This animatic has been in my head for a while now; I’m a big fan of the shot from 1:01-1:07!

the story of csm has always been pretty nihilistic and absurd because thats fujimoto’s style. Denji has always been a frustrating character stuck in the loop of his decisions, always reverting back to his old self right after making the slightest bit of progress BUT the story keeps moving forward while its main character is stuck so for him to break free he has to end the cycle OR SHOULD I SAY, someone needs to break the cycle for him since the main protagonist is a character that has never made a decision that matters. He’s indecisive. If he can’t choose between the city mouse and the country mouse how can he possibly choose to end the cycle himself? Heck he can’t even choose between his found sister and the city. AND THAT’S THE TRAGEDY of his character, he will never get to choose himself because he simply can’t thats why he has to see things forced into him. Is that what other people call fate? BUT WAIT! One day he chose to stop this girl from slipping and falling instead of holding the chainsaw… wait- it’s possible that in a future we won’t see, he’ll get to make more choices for himself.