Chainsaw Man Chapter 96 Discussion

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THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER.
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Well this is pretty depressing all around. I hope Fuji will turn this around in last chapter somehow.

But like I thought, Makima was after CSM because of love, not because of any utopia bullshit and stuff like that, but I guess she might realize just now that she has been pursuing the wrong person.

Dec 4, 2020 2:09 AM

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I wasn't expecting Denji to eat her as a human. I thought Chainsaw Man-sama might eat her.
This was depressing.
But that bitch finally got done in huh?

Wishing for a Power epilogue now.

Another manga ending huh?
Next up is AoT.
This year sure is seeing many good mangas and LNs end.

"You are the result of 4 billion years of evolution. Act like it."
"Why don't you eat make up? Then you can be beautiful on the inside too."
"'Sick'? Call me 'twisted'. 'Sick' makes it sound like there's a cure."
"What's messed up isn't my thinking, what's messed up is this god damn world."
"The world isn't perfect, but its out there doing the best it can for us. That's what makes it so damn beautiful."

Dec 4, 2020 2:31 AM

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Glad he had a sort of creative solution, instead of just suiciding. Return of Genius Denji. Seeing him eat Makima is a bit awkward though, lol.

I wonder if she'll be able to controll him in the next chapter, or something like that. I'm also hoping we'll get to see Power again, and some of the other characters. Also it would be sad if something happened to Kishibe.

can dis sig fit

Dec 4, 2020 2:38 AM

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that was really really fire punch moment, lmao.

"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."

Dec 4, 2020 5:32 AM

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I can't begin to explain how fucking genius this chapter was.
The fact that it was Pochita disguised as Denji via being in the weaker form of Chainsaw Man the whole time, which is why he was able to make quick work of the Hybrids and why his arms were metal.
The fact that after all of Makima's shit-talking on who "Chainsaw Man" is ending up with her having been fighting and talking to Pochita this whole time.
The fact that fucking Pochita and Denji managed to beat Makima without a power-up, but with an actual fucking smart plan to catch her off-guard with that SICK visual callback to the very first magazine cover for the series.
The fact that Denji severed himself from Makima's view of who "Chainsaw Man" should be under Makima's gaze by dealing the finishing blow by himself and Power's ability.
The fact that Makima got her comeuppance in the most ironic way possible, being eaten slowly not by Chainsaw Man, but by Denji, with that last spread paralleling the one of Makima having breakfast after mindbreaking Denji.

Bravo, Fujimoto. Best shounen in years without a doubt in my mind.

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Dec 4, 2020 5:43 AM

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didn’t expect denji to eat her
pretty sick chapter imo

Dec 4, 2020 6:10 AM

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Now this is the firepunch style ending lmao.
lmao

Dec 4, 2020 6:30 AM

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Yeah Love isn't the word i would use, just straight up obsession

...And what am i gonna read now, actually depressing

Dec 4, 2020 6:32 AM

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What he ate her wew

Dec 4, 2020 7:45 AM

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now we get the epilogue wonder what denji and the others are doing in the full ending. Like denji looks broken.

Dec 4, 2020 8:01 AM

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Respect to Fujimoto learning his lesson from Fire Punch. Once 90% of your named characters have been killed you have to end your manga quickly, lol

Chainsaw Man was a wild ride for me. I love stories about fucked up broken people trying their best and that's the pure essence of CSM.

Dec 4, 2020 8:56 AM

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Im not statified with this ending at all.

They could have done a lot better:
- what happened to the cute bomb girl?
- they could have bring back Power
- what was the motivation of Makima

C'on , this was such a short ending.

Dec 4, 2020 8:59 AM

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RaidenHUN said:
Im not statified with this ending at all.

They could have done a lot better:
- what happened to the cute bomb girl?
- they could have bring back Power
- what was the motivation of Makima

C'on , this was such a short ending.

we have one more chapter left next week dummy

Dec 4, 2020 9:06 AM

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Damn, Makima got turned into meat

This anime shit is addictive

Dec 4, 2020 9:16 AM

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Modernoir said:
I can't begin to explain how fucking genius this chapter was.
The fact that it was Pochita disguised as Denji via being in the weaker form of Chainsaw Man the whole time, which is why he was able to make quick work of the Hybrids and why his arms were metal.
The fact that after all of Makima's shit-talking on who "Chainsaw Man" is ending up with her having been fighting and talking to Pochita this whole time.
The fact that fucking Pochita and Denji managed to beat Makima without a power-up, but with an actual fucking smart plan to catch her off-guard with that SICK visual callback to the very first magazine cover for the series.
The fact that Denji severed himself from Makima's view of who "Chainsaw Man" should be under Makima's gaze by dealing the finishing blow by himself and Power's ability.
The fact that Makima got her comeuppance in the most ironic way possible, being eaten slowly not by Chainsaw Man, but by Denji, with that last spread paralleling the one of Makima having breakfast after mindbreaking Denji.

