Makima - Chainsaw Man

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Anime - Chainsaw Man

[ the anime is yet to be released , this clip is from the official trailer ]

Chainsaw Man (Japanese: チェンソーマン, Hepburn: Chensō Man) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from December 2018 to December 2020, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. A second part has been announced and will be serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online magazine. In North America, the manga is licensed in English by Viz Media, for both print and digital release, and it is also published by Shueisha on the Manga Plus online platform.

An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA has been announced.

Setting
In the world of Chainsaw Man, Devils are born from human fears. Devils are usually dangerous and malevolent, their power is proportional to how strongly their correspondent fear is incited in the collective human consciousness. However, humans can form contracts with them to use their powers. Individuals who specialize in hunting and employing Devils are called Devil hunters. Devils originate from Hell, and exist in an endless life cycle between Earth and Hell: they are reborn on Earth when killed in Hell, and vice-versa. Dwelling in Hell are extremely powerful Devils called Primal Fears, which have never been killed. Transit between the two planes appears to be overseen by the Hell Devil.

The events of the story take place in 1997, in an alternate timeline where the Soviet Union still exists, and many historical events such as the Holocaust appear to have never occurred.

Plot
Part 1
Denji is a young man trapped in poverty, working off his deceased father's debt to the Yakuza by working as a devil hunter, aided by Pochita, his canine Chainsaw Devil companion. Denji is betrayed by the Yakuza, who kills him for a contract with the Zombie Devil. Pochita makes a contract with Denji, merging with him and reviving him as a human-devil Hybrid, under the condition that Denji have a "normal life". Denji massacres the Yakuza and is approached by a team of governmental devil hunters, the Public Safety Division, led by Makima, who persuades him to join their ranks. Agreeing, Denji is partnered with Power, the Blood Fiend, and Aki Hayakawa, a self-destructive Devil hunter. Makima promises Denji any favor, provided he kill the Gun Devil, the perpetrator of the greatest massacre in human history.

Denji's group encounters another hybrid, the Katana Man, a vengeful yakuza seemingly allied with the Gun Devil, who kills a great portion of the Division with the aid of his handler, former civilian Devil hunter in contract with the Snake Devil, Akane Sawatari. Denji and Power are trained by Kishibe, a master Devil-hunter who distrusts Makima; Aki makes a deal with the Future Devil, who foresees a "horrible death" for him. The Division launches a counter-attack against the Katana Man and Sawatari, ultimately capturing them both.

Some time later, Denji begins a romance with a girl named Reze, who is actually the Bomb Woman, a Hybrid spy for the Soviet Union, sent to capture him. Though returning his affection, she attacks the city, with the Division barely saving Denji. After recovering, Denji fights her, and accepts a proposal to leave Japan together; before they can reunite, Makima secretly captures her. Denji's fight with the Bomb Woman reveals his existence to the world.

The Division learns that four assassin groups are targeting Denji: Chinese Devil hunter Quanxi; a mysterious enemy of Makima's called "Santa Claus"; three American brothers; and a Russian woman teaching her pupil, Tolka. Denji is outfitted with a security detail. Though the brothers are repelled, and Quanxi initially stalls, Santa Claus uses their Doll Devil powers for a large horde attack. After a follow-up by Quanxi, Tolka's master reveals herself as the true "Santa Claus", and has all parties transported to Hell, where they are attacked by the Darkness Devil. Santa Claus makes a contract with the Darkness Devil that empowers her.

Makima retrieves the group from Hell. Quanxi, revealed as a Hybrid, helps Denji defeat Santa Claus; Makima dispatches her afterward. After Denji recovers, Makima reveals that the Gun Devil is actually a geopolitical asset, with many factions controlling pieces of it. As Aki begs Makima for Denji's safety, the president of the United States orders the Gun Devil to attack Japan. Revealed to be the Control Devil, Makima confronts the Gun Devil and wins. Aki dies in the attack, and the Gun Devil takes his body as a Fiend. Denji is attacked by the Gun Fiend, and, helped by civilians, kills it; Aki's death devastates him. While seemingly consoling him, Makima kills Power, revealing herself responsible for Denji's losses, having plotted to void his contract with Pochita by crushing his dreams of a normal life.