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Read every chapter of the Chainsaw Man manga in order—from Denji’s life as an indebted devil hunter and his fateful contract with Pochita to the climactic finale of the Academy Saga. Follow Denji as he joins Public Safety, battles terrifying devils including the Bat Devil, Katana Man, Bomb Devil, Gun Devil, Darkness Devil, and Falling Devil, and crosses paths with unforgettable characters like Makima, Power, Aki Hayakawa, Reze, Asa Mitaka, Yoru, Nayuta, Fami, and Yoshida. Experience every major arc across both the Public Safety Saga and the Academy Saga, from Chapter 1 through the complete 232 chapters—all in one place.

What Is Chainsaw Man Manga?

Chainsaw Man is a completed Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Published by Shueisha and licensed in English by Viz Media, it ran across two parts: Part 1 in Weekly Shōnen Jump (2018–2020) and Part 2 in Shōnen Jump+ (2022–2026). The series has 232 chapters, 24 volumes, and over 35 million copies sold.

It follows Denji, a teenager who becomes a human-devil hybrid after fusing with the Chainsaw Devil, and joins Japan’s Public Safety Devil Hunters — a government division that eliminates devils, beings born from human fear. Part 2 adds Asa Mitaka, a high school student possessed by the War Devil, as a second protagonist.

Chainsaw Man is part of the Dark Trio of Shonen alongside Jujutsu Kaisen and Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku. The MAPPA anime premiered in October 2022. The Reze Arc film released September 19, 2025. Season 2 (Assassins Arc) was announced in December 2025.

What Is Chainsaw Man About?

Chainsaw Man follows Denji, a teenage boy buried in debt after his father’s death. He hunts devils with his devil-dog Pochita to survive. The Yakuza kills him. Pochita fuses with his heart and brings him back as Chainsaw Man — a human who can sprout chainsaws from his body by pulling a cord in his chest.

Makima, a Public Safety devil hunter, recruits him immediately. Work for her or be killed. Denji agrees — not out of heroism, but because she offers him food and shelter.

From there the story breaks every shonen rule. Characters die without warning. Villains have genuine logic. Victories come with serious costs. Denji’s goals — a warm place to sleep, someone who cares about him — stay simple while everything around him gets darker.

Part 2 shifts focus to Asa Mitaka, a lonely high schooler who shares her body with the War Devil, Yoru. She attends the same school as Denji. Yoru wants to kill Chainsaw Man. Asa wants to survive.

Chainsaw Man Manga: All 14 Arcs Explained

Chainsaw Man has 14 arcs total. Part 1 (Public Safety Saga) has 8 arcs across Chapters 1–97. Part 2 (Academy Saga) has 6 arcs across Chapters 98–232.

Part 1 — Public Safety Saga (Chapters 1–97)

1. Introduction Arc — Chapters 1–4 | Anime Episodes 1–2

Denji is a broke teenager hunting devils to pay off his dead father’s debt. His only companion is Pochita, a small Chainsaw Devil. The Yakuza kills him. Pochita fuses with his heart to bring him back. Denji wakes up as Chainsaw Man — a human-devil hybrid. Makima, a Public Safety devil hunter, finds him and gives him one choice: work for her or be killed as a devil. Denji agrees because she offers him food.

2. Bat Devil Arc — Chapters 5–12 | Anime Episodes 2–4

Denji joins Division 4 and meets Aki Hayakawa, a serious devil hunter who wants to kill the Gun Devil that killed his family, and Power, a loud and chaotic Blood Fiend. Power has traded a human to the Bat Devil in exchange for her cat Meowy‘s safety. The Bat Devil eats the cat anyway. Denji and Power fight the Bat Devil and the Leech Devil and save Meowy. The arc sets up the core trio and the series’ central rule: no one gets what they were promised.

3. Eternity Devil Arc — Chapters 13–21 | Anime Episodes 5–7

Division 4 enters a hotel to collect a Gun Devil fragment. The Eternity Devil traps them inside an infinite loop. The only way out is to bleed it faster than it heals. Denji fights it alone for three days straight, cutting into it from the inside until it surrenders and gives him its heart. This arc establishes Denji’s regeneration as his core power — he can heal from almost anything as long as his heart keeps beating.

