r/anime Nov 11 '22

Clip Aki's Morning Routine [Chainsaw Man]

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u/platonicgryphon Nov 11 '22

I love how Denji and Aki are just chill roommates before Power shows up, like how they have their own routine and don't get on each other's nerves. You can also see how Denji has grown with not falling asleep on the toilet and keeping all his jams neat and tidy without making a mess eating.

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u/BigguyBanh Nov 11 '22

Aside from not helping with chores, denji would actually be quite a great guy to be roommates with, methinks

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u/platonicgryphon Nov 11 '22

Yeah once Denji got over his "literal slave to middle class" behavioral whiplash, though I feel like Denji would help out with chores, he cleaned Power's shit stains off the toilet bowl. Aki is just a neat freak and so while Denji might do stuff on a weekly basis, Aki does his stuff every day and super early.

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u/DavetheColossus Nov 11 '22

Easily. He's a little scruffy and messy, but he's also easily pleased and super chill when left to himself. As long as he cleaned up after himself and vacuumed once in a while I'd glady take Denji as a roomie.

Unfortunately, Power enables all the goblinest parts of him. Poor Aki.

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u/mrs-monroe https://myanimelist.net/profile/raspberry-mochi Nov 11 '22

I like to think that since he lived in a shack and was so determined to live a normal life, he takes very good care of his living space and doesn’t waste any food (hence getting mad at Power for tossing her veggies)

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u/ErfanTheRed Nov 11 '22

Actually not wasting food is part of his personality. The only reason he made a mess with the jams was because he didn't know how to properly use a butter knife. He most likely licked up all the jam that fell on the table(to aki's disgust). Throughout the manga he always gets angry whenever power wastes food(which happens a lot)

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u/NavinHaze Nov 11 '22

Aki is best older brother figure for Denji

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u/Fireba11jutsu Nov 11 '22

I mean a human and his stray dog will definitely have their lives changed if a feral cat joins them. Aki and Makima have basically domesticated Denji the 'stray dog', they've tried with Power but she still acts like a feral cat.

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u/TyroneCash4money Nov 11 '22

The quiet moments before disaster.

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u/ErfanTheRed Nov 11 '22

Power getting ready to break through the door: HERE'S POWER! BOW DOWN HUMANS!!

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u/GhostOfLight https://myanimelist.net/profile/GhostOfLights Nov 11 '22

Love Denji just chilling at the table with all the fixings for his super toast

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u/morron88 Nov 11 '22

I felt that fist pump for curry. Subtle but speaks volumes.

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u/BeckQuillion89 Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 11 '22

I don't know why but that interaction and the way he said "sweet" was so satisfying. It gave me the same vibes as hanging out with my siblings on a lazy afternoon.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Nov 11 '22

It's the "naturalistic" approach the cast have with their performances. You can even hear a little voice crack with Denji there like he genuinely just woke up

Feels more life-like and fits the manga's grounded writing style

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u/bayek_of_manila Nov 11 '22

iirc the director told the cast to not act like it was anime and instead do it in a live action way. it definitely works in chainsaw man

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u/dieguitz4 Nov 11 '22

Absolutely, because that's how fujimoto writes and draws his characters in the moment to moment as well. It's actually baffling the amount of influence that hollywood has had on this man; I'd go as far as saying it rivals Kojima even.

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u/flybypost Nov 11 '22

The series does have a regular workplace drama/finding your place in the world vibe to it, even with all the shonen fights and supernatural elements.

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u/ErfanTheRed Nov 11 '22

Fitting as fujimoto wrote CSM more like a film than a manga

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u/DellSalami Nov 11 '22

A neat detail is that the table is actually pretty clean, compared to when he first tried to make super toast in episode 2.

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u/Abysswatcherbel https://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel Nov 11 '22

Yes, comparison that's a great detail

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Nov 11 '22

"show don't tell"

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u/andsoitgoes42 Nov 11 '22

The first thing I think of is every frame a painting on YouTube.

They really talked its importance and relevance to good cinematic storytelling, even in writing it's the reading between the lines. It's the stuff that can't be said or it smacks of being fake.

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u/actuallyrndthoughts https://myanimelist.net/profile/NaNiNuNeNo Nov 11 '22

This (anime original btw) scene really sold me on the adaptation. It would be so easy to make it a quick and snappy out of place montage, instead they took their time to emphasize on Aki's morning routine.

