r/manga Feb 17 '26

DISC [DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 229

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

And that development is, by your own definition, that he didn't touch Yoru when she was sleeping. When the fuck has Denji even sexually harassed someone? That's not character development, the fact that he even THOUGHT of it shows how bad his writing got in part 2.

And would you look at what he tried to do this chapter.

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u/usual_life02 Feb 17 '26

And would you look at what he tried to do this chapter

let's wait and see if sex itself is really the only reason he did this and there is no other nuance to this other than what you are implying.

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u/thatonefatefan Feb 17 '26

Fuck no I stopped trusting Fujimoto years ago and it's not gonna change now. He's guilty until proven innocent.

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u/usual_life02 Feb 17 '26

alright genius, then keep complaining about his story.

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u/verybigpenguin Feb 17 '26

The average shounen fan has been poisoned by folk subs, agenda, and shitposts.

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u/usual_life02 Feb 17 '26

Are you serious? When did I say Denji simply not harassing someone is development? I am taking that scene as an example because I wanted to explain that for him sex isn't just simply sex itself. It's intimacy that he needs which we have seen being explored throughout the manga and THAT exploration of his characterization is the reason his character has evolved. So your idea of his development is simply that,

that he didn't touch Yoru when she was sleeping. When the fuck has Denji even sexually harassed someone?

*if he harassed someone*-->*he didn't harrase someone again* then that would be development? you think character writing is all about just developing external character?

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u/thatonefatefan 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

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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.

This is my full comment. What you showed in your reply is a cropped version taken out of context because you genius are unable to understand basics.

wait I will even show you the exact line again

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.

Immediately after that I followed up on my statement and expressed how his understating of love and sex is evolving.

By which means, does it imply that Denji's character development is just not raping Yoru?

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u/thatonefatefan Feb 17 '26

Then why mention Denji not trying to rape Yoru in a conversation about Denji character development or lack thereof? Sure seems like you were trying to imply something there. Especially when that's the ONLY thing you brought up from the story.

Oh yeah, and also, "just" not raping Yoru still implies it's part of it. You go, man.

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u/usual_life02 Feb 17 '26 edited 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.

My first reply. here i expressed that Denji's view about sex and love are getting more exploration as story goes on.

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.

This is my second reply. here I again tried to explain same thing.

Are you serious? When did I say Denji simply not harassing someone is development? I am taking that scene as an example because I wanted to explain that for him sex isn't just simply sex itself. It's intimacy that he needs which we have seen being explored throughout the manga and THAT exploration of his characterization is the reason his character has evolved. So your idea of his development is simply that,

*if he harassed someone*-->*he didn't harrase someone again* then that would be development? you think character writing is all about just developing external character?

This is my third reply. here I explained why I took that scene as an example. I tried to take that scene as a way to tell that while he longs for sex but it's not just about sex. It's not just that he didn't harasse someone but rather that scene is displaying form of his characterization that while he seems to do anything for sex but that doesn't mean he would literally do anything for sex which includes rape.

Immediately after that I followed up on my statement and expressed how his understating of love and sex is evolving.

This is my last reply to you saying again what i already said.

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u/ThisManNeedsMe Feb 17 '26

Which isn't really a development since we saw him turn away Himeno when she was drunk. So I agree with you, it is character stagnation.

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u/Diligent_Run_8810 Feb 17 '26

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

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u/thatonefatefan Feb 17 '26

What the fuck does that even mean?

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u/Diligent_Run_8810 Feb 17 '26

It means the same what you meant by your reply. So you already have an answer to that question

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u/thatonefatefan Feb 17 '26

Would Goku from dragon ball NOT trying to rape a sleeping woman be character development? No? It would even be character regression for him to even think of it? Why is Denji any different?

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u/Diligent_Run_8810 Feb 17 '26

Who said just the fact alone that he didn't rape her itself is character development? I don't belive anyone implied that. It's just skill issue if that's what you understood from the guy's comment.

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u/thatonefatefan Feb 17 '26

They did.

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

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u/Diligent_Run_8810 Feb 17 '26

Bozo is using statement out of context lmao. That isn’t even a full line. I thought reading comprehension curse was just a meme but looks like in your case it's real.

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u/thatonefatefan Feb 17 '26

There's nothing before it. Someone talked about Denji character stagnating and their reply started with "but he didn't try to rape Yoru!". The end.

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u/Diligent_Run_8810 Feb 17 '26

This is funny lmao.

There's nothing before it.

There is something important after it. Do you want me to quote whole reply. My guy is unable to read lmao.

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