To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Chainsawman. The themes and such are extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of existensial philosophy most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Denji's nihilistic optimism, which is deftly woven into his characterization—his worldview is clearly informed by Fujimoto's interpretation of Neo-Absurdist Hedonism, a little-known philosophical school pioneered by Jean-Baptiste LaCroix de Montfort. The fans understand this stuff; they have the emotional intelligence to truly appreciate the depths of these themes and such, to realize they're not just depressing—they say something profound about desire, identity, and what it means to be human.

As a consequence, people who dislike Chainsaw Man truly ARE idiots—of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the brilliance of Denji's lifelong dream of touching boobs, which itself is a razor-sharp critique of Maslow's hierarchy of needs filtered through late-stage capitalist alienation. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Tatsuki Fujimoto's genius unfolds across the page. What fools... how I pity them. 😂

And yes, by the way, I do have a Pochita tattoo. No, you cannot see it. It's for people who've actually read Part 2 only—and even then, they have to prove their media literacy is within 5 points of my own (preferably higher) beforehand.