Chapitre 3: Dog and Chainsaw, or Man and Can: Part 1
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In one instant, I became a manifestation of the strongest metals and a product of the most radiant inferno.
It wasn't long after that a sudden change ensued within my mind, allowing me to discover something new and remarkable.
Purpose.
I was told this under a rigid distinction; it was not an order, and I felt no imposure. I was dutiful, fulfilled, and well-acquainted. But most importantly...
I was happy, and it was good.
And, on my conception, I saw others like me: abundant and understanding as I. They became my friends.
Strange they were—each one individual—and it was undeniable. Yet, as I discovered in the first hours, some were more distinctive than others—especially in their comprehension. In particular, one was always smiling.
His favorite.
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March ##, 1997
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"Hmmm..."
Kancho would awaken from his slumber to the faint sounds of birds chirping outdoors, butterflies fluttering around his head, and rays of sunlight blinding his eye sockets.
Kancho half-heartedly swiped away the insects before sitting atop the table he used as a substitute bed. "Butterflies." He blew away some dust in the air and stood in the center of his abode. He could hear his stomach growl, which caused him to frown immediately. "Just wait a while, okay? Damn."
Kancho had a growth spurt throughout the years, causing him to stand six feet tall. His body was, as expected, slim like his younger counterpart; fortunately, he knew better and decided to try new ways of improving his body's poor disposition—such as dieting, which helped bring about a leaner appearance. His hair was still dark brown and was kept cut short, and his eyes were as olive as always.
He wore a cuffless black beanie with a forest green t-shirt and shaggy blue jeans, all covered in dirt and smut that had accumulated with time and his various side jobs. He had no shoes and kept a grey trenchcoat near a pole in his shack's corner, also covered in filth.
Kancho glanced over to a pile of AXE cans inside his satchel that lay near the entrance and subsequently began rummaging through them until he came across one in particular whose branding of "AXE" was the only explicatory characteristic of the spray; there were neither any other markings nor labels, only the name, and the spray itself.
"Ono, it's time."
"..."
"Pretending to sleep won't stop me from bringing you with us, dude."
"IT WILL," Ono finally spoke, trying his best to sound as groggy as possible. "JUST GIVE IT FIVE MORE MINUTES."
"You don't even need to sleep..." Kancho muttered, grabbing the can and forcing it to face him directly but in a way so the nozzle wouldn't spray a terrible gas right into his face. "You little bastard."
"EGAT!" Ono said, faking being heartbroken by the boy's scorn. "SHOW ME SOME KINDNESS FOR ONCE, WILL YA?"
"You are an ass, and you smell like one, too," Kancho said with a narrowed expression. "And be quiet—they're still sleeping." He gestured with his head to their still-sleeping roommates. "To whom I'm about to wake up."
"HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE—I WAS SLEEPING JUST A SECOND AGO AS WELL IF YOUR SMALL BRAIN CAN RECALL CORRECTLY—"
"Which means you aren't gonna do some crazy shit like last time, right?" Kancho ordered in a keenly hushed voice, covering Ono's 'mouth' even though it didn't exist and probably wouldn't hinder his Devil's speaking capability, but it helped emphasize how much he wanted AXE can to stop talking.
"UH-HUH. I PROMISE." Ono replied, pretending to be quieter because of Kancho's hand placement.
"Great." Kancho walked over to Denji and knelt next to the sleeping sixteen-year-old. "Denji."
"..."
For description purposes: Denji was a teen like Kancho, apart from the one-year difference, which gave the other a tiny bit of seniority. His blond and scruffy hair with bags underneath his yellow-brown eyes resulted in an always dazed and tired expression; it was slightly similar to Kancho's but went to a different degree because of the unkempt hair. His teeth were noticeably sharp and angular—unlike most people—and he had a scrawny build with protruding ribs due to malnutrition.
He wore a loose white tank top, a green jacket, and black pants these days, all of which were as raggedy and worn out as his roommate's attire.
"Wake up, dude. It's daytime." Kancho reminded, nudging Denji unhurriedly to try and wake the guy up without making him mad.
"Mmmm..."
"Come on."
It was gradual, but Denji eventually awoke in a daze. He stood up on his mattress with a tired sigh and turned to Kancho with an eye rub; he didn't seem ready for anything.
"Bad dream?" Kancho asked with a negligible eyebrow raise.
"I think so..." Denji replied, checking his right side to see that Pochita was still there; he patted his dog softly as anticipated. "Did I move around like before?"
