#pochiden? kinda

[ladsofsorrow24]

pochita/chainsaw devil and my personal thought about how fujimoto kinda subvert the cutesification of violence trope in animanga

thinking about pochita and his true devil form again and even if fujimoto did not intentionally wanna subvert the whole "beautiful girls with terrifying power" thing, he ended up doing just that with pochita as chainsaw devil... from my personal view, at least

from what i've seen, currently there's this... trend of cute girls possessing terrifying power in animanga, and how those girls actually possess these terrifying forms that shows how inhuman they are, but because the story shows that they're still those cute girls within so it's a lot easier for their powers and actions to be digested without caring too much about the consequences of their actions

a 100 year old vampire who look like a cute loli is still a cute loli even if she did killed a lot of people before... you know?

but then we got pochita in chainsaw man.

i still remember that one fanart of pochita as this little girl, and to me that's proof of the trend, that it's easier for audience to digest terrible act of violence in media these days if there's a sympathetic character that commits it, in this case, a cute little creature like pochita, or... what people want to believe is pochita, a cute loli girl.

well, surprisingly, fujimoto didn't actually went onto that route (he did it with power already) with pochita but rather, he revealed that pochita's true form is just as terrifying as his name is to every single demons that existed on hell and on earth. and his true form also makes his whole reason to be close to denji, to the point of sacrificing himself, even stronger. because ofc no one can and want to hold a humongous demon who will cut everything that's within its grasp. a demon with chainsaws as its limbs, even when chainsaw devil wants to help it'll still leave a trail of blood and corpses behind.

and after the reveal of pochita's true form, it really contextualized everything that happen between pochita, denji and makima. makima, the one that only sees chainsaw devil for what it can be, just a tool. and denji, the brash little kid who sees pochita for who he is, a friend. so in some ways, pochita's true form not being a cute girl but rather a nightmare-inducing creature did subvert the trend of moe in animanga, which also makes chainsaw man as a shonen manga, refreshing in its own ways. also it makes much more sense for a nightmare-induced creature who had fucking... chainsaws for limbs to be deprived of love rather than an attractive young girl who seem pretty normal on the outside you know?

but this is not me saying i hate the cute-sify violence trope thing, i think it works in certain genre and as long as the character and story is interesting i'll enjoy it.

but i think in chainsaw man's case, it's refreshing to see a manga that did something pretty unorthodox at the time.

#anyway you can't deny pochita fucking love denji so much #he gave his heart to denji just to see this kid's dream become reality #even when denji said to him before that he didn't mind dying if it means pochita can live on #in some ways #that's pochita telling denji that chainsaw devil can't live in a world without denji #but denji can live in a world without chainsaw devil #idk man i just... i feel so sad thinking about them again #truly one of the best relationship in chainsaw man #chainsaw man spoilers #denji #pochita #pochiden? kinda #tmi tag

[ladsofsorrow24]

pochiden got everything monsterfuckers/lovers like, and it's kinda unfortunate to see the only ship the hero of hell get is with the devil that he doesn't even wanna eat lol

#anyway pochiden might not be for everyone but it'll always be the most canon love story for me in chainsaw man #fujimoto peaked when he made pochita loved denji to the point he's ready to sacrifice all of his power to be denji's heart #like that shit is romantic as fuck #tmi tag