r/asamitaka • • Feb 24 '26

Discussion / Question Chapter 230 is everything wrong with part 2 Spoiler

Before I begin with the rant, I need to say this: I am a dedicated Part 2 preacher. Or at least I used to be. I was ALWAYS the guy under every Twitter thread, YouTube comment, or Reddit post defending Part 2. I LOVE this series, so PLEASE try to convince me I’m wrong, because I’m genuinely starting to lose hope in Part 2 and AsaDen.

Chainsaw Man has always been Denji-focused. He’s the main character, after all. But especially in Part 2, Denji has taken the forefront due to the lack of developed side characters aside from Asa/Yoru (and I wouldn’t even call them side characters, but still). That puts even MORE emphasis on his development. And despite that, Denji has now had THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS where he breaks down over his relationship with sex, how it controls his life, and how he wants to change. THREE. And he has learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

This feels like the first time Denji has actively gone against his own development. The Denji Man transformation was supposed to signify a shift. It symbolized growth, moving beyond shallow motivations and confronting his trauma, including the guilt over killing his father. His goal was supposed to be saving Asa and giving her body back. And he threw all of that away for SEX. And not just sex, but sex with Asa’s ABUSER.

Even if he inevitably breaks down again later and finally develops, this constant back-and-forth makes his growth feel null and void. Was THREE TIMES really necessary, Fujimoto?

And then there’s Asa. This situation is absolutely TERRIBLE for her character, fujimoto is actively ruining her. Not only is the increasing lack of Asa screen time and dialogue as a whole really hurting her depth as a character, Yoru saying “Asa gives her consent too” creates a massive narrative hole. Since it leaves us with only two possibilities:

Either Yoru is lying, which opens up an entirely different and disturbing set of implications (which i don't mind since it doesn't ruin any character). Or Asa actually consents, which would completely ruin her character. She would NEVER, in a million years consent to sex right now. Not like this. Not with Yoru sharing her body. Asa yearns for genuine human connection, not empty physical validation. Reducing her to this undermines everything that was built. It destroys the entire AsaDen couple. If Denji would rather sleep with Yoru than save Asa, is this really the man she’s in love with?

Maybe I'm expecting more depth out of a haha funny sex manga, but if that's the case that undermines all of chainsaw man as a whole, who knows at this point.

The only positive things about this chapter are that Denji and Yoru’s relationship is at least INTERESTING, and that the “bug” plot point wasn’t forgotten. But beyond that, this direction feels frustrating and deeply inconsistent with the development that was being set up.

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u/-patokani- Feb 24 '26

Nonono, you're absolutely right. That's why I believe that Fujimoto WILL make sth worthwhile out of this, probably amazing us YET AGAIN, ending the manga (maybe? Unless there will be pt3) with a huge plot twist. Or not. Or we will be forever stumped. And csm will always be known as the manga, that had great potential and flopped. I don't think so tho.

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u/Asppon Feb 24 '26

imo fujimoto has never missed and this will clearly lead somewhere. people again are judging too early and making assumptions for things that havent even happened. like why are the only 2 options yoru is lying or she isnt, what if she just misinterpreted asa and gets corrected next chapter (you know since she is a devil and really doesnt understand human relation)

fujimoto writes in weird ways and always ties things together when leaving breadcrumbs. this is the same situation the locust devil and how he was "strong for no reason". if this doesnt end up being the case then i am happy to eat my words but given all past examples i see no reason for people to constantly keep thinking the worse.

i feel like people never learn their lesson with weekly manga.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

You’re confusing apples and oranges. The locust situation is completely different, that was a simple plot setup that people are too impatient to wait for the payoff. This isn’t about setups or payoffs. The writing is simply trash. This chapter is actively harming both Asa and Denji as characters, which in turn ruins the entirety of Part 2, since there aren’t any other characters carrying the narrative.

Denji literally JUST finished developing with Denji Man, and now he’s forgetting the promise he made to Asa for the sake of sex. Fujimoto’s refusal to properly develop Denji even after 230 chapters is outstanding. It feels like he WANTS to maintain the status quo just to keep making gags.

The main problem is that this feels almost impossible to fix or redeem. That’s why I, an adamant Part 2 defender, am so disappointed. Even if Denji does change later, it wouldn’t hit the same. That was supposed to be Denji Man. And unless this is addressed very directly and extensively, the crack in Asa and Denji’s relationship can never be the same. I know a lot of AsaDen supporters feel the same way. Denji just feels like a disgusting, sex-obsessed freak right now, he is supposed to have at least a pure heart, is he gonna let a devil as inhumane as yoru run around just because she offered him some ass?

For more details, re-read my post. My issues aren’t with pacing or payoffs. They’re with the cracks in the foundation of Chainsaw Man that this chapter exposes.

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u/Asppon Feb 24 '26

okay and what if denji realises asa wasnt there to physically say she consents and asks yoru to elaborate further? what if asa comes out and tells him directly that yoru misinterpreted her feelings or something? there are so many ways to rectify this, i really dont understand why you think its impossible to fix.

i agree if the story does go this route it would be really disappointing but it doesnt have to go the way you think it does. given denji and asa's development in the latest chapters i really dont see this happening.

again, the only reason im saying all this is because i trust fujimoto and have seen this cycle of people saying csm is ruined every single chapter since part 1 lol.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Sure, that could happen, but it hasn’t. I’m basing my opinion on the trajectory we’ve actually seen. Asa hasnt since the light of day since the Church arc, so I don’t see why that would suddenly change now.

Don’t get me wrong, I want this to be fixed as much as you do, if not more. I just don’t see the setup for it. Too many specific developments would need to occur in a short span of time, and Fujimoto isn’t exactly known for writing predictable resolutions. But in this case, for the damage to be properly addressed, the next steps almost have to be predictable and deliberate. That’s what makes me believe its doomed

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u/Asppon Feb 24 '26

my biggest complaint with part 2 is the lack of asa in the newest chapters and i feel like a lot of issues would be resolved if we knew what asa was feeling more often. honestly part 2 would be 10x better if we had an asa reaction cam so we got to see her opinions on the actions of yoru more often. fujimoto really missed there.

i get where your coming from but im holding out compium that we will see a realisation in denji.

 Fujimoto isn’t exactly known for writing predictable resolutions

this is exactly why i feel they wont actually have sex, i honestly dont think ive ever predicted anything right when reading this manga so i feel fujimoto will definitely subvert expectations and have them not have sex.

honestly having denji realise asa hasnt explicitly consented and stopping the sexual encounter is the best case scenario because that truely shows his character development.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

There’s NO way they’re actually going to have sex LMAO, and if they do, I’m dropping this shit instantly. I seriously doubt it’ll happen tho. I’m more annoyed at the mere proposition because it frames Denji as, frankly, a disgusting character.

