Devil Hunters

**Devil Hunters** (デビルハンター *Debiru Hantā*?) are individuals (human or otherwise) who, as the name would imply, have taken it upon themselves to fight against

Devils whenever a threat related to them should arise in the world. They tend to use contracts with Devils as means of standing a chance in combat against their monstrous opponents, giving them a massive advantage over standard law enforcement when Devils should appear.

Due to Denji's role as a Devil Hunter in both the Private Sector and Public Safety, they play a pivotal role in the story of Chainsaw Man.

## Overview

Counting the Private Sector Devil Hunters, there are over a thousand devil hunters in Tokyo, meaning that being a devil hunter is considered a common profession. Devil Hunters that work for the government receive a salary regularly, just like any other government employee, while Private Sector Devil Hunters turn in bounties and do not have a permanent regular salary. Other devil hunters may choose to sell devil corpses in the black market as an alternate way to make more money.

Devil Hunters will also sometimes capture devils instead of killing them, usually for the purpose of using them to form contracts, being the Future devil a good example. Devil Hunters also are the only people who are allowed by goverment to form a contract with a devil.

According to Aki Hayakawa, devil hunters are the only ones alongside the police force to be legally allowed to use a gun. While hunting devils may allow one to earn considerably good amounts of money along with the governmental benefits for the ones who work at Public Safety, this is considered as one of the most dangerous professions in existence. Despite that, it still is a very popular profession and even schools have Devil Hunters Club for the students who seek to become one.

According to Denji, killing a Devil usually makes about 300.000 yen. The Tomato Devil, who is considered very weak, is worth 400.000 yen in the Black Market. The more powerful a Devil is, the more they are worth, with some countries being willing to pay from 2 million dollars to anything for the Chainsaw Man and his heart.

## Relationship with Devils

Since many devil hunters had their families killed by devils, a lot of hunters have a hatred towards devils and a desire for revenge. This became especially common, after the massacre that the Gun Devil caused thirteen years before the present day. However due to how powerful some devils are, most devil hunters end up forming contracts with devils in order to be more capable of killing them. Some fiends and devils also end choosing to become devil hunters and work alongside humans. Because of this, at times a bond can form between humans and their demonic teammates. It is worth noting that since devils do not have human rights, some of them choose to help humanity out of fear of being killed by a devil hunter instead of doing so out of their own free will. And last, but not least, all fiends and devils who work as devil hunters are completely dispensable, if anyone betrays devil hunters by allying with other devils or resigning to their job, devil hunters will kill and replace it with another one.

## Public Safety Devil Hunters

The Public Safety Devil Hunters (のデビルハンター *Kōan no Debiru Hantā*?) are an organization of government-sanctioned Devil Hunters in Japan who function similarly to a Fire Department or Police Force. They're sent to dispatch Devils in the event of a threat to the public and are tasked with resolving devil-related incidents on a smaller scale. Though the threat level of the Devils they pursue can vary, they're generally sent after bigger threats than those working in the Private Sector, according to Himeno. To compensate the fact that Devil Hunters from the public bureau are sent after more dangerous devils than private devil hunters, the government gives them more paid days off and other benefits. Despite the benefits, Public Safety like all departments that work under the goverment, must also do paperwork and always giving well explained and detailed reports about their activities

## Tokyo

### Special Division 6

Gugu
(Alive)Fushi
(Alive)
## Kyoto

### Special Division 10

Hange Zoë
(Captain, Alive)