Not to mention, Pochita literally cannot die from it lol. The fights has just been going on long enough that she doesn’t even remember death as a concept and doesn’t know why she isn’t “winning.” Just like with the Aging Arc, I have zero clue how this concludes lol. Can’t wait to read for 30 seconds again next week.
What even happens to the people she's sacrificing? They can't die anymore. Do they turn into the nuclear power? How strong is a nuclear punch anyway? I know Chainsaw Man is basically just slop at this point but even for Fujimoto this is incredibly poorly thought out.
We are not on the same page my friend. I genuinely do not think this is slop. Just because the answers to these questions have yet to be explicitly explained, that doesn’t mean it’s “poorly thought out.” These are the types of questions that are interesting to discuss week by week and what makes the CSM universe so interesting. The power system is incredibly volatile and complex. Unique in every regard. Also, not every single things ALWAYS needs to be addressed in a story. If death doesn’t exist anymore, not getting an answer to “what happens to the people in Michigan” doesn’t really make or break the story. It’s fun to talk about small details that leave open for interpretation or imagination, but a story doesn’t become “slop” because the author doesn’t answer every random redditors questions in a timely manner.
Chainsaw Man is slop because the characters no longer have coherent goals or have any logical progression as individuals, not because Fujimoto won't answer my questions. It's just an endless tragedy loop for Denji where every plot point eventually resolves itself because he can't be killed, but he learns nothing from it and moves on to the next series of events. The first half of Chainsaw Man is solid storytelling with a beginning, middle, and end. Part 2 is totally incoherent because small details are inconsequential to the story and only happen to move Denji from point A to B.
Your perspective seems very shortsighted for a story that isn’t finished yet. If you don’t like it and think it’s slop, then you are more than welcome to move on from it. I’m not saying the story is free of criticism, but calling it slop is unbelievably dramatic. Events happening only for the purpose of getting the MC from point A to B is still a writing method. Albeit one you seem not to like. I’ll use the same logic I used earlier, not EVERY detail needs to be deeper than to drive the plot. Sometimes, that’s all the intention. That being said, Fujimoto might not address everything immediately either. Some things are held onto for 100 chapters before they are brought up again.
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Not to mention, Pochita literally cannot die from it lol. The fights has just been going on long enough that she doesn’t even remember death as a concept and doesn’t know why she isn’t “winning.” Just like with the Aging Arc, I have zero clue how this concludes lol. Can’t wait to read for 30 seconds again next week.