Chainsaw Man

[KrayZ33]

When a devil takes over a human corpse, it becomes a fiend. If it doesn't become more powerful, why do that? Why not stick with its original devil form? At the very least, it seems to remove the need to consume blood, since Power doesn't seem to need to drink blood to maintain herself. That's where I got the fiends are stronger than devils, at the very least if its the same devil becoming a fiend. Naturally, there can be variances where a fiend is weaker than an originally high level devil.

As for Pochita giving his heart to Denji, that's because he cared for Denji and wanted to see his dream, even if Pochita himself ceased to exist (in his current form) to do so. If Pochita just wanted to survive, he could've possessed Denji and become a fiend, like Denji himself suggested. Denji is NOT a fiend. His case is special, as Makima mentioned.

If they want to become a fiend, why did the Bat Devil not become a fiend?
I don't think that it's a voluntary thing, more like a last resort at best, or maybe not even that... but I don't see the drive you are talking about. I don't feel like they want to become fiends at all.
Pochita didn't make Denji a fiend nor turn into one himself, even before he and Denji became friends.
It doesn't seem to remove the need for blood either considering that Power craves it still (EP2) and that bird(?) dude they killed in EP2 was feasting on something as well.
The Zombie Devil wasn't a fiend either, even though he had more than enough bodies to transform into one, some were probably more powerful than the average human as well, both in terms of actualy physique and influence.
And I don't think Power would talk about her former self so proudly like people do when they did something special in the past, that is now gone or not exactly the same way as before.

"Before becoming a fiend, I was a devil feared by all..."
Feels like you'd rather not mention the devil part at all and say "I'm just a super strong fiend, I'm feared by everyone..."
or
"Even when I was just a devil, demonic peons would tremble in my presence...."
Although I have to admit that I don't speak japanese, so that might be a translation thing.

[shinta|hikari]

Now that you mention those events, that makes sense. I stand corrected.

[KrayZ33]

Man... after rewatching the scenes for this discussion, I didn't really catch this at first and thought he was just waiting in that corner and not crying (not sure how I missed that):



Is there a cool plush of him or something. That's so freaking adorable considering he has a moving chainsaw on his head that could hurt someone just by accident.

edit: obviously there is, lol, that's so dumb looking that it's cute again
Would totally give it to a dog as a comfort toy.

[Ryllharu]

The animation is really good and the shots are nicely composed, but I'm still out. The rest of you have fun with it.

The series is not holding my interest and this episode didn't really do it any favors for me. The crying Pochita flashback probably was my favorite part of the episode.

[DarthEnderX]

Fare thee well, Felicity.

[Ryllharu]

Don't encourage me to come back and shit on the series every week out of spite. I was being polite about it, don't know why you've decided to take my lack of interest in this series as an attack.

[shinta|hikari]

Wait, what the heck does "Fare the well, Felicity" mean? I thought Darth was just saying goodbye.

[neflight86]

Sorry it didn't catch your interest. Honestly, it's not to the parts that make me recommend it yet, but you gave it a fair shake.

Maybe you'll binge it later sometime when you're bored?

[Buffalobiian]

I thought Denji saw blood on Power's shirt and thought he should give her a jacket or something.

It took him spelling it out for me to realise he was looking at boobs. I guess he also doesn't own a jacket.

Gotta keep reminding myself that Denji is not that kind of protagonist.

The CGI is still jarring. It works well for the most part, but when it's noticable it still disrupts the experience. The impression left in me isn't "This is shit", but more "what a shame".

[DarthEnderX]

Wait, what the heck does "Fare the well, Felicity" mean?

[KrayZ33]

The CGI is still jarring. It works well for the most part, but when it's noticable it still disrupts the experience. The impression left in me isn't "This is shit", but more "what a shame".

It's funny how this can work, for me it's the exact opposite. The way characters move and look feels so superior to how they would normaly move or "chill" in conversations
The way Makima drank her cofee in the car and the background image moving like that etc.
The fight itself, I find, was better looking than 99% of the other shows I watched so far as well. (Edgerunners for example still beats it when it isn't about fighting though!)

I think I know what seconds put you off - 17:05-17:12, for example. But to me it looks just soooo much more interesting than the faces and movement we usually see in these situations

[Buffalobiian]

I think it's when scenes feel "choppy" that my brain goes "oh, that's right. There's CG here. Did they cheap out?"

I didn't seem to mind in Demon Slayer because it didn't feel jarring, despite CG being obvious there.

Comparing MAPPA to MAPPA, I can't say that I had any issues with Attack on Titan or Jujutsu Kaisen either.

I say this while knowing that all current anime is computer assisted in some way.

[Ryllharu]

The animation is fine, and it doesn't look janky at all because they've rotoscoped it very well. I suspect you're being thrown off by how much rotoscoping they're doing instead of the CGI. It has that affect in almost every medium it gets used in, because proper mocap is an art in and of itself.

[Buffalobiian]

Chainsaw Man Counter.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/109549...?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

[DarthEnderX]

Edit: Wrong thread

[Kraco]

Episode 4


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Denji might have said he's going to consider learning manners, and indeed it does look like he's a bit more civilised already, but despite Denji claiming Power is an angel, I still couldn't help but feel some pity for Topknot-Aki after she was sent to live in his apartment as well. Seems like Makima's ruthlessness isn't limited to devils and fiends.

[KrayZ33]

WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE IT?


An Angel disguised as Oni

[DarthEnderX]

Does this show have different EDs every episode?

[Buffalobiian]

Does this show have different EDs every episode?

It has thus far.

That last minute sure was titillating.

edit: lol there's a figure out already for this.
https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/chai...8D4izWUSn9vwRQ

[Kraco]

https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/chai...8D4izWUSn9vwRQ

You know you are paying for extra class when your figure includes a toilet bowl.