grandpa

idk if im going to state the obvious but let me think out loud real quick. ive been thinking about death's plan - and from what we have seen so far it was based on making yoru and denji stronger (more feared) than her.

now, my question is if that is even possible? for example, if war becomes more feared so will the death in extant. but, what if i was thinking about it from the wrong angle?

let's go back to denji's fight with eternity devil - his goal was to make the eternity fear torture and pain more than the death itself - to see death as its only way out.

what if that's what death devil is aiming at?

what if her idea of "terror" is making humans live in constant fear so the death seems like an escape, more than something to be feared? which is not uncommon theme in art - there being worse fates than death itself. i could even say there are things in life i fear more than death.

so, this would eventually mean people would fear life (being as it is) more than death, and there is popular theory about denji actually being life devil... which, in this scenario, would make him stronger than death.

the protectiveness... jealousy maybe.

blushing and complimenting...

wish to please....

in this panel we could notice how death did not respond to her "name" right away, it being even funnier now. still, i believe the reason why death did not respond to yoru is because she acknowledges famine's wish to be addressed by her nickname.

which makes me wonder is it mere acknowledgement to pass better or perhaps genuine respect for her sister? it seems unnecessary for death to ignore yoru so she would play her rule better, bc honestly yoru doesn't seem that perceptive. but to me this maybe confirms yoru was not aware of fami's real identity, bc if she knew she most likely wouldn't care to addresses her "correctly".