
| “ | I had udon for the first time today, man. A sausage, too. Got treated like a decent person for the first time, and even had someone pay for my meal. It's like a dream come true for me. I didn't really think it through when I started devil hunting, but if I get to keep up this kind of life? I don't care if it kills me. | „ |
| ~ Denji's resolve to Aki |
| “ | Everybody wants to trash-talk my plans... It's revenge this, protect my family that, and save a cat, too! Blah, blah, blah! I guess your fancy dreams make you guys hot shit, huh?! How about we have us a dream battle, then?! How about that?! If I murderize you, that means your dream's weaker than fondling a tit! | „ |
| ~ Denji to the Leech Devil |

| “ | All right already, I get it! I'll go get eaten! But I'm gonna fight back, you know. [...] Asshole, going and protecting me... Don't go doing shit you don't have to do. I'm not looking to have any more debts, so if we get out of this, we're calling it even! | „ |
| ~ Denji |

| “ | Yeah, maybe I can't eat steak every day... But I do eat potstickers and ice cream and other tasty foods. I'm happy with my normal life. Plus, a normal life was my dream. | „ |
| ~ Denji's refusal to join the Chainsaw Man Church |

| “ | I'm the worst, aren't I, Pochita? They burned down my home... With my pets inside it and I...
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Summary
Denji (デンジ) is the main protagonist of the first part of the manga and anime series Chainsaw Man. He is a teenage devil hunter with the exceptional ability to transform into a devil himself.
After the death of his parents, Denji found himself the sole inheritor of the debts they owed to the Yakuza. Left on his own after being given the choice of either paying off the debt or being killed by the Yakuza, Denji would soon run into an injured devil. This was the Chainsaw Devil, Pochita. Realizing each other's predicament, Denji formed a contract with Pochita: in exchange for some of his blood, the devil would aid in his quest to slay devils to make money. Denji and Pochita eventually formed a close friendship while Denji used Pochita to work as a devil hunter for the local Yakuza.
However, this would only last for so long, as the Yakuza eventually betrayed Denji, dismembering him and Pochita and throwing their remains in a dumpster as a sacrifice to the Zombie Devil. Pochita then formed a new contract with Denji: in exchange for Pochita becoming his heart, Denji was to continue chasing the dreams he told to Pochita during their time together. Fusing with Pochita and gaining his devil powers, Denji is reborn as the titular Chainsaw Man, a Devil-human hybrid, and easily slays his betrayers. In order to honor Pochita's last wish, Denji becomes a Public Safety Devil Hunter after meeting Makima, a high-ranking Public Safety member who offers Denji the position due to her interest in his abilities.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-A, Varies; 8-C when transformed, higher with chainsaws | 9-A, Varies; High 8-C when transformed, higher with chainsaws | 9-A, Varies; 8-B when transformed, 8-A with chainsaws | 9-A, At least 8-C when transformed, higher with chainsaws, At least 8-A with Power's Blood Chainsaw | 9-A, Varies; At least 8-A when transformed, higher with chainsaws
Key: Pre-Training | Post-Training | Post-Broadcast | Post-Weakening | Post-Fear Boost
Name: Denji, Chainsaw Man
Origin: Chainsaw Man
Gender: Male
Age: 16 (Chapters 1-79), 17 (Chapter 80+), 18 (Current)
Classification: Devil-Human Hybrid, Devil Hunter
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- General Hybrid Physiology
- Transformation (Able to transform into his Hybrid form by pulling the chainsaw cord imbedded on his chest either by using his own hands,[1] teeth[2] or with the help of others[3])
- Self-Healing & Limited Statistics Amplification (Up to High-Mid; Aside from his innate regeneration through drinking blood,[4] Denji has also shown to be able to regenerate from wounds such as decapitation[5] and bisection[6] as well as scale to the regeneration of his fellow Hybrids, who've survived being reduced to just a head,[7] by pulling his chainsaw cord. This also seems to bring him back into peak shape but is entirely dependent on how much blood he has in his body[8])
- Limited Body Control (Able to unhinge his jaw and digestive system to inhuman levels; enough to stuff half a person into his mouth[9] and vomit out both the Aging Devil and Tadashi Hasegawa[10])
- Martial Arts (Shown to be a decently skilled street-brawler, knowing to aim for weak spots and being able to trade hands with experienced fighters albeit after catching them off guard[11])
- Weapon Mastery (Has been hunting devils using Pochita, essentially a living chainsaw dog, as a weapon ever since he was a child.[12] Also shown to have some proficiency with using an axe[13])
