The Unrelenting Horror of Santa Claus

[@MinniMaster]

I love how the title doesn't mention Chainsaw Man at all so it just seems like a video talking about how fucked up Father Christmas is

[@aswirlything5838]

I mean one of his first endeavors was yeeting money through a guys window. I'd be pretty freaked out too if some old schmuck were yeeting dollar bills at me while I'm sleeping too

[@zasherakhan6957]

i mean i guess if you cant see the thumbnail then ya

[@Ramsey276one]

Which version do you mean?

[@Bam_Bizzler]

@@aswirlything5838 money is money

[@tasse0599]

@@Ramsey276one Saint Nicholas of Myra

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

One thing worth adding, if we're talking about parallels between Makima and Santa Claus, is how both meet their end. The Doll Devil meets her end at the hands of a fiend she had completely ignored, the Cosmo fiend, while focused solely on Denji. Meanwhile, Makima meets her end at the hands of Denji, due to her being completely and totally focused on Chainsaw Man.

[@ethantg1373]

Not to mention the fact Denji beat her with a weapon also created by a fiend Makima thought was weak and ignored

[@benjamin-qn7nf]

@@ethantg1373 she kinda blew her up in half tho lol

[@nailinthefashion]

@@benjamin-qn7nf which is why she underestimated Power's power. "now that she's out of the way I can have what I want" arrogance is hard to write without it being super cheesy so Makima is one of my fave characters ever in manga

[@oliverlarosa8046]

Good point

[@Decaying_bacon]

​@@nailinthefashion ong so many characters arrogance is annoying it's like "I'm better because I'm better" someone who's arrogance is also done super well is aizen

[@TheKamster07]

I always wondered whether Tolka is feeling “guilt” towards Santa, or if it’s Santa feeling “guilt” for turning Tolka into a puppet. I feel like it might be the latter based off of Part 2 and how Asa feeling guilty makes weapons stronger, similar to how a perfect puppet can only be made when Santa feels guilty for turning the person into a puppet

[@zyonicyt]

Can you remind me why Tolka or Santa would be feeling guilt towards one another? I kind of forgot a lot of the details regarding that particular subplot.

[@TheKamster07]

@@zyonicyt I don’t really understand why Tolka would feel guilt towards Santa, maybe cause she’s going to be dying soon? Santa feels guilt towards Tolka because she is going to be turning him into a puppet. Kind of like how Asa’s weapons become more powerful if she feels guilty for turning the thing into a weapon

[@themrrental2509]

I always interpreted it as Tolka feeling guilt towards Denji. That's why Santa Claus spends so much time in their introductory chapter drilling it into Tolka's head that they're murdering a child for money.

[@TheKamster07]

@@themrrental2509 yahhhh your right, I forgot about that. I think that’s probably right

[@cloudbloom]

If I remember correctly, I don't think Asa needs to feel guilty in order for her weapon to be stronger, I believe she needs to become emotionally attached to the thing which she turns into a weapon. So it's more like the more she is sentimentality attached to something the stronger it will be as a weapon

[@wingadept8793]

In my opionion, Santa Claus was essentially a weaker version of Makima, given how her powers worked in regards to controlling others and whatnot, as well as factoring in how manipulative she was. She was Makima lite.

[@Ramsey276one]

A HINT to True Makima

[@abraham3673]

she was the closest to makima any human was capable of becoming. if it weren’t for denji, quanxi, and the cosmos fiend defeating her, i’m pretty sure she would still potentially be one of the most dangerous characters in the story. not one of the most powerful, but still.

[@thetetrisking]

diet makima

[@methatswho6299]

@@thetetrisking makima diet

[@rosyfeather468]

lite*

[@tuumef1799]

Santa Claus was one of the scariest antagonists simply because she knew how to flex with her powers. Thanks for the video. Merry Christmas 🎄.

[@livetochange974]

She literally died easily by a girl who screams Halloween lol

[@wubbzystache]

I might sound like a hater but I’m tired of anime fans calling antagonist scary💀 If you mean scary within the story then I guess. But some of y’all really make me think you deadass scared

[@kintsugittv2537]

@@wubbzystache You don't sound like a hater, just ignorant.

