The Chainsaw Man Manga Returns Today and OMG

I don’t understand how I missed the information, however by some means I wasn’t conscious that Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man manga wasn’t over. Thus it was a totally sudden but completely welcome shock to study a model new concern, launching the comedian’s “School Arc,” has premiered at the moment. And no matter you is likely to be anticipating from the manga a couple of man who made a pact with a satan to have the ability to flip all his limbs into chainsaws, I sincerely doubt you’re anticipating this.

In my protection, I solely learn Chainsaw Man a number of months after the ultimate concern of its preliminary “Public Safety Arc” got here out in December of 2020, together with information that the second arc was coming ultimately. So if I had seen it, I wouldn’t have had any cause to care about or keep in mind it. But now I care a lot! The extremely distinctive, unbelievably bloodsoaked story of Denji, a semi-deceased teen ordered to seek out superpowered devils for a really shady group, has turn out to be one of many Shonen Jump manga anthology’s greatest and hottest collection. Hell, earlier at the moment it was introduced that the eleventh quantity was BookScan’s #1 entry for the bestselling 20 grownup graphic novels checklist for June. And the collection gained greatest shonen collection within the Shogakukan Manga Awards and the Harvel Award for greatest manga in 2021. Chainsaw Man is cherished by followers and praised by critics, and justifiably so.

I gained’t spoil the brand new concern for anyone, however Fujimoto mentioned it could be completely different from something seen within the manga up to now, and he completely wasn’t mendacity… aside from all of the violence and gore. (I truthfully can’t stress that sufficient.) You can learn it without cost, in addition to the collection’ first three points, at Shueisha’s Manga Plus web site. But you may also learn all 96 points on Viz’s Shonen Jump web site and app, which is an unbelievable steal at $2 a month. Meanwhile, the long-anticipated Chainsaw Man anime is about to premiere on Crunchyroll someday later this 12 months.

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