The author is so crazy, he even levitated for 2 seconds using his own power alone

Fujimoto is the only author ik who has filmed themselves attempting levitation so that just makes him 100% better than most authors

“He takes two steps left and levitates up” that part had me rolling 😂😂💀💀

I absolutely adore Fujimotos art style. It’s so unique and realistic it just makes the story come to life.

The fact that Fujimoto had the authors of : Spy x Family, Hell's Paradise, and Dandadaan as his assistants shows how influential and inspiring the new gen mangakas are it's great

Fire Punch is a deconstruction of post-apocalyptic settings and the characters and tropes surrounding them by reminding the reader that if one were to exist, literally EVERYONE would be too traumatized to function as a sane human being.

I think the essence of what makes Fujimoto such a great author is that he writes with the mindset of "I'm not making this for you, I'm making this for me. It just so happens that you get to read it."

He is a lover of cinema. Everything has something to do with movies whether directing, critiquing, photography in his stories and it shows. His love for movies is seen in every etch and was able to meld both much like junji ito was able to tap horror into pages or beserks crazy worlds. Types of artists who are feverish in their passion are who I look up to.

and MAPPA stated that they want to annimate and produce ALL of Fujimoto's works... just imagine 😳

“Cinematic” is a really good way to describe Fujimoto’s style, and would probably be a huge compliment to him, considering how much he loves movies.

This isn't said enough, but the way Gigguk sells something is amazing. The way he carefully words things to make it seem intriguing, with the perfect music at the perfect times... Gigguk, if you ever see this, I hope you realize just how amazing you are. If Tatsuki Fujimoto is a genius manga writer, then Gigguk my friend, you are a genius reviewer.

With goodbye eri, it becomes very apparent that Fujimoto studies stories of all kinds to a surgical degree. Besides his storytelling, he knows that the image is king. For example, Chainsaw Man ch. 76. He prioritizes the image over storytelling for a bit to provide maximum impact to the reader. (Trying to avoid spoilers so I will be vague) why are they at a beach? Why is the halo above her head made of her own brain matter? Why chains? Why are they floating above the water? None of it is explained or furthers the plot very much, but the image is burned into your psyche. The image is strong and that’s all that matters.

CSM fans: "Chainsaw man is so weird and disturbing." Fire punch fans: "That's adorable."

I just hope the anime does well so Fujimoto can finally reach his dream of levitation.

Look Back and Goodbye Eri both deserve an anime movie adaptation. They’re incredible

dude is a goated artists both in writing and his art, its all unique asf.

"Every time you think Agni's gonna take one step forward he takes two steps left and levitates up" -Gigguk 2022

Fire Punch really did feel like watching an artist realize this might be their one opportunity to say everything they've ever wanted to with their art so they threw every idea they had into it. Chaotic, not always well paced, sometimes confusing, yet utterly raw and memorable.

I read firepunch in mor eor less one full sitting while on a plane across country. All I have to say is that Fujimoto sincerely understands the heavy themes and concepts he writes about, and I couldn't respect him more for it. I have never seen, not by any other person's work, related to and felt the pure weight and understanding of depression and existentialism. Fujimoto just *gets it*. I truly feel that he does. There's this interesting concept of existentialism and nihilism of the desire to not exist. Not the suicidal "I want to die" feeling, but to simple stop being, or to have never been born. Towards the later 3rd of Fire Punch, this confused feeling of escapism and adverse to self-accountability arises and, as odd as it is, it makes sense. And Fujimoto isn't just an author that presents these themes and let's the audience deal with it, Fujimoto also supplies the reader with his own take on thoughts on them. A constant theme I saw in FP was recursion. Specifically when it comes to depression and existentialism. Questions like "whats the point" or "why improve if it's just going to get back again" and oddly enough, I've read Fujimoto's take on these questions as something that sounds simple but is rather complex when you really get down into it. You improve upon things, and you weather through the bad in order to get to the good. That's the point. The fact that, there *is* good. You can feel the pain of living up until you become numb, and things suck for a while, but then, you get numb to that as well. You get bored of being numb and *something* happens. That something is what you look forward to. And it won't last forever, things may get bad again, but then; recursion. Thing will get good again. My interpretation of FP may be completely different but it's given me so much to think about in nothing short of ~80 chapters. It's truly impressive and I do hope it gets a faithful adaptation

