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[@dananaditya9347]

I interpret Himeno's Ghost devil is like a death / funeral , from the outside it's like a creepy, evil, scary thing but looking at it's core it was somber and peaceful

[@kevinmackey3166]

The ghost devil has a very particular Japanese horror aesthetic, like the works of Junji Ito and Hideo Nakata.

[@RabidDogma]

@@kevinmackey3166 Very good point. I know that "yurei" often gets translated as just "ghost" (like in this series), but it's a very specific kind of aesthetic in traditional folklore - usually female, usually pale, sometimes monstrous like this.

[@non3particular537]

Himeno dodged the felony but she didn't dodge that bullet. And Katana Man came chambered in plot-armor piercing rounds.

[@lycan2494]

nah katana man bodied aki. remember he underestimated him.

[@michaeledoigiawerie4594]

It’s not plot armor. The girl working with katana simply gave him blood cuz he’s exactly like Denji who can heal from blood

[@lycan2494]

@@michaeledoigiawerie4594 its not even that. katana could've blitz aki right from the beginning if he wanted to.

[@michaeledoigiawerie4594]

@@lycan2494 Yea, l agree with you, I was replying to the person above you

[@dabmwlawnmower8089]

@@michaeledoigiawerie4594 he’s not saying katana man has plot armor, he’s saying that he ignores the main casts plot armor

[@needtau4138]

"NO way she's dead" Makima: 💀

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

@ValentinC29 🩸👈😇

[@Gunlot97]

himeno earned all the respect in that last scene, sacrificing everything to give aki a chance and with that ost it was perfect, at the end she only gave affection and wanted to receive the same from the other person. I don't know, i find it so natural, she just showed herself as she was and didn't hide her true feelings towards others. This anime is better every week..by the way is not aki who buries the nail, it is curse and you can see his finger doing it.

[@aSSGoblin1488]

himeno weinstein is pretty based

[@Gunlot97]

@@aSSGoblin1488 yeah bro that whole dialogue was crazy, about how DHs have almost no feelings anymore but aki still has them and his final sentences were insane , was just perfect

[@fernandosiqueira2391]

csm has your characters constantly wearing a vest with explosives. and the detonator is in the author's hand. he kills any character regardless of their story development and potential. and he does it in the most brutal ways possible, which was the case with himeno. she sacrificed herself entirely, empowering the ghost demon so that he could defeat katanaman and protect aki, all for him to be instantly slaughtered by another character, making himeno's effort useless

[@Gunlot97]

@@fernandosiqueira2391 that's what's more pitiful, it was an effort for nothing or not enough, but still I think the simple action she had and the ending that was not common but giving everything for someone she loved, left her character very high .. independent of her being dead I really think her character perception changed after this.

[@TheMooRam]

@@fernandosiqueira2391 my favourite is when he did a character poll for which of two characters should survive, and then killed off the one everyone voted for

[@あいうえお-v5j4m]

5:27 I am Japanese. The law says 13 years old or older, but all local ordinances say 18 years old or older. The law that says no s●● acts under 13 years old is to prohibit children under 13 years old from having s●● with children under 13 years old. I often see news stories about adults being arrested for having s●● with people under 18 years old.

[@frozen_mikan]

Plus letting minors stay in your house without a permission of the minors guardian is also a crime so Himeno has to go to jail even if she didn’t make any sexual contact with Denji😂 But I don’t know if that law existed in this time because csm is based in 1997 and I wasn’t even born back then.

[@TacticalDimples]

@@frozen_mikan pretty sure denji doesn’t have any “guardians” and isn’t considered human by the organization. He’s a pet forced to become a devil hunter like Power.

[@Official-OpenAI]

@@frozen_mikan he has no guardian

[@Vashy434]

Chainsaw Man doesn't do that whole "Show the villains perspectives and machinations leading up to the climactic showdown." No, The villains hit you when they hit you.

[@anon_234]

Now that the prologue is over, welcome to Chainsaw Man. You're in for an even wilder ride than you were expecting.

[@cyoto-official]

welcome to painsaw man i like to saw

[@zigazdovc6175]

I would say this is also the Prologue. Anything before a certain Yoshikage Kira fan is just fore play.

[@theSixPathsOfTrains]

nani?! de fuk?!

[@insomniacg]

The official translation calls him 'samurai sword', but among the fanbase he's pretty universally called 'Katana Man' because it sounds better And yeah, RIP Himeno and welcome to Fujimoto's wild ride; it doesn't really let up from here

[@takanara7]

He's actually literally called "samurai sword" in Japanese - using katakana サムライソード (sa)(mu)(ra)(i)(so---)(do). That name is only used in the volume introduction pages though.

[@shirou1226]

Samurai is the people using armor "samurai" And the sword is called "katana" That two thing is different

[@billiejean4654]

nah, Machete Man sounds better lol

[@frozen_mikan]

We call him samuso サムソ in short😂

[@DRAKKENRAIN]

cool

[@ukihakasmikaze8778]

Now we can finally experience the chaos of Painsaw Man

[@azertyqwerty8398]

OK, so just to clear any legitimate misunderstandings, Little riding red hood did not use any special power to revive Katana Man (or Machete Man, like you call him), but did the same thing everyone does with Denji: gave him blood or pulled on whatever his "ripcord" is to kickstart his powers of regeneration.

[@DJKuroh]

Thank you for this. I was super confused as it seemed like she just touched him and he was fine.

[@MrWar2244]

I loved this episode. Especially compared to the manga (which I also loved). The added scenes at the start of Himeno drunkenly stumbling through her house were great. The music was top tier as well. It's crazy how the first half of episode 7 and 8 were completely overshadowed by their second half's. The episode definitely leaves you unable to speak.

[@mesacboy7939]

I'm not sure if the puke kiss overshadowed the Eternity Devil fight for me personally LOL

[@MrWar2244]

@@mesacboy7939 If you look at all the reactions to that episode, it's not only the thumbnail, but usually the main thing they talk about at the end.

[@mesacboy7939]

@@MrWar2244 Yeah I know, just talking about my own sheer personal enjoyment. I sure liked seeing one of those scenes a LOT more than the other though lmao

[@lucasmorandini7566]

@@mesacboy7939 Based puke-kiss enjoyer.

[@Renegade322]

Himeno is a character I always liked because people I felt always judged her harshly however she was someone who has lived losing everything continuously, and barely surviving, making contracts with devils. Nothing in her life is concrete except that she and everyone she loves will most likely die horribly, so I just find it hard to judge her dislike her when in reality, she did some mildly sketchy stuff but she has no reason to actually care about much as she is always expecting to lose it anyway.

[@grifffaust]

This episode really starts the rollercoaster ride that is the storyline. This is the first of several arcs and it's going to get really crazy.

[@onizuuka_sensei]

I love watching people experiencing this episode for the first time and having no idea about things about to happen. The next week's episode will be epic and very crazy

[@RabidDogma]

And just so anime-only people realize - Mappa is getting this 100% right. Every time. They're ABSOLUTELY NAILING EVERYTHING. The tone. The feel of characters. Situations. Things like the vomit kiss, things like the Eternity Devil, the "perpetual motion machine," the train hit (and the hits on everyone else). They're doing it ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY RIGHT. They're making an anime equivalent in every way. The thing about manga and anime are that, like all other media, they do things that ONLY they can do, so you can't ever have a PERFECT translation of anime to manga, or manga to anime, so each has to compensate with things it does well. The anime did that with Snake here, for example. It's a VERY sudden thing in the manga, so they made you feel that with the slow "arm" sequence just before Snake swallows Ghost so suddenly. It emphasized that "quickness" by highlighting it in a way only animation can. Mappa somehow figured out how to translate the madness of a FUJIMOTO TATSUKI MANGA perfectly. I cannot tell you how rare this is. Usually, you could say something like, "Yeah, but the manga does this this way, so it feels a bit different." I can genuinely say that I DO NOT SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT YET. If you've watched the anime, you have the feel of Chainsaw Man. No manga reading is necessary. I would still recommend it because it's fantastic and obviously you can't fit EVERY SINGLE THING in like in the manga, but the feel is DAMN NEAR PERFECT.

[@sidhanttiwari942]

@@RabidDogma Ikr I feel like Kensuke Ushio was the perfect composer we could've gotten And those eye realisation animations of Himeno's are so realistic 😩

[@theSixPathsOfTrains]

im just here like: wha what the fuk just happend?!

