Chainsaw Man is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by
Tatsuki Fujimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump
magazine from December 2018 to December 2020, with its chapters
collected in eleven tankōbon volumes.A second part has been announced and will be serialized in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+online magazine. In North America, the manga is licensed in English by Viz Media, for both print and digital release, and it is also published by Shueisha on the Manga Plus online platform.
An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA has been announced.
As of June 2021, the manga had over 11 million copies in circulation. In 2021, the manga won the 66th Shogakukan Manga in the Shonen category. Chainsaw Man has been overall well received by critics, who have highlighted its storytelling, violent scenes and dark humor.
Chainsaw Man anime Related Q&A:
Is chainsaw man a romance?
Chainsaw Man,
a Shonen Jump series by Fujimoto Tatsuki, has its main character,
Denji, realize the value in having a strictly platonic relationship with
the leading female protagonist, Power.
Is chainsaw man getting an anime?
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime was announced on November 25th, 2019 and premiered on October 3rd, 2020. Assuming that a Chainsaw Man adaptation experiences a similar production schedule under MAPPA, fans could expect the series to premiere in November 2021.
Chainsaw man Anime Story Plot:
The story is set in a world where devils are born from human fears.
While they are usually dangerous and malevolent, humans can form
contracts with devils to use a portion of their power. Denji is a young,
depressed man, who is attempting to pay back his deceased father's debt
to the yakuza by selling several of his organs and working as a devil hunter. Denji
also owns a doglike devil named Pochita, which resembles a chainsaw and
assists Denji in his work. Denji is tasked by the Yakuza to kill a
devil, but discovers a plot by the yakuza to let the devil kill him in
return for its aid. Denji is slain and Pochita severely injured, but
the two had previously made a deal that allows Pochita to merge with
Denji, reviving him as a human-devil hybrid with Pochita's chainsaw
ability. Denji kills the devil that killed him and is then approached by
a team of governmental devil hunters. As he has now partly become a
devil, one of the teams' members, Makima, persuades Denji to become a
part of their organization to avoid being hunted by them.
- Denji (デンジ)
- A young man (self-proclaimed to be 16 years old) with scruffy blond
hair. He has sharp yellowish-brown eyes with bags underneath and sharp
teeth to match. As a young boy, he inherits his father's debt from the
yakuza upon his father's death. After meeting the Chainsaw Devil
Pochita, he becomes a Devil Hunter for the yakuza in an attempt to clear
his debt. After the yakuza, which were under the control of the Zombie
Devil, betray him, he dies, and Pochita becomes his heart, fulfilling a
contract with Denji - by becoming his heart Denji will show Pochita his
dreams of a normal life. After this, he can transform into the
devil-human hybrid known as Chainsaw Man by pulling the cord on his
chest. After meeting Makima, he becomes a Public Safety Devil Hunter in
order to live as a human. His primary motivation is his attraction to
Makima.
- Makima (マキマ)
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- A mysterious woman who appears to be in her twenties. She is a
Public Safety Devil Hunter, who took Denji as her human pet. Makima is
cunning, intelligent and manipulative, controlling Denji by taking
advantage of his attraction to her with promises of a romantic and
sexual relationship while threatening him with extermination if he
disobeys her. Even though Denji really loves her, Makima is only
captivated by the Chainsaw Man in Denji's body to be precise in his
heart. For much of the story, her goals are unknown and her allegiance
to humanity is somewhat ambiguous. She is later revealed to be the
Control Devil which embodies the fear of control, and seeks to use
Chainsaw Man's power to create a world without suffering. It is also
revealed that Makima was the mastermind behind the misfortunes that
happened to Denji over the series. After being killed by Denji, she was
reborn as a child called Nayuta (ナユタ), and placed in Denji's care so he can raise her to be a better person than she was in her past life.