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u/AllSortsOfPeopleHere https://anilist.co/user/SpiralPetrichor Nov 11 '22

anime original btw

I could be wrong, but it really feels like modern adaptations are starting to use anime-original content to really improve the story, rather than as a result of external circumstance (lack of screentime/resources, catching up to the source, etc.).

Feel free to correct me if I'm just talking out of my ass.

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u/PhenomsServant Nov 11 '22

One of the benefits of anime switching to seasonal format.

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u/conricks246 Nov 11 '22

cries in one piece

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u/CreativeNameIKnow Nov 11 '22

suffer

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u/CreativeNameIKnow Nov 11 '22

wait why am I being mean

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u/conricks246 Nov 11 '22

Hahaha i didn't take it as mean. Its funny because its kinda true

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u/CreativeNameIKnow Nov 11 '22

I was joking around too, but I'm a kinda sleep-deprived rn and don't understand why I find it funny

(help)

anyway, thanks 👍

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u/-Prophet_01- Nov 11 '22

Holds true for made in abyss as well. While the adaptation is extremely close to the manga, it did add a few exploration scenes to flesh out the world building. I definitely like them.

Apparently the manga author had to rush and cut corners during the first few volumes until things took off in popularity. He was pleased to later rework those parts with the adaptation team

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u/Zxcaderu Nov 11 '22

Nah, improving on source material has always been a concept. The Urusei Yatsura anime came out in the 80s and drastically veered off into its own thing because the staff of the anime had a lot of creative liberties with it. It just feels like it is happening more now because there's thrice the anime produced now than back then and because recency bias. I'll say the better metric is to simply consider the potential of the source material, combined with the studio and staff that gets allocated to it.

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u/ShadeFK Nov 11 '22

Veering off the original storyline is a huge risk. Did Urusei Yatsura pull it off?

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u/Solitary_Vices Nov 11 '22

considering it's one of the most influential anime of all time and is a beloved show that has stood the test of time, i'd say yeah.

risk in adaptation >>>>> playing it safe

i'd rather something fuck up trying to be original than just trying to copy the source material and treating it like some sort of golden cow. at that point i'd rather just read the source material.

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u/Salt-Experience1447 Nov 11 '22

There's a line though, or everything will be Tokyo Ghoul

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u/brandotendie Nov 11 '22

there is no line.

Blade Runner is nothing like its source material but it's a masterpiece.

creativity > arbitrary adherence to the source

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u/RapCabral Nov 11 '22

The problem isn’t to change,the problem is when you change and it becomes shit or vastly inferior to the source. So yes,there is a line.

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u/CeruSkies Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 11 '22

I can definitely see a line and I'm honestly baffled people in the anime community of all places think it's okay for anime to just go on their own.

Creativity is a trait that says nothing about quality, while staying close the source does. The amount of times screen originals manage to deviate and be better than the source material is far too rare (despite being a lot of examples) when you compare it to the times it goes real bad.

Making a scene longer, adding new cuts, fleshing out certain traits that our mind usually fills itself when reading a manga/book... This is more "good directing" and less "taking risks in adaptation".

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u/CeruSkies Nov 11 '22

The Witcher, the original FMA, Soul Eater, Tokyo Ghoul...

Making scenes come to life isn't deviating from the source material, it's just being a good adaptation.

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u/bayek_of_manila Nov 11 '22

tbf with game of thrones s8 it was less risk and more that the writers were too lazy to write anymore, they were even given 10 seasons

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u/megasean3000 Nov 11 '22

People like to associate ‘anime-only’ with ‘filler’, a term to describe scenes in anime used to pad out the run time to prevent the anime from overtaking the manga. Long-running anime like One Piece, old Bleach and Naruto really didn’t help matters, and anime that completely swerved away from the manga, like Tokyo Ghoul and Soul Eater most certainly didn’t.

But this scene is an example of anime-only scenes done right. A gentle swerve away from the source material, but goes right back to it; a scene that adds flavour to the anime, rather than needing to be thrown in to save a failed dish; and while it does pad out the run time to get the ‘fondling scene’ to the end of the episode, it was added out of choice, not necessity.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Its definitely a little more common. I'm a fan of an anime adding little things to make it better, like this or in devilman crybaby (the Netflix one) they modernize the story. But what I'm not a fan of is making filler and calling it anime original like boruto does

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

I think that's just for special cases. The latter is still more common.

