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Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw is a manga about Geeko and her simply insane adventure in trying to defeat Nero. Let me preface this review by saying that I was jokingly going to pick this up instead of Chainsaw Man for a chapter or two but got hooked and ended up finishing it.
The story of this manga was very well paced, there would be a buildup scene lead to an intense action scene, not only is the story well paced but super enjoyable! Whilst there are some questionable plot points this was fantastic story wise, it is all decently explained until the very last arc, which ... the story also dips a bit but is still alright.
Most, if not all of the characters(yes even the villains!) were enjoyable to read and each character had a surprising amount of page time. The emotional attachment as well was quite strong even for characters we have only met for a short period of time.
The only two downfalls(and honestly, one is a nitpick more than anything) of this series would be art and that ending.
The art is alright but the author seems to have same face and same body type syndrome with frankly all the characters. The author is also really horny at times and quite often draws nude women so if that is not what you want to be looking at, do steer away. Besides those two gripes, the art and the action scenes in this manga is fantastic!
Last thing to address is the ending, the ending fits. It is not satisfactory but it works and makes sense for a series like this. I do not want to go into too much detail as to not spoil anything but it was just really anticlimactic.
TL;DR : Sick ass action scenes with good pacing for manga, but with some weird plot holes and weak-ish ending.

Sakamoto is a very short story about a retired hitman, his current career as a cashier and a quirky side character.
==Story==
Whilst the story is very short, it does a good job explaining what each character does and how it resolves in the story later on. The story definitely feels lacking in places as it only revolves around very few characters but the story flowed well enough besides an odd section in the middle and satisfied me. The action scenes were exciting and were simply well executed from a writing standpoint using the abilities of the duo.
==Art==
I am not one that really critiques art and ... does not really pay attention to it as much as the story but reading this one-shot it is obvious the attention to detail is quite insane. There are so many things to be looked at as well due to them being in a warehouse shop and yet, I do not see any empty shelves. My only critique would be how the characters look, but this is something they work on in the serialized version.
==Characters==
The main characters in this one-shot are simply bursting with personality. Despite the chubbiness of Sakamoto and him barely speaking at all, he oozes badassery due to the tricks he performs in the action scenes. Shin is also quite the character, despite not having not as much built into him as Sakamoto. Shin is definitely a very good main character as well and utilizes his ability to read minds well, despite showing his inexperience he was still very fun to see the fight, as well as see other characters, interact with him.
==Enjoyment==
Do take a grain of salt as I am in love with the serialized version, but I am simply in love with this one-shot. It does not leave a bad taste in the mouth and nothing was bad. The mix of cutesy family manga and action with gore is something that usually does not work but I am glad it did here.