Bravo, Fujimoto. Best shounen in years without a doubt in my mind.

I was worried after leaks but after reading it and taking the time to digest the chapter, it's honestly amazing what he did with these few chapters.

I just wonder what kind of last chapter we are getting, but I don't see this ending very well unless Makima gets some character conclusion by realizing that what she wants isn't real and changing her opinion of CSM/Denji/both.

Another thing is that I like how it was confirmed that Makima really was just autistic about love. The bit with where she tries to smoke to feel cool but starts coughing is great way to characterize her.

Mindbogglingly amazing chapter.

Dec 4, 2020 9:41 AM

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I think he has to do one last meal before he prepares for his heroic sacrifice in the final chapter,because Denji survives in this chapter for now because the next chapter he will probably be killed off by making a heroic sacrifice using the power he receives form makima after he ate her flesh.

Dec 4, 2020 10:13 AM

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I agree, my scores gonna drop if its gonna continue on this lane

Dec 4, 2020 10:31 AM

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Kidsinmybasement said:

I agree, my scores gonna drop if its gonna continue on this lane

Next chapter is the last one buddy.

Dec 4, 2020 10:33 AM

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Oh my god I just looked at chapter 94! There's Denji on the left in the middle panel, disguised as one of Makima's lackeys!

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Dec 4, 2020 10:33 AM

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Kidsinmybasement said:

I agree, my scores gonna drop if its gonna continue on this lane

Next chapter is the last one buddy.

which is why I said "if it continues on this lane" buddy. Unless something happens my score is gonna drop lmfao

Dec 4, 2020 10:42 AM

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The amount of visual callbacks in this chapter alone is fucking insane, look at this!

God I love this manga.

Dec 4, 2020 10:49 AM

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The way Denji beat Makima was kinda underwhelming and with how this chap was going I was 100% sure he was gonna eat her lol. Thou there's still one more chapter left, what will happen in the finale.

Dec 4, 2020 11:17 AM

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Denji becomes leatherface and hannibal lector the toyko chainsaw massacre.

Dec 4, 2020 11:49 AM

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-she was killed by makima a lot time ago
-csm has one more chapter left so she will be back probably
-the motivation of makima was to get the real csm (pochita) out of denji and as we saw the one who fought makima this last chapters was pochita so minutes before she dies she realised that there was no way to get the real csm

Dec 4, 2020 1:43 PM

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SenseiDaichi said:

What if the author twisted it that Dneji kills power and canniblizes her like he did with makima?

Dec 4, 2020 1:50 PM

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this ending, however sudden it feels, I have some hope for it. Fujimoto at every single fucking turn has surprised the shit out of us with the last thing we expected each time we started having ideas. I am hopeful

ᴅ ᴇ ʟ ɪ ᴠ ᴇ ʀ ɪ ᴇ ꜱ

ᴩ ʀ ᴏ ꜰ ɪ ʟ ᴇ

Dec 4, 2020 5:45 PM

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So kishibe said he has some doubts that Denji eating makima as a human wouldn't truly kill her for good.

Dec 5, 2020 12:58 AM

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This is peak madness. Denji getting thode makima nutrients. Lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao lmao

Dec 5, 2020 1:08 AM

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so Makima just dies like that because the story needed to end. wow. can't say I am impressed, but it had to be done.

looking forward to the last chapter, what a journey this was.

Dec 5, 2020 5:06 AM

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Reze the cute girl bomb die wym???

Dec 5, 2020 9:36 AM

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maybe fuji's next work should be a seinen romantic comedy. with some horror and thriller vibes.

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Dec 5, 2020 4:14 PM

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1. She's dead.

2. Maybe in a short spin off they could have him go search for power if he doesn't' next chapter. He did contract to find them again.

3. She says it. She wanted to either control the chainsaw devil or be eaten by it and Denji was in the way of that.

Dec 5, 2020 4:43 PM

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Care to explain the "fire punch ending" thing i read on this thread?

