for himeno, on many levels, "it's a pain in the ass when your partner dies."
for a long time, she has stood still in her grief and trauma, even as life moves on around her.
then she meets aki.
after aki tells himeno about sticking gum on the woman who hit her, she stares wide-eyed at him; as she blinks, the stoplight in the background changes from red to green.
in the following pair of shots, aki explains that she shouldn't just sit back and take this treatment. the camera pans on his closeup but not hers; he's in motion, but not her.
then it sinks in. aki's "easy revenge" has given her permission to stop cradling her pain for a moment, to care about herself, to move on just a little - it's given her permission to smile again.
this is what did it for me y’all………..like! i feel bad for betraying aki like this but i gotta give this boy my full attention rn bc !!!!!! it was the SLOW LOOK DOWN FOR ME HES SO PERVY AND SHAMELESS ABOUT IT😩 it’s literally the most minuscule movement of the eyes but it makes all the difference and it’s driving me crazy someone send help.
I like chainsaw man bc it's like an isekai but instead of dying and getting reincarnated in a fantasy world as a cool dude who draws in hot girls like catnip it's about a guy who dies and gets defibrillated by his devil dog and it's not a fantasy world it's the same place except he gets paid a living wage and room + board and there's a bunch of cool girls around him but they just treat him either normally or like he's a loser . Also denji smokes weed