The importance of reputation and committing to consequence, A THREAD:

SPOILERS for *MY HERO ACADEMIA* and *CHAINSAW MAN* manga, up to chapters 266 and 64 respectively!!!!

You have been warned!

Chainsaw Man and MHA make mre understand how important an author's reputation is when it comes to stakes, yet on two very different ways.

Fujimoto's story is bloody, with important characters dying every other arc and an unpredictability that's hard to replicate (1/5)

He doesn't shy away from killing main characters (Katana Man arc is a great example), and the story is very grim. This unorthodox method to tell his story makes it so you can't get a feel for when a character's time "has come", when their arc ends, so it's always unexpected (2/5)

...to see a character die, but you almost never doubt that it's for real and forever because we've seen death so many times in this series.

Horikoshi's story, on the other hand, is not famous for killing off characters (in fact it's quite famous for that NOT happening...) (3/5)

While it's not 100% devoid of death, deaths are usually big moments, bookending a certain character's arc (Twice, Nighteye) or marking a crucial point in another character's journey (Curious to Toga).
That said, Hori IS known for having consequences and avoiding fake outs (4/5)

So when a character like Twice dies off, there's not a shadow of a doubt it's for real if you're familiar with Horikoshi's way of writing.

A writer's reputation, at least in the reader's own mind, is important, and these two wonderful authors have taught me that (5/5)

@sokyo97 @ColdCriti @EVERGXRD3N and @VocalPineapple I guess (people who I know read both series)