Bat Devil in Chainsaw Man is a devil who embodies the fear of bats and serves as the primary antagonist of the Bat Devil Arc, the second arc of Part 1. The Bat Devil cages Power’s cat Meowy, drinks Denji’s blood to regrow a severed arm, and swallows Meowy and Power whole. According to Shueisha, Tatsuki Fujimoto wrote and illustrated Chainsaw Man.
The table below records 15 core attributes of the Bat Devil, with each attribute in the first column and the value of the attribute in the second column.
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Bat Devil (コウモリの悪魔, Kōmori no Akuma) |
| Also Known As | The Bat Devil; the devil who took Meowy |
| Species | Devil |
| Gender | Male |
| Concept Embodied | Bats; the fear of bats, known as chiroptophobia, derived from Chiroptera, the taxonomic order of bats |
| Partner | Leech Devil (girlfriend) |
| First Mention | Chapter 5, “A Way to Touch Some Boobs” |
| Debut | Chapter 6, “Service” |
| First Death | Chapter 8, “Chainsaw vs. Bat”, killed by Denji as Chainsaw Man |
| Second Death | Chapter 102, “Save the Cat”, killed when the Cockroach Devil is slammed into the Bat Devil by Denji |
| Abilities | Bat wings and flight, mouth cannon, blood consumption and regeneration, enhanced strength, enhanced durability, enhanced smell |
| Voice Actor (JP) | Kenichiro Matsuda |
| Voice Actor (EN) | Gabe Kunda |
| Popularity Poll | 73rd place in the First Popularity Poll with 39 votes; 182nd place in the Third Popularity Poll with 7 votes |
| Status | Deceased; died twice, once in Part 1 and once in Part 2 |
Spoiler warning: This guide covers the complete story of the Bat Devil, including the swallowing of Meowy and Power in Chapter 7 and the deaths of the Bat Devil in Chapters 8 and 102.
Who Is the Bat Devil?
The Bat Devil is a devil who embodies the concept of bats and draws power from the human fear of bats. The Bat Devil stands as the first devil Denji faces as a Public Safety devil hunter. The Bat Devil gives the Bat Devil Arc its name, and the arc runs from Chapter 5 to Chapter 9. The arc appears in the guide to Chainsaw Man arcs in order.
The Bat Devil matters because the Bat Devil forces the first real partnership between Denji and Power. Power betrays Denji to the Bat Devil, the Bat Devil breaks the bargain with Power, and Denji defeats the Bat Devil to free Power and Meowy. The fight shows Denji fighting to protect others for the first time.
What Does the Bat Devil Look Like?
The Bat Devil in the first incarnation looks like an enormous humanoid bat with a grotesque face, multiple sharp teeth, large round eyes, and a muscular body. The arms connect to the torso through flaps of skin, and the flaps serve as wings. The body has dark-purple colouration in the manga, and the body changes to dark-grey in the anime.
The Bat Devil enters the story missing an arm. Human hunters cut off the right arm, and the Bat Devil hides in an abandoned house while the wound heals. The Bat Devil regrows the severed arm after drinking the blood of Denji, and the Bat Devil loses the same arm again in the fight with Denji.
The Bat Devil in the second incarnation looks more rabid, furrier, and less defined than the first incarnation. The eyes bulge constantly, and the snout appears fleshier and leads into a mouth that hangs always agape, full of jagged teeth. The muscle mass of the first incarnation disappears. The fur of the arms ends at the elbows, and the feet develop into eagle-like talons.
What Is the Bat Devil’s Personality?
The Bat Devil in the first incarnation has a cruel, gluttonous, and refined personality, built around hatred of humans and a love of eating humans. The Bat Devil hates humans because human hunters cut off the arm of the Bat Devil and forced the Bat Devil into hiding. The Bat Devil treats humanity as a menu of different meals, and the Bat Devil judges each meal by taste.
The Bat Devil holds a refined sense of taste. The Bat Devil calls the blood of Denji disgusting, and the Bat Devil calls Power disgusting after swallowing Power. The Bat Devil prefers children above other humans, and the Bat Devil prefers humans with perfectly healthy bodies. The Bat Devil flies toward the city to eat children after the disgusting blood of Denji.
What Are the Bat Devil’s Powers and Abilities?
