warning! spoiler chainsaw man Chapter 79!
the most ironic battle chainsaw man The work is tragic for a number of reasons, but manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto cleverly embellishes that sense of distress, reimagining the violence that ensues as an innocent snowball fight between children. This seemingly random phenomenon actually reflects a pivotal moment in the past and is a perfect alternative to using flashbacks or dialogue to explain why conflict is so heartbreaking.
The depth of the general situation stems from Aki Hayakawa’s tragic past and what made him a demon hunter in the first place. In Chapter 13, Aggie begins by recalling how the famous Gunman’s massive attack on the world directly affected him and his family. It was a snowy day and little Archie wanted to play catch with his dad. But Axi has a frail younger brother named Sun that needs constant care, and this day is no different. His father declined the offer and left Aggie to play alone. Despite the unfortunate incident, Sun still hangs out with him, much to Ji’s annoyance and sparking a snowball fight. When Taeyang turned inside to retrieve a baseball glove with cold hands, Gunman attacked the world, destroying Aki’s house and killing his entire family in an instant.
Since then, Yaji has dedicated his life to hunting gun demons. But when Aki saw the future, he sought ultimate power, causing the gun demon to take over his body and become the gun demon. As the Gun Demon, Aki fights against the Chainsaw Man and the Gorefiend forces. There is an obvious irony in his transformation, but manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto weaves in Chapter 78 the moment when Amu imagines the entire battle as a snowball fight, bringing a degree of depth to an already unlucky predicament, with each attack first depicted as a snowball before seeing how they actually play out in reality.
Fujimoto further exemplifies his juxtaposition using the absurd, in which Aki reverts to a child-like state, while Force and Chainsaw Man remain adults. Things got even weirder as the fight intensified after that. Bauer and Saw Man are clearly more serious this time around, but at this point, they suddenly turn into kids, laughing innocently and throwing snowballs at each other. In fact, it was a bloody battle, with buildings destroyed and corpses scattered on the tattered ground.
Aggie’s dialogue is also distorted by this fantasy. When Aggie meets Ball for the first time, he acts like it’s just a game. This dynamic is amplified in a disturbing way when Aggie asks two citizens if they want to play before killing them. Aki then directly refers to his childhood experience, saying that his parents never cared about him, and just made a fuss about the sun. He later admits that the fight was one of the funniest fights he’s ever experienced, followed by the scene where Saw lies in a pool of his own blood. When Archie is finally killed, he imagines stopping the fight because the chainsaw man is crying, childishly arguing that his hands are getting cold like his brother’s and that he doesn’t even like snowball fights. But soon the chainsaw man was gone. The Suns took his place, and he was ready to catch the ball. That’s how they play.
In the decisive battle, the gun demon killed Aki’s family, and Aki was then controlled by that demon, and it was genius to incorporate the snowball battle that happened. This is a form of storytelling chainsaw man It’s a clever way to remind the reader of Ackey’s tragic history, while also pointing out the irony behind his transformation and the beautiful juxtaposition that serves as an effective tool to make violence appear somehow more violent. But more than that, Snowball Fantasy offers a moving portrait of death that both reflects the pivotal moment in Sun’s death and ends his and Aki’s story in a bittersweet way.