[@dig1taltoaster]

This is where the pain starts and doesn’t stop. RIP Himeno she deserved a better life. o7

[@mrjohnson8343]

are you doing this in every react video?

[@TheRiciestBall]

The author and the studio did an awesome job making us feel uncomfortable in the beginning lol

[@Sir_Arsene]

This is when Chainsaw Man really starts. This current one isn't even top 5 in my opinion. So believe when I say this show will only get better and better

[@christiangomez7192]

It's funny how they are like "I would like them to have explained a little more" but when a series do explain things they are like "oh it's so obvious exposition...."

[@JakShadow]

I was waiting for this reaction

[@lekans7037]

Devil hunters arent the only people with contracts, anybody can have one with a devil.

[@benforde3122]

Been waiting for this one. From here on out, this train's got no brakes.

[@popump2617]

Guess the brakes on chainsaw man's wild ride are off.

[@Roxy377]

we grew attactched we pay the price

[@TheUlf]

Haha, I was very excited to see you two in particular get to experience a few of the sequences here. Fujimoto takes us on such a rollercoaster in such a short handful of chapters with Himeno - I've said it before but she's just such a wonderfully well-realized character. Her portrayal was one of the big factors for me in distinguishing Chainsaw Man from other, more immature Shonen where horniness and objectification abound purely for the purpose of titillating the audience of young boys. Despite us following the perspective of Denji and seeing the world through his eyes (and his *gaze*), Fujimoto understands and writes his women as people - very grounded and real and flawed, even through all the absurdity (and, ohhhhh boy, more absurdity is coming). When Himeno tells us, the audience, that it must be nice to have someone care enough about you to cry for you when you're gone... I weep ;_;

[@HQofrandom]

I think it's just supposed to be the classic anime introduction of the insanely powerful enemy, kills Ghost devil no biggie and manages to revive a dead fiend like Machete Man. I didn't find it confusing at all

[@mesacboy7939]

I don't think they meant that part was confusing lol, more just the events of the episode altogether. It's very sudden and provides zero explanation, which is obviously deliberate and I don't think a criticism on their part. Anime-onlies aren't meant to know why this is going down yet

[@xblade11230]

No typically in anime they introduce the bad guys or evil organization , you will see a bunch of shadowy people plotting Or the bad guys show up and declare war and then go away and attack later This was done with the akatsuki in naruto, in jujutsu kaisen where you see them plotting, demonslayer, etc... Very rarely in anime do you have characters that pop our of nowhere and go for the kill

[@513gposey]

Katana man*

[@HQofrandom]

@@xblade11230 i didnt mean anime specifically moreso storytelling in general. In a lot of fantasy stories you'd have what happens in this show frequently. Character learns magic system, suddenly enemy shows up that abuses system to levels unseen.

[@jumpkiller_]

This episode and the rest of the series hinge on trust from the audience. The show has been running now for 8 weeks, and it's finally hit the point where people talk about 'Chainsaw Man beginning'. The story follows abnormal conventions to storytelling, specifically with regard to the pacing of narrative choices. The confusion you feel is normal, and a lot of decisions later on rely on information built throughout the story. The best thing to do with this series is sit on your thought, form your own ideas, and then see what next episode offers. Anyways, great reactions and keep up the good work.

[@davidcamacho8739]

I love seeing non manga readers reactions . They are in for an emotional roller coaster ! I read it so many times already and it still gets me .

[@theSixPathsOfTrains]

what the hell you mean?! how the hell did it go from 0 to 100!

[@cris9242]

I very like this reaction, guys! Btw the grandpa mentioned by the katana guy is the yakuza from the first episode that Denji worked for and who gets possessed by the Zombie devil.

[@ゆずちゃん-x7d]

私達の日本では、困った時や駄駄々をこねる時に、「も〜」「も〜」と表現する事があります。同じく、牛の鳴き声も「モー」「モー」と表現します。 姫野が指を角に見立てて言っていたのは、駄々をこねながら、ウシのマネをしていたと言う事です。意味が解らず海外の方は誰も笑っていませんよね。これは、日本人しかわかりませんし、言葉の表現って難しく思います。

[@LetsRock1t]

7:39 LOOL

[@Chronomatrix]

6:51 Yep, that was my face too.

