gilgamesh cinematic universe

agitation 3.1 

- i love being outside in the early morning it feels so fresh

- a similar thing happened to my close personal friend spencer reid one time

- something something $15 coffee made by a bisexual something something 

- brian casually telling taylor about rachels backstory is so funny to me like. hello good morning its 7am rachel had a really hard time in foster care 

- im actually more surprised that she didnt start skipping school before now to be honest :((

agitation 3.2

- hey taylor no offense but im pretty sure 'erase, extinguish, eradicate' is obviously a white supremacist thing even aside from the fact it repeats the letter E three times

- 'my name is taylor, not dork' so unfortunately i dont think that helps your case 

- brian you have charmed me with your sensible fashion, polite demeanor, and knowledge of hand to hand combat tactics

- ok i was wondering already about who their boss is but its extra interesting that they (lisa excluded?) dont know either

- taylor only just came around to the idea of playing hooky no way she can pull off acting casual about bank robbery

agitation 3.3

- giggling a little bit at everyone rolling their eyes at taylor for siding with brian lmfaooo

- six seven 

- taylor when the criminals in the crime group that she joined start talking about committing a crime 

- cockblocker i mean cockblocker i mean cockblocker i mean c

- jokes aside i dont know how capable im going to be of keeping track of all of these new different people and all of the technical aspects of their powers @_@

agitation 3.4 

- out of every possibility you go for a knife and a baton girl what about a gun 

- no sure of course theres an alternate universe earth that you can trade movies with totally casual no biggie for sure 

- taylor and her dad making me sad part three million 

- this fucking guy. i still have a bad feeling about him

- also even though she said it was a lie i dont know why i was still expecting taylor to be going to see lisa lmfao

agitation 3.5

- grown ass man yelling at a little girl yeah okay dude i dont care i hope you die

- i have nothing else to say about this chapter lol except that i feel very vindicated in my suspicions 

agitation 3.6

- 'a high stakes variant of cops and robbers' well, yes!

- oooooo taylor you want to give up on the undercover thing and just have friends soooo bad oooooo

- maybe its a skill issue on my part but im really confused on how lisa couldnt figure out that taylor met with armsmaster through that conversation ?? yes taylor was vague but like idk

agitation 3.7 

- brians costume sounds dope as fuck

- the mental image of a van filled to the brim with bugs is also pretty incredible 

- i wasnt expecting taylor to volunteer for hostage intimidation but i guess i see her vision

technological change drives social change: also wrong

I confess I have never considered the matter carefully, Socrates. I suppose shounen is for boys and shoujo is for girls?

A fine beginning. But let us look deeper. Imagine a young boy, playing with his toys. Does he not bash them together?

He does, yes.

And do he and his friends not argue endlessly over which of their toys would win in a fight?

Constantly, and with great passion.

Now imagine a young girl, playing with her toys. Does she not make them kiss?

…She does.

Does she not argue with her friends not over who would win in a fight, but over who belongs with whom?

I begin to see where you are going.

And if Aphrodite has been kind, and has bestowed upon her the φουτζόσι nature — does she not find her brother's Naruto and Sasuke toys, and make them explore each other's bodies?

I — yes, Socrates. I suppose she does.

Then the soul of shounen discourse is powerscaling — who beats whom — and the soul of shoujo discourse is shipping — who loves whom, and how, and with what degree of emotional devastation.

That seems correct.

Now. Is there a further distinction to be made, within these categories? Between those who are, as the moderns say, woke, and those who are chuds?

I think there must be, though I am uncertain how to draw it.

Consider: is it not the woke who care deeply about the precise definitions of abuse and consent — who will debate endlessly about power imbalances and trauma responses and what exactly constitutes a toxic dynamic?

It is. I have seen these debates. They are very long.

And do the chuds not repudiate such pretensions entirely, and concern themselves only with who is the most attractive — who, as they put it, is best to goon to?

They do, and they are also very loud about it.

Good. Then let us apply this framework to some examples, so that we may be sure we understand it. What of Dragon Ball Z?

Clearly a shounen. The discourse is entirely about power levels. Goku versus Superman. Whether Vegeta could beat Frieza if he had another week to train. Neither especially woke nor especially chud — simply loud.

Ouran High School Host Club?

Shoujo, plainly. The discourse is entirely about which host Haruhi should end up with. Neither particularly woke nor unwoke — simply romantic.

Steven Universe?

Woke shoujo, and almost insultingly obvious. The entire discourse concerns whether various gems were abusive toward Steven, what his codependency with his father means, and whether Spinel deserved better. I have never once seen anyone ask whether Steven could beat a particular gem in a fight. I have seen thousands of words written about whether Pink Diamond was a victim or a perpetrator.

And now — Chainsaw Man?

Surely it is a shounen? It has a chainsaw for a head. There are extremely gory fight scenes. I would have said… neither woke nor chud, perhaps. But certainly shounen.

Think carefully, Adeimantus. Did not the scene in the back alley, with Yoru, and the nature of what she offered Denji — did that not spark hundreds of Reddit threads?

…It did. I remember them. They were quite heated.

And were they debating whether Denji could beat a given devil in a fight?

No. They were debating whether what occurred constituted a meaningful violation, given Denji's initial objection and Asa's anger.

Consent and abuse discourse.

…Yes.

And do not some fans still mourn Reze, and insist she was the one who truly understood Denji? While others argue passionately that Asa is the only one who could give him what he actually needs?

The shipping wars are, I will admit, extensive.

And have you ever — even once — heard Chainsaw Man fans argue about whether Denji could beat a particular devil in a straight fight?

…I cannot say that I have.

Then observe what we have found. Chainsaw Man's discourse is concerned not with power, but with relationships. It is therefore shoujo. Its discourse is concerned not with attractiveness, but with abuse, consent, and emotional damage. It is therefore woke. And thus —

Astonishing, Otakrates. Chainsaw Man is a woke shoujo manga.