Now, as announced this week, creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back is also getting an anime adaptation, based on the 2021 one-shot of the same name – and I can’t see a better excuse to look past the beast that is Chainsaw Man to check out some of the other manga artist’s excellent one-shots.
Where Chainsaw Man is loud, violent, and visceral, Fujimoto’s titles like Look Back and Goodbye Eri are quiet, contemplative, and feel like a sad, slow death.
Where these collections cover before Chainsaw Man, though, there is of course an after Chainsaw Man, which is where his best works, Look Back and Goodbye Eri, emerge and truly show what Fujimoto is capable of.
Like most manga artists, Fujimoto didn’t just start off with a hit like Chainsaw Man.