Despite my continued enjoyment of Chainsaw Man, I had been wondering recently if Tatsuki Fujmoto knew where he was taking his story.
It just seemed like a lot of random things were happening in the story.
Well, random for Chainsaw Man anyway.
For example, a few chapters ago, a mysterious and extremely powerful bug Devil interrupted Denji and Yoru’s fight.
This bug was then immediately defeated in the following chapter, with no explanation why it was so strong.
Well, I should not have doubted Fujimoto because he provided an answer in Chapter 230, “Sex and Selection.”
The chapter begins with Yoru continuing to laugh at Denji’s desperation to have sex with her.
After Denji compares her to Power (good to know Fujimoto has still not forgot about her), Yoru agrees to sleep with him, saying Asa consents as well.
Given that Yoru gave Denji a handjob without Asa’s consent a few arc back, I think it is safe to say that Asa really needs to get a say before the deed is done.
Denji will have to wait for any potential deeds, however, because the moment he begins to celebrate, an army of powerful bug Devils ambush them.
Through the communications between various Fumiko’s around the world, we learn that because death has been erased bugs, bats, and other types of animals with a high fertility rate no longer have a large culling of the young to counteract that.
The end result is a large population of predatory insects which will feast upon humanity forever, thus making the Devils representing them extremely powerful.
This is a unique and horrifying consequence to the removal of death, which I had not thought of.   
It also has an interesting implication for the future of the story.
After all, what horrifying concept are bugs like locusts associated with?
Famine.
Prior to her erasure, Death was the most powerful Devil, but with people now unable to die and facing the torment of an eternal famine where they are also devoured by insects, Fami may very well take her place.
Since Fami is all about seeing death as salvation, I can see her fighting Denji to force him to throw up Death and return balance of the world.
That being said, Denji is not going to go down without a fight since Yoru promised him sex.
We see this at the end of the chapter when he is determined to stay and fight the bug Devils.
In an excellent callback to the first Chainsaw Man chapter, all of those years ago, Denji declares, “If you’re going to get in our way, then… how’s it go again?”
Denji preparing to deliver his first badass statement of the series, only to fail because he can no longer remember death as a concept is textbook Fujimot humor.
I look forward to seeing Denji and Yoru face off against the Bug Devils and a potentially overpowered Fami in the following chapters.
As for Chapter 230, it restored a lot of my faith in the story.
It paid off the mystery of the powerful bug Devil, had a humorous ending and, not to mention, put the idea of a council of Fumikos in my head.
It would be pretty funny if Fujimoto paid that off by showing said council discussing the events, after everything is said and done.