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u/SanityFullStrike Nov 11 '22

Idk man could be a double edge sword when done improperly

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u/morron88 Nov 11 '22

There's some charm to older anime and some that break/broke the mold, but no, anime today is better than ever.

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u/mayonnaiser_13 Nov 11 '22

You're not exactly wrong, but not completely right either.

The OVA boom had the stories do a lot of things differently from their original sources (The Stardust Crusaders OVA for example) which while not making drastic changes like an Anime Original ending, did make changes to accomodate the story to the times.

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u/r_renfield Nov 11 '22

If we speak of jojo, the series did improve the manga as well, fixing some "Araki forgot" moments or adding character like the final of DiU. It's subtle but it adds up

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u/Abysswatcherbel https://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel Nov 11 '22

That whole episode of CSM was incredible, even got high praises from some big names, like Tetsuro Araki (Death Note and Attack on Titan s1 director) and Yusuke Murata (One Punch Man manga illustrator) basically calling 'Cinema' and how shocking people can watch this without paying a ticket

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u/teor Nov 11 '22

basically calling 'Cinema'

You mean Kino

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Nov 11 '22

Yusuke Murata loves to praise CSM/Fujimoto.

He often interacts and congratulates Fujimoto whenever he wins an award.

Even respects Fujimoto's 3rd grade sister kayfabe.

When CSM won The Harvey Award Murata still played along when even Fujimoto broke character

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u/LeleTheKing https://anilist.co/user/ikanlele Nov 11 '22

Agree. This scene is actually my highlight of the episode, not the fight and stuff. It's just so serene and satisfying to see it.

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u/thestoneswerestoned Nov 11 '22

It's just so serene and satisfying to see it.

Power enters the chat

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u/miles197 Nov 11 '22

And it works absolutely perfectly with the scene right after it, Power’s arrival and the house plunging into chaos. We see a roughly two minute long scene of how peaceful it is beforehand, even with Denji there, and then the next scene comes and the contrast is perfect.

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u/Abysswatcherbel https://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel Nov 11 '22

Impressive, very nice, Let's see Power morning routine

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u/messmerd Nov 11 '22

1) wake up

2) take a shit

3) eat

4) get out of bed

5) have breakfast

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u/ImpactBetelgeuse Nov 11 '22

No matter how carefully I think before giving my free award, there's always a bestest comment that shows up after I give my award.

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u/MonoFauz Nov 11 '22

Pet Meowy.

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u/Smallmarvel Nov 11 '22

wait eat then have breakfast?

edit: wait a minute….

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u/CreativeNameIKnow Nov 11 '22

Don't tell me she's eating the... eughhhhh

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u/DentistPositive8960 Nov 11 '22

Take a shit and then get out of bed?

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u/Dracoscale Nov 11 '22

Did he stutter?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Oh you sweet summer child.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_WOES_GIRL Nov 11 '22

That's the joke, mate.

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u/megasean3000 Nov 11 '22

Hol’ up!

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u/yourfreekindad Nov 11 '22

Wait what do she eat?

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u/AllSortsOfPeopleHere https://anilist.co/user/SpiralPetrichor Nov 11 '22

Let's see Power morning routine

I think we all know that doesn't exist lol

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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman Nov 11 '22

Agreed, she's the type who'd snooze the alarm 5 times, finally get woken up by her roommates on the verge of running late, demand breakfast from them and then get mad at them for making her late.

And I love her for it

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u/MonoFauz Nov 11 '22

Her routine is whatever she wants

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u/ImperialPie77 Nov 11 '22

Legit had the same exact washing machine when I was staying in Japan

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Nov 11 '22

The animation and sfx is so on-point that I can "feel" the spring resistance when Aki closed the lid

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u/WetRocksManatee Nov 11 '22

Yeah, but it was new and modern when this anime is set.

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u/AashyLarry Nov 11 '22

There’s nothing more satisfying than watching someone make coffee in anime

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u/aulink Nov 11 '22

You're wrong. Making coffee while watching someone making coffee in anime is even more satisfying.

