Chainsaw Man (Manga)

## Chainsaw Man

**Chainsaw Man** (チェンソーマン, *Chensōman*?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujimoto Tatsuki. The series is divided into two parts, the Public Safety Saga (officially referred to as an arc) and the Academy Saga. The Public Safety Saga, which contains 97 chapters, follows Denji as the main protagonist. The ongoing Academy Saga introduces a new main protagonist, Asa Mitaka.

Serialization of the Public Safety Saga began on December 3, 2018 and concluded on December 14, 2020. An anime adaptation by studio MAPPA adapted the first part of the series up to the Katana Man arc in its first season.

The Academy Saga began serialization on July 13, 2022. The series alternates between a weekly and biweekly schedule.

## Profile

*Chainsaw Man* was serialized in *Weekly Shonen Jump* from 2018 until 2020, when it then transferred to *Shonen Jump+* online magazine, where the current story continues. The series is currently collected in 16 Tankōbon volumes.

The series has over 16 million copies in print, and the seventh best-selling manga in 2021 with over 5 million copies sold. It is also licensed in English France, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Thailand, Poland, Germany, Argentina, Taiwan, South Korea, Russia, and in Vietnam.

The series' anime adaptation began airing in October 2022 and finished airing its first 12-episode season in December of the same year. Two PVs and two visuals were released for it.

Other media for this series include a novel titled *Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories* that was released in November 2021 written by Sakaku Hishikawa, with illustrations by Tatsuki Fujimoto.

## Plot

### Part 1 - *Public Safety Saga*

When his father died, Denji was stuck with a huge debt and no way to pay it back. Thanks to a Devil dog he saved named Pochita, he's able to survive through odd jobs and killing Devils for the Yakuza. Pochita's chainsaw powers come in handy against these powerful demons. When the Yakuza betrays him and he's killed by the Zombie Devil, Pochita sacrifices himself to save his former master. Denji is then reborn as a Devil-Human hybrid known as Chainsaw Man.

After his transformation, he's quickly recruited by Makima to join the Public Safety Devil Hunters under threat of extermination now that he's technically a Devil. Now that he's living comfortably for the first time in his life, Denji struggles to determine his dreams and form meaningful relationships while killing Devils and working alongside other eccentric Devil Hunters.

### Part 2 - *Academy Saga*

Following the death of her mother, Fourth East highschooler Asa Mitaka isolates herself from society, fearing that she would never lead a stable normal life. Her life changes forever when one day, a student in contract with the Justice Devil kills her, Yoru the War Devil arrives, saving her. Now Asa has been reborn as the War Devil's vessel while sharing her abilities as a Fiend Host.

Upon her awakening, she's forcefully pulled into Yoru's quest of vengeance to the Chainsaw Man while having aimed to reclaim the Nuclear Weapons Devil from him. Aiming to separate from Yoru as quickly as possible, Asa goes on a quest to locate and investigate the Chainsaw Man and mysteries around her school while meeting new friends and foes alike.

Meanwhile, sometime after leaving the Public Safety, Denji has now started to go to high school, while he also continues to exterminate devils. He still wishes to get a girlfriend and often tries to "accidentally" expose his identity as the Chainsaw Man.

## Chapters

### Part 1: *Public Safety Saga*

*Chainsaw Man Part 1* consists of 97 chapters, compiled into eleven volumes of the *Jump Comics* trade paperbacks.

### Part 2: *Academy Saga*

*Chainsaw Man Part 2* continues from the twelfth volume.