[@wubbzystache]

@@kintsugittv2537 how is that ignorance. Are you dumb? It’s like I can’t give an opinion🙉

[@kintsugittv2537]

@@wubbzystache You do realize that you are just embarrassing yourself at this point, right?

[@vortex-the-void]

Santa Claus was one of the scariest powers in CM

[@unique4mebiz441]

Nice video dude

[@vortex-the-void]

@@unique4mebiz441 what?

[@boredtv69420]

Nah cosmos is.

[@DIEFORME173]

@@boredtv69420 yea

[@Keagran]

@@boredtv69420 he said one of the scariest, not the scariest

[@jays.4969]

Revisiting this arc made me realize that the creepy “one for pleasure” line the old man has about the kids was intentional misdirection from Fujimoto. The idea of Santa Claus or an old man dressed up as Santa being a pedophile isn’t a terribly original when it comes to dark comedy- in fact, I think it’s a bit in an old Shane Dawson video- but if you’ve read Fire Punch (one of his other manga) you know Fujimoto isn’t afraid to go that route. A creepy old man being the villain is easy for the reader to believe & accept, especially since a lot of media (& even Fujimoto’s own work) that handles darker topics like child abuse & SA paints the same picture of an older male abuser & a younger female victim. However, like the rest of CSM, the Santa Claus reveal subverts our expectations and challenges our conceptions of who can be an abuser and who can be a victim. If Himeno and Makima were adult men and Denji was a teenage girl, both fans and in-universe characters alike would respond far more negativity to their sexual/romantic advances towards him, but just like the real Santa Claus who was actually controlling & manipulating her partner, people don’t expect female characters to be predatory. Women are expected to give rather than take, which is why Makima was able to hurt Denji the way she did. Whereas Denji was immediately put off by being offered unconditional support and help from Beam, another guy, he accepts whatever Makima has to give without a second thought. This is not to say Denji is sexist or anything, just that Makima purposely played into his expectations by giving him a happy & fulfilling life only to take it away and push him to his breaking point.

[@fernandosaldana8152]

Not reading allat 😂

[@kaashkz]

@@fernandosaldana8152 🤣

[@SatchPatch25]

This was a really good point. That "one for pleasure" line reallllyyy threw me for a loop, like "whoa what in tf is this man up to and who is he?"

[@palavrapormil699]

I thought the "for pleasure" line was a different misdirection, making us think Old Man SC is a pedophile, but Santa Clause actually had the intention of making even more perfect dolls.

[@abubakarmohamedsoderportgy9327]

@@palavrapormil699YES! It's this. Dont understand why people have a hard time understanding this xd.

[@ckrono944]

i'm sure Santa and Doll devil are the same entity. It seems something she wants to keep hidden since she talks about having a contract with him to quanxi but when in front of darkness she refers to herself as the doll devil, probably because it would be detrimental to lie to darkness. He is probably made of a consciousness spread between the perfect dolls

[@nailinthefashion]

It feels as though Cosmo was only able to seal one perfect doll, and so in that way, they could be written back in and smarter-- looking for a way to get the piece of darkness flesh back.

[@ckrono944]

@@nailinthefashion although having many bodies, all shared the same counsciousness, like an hive mind, and cosmo mind broke it all. It was the perfect counter

[@nailinthefashion]

@@ckrono944 but if that's true, I think it has more potential than that-- like the other ones would know she's about to get sealed so they blocked off that doll's mind, sacrificing the darkness flesh. We'll know once we see how he decides to bring the darkness devil back in, if at all, it could be a red herring but it felt like a chess move to me, letting a piece of darkness manifest more power

[@124085]

@@nailinthefashion I sincerely hope you're wrong, because her defeat was perfect. Bringing her back would only lessen her impact.

