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I have to imagine Fujimoto wanted out of his contract or whatever, was kind of bored with Chainsaw Man, and totally burnt out from weekly releases. It wasn't a terrible ending, just not fleshed out and insanely quick. We were knee deep in the shit just two chapters ago, and then all of that is just gone and it's like "yeah it's over." Thematically it makes sense, so it's not awful or anything, just rather sad that it all just ends so quickly and there's little permanence or growth.
I don't even blame him for feeling that way. The manga industry really needs to change so that mangakas aren't literally killing themselves to keep up with these release schedules.
100%, Chainsaw Man should just be like a monthly release or even longer. Honestly there's very few manga that could not be improved by only releasing volumes, no weekly releases at all. It's insane the industry as a whole still does weekly releases.
I'm high on the copium that we'll eventually get a part 3 because it feels like the perfect Empire Strikes Back style ending for the second act in a story, with the setup being a kinda meta Eva-esque premise that we're stuck in the same story and need to get out/resolve it for real this time.
But as The End? Heeeeell naw
Idk if I want CSM to continue at this point. There's so much baggage now that unless Fujimoto has something very specific he wants to do with it, a fresh start might be more compelling.
I think if 3 part does happen it will be after fugimoto takes a break and writers other stories.
Oh yeah definitely, dude should take as long as he needs