Man, Part 2 really is a lot like the Big Lebowski
I got tired of all the Lebowski mentions in the comments here, so I decided to refresh my memory on that movie. Turned out it really does have a very similar structure as Part 2.
A bunch of psychos with their own agendas that interconnect in increasingly absurd ways keep popping in and out of the story to bother a random dude who doesn't want anything to do with them, keep threatening him or asking him for favors, but all he really does get in return is his apartment being trashed, his little sister killed, his car blown up, his dogs burned alive and his carpet pissed on. And since the Dude is completely unrelated to anyone involved, they basically briefly fucked his life up for no reason. But the Dude's The Man, so he that don't bother him, he'll be fine either way.
Now, regarding the ending I'm not really sure how it fits. If I were to try and fit it into Lebowski's stylish bathrobe, I'd say that Chainsaw Man, Pochita's story, happened to Denji and then ended kind of without his involvement too, since it was Pochita who made the call. My boy came into his life, they had fun together, the psychos fucked Denji's life briefly because Pochita was there and then Pochita ate himself to stop the mess the psychos made. Now Denji's gonna live a life where all that bullshit didn't happen and it'll probably be better for him. So i guess he won more than Lebowski's did. Poor Dude.
I want his haircut.
Posted Apr 9, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC