#Asa Returns

[softpine]

take your time, let the rivers guide you in you know where you can find me again

[transcript]

#I MET GOD. SHE'S A LESBIAN <- asa's t-shirt when he returns home #the blurred out parts are for asa's ears only fjksdjs #anyway i'm gonna go watch supernatural season 4 episode 18 'the monster at the end of this book' #which totally did not alter the way i view fictional writing for ever and ever. not at all. because i am normal #frozen pines #camellia #asa mayfield #AND ME. #alcohol tw #religion tw #suicide mention

[my-fancy-hat]

Now that I look at this page after latest chapter, it seems more like a goodbye.

Denji isn't saying goodbye to Pochita, but to us the readers. Maybe this will be the last time we'll see him in his human form. He choose to be CSM.

#at least for a long long time #maybe we can say the same thing abt asa. i doubt yoru will return her body back for now #chainsaw man

[stackslip]

actually i do have something to say about this chapter and it's quite critical of it but also i'm tired tonight and i've been talking about it long and hard on discord already and putting it all together in a coherent post feels like too much of a task tonight. all i'm gonna say is that part 2 was very obviously going in a certain direction from the start, and i loved that direction, and to an extent it is still going in that direction but now very obviously missing a huge chunk of what stirred it in that direction. and i'm hesitant to simply say it's fujimoto that's dropped the ball on this (though it might the idealization, who's to say) because from the actual shape of the writing + slump in paneling/art + recent bitter interview by fujimoto + japanese audience is apparently vocally not a fan of asa + my own cursed knowledge of shounen jump and shueisha editors and how they react to a fall in sales = i think the lack of focus on asa has really hurt the themes of part 2 when she was an integral part of it + i think this wasn't entirely fujimoto's doing and it's very likely because she is apparently strongly disliked in japan and there's good reason to believe that fujimoto was told to not focus on her nearly as much bc sales slump and people complain as soon as she shows up. which sucks. becaue what made part 2 work as well as it did was the synergy and parallel between the two protagonists' paths, and the absence of asa's path in the past few months (both in universe and by real time in the comic) feels like a genuine writing and thematic and emotional hole in the comic that to me shows that she WAS supposed to be there. fujimoto had fully intended to write her in there bc there's a hole in the shape of her where she is very obviously supposed to fit. it isn't simply a question of "author forgets his female character" it's a question of "this crucial part of the manga is missing and the author is painfully aware of it and bitter about it too"

#eli talks #csm #this is still not coherent i'll make a more coherent version at one point. #anyhow this still worked for me even during the denji megafocus #bc it felt like the boomerang was gonna return and asa was gonna be back in her place #and we were gonna see the counterbalance to denji's focus #her own rise to fame and emotions during this and growth with yoru #her absorption into the church and its horrors; the love bombing and adulation she finally got #the emotions about chainsaw man as a character and growing more reliant on yoru #the bitter and dramatic fall and its immediate aftermath; reacting to losing her arm #instead we get a character who until now had been an intensely emotion-driven and passive character IMMEDIATELY thrust into action #and given v little insight into her thoughts and interiority #something is missing! #it's not like fujimoto had nothing planned for her. she was written so intently and well #and suddenly it's like she dropped out of existence #and suddenly the paneling got worse and the art got worse and the hiatuses worse #and we get an interview from fjmt where he talks bitterly about commercial expectations interfering with artistic intentions #and how he wishes he didn't have to draw aymore #a guy who talked about how he was obsessed with drawing! #idk maybe it's idealization but i feel like it's not hard to put two and two together here

[iridescentscarecrow]

look at this tiny thing

#csm 157 #crow.txt #WELCOME BACK ASA. TRIP AND FALL FIRST CHAPTER BACK ITS YOU. YOUVE RETURNED #chainsaw man

[cinaminrolll]

BRO BRO GET DENJI OUT OF THERE!! THIS IS NOT OKAY!!

…i feel sick, just sick

#may be blatant spoilers following! you have been warned! #that page turn made my stomach DROP #read it while having lunch in the very crowded dining commens #and when i tell you all the background noise went silent #stomach dropped #literal chills #i just… he does not deserve this in any way shape or form #serious fire punch vibes just the sheer inhumanity #and don’t even get me started on fucking FUMIKO #and yeah i know yoshida is complacent #but really i don’t think he wants to have to be doing this #ALSO ASA RETURN HELLO?? #OR POTENTIALLY EVEN REZE!!!! #but also i don’t wanna get my hopes up too much #BUT EITHER WAY OPERATION: RESCUE DENJI IS A GO!! #GET HIM OUT OF THERE #chainsaw man #csm #denji #denji hayakawa #yoshida hirofumi #csm spoilers #chainsaw man spoilers #csm 156 #chainsaw man 156 #anime #manga

[cottonpuffmouse]

Oh my god.

