• TrashCompact [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I would bet money that they only like Chainsaw Man because he

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    erased people's memory of the holocaust

      • Barabas [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It is a lot less suspicious than it sounds

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        Devils are embodiments of concepts. The chainsaw devil has a special ability where if it eats another devil the concept is erased. This is revealed towards the end of the series, and one of the devils eaten was the nazi devil. Also ate things such as AIDS and nuclear weapons. How it works exactly is unclear, but after a concept has been erased it stops existing and all memory of it also disappears.

          • Swoosegoose [he/him]
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            2 years ago
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            and WW2 in general probably. the manga takes place in the late 90's but the USSR still exists, probably a result of the nazis as well as nukes being erased from reality

            • KiaKaha [he/him]
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              2 years ago
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              Wait this is all background? So the protagonist doesn’t actively cancel the holocaust in the series? It’s just part of the alt-reality?

              • Barabas [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                All that happened before Denji becomes chainsawman, yes. It doesn't really have much impact on the plot until the reveal.

    • Swoosegoose [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      but he is also at least indirectly the reason the USSR did not collapse