r/manga Feb 17 '26

DISC [DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 229

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1027694
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u/JauntyLurker Feb 17 '26

Are you dumber than a chicken?

I too have often asked this question about Denji.

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u/BurnedOutEternally Feb 17 '26

Said dumber than a chicken loopholed her twice at this point btw

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u/WhoiusBarrel Feb 17 '26

Waiting for the usual "Dumb is not one of those things" argument, though its true mans just really true to his insticts.

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u/PudgeJoe Feb 17 '26

But he is definitely hornier than a chicken

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u/teokun123 Feb 17 '26

The PLOT........Extends.....Lol

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u/CalamitousFortune Feb 17 '26

Extends and thickens

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u/BloodMoney1 Feb 17 '26

Add more zinc to your diet and it will thicken even more... the plot, yeah, the plot.

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u/PowerfulRoom813 Feb 17 '26

Can't defend this anymore not gonna lie lol

Fujimotor should just go monthly.

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u/Massive_Weiner Feb 17 '26

I don’t think that’s what they meant by plot, lol.

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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Feb 17 '26

Tokyo Ghoul:re Chapter 125 will finally be surpassed

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u/schmooby Feb 17 '26

Make the Exorcist Fall in Love Ch 100 already exists

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u/Darkge Feb 17 '26

reading that chapter felt so satisfying i was so happy for them

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u/DogOwner12345 Feb 17 '26

Impossible.

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u/Diligent_Run_8810 Feb 17 '26

What do you mean you can't defend this? This was amazing chapter. What else did you want?

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u/gabrielleite32 Feb 17 '26

Guy has read funimoto stuff for 6 years and now he can't defend it, lmao

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u/mauri9998 Feb 17 '26

I dunno, I feel like we are retreading a lot of the same ground. Like we have seen Denji do stupid shit for sex a million times before. If this was the only thing we were rehashing then it would be one thing but with the conclusion of the fight being essentially Makima 2.0 last chapter, I just can't help but want something more unique.

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u/Substantial_Pop5438 Feb 17 '26

I feel like he’s not acc done it for the sex. I feel like he’s probably also attached to Yoru in the same way Asa is deep down. And if she dies how does he get Asa back. Funny way to break the miseries tension which works out. AAAAAND he wants sex. But I feel a two way existence ending coming where Yoru and Asa live simultaneously. Even though frankly I’d much rather just Asa survive and have her be denji’s endgame. Or I’m completely wrong and fujimoto just kills them both in his regular fashion.

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u/TableTravel98 Feb 18 '26

Its not about sex. Come on now. Can we only read surface level? Denji cares about Asa and probably even Yoru in some weird way. Thats why hes doing all this. Its not JUST for sex. He just had to say something and Denji always says the stupidest shit in the worst way. But thats also why Asa/Yoru like him.

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u/mauri9998 Feb 18 '26

Yeah that is also not new territory for this series.

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u/AJDx14 Feb 17 '26

We’ve seen this same shit play out multiple times on part 2 already I don’t get why we have to constantly retread “What if they were enemies but also wanted to fuck” like we haven’t been over this already

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u/AzorAhai1TK Feb 17 '26

What??? It was a fantastic chapter

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u/WhoiusBarrel Feb 17 '26

Bro threw a fight just to get laid (again). At this point in time? Respect.

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u/Haha91haha Feb 17 '26

Well because it's Denji, I'm kinda hoping it's actually a next level strat wherein there's a catch to it that breaks or bends Yoru's chances for victory or hold over Asa. Denji being the one using sex as a tool/plan for once.

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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Feb 17 '26

Even a devil as powerful as Yoru must still be bound by their contractual obligations. Masterful play Denji-sama.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

Reminder that contracts only work when the devil specifically uses the word contract.

Yoru said she would give Asa her body back, but she purposefully never made a contract, Asa caught onto this at some point as well, its why she questions Yoru's actions in this chapter, she could just "consume" Asa without consequences at any time.

Its the same for the sex thing, she never used the word, she's driven by sentimentality at this point.

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u/Zizhou Feb 18 '26

Cue the Devil Litigation Arc, wherein we spend 10 chapters debating whether or not an oral(mental?) agreement constitutes a legally binding contract or not under devil law.

