like yeah she’s the comic relief butt monkey but there’s something about her being the only one of the devil hunter squad (arai, himeno, aki, kobeni) to escape death and resign from the bureau that feels important. she’s younger than the other three and unlike them she’s working at the bureau not out of her own will but because it’s better than being prostituted out by her family. she’s exploited by her family to send money back home so her brother can go through college and basically treated as an indentured labourer. she chauffeurs them around in the car she bought!
kobeni is probably the closest parallel denji has in the manga. she’s a “dog” too and her master is her family. like denji she accepts being exploited in exchange for money and fulfillment of the most basic needs.
kobeni is a denji who’s resigned to the system. she joins the bureau because her family makes her, she joins family burger (the abusive business she works at as a temp employee is literally called family burger! fujimoto stop this) because her family is still forcing her to work and send them money and when denji tells her of his realisation that he’ll always be someone’s dog, she counters by telling him that this is what normal life is like.
and like. for a moment denji believes her. everything he’s gone through should make him wholeheartedly believe kobeni’s world view. but then after he sees the broadcast he realises that in spite of all the pain and suffering, being chainsaw man has still made his life better. a “normal life” isn’t one free from bad things, it’s one where you can aspire beyond the bare minimum, where you’re not treated like an animal and have to focus solely on surviving.
hanging with my boys in the senate on wednesday the 15th, cant wait to see what theyve got planned, i hope its a suprise party
This is the new shark species
identified from museum specimens which is hilarious to me because they had these egg cases and only now figured out that a misclassification occurred
it’s a demon/ghost catshark!
Hey! If you don't mind, could you write some best friend group hcs with the Legion and a survivor reader?
Frank Morrison, Julie Kostenko, Susie Lavoie, Joey / The Legion:
Being the leader, Frank is often the one to try to get all of you out doing something fun. This “something fun” usually entails terrorizing survivors and vandalizing buildings and debris. If those kinds of things aren’t your cup of tea, you should still come to supervise them and make sure they don’t get into any serious sorts of trouble. While they tend to know what they’re doing, it’s important to have another set of eyes watching out for them.
Julie enjoys long conversations with everyone. About anything, everything. Everyone gets to put in their two cents about the topic, and you all can share good laughs and light jabs at each other. There’s a high chance these conversations will devolve into poking fun and hitting shoulders, but everyone always has fun, and that’s all Julie can ask for from all of you. Someone has to make sure everyone’s having a good time.
Susie is always finding some way to tie all of you together, picking up matching clothes and accessories for all of you. She is particularly fond of friendship bracelets and necklaces. Joey and Frank always complain that it cramps their styles — though they’ll usually wear whatever she gives them anyway, for her sake — and Julie doesn’t and neither do you, so Susie loves having another person to go out matching with. It’s one of her favorite things, because she gets to show off her best friends even when they aren’t with her.
Joey is always the first to step up to protect you from other killers. The rest of them will too, of course — Susie is especially feisty when it comes to your safety — but Joey is very aggressive about keeping you safe. He’ll shove his way to the front of the group when all of you are walking somewhere, and he’s been known to throw his arm around your shoulders to ensure everyone knows who you’re rolling with. A true member of the Legion deserves the protection of the rest.