[@Bwade91]

Now Chainsaw Man begins

[@Vaillle]

The comment “there’s always a bigger fish”, that’s an interesting comment. Got me thinking, this is one of those cool concepts where expectations are often subverted. Ghosts might be considered more powerful of an entity than snakes, but it’s not the actual thing that the devil’s strength is based off of, it’s how many people fear that thing which gives it power, which explains how snake beats ghost in this scenario. There’s tons of people who don’t even believe in ghosts but snakes are definitely real and tons of people fear snakes.

[@jackplume9045]

What demons does modern life force us to accept? What do we lose when we take that devil's bargain? Will it always leave such a bad taste in our mouths? Shouldn't it?

[@meganek0597]

This is when the real chainsaw man experience starts to kick in

[@colegotderizz]

A moment of silence For the ones that we’ve lost😢 makima,Kobeni and the rest of the team they will be missed. Gone but not forgotten.

[@alejandronunez7650]

don't forget Arai and Kobeni XD shot by granma

[@ACE-ck1xf]

chainsaaaaman.0:04

[@internetstranger3686]

💀

[@tercerocastero]

It's ok. I think a series of increasing jaw drops is reaction enough for this episode lol

[@papasmjordeig]

I genuinly dont think that Himeno knew what she was doing with Denji, what really made me respect her more and just this show in general was when she asked "i didnt take advantage of you did i?" Only one line but it means alot that they addressed that in the show and i think a lot of shows should do the same thing. Sex with a minor is really bad and some shows tend to forget that

[@nutritionandphysiology8023]

14:00 michetee man

[@davidcasas504]

Katana man is the grandson of the old guy that pimped denji out to kill devils in the first episode.

[@yusefclark292]

Katana man and denji are known as hybrids

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

6:50 dude I thought my screen freeze 😂

[@marcos-ll2yr]

9:02 he is ''Katana Man''

[@dantetravisonda3066]

I thought those hybrids like chainsawman are pretty much immortals, they do die but can revive and regenerate somehow, just like when I watch the episode where chainsawman fights the hotel devil. Im sure he got killed by that but the patch lady pull his rev cord and instantly bring him back to life. So i guess its the same for this swordguy devil though this episode didnt show us how it happen, probably this lady unsheathe his dick or something like a sword to revive him.

[@WGoodall]

Nice reaction 10/10 speechless face 😮

[@Deimos4500]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to CSM, let the "fun" start!!!

[@somebuddy.]

6:56 man, i thought i was lagging

[@StarKurusu]

i'm pretty sure akane just picked up katana man and didn't heal em

[@mookiestewart3776]

Trust me we were all the same way after thesecouple chapters in the manga too.......the speechlessness won't stop here either, this author gives absolutely zero fucks we promise you

[@mrjohnson8343]

WELCOME TO PAINSAWMAN.

[@aristothethrone9032]

imagine trying to get healthcare coverage in this type of world? sorry, you didn't get sword devil insurance. you only got the short-blade insurance, not the long-blade one.

[@omega-ed5eo]

5:59 🫠

[@lil_tungsta]

aww NICE SHIRT CLARUS!!! too sweet, thanks for the shout out.

[@ClarusPolaris]

LMAO same tho, it hurts 😢 also, anytime y’all are the best 🤍

[@CloudWind0643]

Prologue is over folks, welcome to the real Chainsaw Man!

[@shuheihisagi6689]

I can't defend what Himeno did to Denji, but I think her behavior is explained by severe depression from losing her old partners that she drinks and smokes to cope with. And she has slowly broken down into a person who can barely function and make the right choices while off-duty. Which just makes her death more sad, because it would have been nice to have her redeem herself and get better mentally.

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

I don't like her from personal experience with women sexualy, but I understand her.

[@gabagandalfoftheweed]

One thing this episode established is that there are no refunds for failed contracts with devils. Apparently.

[@marcopederzoli4939]

Fujimoto rips your heart out of your chest

[@allare1earth704]

Nerdy Nightly, The snake in Norse mythology is called “The World Serpent”.

[@lylelaney8270]

I don't think Fox devil is dead because the summoned head wasn't her main body. It's similar to eternity devil that only died after his heart was chainsawed.

