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Setting[edit]

The story is set in a world where Devils (悪魔, Akuma) are born from human fears. Devils are usually dangerous and malevolent, their power is proportional to the fear they incite. However, humans can form contracts with them to use their power, and there are individuals specializing in hunting and employing them, called Devil Hunters (デビルハンター, Debiru Hantā). Devils originate from Hell, and exist in a cycle between Earth and Hell: they migrate to Earth when killed in Hell, and vice-versa. Dwelling in Hell are extremely powerful Devils called Primal Fears, which have never been killed. Transit between planes appears to be overseen by the Hell Devil (地獄の悪魔, Jigoku no Akuma).

A Devil may, in certain conditions, inhabit the body of a dead human, gaining some of their memories and personality; such a creature is called a Fiend(魔人, Majin, lit. Demonic Person). Devils who naturally have a humanoid form are said to be benevolent to humans.

The events of the story take place in 1997, in an alternate timeline where the Soviet Union still exists, and many events such as the Holocaust, AIDSand nuclear weapons are revealed to have been erased from history and have ceased to exist entirely due to the consumption of their respective Devils. Likewise, there has been no war since the First World War as the War Devil has been weakened to the point that the only traces of war exist in pop culture and media.

Plot[edit]Further information: List of Chainsaw Man charactersPart 1 – Public Safety Arc[edit]

Denji is a young man trapped in poverty, working off his deceased father's debt to the yakuza by working as a Devil Hunter, aided by Pochita, his canine companion and Chainsaw Devil. Denji is betrayed by the yakuza, who kill him for a contract with the Zombie Devil. Pochita makes a contract with Denji, merging with him as a human-devil Hybrid, under the condition that Denji shows his dreams to Pochita. Denji massacres the yakuza, and is approached by a team of governmental Devil Hunters, the Public Safety Division, led by Makima, who persuades him to join their ranks. Agreeing, Denji is partnered with Power, the Blood Fiend, and Aki Hayakawa, a self-destructive Devil Hunter. Makima promises Denji any favor, provided he kill the Gun Devil, perpetrator of the greatest massacre in human history.

Denji's group encounters another hybrid, the Katana Man, a vengeful yakuza seemingly allied with the Gun Devil, who kills a great portion of the Division. Denji and Power are trained by Kishibe, a master Devil-hunter who distrusts Makima; Aki makes a deal with the Future Devil, who foresees a "horrible death" for him. The Division launches a counter-attack against the Katana Man, capturing him.

Some time later, Denji begins a romance with a woman named Reze, who is actually the Bomb Devil, a Hybrid spy for the Soviet Union, sent to capture him. Though returning his affection, she attacks the city, with the Division barely saving Denji. After recovering, Denji fights her, and accepts a proposal to leave Japan together; before they can reunite, Makima secretly captures her. Denji's fight with Bomb Devil reveals his existence to the world.

Foreign assassin groups target Denji: Chinese hunter Quanxi; a mysterious enemy of Makima called "Santa Claus"; three American brothers; and a Russian woman teaching a pupil, Tolka. Denji is outfitted with a security detail. Though the brothers are repelled, and Quanxi initially stalls, Santa Claus uses their Doll Devil powers for a large horde attack. After a follow-up by Quanxi, Tolka's master reveals herself as the true "Santa Claus", and has all parties transported to Hell, where they are attacked by the Darkness Devil. Santa Claus makes a contract with the Darkness Devil that empowers her. Makima retrieves the group from Hell, and Quanxi (who is revealed to be a hybrid) helps Denji defeat Santa Claus; Makima dispatches her afterwards.

After Denji recovers, Makima reveals the Gun Devil is actually a geopolitical asset, with many factions controlling pieces of it. As Aki begs Makima for Denji's safety, the president of the United States orders the Gun Devil to attack Japan and kill Makima. Revealed to be the Control Devil, Makima confronts the Gun Devil and wins. Aki dies in the attack, and the Gun Devil takes his body as a Fiend. Denji is attacked by the Gun Fiend, and, helped by civilians, kills it; Aki's death devastates him. While seemingly consoling him, Makima kills Power, revealing herself responsible for Denji's losses, having plotted to void his contract with Pochita by crushing his dreams of a normal life.

Kishibe attacks her, and she calls for "Chainsaw Man" to save her. Controlling Denji's body, Pochita assumes his true form and runs. Makima explains her goals: to use Pochita's power to eliminate concepts from reality to create a world without suffering; to this end, she was empowered by the government with immortality. Fighting the Chainsaw Man using the brainwashed Hybrids, which include Katana Man, Reze, and Quanxi, she wins, as Denji's heroic deeds have weakened Pochita. However, Power revives as the Blood Devil from a remnant of her blood from Denji, escapes with Chainsaw Man, and, mortally wounded, restores Denji's will to live, having him promise to find her when she is reborn in Hell.

Invigorated by public support for him, Denji confronts Makima and defeats her; to bypass her immortality, he eats her body. Later, Kishibe reveals the Control Devil resurfaced in the form of a little girl, now named Nayuta. He asks Denji to look after her, and Pochita supports this mission in Denji's dreams. Later, Denji enrolls in high school and continues fighting devils under the public eye.

