The show started out as something pretty all right, found itself around the Mafia Arc, peaked with Greed Island and then took a sharp nosedive with the Chimera Ants.
It’s like satire on the genre with worse pacing and exposition dumps than some of the worst offenders combined. The whole nen thing gets overexplained and changes happen to be able to shoehorn in some unhinged idea which goes from ridiculous martial arts into whatever power is convenient in the moment.
The characters are walking stereotypes and the entire thing would’ve been a solid 7/10 if Gon just found his dad after Greed Island — The End.
Aug 12, 2023
Chainsaw Man
(Anime)
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I really wanted to like this one. The designs are great, the animation is on point and it’s clearly adapted by talented people — but that won’t save it from having really horrible characters and being way too damn “I’m 14 and edgy”.
I was told to give it eight episodes with promises that it gets better, but there was nothing here to hook me. Denji is not a character whose journey appeals to me. I haven’t read the manga, but I doubt that the character arc goes further than going from “I want to touch a tiddy” to “I want to actually have sex”. I’ve ... |
