denji (and the readers) ran out of characters to care about a long time ago

this was also my problem with Haruka's gang like ... What do they even do

yay back to the One True Romantic Relationship as the ultimate form of happiness, because that's not an insulting regression from part 1 at all (12/12)

making a world just for the two of them, especially after it's been made possible by the death of all their other human connections (Yuko, Yoshida, and ESPECIALLY Nayuta i'm still mad about her), is so disheartening it's like we're just not reading the same thing at all (11/12)

and Denji realises through Power that the friends and family he made fulfilled him more than he thought possible. It was refreshing. After all of that, to go back to the fire punch ending and to see so many people on twitter celebrate the idea of Denji and Asa saying fuck you to everyone and (10/12)

It is extremely disappointing because one of p1's main messages was that romantic & sexual relationships aren't the be-all and end-all of everything. DenReze is doomed straight, Himeno couldn't make Aki quit but Denji and Power did, Akiangel is also doomed yaoi, Aki never actually loved Makima (9/12

when he could have, so again that's quite ironic. part 2 is so artificial and dismissive of its side characters in the way you'd think part 1 would be but wasn't, because Makima was WRONG and DIDN'T KNOW SHIT (8/12)

and of course worse of all the fact every side character just gravitates around Denji in a way that completely ignores their own writing, and that cannot even be justified by someone's conscious manipulation anymore - not that Fujimoto used that as an excuse to butcher Aki and Power (7/12)

she could become friends with Yoru, when Asa never got comfortable enough with Yoru for the "I forgot she was a devil" line to actually hit (and as a whole the asayoru bonding scenes were the reason why early P2 was so good and i've missed them since. We needed more of that dynamic) (6/12)

even though there was no emotional set up to give it any weight. Denji being super distraught over Yoshida's death and Yoshida reminiscing about the fun times they had together when they were never shown to have the kind of dynamic implied by that chapter. Asa saying at least twice she thought (5/12

Part 2 is the polar opposite. there shouldn't be any invisible hand pulling the strings and forcing a specific narrative on these characters, but every beat is unearned in a way that doesn't feel like an intentional commentary at all. Miri and Denji's mockery of the hug between Aki and Denji (4/12)

that despite her plans, Aki and Power were their own person and their connection to Denji was genuine. That they didn't exist just so they could further Denji's development, even though they canonically pretty much did. So much care and thought went into their death scenes. It was all real. (3/12)

and Aki at Denji so they could die at the right time for his character. She's the author of p1's narrative playing with her dolls. Aki and Power were just pawns for that.yet ironically, they feel like so much more than that. There's something in the reader that wants to tell Makima shes wrong (2/12)

I also don't understand why he'd get a whole cover if that's all he is, but the way Asas character is going I have unfortunately lost all faith in Fujimoto so Im starting to think that Miri is just not coming back. He wrote a parallel to Denji just for the sake of writing a parallel to Denji.amazing

oh ty i didn't notice the bubble direction until now

That guy's apathy and wish for death had always reminded me of Angel Devil (especially these 2 scenes) but I see the barem vision so much rn