- Aki Hayakawa (早川アキ, Hayakawa Aki)
- A Public Safety Devil Hunter, working under Makima's special
Division 4 squad. He has a contract with the Curse Devil and Future
Devil, allowing him to use a powerful spike in exchange for his lifespan
and see a few seconds into the future. He had former contract with the
Fox Devil, allowing him to summon its head. Aki is usually a very stoic
person, acting mature and dependable when he is with his fellow Devil
hunters, but is very soft whenever he is alone. Despite his clashes with
them, he actually cares about Denji and Power seeing both of them as
dear friends, and is willing to sacrifice himself for them. He is killed
while protecting Makima and possessed by the Gun Devil, thus became the
Gun Fiend, which Denji is forced to kill. Later, it is revealed that
Makima planned to have him killed as part of her plan to break Denji.
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- Power (パワー, Pawā)
- A Blood Fiend and a Public Safety Devil Hunter who is part of
Makima's special squad. Power looks like a young woman with pinkish hair
that reaches down to her mid-back. As a fiend, she has light red horns
protruding from the top of her head. Power loves violence and is
childish, greedy, almost entirely self-motivated, and willing to harm
others for her own satisfaction. Power cares deeply for her cat, Meowy,
at one point willing to sacrifice Denji's life to save him from the Bat
Devil. She cares deeply for Denji and Aki, her first true friends. She
is later killed by Makima in front of Denji, as part of her plan to
break Denji by giving him happiness and then taking it away from him.
Power revives as the Blood Devil from Denji's blood, but is fatally
wounded by Makima again. Before she dies, Power makes a contract with
Denji - in exchange for her blood, she asks Denji to find the reborn
Blood Devil and turn her back into Power so that they may be friends
again.
Public Safety Devil Hunters
- Kishibe (岸辺)
- The strongest devil hunter in the organization. Older than most of
the other hunters, he is scarred and cynical. He trains Denji and Power,
and was partnered with Quanxi in his youth. He secretly plots to rebel
against Makima.
- Himeno (姫野)
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- Aki's first partner. She wears an eyepatch and is partnered with the
Ghost Devil, allowing her to use its invisible arm from anywhere. She
is killed by Sawatari's Snake Devil while trying to defeat Katana Man.
- Kobeni Higashiyama (東山 コベニ, Higashiyama Kobeni)
- A young woman with an unnamed contract who was a Public Safety Devil
Hunter who started as a new recruit working under Makima's experimental
squad. Despite her timid and cowardly attitude, she is skillful and
talented - her reflexes and stealth are second to none when she is
motivated.
Public Safety Devils/Fiends
- Angel Devil (天使の悪魔, Tenshi no Akuma)
- A humanoid Devil embodying the fear of angels. Appearing as an
enigmatic androgynous young man, he holds no particular malice against
humans but enjoys seeing them suffer. He is partnered with Aki after
Himeno's death and is regarded as the second-strongest Public Safety
agent, but his laziness holds him back.
- Beam (ビーム, Bīmu)
- The wildly enthusiastic and unstable Shark Fiend, who can "swim"
through nearly anything and transform into a more monstrous shark-like
form. He is partnered with Denji, whom he worships. He later sacrifices
himself to revive Denji during the battle with the Darkness Devil in
Hell.
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- Violence Fiend (暴力の魔人, Bōryoku no Majin)
- The friendly and polite Violence Fiend who possesses immense
strength and can transform into a more monstrous form when his mask is
taken off. He still has most of his human brain and can remember several
details about his past life, which is unusual for fiends. This
attributes to his kind nature, in contrast to his name.
Private Sector Devil Hunters
- Quanxi (クァンシ, Kuanshi)
- A Chinese devil hunter and one of the assassins sent to take Denji's
heart. She is a lesbian and is in a polyamorous relationship with four
female Fiends. She is a hybrid with an unnamed Devil that gives her the
power of crossbows. According to Santa Claus, she is the "first devil
hunter". She is beheaded by Makima, but later revived by her along with
Reze and Katana Man to fight the Chainsaw Man, transformed into the
Crossbow Devil.