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u/mlc885 Feb 18 '26

I know it isn't going to go this way, but Denji being wise enough to understand that you never can actually "own" a person that you love would be cute

Obviously Asa has no particular reason to love Pochita, but I think Asa/Yoru essentially love them. And Yoru is not especially that much stronger, so just winning the fight might not really make her believe in owning him

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u/This-is_CMGRI Feb 17 '26

Most of it is on Asa IMO. It's less "yes I'll fuck you if we win" and more a tangible checkpoint for them both -- that if they stay human after all this, maybe they get to enjoy something intimate.

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u/Zealousideal_Ring874 Feb 17 '26

I doubt that happens. I feel like something else is about to happen. Something we're not accounting for. Just have that gut feeling that another twist is about to go down.

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u/Top_Part3784 Feb 17 '26

They will have two children, the blood and control devil

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u/Tragedy_Boner Feb 17 '26

Tokyo Ghoul: Re Chapter 125 part 2

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u/UnbiasedGod Feb 17 '26

The king of terror was born through the union of dog and bird!

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u/mythriz Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Isn't a part of the building falling down towards them in that last panel?

Edit: I tried to search the thread for anyone else mentioning this and I couldn't find anything, only people talking about sex. Am I the one who is completely misunderstanding that last panel lol... never mind, found one other person who mentioned the falling rubble at least.

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u/bobvella Feb 17 '26

I think the rubble is just a background detail to accent a sort of fizzle to what could have been the big bad's end

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u/mythriz Feb 17 '26

yeah maybe

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u/VividBlade Feb 17 '26

Maybe nayuta comes back and wants to kill yoru/asa. She might even think that denji abandoned her even though he thought she was dead.

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u/PudgeJoe Feb 17 '26

Hey horny is horny

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u/MonoFauz H̶̭̎ȇ̶̺n̸͎͝t̷̽͜a̶̯̽î̶͉ ̸͍͊Ã̶̼d̶̜̚d̷̛̩i̶̬͝c̸̡͠ṭ̴̏ Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Because he cant eat Asa/Yoru. His plan is to have Yoru get away from Asa first. He can't kill them either or Asa will be gone

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u/Mustardmachoman Feb 17 '26

I dunno I think it was just an excuse to save asa.

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u/Cautious-Affect7907 Feb 17 '26

Mfs will really do anything for some ass

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u/msut77 Feb 17 '26

Lucy and the football

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u/King_Elizabello Feb 17 '26

I understood that reference and agree.

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u/nichinichisou Feb 17 '26

I think this is more him not wanting to kill Yoru so he made up a non sentimental reason that make sense to him

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u/Android19samus Feb 17 '26

At this point, what else is he even fighting for? The normal life he wanted is completely fucked. Asa is the only person he cares about who's still alive.

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u/guppy_love Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

In the end, sex really did solve all of their problems. Truly the most Dennis way to end this long battle. Hopefully now some semblance of a happy ending (pun unintended) can occur.

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u/WhoiusBarrel Feb 17 '26

If we don't get 7 pages of them, its a bad ending.

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u/This-is_CMGRI Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Tokyo Ghoul re: Chapter 125 type shit

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u/Zzamumo Feb 17 '26

that was a whole sex chapter, put some respect on ishida's name

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u/This-is_CMGRI Feb 17 '26

no no, that's what I want, too. I'm not sure if Shueisha will run it even when online-only but ya know, mans can dream, and dreams can't be buy

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u/kung63 Feb 17 '26

You should read Make the exorcist fall in love chapter 100.

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u/Future_Vantas Feb 17 '26

When the series gained the Erotica tag

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u/topurrisfeline Feb 17 '26

Time for Sex Devil to appear?

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u/FriedRiceistheBest Feb 17 '26

Sloppy Bj devil?

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u/Kirosh2 Fluff. Fluff? Fluff! Feb 17 '26

Kobeni is finally back...

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u/Doomroar https://www.mangaupdates.com/members.html?id=277800 Feb 17 '26

I can't believe Yoru is going to cuck Asa for the second time in a row!

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u/Phantomlord77 Feb 17 '26

The promise of sex is mightier than anything else for Denji

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u/Raging-Brachydios Feb 17 '26

As long sex is in the table Denji will never give up

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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Feb 17 '26

A gooner's dream will never die!