Fujimoto is setting up Asa to take a MASSIVE fall publicly, isn’t he? Like she’s gonna say or do something that makes her regret everything, remind her of the chicken demon thing, and send her spiraling, isn’t she?

I’ll even take a guess.

She’s going to ‘kill Chainsaw Man’ on live TV and deal with the consequences.

#I will wait to be right on this #and when I am #I will return and proclaim myself as the one true asa kinnie #csm spoilers #(all jokes obviously)

[blueish-bird]

(CSM 119 spoilers)

Love seeing Denji’s seriousness about setting incredibly mundane boundaries lmao. This is probably the first time he’s felt a major sense of ownership and control of his living space, as well as one of the first times that Denji has had guests over. I think it reflects his compassion (wanting to inform others of things he probably wasn’t originally aware of) as well as a more developed sense of entitlement to having his boundaries respected!

Also I think him referring to Nayuta as his “roommate” could reflect how his understanding of nurturing/cohabitating relationships is informed by his time living with Aki and Power. Denji didn’t have any healthy examples of being raised by adults/parents or a traditional family. So far, the figures who have consistently demonstrated (relatively) healthy care/love for him have been roommates and dogs — I think it’s neat (and bittersweet) that his living situation now involves new iterations of both. Not necessarily to replace his old friends, but because that’s his best hope of recreating the positive relationships and environment he experienced previously.

#my csm thoughts #csm spoilers #csm thoughts #csm 119 #csm manga spoilers #my thoughts #meposting #csm denji #csm asa #csm nayuta #I have many thoughts #many of them fond #and the way Denji is defending dogs - mirroring greater love and protectiveness of himself #taking in Makima’ s dogs not out of obligation/being forced to. but because they were in the same situation he was in. and he loves dogs. #fuck #ow #the relationship between and symbolism of Denji and dogs? good shit #dogs love and don’t expect anything in return #dogs are easily controlled #dogs are social creatures #dogs need nothing more than food and a place to sleep. ‘life is good’ - Denji #but Denji/humans aren’t dogs. and dogs don’t deserve to be treated badly. and Denji is starting to want! #to want more. want acceptance and validation and variety and love #my son #poverty is dehumanizing as fuck #and thinking about Nayuta.. how it seems like he’s offering her situations where she feels like she’s in control/has agency #control is not an inherently negative thing. it’s important for a developed sense of entitlement to being treated with respect! #idk man. I’ll chew on it some more and phrase it better. but I fucking love the nuance of csm #my csm meta

[mrshayakawa]

asa and power having a full on screaming match over the most trivial thing. denji has been listening to them for, like, twenty minutes, and hes tired of it. he cuts in to offer a compromise thatll settle their fight. both girls pause, look to each other, and then promptly start telling denji why his idea was worse than both of theirs combined for the next hour

#never give me girls fighting over denji. only girls fighting with denji together #also this is me manifesting a power return #i was having missing old trio feels last night #but i dont think fujimoto will bring her back :( #asa mitaka #power hayakawa #denji hayakawa #chainsaw man #csm

[probably-a-plant-thing]

Movie Night

The Collector (2008) Edition

So right off the bat, this movie blows.

Asa looks like a fish, and ya know what? good for him? live your dreams.

gore good. good gore.

why were there CGI bugs? I think it was supposed to hint at Asa being the exterminator but the only bug man I care about is Wally

why does he purr? He freaked my friend out, so props, he did he job.

He's such a fuckin creature, my guy, he has pug energy.

also why at the end is he just screaming every time he enters a room

WHY does the main character say faggot 3 times

WHY did a Korn song start randomly playing near the beginning.

and WHY did both my friend and I say "oh top surgery :D" at the cockroaches

This movie sucks but like in a House of Wax sucky way. It's entertaining and we're looking forward to watching the sequel at some

#the collector #asa emory #slasher #slashers #Movie Night #why is he white in the sequel btw #why couldn't they keep juan #what crimes did the movie commit that made Juan not want to return #also hes actually somehow MORE autistic than everyone else #he is autism #like the wholeass spectrum

[touhken-xx]

Throwback to when asa was on my mind all the time last year

#this is also my manifestation to have her return in the next chapter tomorrow #asa mitaka #csm part 2 #csm asa mitaka #csm yoru #pls pls PLEASE.