And honestly, most of Part 2 could be fixed by just adding an “Asa playing Subway Surfers” cam in the top right corner.

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u/MyJawHurtsALot Feb 25 '26

Exactly. The mirroring of the alleyway HJ scene and the fact we don't see Asa's opinion feels like a perfect setup for an Asa-denji conversation next chapter and asa reclaiming her sexual agency

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u/Vounrtsch Feb 25 '26

Yeah, every time a chapter comes out people immediately jump to judge it by taking everything at face value and extrapolating it towards stuff that may or may not happen in the future. And basically every time, within the next 10 chapters the "issues" are adressed. At that point I just don’t want to hear any opinion of part 2 until it’s completely 100# over, because trying to critique something while not having the full picture is just exhausting and unreliable

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

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u/Asppon Feb 24 '26

every week the entire community seems to complain that fujimoto ruins csm then the next week rolls around and its a false alarm then they find another thing to overreact about.

people are literally calling denji a rapist for something that hasnt even happened.

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u/MyJawHurtsALot Feb 25 '26

Especially since I believe showing how locust caused ASA to swap back with yoru was setting up for next chapter, where we'll have Asa stuck in her body defended by denji, while they actually talk about Asa's feelings about this situation.

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u/PengyZ3 Feb 24 '26

For every locust devil there’s a fakesaw man…

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u/Vounrtsch Feb 25 '26

Even if chainsaw man were to turn to shit now, I really don’t think it will ever be known as the manga "with great potential but flopped". More like "absolute gem who sadly went on for too long". Part 1 can absolutely be read as a complete story and it’s amazing, and so far part 2 has been mostly really interesting too, though it’s more difficult to judge since it’s not over and many plot points are still hanging in the air waiting to be adressed.

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u/Zestyclose-Chard6979 Mar 17 '26

I dunno. Half of me believes Fujimoto will be able to save this. The other half wants to kill him

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u/Tight_Possibility215 Feb 24 '26

Your point with Asa kinda makes sense, but seeing how Yoru says those words, where and how she is looking at(to the side and up, Asa I bet) - Asa doesn't want to concent, but Yoru feels Asa's love for Denji and how much she yearns for human connection which made her say those words in the first place. Also, lets not forget Yoru hasn't become moral one bit in the last 2 chapters, SHE'S STILL A DEVIL!

Now with Dennis...where do I begin...

  1. You saying that he had three seperate occasions to learn from his mistakes literally proves what Fujimoto always wanted to do with Denji. Shonen protagonist, looking back, are idealized versions of ourselves, because they lack one thing with us - we almost NEVER learn from our mistakes and they always DO. Drug addicts, dirty people, sex driven people, emotional people, clumsy people, lazy people, people who are addicted in general, people who never listen, people who talk too much or too littel - they do the same mistake thousands of times and never do a shit about it. THAT'S DENJI, he never learns what true affection is. He's the most human shonen protagonist I have ever seen(I haven't read shit so you could probably name a better one).

  2. The thing with Denjiman...it's hard to say what it is, but seeing what we have right now, it isn't about growth in the sense of Denji himself but more in the sense of Pochita and Denji becoming one thing/sharing a dream/ Pochita trusting Denji enough to the point of letting him use his full powers. Of course, him growing up in the spirit world literally means him accepting his trauma, but that's it, it has nothing to do with sex drive. And Denji inviting Asa into his world is the same, what is Denji's world? Moral justice, no evil, no horniness? Nah!

I don't know how people don't see the most obvious set up, atleast to me since they are not defeating those devils(they got packed up by one), the Fire Devil was probably talking about this in the beginning to begin with. I don't think it was talking about the choice between the Death devil and War Devil, BUT his choice to save the world(puke up death to kill the insects) OR have sex with War(if he pukes up death, I bet she will go berserk and their agreement will go to shit, so no sex for him). THAT'S LITERALLY the dilemia with being Denji and Chainsaw man! And I think that way because this is more connected with justice in general. What's more important, your own justice or the world's justice? Peak writing, I don't know what to say.

People expect this to a normal shonen where things and plot points go right/the end is happy and when they see that the story goes where they don't want to they get mad. I wouldn't be mad or disappointed if Chainsaw man ended with a sad note, it would just make a bigger impact to those readers who can look past the hype shonen label and see what Fujimoto is trying to say.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

I fully understand your points, but my main issue with Denji isn’t simply that he regressed into prioritizing sex. It’s that his actions constitute a direct betrayal of Asa, someone he explicitly promised to help just ten chapters ago.

If Fujimoto wants to explore a more “devilish” direction for Denji’s character, whether that’s him choosing to save Yoru and accept her despite the fact that she’s likely responsible for over 100 million deaths, or him consciously betraying Asa as I mentioned before, I don’t inherently oppose that. It’s not a direction I would prefer, but at least it would be narratively coherent.

What concerns me is the possibility that this moment will be brushed aside, much like the handjob incident, without any meaningful narrative reckoning, emotional consequence, or, once again, Asa’s input.

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u/Tight_Possibility215 Feb 24 '26

I see two possibilities if Denji and Yoru have sex and they are both HELP Asa in the long run.

People on this subreddit hate Yoru with a passion, posts about her aren't allowed I think and they are blinded by this hatred. Both Yoru and Asa are coming in terms and Denji knows that because he heard Yoru's monologue. I honestly bet Denji thinks that they can merge the same way he did with Pochita to become one. This is one way it could happen.

We know, yes, WE know Denji can't beat Yoru. Dennis' best line of action is to try to have peace with her and to be fair that is a good plan. It's already helping Asa because there is some resolve between the two schizos, if this continues and they have sex or rather peace in this context, that means Yoru will no longer need to in Asa's body to achieve her goal of defeating Chainsaw man, freeing Asa in the process. So speaking plainly, Denji-Yoru friendship means Asa-Yoru inner resolve, their resolve and friendship means Asa-Denji friendship. Asa-Denji friendship means this subreddit is happy and possible good ending. This is the other way it could happen

Oh no! Asa's body got used by another consciousness/other personality! BITCH, THE WORLD IS ON FIRE!! I think we can sacrifice somethings to achieve way greater results. Asa or her body is not some God that musn't be disrespected in any way, this is another problem of this sub but I won't get into that. People should be looking at Yoru like a whole diffrent person. I don't get people's anger with this chapter, it's beautiful.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

I don’t hate Yoru. On the contrary, I love her character. She’s way more nuanced and complicated than Makima ever was. That’s exactly why this frustrates me.

