Sagas

The Academy Saga is the second and concluding part of Chainsaw Man, trading Public Safety for high school halls as Asa Mitaka, unwilling host of the War Devil Yoru, hunts for the classmate secretly known as Chainsaw Man.

Closing the Academy Saga's penultimate arc, the story sends Asa Mitaka's ragtag crew into the Tokyo Devil Detention Center to free a dismembered Denji, then erupts into a grueling war against the deathless Aging Devil and Public Safety's plan to sacrifice thousands of children to it.

The second stretch of the Public Safety Saga pairs Denji with the wild fiend Power for street patrols. A bargain to rescue her stolen cat drags the duo into a fight with a blood-drinking flying devil, deepening Denji's bond with Makima and setting his sights on the Gun Devil.

Officially titled the Reze Arc, this fifth chapter of the Public Safety Saga gives Denji a doomed romance with a purple-haired cafe worker who turns out to be a Soviet-trained Bomb Hybrid sent to claim his heart. Tenderness and explosions collide as feelings blur the line between target and crush.

The twelfth arc overall and the fourth of the Academy Saga pits Denji's quiet home life against a cult that worships his alter ego. As the Church, secretly steered by Fami, schemes to force Chainsaw Man back into the spotlight, Denji is dragged toward a violent return that puts Nayuta in danger.

The eighth and closing arc of the Public Safety Saga unmasks Makima as the Control Devil and the architect of Denji's suffering. After she murders Power before his eyes, the story builds to a sprawling showdown where Denji must out-think a foe who cannot be killed by force alone.

The tenth arc overall and second of the Academy Saga sends Asa on a clumsy aquarium date with Denji while Yoru schemes to forge him into a weapon. Trapped by the returned Eternity Devil and stalked by Fami, the awkward outing slowly turns into genuine connection.

Trapped on an endlessly looping eighth floor of the Morin Hotel, Division 4 must outlast a devil that swells with every surge of panic. Spurred by Himeno's promised kiss, Denji grinds through a three-day brawl that persuades his squad he is reckless enough to one day bring down the Gun Devil.

The eleventh arc overall and third of the Academy Saga unleashes a primal fear that warps gravity and drags victims into the sky. As Asa unravels under the Falling Devil's influence, Denji races to save her while Fami maneuvers to starve and exploit the War Devil.

The Future Devil's grim prophecy comes due in the Public Safety Saga's second-to-last arc. A tender family trip to Hokkaido with Aki collapses into the Gun Devil's summoning, a display of Makima's terrifying power, and Denji being forced to strike down the friend he treasured most.

Known also as the Assassins Arc, this sixth stretch of the Public Safety Saga turns the newly famous Denji into a worldwide bounty. Killers from America, the Soviet Union, China, and Germany descend on Japan, dragging the fight into a brutal plunge through Hell and a clash with the Darkness Devil.

The opening arc of the Public Safety Saga establishes Denji, a debt-ridden boy who hunts devils alongside his pet Pochita. Betrayal forces Pochita to merge with him, birthing Chainsaw Man and pulling Denji into Makima's organization.

The ninth arc overall and opener of the Academy Saga shifts focus to high schooler Asa Mitaka, who becomes host to the War Devil, Yoru. Sharing one body, the pair are pulled into school politics, a deadly friendship with Yuko, and Yoru's obsession with destroying Chainsaw Man.

When the Gun Devil's gunmen ambush Division 4, the cost is staggering: Himeno dies and Aki barely clings to life. Denji and Power then survive Kishibe's merciless training before squaring off once more against the sword-wielding Katana Man.

The Public Safety Saga is the opening half of Chainsaw Man, officially labeled Part 1, tracing Denji from a destitute teenager into a hybrid weapon employed by Japan's government against the devils that haunt the world.

The War Devil arc closes out the Academy Saga and serves as the climactic stretch of the series, pitting Denji and Pochita against Yoru while the Death Devil's looming apocalypse forces impossible choices about who lives, who dies, and what kind of world remains.