4. Katana Man Arc — Chapters 22–39 | Anime Episodes 8–12

Samurai Sword, a katana-wielding human-devil hybrid, attacks Division 4. He works with Akane Sawatari, an agent of the Gun Devil. Division 4 is destroyed. Denji is dismembered. Makima sends in Kishibe, the strongest living devil hunter, to retrain Denji and Power by killing them repeatedly until death stops affecting them. Makima’s forces eventually defeat Samurai Sword and Sawatari. This is where Season 1 of the anime ends. It is also where the series stops feeling like a monster-hunting story and starts feeling like something much more dangerous.

5. Bomb Girl Arc — Chapters 40–52 | Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc (September 19, 2025)

Reze works at a café and befriends Denji. She is the first person outside Division 4 who treats him like a normal person. She is also a Bomb Human hybrid and Soviet spy sent to steal his heart. Their fight is the best action sequence in Part 1. Denji tries to run away with her instead of killing her. Makima kills Reze before they can leave together. It is the first time the series makes you feel the full cost of who Makima is.

6. International Assassins Arc — Chapters 53–70

Makima reveals the Gun Devil’s location. Before they can act, international assassins arrive in Japan to take Denji’s heart. Santa Claus controls unlimited devil-doll puppets. Quanxi is the most skilled human fighter in the series. Santa Claus summons the Darkness Devil — an entity so old it predates human civilization — and the battle moves into Hell itself. This is the longest arc in Part 1 and the point where the Chainsaw Man world expands beyond Japan into genuine cosmic territory.

7. Gun Devil Arc — Chapters 71–79

The Gun Devil killed 1.2 million people across multiple countries in five minutes when it first appeared. Its fragments have been held by governments worldwide as weapons. Makima’s operation finally confronts and defeats it. The defeat is not triumphant. What Makima does with the Gun Devil afterward reveals her real goal — even if the reader does not fully understand it yet.

8. Control Devil Arc — Chapters 80–97

Makima reveals herself as the Control Devil — born from humanity’s need to be dominated. She has controlled every event in Part 1. She uses Aki, now possessed by the Gun Devil, to fight Denji. Denji kills Aki. Power is killed by Makima. Denji defeats Makima not through strength but by being too ordinary for her power to grip. She cannot control what she cannot understand. Part 1 ends with Denji raising Nayuta — a reincarnation of Makima — as his younger sister.

Part 2 — Academy Saga (Chapters 98–232)

9. Justice Devil Arc — Chapters 98–111

Asa Mitaka is a high school student. She has no friends. Her class keeps a Chicken Devil named Bucky as a pet. A classmate with a contract with the Justice Devil attacks and kills Asa. The War Devil, Yoru, takes her body and brings her back. Yoru wants to create a weapon powerful enough to kill Chainsaw Man and recover the nuclear weapons he swallowed. Denji is enrolled at the same school, hiding who he is. This arc introduces Part 2’s world and its new protagonist while repositioning Denji as a background character for the first time.

10. Dating Denji Arc — Chapters 112–120

Yoru tells Asa to get close to Denji so she can weaponize him. Asa takes him on an aquarium date. It goes badly. They go to his house to watch films. Nayuta — Denji’s ward and Makima’s reincarnation — catches Yoru using her Control Devil powers and neutralizes them both. The arc is the shortest in Part 2. It establishes the emotional thread of the Academy Saga: Asa and Denji are two damaged people who become each other’s first real connection.

11. Falling Devil Arc — Chapters 121–131

The Falling Devil — born from humanity’s fear of falling — attacks Tokyo and traps Asa and Denji in Hell. No backup. No support. They survive using Denji’s chainsaw powers and Asa’s growing War Devil abilities. The arc reveals that “Fami,” a figure operating in the background since the previous arc, is actually the Famine Devil — one of the Four Horsemen — with her own plan to use Asa and Denji against the Death Devil.

12. Chainsaw Man Church Arc — Chapters 132–155

After the Falling Devil attack, Fami secretly founds the Chainsaw Man Church. A fake Chainsaw Man becomes its public face. The real Denji becomes irrelevant. Asa joins the Church believing it will help her save Denji. Public Safety detective Fumiko Mifune is assigned to monitor Denji — her family was killed in collateral damage from one of his fights. The arc runs 24 chapters and is the most politically layered section of Part 2.