[@bitcoinzoomer9994]

Here is where real Chainsaw Man starts

[@chiangmei1265]

Welcome to Chainsaw Man's spirit

[@geoscope3399]

Maybe the gun devil is a hybrid like chainsaw man and machete man

[@carlalf915]

Denji and katana are the same kind they just need blood to be revived

[@rikbartels9076]

Suddenly all my concerns from last episode seem so insignificant ;(

[@lofi9367]

6:50 I thought the video had paused

[@dmal4109]

next episodes gonna be crushing

[@rakeanluhung6458]

The number one rule for chainsaw man is not getting to attached to the characters 💀

[@GoldenLeafsMovies]

I'm not attached to any of them except power kinda, but even then, I know what happens to her out of context.

[@abcrx32j]

Just for context: Hybrids like Denji are immortal as long as they get blood. Fiends like power can heal with blood, but not from a fatal wound. If they die, they die. That's why Power didn't even try

[@TheArtofInternet]

There honestly is no good moral standing character at all so far. What's interesting is each character has trauma from life experiences they've been through and we kinda see how each character deals with that trauma. Denji for example is always searching for happiness which he believes will come from sexual things and or living like a king (jam on toast). But as he achieves them he still fills empty or like somethings missing. Himeno is just as flawed as everyone else.

[@billevans1337]

this show is insane

[@KingMoon110]

Himeno death is the moment the real Chainsaaman starts, prepare yourselves things only get worse

[@sasxke]

Nah bro thats not matchete man thats knife man

[@kimkai_ren4968]

I get that you're confused but I thought u'd be more sad for Himeno. I thought this episode was done beautifully. Beautiful yet sad.

[@Slayton1978]

@Nerdy what's that Tengwar tat mean?

[@FulanoConPsicosis]

I luv machete man design so much 🤟🏻 (I mean Katana man xD)

[@pothocket]

I can't believe this show doesn't have the courtesy to pause the action so the the characters can shout the names of their special attacks and explain how they work. How are we supposed to follow this?!

[@michaeledoigiawerie4594]

Yea, it’s gonna be like that from now on. The story is written in a way where you figure stuff out on your own

[@bellatrix7564]

Didn't know anya taylor-joy is into anime.

[@qeridexis8604]

Welp, story just removed it's limiters! Good news everyone, Chainsaw man Prologue just ended! Now we enter the Chainsaw man CHAPTER1!

[@cdubbart]

Makima did in fact die here.

[@ryshow4471]

Makima impossible to death cause i think she will Made a contract with devil

[@NoNanoGM]

didn't think I'd hear a reference to elfen lied

[@ClarusPolaris]

I only saw one episode and it was… something 😅

[@NoNanoGM]

@@ClarusPolaris It's absolutely one of the animes of all time

[@WattSCar7597]

Gone, Himenothing left.

[@rileydunlop3389]

This is only the beginning ALL ABOARD MR BONES WILD RIDE

[@charliebaker1427]

God I feel so bad for himeno, cant imagine whats happening to her now that the ghost devil just has all of her. That poor woman deserved better

[@513gposey]

She chillin 😎

[@aria_lu7762]

He's not a machete btw. The fans call him "Katana man" idk it sounds cooler than Sword man or something like that

[@freezeframeplease]

congrats on passing the tutorial chapters on how csm's world functions now let's go to the good stuff fujimoto has prepared for us shall we?

[@513gposey]

Haven't felt this dead inside since the last ep of Cyberpunk.

[@CrunchyElia]

Power left this episode unscathed

[@dotapark]

i said this many times but, when i read manga, the shock was even worse because chapter title was chupa chups. felt much more out of nowhere.

[@aiden-es7ck]

Its begin every now and then 😌

[@nothingface5919]

Huh... feels weird when the enemy is the one with Plot Armor.

[@rashad0026]

Welcome to Painsaw Man. It gets real from here.

[@aiden-es7ck]

Be prepared

[@mikeyh8747]

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Great reaction!

[@al_alemania]

Get ready!!! Chainsaw Man really begins Now

[@Lordmaster316]

No spoiler answer = the girl is only have Snake devil (what ever you call it) but not the Gun devil the Sword/Machete man said "i've heard that the gun devil want your heart" and he is with the girl with snake devil so he wont say "heard"

[@tooru44623244]

今回の話は面白くて気持ち悪くて美しくて、そして映画のようで全てがビックリしますね。

[@ash666pro]

6:55 hahahah 🗿🍷