Chainsaw Man, Vol. 5: Volume 5

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I really liked the subtle psychological horror stuff with Makima and her uncomfortable relationship with Denji. She’s very off-putting in ways that are hard to explain. It doesn’t help that she seems to like grooming underage boys into doing her dirty work. Not sure if she would technically be classified as a villain, but she definitely fits the bill. Overall, this is an amazing volume and a perfect combination of high stakes action with simple, slice of life stories. The artwork in this volume is really gorgeous. Tatsuki Fujimoto's artwork seems to be slowly evolving with each volume and it's becoming even better. The amount of detail the artwork has when there's a fight is amazing and it makes everything much more exciting and brutal. I also really love the way he draws more simple things, like rain and faces. Everyone and everything is drawn absolutely beautifully. This volume starts with the two big fights that the previous volume was building up to. Aki fights Sawatari, who had orchestrated the murders of multiple Devil Hunters, but when she's defeated, she uses the snake devil to kill herself. Denji fights with the sword devil and after a long fight, he's able to capture him. After that, he goes to a non romantic date with Makima, where they watch a lot of movies and she helps him find out he has a heart. Soon after, he meets another girl, Reze. She seems interested in him and one night they go together to her school, after it closed for the day and Denji starts developing feeling for her as well. Denji and his crew are here to settle the score with the katana devil and his cohorts for killing their teammates. In the midst of blood and carnage, hints of love bloom. Within this love seems to grow an ever greater chaos that will swallow everyone whole. With a peculiar new outlook on life, Denji allows the strings of fate to pull him along for the bumpy ride.