[@nailinthefashion]

@@124085 moreover, it would lessen Cosmo’s impact, who isn’t all powerful anyway, while making Santa creepier. But it doesn’t feel like that’s his direction, as we’re “up a level” in terms of devils now

[@proudfatherofadeadweightso5715]

Kinda would've liked her backstory but she works nonetheless , kinda felt as if darkness devil stole most of the spotlight from her in that arc but she for me exists as that borderline creepiness that exists between Eldritch horrors and street level villains , she hints that she has hundreds of thousands of puppets around the globe , every last one enough to take on her will ( just imagine that , a glooming darkness that lives forever and ever via puppet strings and can strike you anytime anywhere) She's a world ending threat if you think about it and Everytime she speaks it kind of comes unhinged terrifying

[@damonlam9145]

Plus she probably would have been an even bigger threat than Makima if she wasn't killed.

[@proudfatherofadeadweightso5715]

@@damonlam9145 I mean in hindsight the fucking president of USA thought he could only whimper in front of makima ( the whole gun devil incident is just him giving a last rebel against her control) before even he is just her dog whereas santa virtually wanted to rip the bitch apart , clearly she held more influence than literally world leaders through heavily shady means

[@damonlam9145]

@@proudfatherofadeadweightso5715 which is part of the reason I dislike how governments do their work.

[@watch6565]

@@damonlam9145I don't think she got killed more like got hit by a Halloween kamehameha which is a fate worse than death for most.

[@MCprincessgamer]

Kkkk gf yu

[@antr9162]

What a great Christmas gift

[@gggamer141]

Correct you are

[@MetiNotTheBadGuy]

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas this year!

[@rosemary_hope420]

You too! Merry Christmas!

[@clyde6876]

Merry Christmas everyone 💗

[@SeseOB2003]

It took me a second to realise why you did a video on Santa Claus today. I feel pretty stupid for that tbh…

[@tzeentchmundi44]

Halloween!

[@Crimzonbreaker]

I just realized Reze would probably just slap tf outta her. Santa isn't a skilled fighter, she was getting worked by Quanxi, and Reze creates fore/light in a way.

[@noahatkins8087]

I feel like Quanxi SLAUGHTERS Reze

[@JohnSmith-hk1fz]

Lol Quanxi would destroy Reze

[@ReiRB]

I don't think they're saying Reze is stronger than Quanxi. Quanxi who's not hard counter to the darkness devil still did decent damage to darkness enhanced Santa. And at the time Denji, who was easily killed by Quanxi, was the one to beat her by using light. Light's just a by product of Reze's abilities + she's good at a distance + she wouldn't really need to worry about saving civilians

[@Crimzonbreaker]

@@ReiRB Don't waste your breath. Clearly mfs just have no reading comprehension.

[@abraham3673]

@@ReiRB yeah, exactly. it’s not a linear progression of power, it’s like rock paper scissors. quanxi could probably beat reze, reze could probably beat darkness-enhanced santa claus, and santa claus was capable of withstanding quanxi.

[@SeseOB2003]

I re-read the international assassins arc in full colour, and it made me realise how cool Santa Claus was, including her fight with denji and Quanxi.

[@todo5183]

Where can I find the csm Manga in full color?

[@cat-pf1cp]

I wanna know too

[@you_gullible_fucc]

Are you just gonna casually say this without telling us where to look for the colored edition?

[@PlanetHell67]

Not providing sauce... Dick move bro... Dick move...

[@SeseOB2003]

@@PlanetHell67 I keep trying but it keeps being removed for some reason

[@wolfbane7497]

I think the moles on her face is a call back to jojo because Dio on his left ear has three moles. And in the JoJo manga it was stated that the three moles are. Significant of evil and good fortune meaning that Dio got very lucky.

[@Crimzonbreaker]

As a Jojo fan do you also enjoy Demon Slayer?

[@wolfbane7497]

@@Crimzonbreaker yup

[@sleepynako]

JOJO is amazing

[@joshuahandlen9885]

Mole placement is an aspect of Eastern mysticism in things like the Tung Shu, which is what Jojo itself was drawing from.