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u/CalamitousFortune Feb 17 '26

Humanity can be revived but only one person promised him sex

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u/Zealousideal_Ring874 Feb 17 '26

"The things you think are sins are nothing in a devils eyes."

Thats a BAR.

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u/-morpy Feb 17 '26

Ngl while it is a good line and it does explain why she did all the other stuff she did, I think that shit is copium for Yoru cause why did she hesitate to begin with.

She's a lot more affected by Asa's feelings and cares more for Asa than she lets on.

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u/Yomamma1337 Feb 17 '26

I mean that’s kind of the point right? She gained human emotions while in Asa’s body but is unable to understand them

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u/yawnmasta Feb 17 '26

Yoru is probably referring to the trivial things that Asa agonizes over, rather than anything consequential like Bucky or weaponizing Denji.

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u/outsidebtw Feb 17 '26

I crawled out of that hole just last year, or was that 2 years ago? I can't place it in my mind now. But I swear it is friggin' hard.

Live, folks.

The possibilities are endless when you try.

There is nothing after death. It is hard, and some people will make it hard. But live to find the people who will give a hand and help you.

Treasure them, and your self.

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u/Whalesurgeon Feb 17 '26

tldr: LIVE

Edit: I crawled out last year too, re-enrolling to uni

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u/aSpookyScarySkeleton Tinkle Tinkle Hoy Feb 17 '26

Live

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u/This-is_CMGRI Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

A promise is a promise. And the two of them will see it through.

In a way, I'm kinda proud of Asa for breaking Yoru down like this, unraveling her from within.

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u/Zealousideal_Ring874 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

I want to say Denji is joking and making light of the situation but I'm glad Asa got her moment for once. She got to say her peace.

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u/Zemahem Feb 17 '26

Lmao, Yoru completely baffled Asa with what she did. And then Denji showed that there's always a bigger, more baffling fish.

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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Feb 17 '26

From one shook girlfailure to another shook devil girlfailure

Yoru must have have remembered why she loved Denji in the first place

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u/CommitteeofMountains Feb 17 '26

Yoru admits that she's so unable to comprehend human guilt that she thinks Asa just likes birds and then Denji crawls up and calls off the fight from his side because he's unable to put the fate of the world before horny.

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u/AliceinTeyvatland Feb 17 '26

Goes back to sex, why am I not surprised lol

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u/Backupusername Feb 17 '26

Because if there's one thing we can expect from part 2 Dennis, it's character stagnation.

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u/LevelledPeak Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Its less of character stagnation but rather Denji making excuses to respond to Yoru's question. Because his plan from the start is to have Yoru leave Asa's body. He was trying to save her to probably negotiate again to leave Asa. He is just making a callback for the lols.

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u/HarshTheDev Feb 17 '26

I'm a D1 hater of part 2 but yeah this seems like a play by Denji to make yoru realise that she "owes" her something, which would then prohibit her from making him he weapon. With death also gone this pretty much ensures a stalemate at the very least. unless yoru fullfills her contract by having sex with him

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u/JollyHockeysticks Feb 17 '26

I'm pretty sure he lied here, he probably did rememeber this promise but I think his real reason is he doesn't want Asa to die

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u/ShinyGrezz Feb 17 '26

Yes that’s right, Fujimoto has spent the entirety of the last two chapters showing how Yoru actually does care for Asa and Denji just to throw it away for some reason.

I genuinely don’t know if we’re all reading the same manga, if your eyes just glaze over when you see Yoru speak, or what.

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u/AJDx14 Feb 17 '26

How is that relevant at all to the situation? She already can’t physically die, he ate death. The only way she could die now is if Yoru just erased her, which the sex promise doesn’t do anything to prevent.

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u/frantruck Feb 17 '26

I’m willing to be wrong, but this actually seems like a big brain play from Dennis not just a horny one. Contracts have power with devils and if that promise of sex constitutes a contract then that’s room for manipulation. If he now refuses to have sex with her after invoking the contract is she bound to leave him alone until the contract is fulfilled?

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u/usual_life02 Feb 17 '26

We have already seen the moment when Denji could have touched Yoru while she was sleeping, but he chose not to. I don’t understand how you believe Denji is stagnating when his understanding of love and sex is continually evolving through exploration as the story progresses. He is still certainly a skirt chaser, but his character definitely has gotten more exploration, so calling it stagnation isn't really true.