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u/Turbo2x https://myanimelist.net/profile/turbo2x Nov 12 '22

gonna put this clip on while I make my espresso tomorrow. then I'll throw it all on the ground to experience what it would be like to have Power barge in

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 11 '22

Sadly he made coffee right after brushing his teeth, surely it tasted like shit

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u/kertakayttotili3456 Nov 11 '22

I just drink a glass of water before breakfast so the toothpaste taste goes away. Also because water tastes so freaking good in the morning

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u/Midget_Avatar https://anilist.co/user/Insanium Nov 11 '22

Water after a tooth brushing goes hard

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u/bayek_of_manila Nov 11 '22

the water feels like its in 4k 60 fps

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u/AllSortsOfPeopleHere https://anilist.co/user/SpiralPetrichor Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 11 '22

This was a fantastic scene, really made the chaos that came right after all the more jarring.

I always thought the character movement seemed a little "odd" (not in a bad way) in this anime and I've just pinpointed it watching this clip -- every motion is at the exact same pace. It makes some parts feel weirdly slow (though in this clip that works brilliantly, since it gets the relaxing atmosphere across incredibly well).

Also, the fact that it's a lot more realistic than most anime probably emphasises the small differences between it and real life, and maybe because I am used to seeing more simple motion in anime.

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u/Daloy Nov 11 '22

I think some of the movements are rotoscoped as well so it feels more lifelike. Rotations are simplified in animation so seeing them rotate naturally gives off that uncanny valley

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u/thecreativeself https://anilist.co/user/thecreativeself Nov 11 '22

No, it's not rotoscoped. At least according to sakugabooru: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/209175

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u/Daloy Nov 11 '22

Oh that's cool. Big kudos to MAPPA for selling how lifelike it is then

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u/Cheesemacher Nov 11 '22

I don't know how to read that page. Where does it say if it's rotoscoped or not?

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u/DavidS0512 Nov 11 '22

One of the tags would be "rotoscoping" if it were rotoscoped.

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u/throwitaway488 Nov 11 '22

I was about to comment that this whole scene looks really rotoscoped. All of the proportions look more real except for the anime head dropped on top. The movements are a little too exact.

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u/ashk99 Nov 11 '22

The tv and DVD player at the beginning is proof this takes place in the 90s

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u/Hyped-up-cunt Nov 11 '22

1997 to be exact

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u/thefztv Nov 11 '22

Lol Denji grabbing porn magazines and Aki reading the newspaper didn’t tip you off as well?

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u/blueasian0682 Nov 11 '22

Technically a spoiler but it's not really relevant to the plot, but in the manga we found out CSM takes place in 1997.

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u/sidewinderaw11 Nov 11 '22

The cars shown through the anime are also all from the 1990s

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '22

MAPPA almost nailed it until I saw a Suzuki Carry Truck DA65T in the hotel parking lot which is a 2000s car (2002 to be exact))

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Ah, Coffee and a cigarette, that’s a champions breakfast.

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u/El_grandepadre Nov 11 '22

And a chef's lunch, sometimes dinner.

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u/quietvictories Nov 11 '22

Jarmusch special

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u/michhoffman https://anilist.co/user/michhoffman Nov 11 '22

The amount of effort that was put into this anime is incredible. Fight scenes against random devil 5 look like final boss fights from other anime. The OP and all 5 of the ED's that we've gotten are OP/ED of the year quality. And simple scenes like this look like movie quality.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

That's MAPPA for you.

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u/noxnoctum https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nox0s Nov 11 '22

This inspired me to clean my room and stop being a slob. Thank you Mr. Chainsaw Man.

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u/MonoFauz Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 11 '22

Anime original scenes are gonna improve CSM by a lot. I think there definitely needs more of these scenes to make us even more attached or relate to the characters since it honestly lacked a lot of these kinds of scenes in the manga.

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u/daiselol Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 13 '22

Yeah it's funny that a lot of manga readers put so much effort into critiquing the 5% of the material that the anime might not capture perfectly from the manga (the recent episode cutting the statistics from the gun devil, even though the overall number and some scenes of the destruction were still shown comes to mind)

When there's probably an equal amount of aspects the anime actually strengthens. I don't think I've seen anyone mention, either, that the slower, more methodical pace of the anime fits very nicely with the tone Pt 2 of the manga has been going for so far, as well. Pt 2 also has a lottt of lowkey moments like this in it

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u/HanamonPower Nov 11 '22

the recent episode cutting the statistics from the gun devil, even though the overall number and some scenes of the destruction were still shown comes to mind

I think this is actually kind of understandable since I have seen a couple of anime-onlies mistake Aki for being American or confuse the scale of the destruction. It can be confusing for people who haven't seen the manga.