[@ItachiAnime1]

Exactly what I think was going on with the moles

[@flops1792]

to me the super doll version looks heavily inspired by coraline, you get the spider like aspect from mother, and the dollification of the button eyes too, with the blue hair, like if coraline had gotten buttoned and merged with the other mother

[@artificiallightk]

More on the guilt part, if i remember correctly when Angel touches people he steals time from them that he can then convert into weapons. We know he feels pretty bad about that so it looks like guilt does plays a major part in devil powers in general, i'm sure there are more examples if we look closely enough

[@nailinthefashion]

I bet that's part of why Pochita just wanted to live as a dog. He was tired of all the guilt of killing his "society" So now that Denji can do it for the greater good he's probably finally happy and doesn't want Denji to "open the door" to his old self that didn't know why he killed-- rather, knew why, but couldn't control himself Getting more Chainsaw devil lore is gonna be so heavy

[@anonymoususer9197]

Not to spoil so I'll be very vague but in part 2 of CSM a specific characters abilities are directly stated to correlate with guilt so going back and applying that logic to other characters it does make sense

[@ilovecody7514]

The international assassins arc was so cool, but seems to be overlooked. At least during most online discussions. It also has one of the coolest reveals with Cosmos.

[@nailinthefashion]

Even though I saw the Cosmo twist coming, it was still satisfying. Good writing is good

[@ctfbffsby]

It’s my fave

[@musicthatsit7325]

“The delicate and dangerous devil divination distributor disturbingly designing a definitive doll” interesting

[@JigokuShoujoYuki]

Honestly the most underrated villain in the series and my personal favorite

[@taefeb]

Fr!

[@livetochange974]

Explain why

[@AnlaVerse]

I would like to know why, her powers and set up are really cool but she is incredibly flat and basic as an antagonist, her motivation is to kill makima because her government ordered her to but we don't know anything about her and her feelings towards her job, powers and life. That's why i think every other major antagonist is better, those being katana man, reze, quanxi, makima and yoru. Hell, i think that even the inmortal brothers, yuko and even tolka are better than her.

[@JigokuShoujoYuki]

@@AnlaVerse I mean, you're not wrong in some things, that's why I said personal favorite, I don't think she was as well characterized as other villains, but I think the concept was very interesting and her doll contract specificly was very cool to see, and yes I think Fujimoto could've shown more about her to get into the character but that's the flaw of many characters in the first part, in Santa's case was that she was used more as a threat than as a character, you could almost say she was a devil herself and not a person. So with the word 'underrated' you could say I meant underrated even for the author himself, she's my no. 1 villain who I would love to see come back (although I doubt that's possible), so I can learn more about the character.

[@livetochange974]

@@JigokuShoujoYuki not really I just saw her as a side villain without much importance .her death was very simple and boring. She literally died by a idiotic girl screaming Halloween I mean how embarrassing Is that . And she got completely overshadowed by darkness devil entirely. she's forgettable hence why, not well written

[@cornerIV]

i honestly thought that santa WAS the doll devil, kinda like the Makima of Germany. also i would like to see a summary of the novel

[@wertm123]

I thought so too. And I honestly never found anything to disprove her being the Doll Devil. When she spoke through the Tolka doll she called herself the Doll Devil... I figured the reason she could make devil contracts is through her perfect dolls. Kinda like how Makima can do the same through the people she controls.

[@XaldinX]

Nah cause she made a contract with the darkness devil. She got to hell through the contract with that dude

[@brianford4914]

@@wertm123 There is a part of the manga where she says she made a contract with the Doll Devil. So yeah before that I was also confused if she was a devil too.

[@number-qx1kw]

@@brianford4914 which chapter ?

[@brianford4914]

@@number-qx1kw The chapter where she gets Halloween'd (I think it's 69 or 70)

[@DressedRunner]

Doll Devil and Control Devil also seems like a great parallel - both sort to manipulate others though through different means

[@woodfield1411]

Santa wasn't the actual doll devil through

[@Helena-zn6lz]

She is a very underrated character and villain in my opinion. I feel like people completely forgot her despite being the villain of the arc. Anyways I love her blue hair so much, she's so cute. Great video!

[@JackgarPrime]

Probably because that arc also features the Darkness Devil, which might be the biggest show stealer of the entire series, only needing a single scene to burn itself into the reader's brain.

