#and fujimoto does such a good job of applying a twisted psychological lens to all his character motivations. to me

[ddenji]

i really enjoyed this bit of the chapter. two victims of control stand against each other. one of them made it out, certainly not unscathed but still able to find the good in life; the other is still searching for that control, the safe feeling of having no choice and the promises that were made that will never be delivered now. barem acknowledges that he’s still under makima's control, or at least his heart is, which symbolizes a more emotional connection to his relationship with being controlled. he feels robbed that her forced peace never came about. his anger is directed at denji now, the one who ‘got out’, because he’s been living in peace in barems eyes, while having destroyed barems own idea of peace. they are both victims, but denji is the victim who got to move on and barem cannot do that. i just really enjoy looking at part 2 from the angle of "who made it out and who is still trapped by the dreams of a dead woman", because makima does cast a shadow over the whole narrative.

(p.s. i'm not absolving barem of anything, he still sucks, but it would be so absurdly incorrect to me to not acknowledge that the other hybrids are victims of makima too, even if they dont see it that way, and how that affects their character arcs.)

#chainsaw man #csm #csm 151 #chainsaw man manga spoilers #spence.speaks #this was the coolest barem has been yet btw. #like i hate his ass for doing all that but i loveee the character motivation reveal #and fujimoto does such a good job of applying a twisted psychological lens to all his character motivations. to me #also im sorry but this was the handsomest hes ever been. enough of that fuckass ponytail. #anyways. part 2 has a lot of “how do you cope with all of that hurt?” and i love to see it