Fugimoto’s one shots are an example of letting the artist & the story breathe. Those stories needed to be that long cause they need to breathe. I’ve read shonen manga for decades but drawing, writing & sometimes coloring 19 pages of manga for 50 weeks out the year for several years just isn’t the best environment for story telling. Good for sales sure but not for creativity. Every artist that does it successfully is a genius prodigy imo but the stories always comes with faults. First rule of creative writing is “you will rewrite” but when do you have time to rewrite when you have to draw, ink, & submit your 19 pages every week. Weekly format isn’t the best but it takes a lot to do it & i respect the artists that can also tell a story with the limitations of a page number. I want to see more artist just draw just to create & not have the boundaries of an editor, publication, page count etc… Fugimoto somehow did that so i hope some things are changing. Remember when Kishimoto did that one shot inbetween Naruto. Kubo did burn the witch. Yea neither was good but i wish they explored more instead of being stuck doing one series for 15 years & burning out for who knows how long.

I remember finishing Chainsaw Man for the 3rd time and wondering “Wonder what else Fujimoto has written” and reading Fire Punch and… well it’s a manga. I thought Chainsaw Man was messed up in parts but apparently it was Fujimoto being pretty tame.

Learning Fujimoto can levitate doesn't surprise me in the least.

fujimoto is a master of "show don't tell", it's amazing because how he does his panels makes me experience the manga in more ways than one, not just visual. I'm reading it but it's so well done that I imagine BGM too, his love for film really shows. take the darkness devil scene for example; the depressing atmosphere was so well built that I could imagine ominous music blaring as the thing revealed itself

Fujimoto is my generation’s Araki. Hell, I’d even say he’s my generation’s Miura. I love every single panel he makes and I can’t wait to see where he goes in life.

Tatsuki Fujimoto's feel of art style and framing are so unbelievable. Characters so expressive yet still alive. It's greatly enjoyable just to look at his drawings.

And if Fujimoto himself wasn't enough, check out his assistant's work: Dandadan. If you love chainsaw man wacky style, you'll love Dandadan and it's LSD story

You know what really interesting? Fujimoto take lots of film idea into his work. It's explained why his pacing is very fluid and why his character feel so real, he respects what is being shown to us. Everything has a reason to be framed, and his story telling is exactly like a short movie. You don't see many people able to crossover with their interests skillfully.

I loved reading Fire Punch, and I'm glad someone recognizes how beautifully bat shit insane it is

the last panel of goodbye eri is both heartbreaking and hilarious at the same time. how'd he do that?

Tatsuki's answer to the train dilema perfectly encapsulates his story telling style. There was a cat too dude.

I believe with all my being that, one day, Fujimoto will succeed at levitating

I really like Goodbye Eri. If you were to teach a high-school English class focused on how to read works thematically (something much of the internet is absolutely terrible at, I might add) I honestly think it would be a great place to start. It's not subtle with its themes, but it refrains from stating them directly to your face and they're more detailed and specific than a lot of traditional works. They're more concrete, you can grab them firmly and there's enough meat to sink your teeth in a bit. And, importantly, it's a story that's absolutely screaming at you to read it that way. You cannot read that story and consider a completely literal reading of events to be sufficient or at all the point being gone for. Even if you're not actively analyzing it as you go, that final panel just takes all these thematic threads and resolves them in one single masterstroke that you *cannot* ignore. So if you're not used to thematic readings, it's a good place to start. If you are competent at thematic readings, it's a wonderfully told bundle of ideas that all come together and resolve in a way that's just so satisfying. All this to say that I think Fujimoto's greatest strength is that he has arthouse sensibilities but executes on them in a very accessible way, giving the average person the feeling of experiencing something deep and out-there without being so challenging as to be off-putting. That may sound kind of back-handed but it's a balance that's genuinely both impressive and valuable.

The idea of a chainsaw attached to the head is insane on its own.

you only mentioned his work, the best part of what makes tatsuki Fujimoto such a goat is his mentorship and support for his fellow mangaka. He helped the author's of Spy x Family, Dandadan, and Hell's paradise. Two of them were his direct assistants, that he himself went on to assist in their works. Dude is talented, hardworking, and nurturing.