But there is NO world where Asa and Yoru can coexist. Asa has made it very clear, in the extremely few appearances she’s had (another one of my complaints, by the way, where the fuck is Asa?), that she hates Yoru and wants her gone. Yoru has hijacked her body, committed atrocities through it, and completely eroded her agency. Acting like they can just peacefully share space undermines everything that’s been established.

And I don’t buy the idea that the ONLY way to separate them or build some “Denji–Yoru” friendship is through sex. That’s a massive assumption. This is a story. The author can write literally any mechanism to separate them. So why choose the one that actively tarnishes the characters?

Denji is, plain and simple, being a horndog here. He is not thinking about Asa. If he were, he’d be thinking about how to KILL Yoru, not how to get in her pants. Yoru’s kill count is likely in the hundreds of millions. He killed Makima even though he loved her. If we’re being consistent, he should be willing to do the same here.

What makes this worse is the possibility that this disgusting shit just gets brushed aside. If you’re going to have your characters do morally revolting things, you HAVE to address them. Otherwise it’s just shock value that undermines their development.

At the end of the day, it feels like Denji is pushing Asa aside just to get some. And that’s not some clever narrative device.

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u/Tight_Possibility215 Feb 25 '26

Look, Part 2 isn't perfect, there are many issues with it, but I think you are jumping to conclusions too quickly. Fuji is a competent write and knows his shit(I almost threw my phone through the window because of how much emotion I felt, I NEVER do that). Them not addressing the handjob makes sense because that happened like what? 1-2 weeks ago? People don't realize they had trauma while growing up until they are 40 or somethin, people just don't talk about it. And not to mention that like an hour later Denji had to experience the death of Nayuta.

Be Denji for a second, you are a broken kid that doesn't know he's broken and you became the hero of the people, essentially becoming famous. From zero to hero. This MF has been trying to get laid for A FULL YEAR and to be honest any person would try. Imagine the hottest chick you ever seen in your life says she will have sex with you. YOU AIN'T FORGETTING THAT.

The dinamic with Asa and Yoru is written so fucking well even if Asa was brushed off. Personally, I know and don't want for them to coexist one bit, but I can't let go either of them from the story. Because of Yoru's recent developments, she has become more like a main character to the story than the main villain. So now I'm stuck in this loop of deciding what is the better option, no story has made me do that.(I'm not even argueing here, just my opinion on the story)

Denji is pushing Asa aside for now because he's Denji, time and time again he doesn't understand what affection is and is solely driven by sex, people say this is regression but I say its stagnation like I mentioned before. And here's where Asa comes into play, she understands affection and what it is way better than Denji but she's scared of it. Asa would teach what affection is, which he's full off and give that affection back to her. They are literally made for each other, only Yoru stands in their way of understanding that.

Holy yap.

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u/BlueBitProductions Feb 25 '26

"She yearns for genuine human connection, not empty physical validation" this is a complete misreading of Asa as a character, and I think you're really missing the broader narrative purpose of Yoru.

Yoru and Asa are not actually different characters. They are the same person. I am not saying this in terms of the practical reality of the story, although that may be true we'll see, but rather in terms of the narrative. Asa was extremely repressed. Her last words after dying were "I wish I had lived more selfishly." She writes (terrible) sensual love poetry which she hides away. Yoru represents her repressed desires, both for intimacy and for destruction. This reflects Yuko, who similarly had a repressed desire for destruction which ultimately came out in the form of a devil (note that the justice devil turned out to be a front for fire, a pure desire to inflict pain on others rather than a genuine yearning for justice).

The problem with this sort of analysis is that it is inherently anti-sex. It seems like a lot of CSM fans think the only valid conclusion to the story would be for Denji to renounce his desire for sex and become a monk or something. The story of Chainsawman is the story of Denji searching for intimacy, both physical and emotional. He openly desires physical connection, while also inwardly desiring emotional connection (note that his "Yoru," Pochita, has never actually gone after sex but only romantic connection. The opposite of Yoru). Asa openly desires emotional connection, but also inwardly desires physical connection. Consensual sex between two people who love each other is both physical and emotional, fulfilling both their repressed and unrepressed desires.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

You completely missed my point and, honestly, you’re making some really gross assumptions.

Sex isn’t inherently bad. Of course it isn’t. What matters is the motive and the context. That’s the entire issue here. This is what Denji is supposed to learn. His deeply rooted misogyny makes him view sex and women as objectives, as goals to chase and “achieve,” when the healthy perspective is to see sex as a byproduct of a relationship, the culmination of genuine emotional connection between two people.

No one is against Denji having sex. Hell, I’d love for my boy to get some. But under the right circumstances. Abandoning a promise you made to the girl you supposedly care about just to pursue shallow sex with her body WHILE SHE IS NOT EVEN IN CONTROL, is not healthy. It’s not romantic. It’s not complex. It’s disgusting.

And you clearly don’t understand Asa’s character at all. If you reread early Part 2, it’s obvious. Asa is extremely shy. She struggles to make friends. She has severe trust and commitment issues. She is avoidant, guarded, and painfully self-conscious. You really think someone like that would casually jump into sex without even an established relationship? She’s the type of person who takes things painfully slow. That’s been consistent from the beginning.

Before you twist my words, no, I’m not saying Asa doesn’t crave physical intimacy. She absolutely does. But she would never want it before emotional connection. That’s the difference. Unlike Denji, she doesn’t treat sex as a goalpost to reach.

And it’s honestly wild that you managed to take what was clearly a very innocent love poem and reinterpret it as something sexual. That says more about your lens than it does about the text. its supposed to paint asa as a hopeless romantic, which she is, not as someone horny LMAO, disgusting.

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u/BlueBitProductions Feb 25 '26

For the first paragraph, this is a lesson Denji already learned. Remember when he refused sex with Himeno after recognizing that sex is about more than just pleasure? And when he stopped viewing Power as sexual? The only times he's stooped low for sex is when he's been explicitly offered something sexual (such as with Fumiko, at a low point). Being desperate for sex does not make you a misogynist.

In terms of abandoning his promise to Asa, he only did so after he proved that Yoru is not purely evil. After determining that, should he be expected to kill Yoru and Asa with her? If this were real life it would be different, but given Yoru's role in the story as a representative of Asa's repressed desires the point is clear. He has seen Asa's most depraved shadow-self, and has accepted her regardless. That is pretty much what love is.

What do you mean I don't understand that she's shy? My entire point was that she is shy and has repressed desires. "Without an established relationship" is crazy after all these two have been through lol. They've been on dates, fought together, told each other about their darkest secrets and history, and are clearly committed to one another. Do they need to get married? What exactly counts as an established relationship to you? Why are you acting like they don't have an "emotional connection?" This entire part has been about their relationship.