13. Aging Devil Arc — Chapters 156–190

Denji defies Public Safety. They arrest him, send him to the Tokyo Devil Detention Center, and dismember him — his body stored in separate boxes. Asa, Yoru, Fami, Haruka, and eventually Katana Man break him out. Haruka discovers his idol Chainsaw Man is Denji. Asa realizes it at the same moment. They escape. Denji’s apartment is destroyed. Nayuta is missing. The rest of the arc follows Denji at his lowest point — homeless, starving, searching for Nayuta — until Barem Bridge appears at a sushi restaurant and says he knows where she is. At 35 chapters, this is the longest arc in the entire manga.

14. War Devil Arc — Chapters 191–232

The final arc. The Death Devil — disguised as Fami to hide its identity — prepares to descend and start a new age of devils. Yoshida reveals the full picture to Asa and Yoru. Fami tries to use them both as weapons against it. Yoru fights with everything she has. Pochita makes the final decision: it sacrifices itself and erases the Chainsaw Devil from existence, resetting Denji’s timeline entirely. In the new timeline, Power finds Denji before anyone else and contracts him as her pet. Nayuta runs Public Safety while attending school. Denji prevents Asa’s Part 2 tragedy from ever starting. Chapter 232, “Thank You, Chainsaw Man,” published March 24, 2026, is the final chapter. No Part 3.

Main Characters in Chainsaw Man Manga

There are 8 main characters in Chainsaw Man: Denji, Pochita, Makima, Power, Aki Hayakawa, Asa Mitaka, Yoru (War Devil), and Kishibe. All of the 8 characters are explained below:

Denji

Denji is the protagonist of Part 1 and the emotional center of the full series. He is not trying to be a hero. He wants food, warmth, and someone who treats him like a person. Every villain in the series exploits those needs. The manga tracks exactly what that does to someone.

Pochita

Pochita is the Chainsaw Devil in the form of a small devil-dog. Before the series begins, he was the most feared devil alive — powerful enough that other devils ate his corpse just for the scraps of his strength. His bond with Denji, built during years of poverty and shared survival, is the emotional spine of the entire story. His sacrifice in the final arc is what the whole series builds toward.

Makima

Makima is the villain of Part 1 and the Control Devil — born from humanity’s desire to be controlled by something greater than itself. She acts as Denji’s mentor, superior, and the person he is closest to. The reveal of who she is works because Fujimoto makes the reader trust her the same way Denji does. She cannot control Denji because he is too ordinary for her power to categorize.

Power

Power is a Blood Fiend who has taken a human body. She is loud, selfish, and wrong about nearly everything. She is also the character whose deaths land hardest in a series full of them — because her screen time is mostly mundane: arguing over chores, insisting she is the greatest being alive, sleeping in Denji’s bed. Her appearance in the final chapter, as the first person to find Denji in the reset timeline, is the warmest moment the ending has.

Aki Hayakawa

Aki Hayakawa is a Public Safety devil hunter with contracts with the Fox Devil, Future Devil, and Curse Devil — each one shortening his life. His goal is to kill the Gun Devil that killed his family. The arc where he is possessed by the Gun Devil and turned against Denji is the most devastating sequence in Part 1.

Asa Mitaka

Asa Mitaka is the deuteragonist of Part 2 and the vessel for the War Devil, Yoru. She is academically strong, socially isolated, and constantly at war with Yoru inside her own body. Her relationship with Denji — built on shared awkwardness and mutual recognition — is the closest Part 2 comes to a love story.

Yoru (War Devil)

Yoru (War Devil) shares Asa’s body. Her goal is to kill Chainsaw Man and reclaim the nuclear weapons he swallowed, because those weapons are what makes war possible at scale. She is one of the Four Horsemen alongside the Control Devil, Famine Devil, and Death Devil. Coexisting with Asa changes her in ways she cannot explain.

Kishibe

Kishibe is the strongest active devil hunter in Part 1. He has contracted so many devils his body is permanently altered. His method for training Denji and Power is to kill them until death stops being a problem. He understands Makima’s true nature and works inside her system anyway.

