Chainsawfolk

People started debating about why CSM is selling less with every new volume. We can’t control the market. The anime was great, but reception was mixed in Japan. Story has a different pace from P1. Social media told us that a story needs good numbers to be good.

As much as I’d like for it to be #1, it won’t stop me from enjoying it when it isn’t. We had a lot of pre-anime hype moments where it wasn’t on the first spot.

Maybe sales are an important metric, but I think Fujiwater cares more about the art than the numbers (see Fire Punch which dipped after a couple of volumes).

At a point I considered stopping from spamming this subreddit with news and posts, but then I realised I didn’t do it for Fujimoto or for myself, but for interacting and having fun with the community. At least I seem to have forgotten how much fun we had before the number brain rotting.

From my POV, I still love the series so much. It helped me get through a very acute depression phase. It was great having something to look forward to every week. So I’ll support my goat until the end. This is part of the reason why I import Japanese volumes. This and because they are smol af.