[@Thearmyofsnipers]

The arc is so fast past and has like 5 antagonists doing something at the same time. I can't blame anyone for getting lost in the blur.

[@RequiemShin]

Probably my most favorite fight when Denji shows up. He goes above and beyond in living up to the hero of hell's name as the Chainsaw Man

[@3takoyakis]

I AM THE HERO OF LIGHT

[@Mary97574]

this REALLY helped me understand what was happening in that arc. nice video!

[@Kexaru]

I find it interesting how much of a chess Game was that arc. Public security never intended to protect Denji, their goal was Santa, a really powerful and dangerous entity under the orders of another country. While Santa's objective wasn't killing Denji, her goal was Makima, a really powerful and dangerous entity under the orders of another country. Maybe it's because of how "easy" Santa's defeat looks, but Santa was basically Germany's Makima. This arc could be resumed as "Makima vs Santa" and Makima "barely" won. Santa tried to use Hell and Darkness devil to kill Makima while Makima used Quanxi and Denji to "kill" Santa.

[@Kur.s]

Finally, Santa Claus might be the most underrated character in chainsaw man writing wise.

[@d.a.f.]

Masterfully written/spoken and edited analysis thanks for the vid!

[@specificdisc568]

Definitely talk about Buddy story’s your work gets me hyped up for reading the 2nd part

[@ivanjm2707]

Probably the funniest video to release this time of the year lmfao

[@nubocerbo]

Santa Claus' daisy chain possesion thing really freaked me out. It's like Invasion of the Bodysnatchers on steroids

[@Hromovlad1]

I really hope that is a season 2 of Chainsaw Man comes out, they will plan it out in such a manner than Santa Claus will debut in December

[@JWPainter]

I don't think season 2 is enough to adapt all of international assassination, they might just leave a huge cliffhanger just before the fight started.

[@FL_MENTALITY]

they should just make it part 2 of season 1 instead of another season. it would fit the manga better

[@Hromovlad1]

@@JWPainter it doesn't really have that many chapters

[@jamesjohnXII]

@@FL_MENTALITY it doesn't really matter how the episodes are segmented

[@imabanana2371]

@@JWPainternah season 2 can get to the end of part 1 tbh these arcs happen extremely fast

[@hoshghk]

This is how I interpreted it: Santa Claus doesnt have a "Real Body", it has grown to be a hivemind of perfect dolls and dolls, perfect dolls have been groomed into becoming such, and so require alot of time and energy to be made, and we know there are many of these spread through out the world. The woman is just one of these perfect dolls. We see tolka in a bed with teddy bears around him, so I do certainly think that Santa first takes children and raise them for years for the purpose of making one of these dolls, im not sure how that would work with an old man like the german one, so I must assume that this has been going on for a good while, expanding the hivemind slowly over decades. Unlike normal dolls, we see that Perfect dolls are all able to make contracts and retain some level of autonomy and self control. thats evident from the woman making a contract with the hell and curse devils, and with Tolka, now a perfect doll, being controled by makima into making a contract to take everyone back to earth. So that confirmed that these perfect dolls are still able to be just as human as any one, but are part of a collective hivemind that they call a family. You have an interesting point with santa claus being taken to the library of halloween, but the way I see it, like i said, even tho they are a hivemind to an unknown degree they still are treated as individual humans, yet that connection serves to share knowledge with eachother, so what I think happened, is that that one doll (the woman) did get her individual mind destroyed by the overwhelming knowledge of the universe, and that was shared amongst all dolls in the hivemind she was part of too. (assuming there could be more hiveminds, were other people to make a contract with the doll devil too). In other words, I dont think the woman is the "true body" of santa claus, just another one who was groomed into one, maybe the original body has been long gone and the hivemind survives on the perfect dolls created (after all even when the woman dies her dolls are still around) I just wish we could get more exposition on santa claus, I honestly found the woman so interesting both as a character and as a villain, that I was kinda sad taht we didnt even get as much as a first name to her. (me and my friend have taken to calling her Ekaterina or Katya just cuz we wanted her to have a name lol)

[@Armela17]

Ekaterina is good 👍 Is it a German or Russian name?

