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In this plurk: One of the most alarming demonstrations of a monster's threat level in a manga, courtesy of Chainsaw Man
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welcome to Gun Devil
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The Events That Occurred On September 12, 1997, Between 3:18:21 And 3:18:24
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this is genuinely terrifying
moontouched
chainsaw man is fucking BRUTAL
penis bacon
......what is relevant about april, july, and october

I mean, aside from the fact the people aren't INSTANTLY dead
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nobody knows
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the two page spread with just
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it's just weird that it's that weirdly specific
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the massive list of names
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holy christ
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the first time Gun Devil appeared, it visited multiple countries for a total of five minutes and killed 1.2 million people
moontouched
yep
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then disappeared
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https://images.plurk.com/5VcGXQBb5x72k9Huffd6yM.png what the ACTUAL fuck
penis bacon
also can i just say that i love the giant gaping chestmaw that appears to have gathered the heads of all its victims eternally screaming legion-style
moontouched
the way they do supernatural abilities in this manga (as well as devil designs in general) is just, incredibly good
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in the above scene, the US president offered one year off of every American citizen's lives as a sacrifice to order Gun Devil to kill one person
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in this world, production and sale of guns is heavily restricted worldwide and there are laws limiting the reporting on gun violence
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because the more people are afraid of guns, the stronger Gun Devil becomes
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the way Devils work is, as ruka says, REALLY fucking on point for shonen manga enemies
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each Devil is bound to a concept, which can be basically fucking anything
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Gun Devil, Chainsaw Devil, Tomato Devil, Sea Cucumber Devil
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and the devil's power is tied to how much people are afraid of that concept
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so on one side of the scale, Tomato Devil gets killed in one panel by the main character in the first chapter
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but on the other end, you have primal fears that form devils who have never known defeat
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like Darkness Devil
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who is orders of magnitude stronger than Gun Devil
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because people have feared the dark since the fucking stone age
dragon time
So I think that April is safe because it's the fourth month and four is death
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what about 7 and 10
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And October I think because the words for gun and ten are similar
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I have no idea why July
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....oh, maybe because of the "jyu" sound??
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there we go
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reasons for all three via wordplay
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Devils just do things arbitrarily sometimes
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And of course Gun can have that wordplay because despite its power
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It's one of the youngest devils out there
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people have only feared guns for a couple hundred years
HotXC
daaaaamn
Rama
Yeah it can't physically be older than about 700 years
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eventually we're gonna meet, like
Rama
And in early days it might as well have been Sudden Loud Noises Devil
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Death Devil
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I'm hype for Devil Devil
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God, we haven't heard a word about the classic four horsemen
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Disease Devil
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I bet most of them are primal
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Starvation Devil
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War is a little trickier because it requires like, established societies with history to have really scary conflicts
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Murder Devil tho
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Growing Up Only To Realize You've Become Your Father Devil
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Crime Devil
Rama
Guys
Rama
Fear Devil
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Oh shit
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Everyone Finding Out You Like Anime Devil
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Did I Leave The Stove On Devil
Echo
Heights Devil.
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guys
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are we going to meet Devil Devil
Echo
Public Speaking And Also Somehow You're Naked Devil.
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Holly mentioned Devil Devil
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oh i missed it
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Repeating Something Someone Already Said Devil
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Anxiety devils are slow but insidious killers
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Overconfidence Devil
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Accidentally Sending Nudes To Your Boss and Not Your Significant Other Devil
Echo
...Human Devil.
Echo
Because when you get right down to it, how many fears are just people being scared of people?
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Portapotty Devil
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I've always been creeped out by those things
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They don't even have soap it's gross
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Dog Devil
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Valor Devil
HotXC
come on author. research the American Clown Fear, and provide a Clown Devil
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Wasting Your Potential Devil
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God I hope we get a clown Devil
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Actually I hope we don't
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Failure Devil
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Who is ironically quite powerful
kamikasei
So in this setting, that book about how spiders are friends that Australia banned would actually have been an ingenious act of memetic warfare
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oh god I just thought about people being afraid of rollercoasters and my brain went to bad places
dragon time
Devil just looks like Thunderbark from Twisted Metal
Villain
Aquarion EVOL Devil
Rama
Crunchyroulette Devil
Villain
Gacha Devil
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Falling Asleep At A College Party Devil
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Showing Your Favorite Movie To Your Friends And They Aren't That Into It Devil
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Getting A Spark In Fate Grand Order But It's A Character From The Story Banner You Don't Even Like Devil
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Wankgate Devil
Villain
Lightning McQueen Fucked Your Mom Devil
thetaClysm
isnt it amazing how you can create new fears just by saying words
Villain
Someone Sat Next To You On The Bus Even Though There Was An Empty Seat RIGHT Over There Devil
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eric that's the most frightening thing anyone has said in this plurk so far
Villain
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White People Devil
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man I would've SWORN it was "Lightning McQueen Fucked my Dad"
Villain
I wasn't entirely sure about that one either
thetaClysm
anyways if you enjoy this concept you may also enjoy The Magnus Archives
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I've heard good things
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god, that long list of names
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THE LIST OF NAMES
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it would be a normal scene if it just said, like
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"817 people killed"
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but naming each one of them is CHILLING
moontouched
yeah just devoting entire pages and pages to just
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names
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and nothing else
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while the scene keeps going
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What If They Made Simpsons Porn Illegal Devil
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fuck
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a low-key highlight of this scene is just
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all of that carnage, then
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not even a change of expression
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the next three seconds contain the fight between Makima and Gun Devil
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Murdergame Mod Asked If You're Sure Devil
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a text that only says "can I talk to you for a minute" devil
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Part of what fucks me up is that a lot of them have the same last names and I'm like "oh, these people were a family"
Echo
I wonder why it's specifically "adult men" and "children age twelve or younger" but not adult women?
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also like
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props to the mangaka for making what should be a goofy ass design look pants shittingly terrifying
Echo
Like, in a way it's scarier, because you get the sense that it is playing by a set of rules, but it's a ruleset you don't understand and know nothing about.
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speaking of goofy visuals that turn out terrifying
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uh oh
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who wants to see Darkness Devil's first appearrance
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OH NO
Echo
From the information presented, your best possible chance of survival while within range is to be an adult woman born in the months of April, July, or October.
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Why?
Echo
Who knows.
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Echo
The fucking astronauts.
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THIS IS THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE SHIT
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that's him, in the back
Echo
It almost makes sense, the idea of like "space is the darkest possible thing and we sent these people out there in tiny fragile shells of glass and metal".
Echo
But also it's so fucking weird and unsettling.
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the FROG???
Echo
I have no goddamn idea about the frog.
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the frog was not explained
Echo
I can justify the astronauts, do not ask me about the frog.
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all Darkness Devil did in this scene was kill like half the cast
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oh good to know it wasn't anything to be worried about
moontouched
darkness devil was fucking TERRIFYING
moontouched
IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF ABSTRACT SHIT THAT MURDERED EVERYONE
moontouched
honestly imo the way demons are presented here is bordering on "you could dress this up with a bit less explicit gore and call it a fae and i would believe you"
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the only good devil is Power
moontouched
correct
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Violence is super cute
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I don't remember Violence
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menacing masked figure with terrifying power who is just kind of nervous and sweet and doesn't much like their namesake
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Darkness swooshed them into lil bits tho
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oh was that the one who was constantly having poison pumped into their face
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Pretty sure
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