If you haven’t watched Chainsaw Man, here’s a little explanation of how things work more or less, demons of all types exist on earth and some people make deals with certain demons to use their powers.
Aki Hayakawa is a character who has a contract with the fox demon and when he used the power of this demon he would make a sign with his hand and say “Kon”, then the huge head of the fox would appear and devour whoever was in his path:
And well, as I don’t read American comics I don’t know the context but in the new issue 1 of 2024 of the Deadpool comic, this is the same one, the Marvel hero who loves to break the 4th wall.
I don’t know exactly what situation he was in but Deadpool “used” Kon to defeat an enemy, he is on the ground and asks “Have you ever watched Chainsaw Man?” to which the other character responds “What the fuck is this?”.
And all this making the sign of Kon, the power of Aki, in which a large red fox appears and devours the man to which Deadpool then says: “Never mind, you’d probably hate it.”.
On the internet, fans reacted with surprise and excitement at the reference:
“Isn’t this fan art?”
“Now that I think about it, I think Deadpool would like all of Fujimoto’s work.”
“Superficial manga references, while completely bogging down the execution and losing what worked in the original, are quite emblematic of how many contemporary Western comics have been influenced by Japan.”
“As someone who was a huge comic book nerd and was hyperfixated on Deadpool as a teenager, this made me very happy.”
“DEADPOOL HAS OFFICIALLY MADE A FIRE PUNCH REFERENCE AND A CHAINSAW MAN REFERENCE!!!!”
“Incredible”
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