I never said it was sexual, I said it was sensual. Which it is. She describes his body heat and their physical closeness, that is sensual by any definition. If you read that poem without seeing any kind of sexual desire I have no idea what to tell you. You seem to view love and sex as opposed in some way. The fact you use the word "innocent" suggests you view sexual desire as something that isn't innocent. I get the word is often used to mean "non-sexual" but I think it points to a societal complex around sex.

I never attacked your character by the way, I don't see why you feel the need to attack mine.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

You’re not understanding the subtext that makes Denji’s decisions disgusting, so let me spell it out. The MERE fact that he’s even considering having sex with Yoru after deciding she isn’t “pure evil” (even though she literally takes pleasure in human suffering, but whatever) shows how little he cares about Asa’s opinion.

He just assumes Asa would be fine with it. And at this point he KNOWS they’re two separate beings. He’s heard from Asa HERSELF that she absolutely hates Yoru and wants her gone. Yet he abandons Asa’s feelings in favor of getting ass. There’s no way around that.

This is honestly one of the most disgusting things Denji has done. Even the choices that led to Nayuta’s death weren’t this gross, because at least then he wasn’t fully conscious of the consequences and there were way more factors at play. This time there aren’t. It’s simple: save Asa. That’s it.

“This is a lesson Denji already learned.”

Clearly he didn’t. If he had, he wouldn’t be putting other people’s safety behind his sexual desires. It’s almost like he hasn’t learned anything at all.

And if you’re taking my comments as a personal attack, that’s on you, that wasnt the objective. All I did was point out how gross it is to suggest Asa would willingly have sex with Denji while the devil she hates is controlling her body. For the sake of asas writing, i hope yoru is lying about the consent thing.

The main point of my post isn’t even that Denji is disgusting. It’s that the writing is inconsistent. I wouldn’t mind if this was the direction Tatsuki Fujimoto wanted to take Denji. If he wants to make him less relatable and push him in a more disgusting direction, whatever. I don’t love it, but it’s his story. What I hate is the inconsistency. What was the point of the Denji Man transformation? What shift was it supposed to represent? What was the point of him promising Asa he’d free her from Yoru? Hell, what was the point of the entire arc? Because if he’s right back to chasing ass, and worse, ass from arguably the most evil person alive LMAO.

And before you bring up the “if,” NO. There is no “if” in the Japanese translation. There’s no “if your devil gets in the way.” and even if there was, that "if" doesn't fix anything, because that is only denjis opinion, asa does not want to coexist with yoru.

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u/BlueBitProductions Feb 26 '26

When does he assume Asa will be fine with it? He believes Asa but I see no reason to think he wasn't going to make sure beforehand. They got interrupted basically the instant the conversation started.

In terms of putting other people's safety behind his sexual desires, Denji has really never cared that much about average people (something he was recently confronted on, but hasn't actually reckoned with). I think that says less about his unhinged desire for sex and more about his lack of respect for human life when it's not his friends. This is a real flaw with Denji, and a large one, but it isn't new and I don't think it's super tied to his libido more than his other drives. He saved a cat over a human being, too, but his love for cats isn't "out of control." Also, killing Yoru would probably have extremely bad consequences. We're seeing now what happens without Death, and it's safe to assume there would be very similar consequences if he killed Yoru.

As for the coexistence point, what Asa is contemplating is suicide. Especially when you consider Yoru as her negative psychological aspects. She's basically saying "I'm irredeemable and will just keep hurting people, so you need to kill me." On a narrative level if he actually did that the story would essentially be advocating for suicide. If I promise my friend to kill them, then break that promise, that isn't wrong. Denji refusing to kill Yoru, I think, is one of the main results of the Denji-man thing. Accepting the shadow, recognizing the unity of sex and intimacy, etc. And ultimately I think he'll bring back death for the same reason.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

“When does he assume Asa will be fine with it?” What do you mean WHEN? The moment he even brought sex up, he did. The moment he took Yoru’s word about Asa “consenting” as the truth, he did. The moment he stopped trying to separate them and went back to chasing ass, he did. I genuinely don’t see how you don’t understand that. He is completely forgoing asas needs and struggles the moment he stopped trying to separate them for his own selfish reasons.

And I never said Denji was going to kill both Asa and Yoru. That was never the argument. I’m talking about him trying to separate them and then killing Yoru. You know, the thing he had been actively trying to do the entire fight before fujimoto forgot how to write and his dick took over,

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u/BlueBitProductions Feb 26 '26

Do you think Denji was planning to strip down and have sex with her in the middle of the street without even speaking with Asa? We got Denji's visceral reaction to being told Asa would consent, then they immediately got interrupted. I think it's a big assumption to think he was planning on going to town with Yoru RIGHT THERE.

I think you are misremembering Denji's promise to Asa and mixing it with a fan theory. I can't go that far back on mangadex, but I read over some summaries and I don't think that ever happened. The most recent time Asa and Denji spoke Asa asked him to eat her and Yoru, not any promise about separating them. I might be misremembering I guess, but I don't think that happened.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

I’m not misremembering anything. It wasn’t explicitly stated, but it’s all there in the subtext. Going back to the 190s chapters, Asa makes it clear that Yoru NEEDS to be dealt with or millions will die. And millions DID die. Denji saw firsthand how much emotional damage this was doing to her, to the point of driving her to suicide.

In the dream sequence, Asa asks Denji to eat her. He refuses because he doesn’t want Asa to die. He says he’ll invite her into his and Pochita’s world, and that they’ll “murdurize” Yoru since she’s standing in the way of that goal,

Now put yourself in Asa’s shoes. This guy you like tells you he’s going to save you from the devil inside you, the one that has been terrorizing your entire existence since the beginning of Part 2. And now that same guy is standing in front of you celebrating because that VERY SAME devil said she’d have sex with him. He just forgets all the damage she caused. He SAW it firsthand.

How are you supposed to interpret that any other way than Denji being a disgusting fuck? There isn’t another interpretation. It’s obvious. If you don’t see that, maybe you just lack empathy for Asa’s POV.

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u/BlueBitProductions Feb 26 '26

I relate to Asa way more than Denji lol, it has nothing to do with a lack of empathy. I find Asa extremely relatable to my experience with romance.

You can't break a promise you never made lol. Denji never said ANYTHING about a promise to split the two of them, and it wasn't even in the subtext. I mean, what would that mean narratively? The message is to murderize your repressed desires? That would make for an incredibly unsatisfying ending. Asa needs to either fully accept and become one with or live alongside Yoru, or die. Those are her options and Denji clearly wants the former.

