Denji (Chainsaw Man)

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==Summary ==
 is the main protagonist of the first part of the manga and anime series Chainsaw Man. He is a teenage devil hunter with the exceptional ability to transform into a devil himself.
After the death of his parents, Denji found himself the sole inheritor of the debts they owed to the Yakuza. Left on his own after being given the choice of either paying off the debt or being killed by the Yakuza, Denji would soon run into an injured devil. This was the Chainsaw Devil, Pochita. Realizing each other's predicament, Denji formed a contract with Pochita: in exchange for some of his blood, the devil would aid in his quest to slay devils to make money. Denji and Pochita eventually formed a close friendship while Denji used Pochita to work as a devil hunter for the local Yakuza.
However, this would only last for so long, as the Yakuza eventually betrayed Denji, dismembering him and Pochita and throwing their remains in a dumpster as a sacrifice to the Zombie Devil. Pochita then formed a new contract with Denji: in exchange for Pochita becoming his heart, Denji was to continue chasing the dreams he told to Pochita during their time together. Fusing with Pochita and gaining his devil powers, Denji is reborn as the titular Chainsaw Man, a Devil-human hybrid, and easily slays his betrayers. In order to honor Pochita's last wish, Denji becomes a Public Safety Devil Hunter after meeting Makima, a high-ranking Public Safety member who offers Denji the position due to her interest in his abilities.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , ; At most when transformed | , ; At least when transformed | , ; At least when transformed, with Power's Blood Chainsaw | , Varies; At least when transformed
Key: Pre-Training | Post-Training | Post-Weakening | Post-Fear Boost
Name: Denji, Chainsaw Man
Origin: Chainsaw Man
Gender: Male
Age: 16 (Chapters 1-79), 17 (Chapter 80+), 18 (Current)
Classification: Devil-Human Hybrid, Devil Hunter
Powers and Abilities:
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All previous abilities and resistances, plus:
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Attack Potency: Small Building levelDownscales from 0.0067 Tons of TNT (Even before merging with Pochita, has shown to be capable of taking down low tier devils while using Pochita as a weapon and seemingly without any injury in spite of surviving on essentially almost no food every single day. After his merge with Pochita, his impressive strength remained, being able to knock down Aki Hayakawa with a kick to his balls before briefly trading blows with him, albeit Aki had been caught off guard by the initial attack, and with the use of an axe; chopped off a fiend's head with ease), Varies (With the devil embodying the fear of chainsaws within him, the more feared he is, the more powerful he becomes, even a relatively minor boost in fear can immensely boost a devil's overall strength and effects of their abilitiesChainsaw Man Chapter 148); At most Large Building level+ when transformedDownscales from 8.04 Tons of TNT (Portrayed to be stronger when transformed; being able to bust through a metal door that Power couldn't break through with ease. Able to easily tear through devils such as the Zombie, Bat,Chainsaw Man Chapter 8 and Eternity DevilChainsaw Man Chapter 18 as well as be able contend with Katana Man with his chainsaws,Chainsaw Man Chapter 26 the latter two shown capable of directly harming Denji's durability.Chainsaw Man Chapter 19 Even when greatly weakened from blood loss to where he couldn't fully transform, could still physically block attacks from and harm devils like the Leech Devil with his punches)
Speed: Supersonic+Downscales from Mach 2.98 (Should be comparable to other human devil hunters such as Aki Hayakawa, Denji himself could casually behead a fiend before it could strike him in spite of the fiend attacking before him), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformedUpscales from Mach 2.98 (Generally portrayed to be faster when transformed; being able to dodge attacks from and land attacks before devils such as the Bat Devil could properly react. Able to trade blows with Katana Man and easily blitzed a couple of goons. Should be faster than his Post-Weakening key)
Lifting Strength: Class 5Downscales from 1.86 Metric Tons (Should scale to other human devil hunters such as Aki Hayakawa), Varies; At least Class 5,Upscales from 1.86 Metric Tons likely Class M when transformedScales to 3946.10 Metric Tons (Shouldn't be too far away in terms of strength from his Post-Training key. Was able to catch a car thrown at him and throw it back)
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; At most Large Building level+ when transformed
