I thought it was hilarious on my first reading as well, thinking it was just a sarcastic joke like his line about wanting to bring Asa’s ass back with him… but the more I think about it the more I’m getting the impression that it’s something he’s been forced to do before.
This is as desperate as he’s looked since chapter 1.
Can’t believe I thought we were gonna get some kinda breather. The status quo is changing at International Assassins speed. Having a bit of trouble with the timing of everything. It seems like Asa is just waking up an hour or two after the incident but Denji states that he fell asleep in class, implying a bit of a disconnect. What happened between the last 2 panels in the previous chapter?
Asa’s having the chicken dream again. I wonder what it means. Beyond symbolically being about her own guilt of course. It was placed here to get us thinking about it.
Mysterious arm person sounds like the Justice Devil. Still doesn’t seem like Fakesaw’s motives align with any character we’ve seen who could be him. Whoever Yoshida’s organization is there clearly no one to be fucked with. I’m still not clear on him either. He’s giving off evil vibes but he’s yet to really do anything that’s clearly evil. It’s not like every one of Denji’s other allies has tried to and/or temporarily succeeding in killing him. I don’t quite see him as a big bad yet.
I… how and why was Denji’s first thought to offer to rim Yoshida in exchange for safety?
It seems like Fami and Public Safety have a shared goal—weakening the Chainsaw Man fanaticism. I don’t know what this means.
Yoshida seems to be making more of a warning than a threat. Feels like it’s on the precipice of a lot of plot threads coming together.
Also Meowy is with the dogs and iirc has yet to be mentioned at all since the Gun Devil arc.