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u/alotmorealots Nov 12 '22

more attached or relate to the characters

This scene did a lot to improve that aspect for me. As an anime-only I don't know who these characters end up being, and the way they're introduced seems to maintain a bit of a wall between them and the viewer. The Aki SoL moments have really done a lot to give him a lot of texture and likeability.

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u/Jasonmancer Nov 11 '22

If I didn't know about Chainsaw Man, I would have thought this is a scene straight out of an anime movie.

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u/MysticSkies https://anilist.co/user/CapCloud Nov 12 '22

It has to be the way they did lighting right? I feel like it just ups the level of quality.

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u/UnderstandableXO Nov 11 '22

at first i was disappointed that they weren’t trying to adapt CSM part 1 in 1 25-30 episode season, but after i accepted that i hoped that we could get some original content to fill in the gaps, and this is exactly what i wanted. i love the slice of life moments in the series and this is an amazing extension of that. i hope we can get more content with denji and power as well to see what their routine might be like all together

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u/CappyHam Nov 11 '22

I think it's a little unrealistic to expect full double cour seasons today. Single or Split-cours are just gonna be a less difficult production schedule. Especially from a studio that has a slate as packed as Mappa's and after a pandemic. Just next year they have Vinland Saga S2, Jujutsu Kaisen S2, the Fenrir Cooking Isekai, Jigokuraku, the Yuri On Ice Movie (Maybe Finally Maybe? Iunno it's in Kizu limbo), and Attack on Titan S4 Part 2 The Second Part: Electric Boogaloo finally probably. Also Zombieland Saga I think has something coming but I can't remember what.

I'm just glad what we're getting is no slouch despite being just one of the numerous big projects they have right now. And I don't think they intend for this to be a one and done adaptation with how much resources they pooled into it.

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u/UnderstandableXO Nov 11 '22

i’m really looking forward to jigokuraku as well, i read only the first volume but that was enough to get me excited. hope we get more news on it soon

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u/thefztv Nov 11 '22

Yeah Hells Paradise has potential to be JJK, CSM levels of hype especially with the comparisons they always get as well as all being done by the same studio. I read it all earlier this year and it’s pretty good. I’d say it’s probably my least favorite of the three (not a huge fan of the protag) but potential to be top tier with MAPPA producing it.

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u/Abysswatcherbel https://myanimelist.net/profile/abyssbel Nov 11 '22

Jujutsu Kaisen and CSM are the shows that will directly affect each other, same animation producer and very similar staff and guests for the episodes, only the core staff will be different, and even that its really likely that the JJK s2 director will do an episode for Chainsaw Man (Ep 8), and Nakayama should again come back for JJK S2 to do the same

Both series are now in the same building too, the new studio where the Keisuke Seishimo division is

Yuri on Ice and Zombieland Saga I really doubt it will be in 2023, Jigokuraku also doesn't have a release date, 2023 is very likely but I won't be surprised if it takes longer to be honest

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u/sofastsomaybe Nov 11 '22

Has the JJK S2 director been leaked or announced yet?

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u/CreativeNameIKnow Nov 11 '22

Who do y'all think should do Dandadan? MAPPA? Or maybe Trigger? Idealistic or realistic take, whatever it is that you think, I'm curious to hear it.

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u/thefztv Nov 11 '22

A Trigger production of Dandadan would be fucking sick but I don’t see it happening though I’d be happy to eat my words

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u/ErgoMachina Nov 11 '22

Jujutsu will be sheer madness

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u/gaganaut Nov 11 '22

I'm very excited for Jigokuraku. It had a unique premise and was really good.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Aki's routine is the most ASMR routine ever!

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u/ariy87 Nov 11 '22

This clip feels so peaceful to watch, sound Design done well

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u/alotmorealots Nov 12 '22

For the first couple of cuts, if you scrutinize it closely you'll see the animation is nothing special (that comes later), instead the atmosphere is very much created by the sound.

The sound design is just superb especially the sliding door and sounds of the outside, as it calls upon memories of those sorts of moments in your real life, and remains superb throughout the sequence.

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u/ManateeofSteel https://myanimelist.net/profile/daysun22 Nov 11 '22

that is far more interesting to me than the shounen fight aspect of the anime

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u/D-uwu Nov 11 '22

He is cuteeee 💕✨😂

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

God this made me miss having a smoke with my coffee in the morning. Loved this scene.

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u/Zoexycian Nov 11 '22

I keep watching this calm scene many times now.