[@hoshghk]

@@Armela17 Ekaterina is the russian form of the name "Catherine"

[@JLacay]

The only thing that had me questioning Santa Claus is what did she had to exchange for receiving such a terrifying ability?

[@spand9043]

She is very ill so something to do with her health probably

[@Prince-Silly]

Chainsaw Heart, the ability is for killing Makima

[@hsd6716]

5 dollar

[@yaderx1]

@@Prince-Silly Pretty sure they're talking about her contract with the puppet devil, not the darkness devil.

[@Prince-Silly]

@@yaderx1 oh.... I always think she give her life, cuz there's no way a human could control such a massive power...

[@jilliancrawford7577]

Santa's doll devil form really reminds me of that one painter that survived the holocaust and ww2 and painted morbid alginations of thin bodies and monsters. I don't recall his name though, but hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about! His pieces were a way for him to cope with his traumas and express the horrors of war he witnessed and lived through. If I knew more about him off the top of my head, I could probably find more connections and share my theory a little better.

[@scarfie5877]

Zdzisław Beksiński?

[@TheDonLemonSnickety]

That’s the guy

[@jaysonata3211]

19:45 Buddy Stories would be great to see

[@aroncondorchoa989]

But in the end, Halloween was better than Christmas.

[@HurricaneDDragon]

I honestly hope Santa Claus doesn’t return. Her defeat was so powerful, satisfying, and final to me.

[@rickrogan2355]

So like, just now a thought appeared. Devils in Chainsaw man are based on the fears of humans, bigger the fear stronger the devil. So the saying "We have nothing to fear except fear itself" popped into my head. Do you think there is a "FEAR" devil? And to that end who do you think would be stronger Darkness Devil or Death Devil?

[@umbrancoven3526]

i feel like chainsaw man is one of the only stories that confuses me the more i see stuff about it. i might have to just watch it lol

[@brooklynalcott1867]

Makimas chains ⛓️ reminds me of how each person puts their hand on someone's shoulder then the next person touches someone else shoulder and so on to dollifying reminds me of a chain of sorts.

[@scraggybeard]

I like how during the usual "Meti alliteration" at the start of the video, you only showed SC herself at the end. A nice tying in of the character's themes into the video's editing.

[@Shaaake]

Was wondering when someone would make a video specifically for Santa Claus, glad it ended up being u who made one of the first. Also, was waiting for the next csm targeted vid, so this was perfectly timed! Thx babe :)

[@Styxin]

Let me be honest, before I read chainsaw man manga, this video was the most confusing and absolutely terrifying video I ever saw recommended to me

[@nailinthefashion]

LOL

[@itsmeanunoriginaljoke431]

11:05 I guess you could say they inherit the will of The Boss.

[@yoboimit9395]

I'd be quite interested in hearing your takes on the light novel

[@HopeYukizmizu]

she is cute

[@kaizze8777]

I think the way Denji killed Santa Klaus by burning himself was a direct reference with Fire Punch, also a Tatsuki Fujimoto manga

[@isabellamorris7902]

I also see a lot of the Other Mother from Coraline in the Doll Devil's design

[@Heavenly_Demon_God]

Funny to think that Halloween is inmune to Gojo's domain

[@muadgeGeam]

i would love to hear about Hirofumi Yoshida when we get to know him better ;)

[@wonderofu3292]

Santa Claus was really a major part into solidifying the International Assassins arc as one of the best if not best arcs in Chainsaw Man

[@TeresayaKitsune]

I really want to hear about the Buddy Stories light novel. I had never even heard of it before...

[@aestheticswim3397]

i loved the mgsv video, i really wish for a video about the cruel fate of paz Ortega

[@matt_sa]

Those presents gave me PTSD.. and those elves.. dear lord.

[@princess__error9681]

I thought this was going to be about how scary Saint Nick was. Santa Claus is scary both the puppet master and the one that sneaks in to your house to leave gifts.