* Chapter 99: Two Birds
* Chapter 100: How to Walk Shoeless
* Chapter 101: After School Devil Hunters
* Chapter 102: Save the Cat
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* Chapter 105: Red Hot
* Chapter 106: Bonfire
* Chapter 107: School attacker
* Chapter 108: Something Important to Asa
* Chapter 109: The easy way to stop bullying
* Chapter 110: A Ring in the Night
* Chapter 111: Aha Ha Ha Ha
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* Chapter 114: Endless Aquarium
* Chapter 115: High Schoolers These Days
* Chapter 116: Taste of Starfish
* Chapter 117: Penguin and Weapon
* Chapter 118: Saying Goodbye
* Chapter 119: Thief
* Chapter 120: Triangle
* Chapter 121: Theory of Happiness
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* Chapter 124: Soup
* Chapter 125: Apple Thief
* Chapter 126: Food Fight
* Chapter 127: Save the Asa
* Chapter 128: Main Dish
* Chapter 129: Save Me, Chainsaw Man
* Chapter 130: Kill Building
* Chapter 131: Taste of Crap
* Chapter 132: Protection
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* Chapter 135: Sentimental Drive
* Chapter 136: Normal Life
* Chapter 137: Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura
* Chapter 138: Sword Man
* Chapter 139: A Chair's Feelings
* Chapter 140: Scales
* Chapter 141: Normal Life Plus
* Chapter 142: Denji Fan Club
* Chapter 143: Rawr

#### Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

* Chapter 144: Guns, Nails, Katana
* Chapter 145: Kumbaya
* Chapter 146: Chainsaw Man War
* Chapter 147: Cremation
* Chapter 148: Room 606 Sword
* Chapter 149: Devil's Choice
* Chapter 150: Dream's Next Stage
* Chapter 151: The Return of Chainsaw Man
* Chapter 152: Massage
* Chapter 153: Chainsaw Man Hunters

## Gallery

* Volume covers
* Chapter covers
* Inside covers
* WSJ covers

Volume 1 Full Cover featuring DenjiVolume 2 Full Cover featuring Power and MeowyVolume 3 Full Cover featuring HimenoVolume 4 Full Cover featuring Aki HayakawaVolume 5 Full Cover featuring Denji and Katana ManVolume 6 Full Cover featuring RezeVolume 7 Full Cover featuring Denji, Quanxi, Aldo, and Santa ClausVolume 8 Full Cover featuring Denji, Quanxi, and Santa ClausVolume 9 Full Cover featuring Angel Devil and AkiVolume 10 Full Cover featuring Makima and DenjiVolume 11 featuring DenjiVolume 12 featuring YoruVolume 13 featuring YukoVolume 14 featuring FamiVolume 15 featuring the Falling DevilVolume 16 featuring Miri Sugo

Chapter 1 title pageChapter 2 color pageChapter 15 color pageChapter 23 color pageChapter 29 color pageChapter 33 color pageChapter 38 color pageChapter 43 color pageChapter 46 color pageChapter 49 color pageChapter 53 color pageChapter 59 color pageChapter 60 color pageChapter 61 color pageChapter 67 color pageChapter 71 color pageChapter 73 color pageChapter 79 color pageChapter 85 color pageChapter 90 color pageChapter 92 color pageChapter 97 color page

Volume 1 Inside Cover featuring DenjiVolume 2 Inside Cover featuring Denji and PowerVolume 3 Inside Cover featuring Aki HayakawaVolume 4 Inside Cover featuring MakimaVolume 5 Inside Cover featuring Angel DevilVolume 6 Inside Cover featuring RezeVolume 7 Inside Cover featuring Santa ClausVolume 8 Inside Cover featuring QuanxiVolume 9 Inside Cover featuring AkiVolume 10 Inside CoverVolume 11 Inside CoverVolume 12 Inside Cover featuring Asa MitakaVolume 13 Inside Cover featuring YukoVolume 14 Inside Cover featuring FamiVolume 15 Inside Cover featuring Falling DevilVolume 16 Inside Cover featuring Miri Sugo

### WSJ Covers

Shonen Jump 2019-01Shonen Jump 2019-47Shonen Jump 2020-42
### Shared Covers

* Covers that feature characters together with other heroes of the magazine.

Issue #06-07, 2019Issue #22-23, 2019Issue #36-37, 2019Issue #04-05, 2020Issue #06-07, 2020Issue #36-37, 2020
### Trailers

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