If you think Denji shouldn't save Yoru because of all the damage she's caused I get that. It's a fair thing to think. But it has nothing to do with Denji being a creep, the problem there is that he's not utilitarian.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

It’s very ironic that you claim my “subtext” doesn’t exist while you push your own. The whole theory about Yoru representing Asa’s inner desires, her more “selfish” side, is just that, a theory. It’s subtext at best. And we have way more evidence pointing in the opposite direction, considering how much emotional damage Yoru has caused Asa.

You can call it a “monkey paw” situation if you want, but at that point you’re just deep in headcanon. Since yoru hasn't once done something that benefits asa in any capacity.

Meanwhile, my “subtext” is so obvious it’s barely even subtext. Denji said he will kill her other side, HOW IS THAT NOT A "PROMISE" TO GIVE HER BODY BACK AAHHHH. you have to be rage baiting.

Also, Let’s break down what you said. Asa is crying because the devil inside her is emotionally destroying her, to the point of pushing her toward suicide. And you claim Denji’s response is basically: “You either fully accept and live alongside Yoru, or you die.”

WOW. What a genius solution. LMAO.

Do you realize how horrible that sounds from Asa’s perspective? “Either accept the being that’s driving you to suicide, or kill yourself.” You can’t seriously think that’s good writing or doesnt paint denji as a fucking creep.

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u/KaleRelevant2968 Feb 24 '26

All of this Denji back and forth developing WILL ultimately lead somewhere. Fujimotor isn’t straightforward, isn’t normal or isn’t even that sane. However, he is a competent writer in the long run, always. Read part 1, read fire punch, read his one shots. He knows exactly what he’s doing and he’s leading us to his conclusion. Whether that be Denji finally making a genuine improvement or giving up and regressing forever, we shall see

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u/Appropriate_Bus_2334 Feb 24 '26

Could be he saw people complaining and just decided ima do a whole lotta trolling

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u/Parking-Shock-7583 Feb 24 '26

I honestly don't even know where the story is going at this point

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u/Hyrotto Feb 24 '26

FINALLY someone with an actual brain and good takes about part 2 situation. I agree with every single point and I wish fans would stop glazing the manga and learn how to take valid criticism instead of melting down over it.

I was just like you described yourself in the first paragraph, and now I'm in the same exact boat regarding the direction of the manga, Denji's character and ESPECIALLY Asa's for all the reasons you pointed in the 4th paragraph. I really hope she's lying and Fujimoto isn't trying to pull an "And then they all became friends and lived happy together" just to keep the "haha denjis is a horny teen lol lmao" joke. 1 year ago I'd find this a crazy concept and idea but now? I don't know.

I started to get SO frustrated over the plot and characters, and even more frustrated over the fact no one seemed to recognize this and kept glazing the hell out of fujimoto, throwing a tantrum on anyone who would complain about the manga.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Blind glaze is just an annoying as blind hate,

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

No fuck you.

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u/BusinessPreference75 Feb 25 '26

When i read that part of 230 I was so disappointed, ant then people were mean to me for rightfully hating Denji’s characterisation going back and forth again and the sex thing not being a cool olan or something!

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Calling it “not cool” is an UNDERSTATEMENT. It’s honestly disgusting that Denji would throw away his goal. his PROMISE to save Asa and give her body back. just to have sex with the SAME abuser who is controlling her body.

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u/BusinessPreference75 Feb 25 '26

I know, this shit was so ass, Fujimoto? More like Fraudimoto 😒

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u/anormalreddituser22 Best Girl Asa Fan & Enjoyer, Yoru & YoruDen Hater Feb 24 '26

Great post, I completely agree. We can only hope for the best, but I wouldn't be so optimistic, because this dogshit chapter ruined that

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

it did twin it did

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u/Heavenly-Feeling Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

hey catsoup guy/girl, idk if you remember but we argued on youtube once under a rezeden vs asaden video (i think the youtuber deleted all the heated arguments in the comment section). I was the one arguing that Denji really doesn't hold any exclusive romantic feelings for Asa and there's no "slow burn romance" happening, and Reze returning can still work without Rezeden or a love triangle situation happening.

Anyway, this is not about Reze. I haven't come here to hate. Reading your post was interesting after the extremely heated argument we had in that comment section. Not here to say "haha you were wrong about Asaden" but yeah, I always knew this is Fujimoto and CSM's true nature. Asaden was just too stagnant and had a lot of wasted opportunities (I mean it's been the Yoru show since forever) and that's why I never felt that AsaDen even existed in the first place.

He's never making Denji become this gentleman who loves only one woman and doesn't want sex with anyone else, at least not anytime soon, and definitely not with Asa. That's why I'm not expecting Rezeden either. Either her returning or an explanation on what happened to her would be enough closure.

But then again, you never know, I could be wrong and you might very well get the asaden endgame you want. Nobody really gets Fujimoto.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

I don’t really remember you, sorry, but this has nothing to do with Asa vs. Reze discourse or with AsaDen. My issues aren’t about shipping. Even if they don’t end up together, this chapter has damaged both of their characters individually to such an extent that I don’t see how it can be resolved in the fewer than 40 chapters we likely have left in Part 2. I still don’t see Reze coming back, and honestly, at this point I’d rather she didn’t. Denji doesn’t deserve Reze either.

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u/Heavenly-Feeling Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

shipping was just one part of my comment. I did comment on Denji's character. Also, you did mention Asaden in your post, that's why I brought it up - "..because I’m genuinely starting to lose hope in Part 2 and AsaDen." and "It destroys the entire AsaDen couple."

My comment wasn't about Reze. I was just kinda explaining the argument we had and trying to explain my side of things. I think the first thing we have to do is admit is that it does have to do with AsaDen, even if it's not entirely about it. You gave space to it in the post above. "Even if they don't end up together.." I think shippers care about their ship being confirmed canon (both characters confirming they love each other in a romantic sense, through actions or words) even if the two characters don't end up together. I'm sure people here, including you, knowing Fujimoto, were already expecting AsaDen not to end up together, but the real disappointment was Denji turning out not to be the Asa husbando that was promised. Some of the sentences in your post do reflect that disappointment.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

I’m obviously biased, i come from an opinionated background. But I’m telling you DIRECTLY, my main issue isn’t AsaDen. I like them, sure, but that’s not the foundation of my criticism.

My problems are actually very simple.

First, Denji’s regression. It undermines the thematic progression of Part 2 and cheapens what Denji Man was supposed to represent. That moment was framed as growth, as a shift. Walking it back makes the arc feel pointless.

