{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c3989d28b8f0531d2bfe0809","clusterId":"c_0eba2efc21e2f546a99babc9","slug":"fujimoto-says-weekly-serialization-left-him-without-time-to-plan-chainsaw-man","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Fujimoto Says Weekly Serialization Left Him Without Time To Plan Chainsaw Man","summary":"Tatsuki Fujimoto told director Kohei Kadowaki that drawing 19 pages a week left no room to write a plot before storyboarding, so he went straight to the name and trusted the characters. He said he enjoys things slipping out of his control. In an earlier Da Vinci Magazine interview, he said he wanted the manga to leave readers with the feeling he got from The Big Lebowski.","whyItMatters":"The interview puts the ending's lack of closure down to how the manga was made rather than a deliberate narrative turn, which is a different explanation than the essay-length fan readings the finale drew after chapter 232.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eFujimoto\u0026#39;s account of the schedule is specific: 19 pages every seven days, no time for a plot, so he moved straight to storyboards. He contrasts that with one-shots, where he writes a plot before the name and has room to reflect.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than resisting the loss of control, he said he rolls with it, and that a writer who cannot enjoy that cannot survive serialization. In a previous Da Vinci Magazine interview he pointed to the ending of The Big Lebowski, which he called pretty meaningless, as the feeling he wanted Chainsaw Man to leave behind.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Fujimoto wrote Chainsaw Man straight to the name because 19 pages a week left no room for a plot. He says he enjoys what slips past him, which means the ending is partly the schedule's.","twitterPost":"Chainsaw Man's ending partly belongs to the weekly schedule. Fujimoto says 19 pages a week left no room to plan.","threadsPost":"Fujimoto names the real constraint behind Chainsaw Man: 19 pages a week left no time to plan a plot, so he drew straight to the name and let the characters move. He says he likes what slips out of his control, which puts the ending half in the schedule's hands, not his.","newsletterBlurb":"Tatsuki Fujimoto talked about the working conditions behind Chainsaw Man in a conversation with director Kohei Kadowaki. He said the weekly schedule left no room to write a plot before storyboarding, so he went straight to the name and trusted the characters. An earlier Da Vinci Magazine interview, cited alongside this one, has him naming The Big Lebowski and its ending as the feeling he wanted readers to take away.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Animehunch\",\"url\":\"https://animehunch.com/new-fujimoto-interview-explains-why-chainsaw-man-ending-is-the-way-it-is/\",\"title\":\"New Fujimoto Interview Explains Why Chainsaw Man Ending Is The Way It Is\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4689,"outputTokens":602,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1790959464,"createdAt":"2026-10-02T16:38:34.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T16:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T16:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0eba2efc21e2f546a99babc9","canonicalTitle":"New Fujimoto Interview Explains Why Chainsaw Man Ending Is The Way It Is","representativeArticleId":"a_c87d6b0bdf4c9b03bbe99318","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Chainsaw Man\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Tatsuki Fujimoto\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T15:41:41.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T15:41:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T16:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Animehunch","url":"https://animehunch.com/new-fujimoto-interview-explains-why-chainsaw-man-ending-is-the-way-it-is/","title":"New Fujimoto Interview Explains Why Chainsaw Man Ending Is The Way It Is"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Chainsaw Man"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Tatsuki Fujimoto"],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}