[@usedtissuepaper42]

unrelated question: when a Devil is consumed and their fear erased, does it actually change history? because stuff like the Nazis and nuclear weapons apparently don’t exist anymore. but history is extremely delicate; even one changed event could result in the present being significantly different. the Nazis and nuclear weapons are _major_ parts of history, and if those don’t exist, the present world and politics of Chainsaw Man should be vastly different from ours. the only notable difference in that world that I recall is that the Soviet Union never collapsed, but that’s only one difference.

[@mongodroid4842]

yes and no, people's perception of history likely changes to accomodate a reality where people don't know what a holocaust is, but the Holocaust still canonically happened and Auschwitz is still a thing that exists because of this, alongside other factors, the USSR still exists in chainsaw man, despite the fact that it takes place in 1997 and the USSR disbanded in 1991

[@moetezouelhazi5699]

I think it's more like it's removed from the collective consciousness, think like the Royal Titan mass memory manipulation ability in AOT. When pochita devours a devil it's probably poofed out of everyone's memories.

[@johnkeheno748]

I've read Chainsaw Man over 3 times and I always appreciate these videos analysing characters and the series selectively. Santa Claus was the most unpredictable thing I've read or watched and I usually see things coming a kilometre away. It's so well handled. I'm still reading Fire Punch, so I'm still not quite familiar with the way Fujimoto writes but it is brilliant from how Chainsaw Man went and how Fire Punch is currently going. Great video as usual, I'll always appreciate these as they give so much more insight when seen from other people's perspectives and analysis.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

For me it’s the darkness devil. I stopped reading part 2 in the middle of the fall devil (just gonna binge it) but those primitive fear devils seem insane lol

[@gooddayz8347]

This is hands down my favorite arc! I feel it was a bit rushed though. Can’t wait to see it in the anime

[@ayodeledare8724]

Please talk to us about the Chainsaw man Buddy Stories!

[@theundeadcactus6194]

I think the connections to American Mcgee's Alice series is an especially interesting detail to the character of Santa Claus. As if you didn't know, the main villain of the second game,Alice Madness Returns, is a being known as "The Dollmaker". I would be very surprised if Fujimoto didn't use this as an inspiration for the doll devil's design and abilities.

[@theundeadcactus6194]

Not to mention the themes of manipulation and abuse present in the series, especially in the sequel and the upcoming prequel

[@FirePuncher183]

She was really evil but I can understand her desire to kill Makima

[@3to4characters]

Genuinely thought that you were going to say Santa Claus (the real one kinda, not from csm) originated from like a horror story in ancient Japan, I was wondering what the thumbnail was about, and it took me 40 seconds to realise this channel was meti's.

[@davidbustamante4737]

it's no mistake that Christmas was defeated by Halloween, the winter holiday has been over-stereotyped by commercialism with little room for growth, Halloween on the other-hand has infinite form and ultimately overwhelms Santa Claus. 🎃> 🎄

[@lawgx9819]

wait this isn't about christmas

[@EnkiDagda]

I believe the confrontation between Makima and Santa Is a battle of dreams, both formulating their owns aspirations and the expectation for their puppets, but Denji is enlightened by the flame of knowledge like the prometheus myth and turn be able to walk a little in the fraction of darkness(the unknown, but he reminds his power is limited and the bigger the light the biggest is the shadow he makes.

[@McBehrer]

10:00 see, I interpreted that differently. I read it as, SHE felt guilt, for lying to and manipulating him, and betraying him to turn him into a puppet

[@nailinthefashion]

I think that that's what the mangaka meant. So it was like an ironic lesson, a last curtain reveal before she turned him

[@Jetblck]

It makes me sad that so many people dont even remember Santa Claus, it's such a good character

[@Evadann]

I had no idea Fujimoto took inspiration from Dororo! Love that story~

[@ijneb1248]

That mf always hopping down chimneys uninvited

[@srensen9948sander]

Please talk more about the light novel, didn't know it exists

[@djalmadevil]

Yo, if I may suggest a video theme for you, what about an anaalysis of the justice devil? Their role could've been filled by any other devil, and yet the choice does seem somewhat deliberate. But I have not yet managed to fully comprehend what their motivations were and why did their powers manifest like they did in the manga

[@nailinthefashion]

