Asa Mitaka/History

## Synopsis

### History

Asa grew up with a loving mother whom she lost when they got attacked by the Typhoon Devil, her mother sacrificed herself to save Asa while she was saving a cat.

Following that, Asa came to an orphanage where she preferred to spend time with herself and the cat she rescued, Crambon. There, her caretaker, whose mother also (allegedly) died because of the Typhoon Devil, convinced her to give Crambon away to give him a happier home. However, another orphan later told Asa that the children found a dead cat at the bottom of a river. It turned out that the caretaker had lied to Asa and killed Crambon because she was jealous that Asa still had someone she considered family.

### Justice Devil arc

Asa is a student attending class at Fourth East High School. She is distant and unsociable to her classmates, many of whom don't even know her name. Asa is further alienated by her class when she accidentally trips and kills Bucky the Chicken Devil, a beloved class pet. In an effort to cheer her up, the teacher and class president invite Asa to make amends over Bucky's grave; only for it to be revealed the class president and the teacher have been having an affair. The class president attempts to kill Asa using the powers she obtained from her contract with the Justice Devil. In her dying moments, Asa is greeted by the War Devil, who will save Asa's life in exchange for her body. Asa is resurrected as the War Fiend, and the War Devil takes over and quickly dispatches her teacher and classmate.

The next morning, Asa wakes up in her room, and War Devil reveals to Asa that Chainsaw Man attends her school and that her mission is to defeat him. Being a devil, the War Devil doesn't know much about human society, so she kept Asa alive by leaving half of her brain intact, the two now sharing one body. Asa is pushed to join the school's Devil Hunters club in an effort to find Chainsaw Man's true identity, but she is bullied and embarrassed by her classmates, who still blame her for Bucky's death. She is cheered up by a fellow club member, Yuko, and Asa soon loses focus on finding Chainsaw Man, instead opting to enjoy the time she is spending with Yuko. While the two patrol for devils, the War Devil suggests turning Yuko into a weapon, which Asa quickly argues against. The two decide to leave the topic for now, but not before the War Devil tells Asa to call her Yoru. Later, Asa and Yuko encounter and get attacked by the Bat Devil. Yoru encourages Asa to kill Yuko and turn her into a weapon so she can fight the Bat Devil, but Asa is unwilling to harm her first friend even if it puts her own life in danger. Asa and Yuko are inadvertently saved by Chainsaw Man, who kills the Bat Devil by accident while fighting the Cockroach Devil.

The next day Yoshida introduces Asa to Denji and reveals he's a Chainsaw Man fan. Denji and Asa get into an argument after Asa admits she did not use to like Chainsaw Man. As their argument escalates, Denji reveals he is Chainsaw Man. Asa doesn't believe him, calls him a loser, and dismisses his claim as nothing more than ramblings from a Chainsaw Man fan.

Asa brushes off the Devil Hunters club to visit Yuko, who was injured during the Bat Devil attack. Yuko admits she doesn't have many friends, and Asa is the first person to visit her after her injury. In an effort to strengthen their bond, Yuko and Asa reveal their deepest darkest secrets to each other; Asa recounts the time she peed herself in grade school, and Yuko admits she killed her neighbor the other day. When Asa asks why, Yuko says she had discovered her neighbor had been gambling his welfare money away, a fact she learned after making a contract with the Justice Devil and gaining the ability to read minds. Yuko goes on to reveal how she knows Asa killed her teacher and class president, and all about Yoru, but promises to keep Asa's secret. Yuko wants to save Asa as she did for her and tells Asa not to come to school tomorrow as she will be taking care of her bullying problem; permanently.

Asa walks home, contemplating what Yuko said. She realizes Yuko is going to kill the bullies at school and wants to go back and talk her out of it, but Yoru wants to battle Yuko and use their fight to lure out Chainsaw Man. When Asa protests, Yoru possesses her and refuses to give her body back until Yuko is dead. The next morning at school, Yoru confronts Yuko with a katana in the hallway. Yuko reads Yoru's mind and learns of her plan, and tries to convince Yoru that she can't win a confrontation with her. Yoru only smiles and reminds Yuko that killing her would kill Asa as well. Reluctantly, Yuko transforms into a devil form to engage with Yoru.

Yoru's attacks prove unsuccessful, and several students are killed, including most of Asa's bullies. Yoru chooses to release control of their body back to Asa in an effort to defeat Yuko. Asa uses the War Devil's abilities to turn her school uniform into a weapon and warns Yuko to stop her assault. Yuko doesn't take Asa's threat seriously and goes to kill the last of Asa's bullies. Asa retaliates by striking Yuko with her Uniform Sword, and much to everyone's surprise, Yuko is sliced to ribbons from a single strike of the sword. When Yoru questions why the Uniform Sword weapon was so powerful, Asa remarks that the uniform was bought by her deceased mother, and the guilt she felt in turning it into a weapon caused the sword to be especially strong.

