The season 1 finale aired and today marks the final episode chainsaw man Tuesday. Our team of dirtbag protagonists has gone through a lot over the course of the series’ 12 short episodes, but none have suffered as much as Kobeni Higashiyama.
chainsaw man It tells the story of Denji, an unlucky teenage boy who until a few weeks ago thought he would die without ever touching his boobs. For the time being, he has merged with the Chainsaw Demon and is hired under the threat of death by the Japanese government to fight other demons. but at least he pretends to learn from it.
Kobei Higashiyama is not the main character. She is a Devil Her Hunter companion alongside Denji, but does not possess his Chainsaw Her Devil powers. In fact, she seems to have no power over her. Kobeni spends most of her time screaming and crying when confronted with the ultra-violence that Denji has grown accustomed to. If Denji’s journey is about discovering what modern life is, Kobeni’s life is a slapstick routine. She’s already trapped in the rat race. She doesn’t want to be there, but she has no choice. Her parents told her she needed to earn money to send her brother to college.
I’m sorry for Kobeni and the endless flow of misery she goes through, but I’ll take her around chainsaw man It’s like having a character from a Coen Brothers movie in my stylish, ultra-violent anime. She’s like a Brad Pitt character. burn when read, in that she doesn’t know what’s going on and is always in great danger, or like Barton Fink, she’s almost made the wrong choice, and in sweat, tears, or a mixture of both. Always inexplicably wet. Unlike her fellow Devil Hunters, she can’t even keep her cool at the sight of the otherworldly horrors she’s supposed to fight. She reacts like a normal schmuck. She cries and cries and begs for mercy.
The most laughable thing about Kobeni’s suffering to me is that she doesn’t even die. In the 1980s, nearly all of the devil hunters Kobeni knew were killed. But not Kobeni. She craves a sweet death hug, but instead has the privilege of waltzing until the final showdown of the season, with blood splattering on her face for her troubles. When asked why she keeps doing this job, she says the bonus is coming soon.
What Denji learned chainsaw man It’s commonplace in the modern world. Things that seemed magical before he became a Devil Hunter, such as touching his chest and playing with girls, weren’t as life-changing as he thought. , Denji may be on a journey of self-realization, but most of us watching are like Kobeni. The Universe never bends in a direction that guides our personal growth. We all have to keep doing shitty jobs until they kill us or get a bonus. No, but no grand destiny awaits her.
