Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man represent a darker shift in modern shonen anime. Instead of simple good vs evil, these stories explore fear, violence, survival, and what it really means to be human. Curses and devils aren’t random monsters — they’re born from humanity itself. Characters like Denji and Yuji Itadori show two very different ways people respond to a cruel world: survival versus selflessness. This short breaks down how these series mirror real life in unsettling ways, and why that’s exactly why they hit so hard.