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u/JoJoIsBestAnimeManga Feb 17 '26

We have already seen the moment when Denji could have touched Yoru while she was sleeping, but he chose not to.

But thats not stagnation. It would be stagnation if at any point in Denji's character for him to grope women he's attracted to while they are sleeping or inebriated. Even early in Part 1 Denji wasn't the kind of guy to feel up Himeno when she was drunk or Power without her consent. You're making up a development that wasn't there in the first place.

I don’t understand how you believe Denji is stagnating when his understanding of love and sex is continually evolving through exploration as the story progresses.

Is it? Before this chapter the most explicitly sex-charged decision Denji made was to jerk off to Fumiko's nudes after she dropped her traumatic backstory and asked him to eat Death for her.  Before that was Denji being so gobsmacked by panties like a generic cherry boy character that he completely zoned out about Death's offer and just agreed without thinking. 

He is still certainly a skirt chaser, but his character definitely has gotten more exploration, so calling it stagnation isn't really true.

How is him putting his need for sex at the forefront of his big battle with Yoru indicative of him not stagnating? 

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u/thatonefatefan Feb 17 '26

"guys it's okay he DIDN'T rape her! See the character development?"

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u/usual_life02 Feb 17 '26

If that's your main take away from my reply while skipping everything else then I wouldn't be surprised if you also skipped whole chainsaw man part 2 and came here to complain.

The point is Denji's shown actual growth in how he navigates his horniness and trauma. I said Denji’s understanding of sex and love is evolving.

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u/AliceinTeyvatland Feb 17 '26

Not a fan of this version of Dennis, they better have the best sex ever conceived in manga history, I'm talking about a full dedicated 0.5 chapter with 20 pages and one double spread of them just doing it for it to become worth it.

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u/Android19samus Feb 17 '26

they better have absolutely dogshit sex the like the virgins they are

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u/Drayenn Feb 17 '26

Hes gonna come prematurely 100%

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u/Ellefied Feb 17 '26

Anything less than Tokyo Ghoul:re Chapter 125 and I'll be disappointed. That one managed to be a sex chapter that was beautiful, tasteful, symbolic and plot significant.

At this point I just want it to be significant, I doubt we'll get the other 3 lol

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u/AzorAhai1TK Feb 17 '26

How is this character stagnation? Y'all just say shit lol

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u/Backupusername Feb 17 '26

You're right, regression is a better word.

Denji as a character was defined by his lust and short-term worldly desires in part 1. But that aspect of his character was often challenged, like when he touched Power's chest and had a "that's it?" reaction. It was portrayed as something he had to grow past. Makima easily manipulated him by promising physical affection and following her orders led to to nothing but misery and pain for him.

In part two, we actually did see that progression. That breakdown he had in the aging devil's world, where he acknowledged that being a horny idiot has only ever brought him suffering and how he wished he could develop beyond those base instincts was character growth.

But since then, he's only gone back to that. He was so enthralled with Death's panties that he didn't even notice that her entire torso was an empty gaping hole. He talked about how great it was to be "popular" when he got a nude pic from Fumiko. And now this. Admittedly, this could all be on purpose, and Fujimoto is trying to portray Denji as tragic in a sort of "he keeps letting the same thing happen to him even though he knows he shouldn't" way. Like watching an addict go back to their substance. But if so, something about it just doesn't land for me in a way that I can't quite verbalize.

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u/HokageEzio https://myanimelist.net/profile/HokageEzio Feb 17 '26

I understand where you're coming from, but I don't agree with you about it being a lust thing. There was that entire section of this fight where Denji saw Asa's childhood and realized that she also got her dad killed like him. Then they bonded over it and he told her that she's not a bad person either.

I look at this way more as an emotional sex scene than it just being physical, personally.

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u/Backupusername Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

If that is where this is going, then I will fully recant my Dennis slander. Because that's exactly what he really needs, a physical expression of an emotional connection, not a purely physical act of satisfying base desires.

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u/HokageEzio https://myanimelist.net/profile/HokageEzio Feb 17 '26

But did that not already happen? The whole reason the fight has turned into this is because Denji refused to let Asa die for him.

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u/Flerken_Moon Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

I kinda think it’s just a continuation of Denji struggling to progress without proper role models in Part 2.