"Eh, not so much. You are pretty sweaty, though." Kancho commented. "Was it about that door again?"
"..." Denji scratched Pochita a little slower after answering. "Yeah..."
Kancho wouldn't dive for a more in-depth analysis after hearing 'that' kind of response; street smarts 101.
"Okay, then," He grunted, getting up and grabbing his grey trenchcoat, and slipping it on with no problem. "Then wake Pochita so we can—"
"POCCCCHITAAAAAA!!" Ono started hollering to Pochita out of nowhere, catching Kancho off guard.
"WAH?!"
"POCHITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! THEY HIT THE PENTAGONNNNNNNNNNNN!! THEY HIT THE 'FUCKIN PENTAGONNNNNNNNN!!"
"YOU SONOVABITCH—I KNEW YOU'D DO IT AGAIN!"
"IT'S JUST A BIT OF TROLLING~"
"YOU'RE NOT FUNNY—JUST ANNOYING!"
The two then began another one of their shouting matches with each other, and as typical of them, have become totally oblivious to anyone watching the whole scene transpire.
"Woof?" Pochita barked, looking confused as to why his chums were fighting again.
"Another prank, Pochita. It's nothing." Denji reassured while slipping on his shoes.
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Five Minutes
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"YOU ALWAYS GOTTA START SOMETHING, DON'T YOU? HUH?!"
"AW, SHUCKS—YOU'RE ALL DICK BUT NO SHAFT, A-AND A BALLS BUT NO SCROTUM LOOKIN' ASS!!"
"THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE—"
"You two ready?" Denji interrupted, tired of hearing them argue again for the millionth time. "Man... you two are like a married couple or something."
"..."
"..."
"Then we better get to work."
"Woof!"
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Ten Minutes
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"Treecuttin'... that gets us sixty thousand yen a month..." Denji said aloud, recounting the various things he has done while trying to clear his father's debt. "The kidney I just sold... one million two hundred thousand."
"Uh-huh," Kancho nodded.
"My right eye was three hundred thousand."
"Sound about right."
"Sold one of my nuts for..."
"Fifty thousand yen, not even close to the market price."
"Yeah..." Denji took out a payoff planner he had bought a while ago and read it carefully. "Shit."
"A shit ton of money still?" Kancho questioned.
"Thirty-eight million and forty thousand yen," Denji replied grimly and with a short laugh. "Damn! How hasn't it gone down yet?!"
"It has. It used to be twenty more than that last I recall."
"Twenty yen?"
"Twenty million."
"Ha..." Denji put the paper back in his pocket with a small fold. "We still gotta go a long way before this crap's done and done, huh?"
"Yeeeeeep," Kancho remarked, accentuating the 'P.' "Remind me again, why don't you let Ono heal your injuries? We can keep selling your remade liver repeatedly, y'know."
"Cuz that shit hurts!" Denji said with a frown. "And it makes Pochita cry whenever he sees me like that!"
"I get it, I get it! I'm throwing ideas around, alright?"
"Bad ideas..."
"Whatever, how far are we from the place? Or is this the place itself?" Kancho asked, staring at the building to his left.
"Woof!"
Kancho and Denji turn around and see Pochita growling; this house is most definitely the place they are looking for. "Grrrrr..."
"I AGREE WITH POCHITA," Ono said from inside Kancho's trenchcoat pocket. "THE DEVIL IS IN THERE."
"Looks like Pochita is ready to kill something, huh?" Kancho said with a short smile.
"That makes two of us!" Denji said, picking up Pochita and holding him like a proper chainsaw. "All this talk of debt has got me riled up, too!"
"Same..." Kancho followed Denji and took Ono out of his pocket. "Stay close to that over there wall."
"I know! I know!"
'It's common knowledge that most Devils aren't good, but a dead one...' Denji and Kancho move past a corner and—low and behold—a Devil was standing in the courtyard: a Tomato Devil. 'That's an EASY three hundred grand in your pocket.'
Denji pulled Pochita's tail cord, and the chainsaw on his pet's head began to rev loudly. Meanwhile, Kancho pressed lightly on Ono's square-shaped button atop the spray can's head, causing a yellowish-red mist to start streaming out of the Ono's now-elongated nozzle; the Tomato Devil doesn't seem to have noticed them yet.
"Bein' a Devil Hunter has gotta be the best way of makin' some moola..." Denji declared, keeping his eyes on the eye-covered and considerably-legged demon nearby.
