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Tatsuki Fujimoto

I love Coraline!

Tatsuki Fujimoto won Honorable Mention in the


November 2013 Shueisha Crown Newcomers’ Awards for
his debut one-shot story Love Is Blind. His first series,
Fire Punch, ran for eight volumes. Chainsaw Man began
serialization in 2019 in Weekly Shonen Jump.
SHONEN JUMP Manga Edition

Story & Art TATSUKI FUJIMOTO


Translation/AMANDA HALEY
Touch-Up Art & Lettering/SABRINA HEEP
Design/JULIAN [JR] ROBINSON
Editor/ALEXIS KIRSCH

CHAINSAW MAN © 2018 by Tatsuki Fujimoto


All rights reserved.
First published in Japan in 2018 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo.
English translation rights arranged by SHUEISHA Inc.

The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication are


entirely fictional.

No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or


by any means without written permission from the copyright holders.

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Tatsuki Fujimoto
CHARACTERS

A young man-slash-Chainsaw Devil who


carries his partner Pochita inside him.
He's always true to his desires. Likes
Makima, the first person to ever treat
him like a Le being.

nd (WE

Chainsaw Devil. Gave up his heart to


Denji, becoming part of his body.

AkiHayakawa ~~
The mysterious Makima’s loyal
woman in subordinate and
charge of Public Denji’s senior at
Safety Devil Public Safety by
Extermination three years.
Special Division Devil Contracts:
4. Can smell Future Devil,
devil scents. Curse Devil.
A timid Blood
new recruit. Devil Fiend.
Though Egotistical
mentally frail, and prone to
her boss going out of
Himeno thinks control. Her
she has cat Meowy
talent. One of is her only
nine sisters. friend.

Special Division =| Though not


4 agent. Can hostile to
swim through humans,
any surface such anyone who
as walls and touches this
the ground. Can devil directly
also take devil will have
form for short their life span
periods of time. siphoned off.
Special Division
4 agent.

Violence Fiend ————


") Special Division A part-time
4 agent. Usually café waitress
forced to wear who is keenly
a poison mask interested
that restrains in all things
him, because Denji.
he's just that Connected
strong. to devils
somehow...?

STORY
Denji is a young man who hunts devils with his allowing him to win the fight. Denji has a rematch of his
pet devil-dog Pochita. To pay off his debts, Denji own against Samurai Sword, and his training pays off for
is forced to live in extreme poverty and worked some satisfying revenge!
like a dog, only to be betrayed and killed on the As a result of the mission, Public Safety's Gun Devil
job without ever getting to live a decent life. But flesh collection finally begins moving toward the Gun
Pochita, at the cost of the pooch’s own life, brings Devil itself. Then, Denji meets a mysterious girl named
Denji back—as Chainsaw Man! After Denji buzzes Reze. His heart is all aflutter when they sneak into a
through all their attackers, he’s taken in by the school after dark together, but little does he know, Reze
mysterious Makima and begins a new life as a has her own connection to devils, and danger looms
Public Safety Devil Hunter. near... When Reze asks an oblivious Denji to quit Public
During the mission to wipe out Samurai Sword’s Safety and run away with her, what's a guy to do?!
crew, Hayakawa squares off against Sawatari,
whose use of the late Himeno’s Ghost Devil shakes
him. However, Hayakawa regains his composure
after a message from Himeno via the Ghost Devil,
CONTENTS
[44] BOOM BOOM BOOM 007

[45] A Fine Day for Explosions 027

[46] Massacre Melody 047

[47] Luck with Women 069

[48] KABOOM KABOOM KABOOM os9

[49] Shark Hurricane 109

[50] Sharknado 131

[51] Dark Diving 151

[52] Lost Love, Flower, Chainsaw 777


I CAN GET
---WE A FAVOR FROM
{| COULD EVEN SOMEONE
GO TO SCHOOL I KNOW.
TOGETHER. THEY HAVE THIS WITH YOU?
MAYBE NOT PLACE PUBLIC LIKE...
RIGHT AWAY, SAFETY WILL
BUT SOME- NEVER FIND
DAY.

WHY
WOULD
YOu DO
ALL
THAT...2
ARE YOu
HESITAT-
ING?

YOU DON'T
LIKE ME?

I’M GETTIN’
RECOGNITION
FOR MY WORK

THEY LET ME
GO PRETTY
FAR WITHOUT
SUPERVISION
NOW...
AND I I’M SLOWLY
I’M EVEN
STARTING I EVEN FINALLY Paes
TO ENJOY EFOLIND, HIT IT OFF SAREE
IT MORE LIKE, Wee BUDDIES
AND A CAREER canogkeR WITH CRAPPY
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FORWARD TO
THE FESTIVAL...