- Supernatural Willpower (Possess unnatural willpower far from the average devil hunter; showing that he will still continue to unapologetically fight on even if he's being continuously mutilated, killed repeatedly or experiencing any of the showings in his stamina section below[14][15][5])
- Transformation (Able to transform back into his human form at will[12])
- Cyborgization, Bodily Weaponry & Chainsaw Creation (Partial; Upon entering his Hybrid form, he's partially turned into a literal chainsaw; growing chainsaw blades out his head and arms. These arms-blades can be retracted at will[8] and can increase in speed through further pulling of his cord)
- Limited Fire Manipulation & Heat Manipulation (By smashing his chainsaws together, Denji is able to create sparks which can light up gasoline[16])
- Immortality (Enhanced Type 3; Able to fully recover from attaining injuries that would be fatal to even devils through some blood and pulling his chainsaw cord[17])
- General Hybrid Resistances
- Extreme Heat/Fire Manipulation (Shown to be essentially completely unfazed after entirely lighting himself on fire with gasoline[16] and can fight just like any other day while set alight[18])
- Acid Manipulation (While ultimately still harmed, was able to resist being completely melted by the House Devil's stomach acid which was able to dissolve all traces of human bodies in a short while[19])
- Transmutation (Was unable to be turned into weapon by the War Devil[20] in spite of both parties' admittance to liking each other which is required for Asa/Yoru to turn people into weapons[21])
All previous abilities and resistances, plus:
- Enhanced Martial Arts (Received daily special combat training from Kishibe,[22] one of the most skilled close-quarters-combat practitioner shown in the series, until he was able to land a hit on him while he was tag-teaming with Power. Afterwards, still received weekly training[23] to where he was good enough to easily take down entire hordes of armed assailants without getting hit with just his fists and later a baseball bat[24])
- Enhanced Chainsaw Creation (During his training with Kishibe, learned how to form chainsaw blades out of his legs and feet[23][25])
- Acrobatics (Hypermobility & Surface Running; By manifesting chainsaw blades out of his feet, he can use them to stick onto walls and run on them[16])
- Chain Control & Limited Body Control (Shown to be able to separate his chainsaw chains from his body, that won't dissipate even after transforming back to his human form, to use as rope to tie people up.[26] After receiving some guidance from Beam, has learnt to better manipulate his chains in order to utilize it as reins[17] or to wrap around his opponents, allowing him to pull them closer to him.[18] These chains can also act like body tissue, allowing Denji to reattach body parts that get torn off[27])
All previous abilities and resistances, plus:
- Limited Vehicular Mastery (Shown to be skilled in motorcycle riding: being able dodge attacks, switch to riding on walls, and maneuver through the debris while in a falling building all while on a modified motorcycle[28])
- Limited Blood Manipulation & Weapon Creation (After forming a contract with the Blood Devil,[29] gained her blood which he can utilise to replenish himself or to manifest weapons out of; which are capable of disrupting the regenerative abilities of other devils through the blood being able to run amok in the body of whoever receive a wound from the blood weapons[30])
- Enhanced Acrobatics (Denji's skill has improved enough that he's able to easily maneuver between multiple tendrils coming towards him while in mid-air,[31] leap great distances with a single bound and run on walls without the use of his leg-blades[32])
- Limited Duplication (Able to create a clone of himself by tearing a piece of Pochita off his heart, however, needs to utilise quite a lot of blood in order for the clone to fully form[30])
- Limited Instinctive Action (Was able to easily dodge attacks from Post-Revival Yuko while attacking her in spite of only thinking of how to naturally expose his secret identity and not the actual fight itself[31])
