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A second light novel, titled Demon Slayer: One-Winged Butterfly (鬼滅の刃 片羽の蝶, Kimetsu no Yaiba Katahane no Chō), by Gotouge and Yajima, was published in Japan on October 4, 2019. It details the lives of Shinobu and her sister Kanae before and soon after they joined the Demon Slayers after Gyomei saved their lives.
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦, rgh. "Sorcery Battle")[b] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 2018, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024[update]. The story follows high school student Yuji ...
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Setting
The story is set in a world where Devils are born from human fears. Devils are usually dangerous and malevolent, their power proportional to the fear they incite. However, humans can form contracts with them to use their power, and there are individuals specializing in hunting and employing them, called Devil hunters. Devils originate from Hell, and exist in a cycle between Earth and Hell: they migrate to Earth when killed in Hell, and vice-versa. Dwelling in Hell are extremely powerful Devil...
Plot
Part 1 Denji is a young man trapped in poverty, working off his deceased father's debt to the yakuzaby working as a devil hunter, aided by Pochita, his canine companion and Chainsaw Devil. Denji is betrayed by the Yakuza, who kill 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 dev...
Main characters
Denji(デンジ) 1. A young man with scruffy blond hair, sharp yellowish-brown eyes with bags underneath, and sharp teeth. As a young boy, he inherits his father's debt from the yakuza upon his father's death. After meeting the Chainsaw Devil Pochita, he becomes a Devil Hunter in an attempt to clear his debt. The yakuza kill him, and Pochita becomes his heart, setting a contract with Denji, who is to live his dreams of a normal life. After this, he can transform into the devil-human hybrid known as...
Public Safety Devil Hunters
Kishibe(岸辺) 1. The strongest devil hunter in the organization. Older than most other hunters, he is scarred and cynical. He trains Denji and Power, and was partnered with Quanxi in his youth. He secretly plots against Makima. Himeno(姫野) 1. Aki's first partner. She wears an eyepatch and is partnered with the Ghost Devil, allowing her to use its invisible arm from anywhere. She is killed by Sawatari's Snake Devil while fighting Katana Man. Kobeni Higashiyama(東山 コベニ, Higashiyama Kobeni) 1. A you...
Public Safety Devils/Fiends
Angel Devil(天使の悪魔, Tenshi no Akuma) 1. A humanoid Devil embodying the fear of angels. Appearing as an enigmatic androgynous young man, he holds no particular malice against humans but enjoys seeing them suffer. He is partnered with Aki after Himeno's death and is regarded as the second-strongest Public Safety agent, but his laziness holds him back. Beam(ビーム, Bīmu) 1. The wildly enthusiastic and unstable Shark Fiend, who can "swim" through solid objects and transform into a more monstrous shar...
Despite the series' violence and dark humor, Fujimoto always wanted to serialize in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but he had the feeling that his work would be "buried" if he had made a "Jump-like manga", so he tried to retain much of his individuality as a creator while making only the structure and characters Jump-like. Fujimoto also said that, despite its...
Manga
Chainsaw Man is written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The series' first part, "Public Safety arc"(公安編, Kōan-hen), ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from December 3, 2018 to December 14, 2020. Shueisha collected its chapters into eleven individual tankōbonvolumes, released from March 4, 2019 to March 4, 2021. In North America, Viz Media published the series' first two chapters on their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine for its "Jump Start" initiative. The chapters were the...
Anime
On December 14, 2020, it was announced that the manga will receive an anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA. It had a stage presentation at the Jump Festa '21, as part of the Jump Studio series of stage presentations that were held online on December 19–20, 2020. The first trailer for the anime series was shown at the "MAPPA Stage 2021 – 10th Anniversary" event, held on June 27, 2021. The anime is directed by Ryū Nakayama (director) and Makoto Nakazono (chief episode director),...
Novel
A novel titled Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories, written by Sakaku Hishikawa, is set to be published on November 4, 2021. The novel will contain three stories focused on a theme of "buddies", featuring untold stories about Power and Denji, Kishibe and Quanxi during their partner era, and Himeno and Aki around the time they first met.
In 2019, Chainsaw Man was #2 in the 5th Next Manga Awards in the Print category. The series ranked #9 in the 3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Awards in 2019. The series ranked #4 on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2020 for male readers, and topped the 2021 list. On Freestyle magazine's Kono Manga wo Yome! ranking, the series rank...
【第66回】担当作家 藤本タツキ先生Q&A！ [ Writer Tatsuki Fujimoto Q&A]. Jump Rookie! (in Japanese). Shueisha. July 2, 2020. Archivedfrom the original on July 2, 2020.Brown, Urian (June 1, 2020). "Chainsaw Man Popularity Results 2020". Viz Media. Archivedfrom the original on October 13, 2020.Shimada, Kazushi (September 1, 2020). いま最もぶっ飛んだ漫画『チェンソーマン』 「わかりやすさ」から逸脱する、前衛的な表現を考察. Real Sound(in Japanese). Blueprint Co., Ltd.Kobayashi, Jun (December 13, 2020). 『チェンソーマン』はなにが衝撃的だったのか？ ジャンプ大好き評論家3名が徹底考察. Real Sound(in Japanese). Blueprint Co., Ltd.Chainsaw Man official manga website at Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese)Chainsaw Man official anime website (in Japanese)Chainsaw Manofficial manga website at Viz MediaChainsaw Man official manga website at Manga PlusOne Piece (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled in 108 tankōbon volumes as of March 2024[update]. The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and ...
Berserk (manga) Berserk. (manga) Berserk ( Japanese: ベルセルク, Hepburn: Beruseruku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Set in a medieval Europe -inspired dark fantasy world, the story centers on the characters of Guts, a lone swordsman, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the "Band of the ...
An action game, titled Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains (進撃の巨人 ～反撃の翼～, Shingeki no Kyojin ~Hangeki no Tsubasa~, subtitle lit. "Wings of Counterattack"), was developed by Spike Chunsoft for the Nintendo 3DS and released in Japan on December 5, 2013, North America on May 12, 2015, and Europe on July 2, 2015.
Hunter × Hunter (pronounced "hunter hunter" [4]) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 1998, although the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006. Its chapters have been collected in 37 tankōbon ...