Part 2[edit]

Asa Mitaka is an introverted high school student attending Fourth East High School, who have trouble with society following the death of her mother. One day, her class is introduced to Bucky, a chicken devil and has the class host him for three months, with the class having the choice to kill or spare him. Three months later, the class spares Bucky, having grown attached to him. Bucky encourages Asa to come out of her shell, but is killed when Asa trips while carrying him. Later, she is confronted by a student who has made a deal with the Justice Devil who kills Asa. Revived by forming a deal with the War Devil, called "Yoru", Asa seeks to find and kill the Chainsaw Man, though she and Yoru have differing goals: Asa wants Yoru to leave her body, while Yoru wants to reclaim the Nuclear Weapons Devil from Pochita. To locate Chainsaw Man, they join the school's Devil Hunter Club, where they are partnered with Hirofumi Yoshida, a private sector devil hunter from an unknown organization, and Yuko, a friendly student who became friends with her.

Meanwhile, Denji has adapted to his new life as a normal high school student, also attending Fourth East, while using his newfound superhero fame as the Chainsaw Man to attract as many women around him. Yoshida, who previously assisted Denji from assassins, keeps tabs on him under an unknown mission. Desperate for a girlfriend, Yoshida introduces Denji to Asa, who immediately disbelieves him when he tries to convince her he is the Chainsaw Man. 

Asa later discovers that Yuko formed a contract with the Justice Devil and plans on enacting revenge on Asa's behalf to everyone who bullied her. Using Yoru's abilities, Asa confronts her, but accidently sliced Yuko to several pieces. Suddenly, a mysterious student revives Yuko under Asa's request who calls her "little sister", turning Yuko into a giant devil rampaging the school.

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Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Not me. This here story, at least. 
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Tridemic.

Maybe that sounds rough, but there are stories of how bad it's getting as well as how hospitals will be clogged up in no time. 
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A Serious Map

Still can't even come close to wrapping my head around this map. Any of them. kWell this video clear it up though. 



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Pen America

Trad Publishing is still biased. No shock there. Shocking that people will talk about "they only pick the best and what will sell" as if that's ever true or that's ever the only factor. Sigh. 
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Decline Continues.

Life expectancy went down another year in the US. Full report here. 26 years of progress wiped out. Also note that the life expectancy stalled in 2010 and throughout the Great Recession. Something I and many public health types noted. That spoke to a general sickness in the polity and this pandemic only set us sliding downhill (and it started with Reagan, in that he managed to start our divergence from the rest of the developing world). Note that we have been passed by China and their "Covid 0" policy that our media mocks and yet they don't seem to connect the two things at all. If anything is done, it will be more $ to the superrich as they spend more money to "fight" china, which they'll only do if it enriches themselves. 

Also note that Cuba, the country we've spent decades trying to destroy, has now passed us in life expectancy and, all because destroying poor people here is just as important for our elites. It's just impressive and instead of talking about this and how inequality plays a major role, we get people talking about the fentanyl overdoses as if it's Opium war 2, the revenge (and some thinking it's the only thing that's causing the decline). Seriously, always looking for a golden conspiracy, when it's kind of a conspiracy but not in the way they think. Sigh 😔 
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Winter is Coming

And so mud season should slow down the fighting in Ukraine. Have to agree with Norman Finkelstein in the sense that hearing form both sides (let's say Scott Ritter)[1] you're basically getting propaganda or "Russians say x and Ukraine says y" and it's hard to know what's going on. Impossible and one can barely add some kinds of probabilities anywhere. 
So what exactly is the situation? Is Russia just about to collapse? Insurgency and frontlines falling apart? Or has Ukraine done all they can and will now lose? Hard to know, tbf, but either way talking is the way to do it. But the thing is, either way peace talks are the only way. That means ringing in the Ukrainian far right and the US giving some assurances. Because, all evidence points to most Russian elites believing this is an existential threat and the more they lose they worse off the world will be. Period. That's it, that's my view. Peace first. The propaganda in the US, sure, it's better than in Russia, but it's stronger than at the turn of this century and that worries me. it does help, though, to see which types are cheerleading this war, especially those in the #theresistance parts. 
I should also say that even if far right types have made this some odd "us against the wokes"sorta thing (with Putin as their guy, ffs) that doesn't mean you have to be opposed to them. Again, it's like the anti-big Pharma or Bill Gates talking points. Most were crazy, but doesn't mean those two entities shouldn't have plenty of criticism levied against them. 
Carry on. 
[1] he gives a good alt to the current narrative in the US but borders on propaganda or crosses over to propaganda when it comes to this war. He was saying it was over for Ukraine in the summer, he was wrong, and yet he keeps saying it's all over for them. Yet he's right about Germany's economy, that it's flailing and because of energy prices. Yet you won't hear that here. Same with who is most likely to have blown up Nordstream 2. Hard, really, to say what's going on.  
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So it Goes

Doctor strike. Don't think I've ever heard of that. Things aren't going back to normal and people everywhere aren't happy. We'll see how it goes, especially if fuel prices keep going up. 
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Space!

Awesome images  here. And some ones from a Chinese telescope. 

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AI TExt

this is not scary at all:
Once upon a time there was a boy in a village. He was very poor. His family was very poor. One day, the boy was walking down the street when he saw a man walking down the street. The man was very rich. The boy thought to himself, 'I am very poor. I have nothing. I don't have anything. But this man has a lot of money. I am going to be rich too. And so he went up to the man and asked him for some money. The man gave him some money. The boy took the money and walked down the street. He walked down the street and he saw another man. He thought to himself, 'I am very poor. I have nothing. I don't have anything. But this man has a lot of money. I am going to be rich too. And so he went up to the man and asked him for some money. The man gave him some money.
yeah I'll wait for something better.
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