"Yessir," Kancho murmured as the Tomato Devil looked in their direction with the most toothy and sinister smile. "Let's get this bread."
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INTRO
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Dante's Divine Comedy Reference: Denji pulls his cord, and a burst of gas can be heard simultaneously.
Reservoir Dogs Reference: The screen pans to a group of five wearing Public Safety uniforms with black trenchcoats—starting from left to right—frozen in time: Power, Aki, Makima, Kancho, and Denji. The screen moves across and shows Power trying to mess with Aki, who is trying his best to stay focused on walking forward. Makima looks at the two with a smile. Denji is watching them, too, also trying to be annoying to Aki. Behind Makima is Kancho, who is—unlike the others—wearing a grey Cavalier hat, slouched as he walks and staring at the red-haired woman profoundly; he knows something is up but doesn't know exactly what's wrong.
The fixed scene continues, and the three on the right are shown walking again. However, this time, Makima is now glimpsing at a blushing Denji with a devious countenance subtly, while Kancho from behind is looking between the two with wider eyes and a narrowed brow; something has gone awry, and he's gotta do something about it. So in response, he brings his right hand to the back of his hat, about to bring it forward or downward.
FIGHT, SURVIVE, A BEAUTIFUL STAR?
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reference, but Kancho is sitting on a gravestone in the background with Ono in his hand; he is also looking at Denji.
Pulp Fiction Reference.
FIGHT, SURVIVE, A BEAUTIFUL STAR?
Sadako vs. Kayako Reference, but Kancho is chasing after Akane Sawatari in his Hybrid form.
No Country For Old Men Reference
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Reference, but Kancho is in the backseat trying to help give directions with a map of Japan as Aki drives.
FIGHT, SURVIVE, A BEAUTIFUL STAR?
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Reference
Don't Look Up Reference, but Kancho busts through the ceiling above Power, falling onto her with extreme prejudice; Denji turns around, shocked.
FIGHT, SURVIVE, A BEAUTIFUL STAR?
Jacob's Ladder Reference, but Kancho is slowly moving upstairs with a bunch of heavy boxes in his hands; he's having trouble carrying all the weight but endures it regardless.
Constantine Reference, but Kancho is flying in the background in his hybrid form before posing like Luffy when he jumps before the camera pans to the following setting.
No one fighting again, 'tis a lucky day.
Messiah of Evil Reference: most of the on-scene characters are in a movie theater; this time, Kancho sits next to Makima and Aki, respectively; he is holding what appears to be a can of AXE and a soda, which he drinks from time to time.
Don't gotta say hello to any new bloodstains!
Makima tries offering him popcorn, but he refuses, while Denji allows her to hand-feed him.
Who's that?! What's That?! Sounds all around me are all coming right at my head!
The Big Lebowski Reference, but Kancho has hurt his left fingers with a bowling ball and is busy rubbing them profusely with his right; Power seems to be laughing at him, which causes him to scowl barely before looking at Aki's attempt at getting a strike.
It's in my sight; I will soon provide and bring peace…
Thor: Love and Thunder Reference, but Kancho is in a swimsuit with added swimming gear: swimming goggles, puddle jumpers, a duck-shaped flotation device around his hip, and a pair of rubber feet for deep diving; he appears to be pointing at something in the background while staring at the screen, appearing dumbfounded or otherwise bewildered by what he was seeing; it seemed Makima was treating Denji like some dog being walked on a beach, leash and all.
Then, there is a short cameo of Akane and the Debt Collector's grandson with the Snake Devil by Akane's side, having eaten the past screen. Next, a metal jacket of bullets appears out of nowhere near what seems to be mountains or the sky above them; a wave of blue gas appears to change the screen immediately.
All I want is to survive…
Let me clean up your mind…
The setting is now Makima's office; it appears she is allowing Denji on her thighs as a pillow, rubbing his head slowly as if he were a child. Denji seems happy, but a few fungus plants grow out of his body from nowhere.
Bring you towards the light.
The next shot shows Denji's dream: Makima is standing in front of Denji and looks at him with a smile as he tries to go after her but fails because it is an illusion; there is also an ant on Denji's left hand.
I'll help and make it right.
Denji reawakens to Makima, trying to feed him a snail infected by the Leucochlordium Parasite; there is also another insect, but it is on the top of his head. The scene switches between Makima gradually feeding Denji a mind-controlled snail, Denji turning into his Hybrid form, and Makima attempting to put something with her hand camera.
