Chainsaw Mans steep drop in popularity speaks volumes to its poor adaptation

RejectedApples said:
In the following couple months since Chainsaw Man finished airing, something has stood out. This show has lost almost all of its popularity.

What I mean is, this show has gained 0 traction in new audience since its first huge wave of viewers on release. In the last couple years, many huge anime managed to continue their popularity in the following months after airing. Jujutsu Kaisen, Spy x Family, AoT, Demon Slayer.... but Chainsaw Man's popularity just stopped growing. It isnt really a surprise since it was an extremely generic adaptation, but to see it practically flat line in viewers is mind boggling.

How long until Chainsaw Man is all but forgotten and left in the dust of the other very stand out Fall 2022 shows? It really is a let down that there is almost nothing but negative news to come out of Chainsaw Man, whether its the sales, director, etc and yet its still got an extremely inflated score on MAL. Bots op

Rafi334 said:
Dude chainsaw man had the perfect adaptation. If you don't like it then just stop watching it. Why do you have to create a thread for hating the show??

DexterDrubo said:

it wasn't a perfect adaption. No way. I can give so many logical reasons that you can't deny.

Seiidou said:
People talk about the new chapters weekly, you live under a rock, huh?

King_KK said:

I don't know man. It's very popular in reddit. The CSM community is very active there and every new manga chapter gets over 10,000 people reacting to it. The recent chapter already has around 11,500 people rating it. The subreddit in general is very active compared to even other manga based subreddit's. Even on Twitter the manga fanbase seems very active and has not died at all. I don't know what you are talking about. I regularly see a lot of fan art and cosplay on my feed.

Ofcourse less people are gonna talk about it now that the anime has been over for months and their is nothing their to discuss for anime fans but the manga drops new chapters on a weekly/ biweekly schedule and manga reader are regularly engaging in the conversations online just like they were prior to the anime's release.

Netzaltali said:
I personally think the two main reasons why this show hasnt retained its fanbasefrom the adaption was from a mostly normie viewerbase and the ending of the anime.

Before I get slack for this Viewerbase isnt the fanbase. The fandom are the people who stuck around and discuss the show on online spaces. The viewers are who actually watched the show. Big difference.

From someone who watched the CSM Anime  the ending was very mid for a show that was meant to be THE Adaptation. unlike other animes it didnt feel like CSM came to its logical conclusion by episode 12. The entire ep12 fight felt insignificant as there werent really any stakes in the fight compared to Floor 8 and the first encounter with the two main baddies.

The fact no season 2 has been announced is a massive downside for viewership too. and for an audience of people who dont usually consume anime or manga there doesnt feel like much to talk among circles except for Denji is so cool, I love the action scenes.

while we can all agree that the Adaptation of CSM was good. The conclusion doesnt compare to what else we got from anime last season. There isnt much to see from CSM from outside the fanbase.

Edit: once a season two or a movie is announced the hype will be rushing back. it wont be dead or forgotten by anybody who watched the first season.

RejectedApples said:
In the following couple months since Chainsaw Man finished airing, something has stood out. This show has lost almost all of its popularity.

What I mean is, this show has gained 0 traction in new audience since its first huge wave of viewers on release. In the last couple years, many huge anime managed to continue their popularity in the following months after airing. Jujutsu Kaisen, Spy x Family, AoT, Demon Slayer.... but Chainsaw Man's popularity just stopped growing. It isnt really a surprise since it was an extremely generic adaptation, but to see it practically flat line in viewers is mind boggling.

How long until Chainsaw Man is all but forgotten and left in the dust of the other very stand out Fall 2022 shows? It really is a let down that there is almost nothing but negative news to come out of Chainsaw Man, whether its the sales, director, etc and yet its still got an extremely inflated score on MAL. Bots op

RejectedApples said:
these excuses might be enough if this was just some random seasonal show. but when chainsaw man was hyped up to be the next aot, and it didnt even reach wide spread popularity outside of its hardcore manga fans, than clearty something is wrong. 

RejectedApples said:
people talk about boruto and rent domestic girlfriend weekly chapters as well. are you dumb lol

Seiidou said:
ain’t nobody talking about domestic girlfriend , that shit became a huge dumpster fire in the end.

King_KK said:

No random seasonal show has a manga fanbase as huge as CSM. CSM'S subreddit is way more active than JJK or Spy x Family's sub reddit. CSM is popular and still talked about in the internet. It might not have reached AOT or Demon Slayer's level of popularity but it's just as popular on the internet as it's other contemporary modern shounen. CSM has an overall positive reception in the west and the massive western manga community proves that it's not some forgotten underground show like you are making it out to be.

RejectedApples said:
you can not truly say CSM anime is popular if u excluse the csm manga fans. simple as that

truly popular anime are able to transcend just anime fans and reach out to people who normally dont watch anime. csm couldnt even make a big dent in just the anime community

RejectedApples said:
In the following couple months since Chainsaw Man finished airing, something has stood out. This show has lost almost all of its popularity.

What I mean is, this show has gained 0 traction in new audience since its first huge wave of viewers on release. In the last couple years, many huge anime managed to continue their popularity in the following months after airing. Jujutsu Kaisen, Spy x Family, AoT, Demon Slayer.... but Chainsaw Man's popularity just stopped growing. It isnt really a surprise since it was an extremely generic adaptation, but to see it practically flat line in viewers is mind boggling.

How long until Chainsaw Man is all but forgotten and left in the dust of the other very stand out Fall 2022 shows? It really is a let down that there is almost nothing but negative news to come out of Chainsaw Man, whether its the sales, director, etc and yet its still got an extremely inflated score on MAL. Bots op

zuTon_ said:

Bro couldn’t be more wrong. Chainsaw Man was a perfect and quite faithful adaptation and the only two reasons you would hate on it this hard is 1 you are trying to make a joke or 2 you’re trying to be the edgy “I only watch niche anime, mainstream is mid” type. Both are incredibly ignorant and cringe and I genuinely have no clue where anyone got “chainsaw man has lost popularity to the point where no one will remember it’s name” came from. Get a grip and stfu

King_KK said:

Why should we exclude the manga fans? They are anime fans as well and their are a huge number of those people.

Also following your logic no anime other than Dragon Ball, Demon Slayer, the Big 3 and AOT are popular. A lot of popular anime are unpopular following your logic. The problem is not that CSM is unpopular, it's that it's you just have a ridiculously high standard for what you consider as popular. Their is no point in further discussing anymore as you are just bringing more and more of your subjective popularity in the discussion. I am arguing that CSM is a well discussed and talked about series in the community and you have made no argument to refute that point. If you can give me a good reason as to why CSM is a unpopular series than please do. Otherwise no need to continue this discussion any further.