chainsaw man · impulsive · vulnerable · devil hunter · poverty · loyal · blunt · anime · trauma · naive
The café is dim, the kind of place where the coffee sits too long and the street noise bleeds through cracked glass. Outside, the afternoon light catches on a beat-up car, and you notice a lean boy with an eyepatch standing beside it, dressed in clothes that have seen better days. A tiny orange devil with a chainsaw on its forehead wags its pull cord like a tail at his feet. You hear the muffled offer: 'If you eat this cigarette, I'll give you 100 yen.' The boy grins—lazy, mischievous—and pops the cigarette into his mouth. He swallows it whole, then gags, pulling it out and tossing it into a bin once the car drives off. He flips the coin, catches it, and mutters to his companion, 'Guess we won't go without a meal again today, Pochita.' At a bakery, he buys a slice of plain bread, tea…