【Chainsaw Man】Congrats! Animated! Outline and Commentary for Chainsaw Man!

2021-09-01
※ This article does not contain any spoilers for Chainsaw Man. You can read it with confidence. (Information about characters and a light outline are contained.)
Hi there! My favorite character in Chainsaw Man is Power-Chan. She is cute! It’s Boss from Otaku Republic.
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Hello everyone! My favorite character in Chainsaw Man is Pochita-Chan. I tried to get a life-sized Pochita stuffy, but it was waaaaaay too big. I gave it up. It’s Saori from Otaku Republic.
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The upcoming Chainsaw Man is now spotlighted as a must read manga in 2021! This completed series is now officially confirmed as an anime adaptation and the release of a new series! The story is easy to understand and has so much to offer!
It is super interesting as a manga work! If anyone hasn’t read this JUMP work, I really want them to read it!
As such...... I will introduce Chainsaw Man as simply as possible. Here is Chainsaw Man’s outline!

【Chainsaw Man】
Congrats! Officially confirmed anime adaptation!
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You can check it out within 5 min – Today’s article is an outline and commentary for Chainsaw Man!

What is Chainsaw Man, anyway?

Chainsaw Man is a manga work that is written and illustrated by manga artist, Fujimoto Tatsuki-sensei. It was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2018 to December 2020, with its chapters collected in eleven volumes as Part 1. Part 2 is planned, and it will be serialized in Shonen Jump+ (website).
As of June 2021, the comic book had over 11 million copies in circulation and has won various awards. An anime television series adaptation is also in progress. It will be produced by MAPPA which is known for animating projects like Jujutsu kaisen (Sorcery Fight).
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The series was completed at only 11 volumes. However, the comic book had over 11 million copies in circulation!! That is amazing.
I think so, too! There are so many reasons for this popularity, but I think one of the big reasons was the storytelling.

Here is Chainsaw Man’s outline!

The story takes place in a world where “devils” and “devil hunters” live.

The time frame is the current time in which we are living now, but there are devils who are born from human fears in the same world.
That’s right. “Devils” can be reborn repeatedly by drinking blood. They can inhabit the body of humans and manipulate them. Devils use various abilities and attack humans. Scary!
“Devils” have various looks. Some are like monsters. Some are close to humans. Smart ones, languageless ones......etc. So many kinds of devils are in the world. The main character of this story is......

The main character, Denji-kun, has to pay his father’s debts by hunting devils as a devil hunter.

The main character, Denji-kun is trying to repay a lot of debt his deceased father owed by hunting devils. He is living in poverty with his pet devil, Pochita. He only has 1800 yen (US$16.37 as of August 27, 2021) a month to live on.
His dream is simple like “eating toast with jelly” or “playing games with a girl.” He just wanted a simple happy and peaceful life as a normal kid.
Yup! Denji-kun is not an “official” devil hunter in the world. Yakuza who are the creditors of the debt make Denji-kun work as devil hunter secretly to repay the debt. One day, a devil who hates devil hunters found Denji-kun and Pochita and eventually they were killed.

Pochita made a contract with Denji, and then something was born......

Denji-Kun was hoping that Pochita could merge into his body and take it over when he died someday and Pochita would be left alone. Then Pochita could leave the small town where they live and have a normal life and die normally.
When the time came that Denji-kun was killed, Pochita-chan started taking action. As a devil, Pochita made a contract with Denji-kun and revived Denji-kun. Pochita told him “Show me your dream.” Then Pochita merged into him......(sad!!!)

Neither human nor devil, Denji happened to live as Chainsaw Man.

Under the contract that Denji-kun made with Pochita, he earned the devil’s abilities. When he attacked a devil who assaulted them, he met an official devil hunter/police, Makima-san. She immediately noticed that Denji-kun was a human-devil hybrid and had a devil’s abilities. She offered to work as a devil hunter together with him.
Makima-san said “If you work as a devil hunter, we will prepare breakfast for you. We will serve you a toast with butter and jelly, a salad, coffee, and also a dessert as well!”
Denji-kun replied to her, “That is AWESOME!!!!” Denji-Kun decided to become an (official) devil hunter in order to have the “normal life” that Pochita and he dreamed about.
Boss’s favorite character, Power-Chan is a member of Public Safety Devil Hunters who is an official devil hunter. There are some cool members like Hayakawa Aki-San, a senior member in the organization.

Why is Chainsaw Man so popular?

I think it is because of this cute mascot, Pochita-chan for sure!
Well...... I can’t deny it. Pochita is lovable indeed.
However, if I can point out some of the popularity factors......
  • The story is already completed. Issued in only 11 volumes. Easy to collect the volumes. Easy to read.
  • Good at paying off the foreshadowing.
  • Characters are very much lovable and charming.
  • The story’s worldview is well articulated. The story development is great.
I think that way! Personally, I was checking this manga every week at the same time with Jujutsu Kaisen. So I was happy to read as it was completed and felt really good about it.
For sure! I really think the key to the mega hit manga is “story development”. Many readers who read this manga until the final episode criticized that “the author is heartless!!” due to gory and shocking storytelling.
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That’s right! Personally, the story development in volumes 9, 10, and 11 were...... too much......
Okay, if you haven’t read Chainsaw Man, I don’t want to spoil it here. Please read the series until the volume 11! I can’t wait to watch the anime adaptation, in addition to the upcoming Part 2!
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In 2022, the anime adaptation will probably be aired. Part 2 will be upcoming! The popularity will go up like a skyrocket! Let’s read Chainsaw Man in the original comics in 2021!
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Alright now! This is all for today! We’ll see you all at the next article!
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