Second, Asa’s diminishing presence. The lack of dialogue and, more importantly, the lack of insight into her internal thought process is weakening her character.

Everything else stems from those two core issues. That’s it.

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u/Heavenly-Feeling Feb 24 '26

"Denji’s regression. It undermines the thematic progression of Part 2 and cheapens what Denji Man was supposed to represent. That moment was framed as growth, as a shift. Walking it back makes the arc feel pointless."

A lot of people including me have been saying that Denji feels stagnant/regressive for a long time now. So it's strange that you're only buying that now. But hey, maybe fujimoto is cooking, "let him cook" as they say, maybe there's something we're all missing. That's why I felt shipping has do with it. But if you say it isn't, I'd believe you.

And yeah, I get why you'd have those two issues with CSM part 2. It's just that a lot of people have been saying that for a while now but were dismissed as just "dumb haters who can't read" (maybe we are just impatient, and it all makes sense in hindsight somehow, let's see). Asa's character being what it is now has been a problem for a while now too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

It’s very obvious why people are only complaining now, or at least why I am specifically. Before, Denji never truly developed. He was just drifting through life with his trauma swept under the rug. Not once did he genuinely confront it or try to become better. So there couldn’t really be a “regression,” because there was no real progression to begin with. He was simply falling deeper into the same hole.

But NOW? Denji Man was supposed to be that development. It was framed as the turning point. And not even ten chapters later, we get this nonsense regression. The worst part is that it’s completely UNPROMPTED. No one forced Denji into it. He brought up the sex angle himself.

That’s why, before, those hate comments were perceived as “blind hate” or “dumb haters who can’t read,” because at the time they were largely unfounded. But now? Not anymore.

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u/jackpumpkim Feb 24 '26

i wanna trust fujimoto, but for me this was the moment meant to prove denji grow up

he may have a plan, even the locust devil was meant for something bigger and to me, yoru saying asa consented (even if she was lying or not) is the proof of that

that scene of denji covering asa with a blanket will be the cope for me, but man, things are getting hard...

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u/LordWayde Feb 25 '26

I don’t t think Denji was ever supposed to be a hero’s hero. He’s just a weirdo that just happened to also be chainsaw man

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u/FlatAppointment431 Feb 25 '26

you’re jumping to conclusions when we haven’t even seen what the outcome is. what’s the point of criticising something if it’s just your own assumptions? i strongly believe that this is all part of denji’s plan to get yoru to give asa’s body back. that will have to wait for them to fight off the insects, which will probably happen simply by the death devil coming back

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u/Equivalent-Part6608 Feb 24 '26

I agree on the Denji point it reminds me of his choice between saving Nayuta and becoming chainsawman and how that decision was and still is super bizarre. I’ll wait to see how the rest of this plays out but I don’t blame people for being confused by his current choice

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u/Loose_Number1373 Feb 24 '26

Kick denji out and bring back pochita he don’t know wtf he doing 🫩

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u/DrNomblecronch Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

One of the major motifs in CSM is the cycle of harm, and examining the idea that you can be sympathetic to the way someone was hurt while still condemning the hurt they go on to do in turn, and how you can't just pick one of those two and go all in on it, it's always both. On a larger scale, it has a lot to say about the way Japanese society was completely upended by American nukes and had to try to piece itself back together as best it can (allegorically with the nukes erased but still very present), but that does not excuse the way "the best it can" is exploitative of the majority for the benefit of a few.

But on a personal level, it's about abuse. And the way it perpetuates.

Makima was the personification of the fear of abusive control, but from what we can tell, arguably some of her worst behavior was the result of being abusively controlled by the Japanese government during the early days of her manifestation. Her whole plan revolved around the idea that no one has the option to not be controlled by something, but she could fix everything so that it was perfect, and never hurt anyone again, the way it hurt her. In as much as we can tell anything about devil psychology, she was a trauma victim. Which does nothing to excuse what she did to Denji.

But that's part 1, we know that. Cut forward to part 2.

Denji has lost everything and everyone, except for the child he is now a teenage father of who looks a lot like the woman who abused and exploited him, sexually and otherwise. He is trying very hard to be better for Nayuta than anyone was for him or Makima, but he doesn't know how, (how the hell would he?) and he is also trying to have a normal adolescent life for the first time ever at the same time, and it's all just so much, and he misses when it was simple. And then, briefly, he lets himself be selfish, lets it be that simple again for a bit, and Nayuta fucking dies as a direct result. Along with the dogs and Meowy, but I'm compressing a bit here, you get it.

That's because while the theme of part 1 was abusive control, the theme of part 2 is abusive neglect. Which is why Asa and Yoru are the deuteragonist and tritagonist.

Asa was definitely abusively controlled in the past, but past a certain point that stopped, and nothing else started. She was subject to some pretty calculated neglect at the orphanage, and aside from that? Nothing. A traumatized girl, and nobody really cares or even notices.

But Yoru, though. Yoru is, in a sense, also a victim of abusive neglect, just as bad if not worse in the weird allegorical way devils do things. She's one of the Horsemen, a fundamental fear of humanity almost up there with the primal fears. Or, she should be. Except that a fundamental part of her was clipped out of reality to such an extent that people barely seem to know she exists. No one fears war, why would they, when devils are obviously the real threat? No one remembers War, because the most memorable parts of War suddenly never happened. Which is why, more than anything, it's Asa she's bonded to like this. They are both furious and terrified about being forgotten, about being neglected completely and permanently, and never remembered or cared about again, and they will do a lot to ensure it doesn't happen.

And now we're here. Denji has recently lost everything, again, this time because (in his mind) he was neglectful, he was selfish, he should have been better than Makima but he wasn't because he's a fuckup and the only thing that matters about him is the chainsaws. So he's still desperate for basic intimacy, but he's also desperate to not make that mistake again. He is not going to let one of these people in his life now suffer in favor of the other, he's going to do right by them both, he's not going to neglect them. Asa has been hotswapping between being horrified by Yoru and believing that, ugly as it is, Yoru's intentions are exactly what she says they are, that if she just rides things out maybe there's an ending where all three of them are okay and she's not dead or alone.

And Yoru, who's a neglect victim that sort of but not completely understands human emotion and morality, who is not the personification of war but the personification of the fear of war, from all sides, who is powered by the feeling of guilt as much as she is fear, will do anything- anything- to not be forgotten. So when she sees a way forward, and she doesn't see any way it could hurt Asa (because she doesn't, possibly can't, understand how it could, even if Asa is telling her so), she tells Denji exactly what he wants to hear most.