- Santa Claus (サンタ クロース, Santa Kurōsu)
- One of the assassins sent after Denji. Introduced as an elderly
German man contracted with the Hell Devil, it is revealed later on that
Santa Claus is multiple people, the real body being a Russian woman
referred to as "master" by her pupil Tolka, who she also turns into a
body for her. The master has a contract with the Doll Devil, and she has
the ability to turn people into dolls under her control, which become
part of the Santa Claus hivemind. She enacts a plot to send Denji and
several hunters to Hell as sacrifices to the Darkness Devil in exchange
for power to kill Makima. She gains this power, but is defeated by an
on-fire Denji.
Devils and hybrids
- Pochita (ポチタ)
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- The Chainsaw Devil who merged with Denji, and was originally the
Chainsaw Man himself prior to meeting Denji. He has the ability to eat a
devil and erase their existence, making him "the devil that devils fear
most". He first appears in his dog form, actually his weakened state
after a fight with the four horsemen and weapon devils. His true devil
form is a large, darker version of Denji’s hybrid form with four arms.
- Katana Man/Samurai Sword (サムライソード, Samurai Sōdo)
- The grandson of the yakuza boss who had Denji and Pochita killed,
and an agent of the Gun Devil. Like Denji, he is a human-devil hybrid
with the heart of the Katana Devil, able to transform into his hybrid
form by removing his hand, causing a katana to emerge from the stump.
His real name is unknown.
- Reze (レゼ)
- A girl with a crush on Denji who works at a cafe. She is later
revealed to be a hybrid with the Bomb Devil, able to transform by
pulling a grenade pin on her neck which she hides with a choker, and a
Soviet spy sent to kill Denji. On her way to seemingly make amends with
Denji after their fight and her escape, she is murdered by the Angel
Devil under control of Makima.
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- Gun Devil (銃の悪魔, Jū no Akuma)
- One of the most powerful and feared Devils in existence. Thirteen
years before the story begins, a mass shooting and terrorist attack
occurred in America, causing the Gun Devil to be born from the fear of
guns. It attacked the world, killing 1.2 million people in under five
minutes before vanishing. It is later revealed that the governments of
several countries have formed contracts with the Gun Devil, and the
president of the United States summons it to kill Makima. Makima defeats
it, but it kills Aki and possesses him, turning him into the Gun Fiend.
It later dies at the hand of Denji.
- Darkness Devil (闇の悪魔, Yami no Akuma)
- An unfathomably powerful Devil representing the primal fear of darkness, residing in Hell.
#Is chainsaw man the strongest devil?
Purely on combat, Chainsaw doesn't seem impressive like other devils like Control, Darkness etc but other factors allude to it being the strongest. There are several proofs laid out in the series that suggest that Chainsaw Devil is the most dangerous of all
Is the chainsaw man successful?
Chainsaw Man has been a surprise success
story for Shonen Jump, and along with Jujutsu Kaisen, it's started a
wave of horror and gore previously unseen in the publisher's usually
more action-oriented fare. Created by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the series'
relative newness belies its massive popularity.
It has already gained massive popularity around the world.
Chainsaw Man is one of the biggest animes of 2021. An adaptation of the
hit Shonen Jump series was announced last December, which is when Part 1
of the dark series created by Tatsuki Fujimoto wrapped up. The Chainsaw
Man anime is pencilled in for a 2021 release date, and over the weekend
we got the first look at the highly anticipated series from MAPPA.
The Chainsaw Man trailer debuted on Sunday, with the gory teaser wracking up 7.5million views on the anime's official Twitter.
While on YouTube the Chainsaw Man trailer has been viewed millions of times on multiple accounts also.
The hype and excitement for the Chainsaw Man anime is huge - but when will the actual release date be?
The actual date hasn't been announced yet but it is expected to release in November, 2021!!!
But it's now going to release in 2022.
What are your thoughts on the Anime? Let me know in the comments!!!
