Review of Chainsaw Man

Short Review: Very close to a 9, pending further adaptation (I haven't read the manga). Essentially, like a spiritual successor to FLCL, CSM is high-stakes, hilarious, endearing, action-packed, has great characters and character catharsis while dealing with serious themes that others in its genre would never think to touch, yet executes its portrayal of such themes in such a masterful way. I also believe that this story is sort of a subversion of the harem genre — being a critique of harems that portray young boys that get smothered and loved by older women. Such shows that it subverts portray these interactions as being playful andfun. Meanwhile, CSM shows us that if such interactions were to actually occur to a young kid, then we should see the adults involved as absolutely gross and totally manipulative. CSM is doing the Lord's work through just this aspect of the show alone.