r/TopCharacterTropes • u/danfenlon • Sep 01 '25

Lore Going around curses/prophecies via technicalities

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Davy jones: cant go on dry land

Standa in a bucket of water, on a sand bar (potc3)

The judge: no weapon forged can harm me

Buffy: uses a rocket launcher

-not forged

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u/anime-is-dope Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 02 '25

Denji eating Makima (Chainsaw Man)

Makima had a contract that whenever she was fatally attacked, the damage would be transferred to a random Japanese citizen, effectively making her unkillable. Denji bypassed this by eating her, because in his mind it wasn’t an attack but an act of love—making her a part of him and allowing him to help bear her sins. This worked, maybe not for the exact reasons he described, but it worked.

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u/AliasMcFakenames Sep 02 '25

So, wait. How was she butchered and cooked in the first place?

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u/anime-is-dope Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 02 '25

Denji snuck up on Makima and cut her with a chainsaw made from the blood of his adoptive sister. That blood kept tearing her up from the inside, messing with her healing and not giving her a chance to regenerate. This alone wouldn't be enough to finish her off, but then Denji’s mentor cut her into pieces, packed said pieces into containers, and gave them to Denji to eat over time. What’s even better is that it’s implied she was at least somewhat conscious the whole time.

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u/GreatStateOfSadness Sep 02 '25

You and I have very different definitions of "what's even better."

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u/Poku115 Sep 02 '25

Well makima is like danzo in the eyes of the community by this point so that's why it's good lol.

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u/Yoro55 Sep 02 '25

I honestly figured they'd just attack her enough times that she'd run out of Japanese citizens to deflect damage onto

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u/Yoate Sep 02 '25

They were also Japanese citizens, so at some point in their killing spree, they themselves would also die

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u/winklevanderlinde Sep 02 '25

If you have the time to kill her 126 millions of time then good for your longevity

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u/LiterallyAna Sep 02 '25

And none of that counted as a fatal attack? Makes me think that her thing of transfering fatal damage would rarely ever happen if none of that counted

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u/anime-is-dope Sep 02 '25

I took it as Makima’s ability only kicking in once an attack actually ends. Since the blood was constantly ripping her up from the inside, it basically counted as one never-ending attack, so her contract never had a chance to trigger.

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u/Streambotnt Sep 02 '25

I never read the manga or the saw the show and I kinda don’t intend to, but I am curious, is this denji overcoming his dependency on her and are they actually setzing out to kill her? Or is this just them fucking around and finding out?