Chainsaw Man's Return is Making One Major Mistake With Denji
Warning: spoilers ahead for Chainsaw Man chapter 99!
The long-awaited second part of Chainsaw Man is here, and the story has switched to portraying the eponymous protagonist as a sort of urban legend who characters and readers alike only hear about second hand.
Near the end of mangaka Tatsuki Fujimoto's first part of his critically acclaimed Chainsaw Man series, Fujimoto had already begun positioning his hero Denji to assume this status. During one of his lowest points in Chainsaw Man (which is definitely saying something), Denji had already given up on saving the world from Makima because it would mean standing up against her, a woman he loved. It was a TV news report showing people chanting Chainsaw Man's name — most especially girls fawning over him — that emboldened Denji to become the hero he was destined to be.
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Chainsaw Man part one therefore gave readers a chance to see Denji experience this newfound level of stardom firsthand, but now the follow-up chapters are depicting this dynamic from a restricted point of view through the eyes of those amid the adoring (and critical) crowds. Chainsaw Man part two's first installment — chapter 98 — introduced readers to this alternative perspective with the new protagonist Asa Mitaka revealing she's more than aware of the eponymous devil, and the War Devil revealing she has a special vendetta against him. Chapter 99 ups this legendary status considerably, as there are apparently rumors among students at Mitaka's school that Chainsaw Man himself is attending and could even be a member of the Devil Hunter club.
On the surface, viewing Chainsaw Man from a more far-removed lens further augments his mythical status as
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