As Yuko lies dying, a mysterious girl appears and asks Asa if she wishes to save Yuko; Asa's answer is "yes". The mysterious girl calls Asa her "little sister" and is shown to possess ringed eyes similar to Yoru's and Makima's. Suddenly, Yuko is revived as a giant version of her devil form, and her head explodes from the side of the school building.  Asa passes out, and the girl leaves.

Early the next morning, the doorbell rings. Behind the door is Yuko, who says she has been turned into a Devil and may try to eat Asa, and warns her not to open the door. Asa opens the door anyways and sees Yuko's horribly mutated new form. Yuko came to tell Asa that she was leaving to find treatment and only stopped by to say goodbye to her. As a parting gift, Asa gives Yuko her shoes, and as Yuko leaves, she goes back to sleep.

### Dating Denji arc

Later, Asa and Yoru visit the partially destroyed school and find their Uniform Sword in shambles. Yoru explains that while the uniform sword was strong, it was also fragile. Asa asks Yoru if she knows the woman who revived Yuko, but Yoru says no and passes it off as the girl being a madwoman. Haruka Iseumi, the Devil Hunter Club's president, introduces himself to Asa. He tells Asa that she is accepted into the club. Haruka reveals a pull cord sticking out of his chest. Asa is skeptical that he is actually Chainsaw Man.

Yoru asks Asa to create a weapon even stronger than her uniform sword. Asa says she is now willing to turn a human into a weapon if it means that Yoru will leave her body so she won't ruin other people's lives as a result of Yoru's presence, blaming herself for what happened to Yuko. Yoru suggests that the most powerful weapon would be the line in the middle of killing a cat and a criminal. Asa spots Denji, who is picking used cigarette butts off the ground, but also passing them off as new and selling them to homeless people. She realizes Denji is right in the middle between a criminal and a cat, not so bad that he deserves to die but the necessary evil to defeat Chainsaw Man. Asa confronts Denji, but Denji is aggressive with her because of how she treated him before. Asa asks Denji on a date, and he reluctantly says yes.

Asa and Denji's date proves disastrous, as Asa bores Denji with facts on sea urchins and sea stars during their visit to the aquarium. When Denji suggests going to see the penguins, Asa asks him to shut up and not to think about a thing, insisting they stick to the schedule she planned out. This infuriates Denji, and he leaves. When Yoru asks Asa to go after him, she refuses, insisting she didn't do anything wrong.

Suddenly, the girl who revived Yuko shows up and properly introduces herself as Yoru's big sister, the Famine Devil or "Fami," as she prefers to be called. Fami agrees with Asa but elaborates the problem does not lie in the date, but that Asa is still unwilling to kill Denji because deep down, she knows it is the wrong thing to do. Yoru tells Asa not to listen, but before she can continue, Fami snaps her fingers and transports Yoru away temporarily. She tells Asa that any human will shed their morality when they are starving, and she won't release Asa until she is able to turn Denji into a weapon. Denji returns and Asa notices the aquarium has become an endless hallway. Denji remarks that "that pain in the butt" is back from hell, insinuating the return of the Eternity Devil.

As Asa and Denji traverse the hallway, they encounter other members of their school's Devil Hunter Club, as well as Yoshida. They form a group to try and find a way out but to no avail. While the group finds food and water in the aquarium staff lounge, Asa catches Denji stealing money from a bag and berates him for not helping the group. Before storming off, Denji retorts by asking what contribution she has made since they have been trapped. Asa remembers she still has her mother's cell phone, much to the excitement of the other students. While looking for a signal to call for help, Asa trips and breaks her phone. Haruka sighs and expresses his disappointment in Asa, saying that she has done nothing but complain and been a loner since they have been trapped, and she cannot even come through in a clutch. Embarrassed and ashamed, Asa sits alone in the hallway.

Days pass in the aquarium. Denji checks up on Asa, who apologizes and blames herself for the situation they are in. She admits that despite how bad things are, she remains unable to turn Denji into a weapon: not because it goes against her morals, but because she's terrified of making the wrong choice. Denji sits down with Asa, smiles, and asks if she's ever eaten starfish.

Asa and Denji bond as they eat starfish together. Asa comes up with a plan and asks Denji to help her collect money he has been finding in the aquarium. Eventually, the two manage to collect one million yen, which Asa uses to "buy" the aquarium and turns into a weapon so the group can escape. After the aquarium gets turned into a spear, the Eternity Devil appears since it no longer has a building to hide in. Yoru is able to possess Asa once more and fights the Eternity Devil. Due to Asa's guilt of ruining the aquarium, the spear is strong enough to kill the Eternity Devil with a single strike.

