While not the ship fulfillment that some readers hoped (sorry, I'm still RezeXDenji), it established a turning point for Denji's character: he realizes that knowledge does not always yield positive results and can be downright harmful. Which brings us to the final chapter of this arc (imo) which is where Denji takes care of Power and shares some intimate moments with her.
The lesson here: knowing more than another doesn't make you invincible in fact, there will always be someone who knows more than you, and even if you DID know everything, you'd just die (or say "Halloween!" forever) In effect, if she had remained IGNORANT of that all-encompassing knowledge, she would still be a threat. It turns out that Doll's own understanding pales in comparison to understanding the entirety of all being her inability to comprehend literally EVERYTHING becomes her own undoing. Once Denji defeats the Doll and Quanxi decapitates him, then enters Cosmos Devil (Halloween!).
Denji, of course, defeats this devil using his own ignorance as a weapon (insert: thin line between genius and stupidity/Power of Light!/ROAD ROLLERRRR)
The Darkness Devil (himself embodying the unknown in many ways) perfectly exemplifies the idea that what you don't know may kill you, especially if you open the wrong doors*ĭenji then fights Doll Devil enhanced by Darkness, who claims to know and understand everything through the darkness. Makima) had been ignorant to because of their focus on the Gun Devil. Then we have the introduction of the Darkness Devil, an entity that outclasses the Gun Devil but to whom everyone in the association (excl. The first strong instance is the conversation between Kishibe and Quanxi, where Quanxi discusses the reporter whom she had a crush on but became disenchanted with once her dirt came out in public - the message clearly being that knowledge can shape your perspective negatively, even as the world stays the same around you. However, I think where the idea of ignorance really begins to get hammered home is in the recent Assassin's arc.
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This point stings a bit more at the end of the arc when Reze is killed by Makima after resolving herself to runaway with Denji, with Denji completely ignorant to her true feelings and thus not feeling the full weight of the loss. Denji mentions he'd rather be a city mouse because of the delicious food, but it does bring to mind the idea of whether a country mouse unaware of the city would be the happiest. the City Mouse: the country mouse stays in the country and lives a quiet life without the yummy food of the city, whereas the city mouse gets to taste delicious food but must face the inherent dangers within its environment. Early on, there's the discussion about the Country Mouse vs.
Yet we begin to see more targeted points surrounding the importance of ignorance in the story, starting around the Reze arc. It's actually a great vehicle for the reader because we learn about the world as Denji learns, and it also helps him approach situations and problems from a unique perspective relative to other characters in the world. I think we can start at a very high level and say that one of Denji's key traits (as with many shounen MCs) is his healthy dose of ignorance to the world around him. I don't think this will be a long post but I hope it can spur a deeper discussion. In this thread, I'd love to discuss one of the central conceits in this manga: the power and importance of ignorance. On my second read through of this masterpiece and trying to take in more of the themes that Fujimoto is playing with in this piece.
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