Tatsuki Fujimoto concluded the previous chapter of Chainsaw Man by introducing the Death Devil, who said she was going to save everyone.
Based off this statement, and Yoru’s recent villainous turn, I theorized that Yoru would turn out to be the main villain of Part Two, while the Death Devil would serve a more heroic role.
Well, Chapter 196, “Chainsaw Man to the Rescue!” just proved me wrong.
The chapter begins with Fujimoto further exploring the personality of the Death Devil and, because this is Fujimoto, of course she is a complete loser.
She breaks down into a sobbing mess when no one pays attention to her.
Then, when someone tries to include her by asking her to take out the trash, The Death Devil says he should do it because he does not have special powers, unlike her.
The Death Devil being a nervous wreck, having a massive superiority complex and being completely socially unaware makes for a really funny character.
It does not, however, make her fun to be around, and she quickly earns the ire of her classmates, particularly the girl who bullied Asa way back at the beginning of Part Two.
The bully tells the Death Devil to go outside and kill ants, which she does.
The boy who tried to include her earlier attempts to do so again, only for the Death Devil to place a hand on his head.
“Through death I’ll release you from your earthly suffering,” she says, proving my theory about her being a good guy wrong.
The Death Devil certainly seems to view herself as a good guy, though, since she intends to “save” everyone, through death.
Before she can kill the boy, however, she is thankfully interrupted by Chainsaw Man, or rather, the fake Chainsaw Man.
The chapter ends with a full reveal of the fake Chainsaw Man’s form and, once again, Fujimoto has given us a sick design.
A gory mess of blood and bone, the imposter even has a cape made out of guts.
So, it looks like next chapter we are going to get a fight between the fake and the Death Devil.
This makes sense since the imposter is aligned with Fami, and she wants to stop Death.
It will be cool to get a look at Death’s abilities, and I wonder if the boy she tried to kill will survive.
Personally, I hope so because he seemed like a nice guy, trying to include the Death Devil even when she was rude to him.
Overall, “Chainsaw Man to the Rescue!” is yet another great chapter.
Fujimoto does a solid job developing the Death Devil and looks to be setting up a hype fight between her and the fake Chainsaw Man.