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チェンソーマン
Also known as Chensō Man, Chensoman
A broke devil hunter trades his heart for a chainsaw and a shot at a normal life.
Denji scrapes by in a world where human fears take physical form as devils, working off an inherited debt by hunting them alongside Pochita, a small chainsaw-shaped devil who has become his only friend. Betrayed and left for dead, Denji strikes a bargain that fuses him with Pochita and gives him the power to sprout roaring chainsaws from his body. His transformation draws the attention of Makima, a composed, unreadable officer of the government's Public Safety Devil Hunters, who offers him a place on her squad. Denji accepts for the simplest reasons imaginable: food, shelter and companionship. Teamed with the brooding Aki Hayakawa and the chaotic, self-serving Power, he faces increasingly monstrous assignments while a conspiracy involving devil-aligned assassins closes in around the organisation.
In a near-present world, every human fear manifests as a devil, and the government employs hunters to put them down. Denji, an impoverished teenager crushed by his late father's debt, kills small devils for yakuza handlers with help from his chainsaw-devil companion Pochita. When that arrangement ends in blood, Denji merges with Pochita and is recruited into an official devil-hunting division, hoping the job will finally buy him an ordinary, comfortable life.
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Episodes Episode 1
Scraping by as an unlicensed hunter, Denji sells devil corpses to settle a debt inherited from his father, with only the chainsaw devil Pochita for company. A yakuza double-cross leaves him dead in a rubbish heap, and Pochita's bargain brings him back transformed, drawing Makima's attention.
Episodes Episodes 2-4
Moved into Aki's apartment and formally enlisted, Denji is paired with the reckless fiend Power, who sets him up as bait while chasing her kidnapped cat. The hunt for the Bat Devil becomes a bloody plunge through Tokyo's skyline and the start of an odd friendship.
Episodes Episodes 5-7
A routine hotel sweep traps Division 4 inside a looping floor controlled by the Eternity Devil. Denji's regeneration makes him the only viable weapon, panic splinters the group, and the aftermath of drinks and confessions exposes how little his new life offers.
Episodes Episodes 8-9
Hybrid assassin Katana Man and his handler strike Public Safety directly, hunting Denji's heart. Hunters die, Denji is left in pieces and Power is seized, while a colleague burns through her devil contract to hold the line until reinforcements travel in from Kyoto.
Episodes Episodes 10-12
Grieving and outmatched, the survivors retool: Aki strikes a bargain with the Future Devil, while a veteran hunter drills Denji and Power into something like soldiers. A coordinated raid on the enemy's hideout ends in the chainsaw-versus-katana rematch the season has been building toward.
Episode 1
Denji and Pochita
The grim setup and Denji's rebirth land in one episode, pairing wretched poverty with a gleeful chainsaw rampage, establishing the show's lurching tonal range and Pochita's quiet sacrifice.
Episode 4
Bat Devil
A freefalling brawl above the city gives the series its first big action showcase, while Power's betrayal and apology turn a gag character into a partner worth caring about.
Episode 7
Eternity Devil
Denji's grisly solution to an unkillable devil gives way to a drunken night out, the comedy and horror sitting uncomfortably close together as his wishes start to sour.
Episode 8
Katana Man's Raid
The series' sharpest turn: a surprise assault on Public Safety strips away any sense of safety, with sudden losses and a cliffhanger that reframes the Gun Devil hunt.
Episode 12
Counterattack
The finale delivers a brutal hybrid duel, Power's blood-forged sword and a closing note of hard-won camaraderie, capping the season with MAPPA's most kinetic animation.
Every episode of Chainsaw Man with its broadcast title and air date, grouped by arc. Watch links search Crunchyroll for the series.
Every character has a full profile covering their history, abilities and relationships.
DenjiProtagonist
MakimaMentor / Handler
Aki HayakawaDeuteragonist / Senior colleague
PowerPartner / Comic foilAI companions from Chainsaw Man, each portrayed as an adult and written to stay in character.
Denji's ambitions stop at bread with jam, a roof and affection, and the series mines both comedy and tragedy from how easily such small wants are bought and steered.
Every devil draws power from what people dread, so monsters double as a map of public anxiety. The strongest threats are the fears nobody can stop feeling.
Division 4 cooks, drinks and squabbles like a household, which makes the attrition rate land harder. Attachment is the one luxury devil hunters cannot really afford.
Power comes by trade here: years of life, eyesight, a sense of smell, a beating heart. Strength is always rented, and the series keeps showing the invoice.
One of the most anticipated anime debuts of its era, Chainsaw Man showcased MAPPA's push toward cinematic, film-influenced direction, with handheld-style camerawork and grounded staging unusual for action television. Kenshi Yonezu's opening theme became a major chart hit, and the series gave every episode a different ending song by a different artist, an unusually lavish gesture that spread widely online. It fuelled enormous manga sales, sparked fierce fan debate about adaptation style, and made Power, Makima and Denji instant mascots of modern shōnen.
Content notes: Graphic violence and gore, Body horror and disturbing imagery, Major character deaths, Sexual content and crude innuendo, Exploitation of a minor, Alcohol use and smoking, Animal death, Suicidal ideation.
The first television series runs twelve episodes, broadcast from October to December 2022. It adapts the opening stretch of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga, following Denji's recruitment into Public Safety and his early devil-hunting assignments.
The twelve episodes adapt roughly the first thirty-eight chapters, taking the story through the Eternity Devil job, the Bat Devil incident and the climactic battle with the Katana Man. Readers can continue from there.
Studio MAPPA produced the series, with Ryu Nakayama directing and Hiroshi Seko writing the scripts. Kensuke Ushio composed the score, and the production is known for its cinematic camerawork and heavily storyboarded action.
The production commissioned twelve separate ending themes, each from a different artist with its own visual sequence, as a showcase of Japanese music. The single opening theme, "Kick Back," was performed by Kenshi Yonezu.
No. The series carries a mature rating for graphic violence, dismemberment, crude humour and sexual content. Its tone swings between slapstick comedy and genuine horror, so it is aimed squarely at adult audiences.
Yes. An English dub was produced alongside the simulcast and streams on Crunchyroll, with Ryan Colt Levy voicing Denji, Suzie Yeung as Makima and Sarah Wiedenheft as Power. Other dubbed languages are also available.
