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| “ | Maybe I became a Devil Hunter for a really shallow reason... but I'm willing to die to keep living like this. | „ |
| ~ Denji affirming his goal to get a good life. |
Denji, also known as Chainsaw Man, is the titular main protagonist of the Chainsaw Man franchise.
He is a teen who suffered from huge poverty after his father left him with huge debt in his back. To get out of poverty, he must work as a Devil Hunter and have the best life possible, in order to fulfill the dream he told his pet, Pochita.
He is voiced by Kikunosuke Toya in Japanese, and Ryan Colt Levy in English, who also voices Rody Soul in My Hero Academia.
His Good Ranking[]
What Make Him Admirable?[]
Part 1[]
- When he was young, he saved Pochita's life by sacrificing his flesh to the Chainsaw Devil himself.
- Despite his huge poverty, he decided to take Pochita with him.
- Before he join the Public Safety Devil Hunter Organization, he and Pochita killed some devils, which could save some lives in the progress.
- When Pochita got injured by the Zombie Devil, the dying Denji tried to carry him to safety. In return, Pochita gave him his Chainsaw Devil powers to him by merging with the latter, saving his life.
- Despite him wanting the best life, it is mostly to fulfill Pochita's wishes, who wanted him to show his best.
- He killed the Zombie Devil which would save potential victims from its zombification.
- While he worked for the Public Safety Devil Hunter Organization, he killed several dangerous devils.
- He killed the Eternity Devil and saved his fellow Devil Hunters from dying of starvation, despite them trying to sell him out to save themselves.
- He defeated Katana Man to avenge Himeno's death.
- His time with Reze convinced her to abandon her mission to kill him and try to be with him.
- He tried to avoid killing the doll-transformed humans due to believing that they were still in there, when he killed one that called him a murderer, he felt remorse and lost his will to fight until Quanxi convinced him to not hold back.
- Defeated Santa Claus, avenging and saving so many people in the process.
- Despite the hardship he endured during the Organization, he had formed good friendships with his co-workers, especially Power and Aki. Their bonds are so strong that he mentally breaks whenever he witnessed them being killed or being forced to kill them.
- He killed the Gun Fiend when it was possessing Aki's corpse, stopping from massacring innocent people.
- After being mentally abused greatly by Makima, he and Pochita decided to put an end to her madness to avenge his fallen friends, saving Japan and even the world from her attempted reign of terror.
Part 2[]
- Though it was unintentional, he saved Asa Mitaka and Yuko from being eaten from the reincarnated Bat Devil.
- Saved a cat from the Cockroach Devil, this indicates that he still misses Power.
- Stopped the devil-transformed Yuko from continuing her rampage, saving many lives in the process.
- He forgave and cheered up Asa when she admitted that she tried to kill him.
- As Chainsaw Man, he convinced and motivated Asa to keep living when she initially tried to let herself die, and tried to keep her safe from the Falling Devil and Justice Devil until nightfall.
- When Yoshida told him to stop being Chainsaw Man for Nayuta's sake, Denji agreed and temporarily stopped becoming Chainsaw Man.
- Although he agreed to join the Chainsaw Man Church to have sex with a girl, he was disgusted that the members of the church have to get marry and have children and was horrified when Barem suggested to kill Asa so he became Chainsaw Man again that he immediately left the church.
- When hearing Fumiko's backstory that she was there when Denji had to fight and kill the Gun Fiend, he asks her if her parents survived and showed sadness when he figured out that they didn't.
- When Nayuta tried to kill Fumiko, he distracts her so that Fumiko can escape and convinced Nayuta not to kill people and to not join the Devil's side.
- When he saw his apartment on fire, he immediately ran towards it to try to save his pets.
- When Miri claims that burning down his home was the key to save the world, Denji calls him out on how insane he sounds.
- He defeated Miri, Spear Man and Whip Woman for what they did to his pets. Although it was brutal, it was justified for what they did.
- When a mob of people tried to kill him, he cut off on of their hands to prevent him from burning him. Though it was lethal, it was in self-defense.
- Despite telling Nayuta he saw her as a burden, he only lied to her so that she won't try to be associated with him and save herself from the angry mob who hate Chainsaw Man.
- When he woke up a week later in a hospital, he immediately wanted to go find and save Nayuta.
- When his dismembered body reattached and woke up in a bed, he first worryingly asks Asa what happened to her arm.
- Despite Yoru and Asa being convinced that Nayuta is dead, Denji didn't lose hope and continued searching for her.
- Despite brutally ripping off Barem's head, it was justified for all the evil things Barem did to Denji and his loved ones.
What Make Him Inconsistent?[]
- The main reason he cannot be NPG is because he's an anti-hero. While he is capable of empathy for others, his primary goal is to live the best life possible due to the harsh conditions in his life.
- He's shown to possesses sexual motives, like one of them is planning to join the Chainsaw Man Church to have sex with a girl, as well as trying to blow his own cover in order to impress girls.
- He has clear moral agency issues:
- When he's in his Hybrid form, he becomes a deranged sadist who likes to taunt and annihilate his enemy devils. This form at times also causes him to lose some senses of his humanity.
- His mental health had damaged him so bad that he become a pessimistic person that cannot process what he is thinking, like when asked what makes him believe in his ideas, he replied with sex.
- He is extremely lethal, as he loves to tear his enemies apart and make them suffer, though due to how many Devils care about killing humans and many villains like Katana Man and Santa Claus kill their own henchmen with no remorse, this is a minor prevention.
- Despite not wanting to kill innocent civilians, he is fine with letting them (especially males) die as he didn't bother to save a teenage boy and a car of old people from the Cockroach Devil and kicked a man off his motorcycle to escape the Justice Devil.
- He is mischievous, as he and Power shoved poop up Aki's nose and upper lip.
External Links[]
- Denji on the Chainsaw Man Wiki
- Denji on the Heroes Wiki
- Denji on the Shonen Heroes Wiki
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 Inconsistently Admirable
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