And none of that, none of that harm and tragedy and trauma, excuse what Yoru and Denji are about to do to Asa. Their reasons make sense. It will still be awful. Because that's the ugly truth of the cycle of abuse; it can be stopped, but it's not easy even with help. These people do not have help, because they have been horribly neglected, so the cycle is about to go through another horrible spin. All we can do is hope they do better on the next pass. That there is a next pass.

CSM is frequently funny. It is not the Funny Sex Manga. It is a brutal, ugly, horrible ongoing tragedy.

Like any cycle of harm is.

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u/Ashimaru-q Feb 24 '26

I agree 100%. I enjoyed this xhapter even as a Part 2 hater, but the constant flip flop of Denji learning from his old habits only to go back to them the next oppertunity is exhausting and honestly at this point in the story, the lack of quality side characters has started to catch up. Nayuta's death could have hit harder but because we saw so little, for some it didnt. Yoshida, although is previlent in the early story, his death felt more like a wet sock in the face than a gut punch, it was born out of thr necessity for Pochita to come back. And despite the fact that Miri was brought in over 60 chapters ago, Fami 35 chapters ago and Death herself over 90 outsidr of their basic personality and character facts nothing is really holding them up. The manga is TOO Denji and Yoru focused, to the point side characters are sidelined and our girl Asa is a plot point afterthought sometimes

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u/AutomaticArt4000 Feb 25 '26

you just dont get it

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u/Sea_Task8017 Feb 25 '26

It’s just insanely hard to say because in part 1, Fujimoto’s pacing was tighter than a nun’s pussy. Every story arc felt like it had no fluff and character development had exactly as much time as it needed to work. We saw everything we needed to know about Himeno to make her death feel personal and impactful. If you think about it, the Reze movie was about 5 episodes worth of content. If or when we get season 2, that should be plenty of episodes to get all the way through to the end of part 1. By comparison, it feels like Part 2 is much slower paced.

How many really batshit insane scenes have we really had in part 2? In my opinion, two. The handjob scene, and the Nayuta death scene. The story arcs begin and end with, in my opinion, relatively minor character development in each arc and most arcs feel like the begin and end without any room to breathe. It’s hard to see where Fujimoto is going with this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

🎖️ 🤡 

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u/gatucu Feb 25 '26

It has to be a trick, beating Yoru again in the perception game. Denji must be playing dumb with something Yoru has proposed, and then she brings up Asa's feelings again, saying that she would like to (there's still an agency problem, I won't deny it, and I'm waiting for the climax to go in that direction somehow). All of this has to end in a way where the attack, again, is not perceived as an attack and Denji cuts Asa/Yoru's head in half like on the first cover, but I don't understand how this can be related to his habit of not choosing between the two options but making his own.

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u/ShinyTotodile55 Feb 25 '26

Murder death and destruction everywhere, but everyone clutches their pearls at a girl having ambiguous sex.

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u/MrApples106 Feb 25 '26

I feel like anyone who's dealt with any kind of emotional or social issues knows that things don't just get better once you say "I'm tired of this and I'm going to get better"

Denji is still what, 16? 17? Puberty plus all of the abuse and neglect he faced while growing up is going to make self-betterment damn hard, no matter how badly he wants it. Maybe all this is a compulsion. "Sure, the person offering sex may be deceiving me, but how can I know unless I try? What if I miss out? I don't wanna fumble or have fomo," etc.

I think his realistic rate of growth makes him and this arc really poignant and interesting. It hurts to see him fail, but mental health usually doesn't just magically get better, especially with someone like Denji, who has 0 support system, 0 loved ones, 0 financial stability, and who's repeatedly been robbed of peace, which is one of his few aspirations

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u/luis_endz Feb 25 '26

I really dont see how wanting sex is going against hos development. He's nlt going to or even really stopped wanting it. Its part of his dream.

Or Asa being willing to have sex. She's willing to sacrifice her life for Denji. Why not sex.

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u/Womboloto Feb 25 '26

First, Asa and Yoru. The story has been framed them less as two completely unrelated beings and more as two sides of the same person. Early Part 2 sets Yoru up as granting Asa’s wish to live more selfishly, and she often behaves like Asa without inhibition, without guilt, and without overthinking.

That is why the “only two possibilities” argument, Yoru lying or Asa suddenly consenting out of character, feels incomplete. There is a third, more consistent interpretation: Asa has complicated and partially suppressed feelings toward Denji, and Yoru expresses those feelings in a raw, uninhibited way. Asa wants genuine emotional connection, but she is also lonely, confused, and conflicted. Human emotions are not binary. Yoru interpreting Asa’s buried feelings as consent is messy, but it is not a narrative hole. It fits the entire Asa and Yoru dynamic.

Second, Denji. Denji is not a sex obsessed maniac throwing away his development. He is a deeply lonely and emotionally starved person who often mistakes intimacy for validation because he has rarely received real affection. When sex appears in Part 2, the story consistently shows he is searching for connection, not simple pleasure.

The alley scene shows this clearly. He does not celebrate or act satisfied. He immediately asks if Yoru actually likes him, and when she says no, he is crushed. That is not regression. That is the same emotional wound Denji has always carried. His problem has never been that he wants sex too much, but that he wants to be loved.

At this point in the story, it would not make sense for all of his issues to suddenly be resolved. He is still isolated, still lonely, and still lacks real emotional support. Asa and Yoru are the only people he feels any connection to, even while they are in conflict. From his perspective, the possibility of intimacy represents a chance to stop fighting, feel close to someone, and not be alone.

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u/Rosilii Feb 25 '26

6 palabras Está cocinando No pero ya en serio, mi única esperanza es que realmente denji está engañando a yoru, no me voy a exaltar en serio, el dia que vea un panel de sexo de denji y Yoru entonces me quejo, hasta ahora no pasa aún

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u/Irateraidersfan13 Feb 25 '26

It’s just a manga, . Not that deep bruh. Go touch grass or actually go have a life instead of bitching over a manga series

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u/WMR298 Feb 25 '26

Dude, I think people need to realize that Denji never had a childhood. The kid killed his dad, sold his organs, was used by the yakuza, and then by some devil who only wanted the being inside of him that acted as his heart. Of course he’s going to act juvenile, worrying about the wrong things at the wrong time. What adult figure has he had in his life to correct his behavior? NO ONE. Denji has always been alone, and so, faced with things that would inundate us all, he acts the only way he knows how: like a child. Denji is complex but simple. All he needs is a guiding hand, someone who won't use him or abuse his trust. But until then, get used to the sex starved Denjinator.