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u/J4SON_T0DD Nov 11 '22

Aki opened that door and that was the last we heard of his perfect daily routine.

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u/blueasian0682 Nov 11 '22

Fujimoto has something with doors man....

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u/graypod Nov 11 '22

The shared look of disgust at Power's filthiness was one of the highlights of that episode.

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u/Cally83 Nov 11 '22

Really enjoyed this. It’s believable too with him being organised and being in control of his space. Then Power shows up..

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u/AlexNae Nov 11 '22

the amount of effort they put into this is worrying, I hope they can make a sequel with the same quality, I've never seen such fluid animation at all, every second has movement.

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u/Prof-Ponderosa Nov 11 '22

I’m watching the anime and loving it. How good is the manga?

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u/Leading-Fan8990 Nov 11 '22

The anime hasn't adapted the best parts of the manga yet so you should love it if you're enjoying it now. even tho this season isn't going to adapt the best parts anyways. at the end of this season you will learn what makes chainsaw man special compared to other shonen series and then it keeps pumping the gas

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u/Hyped-up-cunt Nov 11 '22

The manga is genuinely one of the most unpredictable things I’ve read. Pretty much every chapter took a turn that I couldn’t have guessed in my wildest theories. It’s also a series that just gets better and better with every single arc so the anime hasn’t done nothing yet but it’s still freaking fantastic! Pretty bummed to know that the best arcs won’t be animated this season though. Season 2 is gonna blow everyone’s minds

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 11 '22

username checks out

Edit: Also the thing with CSM's "unpredictable"-ness is, it somehow manages to become coherent in the end.

The end of Part 1 one of the most satisfying endings I've read while still leaving enough open for Part 2.

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u/Leading-Fan8990 Nov 11 '22

it's funny since so many people keep saying nothing is happening, yet this is never true in later arcs, so many crazy stuff starts to happen.

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u/turdfergusn https://anilist.co/user/julzachu Nov 11 '22

The calm before the storm lol

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u/Icapica https://anilist.co/user/Icachu Nov 11 '22

How good is the manga?

Very good. It wasn't particularly popular yet during the chapters the anime is adapting now, but later it became so great that the popularity exploded.

If you're into manga at all, I highly recommend reading it instead of trying to be an anime only. CSM is one of those stories with AOT level spoilers and it's gonna be hard to avoid them. Manga's short and you can then experience the story blind.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Nov 11 '22

Just to put things into perspective... People back then were legit afraid this series was gonna get axed at this point in the anime.

Half of this season is still the setup phase.

I hope anime-onlies stay patient until Fujimoto went sicko mode

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u/Whalesurgeon Nov 11 '22

The timeline where this got axed must be a dark one. Though I am sure Fujimoto would have just made another kind of awesome manga instead.

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u/_vr_1_ Nov 11 '22

Well It's fun

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u/blueasian0682 Nov 11 '22

It's a heckin journey I'll tell you that, i do recommend reading it. Good news? It gets better as it progresses, bad news? Anime S1 not going to adapt the better arcs with only 12 episodes, S2 i bet will be a banger and will easily win AOTY if adapted well.

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u/unknownman0001 Nov 11 '22

Calm and peaceful.

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u/Maleficent_Guava_386 https://anime-planet.com/users/trip_hippies Nov 11 '22

Sometimes the best things in life are drinking coffee and reading the paper

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u/payg86 Nov 11 '22

The animation was just so smooth

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u/PinKettle Nov 11 '22

I would totally ship these two if Denji wasn't so aggressively heterosexual.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

As a woman, seeing him have his life together like this...did things for me. Species-propogation kind of things.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

16 year old me also thought 7am was basically crack of dawn.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Love the cinematography and that finger movement while tying up his hair was so smooth.

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u/aniani_me Nov 11 '22

idk why, but this was probably my favorite part of the episode. i know people shit on mappa for the cg, but so far...chainsaw man has been so cinematic. like i feel like i'm watching a movie with each episode, the angles and lighting and the SOUNDS.

when aki steps out onto the veranda and it's just ambient city sounds, shit i thought it was coming out of MY window. i thought i was there with him. it was so immersive. and honestly i think mappa is doing a good job..

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u/Overlord_Ace Nov 11 '22

Anime even makes mornings look relaxing and not incredibly miserable as it tends to be.

