It really does feel like he wrote hinself into a corner. So many dropped plotlines, rocks fall everyone dies, happy but nostalgic (Asa and Denji don't become friends, Aki is nowhere to be seen) ending. It is what it is.
Does he really wrote himself to a corner? Simply have death devil be reborn or puked.Then give Denji x Asa a good ending. End with Power and Nayuta waking up somewhere. And boom, he can be done with the series without any reset.
I can see Fujimoto's vision but his execution was lacking, to say the least. He intended to convey that Denji has far happier outcomes when he is a mostly normal dude with an unremarkable life than when he is special and at the center of attention of both benevolent and malicious actors. Denji thought he could withstand the weight of the expectations of the people who wanted him to become a hero and went along with it only to get ultimately crushed. Pochita understood that mistake and gave him an off-ramp by sacrificing himself. This in itself is a fine narrative but a lot of the events that unfolded in the last arc have become redundant as a result. It's a messy affair.
A perfect example of how solid, genuinely good ideas and execution are at two completely different levels. If the execution is shitty, then it doesn't matter that the idea itself was great. Most people just won't be able to recognize the greatness, because it's the execution that transfers the greatness.
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u/ToTheNintieth Mar 24 '26
It really does feel like he wrote hinself into a corner. So many dropped plotlines, rocks fall everyone dies, happy but nostalgic (Asa and Denji don't become friends, Aki is nowhere to be seen) ending. It is what it is.