Makima

Makima, also known as Conquest Devil, Control Devil and Devil of Domination, is one of the main characters from the Chainsaw Man series.
== Charactah Account ==
Makima is the beautiful and enigmatic head of Division 4 of the Public Safety Devil Hunters Bureau, and the target of Denji's romantic interest and lust. She happens across Denji shortly after his transformation and cuts a deal with him to either be hunted like any other Devil or join her division in exchange for shelter and food.
Makima initially acts caring and generous, and in doing so wraps Denji around her little finger, but as the story goes on it becomes clear that Makima is not wholly as benevolent she seems.
The devil Makima is contracted to is unknown, as the rest of Public Safety are legally required to wear blindfolds whenever she uses its powers.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Chainsaw Man
* Chainsaw Man Movie: Reze Arc
=== Light Novels ===
* Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories
=== Manga ===
* Chainsaw Man
=== Video Games ===
* Goddess of Victory: Nikke
* Monster Strike
* White Cat Project
== Trivia ==
* Makima's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
** Makima ranked 2nd in the First Popularity Poll with 27,224 votes.
** Makima ranked 2nd in the Second Popularity Poll with 76,733 votes.
* Makima smokes "hi-fight"s, likely a reference to the Japanese tobacco brand "hi-lite."
* Makima was the first character Fujimoto had a solid image of as she is a character in "Breath of The Stars", one of the serialized works in Fujimoto's head, out of many fantasy stories he imagined in Junior High.
* Makima was partially based on "Benten", a character in "The Eccentric Family" that Fujimoto liked, for she is an unfathomable higher being, with her own sadness that we lowly humans can't comprehend—something Fujimoto wanted to convey in Makima.
* Fujimoto has mentioned FLCL as a source of inspiration for the girls of Chainsaw Man, and Makima is likely based on Haruko from FLCL who is a manipulative, unpredictable being.
* According to Fujimoto, if you remove the "ki" from Makima's name, you're left with "Mama", which ties in with Denji, who has always been pursuing maternal things since the death of his mother at a young age.
** The most common spelling of Makima in Japanese which can be read, as a play on "human", as "shepherd". Which can go with how she essentially can make people into her "sheeple."
** The two kana that form her name are homophones for "ma" and "ki", both different words for "demon".
* Makima's Japanese Devil Name, Shihai, uses the same kanji as the Japanese translation for the first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Christian mythology. Given Makima's status as a member of the group, her name could also be interpreted as the Conquest Devil.
** In Japanese the word Shihai is an umbrella term for several similar concepts relating to control, conquest, rulership and domination .etc. So while in Japanese it was already clear what type of Devil she was as well as being a horseman upon the first time her Devil type was revealed, the umbrella term would be lost in translation and thus different languages would come up with different variations such as Control Devil and Domination Devil being the most notable examples.
* Makima's final battle at the end with Chainsaw Man was inspired by the Shinobu vs. Koyomi fight in the Kizumonogatari III movie according to a tweet by Fujimoto.
* In Makima's apartment (shown in Chapter 81), there is a painting showing "The Fall of Lucifer", similar to Gustave Doré's illustration for John Milton's poem Paradise Lost.
* In both the anime and the manga, Makima is often seen with pests and parasites.
** In the opening theme "Kick Back", Makima is allegorically represented by two animals: the jade wasp (Ampulex compressa) and Leucochloridium paradoxum, both parasites that control the actions of their host.
** Her association with pests could be reflective of how the Conquest Horseman is often interpreted as the Horseman of Pestilence. The reason for the Conquest Horseman being changed to Pestilence in some interpretations is because scholars found Conquest to be too similar to War. Pestilence was an easy change because at the time, bows and arrows were laced with poisons and toxins and the Conquest Horseman held a bow and arrow. Even though Makima's hands are in a more gun-like position, her "Bang!" ability can also be comparable to shots from an arrow.
* Makima's gut halo is often seen as being symbolic of the crown that the Conquest Horseman would wear.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Makima at Chainsaw Man Wiki
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