That’s why I love Gigguk, you can tell he pours his soul to make his videos and squeeze in that humor we all have grown to love. Keep on keeping on GRANT❤️

Having just finished Fire Punch about 10 minutes ago, I have no doubt Fujimoto is an insane genius

Still cant get over the fact that kobeni's car got more votes in popularity contest that kobeni herself

Fujimoto might end up being one of the most influential mangakas ever. So, Firepunch, Look Back, Goodbye Eri, Chainsaw Man Part 1, and Chainsaw Man Part 2 (ongoing) are all a part of his impressive line up BUT THATS NOT ALL: Fujimoto's assistants are also making bangers so, the big three assistants that I'm aware of making things are: 1. Yuji Kaku -Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku -Ayashimon 2. Tatsuya Endo -Spy X Family 3. Yukinobu Tatsu -Dandadan On top of that Gege Atakami has stated that he's a huge fan of Fujimoto's work too, so there's that too.

"Goodbye, Eri" is a post modern masterpiece. I was kinda reminded of "Synecdoche, New York" as I was reading it.

I totally agree with Garnt here. I love Tatsuki Fujimoto and he easily became my new favourite mangaka. Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man are the great "long" manga but his one shots are debatably his true masterpieces. Besides Look Back and Sayonara Eri i would also add the recent Just Listen to the Song. It is not as impactful as the others but has a cool message and is executed masterfully.

It helps that Fujimoto is 28 years old, meaning that he grew up watching and reading the same media we did, as his work seems to rely on our knowledge of those tropes to pull the rug under us every... Single... time. I'm here for it!

Was wondering if you’d include "just listen to the song" but it’s whatever. Anyway, Fujimoto is the only guy who could make 4 pages completely blank and still have me thinking "damn, these pages kinda fire tho"

man is literally chunnibyo irl , no wonder he creates great shonen

If i may add one thing. This man has the original spirit of anime. As a westerner i was drawn not just to the fights scenes and the robots. It is a raw insanity and madness that anime used to challenge my mind with in every series. This when it was just a weird indy thing that would pop up on SBS. I'm very happy this guy is young and making a ton more stuff and excited to see what's next.

The best part about Fujimoto is that he's a fantastic illustrator. He doesn't add too much detail to affect the release schedule or make the panels unclear, it's just the right amount EVERY time. There's always just enough to get the plot or emotions across, with no wasted ink.

one of my fav parts about fujimoto’s works is his ability to use “show don’t tell” acting but in art form with gorgeous panels that convey all the feelings and emotions without a characters internal monologue i love it so much

When I got tired of the csm hype wanting to just experience the anime first before the manga i read the first chapter and found it boring, then the panels later on got me hinged on the series. im currently binging the chapters and im glad to be finally part of the csm community and if i enjoyed a series as simplistic as csm then im pretty sure his other works can be that good as well. Fujimoto is a goat.

If you are a fan of beautifully drawn manga I highly HIGHLY recommend looking at ANYTHING from Witch Hat Altiar, the author breaks conventional panelling, and her ink work is something I’ve never seen before out of manga.

Honestly Garnt just made a 17 minute statement on why you should read Chainsaw Man, before the anime. Fujimoto is great and you experience his weirdness as unfiltered as possibles.

The thing you need to keep in mind with Fujimoto’s writing is that he values theming above all else. He is fine sacrificing pacing, and clarity if it gets the strong narrative themes and feelings he is trying to convey

Wow I didn’t know all of these, I was looking for stories in mangas that are my taste but I never found one that satisfied me completely. This author’s story telling feels awesome! I’ll go read his work.

I'm seriously wondering how many rewrites he goes through before he finalizes his work. I'd be so delighted to learn that someday.

Those black panels in Goodbye Eri made my heart stop like nothing else in manga ever has

Fujimoto is just built different

A common comment asking for a video: I recently started watching anime stories when it was released. And I thought about how much the butterfly effect could have affected if something had changed in the past. Would we have an anime? Or would it change a lot? Would it become regular cartoons like in other countries? Or how could the anime not appear? Watching the history of Japan associated with the appearance of anime, you understand that due to the peculiarities of the country, anime is what it is now (I'm not only talking about the best, but in general about all series) I would like a full picture of why the anime might not appear in such a special way than other animated series.