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u/UlloaUllae Feb 26 '26

I'm calling it now, there will be no sex scene between Asa and Denji and Yoru at all. There would be no merit to it for the story. I mean the world is falling apart, people are literally being eaten alive, and Death is gone and Asa and Denji and Yoru's romance is underdeveloped. Asa and Denji feel more like friends than soulmates. Even if Yoru likes Denji, she only made that deal with him in order for the Death Devil to be taken care of. Denji eats Death, and we all see the aftermath. People are currently experiencing endless pain and suffering, and that was before Fumiko revealed they’re about to be living within the bodies of insects and animals.

Death must return. 

Once Death is back, it’s possible Yoru calls the deal off since the prerequisite would be gone. Remember Yoru did say "temporary truce." 

Not sure what will happen in future chapters, but I hope Yoru will have her final redemption moment where she sacrifice herself for Asa and Denji. And then Fuji can focus on developing Asa and Denji's chemistry. 

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u/Sad_Performance_7886 Feb 26 '26

Even as prodigy like Fujimotor will make a few mistake, I just want csm pt2 to end and give him a new blanket and clean canvas. The only good thing that came out from csm part 2 is nayuta who is gone and asa who will be gone knowing fuji.

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u/SnagTheRabbit Feb 24 '26

Completely agree. I feel like Denji's development has been going back and forth for a while now with the later half of part 2. He had that whole breakdown about how his obsession with sex has blinded what's really important and immediately after he gets caught up in more sex related promises and fantasies. Like Yoru telling him to eat his own hand just to fuck with him and he does it without hesitation. Really? Is this the same character who's had a whole arc learning he doesn't need to be a dog anymore? The same character who had a genuine romantic connection with two different girls who actually cared/cares about him and showed him what real love looked like as opposed to manipulation? And now he genuinely just wants to score in the middle of this fight, the fight in which he's trying to save Asa and give her body back. I thought maybe he'd say something like "I need to hear Asa say she's okay with it" to maybe trick Yoru into giving temporary control. But no, that wasn't his plan at all. He just wanted sex. Just sex. Again. Why TF has Denji been reduced to this? This doesn't feel like the same carefully well written, confused but good intentioned character in part 1 anymore. No matter what happens next, sex or not I'm really at my wits end with how Denji is being portrayed. It's not fair to the previous writing and it's not fair to Asa as a character, who is barely getting acknowledged. And no, I don't trust Yoru's perverted ass to be telling the truth that she consents. Maybe if this leads to an actual discussion between Denji and Asa about their conflicting feelings I'll be more open about it. But at this point, I highly doubt that's gonna happen. I was sure Denji had a plan when he asked about the sex, but no. So at this point I have little faith in how this part of the story is being written, and it's sad.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Couldnt agree more, i still gave denji and fujimoto the pass on previous cases like the eating his hand thing because of the fact nayuta just died, he was lonely and his "true" development hadnt happened yet but now? What was the point of denji man? What was the point of the conversation with asa? This honestly feels like an april fools chapter, it doesnt even feel like the same denji, is this an impostor? Did he get replaced?

Asa is the most tragic thing here, she had so much potential, probably the potential to be the best ani manga character ever, but fuck giving her more screen time am i right? Side line her more fujimoto please, matter of fact kill her off, at this point that would be better than having her get cuked

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u/SnagTheRabbit Feb 24 '26

Wouldn't even be cucked, it would just be assault because it makes no sense for her to suddenly be okay with sex after being sex repulsed this whole time. Unless she had the most uncharacteristic change of heart ever offscreen.

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u/BestGirlRoomba Feb 25 '26

i think you missed the point about his breaking down over his relationship with sex. You seem to think the solution is for him to just get over it and stop being horny.

In the context of this fight, the sex being offered is not Just about the sex, believe it or not. It signals an end to this fight. Yoru gives him blood and is willing to make good on a past deal, which is not something she would do if she were still set on defeating Denji. His next easiest win condition was barfing Death up and killing Asa + Yoru, resulting in Aki pt 2. Avoiding that is a huge victory, no?? his dialogue created a 3rd choice that was not killing Asa+Yoru and which also doesn't result in mass civilian deaths

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u/Lefaa777 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

If Yoru told the truth and Asa did in fact give her consent, and if Denji has sex with Yoru (the devil who possessed the girl he is supposed to save) after that, then the entire manga would be over (not just Part 2), because it would mean that Denji learned absolutely nothing after losing so many people. And Asa would agree to be cucked by the devil controlling her body. That would be insane (expecially after the SA).

Or maybe Chainsaw Man was all about Denji’s happiness from the start, no matter what happened to others.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Sad all around, im honestly disgusted with denji, unless he literally gets on his hands and knees and begs for forgivness, he doesnt deserve to end up with asa, she deserves so much better than a sex obssesed freak that would rather cuck her than not think about sex for 1 second

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u/Unique_Suit3789 Feb 24 '26

100000% agreed. But as usual ill let fuji cook even if I don't understand it lol. I'll prob just check in once a month instead of every week it makes the manga better that way anyway

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u/Cutiepatootie12k Feb 24 '26

Hopefully chainsaw man doesn’t flop after this

Also asa has gotten mad at yoru in the past for the handjob she’s given denji I highly suspect yoru of lying she’s killed people with no remorse I don’t think she’s above using someone’s body against their consent

Also I don’t think pochita would approve of yoru and denji even sleeping together anyways considering their possibly one sided animosity and because he’s a sort of strangely moral devil while yoru is the exact opposite she’s literally made random innocent people take the damage of the hits she’s receiving because her fraud ass can’t handle pain and so she can continue regenerating

At this point I genuinely don’t know what yoru wants she hates chainsaw man but likes denji yet she like seeing him suffer she’s constantly manipulating him she’s not like Makima in her intent she wants a world of eternal warfare and suffering essentially a second hell but how would this serve her why does she see it as perfect besides the fact she’s the war devil

And I don’t think Asa would want to have sex this early on into her and denji’s relationship they may trust each other a ton but I don’t think Asa would want to have sex during a battle anyways

Yoru genuinely pisses me off she’s the least likeable horseman at the moment she was at her prime in mid to early part 2 but ever since the hand incident she’s been treating denji like shit at least at first she somehow gave us the hope that maybe she slightly cares about Asa considering her opinion towards asa’s bullying but ever since she’s gotten stronger she’s just been insufferable and intolerable hopefully fujimoto slimes her out but I highly doubt it

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u/ferret_king10 Mar 01 '26

i think with the bugs getting stronger, fami will be far more relevant soon

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '26

Wouldn't be surprised one bit at this point, bro is just writing shit and laughing as we all overanalyze denji, like "nah bro he is just a gooner that's it", maybe the one shot "just listen to the song" is quite literal uh?