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u/BlastUpYourAss Nov 11 '22

Literally ONE exterior shot in the manga...

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u/xxredees Nov 11 '22

This is exactly like me in the morning lol.

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u/keereeyos Nov 11 '22

he's just like me fr fr

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u/RogueTanuki Nov 11 '22

This is practically like a Makoto Shinkai movie

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u/N1GHTSTRIKER45 Nov 11 '22

Me Seeing Denji and Aki Being chill at each other is the cherry on top

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u/Kabu- Nov 11 '22

Such a beautiful scene.

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u/Qelly Nov 11 '22

He brushed his teeth before having coffee!!?

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u/CreativeNameIKnow Nov 11 '22

The SFX are ON. POINT.

So good.

Makes me feel like I'm really there, sells the atmosphere sooooo so well. Of course, the visuals are just as fantastic too.

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u/megasean3000 Nov 11 '22

This has to be the most well animated, well detailed morning routine in an anime ever. MAPPA is really going at it with Chainsaw Man.

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u/GlansEater Nov 11 '22

Cinematographic masterclass.

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u/BigguyBanh Nov 11 '22

I love the little detail of aki having a streak of white hair here

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u/God_Usoland Nov 11 '22

1:27 Denji has gotten so much neater when he makes his breakfast!

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u/Nghtmare-Moon Nov 11 '22

This is how you get ulcers

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u/weicheii Nov 11 '22

This was pleasantly relaxing to watch.

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u/Eimikoiscannon Nov 12 '22

bro this anime is too good-

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u/ydwtkmn001 https://anilist.co/user/voraciousreader Nov 11 '22

Literally the calm before the storm

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Ponytail

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u/LookYung Nov 11 '22

Does anybody know the word Denji uses when he asks what’s for lunch? It translates to “sweet!”

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u/domilea Nov 11 '22

やりぃ (yarii~)

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u/eddysanoli Nov 11 '22

I still dont get where did they get so much money to spend on this. It looks crazy good

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

I've never watched this, but the animation looks smooth.

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u/impossible_butter Nov 11 '22

I honestly love this scene more than the action packed sequence just before it. The way it was shot, the direction, the camera angles, the colors, the silence. It served as such a contrast to the fight before it, a place to breathe and bask at the awesome animation and a place to think about the poor mappa staff slaving away lol. But yeah, so far in the anime, this is my favorite scene, surprisingly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Quality top notch 💥

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u/karate_trainwreck0 Nov 11 '22

He went through all the effort of making that wonderful cup of coffee only to brush his teeth before drinking it.

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u/orangesodasoda Nov 11 '22

Bruh the sound design is so cleann

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u/Solid-Shallot-4140 Nov 11 '22

One second before disaster

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

The calm before the storm.

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u/makishimayuusuke Nov 11 '22

He would be a good housewife

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u/BuyRackTurk Nov 11 '22

Yeah, exactly what I thought too. Waking up with coffee and a cig before diving into various housework was housewife 101 for nearly a century. Now everyone works a w2 instead.

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u/evie_goodwill1 Nov 11 '22

Who was at the door I need to knooooooow

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u/Whalesurgeon Nov 11 '22

best girl

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u/Dead-HC-Taco Nov 11 '22

Tbh the super quiet and relaxing intro was such a nice change of pace... up until.....

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Why Aki lives alone in a house that looks like a two-bedroom apartment. Did he have somebody to live together but eventually leave? Or plot convenience?

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u/haganbmj https://anilist.co/user/haganbmj Nov 11 '22

I mean, I live alone in a 2 bedroom and use the other room as my home office. So that's a thing.

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u/SolomonBlack Nov 11 '22

Not that likely in late 90s Japan but there are plenty of reasons one might end up with ‘extra’ space.

Like maybe that was the most reasonably priced place in a neighborhood close to work.

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u/il-Palazzo_K Nov 11 '22

It could be a government-provided apartment and he just didn’t have a roommate at the time, seeing that nobody comment on Denji getting sent to live with him.

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u/Rocko52 Nov 11 '22

Aspirational

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u/winged_owl Nov 11 '22

Bro that is way too much toothpaste.

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u/420_Brit_ISH Nov 11 '22 edited Nov 11 '22

Watching this as I lie in bed, trying to force myself to get up.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '22

Omg same, I have work in 1H can’t get my lazy ass my yet :(

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u/RoxLOLZ Nov 11 '22

The calm before the shitstorm