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チェンソーマン 8
2020, Tatsuki Fujimoto
4.9/5
This is the first arc that I can't entirely get behind. It started strong with the cancelled vacation and assassins gearing up, and the chaotic combination of all the pieces was funny and action packed. At the same time it undercut itself a lot, and the art was rushed in several places (Prinz's zipper missing in the very scene she used it, and Master's moles missing in places), with some very stiff action (Angel attacking the dolls, Tolka kicking Beam). Plenty of fluid stuff too, but the clunky bits stands out.(view spoiler)[Everything was great right up until Master transformed. I don't even mind a primordial devil jobbing to Makima, he was at least managing to hurt her. But Master's transformation, besides looking beyond goofy, was a lot less scary than when she betrayed Tolka. When she looked like a normal woman, she was a creepy manipulator, and like Makima, it wasn't clear what exactly she might be capable of. Once she turns into a big monster, she's just a target for Denji to beat on. Her dying threat that her dolls across the world would pursue Denji relentlessly was infinitely more frighting than anything she actually did after her powerup. She doesn't even manage to kill anyone, which is less than Reze or even Katanaman did. (hide spoiler)]