Unknown to the two, someone is outside trying to break down the window with their fists; in the final scene, they're successful but now are attempting to throw away the snail before Denji eats it.
One step at a time!
OH, "WE'LL GET THROUGH TOGETHER, BUT ILL STILL CAUSE SEETHES AND SHUDDERS?"
In this following scene, Denji and Kancho appear in their Hybrid forms, jumping out of a building and descending toward a Devil with two large chains protruding from it; Denji attacks first by cutting into its body while Kancho follows up by utterly destroying one of the Devil's chains with his bare hands.
THAT HELL IN WAIT, JUST BENEATH THE EYES, ILL FIND PROOF IN THE LIES!
Power attempts to fight by tossing some of her blood at it but instead passes right through the massive hole in the demon's center. Aki tries to bark out some orders, but—at the same time—Denji and Kancho get captured by the Devil and thrown about multiple times into multiple buildings to create the letters CSM and TAD with their bodies.
"She's mine, so whatever!" Fine, but I'll still strive to save you, my buddy!
Neon Genesis Evangelion Reference, but Hyrbid form Kancho helps pull Hyrbid form Denji out of the giant sphere and yells with him up toward the sky at the top of his lungs.
"Stay Alive, or A Beautiful Star?"
Denji is looking at a giant yellow ball; he seems to have an idea, and it subtly shows his brain exploding because of how good the idea is. Kancho, meanwhile, is running out from a building James Bond style towards the fray once more as he was thrown so far in the last scene.
"Stay Alive, or A Beautiful Star?"
Power, while on a metal pole, is encouraging the idea, and it shows her with glasses for only a moment; she follows through and hits the yellow sphere with her blood hammer, sending it and a riding Denji rushing quickly toward the Devil they're fighting.
"Stay Alive, or A Beautiful Star?"
Kancho shows up and jumps out of a building; he uses his gas to propel himself toward the Devil below and, alongside Denji, moves toward the monster at lightning speed; both are about to pierce it with rod and chainsaw alike.
Look at me go; ain't I a fuckin' riot?!
Denji is now appearing to cook something with an egg; Kancho is watching him and helping as Denji seems to have no idea what he's doing; then, a door in a long hallway appears, but the screen is moving farther from it at a quick rate.
WORK, PROVIDE, NO TIME TO DIE.
Goodbye, Eri Reference, but Kancho is aching on the ground from the explosion; it is likely the words he is using to describe the pain he feels is similar to those in that one explosion scene from The Other Guys.
Metaphor of Knowledge Reference, but Kancho is sitting beside Aki but still playing with Power and a younger Denji below. At the top of the wall are a few boxes, and atop these boxes is Ono, glaring upward into the sky and spouting obscenities angrily.
DEVIL, INSIDE, NO TIME TO DIE.
A young, teary-eyed Denji and Pochita are lying next to each other, embracing one another on a dirty mattress, and looking over them is an older somebody wearing a Public Safety uniform with a spray can in his right hand.
The next scene is the Future Devil throwing down some fire-ass dance moves alongside Kancho, who is flaring on the ground; he seems to be going with the dark room's vibe.
A lone lantern is in front of the camera but changes to show the Ghost Devil's true form: terrifying and incredible.
STAY, ALIVE, NO TIME TO DIE.
The Katana Man is now in front of the camera, presenting himself with a bunch of bladed axes moving around him. In the background is a mountain, and a sole someone appears to be trying to climb it with their bare hands; they do not look human and appear to have rods sticking out of their arms and head.
PROTECT, SURVIVE, NO TIME TO DIE.
The final scene shows Power and Denji dancing with each other in a modified form of the Mickey Mouse DogHouse Dance; Aki appears to be watching, but Kancho seems to have had enough supervising and has started to join the two in the merriment.
Aki looks at the screen and appears to be trying to Kon the three idiots he has to deal with; Kancho catches on and joins in to avoid being thrown in with the other two, but he snaps his fingers instead while also saying something unintelligible, causing the screen to glitch out and show the show's title frame.
CHAINSAW MAN: THE AXE DEVIL
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AUTHOR
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I cannot express how much fun I had writing the intro; it was the best. Also, VERY SORRY for the lack of updates; I got really sick and uhhhh school. I'm also making the rest of the first episode today, so you shouldn't worry about only getting the intro and the first part of the anime after all that waiting.
CIAO FOR NOW.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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