Attack Potency: Small Building level[Note 1] (Even before merging with Pochita, has shown to be capable of taking down low tier devils while using Pochita as a weapon and seemingly without any injury in spite of surviving on essentially almost no food every single day.[12] After his merge with Pochita, his impressive strength remained, being able to knock down Aki Hayakawa with a kick to his balls before briefly trading blows with him, albeit Aki had been caught off guard by the initial attack,[11] and with the use of an axe; chopped off a fiend's head with ease[13]), Varies (With the devil embodying the fear of chainsaws within him, the more feared he is, the more powerful he becomes,[33] even a relatively minor boost in fear can immensely boost a devil's overall strength and effects of their abilities[34]); Building level when transformed[Note 2] (Portrayed to be stronger when transformed; being able to bust through a metal door that Power couldn't break through with ease.[19] Even when greatly weakened from blood loss to where he couldn't fully transform,[8] could still physically block attacks from and harm devils like the Leech Devil with his punches[15]), higher with chainsaws (Denji's chainsaw's are able to easily pierce through his own body, able to easily tear through devils such as the Zombie,[12] Bat,[35] and Eternity Devil[36] as well as be able contend with Katana Man with his chainsaws,[37] the latter two shown capable of directly harming Denji's durability.[38][37] )
Speed: Supersonic+[Note 3] (Should be comparable to other human devil hunters such as Aki Hayakawa, Denji himself could casually behead a fiend before it could strike him in spite of the fiend attacking before him[13]), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed[Note 4] (Generally portrayed to be faster when transformed; being able to dodge attacks from and land attacks before devils such as the Bat Devil could properly react.[35] Able to trade blows with Katana Man and easily blitzed a couple of goons.[37])
Lifting Strength: Class 5[Note 5] (Should scale to other human devil hunters such as Aki Hayakawa), Varies; At least Class 5,[Note 6] likely Class 100 when transformed[Note 7] (Shouldn't be too far away in terms of strength from his Post-Training key. Was able to catch a car thrown at him and throw it back[35])
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; At most Building level when transformed
Durability: Small Building level[Note 1] (Can endure beatings from people comparable to him such as Aki Hayakawa[11]), Varies; At most Building level when transformed[Note 2] (Generally portrayed to be more durable when transformed; being shown capable of shrugging off a fall from the sky that destroyed a concrete roof upon his impact and surviving the Bat Devil's sonic attack that destroyed an entire building albeit it left him in a heavily injured state which he needed to regenerate from.[8]), higher with chainsaws (Bullets outright deflects off his non-human areas[39])
Attack Potency: Small Building level[Note 8] (After gruelling daily training with Kishibe, says that he's stronger than before and can take down much more devils easier.[23] Capable of blooding Beam with a punch[40], Varies; Large Building level+ when transformed[Note 9] (Should similarly be stronger than before due to his training; being able to surprise Katana Man by with his improvement[41] which he later confirms by telling Denji that he's "sharper than before"[42]), higher with chainsaws (Able to easily cut through the Typhoon Devil[43] who could walk through entire buildings unharmed, as well as other Hybrids such as Katana Man[25] and Bomb Girl[43])
Speed: Supersonic+[Note 3] (Should be faster than before after his gruelling daily training with Kishibe where he went from getting completely blitzed by Kishibe[4] to managing to land a single hit on him[23]), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed[Note 4] (Gotten faster to where he managed to surprised Katana Man by blocking his Sword-Draw Dash,[41] an attack that previously completely blitzed him,[37] later both reacts to and cuts Katana Man in half during his Sword-Draw Dash.[25] Able to move Beam through Bomb Girl's explosions.[43])
Lifting Strength: Class 5[Note 5] (Stronger than before due to his training with Kishibe[23]), Varies; At least Class 100 when transformed[Note 10] (Should scale to Reze, who easily withstood the the Violence Fiend's stomp[44])
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; Large Building level+ when transformed
Durability: Small Building level[Note 8] (Should be more durable than before due to his training. Was able to withstand being in close proximity to a small explosion created by Reze with little injury[45] and later his body was shown to be undamaged from being near a direct hit from rocket launcher[46]), Varies; Large Building level+ when transformed[Note 9] (Similarly, should be more durable than before. Survived being launched through concrete walls by Katana Man and is able to endure through several explosive punches from Bomb Girl.[41]), higher with chainsaws (Take's notably less damage from Bomb Girl's attacks, when defending with his chainsaws, which also remain in good condition in contrast to his main body,[6] when hit with Reze's torpedo explosions.)
