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Chainsaw Man
Chainsaw Man (Japanese: チェンソーマン, Hepburn: Chensō Man) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Its first arc was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2018 to December 2020; its second arc began serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website in July 2022. Its chapters have been collected in 23 tankōbon volumes as of February 2026.
Chainsaw Man follows the story of Denji, an impoverished teenager who makes a contract that fuses his body with that of Pochita, the dog-like Chainsaw Devil, granting him the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws. Denji eventually joins the Public Safety Devil Hunters, a government agency focused on combating Devils whenever they become a threat to Japan. The second arc of the story focuses on Asa Mitaka, a high school student who enters into a contract with Yoru, the War Devil, who forces her to hunt down Chainsaw Man in order to reclaim what he had stolen from her.
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 was broadcast from October to December 2022. An anime film, titled Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, premiered in September 2025. An anime adaptation of the Assassins Arc has been announced.
By January 2026, the manga had over 35 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2021, it won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category and won the Harvey Award in the Best Manga category from 2021 to 2023. Chainsaw Man has been overall well-received by critics, who have praised its storytelling, characters, dark humor, and have particularly highlighted its violent scenes within the context of the story.
The series is set in the late 1990s, in an alternate timeline where the Soviet Union still exists. In this world, Devils (悪魔, Akuma) are born from the collective fears of humanity, and grow more powerful as those fears grow more prevalent. Specialized operatives known as Devil Hunters (デビルハンター, Debiru Hantā) are tasked with eliminating them and often form contracts with them to gain their abilities or powers in return. A Devil possessing a human body (usually deceased) is known as a Fiend, while certain individuals can become hybrids via merging with Devils. Devils are capable of reincarnation, cycling between Hell and Earth: when one dies on Earth, it reappears in Hell, and when killed there, it returns to Earth. A unique exception to this cycle is the Chainsaw Devil, whose consumption of another Devil permanently erases the concept that Devil represented from both existence and human memory. As a result, the Holocaust, AIDS, and nuclear weapons are completely forgotten.
Denji, a teenager living in poverty, works as a Devil Hunter to pay off his deceased father's debt to the yakuza, and is aided by Pochita, his canine companion and the Chainsaw Devil. After the yakuza betray and nearly kill Denji in a deal with the Zombie Devil, Pochita merges with Denji, reviving him as a hybrid on the condition that he live a humble, ordinary life. By pulling on a cord in his chest, Denji transforms into Chainsaw Man and kills the yakuza and the Zombie Devil.
Subsequently, Denji is recruited by the government-run Public Safety Division, a unit of professional Devil Hunters led by Makima, who then assigns him to hunt the Gun Devil. Denji is partnered with Aki Hayakawa, an experienced Devil Hunter, and Power, a Fiend created from the Blood Devil. Under the supervision of veteran Hunter Kishibe, the three train together and defeat multiple adversaries, including Devils, the yakuza, and assassins from foreign nations, all seeking Denji's power.
Makima is later revealed to be the Control Devil, whose true goal is to dominate Pochita, as his ability to consume Devils allows him to erase the fears and concepts they embody from existence. The Gun Devil, whose body has been divided among various governments for use as a superweapon is deployed by the United States to eliminate Makima. She defeats it and forces it to possess Aki as the Gun Fiend; Denji is forced to kill him in self-defense. Makima also later kills Power in front of Denji, rendering him catatonic and forcing Pochita to take over his body.
Chainsaw Man
Chainsaw Man (Japanese: チェンソーマン, Hepburn: Chensō Man) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Its first arc was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2018 to December 2020; its second arc began serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website in July 2022. Its chapters have been collected in 23 tankōbon volumes as of February 2026.
Chainsaw Man follows the story of Denji, an impoverished teenager who makes a contract that fuses his body with that of Pochita, the dog-like Chainsaw Devil, granting him the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws. Denji eventually joins the Public Safety Devil Hunters, a government agency focused on combating Devils whenever they become a threat to Japan. The second arc of the story focuses on Asa Mitaka, a high school student who enters into a contract with Yoru, the War Devil, who forces her to hunt down Chainsaw Man in order to reclaim what he had stolen from her.
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 was broadcast from October to December 2022. An anime film, titled Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, premiered in September 2025. An anime adaptation of the Assassins Arc has been announced.
By January 2026, the manga had over 35 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2021, it won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category and won the Harvey Award in the Best Manga category from 2021 to 2023. Chainsaw Man has been overall well-received by critics, who have praised its storytelling, characters, dark humor, and have particularly highlighted its violent scenes within the context of the story.
The series is set in the late 1990s, in an alternate timeline where the Soviet Union still exists. In this world, Devils (悪魔, Akuma) are born from the collective fears of humanity, and grow more powerful as those fears grow more prevalent. Specialized operatives known as Devil Hunters (デビルハンター, Debiru Hantā) are tasked with eliminating them and often form contracts with them to gain their abilities or powers in return. A Devil possessing a human body (usually deceased) is known as a Fiend, while certain individuals can become hybrids via merging with Devils. Devils are capable of reincarnation, cycling between Hell and Earth: when one dies on Earth, it reappears in Hell, and when killed there, it returns to Earth. A unique exception to this cycle is the Chainsaw Devil, whose consumption of another Devil permanently erases the concept that Devil represented from both existence and human memory. As a result, the Holocaust, AIDS, and nuclear weapons are completely forgotten.
Denji, a teenager living in poverty, works as a Devil Hunter to pay off his deceased father's debt to the yakuza, and is aided by Pochita, his canine companion and the Chainsaw Devil. After the yakuza betray and nearly kill Denji in a deal with the Zombie Devil, Pochita merges with Denji, reviving him as a hybrid on the condition that he live a humble, ordinary life. By pulling on a cord in his chest, Denji transforms into Chainsaw Man and kills the yakuza and the Zombie Devil.
Subsequently, Denji is recruited by the government-run Public Safety Division, a unit of professional Devil Hunters led by Makima, who then assigns him to hunt the Gun Devil. Denji is partnered with Aki Hayakawa, an experienced Devil Hunter, and Power, a Fiend created from the Blood Devil. Under the supervision of veteran Hunter Kishibe, the three train together and defeat multiple adversaries, including Devils, the yakuza, and assassins from foreign nations, all seeking Denji's power.
Makima is later revealed to be the Control Devil, whose true goal is to dominate Pochita, as his ability to consume Devils allows him to erase the fears and concepts they embody from existence. The Gun Devil, whose body has been divided among various governments for use as a superweapon is deployed by the United States to eliminate Makima. She defeats it and forces it to possess Aki as the Gun Fiend; Denji is forced to kill him in self-defense. Makima also later kills Power in front of Denji, rendering him catatonic and forcing Pochita to take over his body.