GOTA
DEVIL
NEAR THE
FESTIVAL
ENGAGING
AT 18344 GROUNDS.
HOURS.
DEALING WITH
A PRETTY
STRONG CIVILIAN
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HUNTERS,
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AND SCHOOL
THESE Guys.

Now?
COME
BACK TO
DIVISION 2
THEN!
IT'S NOT
TOO LATE!

BLOOD-AND-
GORE STORIES
ARE ALL WE
HEAR ABOUT
THE SPECIAL
DIVISION.

GONNA GO GOES WELL,


ALL OUT T/LL MAKE
LURING YOu VICE CAPTAIN
BACK, YOu IN FIVE
CAN COUNT YEARS.
ON THAT.
HEY.
YOU HAVEN'T
TOLD HIM
YOu'LL BE
DEAD IN FIVE
YEARS?

WHO TOLD
YOU THAT?

THAT
DAMN
DEVIL...
grey
AS I'M
WHEN I'm ALIVE,
DEAD, I WON'T I HAVE
HA' VE TO TO KEE
ANYMORE... WORKING.

WE
NEEO
you
VOWN-
STAIRS,
STATI!
HE WAS AT THE
FRONT DOOR,
TS THIS GROANING
FIEND eas
REALLY ABOUT BE|
ONE OF WITH THE
YOU? SPECIAL
° DIVISION.

WHAT
HAPPENED
TO DENI?
DIDA
DEVIL GET
HIM?
BOMS
COMING..-!

ANSWER
THE
QUESTION.
r IFT
PROMISE TELL,
LADY I BE
MAKIMA! KILLED!

BOMB
IS
HERE!!
'SCUSE
MELTHE |

THIS
IS THE
OFF- DEVIL SORRY,
LIMITS EXTER- BUT YOU
TO MINATION CAN'T
CIVIL DIVISION2
IANS!! TRAINING COME ANY
FACILITY! CLOSER!!!
PRETTY
BIG SMILE
FOR
SOMEONE
BEING
ATTACKED.

YOUR BUD
AND FALL
BACK.

CONTACT
HQ AND
THE VICE
CAPTAIN.

CALL ALL
ON-SITE
DIVISION 2
AGENTS.
---HAVE YOU
SEEN THAT
HOTTIE
SOMEWHERE

NO, MAN,
I'M
SERIOUS

COULDN'T

COULD
IT?
Chapter 46:
Massacre Melody
DON'T THINK JAGE
FOR A SECOND i TO KILLFER,
THAT SHE'S DINNER AND
“| ANN ae (jx, DRINKS ARE
il
FULL DEVIL WjSS @
TREATMENT.
SHE'S
BLEEDING WE GREW
FROM MOLD IN
HER NOSE HER HEART
AND MOUTH... AND
DAMN, THAT'S INTESTINES.
EFFECTIVE.

_
_

EVEN IF SHE
REGENERATES
BY DRINKING
NEED TO DO BLOOD, IT WON'T
NOW IS Buy GET RID OF
SOME TIME. THE MOLD.


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BRAIN?
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ATTACK!!
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OVER
HERE!
IT'S
OVER
HERE!!

THE
DEVIL!! Bs

MASAKI
ANDO,
REQUESTING
PERMISSION
TO
DISCHARGE
FIREARM!
— Soho oo Sass
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DO YOU HAVE
TO GET
PERMISSION
EVERY TIME
YOu FIRE A
GUN IN JAPAN?
THE EYES,
YOURSELF.
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wer ve, OF

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fool:
a

VICE
CAPTAIN!
THAT WAS
MAYBE A
LITTLE TOO
CLOSE FOR
COMFORT.
SIGH...
I WAS
SUPPOSED
TO GO TO
THIS SINGLES
MEETUP
TONIGHT.
AREN'T
you
GONNA
DRIVE?

JUST HAD
TO SHOW
ME A BAD
FUTURE,
DIDN'T
YOu...2
MINIMUM.

UNLOAD
DENI
FROM THE
VEHICLE <=
AND DRIVE fe
AWAY. : =

VZLAUIIA:
<r

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SIGH...
CARS BURN
TO A CRISP
BECAUSE
OF THE
GASOLINE...

THIS IS
TURNING
INTO
A BIG
PAIN...
ee

i
nA
|
I RE-
QUESTED
BACKUP
FROM THE
SPECIAL
DIVISION.
But |kicked
you ar full
STRENGTH!!
This calls
fora
tactical

T/LL JUST
SHOW
MYSELF
GET UP...
GET UP
GET UP
GET uP!

I’LL QUIT
THIS JOB!
JUST PLEASE
HAVE ; UM
: MERCYYYy!! sorry!
a’

if SORRY!
NOM

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ay #:

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Ul Lm T

al
CAME BACK
TO LIFE...

BUT
BOMB GIRL
IS RIGHT
BEHIND Us.

CRAP!
WHAT'S
GOING ON?

