Chainsaw Man Chapter 143, Rawr Review: A Dramatic Return.

For the past few chapters, Tatsuki Fujimoto has been building up to a terrorist attack committed by the Devil Hybrids in order to bring Chainsaw Man out of retirement.
As a result, going into Chapter 143, “Rawr”, we were all expecting to see this attack take place.
So, of course, Fujimoto played with our expectations by instead having the terrorists stopped before their attack can even begin, with them being taken out by a fan favourite character who makes their long awaited return in dramatic fashion.
Fujimoto remains as unpredictable of a writer as ever.
“Rawr” begins with the Weapons, consisting of Sugo, and the Spear and Whip Hybrids, prepring to begin their attack.
The Spear Hybrid seems to be in charge of the three, and my earlier impression of him being reluctant to take part in this attack is proved immediately wrong, as he horrifyingly suggests to target women and children.
Whip is just as messed up as, at 82 years old, she is eternally young and believes she was chosen by god, which she and the Spear Hybrid use this justify their oncoming atrocity.
Sugo is the only one of the three who is hesitant, which can be seen when a child falls over in front of him and begins to cry.
Sugo looks horrified at the thought of killing the kid but pushes his hesitancy aside, talking himself into believing this is a message from god.
Yeah, Sugo is still clearly brainwashed, yet his hesitancy still makes me believe their is some redemption for him.
As the clock strikes five, the three Hybrids reach to activate their transformations when, to the shock of probably all the readers, Quanxi dashes in from out of nowhere and cuts down the Whip and Spear Devil.
Sugo takes a little longer to take down, but only by a few seconds, as Quanxi executes him with pure casualness.
The little boy who Sugo was scared of killing earlier then looks up at Quanxi and the bloody carnaged she has unleashed.
“Rawr” Quanxi says to him, and the little boy runs off screaming, in complete fear of the chapter title!
Joking aside, I was not expecting Quanxi’s return at all and screamed out her name in surprise when she showed up.
It is good to see her again and the casual way she took down the Weapons was fun.
She is also revealed to be working with Public Saftey so I wonder how that occured, seeing as she was against them in the International Assassins Arc.
I have to imagine there was some hesitancy, considering that Makima was a part of Public Saftey and she killed Quanxi’s girlfriends.
Still, it will be cool to see Quanxi interact with her old buddy Kishibe, if Fujimoto decides to write that.
Following Quanxi’s return, it is revealed that Public Saftey covered up the planned Hybrid attack, instead portraying it as an attack by gunmen from the Chainsaw Man Church.
The Church is about to be raided by Public Saftey, and one of its members says that, “If they find the Weapons in the basement, we could be charged with treason.”
So, this suggests the Chainsaw Man Church has more Weapons at their disposal or held captive.
Maybe they have Reze and Katana Man, who are the last of the Weapons who remain unnaccounted for now that Quanxi has returned.
The chapter then ends with Haruka and Nobana being shocked to learn that the Church has Weapons, only for the random man who commented this to tell Haruka that he never heard a thing about Weapons, attempting to keep him quiet.
So, yeah, Haruka and Nobana are clearly out of their depth, although this was always apparent.
What is less apparent is just what Denji was thinking while all of this was taking place.
I mean, Barem just shows up, tells him the Weapons are going to attack and that Denji should transform into Chainsaw Man to help them, only for nothing to happen at all.
I have to imagine Barem was quite embarassed about that, which is funny to think about.
Barem is still out though and he is crazy enough to be danger.
As for the captured Weapons, I wonder if this will be the last we see of the Whip and Spear Hybrids?
I am pretty certain that we will see Sugo again, though, because Fujimoto seems to be giving him an arc, what with his clearly growing doubts.
Overall, I found “Rawr” to be a fantastic Chainsaw Man chapter.
Yes, it was brief, but it had the return of a fan favourite character and, with it, a classic Fujimoto subversion of expectations.