[softpine]

reach out and touch faith

[transcript]

#my great-grandma told me to always be nice to strangers because angels walk among us #and if you were nice to them for selfless reasons then they would return the favor by looking out for you #it made me super vigilant about doing favors for strangers lmao (which i guess would not be a selfless reason to help...... hm....) #i'm not saying that's how griffin interpreted this strange encounter #but he definitely took it as some type of religious experience #i would not be shocked if he told all his friends he met jesus with the long hair and everything jskdjs #anyway! asa's in his ghost era #frozen pines #camellia #asa mayfield #finn atwood

[harmless-person]

REZE

#Oh hell nah not the love triangle bruh what a mess #I still don't know how to take their possible return #On one hand I liked the tragedy of their deaths but on the other I wanted to know more about both Reze and Quanxi #Asa getting hooked on fame means she can turn her fans into weapons shiiieeeet this ain't looking for her #Why do I have the impression that she's gonna suffer the worst consequences out of everyone #chainsaw man

[problemcore]

THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD CHAPTERRRRRR (chainsaw man chapter 113)

#oh my godddddddd #OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!! #ok spoiler talk after the tags lol #chris noises #csm #csm spoilers #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #HER NAME IS FAMI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #so important to me............... #the horsemen definitely have a hierarchy system methinks #fami seems more powerful than yoru #plus she calls her little sister #god. i looooooove that her head is ALWAYS tilted #cuz of the scales :)))) #she's definitely also justice devil btw. scales are a symbol of justice as well as the horseman of famine #gawd i luv her. i luv her !!!!! #asa is. so fucking autistic. and denji is too adhd. #ALSOOOOOOOO #ETERNITY DEVIL THAT'S DEFINITELY ETERNITY DEVIL RIGHT !!!!!!!!!! #i wonder how many more devils will return #we already saw bat devil. and blood devil will definitely come back later. #god i want angel devil back....... #mmmmm what else #oh yea eternity devil was definitely summoned by fami #i think thats one of her abilities. she did something similar when justice-yuko died #god. god i love chainsaw man. so cool. #ALSO !!!!!!!!!! #ASA I S DARN CUTE. im glad she's aware :) #tho i loved her little hairpin. i want to draw her. #asa is so autistic...... infodumping about sea life and insisting on sticking to her plan exactly

[iridescentscarecrow]

asaden shippers are probably eating good rn but you who else didnt have a family? thats right

this is how reze can still return-

reze can return. reze will return 💯💯💯 ... fujimoto please i am on my knees.

because part 1's construction happens in miniature in the reze arc! and reze is unique since she is her Own Defining Agent, removed from makima. so much of her struggle is defined autonomy and with the way this works in part 2 it makes so much sense to bring her back. reze is contextless (Familyless. re: my 155 meta). she bleeds herself dry of it and instead forms her self around her encounter with denji! p2, denji also decontextualising himself, fumiko's fandomisation mirroring reze's,,, also. asa's whole thing with yoru -- the looming Weaponisation of the weapon hybrids. think about reze The Weapon Hybrid in p1, how much she purposes herself. bomb and war. i need fujimoto to bring her back but knowing where and how her character functions best im aware that he'll do it in the sickest of ways.

#worse than this is entertaining the possibility that shell Never return. this makes no sense but i cannot suppress my most paranoid of #thoughts #reze return at the forefront of my every thought #also yes the asa panel is very meaningful. the cat... Removed. between cat and criminal -- the blood devils return (power the cat). do you #see. um. yes #i like asaden a lot too. i think this panel makes asaden Worse (/positive) #thank you for the ask! #PLEASE FJMT YOU BROUGHT QUANXI BACK. PLEASE I BEG #csm #crow.txt #crow.asks #chainsaw man #rezeposting #its insane how much copium reze return truthers are sniffing every single day. we'll pull through. one must imagine sisyphus #every day i imagine increasingly strange asareze scenarios in my head. it's true. it can happen

[drama-glob]

since asa from lackadaisy is playing as the cat king from the cat returns, can he not be the biological father of freckle playing as prince lune?

It would raise some genealogical questions if Asa adopted Freckles instead of being his biological father, but maybe they still could be related, just have Freckles take after his mom instead.

#lackadaisy #freckle lackadaisy #asa lackadaisy #ask me anything #the cat returns

[fortuunes]

I KNEW SHE WAS THE FAMINE DEVIL. HA

#YES BC WHY WOULD SHE BE DEATH. #literally the order is conquest/control war famine and THEN death #i love being right #asa is so me. maybe. maybe i should try and get a diagnosis… #also return of my bestie the eternity devil!! #csm #a.txt