Dec 5, 2020 5:09 PM

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The moment where the Chainsaw Man is near to the conclusion, it was when the action chapters were done in just one by one chs instead of two chs. It could feel weird for the first time reading the ch 94 with the weakened form of Chainsaw defeating all of the Hybrids + zombies or in ch 95 with Makima pulling the heart like knowing nothing, besides that in the ch 88 she clearly saw the Chainsaw Man throwing his heart to the earth.
Anyway, I realy like the plan to defeat Makima, with some howevers and buts, and the "ending" like a moment of Texas Chainsaw with Denji eating Makima to become one(The ChainSawMan).
Denji was pretty smart for making this insane and clever plan, like using his heart as bogey while he's infiutrated in the middle of the Makmia's Squad to make a sneak attack and also tearing appart the woman, good. However, it worked for Makima making some weird and close to stupid action or acting out of her character. I mean, it hard to believe that this girl acted like had not knowledge about Chainsaw regenerating or something like that in the moment where she rips the heart. Also, Makima didn't notice the presence of Denji in the crowd of Devil Hunters, Ok...
As for the moment of Denji eating Makima to become one, pretty much crazy, insane and Fujimoto as Fujimoto, at same time it was very middle grounded. It's the first time that i saw a WSJ MC protagonist that eats the main heroine and at same time main villan... Bravo, bravo, bravo.

Dec 5, 2020 11:47 PM

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At first I thought that this chapter was great. I saw the chainsaw call back right away but there were some other foreshadowing and other callbacks I didn't notice. When I had some time to sit on this chapter and saw those I realized this was an amazing chapter. However I am confused hoe Denji survived. Maybe I am misunderstanding but the Denji who fought Makima was Pochita. So if that is the case how did Denji survive without his heart? I was under the impression that without it he would die. How did he get back from space? Was the Denji with Kishibe and Kobeni Denji or Pochita?

Dec 6, 2020 12:04 AM

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- Reze was the part of Makima’s hunting squad, she was killed in chapter 88 by Denji.
- There is still time for Power to come back in the last chapter
- Makima is the ultimate manipulator, she is in contract with the Control Devil, she is the one who witnessed The Chainsaw Man defeating (and eating) all of the strongest devils created by WW ll, Nazis, Aids and so on, she is also the one who manipulated Denji into killing Aki and ultimately the Gun Devil because he is the biggest threat in the modern world. She only wishes to use the Chainsaw Man to end the problems of the world like hunger and poverty by having Denji eat those exact devils (chapter 84). The only way Makima can control Denji is by beating him in a fight, her powers only allow her to control anyone who is lesser than herself, so she must defeat him.
Her true motivation was always good, she wants to make the world a better place by getting rid of it’s problems, the same way that she manipulated Denji into killing many devils so that people would celebrate the Chainsaw Man, many devils slain and Chainsaw Man weakened at the same time.

She may look evil, but she is doing the right thing. Her motivations are heroic.

Dec 6, 2020 1:52 AM

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This chapter really just makes me want to see the next one. Makima letting her guard down like that. I guess it makes sense she couldn't be beat directly, but even this feels like a stretch. I agree with Kishibe as well though, in that I also don't think this will work.

Power's blood shouldn't be able to permanently keep Makima from regenerating, and her contract is still in place. Digestion is just essentially acid which she should be capable of coming back from. Being eaten by Denji who has Pochita in him isn't the same as chainsaw man eating Makima as well.

And, really, how would control just disappear? This is what I mean, this chapter just makes the next chapter more enticing. The true ending, whatever it will be, has yet to come.

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Dec 6, 2020 4:14 AM

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Why does it end too soon? :((((

Dec 6, 2020 6:12 AM

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antidisestablish said:
At first I thought that this chapter was great. I saw the chainsaw call back right away but there were some other foreshadowing and other callbacks I didn't notice. When I had some time to sit on this chapter and saw those I realized this was an amazing chapter. However I am confused hoe Denji survived. Maybe I am misunderstanding but the Denji who fought Makima was Pochita. So if that is the case how did Denji survive without his heart? I was under the impression that without it he would die. How did he get back from space? Was the Denji with Kishibe and Kobeni Denji or Pochita?

He survived thanks to the contract he made with Power, using the Blood Devil's ability. He only survived for a short while though without his heart, I'd imagine if Pochita took any longer with his bait and switch Denji would've died. The two of them came up with a pretty fucking genius plan to take Makima down.

Dec 6, 2020 6:42 AM

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