Chapter 162 of Chainsaw Man, “Fearsome” depicts the brief fight between Quanxi and the Chainsaw Man rescue squad.
Looking back at my review of the previous chapter, it’s funny to see that I thought Asa and Katana Man had any chance in hell of beating Quanxi.
She quite easily solos all of the group’s heavy hitters, decapitating Katana Man, and easily incapacitating Yoru and the Nail Fiend.
The person who actually stops Quanxi in her tracks is, unexpectedly, Nobana.
As Quanxi prepares to cut him down, Nobana grabs the nearest thing for protection… that being Denji’s head.
Ah, using Denji as a human shield.
It is truly a time-honored tradition in the Higashiyama family.
Kobeni did it in Part One, and now her brother continues the tradition.
When Quanxi sees Nobana holding Denji’s head, she stays her blade, stating that, “An old friend warned me to never make an enemy out of this one.”
This “old friend” is almost undoubtedly Kishibe, all but confirming that he is no longer with Public Safety, since he wanted Denji to continue the fight at the end of Part One.
Although, there is also the possibility that the one Quanxi did not want to make an enemy of was Nobana.
No, I am not joking.
I mean, we know Kobeni was extremely skilled and had an unknown Devil contact.
Maybe these things run in the Higashiyama family and Kishibe wanted to warn Quanxi about it?
I’m probably wrong about that.
One prediction I was right about, though, was that Public Safety were using Quanxi’s Fiends against her.
Upon seeing Quanxi’s reluctance, the Public Safety Officer threatens to have their bodies thrown into a ditch.
When this does not work, the Public Safety Officer starts what seems is going to be a misogynistic rant, only for him to ironically be interrupted by his own transformed wife.
The transformed woman kills him, to which Quanxi simply says, “that works,” before telling Yoru to kill her so the group can escape without repercussions for her.
Yoru agrees once she learns Quanxi will regenerate but she first asks if Chainsaw Man is stronger than her.
Quanxi answers that he is weaker but much more fearsome.
Yoru then kills her off screen, as the chapter comes to an end.
“Fearsome” is a solid Chainsaw Man chapter.
It has another good fight and solid humor, like the doctors all agreeing that they did not see a thing.
I am interested to see if the rescue squad will have escaped the facility next chapter, or if the escape is still ongoing.
If they have escaped, then maybe we will get the confrontation between Denji and Asa we have been waiting for; their identities finally revealed to each other.