Chapter 98 of Chainsaw Man was probably the most wild single chapter of manga I have read

I remember when I first heard of Fire Punch,and someone described it as "the best anti-suicide AD ever made"... And man,reading through it with that in mind, it hit me so hard. The village chief at the very start wraps up the entire manga in a little package,despite the insanity that follows:"Everyone. Death is the one thing that you must never accept. Even if you yield to other pains,refuse death". And that's what Agni ends up doing,no matter the carnage that is left around him. Yeah,it might not be the most straightforward story ever told,but it really gets at Fujimoto as a writer,I feel. I've heard someone else say something to the effect of "Fire Punch disregards narrative cohesion to instill as much emotion as possible" and I wholeheartedly agree. You can feel it in every chapter,every panel. The absurdity of Fujimoto's style,be it the events of the story,the toilet humor,the constant movie parallels,only make the really dark or depressing nature of his mangas easier to swallow,and with it, it helps the reader understand just how incredibly heartfelt they really are at their core,no matter how bleak the future seems. That's why,as Fujimoto himself points out in Goodbye Eri,all of his stories incorporate some sort of supernatural or inexplicable element to them,despite how grounded some appear to be. It's that insanity that keeps the characters afloat,even helps them resolve their inner turmoil sometimes,but the feelings behind them are never downplayed,or treated as a joke. Now that I think about it, Fujimoto is probably one of my favourite examples of an absurdist in any media.

I think one of the biggest things to keep in mind when reading Fujimoto's work is how deeply he loves cinema. Goodbye Eri shows this quite prominently, but every single one of his stories is riddled with cinema tropes, imagery that copies or references famous scenes from movies and a kind of visual storytelling that makes you tear through his pages like a flip-book (or, you know, a movie). This is part of what makes his work so unique IMO; you're not just reading a manga, you're watching a movie in manga form.

I would say that the reason his work is so appealing to many people is its not shallow, it's very emotional and human on a thematic level which makes it much more interesting to the average viewer

Fujimoto is basically the second coming of Go Nagai: he has a somewhat rough yet stylish art style, he has a great combination of both gorey horror AND fanservice, and his storylines are always apocalyptic in scale.

i heard gigguks general synopsis of fire punch, tapped out, read the entire thing in a few hours and holy shit. I was not expecting anything that happened. I could not have predicted a single thing that happened in that manga. 10/10 top tier.

thank god chainsaw man got famous because now more people will read Fire Punch, it was always so underrated.

Fujimoto may be one of the *BOLDEST* men on Earth currently alive, honestly. his demon designs are MINDBLOWING

I've read the entirety of Fire Punch a total of four times since I first came across it back in 2018 thanks to some random facebook page. In one sitting, usually starting at around 5 p.m and finishing the last few pages with the sun already up. It's been glorious each and every time.

By the end of Goodbye Eri, I was laughing and crying at the same time. I have never had such a mix of emotions that made me so confused but extremely happy at the same time. The amount of processing I had to do to fully absorb what I had just read was just a roller coaster. I loved reading every single page and I would highly recommend it to anyone. This One-Shot is truly a masterpiece.

15:10 "Some how he's made cinematic Manga a thing." That's the most perfect thing you could call all his works. A movie in manga format.

Remember he's still young, born in 1992. So if at this young age he already create such masterpiece, there will be several more to come.

I highly recommend reading his mangas just bc he blends film and the framing of his panels so cleverly. It's like reading a movie sometimes and it's so cool??? Goodbye Eri and Firepunch are both pretty good with this.

Chainsaw Man is so big that people have started to discredit Fujimoto now. All of Fujimoto's work is absolutely worth re-reading multiple times. He is already one of the greatest authors with part 2 of Chainsaw Man going strong.

I finished Fire Punch for the first time yesterday and my reaction is literally that one meme face Agni makes.

"Cinematic manga". Nice. I came here after reading Chainsaw Man, and remembering watching Gigguk's SAO videos some time ago. I'm now sold on everything Fujimoto creates.

One or my favorite things about Chainsaw Man is how the human interactions feel so real at times. Especially with the way subtle emotions are conveyed.

