How old is Makima?

a theory about Makima throughout history.

[definitelynotcharaznable]

Don't ask Makima what was she doing between 1933 and 1945

[Oinker-Sploinker]

never ask a man his salary
never ask a woman her weight

never ask makima her age

[fixed]

Makima was technically as old as biblical times. Humans feared "control" since the beginning.

[bigfella]

i don't know why but the last image with the cave painting is genuinely scary, it reminds me of kane pixels' attack on titan historical footage videos, and how it portrayed genuine fear in everything, imagine being a less-evolved human in around 10, 000 BC, and the most advanced weapons you can make would be things like bows, clubs, spears, things like that, yet an unusual-looking woman, similar to your kind just murders a group of people right in front of you, mutilating them by just lifting a few fingers, that must genuinely be horrifying to see

[SIPHONHarapeco]

This is actually a terrifying thought, thanks for the extra weeks of speculation.

[abankson]

Sometimes...It's just scary to see how immortal beings (like Makima) are literally EVERYWHERE on the face of the Earth.

[yogsoggoth]

Makima is just an incarnation, in human years she might be in her mid 20's like she looks, but she may as well be, like, 10 or some shit, since her next incarnation, Nayuta, grows up very fast. There was a fight, couple decades before CSM's plot begins, between Chainsaw Devil and the Four Horsemen, and obviously Control (Conquest) would've participated. So my guess is Makima's like in her mid 20's or something.

[mooshrooom]

Damn Makima lived that long to just end up to be Denji's dinner

[thespyingxypher]

Makima is probably 40 years old, but the control devil though, is 40 million, it is stated that in those 40mil years, more than 3000 control devil incarnation were birthed

[toastee]

the prehistoric painting with only Makima having her braid is sending me

[Mr_Jester]

Knowing that Devils embodies humanity's fear, which is considered to be the oldest emotion in the world, it wouldn't be surprising that Makima was born when humans first began to fear and despise any forms of control upon them whatsoever.

[thetoastergod]

Based on how Nayuta is, she is just a person broken by society that already knew about her devil side. She looks like a young woman because she probably is a young woman, just speculation though

[level]

“Fearing and strengthening Makima is nothing less than the history of humanity. Everything, even resistance, may be but a step on a predictable course.”

[verticalstance]

makima has been around as long as humans, my guess since she is the control devil she was created as soon as man thought he had no control over their life

[Nonchalantwxvz]

Lets all remember how nayuta knows about her sisters horsemen: she can control birds and rats hearing their voice in distant. She is the control devil and she is still smart just like her previous life makima.

[subtleprelude]

The control devil is as old as the time the concept of control was feared, since the dawn of civilization probably. But Makima is only in her 20's. They are two separate entities. The control devil still lives on after Makima's identity death.

[janus]

it would be crazy to see a woodblock print or a CAVE PAINTING of someone you actually know

[prosaic.]

Fun fact: She managed Unit 737 during WW2 and had an active part in the Nanking massacre

[z]

Theoretically, if we do not take into account that Makima is another reincarnation of the enslavement demon, then she as a spirit is already about 8-12 million years old. Because, according to the evolutionary theory, it was at this time that the first beginnings of man and his human consciousness appeared. Ramapithecus are people who are considered the second stage of human evolution, but already at this time the monkey's thinking is similar to human. Therefore, for the first time, when people began to be afraid of falling into the shackles of someone else's power, this is exactly this time. Yes, I'm crazy. But I think it's quite possible.

[conrad]

Yes, Mr Churchill, I think it's a good idea to land at Gallipoli.