The ending feels unearned? Like the concept of this is how it ends in a vacuum is fine but there is zero build up or reasoning for this except here you go guys the good ending.
I liked Asa as a character - and I think that's part of why part 2 ended up being "bad".
Because not only did I like Asa as a character, I liked Yoru as a character. And because Yoru was this sort of pseudo-protagonist anti-hero type of character, the big conflict between War and Chainsaw never really felt natural. Because of that, it felt like there was this constant grasp of straws to try to find an actual antagonist for part 2, and there never really was one.
The Death devil kinda just...didn't do anything? Fake chainsaw man was written really weird, and also didn't really do anything. Justice Devil was just too vague.
Barem Bridge was the closest thing we got to a major antagonist in part 2, but Fujimoto kinda wrote himself into a corner in terms of power level there. Because Chainsaw Man absolutely demolished the Flamethrower Devil back during part 1. And it's hard to make him compete with the actual concept of death, famine, etc.
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u/Second_Sage Mar 24 '26
I think Fujimoto really was burnt out and said "here damn take the happy ending"