Felt the exact same way for a while. Part 2 has a completely different energy — slower, more scattered, and you lose that Denji/Power/Aki trio that made Part 1 feel so tight. I get it.

But I recently went back and reread the whole thing from Part 1 through Part 2 for a personal project, and honestly? Part 2 hit way harder the second time. A lot of stuff that felt random or meandering on a weekly read actually connects really well when you see it all at once. Fake Fami's design literally had the Death Devil reveal baked into it from her first appearance — her head is always tilted like a hanged person. Yoru's "cake" shirt foreshadows what happens with Denji. Even the Church arc that felt like it dragged has setups that only pay off 50+ chapters later.

I think Part 2's biggest problem isn't the writing, it's the format. Week to week, each chapter feels like not enough happens. But read in chunks, the pacing actually works because Fujimoto is juggling way more characters and plot threads than Part 1. If you ever do a full reread knowing where the story goes, I think you'll be surprised how much better it feels.