THE
POLICE
RADIO'S
BUSTED!
COMES TO
IT, T'LL RAM
HER WITH
THE CAR

HE'S
CUTTING

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WHILE I
WAS IN
SO MUCH
PAIN I
THOUGHT
I'D DIE...

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“BRAIN.

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Everybody's
after my
Cainsaw
Heart!

Weat about my
Heart?! Denji's!
Does nobody
WANT THAT?!
YOU'RE SO
GULLIBLE!!
DON'T LISTEN
TO THE
ENEMy!!

ALMOST
GOT
TRICKED
THERE!!

|duNNo wity
yOu wanna
kiLL me,
but |'m GONNA
HaVe TO pass!

THEN EVEN
IF YOU HAD
RUN AWAY
WITH ME, IT
WOULD HAVE
BEEN
POINTLESS.
IF ANY MORE
PEOPLE VIE CUZ
OF ME, | WON'T
BE ABLE TO SLEEP
AT NIGHT!
vos TRACH ME
QVeRyTHING!!
AS Gt
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YOU AREN'T
APPLYING
YOURSELF,
DENGI.

YOU CAN'T
TUST SWING
YOUR
CHAINSAWS
AROUND.
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f THE FUTURE,
ANP. THAT. a BUT ONLY
DOESN'T y A FEW
SECONDS
REACT
IN TIME.
neo sO AVA CO,roe hag
a
—-
THIS IS
THE FIRST
AND NOW
IT'S TWO-

You Heard
THe boss
man!
Sorky!
TYPHOON
HAS
ARRIVED!

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Visi

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VOA¥YOY
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‘Hat's my
lord CHainsaw!!

ORDINARY
DEVIL
WOULD
bad ass-estl! BE DEAD!
YOUR
GIRLFRIEND
IS KILLING
TOO MANY
PEOPLE.

LEAVE
HER LOOSE
LIKE THIS,
AND MANY
MORE
WILL DIE.

CHOOSE,

DO YOU LET
HER KILL YOU
WITHOUT A FIGHT,
MITIGATING
CASUALTIES...
SHARK. YOU
SEEM TO KNOW
ABOUT THE
CHAINSAW
DEVIL.

REZE'S
INGANELY
STRONG
THOUGH.

IF YOU WANT
TO LIVE THROUGH
THE DAY, YOU
NEED TO TELL
US AS MUCH
AS YOU CAN.

LORD
: P CHAIN-
BUT WHEN — SAW..-
HE MOVES,
HE USE MORE pe
THAN FEET! ULTRA-
. ; FAST...

HE USED
CHAINSAW
CHAIN TO
MOVE!

HE THROW
AND HOOK
CHAIN,
MOVE FROM
BUILDING TO
BuiLDING!
Mf]
AND REZE
USED
EXPLOSIONS : THAT FLASHY
SWORD-DRAW

lord Cxainsaw,
yOu Genius!
I GET IT! T
KNOW THE lord CHainsaw,
ANSWER! you Genius!

TURN
INTO A
SHARKI!
I GOTTA
BREAK
IN BEAM
WITH MY
CHAIN!

AND
RIDE IM
LIKE A
HORSE!

LIKE
SHOOTING
CHAINS
FROM YOUR
ARMS AND
HOOKING
THEM ON
BUILDINGS?!
GpRect!! ORRecT!! Pa SAY WHAT?
THIS
IS THE
GRRecr!! ORReer!! E

YEEHAW!
GIDDY UP,
. BEAM!!
DENSI!
TLL
MAKE YOu
REGRET
REVIVING!

BEAM!!
DON'T
MAKE ME
REGRET
THIS!!

bi

WALI
arknado

THING!

ITV'GA
KAITU
BATTLE!

GUESS
T/LL HAVE
TO WATCH
THIS ONE
FROM THE
AUDIENCE!!
AlM
REALLY

YOU'RE
LIKE A
COCK-
ROACH!
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AND CUT
OFF A

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IF YOU WANT
TO DIE, DO IT
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ALL I
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DO |S
SWING MY
CHAINSAWS
AROUND
LIKE AN
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ABOUT
TIME YOu
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WHAT YOu THIS IS
WANT, YOU JUST
SHOULD'VE ANNOYING
Mea
aap ersAND
CHASE AAD YOu
KILLED ME CUT TO
THE FIRST THE CHASE
TIME WE ANE CIE
FOR ME?
MET!

THERE'S
NOWHERE
LEFT FOR
OH
REALLY?
ARE YOU
GONNA
Swim

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ME HOW
TO SWIM.
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GET TO EAT GOOD BEATEN BLACK
GRUB THE NEXT DAY, AND BLUE, GO
I CAN WIPE THE THROUGH HELL
LEDGER CLEAN. AND DIE AGAIN
AND AGAIN...