Attack Potency: Small Building level[Note 8] (Still recieved weekly training with Kishibe, can easily take out Santa Claus' Dolls with a kick[47]), Varies; City Block level+ when transformed[Note 11] (Should be much stronger than before thanks to news of his existence being leaked, warranting other nations to send assassins after him,[48] fought Daytime Santa,[49] and the Gun Fiend, albiet was weaker than the latter[50]), Multi-City Block level with chainsaws[Note 12] (Easily cut off Daytime Santa's limbs,[49] could stab through the Gun Fiend and his Public Safety Uniform[50])
Speed: Supersonic+[Note 3] (Should be superior to his Post-Training Key, due to still till recieving weekly training from Kishibe ), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed[Note 4] (Dodged the Gun Fiend's shots and even managed to quickly move in front of one to block it[51])
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; City Block level+ when transformed
Lifting Strength: Class 5[Note 5] (Should be a bit stronger due to weekly training with Kishibe[23]), Varies; At least Class 100 when transformed[Note 10] (Should be much stronger than before, pulled a weakened Nighttime Santa towards him[52])
Durability: Small Building level[Note 8], Varies; City Block level+ when transformed[Note 11] (Took being plummeted through multiple floors of a building by Day-time Santa Claus[49], survived being swatted by Nighttime Santa[53]), Multi-City Block level with chainsaws[Note 12] (Blocked a shot from the Gun Fiend with his chainsaws, which could easily tear through multiple houses[51])
Attack Potency: Small Building level[Note 8] (Should scale to before as his human form should be unaffected by the fear empowerment devils receive. Took out an entire horde of armed assailants with just his fists and a baseball bat[24]), Varies; At least Building level when transformed[Note 13], higher with chainsaws (Weaker than before due to the success of Makima's plan of depowering him of power that devils receive by being feared.[54] In spite of this, still able to easily tear up devils like the Cockroach Devil[55] and Post-Revival Yuko,[31] both of which are capable of doing massive amounts of damage to buildings.[55][31] His daytime encounters and nighty vigilante work as Chainsaw Man[56] has left buildings destroyed as a side effect of his battles[57]), At least Multi-City Block level+ with Power's Blood Chainsaw[Note 14] (Able to slice into Makima[30])
Speed: Supersonic+[Note 3] (Should scale to before but likely faster than before; shown by him taking out an entire horde of armed assailants without getting hit[24] and moving in front of Miri so quick that it seemed like teleportation from his point of view[58]), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed[Note 4] (Slower than before due to the success of his depowerment.[54] However, still fast enough to dodge all of Post-Revival Yuko's tendrils with ease[31] who, before her revival by Fami, could block crossbow shots.[59] Later saved Asa before the Justice Devil's tendrils could hit them and shown to be fast enough to wall-run and keep up with speeding motorcycles[32])
Lifting Strength: Class 5[Note 5] (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Class 5 when transformed[Note 6] (Weaker than before due to his depowerment.[54] Was able to jump to a upper apartment level from the road in a single bound[32] in spite of being notably heavy[60])
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; At least Building level when transformed
Durability: Small Building level[Note 8] (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Building level when transformed[Note 13] (Less durable than before due to his depowerment.[54] However, still capable of shrugging off a flurry of punches from the Cockroach Devil which caused massive amounts of damage to the building Denji was thrown into[55]), higher with chainsaws
Attack Potency: Small Building level[Note 8] (Same as before. Using an axe crafted by Asa, was able to chop into multiple humans who had turned into trees without the Aging Devil's power, by tapping into an innate mechanism triggered when they reached the culmination of thought.[61] After boring a large hole into them, he proceeded to eat their internals until nothing was left.[62]), Varies; At least Multi-City Block level when transformed[Note 15] (Much stronger than his prior key's due to the success of Fami's plan of re-empowering Chainsaw Man with fear[63] which caused Chainsaw Man to become an everyday object of fear on par with sickness and aging,[64] aging being later revealed as a devil with the name of a Primal Fear.[65][66]), higher with chainsaws (Faced off against the Chainsaw Man Church Hybrid's which included a battle against the Sword, Whip and Spear Hybrids, in which he was able to hortizontally bisect through himself and Spear Man in one clean saw, in which despite only being a torso, crawled over to Spear Man and procceed to slice off his head and consume it. Followed by Whip Woman who after slicing her leg off to make her loose footing to repeatedly sawing through her body. Was able to uppercut Sword Man in the jaw, momentarily halting him, then punches through Miri, procceeding to slowly saw vertically through his torso.[67])
Speed: Supersonic+[Note 3] (Should scale to before), Varies; At least Supersonic+ when transformed[Note 4] (Much faster than his last key due to the success of his re-empowerment.[63] Easily dodged the Whip Hybrids's attack while knocking back Sword Man before he could hit him,[67] both of which are able to fight alongside other hybrids such as Katana Man and Bomb Girl[68])
Lifting Strength: Class 5[Note 5] (Was able to choke Barem Bridge, causing him to struggle to break free, and then proceeded to squeeze his neck to the point of ripping Barem's head off his shoulders), Varies; At least Class M when transformed[Note 16] (Massively superior to his prior key due to his re-empowerment, which allowed the Chainsaw Devil to become feared on a level comparable to the Aging Devil,[64] whom is a devil with the name of a Primal Fear.[65] This in turn, empowers Denji when he is transformed.)