Chainsaw man already nailed the ending of part 1 (unlike others...) The amount of hype is honestly deserved

best part of Fire Punch was when the main character said, " its fire punching time " truly a remarkable piece of fiction

I never even knew Fire Punch was also from him. It's a really underrated gem so I'm glad it's receiving some love.

Please please do more of these. I absolutely love vids like this from ya.

1:53 So that's why he is one of the greatest manga artist, he actually ascended

I loved the Chainsaw Man manga, so I read everything the author put out, and I gotta say that Goodbye Eri is one of the best stories I ever got to experience.

"Everything this man touch is worth the read" We need him to touch the geneva convention then

Wow... Look Back really hits hard to home. I'm someone who has worked on art all through out my life and always worry I'm never good enough especially sometimes seeing others art... but then I've come across people who I've looked up to in the art world in fanbases at conventions or online where they've told me my art is cute or even they tell me they're huge fans of mine... and it means so much to me I struggle so So much though with myself with not just art but with myself. I always feel stuff with me with so many things and its just... yea. Its why Look Back actually made me emotional a bit.

I love how SO MUCH of Gigguk's background music comes from the different Toaru anime OSTs. I recognize them every time, and it makes me smile. Those OSTs are so good.

You always have to reread his works to actually understand it

I'm so happy people are now finding about his work, I've read fire punch on 2019, it was amazing, I talked it about with my friends , that at the time, didn't knew about him or neither his work, but I wanted it to rise so bad, and I'm so glad it's getting recognition now a days, truly a masterpiece

This is why he remains as my one of goat authors. Guy can write whatever the f*ck he wants in his mind and it works! Also, Hype for mappa news about them loving to animate more of his works.

THIS STORY DESERVES ALL THE HYPE IT HAS AND MORE!!!!

Goodbye Eri and Look Back are the most cinematic comic books i have ever read, manga or anything else. It's fucking insane, i did not even know comics can get me immersed like that despite loving the art form immensely. It just hits on that hipster shit you find on criterion coming of age film kinda way. Can't wait what the dude writes in like a decade when he's a veteran.

Goodbye Eri's my fave too i remember crying through the ending of its manga early in the morning

As someone who’s up to date with the Chainsaw Man manga, from watching the trailer alone, I’d say MAPPA arguably improves on the already astounding artwork in the manga. The fluidity of the animation is out of this world. I think this is undoubtedly going to be MAPPA’s greatest work so far. I guarantee that the hype behind it going to surely live up to everyone’s expectations.

Hey the trailer for "look back" is out and it looks gorgeous.

I read those one shots and cried after each. Appreciate the recs!

The fact that I searched up "chainsaw man" and found this freshly uploaded is hilarious lol. Chainsaw man and Fujimoto are an amazing manga duo that should honestly get more recognition! :)

Fun fact : Agni(the name of the protagonist) means fire in Hindi and Sanskrit

Extremely well made video Gigguk, I had just finished Fire Punch before watching your video, and I completely agree with everything you said about it. Everything ranging from raw emotion, gore, beautiful art to the weird Fujimoto trope has been a wild ride and an experience I probably will never forget.

Is anyone here after they announced the Look Back film

Fujimoto made a manga that’s feels like a cinematic experience in a 4 koma manga style. What a beast.

I had read Chainsaw Man and the first one-shot, loving them both in their own ways. I hadn't gotten around to Goodbye, Eri. So I did before I started that section of the video, and yeah, the ending gave me a laugh and left me with a warm fuzzy feeling. It was perfect. And just before that with that certain full page spread, I can't remember the last time a manga panel left me stunned and reeling that way.

Of course his work is amazing, what else could we expect from someone that can levitate

Ok, I'm sold, just added these to my read list. I started reading Chainsaw man because I got impatient waiting for the anime, and I have no regrets, it was an amazing time that felt like it went by waaaayyy too quickly. I had no idea the author was a mad man being experimental and wild, I wasnt expecting to go on such a fun journey but I'm hsar for it

Fujimoto is like 2016 Steph Curry. Just this rising young star taking the industry by storm. This brother is special and will go down as one of the all-time greats.

Honestly, if I was asked "Fujimoto's new one-shot but 2 months without chainsaw man part 2 chapters", I would definitely agree. This is how his one-shots good. If you liked reading Chainsaw man or Fire Punch and somehow didn't read his other works, you should give it a try