Durability: Small Building level (Can endure beatings from people comparable to him such as Aki Hayakawa), Varies; At most Large Building level+ when transformed (Generally portrayed to be more durable when transformed; being shown capable of shrugging off a fall from the sky that destroyed a concrete roof upon his impact and surviving the Bat Devil's sonic attack that destroyed an entire building albeit it left him in a heavily injured state which he needed to regenerate from. Bullets outright deflects off his non-human areasChainsaw Man Chapter 28)
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Attack Potency: Small Building level (After gruelling daily training with Kishibe, says that he's stronger than before and can take down much more devils easier. Capable of both blooding Beam with a causal punchChainsaw Man Chapter 39 and one of Santa Claus' Dolls with a kick to their faceChainsaw Man Chapter 59), Varies; At least Large Building level+ when transformedUpscales from 8.04 Tons of TNT (Should similarly be stronger than before due to his training; being able to surprise Katana Man by with his improvement.Chainsaw Man Chapter 36 Able to easily cut through the Typhoon Devil who could walk through entire buildings unharmed , a Darkness-Empowered Santa Claus, the Gun Fiend, as well as other hybrids such as Katana Man and Bomb GirlChainsaw Man Chapter 50 with his chainsaws)
Speed: Supersonic+ (Should be faster than before after his gruelling daily training with Kishibe where he went from getting completely blitzed by Kishibe to managing to land a single hit on him), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed (Gotten faster to where he managed to surprised Katana Man by blocking his Sword-Draw Dash, an attack that previously completely blitzed him, later both reacts to and cuts Katana Man in half during his Sword-Draw Dash. Able to move Beam through Bomb Girl's explosions. Dodged the Gun Fiend's shots and even managed to quickly move in front of one to block itChainsaw Man Chapter 78)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Stronger than before due to his training with Kishibe), Varies; At least Class M when transformed (Similarly, should be stronger than before with him being able to lift cars with much more ease. Should scale to his fellow hybrid, Reze, who was able to stop the Violence Fiend's stomp which cracked the ground below her)
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; At least Large Building level+ when transformed
Durability: Small Building level (Likely more durable than before due to his training. Was able to withstand being in close proximity to a small explosion created by Reze with little injuryChainsaw Man Chapter 45 and later his body was shown to be undamaged from being near a direct hit from rocket launcherChainsaw Man Chapter 83), Varies; At least Large Building level+ when transformed (Similarly, should likely be more durable than before. Shown to be able to survive being launched through concrete walls by Katana Man, being caught in several massive explosions created by Bomb Girl, being plummeted through multiple floors of a building by Santa Claus,Chainsaw Man Chapter 67 and a block shot from the Gun Fiend with his chainsaws; whereas a single shot has been shown to easily tear through multiple houses)
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Attack Potency: Small Building level (Should scale to before as his human form should be unaffected by the fear empowerment devils receive. Took out an entire horde of armed assailants with just his fists and a baseball bat), Varies; At least Building level when transformedUpscales from 0.1909 Tons of TNT (Weaker than before due to the success of Makima's plan of depowering him of power that devils receive by being feared.Chainsaw Man Chapter 89 In spite of this, still able to easily tear up devils like the Cockroach Devil and Post-Revival Yuko, both of which are capable of doing massive amounts of damage to buildings. His daytime encounters and nighty vigilante work as Chainsaw ManChainsaw Man Vol 13 Recap has left buildings destroyed as a side effect of his battlesChainsaw Man Chapter 103), City Block level+ with Power's Blood ChainsawScales to 91.144 Tons of TNT (Able to slice into Makima) 
Speed: Supersonic+ (Should scale to before but likely faster than before; shown by him taking out an entire horde of armed assailants without getting hit and moving in front of Miri so quick that it seemed like teleportation from his point of view), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed (Slower than before due to the success of his depowerment. However, still fast enough to dodge all of Post-Revival Yuko's tendrils with ease who, before her revival by Fami, could block crossbow shots.Chainsaw Man Chapter 107 Later saved Asa before the Justice Devil's tendrils could hit them and shown to be fast enough to wall-run and keep up with speeding motorcycles)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Class 5 when transformed (Weaker than before due to his depowerment. Was able to jump to a upper apartment level from the road in a single bound in spite of being notably heavyChainsaw Man Chapter 27)
