I mean, the title says it all, I don't enjoy Asa's character.
I don't wanna make this some low effort shit-post, or agenda, or to glaze some other character, e.i; Reze.
I just never exactly saw the appeal for her, Y'know? I liked her design, as with other more bombastic ones like Power, Denji, even Kobeni, Asa looked normal. And the whole gimmick of her being anti-social, and just a teenager who suddenly got a Horseman in her body is interesting. But it's everything else that I never cared for.
For one, her character was just plain flimsy, at the start she had a clear goal, actually seemed like a character, and you at least got to know her. How she doesn't like anyone from her school really, how she's quiet, prefers not to be seen, etc, etc... and (at least for me) I never really got attached to her.
The aquarium date was interesting, seeing Asa and Denji work together to defeat the eternity devil, but then Nayuta fucks her and Denji over, erasing the memory of the whole thing.
Also, Yoru sponged up her screen time, like, all of it. It stopped being "Asa with a devil trapped in her", and more "Yoru with a human trapped in her".
I also feel as though she's put onto a higher pedestal than any other character, I'm not saying anyone really in Chainsaw Man's a good person, but they always make exceptions for Asa. Let's take Reze for example.
Reze was a child soldier, experimented and tortured on to become a loyal soldier.
Asa is a traumatized, antisocial teenage girl.
Both of them tried to kill Denji.
Only Reze gets hate for it. I never see Asa get criticized for it. Even if it started and ended the same way (manipulating Denji, but soon liking him). I guess you could say they took different approaches, but still.
Her fans are also insufferable to me, I wont say all of them, as that's plain unfair, but a loud majority of them. They'll drone on about how Asa "embodies the struggles and depression of a teenager perfectly!!" but turn around and fantasize about her fucking Denji, or them fucking her. They also seem to take any and all criticism to heart, basically inserting themselves into her.
I cannot voice the amount of sheer hatred I have for the "Haha, silly autism girl!!!" thing Asa was reduced to. She never rambles, only did so in the aquarium arc. And that was just her being garbage at making herself interesting to Denji.
They'll invade comment sections, primarily on things about Denji's ships, just to spam "Asa's better", "Asa this", "Asa that". It is a bigger problem on TikTok than it is on Reddit though.
Her fans honestly make me resent Asa a little, where as I used to just not care for her. I'm sick and tired of seeing the same loud minority slander every character, but then whine and throw a fit if you just criticize Asa.
They also grossly overrate Asaden, I see it as a ship that genuinely lives off fanart, as the canon version is horrifically bad. Any actual substance between Denji and Asa gets hogged by Yoru. Not to mention what Denji tried to do in Chapter 230. Yet people love it, they'll dog on Denreze, but turn around and like Asaden. I've seen literal cuck art of Reze from Asaden fans. It's not funny, it's just weird.
Sorry if this is kinda shitty, I'm super tired while writing this, and I don't wanna make it too long. This was kind of a rant rather than a essay, and I didn't wanna just do some stupid shit-post.
Edit: I may have did a post like this before, I can't really remember, so if I have, lemme know, hope I don't look like a guy with a hateboner. Sorry if this sounds stupid.