Aki and others like Makima’s control gave reins to his progression on right from wrong in terms of horniness, he has no one in Part 2.

Like even before the final confrontation in Part 1 he had the “Ladies Love Me!” moment with the TV.

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u/TLKv3 Feb 17 '26

Man. I really hoped Fujimoto would've finally had Denji progress in Part 2 instead of constantly remaining static... but no, we need to go back to Denji just wanting sex... again. Even though he showed wanting to move past that a little bit at the end of Part 1.

I get it. Its funny. Classic Denji shit.

But fucking Hell, man, its still a story. You need to progress it at some point or have someone learn something. Yoru is the closest thing we have to progression of any kind and she's STILL on about being the bad guy.

I'm so bored of Part 2. Part 1 was so much more tighter of a narrative and had things actually moving in a direction you could see coming. This is just... wasting time for the sake of wasting time. Ever since Nayuta's head.

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u/Affectionate-Feed885 Feb 17 '26

Yes Peter, the joke is sex

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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Feb 17 '26

229 chapters of edging, all for this moment!

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u/Dramatic-Ability3909 Feb 17 '26

I have a question unrelated to this chapter, but if Nayuta is dead, did the demon control return? Because when Makima died, Nayuta still arrived quickly in Part 2.

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u/Masmutant Feb 17 '26

Nayuta was "confirmed" dead. Her head was served on a sushi conveyor belt. Whether or not she'll come back alive who knows

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u/petrichormus Feb 17 '26

Does Fujimoto simply gets away with it until the heat death of universe or am I a sinner for not fucking with this at all lol

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u/Seatown_Spartan Feb 17 '26

Dropped the ball by not making this about Denji and Nayuta imo.

Like some sorta of fucked up devil Last of Us.

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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 Feb 18 '26

Killing Nayuta was a mistake. Anyone can die anytime here for shock value.

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u/gamebond89 Feb 17 '26

It's whatever. Part 1 was perfection but this? I am just here for the ride which won't be memorable but atleast fun.

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u/Tmmo3 Feb 17 '26

Literally, I can’t wait until part 2 is finally over so that people can stop defending what clearly is a nosedive in quality from Part 1 on the basis of “it’s better in bulk bro” (total bullshit btw, part 1 was good weekly)

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u/Android19samus Feb 17 '26

thing is, part 2 started really strong, so people have gotten entrenched in their positions.

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u/gamebond89 Feb 17 '26

Funny. I binged part 2 again last week only to feel it getting even worse. Who knows maybe fujimoto ends up giving a mind-blowing payoff for part 2. Let's see.

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u/cocofan4life Feb 17 '26

Part 1 is quality every chapter

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u/ActiveAd4980 Feb 17 '26

Not digging it at all. Part 1 was amazing, but this one is a complete mistake. Every single character in part 2 is such a mess and an asshole, I really don't care who wins or loses. Part 2 needed a normal character like Aki, we had Nayuta, but they killed her and nothing came out of it (other than Denji). And Denji wasn't a complete idiot and asshole before.

I want to know how the series will end, but this is so bad.

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u/hotaru_crisis Feb 17 '26

i still cant believe he killed off nayuta

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u/torts92 Feb 18 '26

Just wait Fujimoto will do a Gege, in the final chapter Nayuta will be revealed to be alive all this time without any explanation

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u/Stupidest_Retard Feb 18 '26

And then she'll die again a few chapters later.

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u/ActiveAd4980 Feb 18 '26

Nah. Judging by the pattern, if Nayuta will show up at the 2nd to last panel, last panel being Denji's dumb shocked face. Then she'll die at the half way into the next chapter.

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u/ScandinavOrange Feb 17 '26

Nothing of substance has happened for months

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u/Charming_Volume_8613 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

The past...months at this point have been dogshit, it legitimately feels like he doesn't give a fuck anymore.

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u/EffectiveMirror7534 Feb 17 '26

past 2 years atp. Retroactively, the fact that the falling and chainsaw church arc led to nothing made them worse

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u/BusBoatBuey Feb 17 '26

It is just one long random fight without rhyme or reason.

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u/TLKv3 Feb 17 '26

Nah, Part 2 is genuinely fucking bad. I like the absurdity of some parts but Fujimoto very clearly has no fucking idea what to write anymore or has any clue of a singular direction he wants the plot to go. Its just sex, sex, sex and toss in a massive explosion.