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; At least Building level when transformed
Durability: Small Building level (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Building level when transformed (Less durable than before due to his depowerment. However, still capable of shrugging off a flurry of punches from the Cockroach Devil which caused massive amounts of damage to the building Denji was thrown into)
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Attack Potency: Small Building level (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Large Building level+ when transformed (Much stronger than his last key due to the success of Fami's plan of re-empowering Chainsaw Man with fear.Chainsaw Man Chapter 146 Able to rip into and kill the Spear, Whip, and Sword Hybrids with relative ease)
Speed: Supersonic+ (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed (Much faster than his last key due to the success of his re-empowerment. Easily dodged the Whip Hybrids's attack while knocking back Sword Man before he could hit him, both of which are able to fight alongside other hybrids such as Katana Man and Bomb GirlChainsaw Man Chapter 94)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Class M when transformed (Should scale to his Post-Training key due to his re-empowerment)
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; At least Large Building level+ when transformed
Durability: Small Building level (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Large Building level+ when transformed (Much more durable than his last key due to his re-empowerment. Able to block an attack from Sword Man, who should be comparable in power to his fellow hybrids like Katana Man, without harm)
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 Stamina: Superhuman (Even before becoming a Devil-Human Hybrid, Denji has been continuously hunting devils and doing other odd jobs while malnourished to the point of having trouble sleeping from the hunger every single day. Even after being stabbed through the heart, could still run away for a brief while. This phenomenal ability to endure has only been further shown after his revival. Extreme injuries such as disembowelment,Chainsaw Man Chapter 79 broken bones,Chainsaw Man Chapter 18 amputation, being set ablaze, being dissolved by acid, bisectionChainsaw Man Chapter 152 and even decapitation have shown to not be enough to stop his determination to keep on fighting; likely thanks to his resolute will and masochist tendencies revealed later on. Also, thanks to his physiology, Denji can theoretically fight indefinitely as long as there's blood around. This can be seen with his battle with the Eternity Devil, where he battled the devil non-stop for three days straight)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Extended Melee Range with Equipment and Chainsaws, Up to Tens of Meters with Chains (Can use the chains from his chainsaws to wrap around his opponents from afar)
Standard Equipment:
Part 1: 
*Devil Hunter Suit, Public Safety ID Badge and Axe
*Optional Equipment: Power's Blood and Blood Chainsaw
Part 2: 
* School ID 
*Optional Equipment: Super Chainsaw Motorcycle
Intelligence:
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|-|General Intelligence=At least Average. Due to his impoverished upbringing and incessant life as a devil hunter, Denji has been severely debilitated with his formal education - having never gone to a school before; showing trouble understanding basic kanjiChainsaw Man Chapter 42Chainsaw Man Chapter 20 and the meanings of principal terms during the beginning of Part 1, although this inadvertently has lead to him being able to stay calm in most high-pressure situations.Chainsaw Man Chapter 15 However, it's best to describe Denji as simply untaught rather than actually dumb. He has been shown to already be able to quickly perform long addition in his head at the very start of the series and since then has cognitively progressed by a good amount thanks to being placed under Aki's care,Chainsaw Man Chapter 72 training with Kishibe, watching educational television every single dayChainsaw Man Chapter 149 and going to a proper high-school by the end of Part 1.Chainsaw Man Chapter 97 Notably, Denji has shown to possess an incredible attention to detail, e.g. being able to quickly catch onto Power's contradiction of speech when she attempted to lure him into a trap,Chainsaw Man Chapter 6 and recall information even in situations where it seems that he isn't paying any attention at all.Chainsaw Man Chapter 113 Through his perceptiveness, he's able to turn the information he's noticed into strategic or tactical plans when needed. Moreover, Denji has also shown to be able to master various activities in a relatively short amount of time, this can be seen with him learning how to swim after just one short lesson with Reze and being able to produce a wide-range of appetizing culinary dishes after just a few months. His experience living out in the streets has also greatly helped him practically in situations such as making money, e.g. recycling cigarette butts in order to make money from the homelessChainsaw Man Chapter 112 and exploiting the Eternity Devil's loop to collect duplicating student hats in order to sell them later.Chainsaw Man Chapter 116