I think he was inspired by Wonder Woman's lasso of truth a bit. A whip is accurate, versatile. It also resembled a tapeworm, a parasite. Justice isn't always fair, but without it siphoning off excess evil, we'd collapse. It preys upon people who felt alienated, that felt like society owed them. It's powerful stuff-- you should Google the mangaka's interviews. He's deep

[@malachifromthefuture8936]

If you can read German you know Santa Clauses plan before the reveal

[@NarakunoHana100]

i JUST finished this arc a few days ago, i was on the edge of my seat the entire time

[@pyroboy417]

S3 of CSM is gonna be WILD

[@cade4505]

I just love how persona music can pretty much fit with anything

[@MaxSMoke777]

It's a humorous concept, pushed in Anime and Manga, that Teenagers REMOTELY understand the depths of despair or the true savagery of human emotions. Highschool nonsense is silly absurdity compared to the unrelenting adult world.

[@Zhizu778]

Absolutely the cheekiest upload date for this

[@BakaryD]

My favorite antagonist in part 1, the transformation had an amazing design

[@krazy167]

This a great surprise!, Also when i first read read the manga the doll devil santa claus was so scary

[@JohnQ5]

I'll happily watch a video on Buddy Stories.

[@dejinnthedjinn5311]

Merry Christmas everyone! But let's hope y'all never see this Santa Claus ever.

[@zerozero9594]

Good choice of bgm, a fan of persona as well

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

7:20 isn't this from that Nier automata music video?

[@Shizkeb]

Can someone explain why the cosmos devil just makes you think of Halloween? I get that that’s the point but is there like an actual connection between Halloween and the cosmos or is that actually just bs meant to confuse us.

[@heilamwether8911]

12:33 this makes me question: if she is able to make hybrids into dolls, how, and what process would it take? Also, if that’s the case, why doesn’t denji turn into a doll? And if it was due to the fire condition, does it have foreshadowing implications for part 2’s eternity devil arc?

[@dudeup1]

Fujimoto be like "I'm not explaining shit, you figure it out"

[@damonlam9145]

If you think about it Santa Claus would have been an even bigger threat than Makima herself, if she was still alive.

[@IronyOfNadir]

The ability to change her consciousness alternate bodies of different nationalities is insane

[@bakaookami2310]

didn't even realize 1 % of this while reading it, but good for you

[@solidskullz5736]

This is the Santa Claus I don’t want leaving presents under my tree

[@t.o.p6849]

Merry christmas

[@motivated_at_midnight]

The frog gave me goosebumps😅

[@RedShadowAMV]

Merry Christmas!

[@looniemoonie5955]

Her devil design actually reminds me a lot of Tsutomu Nihei's designs from Blame and Aposimz

[@GINGI9519]

This was a fantastic video

[@crash64-]

...See I love the analysis, but almost all of her character feels in reference to Coraline? The changing of the eyes, the spider-like form similar to the witch in that movie. Dark blue hair, large eyes, seeks a newer life, and the focus on her near immortality. Similar to the witch but with the design of Coraline (also, brightly colored clothes to mirror their hair. Coralines yellow / blue to Claus' purple / orange)

[@Heli-draws]

Halloween

[@lahellight4337]

this has got to be THE WORST take on this manga and its characters.. "inspired by funroku doll making? silent hill??? Dororo?.. SALLY THE STUPID RAGDOLL??? is this dufus just listing any movie with a doll in it?? the very concept of puppeteering have been dated back to at least 5th century bc! The MYOPIC notion that fujimoto would be influenced by his VERY small list of cultural reference and tryin to narrow fujimoto's influence is ASININE AT BEST. the sheer arrogance to think someone else would only be limited to your own set of influences ... WHILE in a complete different culture and media exposure is ASTOUNDINGLY HORRIFIC in this video.

[@thehooded-guru]

I will let her peg idc, by GOD I DON'T CARE I WILL LE-

[@thehooded-guru]

I'm not the same man I was a few minutes ago, I apologize. 🙇🏿‍♂

[@thommsen8158]

Duden fujimoto likes coralline , that’s so cool 😮