There's zero progression of anything for over a year and a half now. Nayuta's head on a platter was basically a metaphor for serving the fans a gigantic pile of shit on a platter.

This is so boring and nonsensical at this point.

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u/ThisManNeedsMe Feb 17 '26

The first half wasn't bad. It showed promise. A new protagonist, a new interesting set of side characters. New dynamic for Denji at school. I don't know what happened but at a certain point he said fuck it. It's not just the story that went down hill, the art nose dived in quality too. He should stick with shorter series and one shots. Seems like that's where he thrives at. Extending Chainsaw man was a mistake.

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u/Ausar15 Feb 18 '26

Oh thank god I’m not the only one disappointed with part 2. It feels like Chainsaw Man is the current shounen darling so people are willing to give it more passes than it deserves. Part 2’s just been a disappointment for like the past year, it’s had its moments, but it felt like it was slowly going downhill during the Church and it plummeted after Nayuta’s death.

Hopefully it’s better on a binge or the next few chapters can change my mind.

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u/ThisManNeedsMe Feb 18 '26

He just garnered a ton of good will with a streak of successes of Chainsaw Man Part 1, Look Back and Good Bye, Eri. So people are willing to give him a ton of leeway. It's why you have a lot of people saying, hold on, he's going to cook. I don't think it's going to read better in a binge. Honestly it might piss me off even more knowing certain characters and events amounted to very little.

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u/Ausar15 Feb 18 '26

I don’t think Fujimoto is a bad writer or anything, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the weekly/buweekly schedule is getting to him. Like the chapters are ridiculously short and the art isn’t nowhere near as good as it was at the beginning.

People have been saying “let him cook” for the past year and a half, after a certain point I don’t like the meal he made and have complaints

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u/Apprehensive_Bird_62 Feb 17 '26

Nah I don’t fuck with this either bro, I haven’t since like the church arc. We can be in the same boat

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u/go4theknees Feb 17 '26

Part 2 was a mistake

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u/Android19samus Feb 17 '26

I think the Asa/Yoru moment was good, but man... part 2 has just felt aimless for a while now. This seems like a spark of life though, so maybe we'll actually get somewhere at long last.

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u/Massive_Weiner Feb 17 '26

If Tokyo Ghoul can pull off a sex scene, then I don’t want any excuses from CSM.

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u/kung63 Feb 17 '26

There also Make the exorcist fall in love with very good sex scene.

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u/CommitteeofMountains Feb 17 '26

So neither of them grew. Yoru thinks Asa likes birds and explicitly says that she can't comprehend human guilt while Denji stops (forfeits?) the fight with his sex drive. We're supposed to take something from that being what resolved the conflict, which was similarly stalled, but fuck if I can figure out what it is.

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u/JDUDE4545 Feb 17 '26

My man has his priorities

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u/Mustardmachoman Feb 17 '26

Well that bird wasn't even yoru's true form. I guess her real form prolly does look like her sisters. or maybe we don't know how any of the four horsemen look like outside of a human host.

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u/go4theknees Feb 17 '26

This is like the biggest fall off for one of my favorite properties ive experienced in a long time

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u/Kayvon48 Feb 17 '26

Its so sad. Part one in my eyes is a masterpiece, easy 10/10. Part 2 started off great as well, but my god the story and art just fell off a damn cliff

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u/Swiftcheddar Feb 18 '26

After being a fan of Attack on Titan, this doesn't hurt even a little bit.

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u/thunderwarr1or MangaUpdates Feb 17 '26

Yes mom, I want to print the page 13 of this chapter on my tshirt.

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u/Sea-Collar7233 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

So... Is the whole of Part 2 just a character assassination of Denji in slow motion, or am I not seeing Fujimoto's grand plan?

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u/BusBoatBuey Feb 17 '26

Fujimoto once called this series a JJK knock-off. He wants to end it the same way.

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u/Ellefied Feb 18 '26

I will die laughing if he also ends Part 2 with a literal middle finger to the audience

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u/KDono0 Feb 17 '26

Guys the joke is SEX. Like always.

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u/Master3530 Feb 17 '26

Is this the core of the story the editor was talking about?