|-|Combat Intelligence=Gifted. Even before his proper training, Denji has shown to be an extremely practical fighter thanks to being in the devil-hunting business ever since he was still a child. He's perfectly willing to aim for the weak points of an opponent's body right at the start of a fight and exploit those injured areas. Denji's ability in combat has since greatly improved thanks to his special training with the likes of Kishibe, a veteran devil hunter who's skilled enough to briefly keep up with Quanxi,Chainsaw Man Chapter 62 another hunter that's skilled enough to be regarded to be able to win against anyone else in the world in a pure bare-knuckle fighting.Chainsaw Man Chapter 54 Through his training, Denji has learnt and later practically applied lessons such as: to always keep a cool head while in battle, be perspective if the environment around him can be exploited against an opponent and to never trust what a "hunter" says.Chainsaw Man Chapter 31 Through Denji may appear naive and dense sometimes, his quick-thinking and outright luscious ingenuity in battle has let him overcome insurmountable situations (examples shown below in 'Feats - Intelligence'). Moreover, he's also able to formulate complex plans that utilises the knowledge he's gained about his opponent with resources he has access to when push comes to shove, as seen in the final battle of the Public Safety Arc, where he managed to take Makima by surprise and successfully outsmart her.
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Standard Tactics: 
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|-|Human Form=While Denji typically doesn't prefer to transform into his Hybrid form due to having to deal with the blood loss after he transforms back, he has no qualms transforming when the situation really calls for it. Due to his early experience devil-hunting, Denji has shown to be perfectly willing to end fights as quickly as possible such as targeting areas such the neck for a swift kill. While early on into the series, when faced against male opponents, he would typically try to aim for their nuts first, he has since refined much of his close-quarters combat skills through his training with Kishibe.
|-|Hybrid Form=When transformed, Denji way of combat changes more towards rushing down his opponents, viscously slashing away at them while relying on his own ability to dodge, endure or his opponent's own blood to regenerate from any attack that's thrown his way.Chainsaw Man Chapter 125 While Denji does get "battle high" from combat,Chainsaw Man Chapter 154 he still has shown to be perfectly able to adapt to his opponent and strategise against them mid-fight.
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Weaknesses: Possesses all general weaknesses possessed by Hybrids. As abilities such as his innate regeneration and transformation are linked to the amount of blood he has in his body,Chainsaw Man Chapter 64 if he's running low on blood, he will be unable to regenerate or maintain his transformation. This isn't helped by the fact that just his transformation will cause him lose a lot of blood due to cutting himself with his chainsaws to the point where he'll get incredibly faint and can even pass out after a long battle when reverted back to human form. Likewise, his trigger-based regeneration requires him to pull on the cord on his chest in order for it to work. Can be manipulated to do favours by money or sexual favours from women he finds prettyChainsaw Man Chapter 104Chainsaw Man Chapter 5 even if they're actively trying to kill himChainsaw Man Chapter 47 or he himself knows that it's a honey trap. Furthermore, will actively attempt to save pretty women or animals when they're in danger.Chainsaw Man Chapter 102 He's also prone to swallow anything with nutritional value that enters his mouth.Chainsaw Man Chapter 21
Feats: 
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*Caught onto Power's lie after noticing a contradiction with what she was saying
*Formulates a plan to defeat the Eternity Devil by continuously cutting it up until it wanted to kill itself from the sheer pain after recognising its dislike for pain
*Learns to keep a cool head while in battle, always keep the weapon(s) and the situation in mind as well as to never trust what a "hunter" says from Kishibe
