Curse Devil

* Anime
* Manga

The **Curse Devil** (呪 (のろ) いの悪 (あく) 魔 (ま) , *Noroi no Akuma*?) is a Devil that embodies the fear of curses.

## Appearance

When summoned, the Curse Devil manifests as a large, two-headed skeleton with horns, its right skull appears human while the left skull has three eye slits and longer, mandible-like teeth. The Curse Devil has clawed hands and a large, distended ribcage.

Whenever it speaks to someone the Curse Devil appears as a dark pair of lips hovering in darkness or as a monstrously large mouth. In episode 10 of the anime, this is changed, with the Curse Devil physically appearing behind the one he speaks to.

## Personality

The Curse Devil's personality is currently unknown.

## Plot

### Eternity Devil arc

Aki considers using the Curse Devil's sword to defeat the Eternity Devil but Himeno restrains him with the Ghost Devil's arm.

### Katana Man arc

During his battle against Katana Man, Aki pulled out his Curse Spike to pierce Katana Man's body three times. This trigger served to summon the Curse Devil on Aki's behalf who manifested behind Katana Man and picked him up before biting him and killing him.

Aki later asks the Curse Devil how much life span he has left after using the Curse Devil's power, and the Curse Devil states that he has two years remaining.

### International Assassins arc

Tolka's master uses a nail to stab Denji three times without him noticing. She explains her contract with the Curse Devil to her apprentice and entrusts the fourth and final stab for him to perform as a test. If he succeeds then she will reveal her other Devil contracts to him.

Tolka lays a trap and manages to stab Denji by having him step on the nail. The Curse Devil appears and picks up Denji, violently biting into him and killing him.

## Abilities

As a Devil, the Curse Devil possesses all of the standard devil abilities. As a contract Devil, it showed its abilities based on its contracts.

**Curse**: Upon its contractor stabbing their target a few times with its nail, the Curse Devil will manifest itself, pick up the target by their arms in a cross position, and mortally wound them by biting into their shoulders and necks while crushing their arms. The contracts with it seen so far are:

* In exchange for some of his lifespan, Aki Hayakawa can curse his targets by stabbing them with his nail-shaped sword 3 times. Each time he stabs his target, he shouts **Fire!** and a finger of the Curse Devil manifests to flick the nail.

* In exchange for the loss of sensations on several of their fingers, Santa Claus can curse their targets by stabbing them with a nail 4 times.

As revealed by Santa Claus, the stabbing can also be done by another person, and not necessarily by the contractor himself. In fact, their contract was activated even if it was Tolka who stabbed Denji instead of them.

**Invisibility**: When the Curse Devil appears, he appears to have the power to make himself invisible and not be seen by other eyes. Indeed, when Denji was killed by the Curse Devil, neither he nor Beam could see the Devil, and it looked as if Denji being crucified while hovering in the air.

## Trivia

* The Curse Devil's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
	+ The Curse Devil ranked 43rd in the First Popularity Poll with 178 votes.
	+ The Curse Devil and Taiyo Hayakawa ranked 62nd in the Second Popularity Poll with 1,279 votes.
* The Curse Devil's use of rituals involving nails is likely a reference to Ushi-no-Toki-Mairi, a Japanese cursing ritual involving the insertion of a nail into a sacred tree or effigy.
* In the manga, the fingers used to flick Aki's sword appear from slightly outside the manga panels. In the anime, they suddenly appear from offscreen.

## References

1. ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 24, Page 10
2. ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 24, Pages 4 - 9
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 29, Pages 5 - 6
4. ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 18, Pages 1 - 2
5. ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 24, Pages 1 - 11
6. ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 56, Pages 6 - 7
7. ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 62, Pages 16 - 19