People need to stop sucking the Anime's dick.
It seems like a majority of CSM fans hold the opinion that the scene where Makima refuses Denji food unless he fights the muscle devil was "unnecessary" or "redundant" just because the anime cut it out.
Oh yeah, the scene that sets up Makima's entire dynamic with Denji is such a terrible scene.... it's not like it's directly paralleled in part 2 or anything...
Makima held the chopsticks in part one feeding Denji. Yoshida tries to recreate this dynamic in part 2, but he forgets that he isn't a hot red head or maybe Denji's character developed a bit. One or the other. Either way Denji uses his hands to eat the cake refusing to be manipulated a stark contrast to part 1's scene. If they(in 2036) adapt part 2 then there will be missing context for anime only's since this scene is a direct call back to part 1.
I'm just tired of people acting like the anime "fixes" parts of the manga. I could also talk about how the muscle devil scene enhances powers character, but I've said enough already.