TO PUBLIC
SAFETY...

---L JUST
FEEL LIKE...
THERE'D BE
A FISH BONE
STUCK IN
MY THROAT.
COULD YOu
STILL SAY EVEN IF
THAT IF I I'M LIVING
KILLED This
YOU RIGHT WONDEREUL
LIFE...

.--IF THERE'S
GONNA BE THIS
STABBING PAIN
AT THE BACK
OF MY THROAT
SOMETIMES,
IT'D SUCK.

Ha Ha Hal!
BY ANY
caved
v0 YOU
THINK | STILL
ACTUALLY
LIKE YOU?

EVERY
EXPRESSION,
EVERY BLUSH
SINCE | MET
YOU, ALL OF
IT WAS A LIE.

RUNNING
NOW. BYE.

I FAILED...
I SPENT TOO
MUCH TIME
FIGHTING YOu.
Wanna
RUN away
WITH me?

FIGHT TOO.
RAISES YOUR
CHANCES OF
GETTIN’ AWAY.

I'VE
KILLED
ALOT OF
PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW.

<

LETTING
---WOULD
BE AIDING MEANS
AND ABETTING THAT
A MURDERER, you...
DENI. DO YOu
UNDERSTAND
THAT?
---BUT
ISN'T IT TRUE
THAT YOU
TAUGHT ME
ASS

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Chapter 52: Lost Love, Flower, Chainsaw ,Sxv

THE KIDS THEY TELL


IN THERE 'EM THERE'S
HAVE NO A SECRET
FREEDOM. ROOM IN
THEY CAN'T THE ARMY'S
EVEN GO AMMUNITION
OUTSIDE. STORAGE...

THEY'RE
TREATED LIKE ---FILLED
OBJECTS AND WITH KIDS
THEIR BODIES WHO DON'T
ARE USED IN HAVE
EXPERIMENTS PARENTS.
UNTIL THEY THERE'S A

FAIRY TALE
SOVIET
MOTHERS
TELL THEIR
KIDS WHEN
THEY SCOLD
‘EM.
---UNTIL A
NEWSPAPER IT WAS
RAN A STORY XN \)) SUPPOSED
ON HOW ee f TO ONLY BE
THAT SECRET A FAIRY
ROOM REALLY TALE...
EXISTED.
il
i

cae \ AN AMERICAN
ey ee 0 JOURNALIST
Wh ke Sh, TRACKED DOWN
/ = THE TRUTH.
FOR A WHILE,
] THEY EVEN a IT WAS THE
PUBLISHED NS TALK OF THE (
PHOTOS OF waN! TOWN.
THE KIDS WHO TaN /
WERE IN THERE. Rey
BUT IT WASN'T 5 —
LONG UNTIL NO /
ONE WAS TALKING Z: :
ABOUT IT Ra
ANYMORE. | =
—~

SOLDIERS
THE SOVIETS
CREATED
TO SERVE
THEIR
GOVERN-
MENT...

THE GIRL
WHO
TRICKED
DENI
IS ONE
OF THE
KIDS
FROM
THAT
ROOM.
GUINEA PIGS,
YOU'D CALL
THEM, :

The 11:08
Tsubasa
Shikansen
bound for
Yamagata...

Will depart
momentarily.
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RATS HIDE
IN THE SOIL IN
THE FIELDS.
THEY'LL DAMAGE
THE CROPS...

---9O BEFORE
THE GROUND
IS COVERED
IN SNOW, YOU
HAVE TO EXTER-
MINATE THEM.

YOU DO IT BY
DIGGING INTO AND GIVE HAS THIS
THE SOIL AND THEM A FARM OUT
HAVING DOGS LITTLE IN THE
CATCH AND HELP COUNTRY.
KILL THEM... WITH THEIR
WORK.

---BUT
I FIND ---AND I
WATCHING COULDN'T
THAT TO TELL YOU
BE VERY WHY...
CALMING.
THAT'S WHY
I LIKE THE
COUNTRY
MOUSE.
REALLY"
"WHY
Tercera
SG

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I KILL YOU
THE FIRST
TIME WE
MET?
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YE
SCHOOL
EITHER:
I TOLD
YOU TO
COME
WITH AKI.

YOU'RE
KIND.
TELL ME...
IS THE CITY
A GOOD
PLACE?
MEET A GIRL you SHE WAS
WHO'S RIGHT LIVED IN OUT OF
FOR YOU SEPARATE YOUR
EVENTUALLY. WORLDS. LEAGUE.
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2
= f
2
Bee

I
WHAT FOLLOWED
A PUNY YOUR
PLACE!! SCENT HERE.

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THESE THESE
SHOULD FLOWERS
SUIT ME I
PERFECTLY!

* She
_ THOSE
ARE MINE!!
| THIEF!
MAN
CHAINSAW

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