*Baited Katana Man into attacking his head to distract him from being cut in half by the new chainsaw that Denji had sprouted from his legs
*Forced Reze underwater where she was unable to produce explosions by wrapping both himself and her with his own chains
*Figured out that he was just used as bait to lure out the assassins after him
*Watches educational television everyday and still continues to do so in Part 2
*Lighted himself on fire in order to exploit the Darkness-Empowered Santa Claus' weakness to light
*Formulated an entire plan that successfully defeated Makima by exploiting her weaknesses as well as his own abilities
*Picks up cigarette butts to reroll and sell to the homeless for money
*Recalls Asa's speech about starfishes when he seemingly wasn't paying attention later on when she refused to eat the fish around them, when they were trapped in an aquarium
*Exploits the Eternity Devil's loop to collect duplicating student hats in order to sell them later
*Cut his own brain in order to fight off the Falling Devil's mental attack
*Tickles Nayuta in order to stop her from harming Fumiko while not harming Nayuta at the same time
*Self-bisected himself in order to attack Spear who had stabbed him from behind
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Notable Attacks/Techniques: 
*Hybrid Transformation: Through pulling the chainsaw cord that's on his chest, Denji can transform into his Hybrid-Devil form; gaining a plethora of new abilities and also healing/resurrecting him from any wound previously inflicted on him.Chainsaw Man Chapter 77
DenjiTransformation.gif|Transformation shown in action
 
*Starter Cord Pulling: Beyond just for transformation, Denji can also pull his starter cord to reprocess the blood already in himself to get back into peak condition even after death, as well as rev his chainsaws even faster than before.
DenjiResurrect.gif|Revival via starter cord pulling shown
 
*Chainsaw Creation: True to his namesake, Denji is able to manifest chainsaws out of his head, arms, and later even his legs & feet which he can use to stick onto walls. Aside from the one of his head, these chainsaws can also be retracted at will.
DenjiChainsaws.gif|Denji manifesting chainsaws out of his arms
DenjiLegsaw.gif|Denji manifesting a chainsaw out of his leg
*Chain Manipulation: By disconnecting the chains off his chainsaws or turning parts of his body tissue into chainsaw chains, Denji can use them like horse reins or wrap around his opponent to pull them closer to himself, which he can follow up with a slicing kick.
Note: While Denji's "Red Chainsaw Man" and Pochita's "Black Chainsaw Man" are technically the same being, it has been decided to separate them into separate profiles. This is because Denji has no control over his "Black Chainsaw Man" form as it's Pochita that takes over. He himself doesn't consider this form to be himChainsaw Man Chapter 139 and likewise, characters like Makima and Fami also consider Denji's "Red Chainsaw Man" and Pochita's "Black Chainsaw Man" to be completely different beings.Chainsaw Man Chapter 95Chainsaw Man Chapter 135 As a result, this profile only focuses on the titular "Red Chainsaw Man" we see throughout most of the series while Pochita's "Black Chainsaw Man" can be found on Pochita's own profile.
==Gallery==
==Notable Matchups==
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Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher) Geralt's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man was used against Post-Mutation Geralt. Speed was Equalized)
Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim) Scott's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man was used against Post-Volume 3 Scott. Speed was equalized)
Cassie Cage (Mortal Kombat) Cassie's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man and Inner Power Cassie were used. Speed was equalized)
Jason Voorhees (Mortal Kombat) Jason Voorhees (Mortal Kombat) (Battle takes place in Camp Crystal Lake, both are 10 meters apart. Speed equal. Post-Fear Boost Chainsaw Man is used. Standard Battle Assumptions for everything else)
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Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) Dio's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man and Phantom Blood Dio were used. Speed was equalized)
Penny Polendina (RWBY) Penny's profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man and Beacon Penny were used. Speed was equalized)
Cinder Fall (RWBY) Cinder's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man and Beacon Cinder were used. Speed was equalized)
Ash Williams (Evil Dead) Ash's Profile (Post-Weakening human Denji was used and Ash didn't have the Book of the Dead or the Kandarian Dagger. Speed was equal and both had prior knowledge) 
Miles Morales (Spider-Verse) Miles's Profile (Speed was equalized. Both were High 8-C and Post-Training Denji was used.)
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