoto explored in his one-shots to garner the same effect for Chainsaw Man, and yet the same insight just isn't there.
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