The Bat Devil possesses 6 main powers and abilities: bat wings and flight, a mouth cannon, blood consumption and regeneration, enhanced strength, enhanced durability, and an enhanced sense of smell. The Bat Devil holds all of the standard devil abilities. The second incarnation weakens greatly and loses most of the unique abilities of the Bat Devil.
Bat wings and flight: The Bat Devil extends the wings and flies through the air despite the enormous size of the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil flies very fast, and the Bat Devil crosses large distances in a very short period of time. The Bat Devil flies from the abandoned house toward the city while carrying Power and Meowy inside the stomach of the Bat Devil.
Mouth cannon: The Bat Devil compresses the mouth into a gun-barrel shape that extends from the face of the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil fires an immense blast of air pressure through the mouth cannon, and the blast demolishes buildings. The Bat Devil uses the mouth cannon against Denji in Chainsaw Man form, and Denji regenerates from the damage.
Blood consumption and regeneration: The Bat Devil restores health by consuming blood, as devils do. The Bat Devil drinks the blood of Denji and regrows the entire severed right arm of the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil tries to drink the blood of a human bystander during the fight with Denji, and Denji stops the Bat Devil before the Bat Devil regenerates from the wounds of the fight.
Enhanced strength, durability, and smell: The Bat Devil strikes through the ceiling of a house with a single punch, and the punch creates a hole for the Bat Devil to crawl through. The Bat Devil picks up a car with just one arm and throws the car at Denji.
The Bat Devil survives being punched through walls and falling from the sky without visible injuries. The Bat Devil smells the scents of humans in the city from a distant building, and the sense of smell helps the Bat Devil choose prey.
How Did the Bat Devil Capture Meowy?
The Bat Devil captured Meowy on top of a farmhouse in the countryside, after the Bat Devil escaped the human hunters who cut off the arm of the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil encountered Power in the countryside, and the Bat Devil took Meowy prisoner to force Power to cooperate. The Bat Devil demanded that Power bring a human, and the Bat Devil promised to return Meowy in exchange for the human.
Power offers Denji a deal in Chapter 5 to recover Meowy. Power promises to let Denji touch the chest of Power, and Denji accepts the deal. Power then knocks Denji unconscious in Chapter 6, “Service”, and Power drags Denji into the abandoned house of the Bat Devil as the promised human.
What Happens to the Bat Devil in the Bat Devil Arc?
The Bat Devil drinks the blood of Denji in Chapter 6 and regrows the severed arm. The Bat Devil complains that the blood of Denji tastes disgusting. The Bat Devil refuses to free Meowy after Power fulfils the bargain of Power, and the Bat Devil states that Power deserves punishment for feeding the Bat Devil such disgusting blood.
The Bat Devil swallows Meowy in Chapter 7, “Meowy’s Whereabouts”. The Bat Devil lifts the birdcage holding Meowy and swallows the cage whole, with Meowy inside the cage. The Bat Devil then grabs Power and throws Power into the mouth of the Bat Devil too, swallowing Power in a single gulp.
How Does the Bat Devil Die the First Time?
The Bat Devil dies the first time in Chapter 8, “Chainsaw vs. Bat”, when Denji as Chainsaw Man cuts the Bat Devil to pieces. Denji cuts the Bat Devil while the two fall from the sky, and Denji cuts off the arm the Bat Devil had just regrown. The two crash through the roof of a building in the city, and Denji scares an onlooker into running away from the battle.
Denji punches the Bat Devil out of the building with the chainsaws of Denji, and the fight moves to the streets. The Bat Devil picks up a car to throw at Denji, believing that Denji would save the human inside the car. Denji catches the car, and Denji throws the car back into the face of the Bat Devil instead of saving the man inside the car.
The Bat Devil shapes the mouth into a cannon and blasts Denji into the building behind Denji. The Bat Devil picks up a human to devour the blood of the human and regenerate, and Denji emerges from the rubble intact. Denji jams a chainsaw into the arm of the Bat Devil, rides the arm up to the head of the Bat Devil, and cuts the Bat Devil to pieces and kills the Bat Devil.
The Bat Devil dies in the anime in episode 3, and the corpse of the Bat Devil appears in episode 4.
What Happens to the Bat Devil in Part 2?
The Bat Devil in Part 2 returns to Earth in a second incarnation, rampages through the city in the Justice Devil Arc, swallows Asa Mitaka and Yuko whole, and dies instantly in Chapter 102. The Bat Devil revives in Hell after the death of the Bat Devil in Chapter 8, and the Bat Devil dies while in Hell.
