I just gotta say, Denji really is just built different than other horny anime protagonists. No matter how many times he assures himself (and the audience) that he wants sex and pleasure, he pretty much never asks for those things outright from anyone.
Power finds out about his goal and makes the bargain of her own free will, and ultimately Denji learns that transactional intimacy is an unfulfilling trap.
Himeno offers the tongue kiss as a reward, which Denji accepts, but doesn’t ask for. She then sexually assaults him, and Denji ultimately rebukes her advances, where other protagonists might not have.
Reze is also the one seducing and pressuring Denji into taking things farther, but Denji is NEVER the one pushing her forward, simply happily following her lead.
Even with Makima post Gun Devil arc, Denji doesn’t even ask for his original wish (having sex with her). This time it might be more due to the recent trauma he’s feeling and his wish to be numb and happy, rather than fulfilled in his own goals, but either way he DOESN’T ask!
And now, with Asa, he could have asked for a kiss or a grope, but he didn’t. He asked for a second date. A chance to grow closer and learn more about this person.
Regardless of Makima’s generally untrustworthiness and manipulative nature, I think one of the biggest lessons for Denji (and the teenagers reading this story) is her first lesson on intimacy. Everything sexual feels better when there is trust, desire, and understanding from both sides. This is ultimately why Denji’s “relationships” keep failing - there is little to no honesty from his partners, so no trust or understanding can really come from them.
Also, as exemplified in his relationship with Power, Denji discovers that there can be intimacy that is distinct from lust. He can be naked in the bath with her, but not feel turned on at all, because he isn’t just a horny stereotype, he recognizes the humanity of women and how to be close with them without just lusting after their bodies.
Idk, I feel like this is a little all over the place but damn, I love the care with which Denji has been crafted - idiosyncrasies and all. It’s what makes him so human, and so compelling.
unrequited love for siblings is the saddest thing you could ever portray on its own but over the garden wall said what if the kid is like the sweetest most kindhearted five year old you could imagine and he loves his brooding wistful bitch of an older brother sooo so much and enough to offer up his life in exchange for his brothers when his older brother saw him this whole time as just an annoying step sibling at best and a nuisance at worst and you cant be too mad cause hes also a kid and then when he finally figures it all out it saves them both, the decision to leave lethargy and the rot of melancholy behind and take the love he already has as proof the world is worth it after all and aaa a a. aaaaaa. aaaaaaa. aaa. what a sweet story. what a lovely thing.
designed two posters for The Mandela Catalogue, really happy how they came out.
Source: Chainsaw Man Chensō Man チェンソーマン
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Colorized by Color Council
Chainsaw Man Cards
my favourite type of character is the child tortured by interdimensional beings
Day 3: Steve Harrington
you can pry bi Steve harrington from my cold dead hands
I'm going so crazy about Aqua making Ai's signature pose. Everyone always compares him to his dad and Ruby to Ai but I'm much more interested in the other way around.
Ruby currently seems to have the same hatred for the entertainment industry that Kamiki does (I assume, if he's targeting famous actresses). I could be embarrassingly wrong, but Aqua's stance on the industry is that it's corrupt but he can destroy it, whereas Ruby/Kamiki's is "I'm part of a corrupt system and I've become corrupt too). I wonder what Ai thought of it?
Back to Aqua and Ai, the manga keeps implying that one of the objectives of the movie is to fulfill Ai's true wish (which is, I'm guessing to be loved for herself, secrets and all? No clue though). Aqua, in a sense, is acting as Ai's vessel now, looking beyond revenge and working towards accomplishing something that would actually make her happy. Revenge is still a priority though.
hi there! I’m in the process of making character profiles and in my search for some descriptions I stumbled upon this little gem. It’s a list of 638 character traits including positive, neutral, and negative traits you can use to describe your characters. I found it super helpful so I figured I’d link it here for my own record and other writers. you can also find the full list under the cut.
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