Chainsaw Man Chapters 180 and 181 Review: Yoru Does It Again.

Going into Chainsaw Man Chapter 180, “Aging’s World”, I was expecting to see Yoru and Pochita temporarily team up to fight the Aging Devil.
Instead, the chapter opens with the Aging Devil sending Denji, Asa and Yoru into a different dimension, where it has trapped many people who have made contracts with it.
Asa gets this information from one of these men who has been trapped in the dimension for over 80 years.
The man has understandably gone insane and imitates a cicada in a typically bizarre ending.
Before this ending, though, the man does mention that someone managed to escape the Aging Devil’s dimension before.
Yoshida and Kishibe seem to be the most likely candidates but I am personally going with Yoshida, since an artwork by Fujimoto depicted him standing in a forest very similar to the one Asa, Yoru and Denji are now trapped in.
Asa tries to find a way out in Chapter 181, “Trees on the Mind”, but her hopeful thoughts are stopped dead by Yoru taking control of her body and attempting to shoot Asa in the head with her powers.
This moment made my jaw dropped because, if Yoru’s powers had been working, Asa would have definitely died here.
Yoru has been pretty sadistic in the past few chapters, but I thought she would at least hesitate if she needed to kill Asa to facilitate her plans, given all they have been through.
Apparently, I was wrong.
Asa, however, seems to brush aside Yoru trying to kill her as an experiment pretty quickly, and Yoru punches a tree, only to realize that tree is a person.
This is the fate of all who end up in the Eternity Devil’s prison: They are trapped for a thousand years, slowly going mad, until they are turned into a tree.
It is among the most disturbing fates in all of Chainsaw Man and it breaks Yoru, who starts blaming Denji for everything.
This causes Denji to break down as well.
He still undoubtedly blames himself for Nayuta’s death.
Drowning in his own guilt for the misery he sees himself as having brough onto others, Denji declares he will stay to become a tree as a punishment “for being a horny, empty-headed idiot.”
Yoru once again proves she cannot help herself and kisses Denji for the third time, ending the chapter.
The last time Yoru kissed Denji, it ended with her giving him a hand job in an alleyway.
This time?
Well, let’s just say I would not be surprised if next chapter turned into Tokyo Ghoul Re: Chapter 125.
Fujimoto has got away with plenty before so I definitely think he can get away with that.
Although, I question what Asa would even think if that happened, considering that is once again Yoru making a move on Denji in Asa’s body.
Also, Denji still does not know Asa is possessed by the War Devil so that will be a whole can of worms if they end up having sex.
That is if it happens though.
Who knows, they could be interrupted by figuring out a way to release themselves from the Aging Devil’s prison?
Either way, these two chapters are brief but solid, clearly showing off the disturbing power of the Aging Devil.