The death of the Bat Devil in Hell causes the Bat Devil to wake on Earth once more, in a weaker and more savage form.
The Bat Devil appears in Chapter 101, “After-School Devil Hunters”, rampaging through buildings and devouring the people inside the buildings. The Bat Devil notices Asa Mitaka and Yuko while eating a victim, and the Bat Devil starts chasing Asa and Yuko. The Bat Devil knocks Yuko to the ground and devours another bystander, and Asa grabs Yuko and runs from the Bat Devil.
The Bat Devil catches Asa and Yuko quickly and swallows Asa and Yuko whole in Chapter 102. Denji slams the Cockroach Devil into the building where the Bat Devil stands, and the impact kills the Bat Devil instantly. Asa and Yuko fall out of the mouth of the Bat Devil alive, and the second death ends the rampage almost as soon as the rampage began.
Bat Devil’s Relationship With Other Characters
Power: Power is the victim of the broken bargain of the Bat Devil and the enemy who delivers Denji to the Bat Devil. Power brings Denji to the Bat Devil to free Meowy, and the Bat Devil repays Power by swallowing Meowy and then swallowing Power. The Bat Devil treats Power as food and as a punishment target, and the Bat Devil never treats Power as an equal.
Meowy: Meowy is the hostage of the Bat Devil and the leverage of the Bat Devil over Power. The Bat Devil keeps Meowy in a birdcage on a chain around the neck of the Bat Devil, and the Bat Devil swallows the cage whole with Meowy inside the cage. The Bat Devil uses Meowy to force Power to deliver a human, and the Bat Devil destroys the bargain by eating Meowy instead of freeing Meowy.
Denji: Denji is the blood donor, the prey, and the killer of the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil drinks the blood of Denji and regrows an arm from the blood of Denji, and the Bat Devil calls the blood of Denji disgusting. The Bat Devil tries to squeeze Denji to death, and Denji transforms into Chainsaw Man while clinging to the leg of the Bat Devil.
Leech Devil: The Leech Devil is the girlfriend of the Bat Devil and the avenger of the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil holds a relationship with the Leech Devil before the Bat Devil Arc, and the Leech Devil mourns the death of the Bat Devil. The Leech Devil arrives in Chapter 9 seeking revenge for the death of the Bat Devil, and the Leech Devil severs the arm of Denji during the fight.
Aki Hayakawa uses the Fox Devil to devour the Leech Devil, and the Leech Devil dies in the same arc as the Bat Devil.
Asa Mitaka and Yuko: Asa Mitaka and Yuko are the victims of the second incarnation of the Bat Devil. The Bat Devil chases Asa and Yuko through the city in Chapter 101, and the Bat Devil swallows Asa and Yuko whole in Chapter 102. The Bat Devil shows no recognition of Asa and Yuko, and the Bat Devil shows no bargaining with Asa and Yuko.
Asa and Yuko survive because Denji kills the Bat Devil instantly, and Asa and Yuko fall out of the mouth of the Bat Devil alive.
What Are the Most Common Questions About the Bat Devil?
Summary of Bat Devil in Chainsaw Man
Bat Devil in Chainsaw Man begins as a devil in hiding, missing the right arm of the Bat Devil after an attack by human hunters, holding Meowy prisoner in a birdcage, and demanding a human from Power in exchange for Meowy.
The Bat Devil drinks the blood of Denji in Chapter 6, regrows the severed arm, calls the blood of Denji disgusting, and breaks the bargain with Power by swallowing Meowy and Power in Chapter 7.
Denji transforms into Chainsaw Man, cuts the Bat Devil to pieces in Chapter 8, and frees Power and Meowy, while the Leech Devil arrives in Chapter 9 to avenge the Bat Devil and dies at the hands of the Fox Devil of Aki Hayakawa.
The Bat Devil returns in Part 2 as a savage second incarnation, rampages through the city in Chapter 101, swallows Asa Mitaka and Yuko whole, and dies instantly in Chapter 102 when Denji slams the Cockroach Devil into the Bat Devil.
The Bat Devil holds 6 main powers in the first incarnation: flight on bat wings, a mouth cannon of air pressure, blood consumption and regeneration, enhanced strength, enhanced durability, and an enhanced sense of smell. The Bat Devil loses most of the powers in the second incarnation, along with the intelligence and speech of the first incarnation.
