Review of Chainsaw Man

There's not much I can say about Chainsaw Man that hasn't been said already. The first several episodes make a striking impression, with a deceptively smart plot, beautiful animation, stunning direction and glorious, bloody fight scenes. Take your average shounen action show, throw out the childish idealism and replace it with a cast of flawed, selfish and entertaining badasses, and you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. Oh, and they have a different ED song and animation for each episode. Clearly, a lot of effort was put into this show. Unfortunately, things do get a little rushed in the final handful of episodes.The animation quality dips a little bit, and the show ends right when it feels like things are getting started. Episode 11 introduces several secondary characters that are obviously going to play a bigger part in the story going forward, but here, they barely have enough screen time to fill one scene. Chainsaw Man was in dire need of a second cour, but I have confidence the show's immense popularity will net us a second season before too long.

Overall, fantastic! The moment I finished the final episode, I went out and started reading the manga. It's just that good.