After the battle, Denji walks Asa back to her place. Denji asks Asa to go on another date with him; Asa smiles and agrees too. Yoru comments on Asa's affection for Denji, which Yoru is able to feel due to sharing her brain. Despite this, Yoru decides to proceed with the plan, possessing Asa and immediately attempting to turn Denji into a weapon. Surprisingly, Yoru fails, which Asa takes as a sign that Denji does not really like her. After Denji leaves, Yoru warns Asa to stay away from Fami before falling asleep. Asa sits down and thinks about Denji and becomes irritated at the thought that he does not like her, even after what happened during their date.

The next day, Denji and Asa argue over what to do for their second date. The pair eventually agree to watch movies at Denji's house, although Denji is reluctant to have her over. He explains she is only allowed to come so long as she follows the house rules, and failure to follow these rules could result in her death.

Asa and Denji arrive at his house. Denji goes over the house rules with Asa, one of which is that she can't kiss him in front of his roommate, Nayuta. This angers Asa, who says she has no desire to kiss him since she does not even like him. As Denji contemplates why Asa does not like him, Yoru takes over and kisses Denji. Suddenly Nayuta comes home from walking the dogs, calls Yoru a thief for kissing Denji, and links one of her chains through Yoru's skull, causing Asa and Yoru to think they are a dog. Nayuta only agrees to turn Asa back if Denji stops being friendly with her. Denji reluctantly complies, and Nayuta erases Asa and Yoru's memories to make them think Denji stood them up.

Back at the school, Asa tries to convince herself she's glad Denji stood her up but ultimately admits she is upset by it. Just then, Yoshida appears and asks if Asa will keep him company. As they talk, Asa mistakes Yoshida's kindness for affection, only for him to reveal that he just wants her to stay away from Denji.

### Falling Devil arc

Asa walks home devastated, unable to understand why she fails at maintaining lasting relationships with others, and wonders if she is better off dead. Suddenly, the residents of an apartment complex all begin jumping off the building to their deaths; and a devil crawls out of their mangled corpses.

Yoru takes over and runs away, realizing this is a devil too powerful to fight, and she asks Asa to snap out of her negative emotions. Asa flashes back to her time in an orphanage, where she kept the cat she saved from the devil attack and named it Crambon. Her caretaker convinced her to give Crambon away to give him a happier home. However, another orphan later told Asa that the children found a dead cat at the bottom of the river. It turned out that the caretaker had lied to Asa and killed Crambon because she was jealous that Asa still had someone she considered family.

Asa reawakens to find herself falling but quickly catches onto a railing. She then realizes that gravity for her has been inverted, along with other civilians who "fall" from the ground to the sky due to the powers of the Falling Devil. Unable to possess her body, Yoru tells Asa not to be afraid.

Asa continues having traumatic flashbacks. The force of the anti-gravity get's too strong and she loses her grip on the railing. While falling, Yoru instructs her to shout: "Nail Knife." Asa does so, and her fingernail rips itself off and transforms into a knife. The pain makes Asa forget about fear which lets Yoru regain control. She falls back to the ground as the gravity manipulation does not affect her. Yoru orders Asa to keep focusing on her pain and proceeds to speculate about the devil's identity before correctly assuming that it is the Falling Devil and that Fami's likely involved.

Yoru notices Asa having a flashback again, so she promptly cuts her hand, believing it'll keep Asa from getting scared. Much to Yoru's surprise, this has the opposite effect, and Asa becomes afraid of Yoru instead. Before she loses control, she dashes under a building so as to not fall into Hell when gravity reverses on Asa.

The two then clash with each other, with Yoru being frustrated at Asa for not trusting her, while Asa retorts that she has no reason to as they don't even know each other, how Yoru always says disturbing stuff, takes over her body whenever and cuts her hand just now. Yoru tries to change the topic by blaming Asa's negative feelings on the Falling Devils' power. Frustrated at Yoru's lack of care and understanding, Asa responds by saying that since Yoru can read her mind, she should know what she's afraid of. Asa breaks down and explains that it's solitude and companionship. While she has trust issues, Asa gets lonely but fears how something always goes wrong when she tries to approach people and ends up alone all over again. Yoru seems at a loss for words.