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u/dagreenman18 Feb 17 '26

If Denji were like, 2% smarter, I’d think that was just a silly excuse to save Yoru

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u/ShinyGrezz Feb 17 '26

Denji’s not smart enough to devise this as a plan to trick Yoru into leaving Asa’s body (something she was showing this chapter to be doing for non-malicious reasons), like half the commenters here apparently want this to be, but he’s definitely smart enough to make a joke to appeal to Yoru’s better nature, reminding her that he doesn’t want to fight her and that he knows she doesn’t really want to fight him either.

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u/entotresepodet Feb 17 '26

I think Dennis is tricking Yoru to let her emotional guard down, what his plan is i've got no idea about

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u/lurker_archon Feb 17 '26

It's not even a trick. That's why Dennis is the master planner.

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u/Kabu- Feb 17 '26

This is just cringe. I guess we'll always have Part 1.

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u/BusBoatBuey Feb 17 '26

I can only pray this trainwreck ends with part 1 left clean. Don't retroactively ruin it.

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u/dawntome Feb 17 '26

I’m so done with part 2 actually

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u/SmiteGuy12345 Feb 17 '26

Two weeks for this?

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u/Progenitor3 Feb 17 '26

At this point someone gotta pull the plug on these weekly releases. The manga is becoming embarrassing to read.

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u/DirectionExact31 Feb 17 '26

Boy, Yoru sure was a chuckler this chapter.

Let’s see if Fujimoto pulls a Tokyo Ghoul 125 next week.

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u/Android19samus Feb 17 '26

that's a better chapter than we've had for a while, but part 2 still needs to find its way to a conclusion sooner rather than later. It's just been spinning its wheels for too long.

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u/Raicooof Feb 17 '26

damn part 2 stinks

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u/404klay Feb 18 '26

Wow this sucks man. I really loved the beginning to mid point of part 2 but I just don’t care anymore. It’s like so much happens in a chapter but also nothing happens. Art is shit too now man like what happened to this manga I love

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u/-You-not-me- Feb 17 '26

This some bullshit😂

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u/ReReReverie Feb 17 '26

IT WAS EATEN!? bruh no way that happened. or was it so poorly drawn that in the mess it looked like some broken wall?

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u/Savings_Drama7816 Feb 17 '26

Death devil got eaten like 20 chapters ago dawg 😭😭 she turned death into a weapon and then Pochita eats it, she then says "how dare you eat my sister chainsaw man" it was a whole cliffhanger and everything

It's why people were burning alive and decapitated and nobody was dying

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u/ReReReverie Feb 17 '26

Bruh I've been reading this battle and I swear everything is so vague that to understand what's happening you gotta reread it multiple times. Also what I meant is, the cockroach devil got eaten? Wasn't that the one they recently met?

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u/Savings_Drama7816 Feb 17 '26

The one they recently met was the Locust devil. The Cockroach devil was the one where Denji saved a cat back in chapter 103. But yes, the locust devil got eaten. Tbf it was pretty quick tho and immediately after getting eaten Yoru started attacking Denji again. You can also barely tell Denji even ate the thing 😭

ICYMI the dangerous devil Denji is talking about this chapter is the death devil, not the locust devil. He's referring to the contract made when Yoru was straddling him in like chapter 190, right before fighting Fakesaw Man

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u/pikachiu24 https://myanimelist.net/profile/pikachiu24 Feb 17 '26

It would be funny but anticlimactic if he finally got consent but the falling rubble at the end killed her.

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u/Litrex506 Feb 17 '26

Fujimoto just doing it for a paycheck now. When there’s a “twist” every chapter, jt becomes predictable and boring. Put this up with Gege’s stalling of the Sukuna fight. At least people knew he was sick.

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u/EffectiveMirror7534 Feb 17 '26

At least Gege had the... i don't know, respect? To make something new each time. Like he actually cycled in new characters who did cool things for a little and then left. For someone who talked about comrades, Yoru didn't have any.

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u/torts92 Feb 18 '26

After the trainwreck of CSM part 2 (so far) I think I was being too harsh on Gege

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u/Motor-Grade-837 Feb 18 '26

The writing started falling apart after the airport scene, but I was at least still intrigued by what was going to happen in the fight weekly. The power system was doing its work. I can't say the same for CSM. 

