Think about it, Denji lives his life a second time without Pochita, gets to actually learn something and put it to practice in a world where all the horrible things Pochita erased before are all present.

Then Pochita gets to come back with some incredible twist like Denji reinventing the chainsaw. Then part 4 would be the duo going through what would essentially be part 1 again but with enough knowledge to avoid all the tragedy and earn a happy conclusion with all their friends alive.

But here’s the kicker, Fujimoto probably already knows that I am making this theory right now, his whole writing style is “now what’s the best way to destroy the reader’s expectations”. Which makes him actually ending the whole series in the next chapter all that more likely.

all these theories on what kind of devil potchita actually is, I wonder what kind of evidence this adds to his function.

Also might be a bleak ending, but i’m waiting for the end to hear what everyone thinks.

I guess that tree stump was probably cut by an ax.

I hope that some of the deliberately inexplicable stuff that Makima hinted at the chainsaw man having eaten make an appearance. Not the devils, but the corresponding phenomena.

OKAY WHAT THE FUCK FUJIMOTO

maybe because every week (almost) chainsaw man chapter is actually the worst way to write, draw and publish stuff but WHAT?!

Are you telling me, after all that Asa/Yoru and Denji discussion, after the events leading up to a somewhat good ending where the two are going to do something (not particularly sex but…) and fix the world going into chaos or whatever (yeah isn’t that still happening??), fumiko stuff, Chainsaw Man, ends with Chainsaw (Pochita) eating themselves because of Denji not enjoying life because he’s being targeted by everyone and like, not enjoying life, not processing trauma, hiding behind the Chainsaw Man identity, etc. It’s somewhat like, thematic or something but jeez, I hate that it ends with Denji likely having a worse time without a devil, and basically being de-powered while probably having nothing to his name…

God if that Part 3 theory on the r/Chainsawfolk was right… But, still… I LOVE PART 2 but it definitely has many many problems. More than Part 1, I’d say. One of the few writing choices is this one. Maybe it’d end somewhere hopeful or I dunno, satisfying?? Like, Asa/Yoru…? Where’s the two? What are they going to do? They remember Denji, and Yoru might remember Chainsaw Man (Because Makima vaguely remembers eaten stuff right?) and like, where’s it leading up to? It’s not like without Chainsaw Man, or Chainsaw Devil even that things’ll improve… How can you make the characters end their arcs in a satisfying way in one ending chapter?

This just encourages me to keep writing my Chainsaw Man fanfic, to understand all of the themes, and what I think, are mistakes due to external pressures and fix them in my own way It’s not a fix-it fic, it’s just me inserting Asa/Yoru into Part 1 and working off of that. I don’t think I’m better than Fujimoto though, we’ll see if Part 3 even will exist (hopefully) but if it’s like in the future…? I just hope the ending chapter gives a satisfying ending to it’s themes, doesn’t have to be happy really either.

now that I have had some time to think and read the reviews of people’s analysis, I think if it truly ends here, it reminds me of the ending of The Return.

The Return technically had two endings : one was a cartoonish brawl between Cooper and BOB. And then the real ending : Cooper will never be able to save Laura.

Many people are dissatisfied with The Return, in similar ways I can see they are dissatisfied with CSM.

I understand wanting a happy ending, but I don’t think that is the story being told here.

In a way, he might even be pointing to our own selfish desires.

More to come when the last chapter (maybe?) comes out!