Meanwhile, the Falling Devil announces she plans to kill and serve both of them as her main course dish. Some time passes, with Asa and Yoru staying put until the Falling Devil finally arrives and prepares to kill them.
Gripping onto a loose exhaust fan cover, Asa is holding on for dear life, only for Falling Devil to grab ahold of her head. She begins to explain to Asa that she knows that the girl is more scared of the pain caused by the fall, rather than death itself. She promises Asa a peaceful and painless fall if she closes her eyes. Thinking about the past injustices in her life - such as her former caretaker murdering her cat, as well as Yuko turning into a demon - she accepts the Falling Devil's offer and lets go. While all this is happening Yoru is screaming in horror, helpless to do anything.

As she falls, she admits that Falling Devil was telling the truth and that now she no longer has to worry about hurting others or being hurt anymore. She then laments that she wishes she had some form of companionship, even if it were with just one person, only for her thoughts to be interrupted by Denji as Chainsaw Man jumping up to rescue her. Still clueless about his identity, Denji catches her and he notices that the negativity is causing her to raise upwards, he tries to overload her thoughts with those of dogs, cats, and ice-cream. Denji engages in a conversation with her and comforts her. Asa begins to cheer up as Denji continues speaking, stating that some days are just drowned out with negativity. Asa asks him how he's able to overcome such negativity, to which he admits he hasn't, but his desire for sex is what keeps him going. Still in tears, Asa replies in disgust.

She calls him a creep and tells him to go to hell. Confused, Denji explains that sex isn't gross at all and that humanity has only succeeded as well as it has because of how great sex feels. Asa retorts that sex is only done when people have nothing better to do, noting how mixing bodily fluids, in particular, grosses her out. Denji disagrees, to which Asa asks why he'd assume he'd get any. Denji tries to explain that he plans on getting a girlfriend, which Asa answers by shouting that nobody would want to have sex with a man with a chainsaw for a head. This revelation caused Denji enough distress to make him start falling into hell as well. The fall knocks her unconscious, leaving Denji to rescue her from Hell.

Asa reawakens just as Denji reaches the door back to Earth and sees another Chainsaw Man. She and Denji are then knocked through the door by a Devil's claw tendrils, and she sees that Denji has been injured. Yoru attempts to goad her into killing Chainsaw Man for good, but, wanting to repay him for saving her life twice and now believing it is okay for her to live too, Asa gives her blood to Chainsaw Man and begs him to save her. Denji gets back up and carries Asa away from the Devil attacking them but becomes exhausted. Asa sees someone driving a motorcycle and tells Denji to steal it from them, but Denji refuses since a woman is riding it. She then shows him one with a man on it, and Denji quickly steals it. However, Denji has no idea how to ride a motorcycle, and as the Devil's tendril comes close, Asa transforms the motorcycle into a "Super Chainsaw Motorcycle," which allows them to cut through the tendril as they ride off and eventually land on the floor after the Devil spits them out.

### Current arc

Asa wakes up in a hospital lobby with bandages on her head, knowing that Chainsaw Man saved her again. As she arrives home, she watches a television program discussing Chainsaw Man revealing his identity. She doesn't believe the man on-screen is Chainsaw Man. She calls him stupid and simple-minded, though he saved her life many times. Yoru interrupts, that despite him saving her life, he is still her mortal enemy. She asks how Asa has fallen in love with Chainsaw Man of all people, Asa then denies this, saying it's just because he's saved her life. Yoru claims that she falls for men so easily, Asa then asks why she's in such a good mood all of a sudden since she usually flies into a rage whenever she talks about Chainsaw Man. Yoru believes that war is coming for humans, since Falling Devil's presence affected all nations throughout the world and are now becoming poorer, humans will go to war when they want money and will begin to fear her again. Yoru then explains she will use this renewed strength to kill Chainsaw Man, she then tells Asa to forget he ever saved her.

Fami interrupts the two asking if she can eat their bread, surprising them, they ask her why she's here and how she got inside. She claims she can grant both of their wishes and walks up to look through the fridge. Asa asks how, Fami explains that Chainsaw Man has given up on fighting devils and has returned to leading an ordinary life. Fami wishes for Asa to join the Chainsaw Man Church and fight with them. When Yoru refuses, Fami pulls up a photo of a 'black Chainsaw Man', and explains that this was the Chainsaw Man Yoru wanted to fight. She convinces Asa and Yoru to join the Church so they both can get what they want: Yoru wants to kill the black Chainsaw Man and Asa wants to save the 'red' one. Asa questions Fami as to why she should trust her after recent events with Yuko and the aquarium. Fami explains that she doesn't need to trust her, she only wants her to trust the Church's followers since they wish to protect Chainsaw Man. Asa notices that she is on TV, with witnesses believing she was the one who defeated the Eternity Devil at the aquarium.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 102
2. ↑ Chapter 123
3. ↑ Chapter 108
4. ↑ Chapter 111
5. ↑ Chapter 135
6. ↑ Chapter 135