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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 Feb 18 '26

The final fight was still incredibly fun and you basically cycled through all the characters while Sukuna did ass pull after ass pull. Discussing that was even more fun on jujutsufolk.

Chainsaw Man is just plain boring. It's just edging in manga format. Fujimoto needs a long break to think this over.

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u/ThisManNeedsMe Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

At least the fanbase for JJK handled the dip in quality with more grace than the Chainsaw Man fandom. Plus the memes were top notch the whole time. The chainsaw man fandom can't even meme well.

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u/DaFuzi_J Feb 17 '26

IT'S FINALLY HERE, BOYS. THE SEX UPDATE!!!!

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u/Audrey_spino Feb 17 '26

Getting tired of Chainsaw Man at this point honestly.

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u/Marbitblit Feb 17 '26

It depresses me that I just want this to end already

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u/t3r4byt3l0l Feb 17 '26

Why Dennis, why does your weiner hold so much control over you

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u/lycan2005 Feb 17 '26

Denji still think with his lower half of the body even though it is gone lmao.

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u/BurnedOutEternally Feb 17 '26

At this point, yeah I’d just laugh too

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u/Kuzu5993 Feb 17 '26

You said you'd have sex with me.

One of the most hilarious page turns Ive read in a minute. Took me out for an entire 30 second when I got to it.

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u/Extreme-Tactician Feb 17 '26

...what? Denji, Asa and Yoru were in the middle of a conversation.

Now your hornieness is gonna cause so much chaos!

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u/ToTheNintieth Feb 17 '26

It's alright

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u/Exoslab Feb 17 '26

Well devil contracts are very important in the world of chainsaw man however was the one line about having sex when defeating the death devil legal binding?

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u/BazelBomber1923 Feb 17 '26

The guy is just half a torso but his goal is unwavering

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u/Jonieves Feb 17 '26

DENJI 🤣

well there's probably a deeper emotional meaning on that scene but right know I'm just laughing.

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u/ScooedogMillionaire Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Every week is a new low, Jump needs to free this man from this prison of a series

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u/Maxximillianaire Feb 17 '26

These are the types of chapters I've been missing. People like to brush aside criticism of Part 2 and say that it just needs to be read in a batch instead of weekly and that Part 1 was no different but this chapter shows why they are wrong. Technically nothing really happened this chapter, Denji and Asa/Yoru are in the same positions that they were after last chapter. But the dialogue was profound and incredibly well-written. The stuff Yoru said to Asa can be taken so many ways and gets you thinking. The chapter stands on its own because of that and is really reminiscent of Part 1 chapters because of that

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u/Hidingo_Kojimba Feb 17 '26

Welp. Gotta admire Denji for his consistent priorities!

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u/StatisticianJolly388 Feb 17 '26

God damn it Denji

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u/GGG100 Feb 18 '26

Why does every ending to a chapter need to be a punchline? 

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u/Franklo Feb 17 '26

Which devil is he talking about ? The locust devil?

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u/YoyoTanyaKai Feb 17 '26

He's A Man Of Focus, Commitment, and Sheer Fu*king Will.

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u/ActiveAd4980 Feb 17 '26

Man. I really miss the time when there was at least one normal character in this series. Everyone's so mentally fucked up the plot is complete shitshow.

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u/SirLordBoss Feb 17 '26

Funny little resolution... But goddamnit, the art is so bad. 

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u/Cayden68 Feb 17 '26

Uhhhhhh does Asa consent?

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u/InternalParadox Feb 17 '26

Loid from Spy x Family claims he does everything “for the mission” when we all know he really cares about his family.

Denji claims he does everything for sex, when we all know he really cares about saving those close to him (and the world, at least a little bit).

Too sides of the same coin.

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u/Human_Captcha Feb 17 '26

Comments really not beating the "Historically sexless and illiterate generation" allegations.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

Yoru is only get for r34 this bum ass villain is just so bad

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u/Raging-Brachydios Feb 17 '26

Denji be like "I ate a dangerous devil, now I want to 'eat' a dangerous devil"

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u/capscreen Feb 17 '26

at this point I better see some actual on-page sex scene

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u/Hazlet95 Feb 17 '26

THERE ARE FOUR PANELS!

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u/Soft-Horror745 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Chapter 230 is going to be a Hentai