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7/24/2025, 8:17:31 AM
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>>280088449
>Anime only here, what did the adaptation do wrong or ruin from the source material?
Ohh, boy sit down, I'll try to be brief and avoid spoilers
>Tone
The anime completely butchered the tone and some of the characters. It goes beyond a muted color palette, everyone is less expressive, Denji is less introspective, the Gore suffers a great deal because it now looks "sanitized" instead of crude and disgusting.
The adaptation overall pushes a style that clashes with CSM's identity and it shows
>Denji and Makima
These two are the most important pieces in Chainsawman and the anime completely butchers them.
Denji's inner monologues are cut short making him feel more like a Brainless idiot rather than a guy who struggles to find his place in a new life while discovering what he really needs to be happy, it doesn't help that they cut the fight against muscle Devil who showcases Denji's quick thinking
Makima on the other hand got the short end of the stick.
They handled her in a extremely blunt way, making her EVEN less expressive and leaving very little to the imagination when it comes the character (I won't say anything about future manga developments but I'm 80% sure you and any anime only can already guess what's up with her)
>Pacing
CSM part 1 is a frenetic manga, it reads really fast and there's always something happening or making you second guess stuff you took for granted, and the story only goes up with it's stakes and action.
The anime instead makes it feel like CSM is some kind of slow burn thriller or something, and that's not the case at all.
Just like Denji the readers rarely get enough time to think and let things settle up, stuff changes and explodes all the time and the journey is not only fast paced but also emotional and leaves room for introspection, something the cold and silent anime adaptation definitely doesn't showcase at all
>Anime only here, what did the adaptation do wrong or ruin from the source material?
Ohh, boy sit down, I'll try to be brief and avoid spoilers
>Tone
The anime completely butchered the tone and some of the characters. It goes beyond a muted color palette, everyone is less expressive, Denji is less introspective, the Gore suffers a great deal because it now looks "sanitized" instead of crude and disgusting.
The adaptation overall pushes a style that clashes with CSM's identity and it shows
>Denji and Makima
These two are the most important pieces in Chainsawman and the anime completely butchers them.
Denji's inner monologues are cut short making him feel more like a Brainless idiot rather than a guy who struggles to find his place in a new life while discovering what he really needs to be happy, it doesn't help that they cut the fight against muscle Devil who showcases Denji's quick thinking
Makima on the other hand got the short end of the stick.
They handled her in a extremely blunt way, making her EVEN less expressive and leaving very little to the imagination when it comes the character (I won't say anything about future manga developments but I'm 80% sure you and any anime only can already guess what's up with her)
>Pacing
CSM part 1 is a frenetic manga, it reads really fast and there's always something happening or making you second guess stuff you took for granted, and the story only goes up with it's stakes and action.
The anime instead makes it feel like CSM is some kind of slow burn thriller or something, and that's not the case at all.
Just like Denji the readers rarely get enough time to think and let things settle up, stuff changes and explodes all the time and the journey is not only fast paced but also emotional and leaves room for introspection, something the cold and silent anime adaptation definitely doesn't showcase at all
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