Chainsaw Man Manga vs Anime: Which Should You Choose?

If you want the complete Chainsaw Man story, the manga is the clear choice. It contains all 232 chapters across 24 volumes, covering both the Public Safety Saga and the Academy Saga, including every major Devil, character, and plot twist from Denji’s first contract with Pochita to the series finale. Tatsuki Fujimoto’s storytelling relies heavily on cinematic paneling, abrupt pacing, visual symbolism, and subtle character moments that are unique to the original manga.

The anime, produced by MAPPA, faithfully adapts the opening portion of the series with outstanding animation, voice acting, and music. It brings iconic fights and emotional scenes to life but currently covers only part of the overall story. If you start with the anime, you’ll eventually need to continue with the manga to experience the remaining arcs and the ending.

For most readers, the ideal approach is to watch the anime first for its production quality, then switch to the manga to experience the full narrative exactly as Fujimoto intended.

Chainsaw Man and the Dark Trio of Shonen

Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku are known as the Dark Trio of Shonen. All three ran in Weekly Shonen Jump and Shonen Jump+ in the early 2020s. All three brought mature themes, permanent death, and morally complex antagonists into mainstream shonen.

Chainsaw Man is the most formally experimental of the three. Fujimoto uses standard shonen setups — the training arc, the mentor, the power-up — and breaks them at the exact moment they would normally pay off. The International Assassins Arc sets up a battle royale and ends it completely wrong. Makima is the mentor and the final villain simultaneously. The reveal works because the reader trusted her the same way Denji did.

How Did Chainsaw Man End? — The Finale Explained

Chainsaw Man ended on March 24, 2026 with Chapter 232, “Thank You, Chainsaw Man.” There is no Part 3.

Pochita sacrifices itself to erase the Chainsaw Devil from existence. This resets Denji’s timeline to before the series began. In the new timeline, Denji has no Pochita. The Zombie Devil kills him again. This time Power finds him first and revives him with her blood. Nayuta — Makima’s reincarnation — now runs Public Safety while attending school. Denji and Power show up at a school to fight devils. Denji is there at the exact moment that would have caused Asa’s Part 2 tragedy — and prevents it.

The reset means Denji loses all memory of everything. Power, Aki, and Himeno are alive again. But Pochita is gone. The happy ending costs the one relationship that shaped everything Denji became. The final image mirrors the opening of Part 1. Fujimoto ends with a direct thank-you to readers for eight years.

Chainsaw Man Manga vs Comic vs Manhwa: What’s the Difference?

• Manga is the correct term. Chainsaw Man is Japanese, reads right to left, and is published by Shueisha. It is not a manhwa or manhua.
• Manhwa is Korean comics. Chainsaw Man is not Korean.
• Comic is what Viz Media uses in English retail listings. “Chainsaw Man Vol. 1 (Comic)” means the collected manga volume, not a Western comic.
• Graphic novel is used in library systems for the same collected volumes. All 24 volumes are available in English from Viz Media.

Why Read This Manga?

• All 232 chapters are complete — read the full story start to finish with no gaps
• Part 2 is manga-only — the anime covers Chapters 1–39; the remaining 6 arcs and the ending exist only in the manga
• No filler across all 14 arcs — every chapter is plot-relevant
• Fujimoto’s art cannot be replicated — tight panel compositions and unconventional layouts are unique to the manga format
• The ending is heavily debated — read it before it gets spoiled
• Mobile-optimized — every chapter loads instantly on desktop and phone

Impact and Legacy

Chainsaw Man has sold over 35 million copies and won the Shogakukan Manga Award. It is consistently cited as one of the works that shifted shonen manga toward darker, more psychologically complex storytelling.

Fujimoto’s influence is documented directly. Younger creators have cited his panel composition, his refusal to follow genre conventions, and his use of chapter endings as horror tools rather than hype builders. His standalone works “Look Back” and “Goodbye, Eri” have added to that reputation independently.

The ending of Chainsaw Man remains one of the most argued-about conclusions in recent manga history. That debate is ongoing. That is generally what happens when a work means something real to people.