#i would argue that this confrontation/mirrorship is in its beginning stages in yoshiden from yoshidas side and i can see a

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do you think fujimoto is going in the direction where we'll see asa and denji in a relationship. it just doesn't sit right with me. i think they might become very good friends but them in a relationship is so off to me despite how much their dynamic works. it just doesnt feel like something fujimoto would do. what do you think

their dynamic feels off because we can't ever imagine fjmt giving denji a healthy endgame relationship /s.

no but for real this time, yep, anon i get you. i think this mostly stems from how their relationship itself is Set Up at least so far and i think it'll be a lot more interesting with time.

umm. to explain: fjmt's style of writing is not only relational but also one of active sides (characters) feeding into passive mains which is why part 2's deuteragonist based plot is so Interesting to me. i mean asa and denji parallel each other rather organically with how they view desires and normality, with their twin connect to intimacy and ambition. it's really quite blatant but i think where asaden hasn't established itself yet is the interaction of these values seen Directly in their interactions.

if you consider something like denreze, you'd find that both their parallels and the recognition of their mirrorship informs their interactions throughout the bomb devil arc. it's wonderfully raw and Very Real because it's the theme of identity (that carries over into part 2), there's that implicit Awareness of the other side from both reze and denji later on.

in part 2, identity is still pivotal but the quality of the asaden interactions so far lies in their relative ignorance of the other. they challenge each other inwardly but not Outwardly; you see them juxtaposed but you don't see them grapple with this juxtaposition. it's still ridiculously cute but i struggle to link this current cuteness to What Will Happen because i don't think fjmt writes conclusions to relationships like that. there's a lot more to come and i think we'd see their dynamic shift quite intensely when they do end up uncovering each other's identities but right now their interactions are rather a channel for their Own Desires rather than an entangling of that Desire in the other.

i can't hope to predict What exactly fjmt would end up doing but i do think all this set up is for a reason and i'm anticipating some sort of catharsis at Some Point which would make me invest in them a bit more :3.

#i would argue that this confrontation/mirrorship is in its beginning stages in yoshiden from yoshidas side and i can see a #a seed of it in asaden but p2 isnt Complete unlike p1 (cough cough. is a denreze shipper) #think whats important here is that i REALLY dont ship characters based on endgames or tropes but rather how interesting the realisation of #their similarities/contrast would manifest itself in their Actual Interactions. even if it's in a flawed manner #but i hope i pinpointed the source of your Issue with them anon? thanks so much for the ask #chainsaw man #csm #crow.asks #denji #asa mitaka #csm spoilers #csm meta #do i see them in an eventual relationship? i dont know. i dont actually know but if yes i doubt its in the manner the fandom is envisioning