r/manga • u/AutoShonenpon • Jul 29 '25

DISC [DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 210

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1024680
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u/Arima_Kishou Jul 29 '25

Fujimoto: "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards" Definitely one of the most insane chapters in a while, you love to see it (and it makes sense too)

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u/Zenith_Tempest Jul 29 '25

man fujimoto could have a character look at the reader and say "the usa's obsession with starting conflict and inflicting pain will end the world one day" and people would still say "it's just a story there's no underlying message"

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u/CommitteeofMountains Jul 29 '25

It's a pretty weird take, though, given that it's obviously most directly referencing a conflict Japan started and America simply ended.

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u/Tan11 Jul 29 '25

He's commenting on modern American imperialism much more than WWII specifically. They just bombed the Soviets in-universe after all.

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u/Tan11 Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

I mean maybe, but that is slightly shakier ground with how many war crimes everybody in WWII did to each other. The Geneva Conventions were established because of that war after all, so most war crimes weren't even well-defined at the time. Plus the fact that he had them bomb Soviet Russia in particular hearkens much more to the Cold War era.