Striking Strength: Small Building level, Varies; At least Multi-City Block level when transformed
Durability: Small Building level[Note 8] (Same as before.), Varies; At least Multi-City Block level when transformed[Note 15] (Much more durable than his prior keys due to his re-empowerment.[63]), higher with chainsaws (Able to block an attack from Sword Man)
Stamina: Superhuman (Even before becoming a Devil-Human Hybrid, Denji has been continuously hunting devils and doing other odd jobs while malnourished to the point of having trouble sleeping from the hunger every single day. Even after being stabbed through the heart, could still run away for a brief while.[12] This phenomenal ability to endure has only been further shown after his revival. Extreme injuries such as disembowelment,[50] broken bones,[69] amputation,[27] being set ablaze,[18] being dissolved by acid,[19] bisection[67] and even decapitation[5] have shown to not be enough to stop his determination to keep on fighting; likely thanks to his resolute will and masochist tendencies revealed later on.[67] Also, thanks to his physiology, Denji can theoretically fight indefinitely as long as there's blood around. This can be seen with his battle with the Eternity Devil, where he battled the devil non-stop for three days straight[14])
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Extended Melee Range with Equipment and Chainsaws, Up to Tens of Meters with Chains (Can use the chains from his chainsaws to wrap around his opponents from afar[18])
Part 1:
- Devil Hunter Suit, Public Safety ID Badge and Axe
- Optional Equipment: Power's Blood and Blood Chainsaw
Part 2:
- School ID
- Optional Equipment: Super Chainsaw Motorcycle
At least Average. Due to his impoverished upbringing and incessant life as a devil hunter, Denji has been severely debilitated with his formal education - having never gone to a school before; showing trouble understanding basic kanji[70][71] and the meanings of principal terms during the beginning of Part 1,[13] although this inadvertently has lead to him being able to stay calm in most high-pressure situations.[72] However, it's best to describe Denji as simply untaught rather than actually dumb. He has been shown to already be able to quickly perform long addition in his head at the very start of the series[12] and since then has cognitively progressed by a good amount thanks to being placed under Aki's care,[73] training with Kishibe,[23] watching educational television every single day[18][74] and going to a proper high-school by the end of Part 1.[75] Notably, Denji has shown to possess an incredible attention to detail, e.g. being able to quickly catch onto Power's contradiction of speech when she attempted to lure him into a trap,[33] and recall information even in situations where it seems that he isn't paying any attention at all.[76] Through his perceptiveness, he's able to turn the information he's noticed into strategic or tactical plans when needed. Moreover, Denji has also shown to be able to master various activities in a relatively short amount of time, this can be seen with him learning how to swim after just one short lesson with Reze[27] and being able to produce a wide-range of appetizing culinary dishes after just a few months.[75] His experience living out in the streets has also greatly helped him practically in situations such as making money, e.g. recycling cigarette butts in order to make money from the homeless[77] and exploiting the Eternity Devil's loop to collect duplicating student hats in order to sell them later.[78]
Gifted. Even before his proper training, Denji has shown to be an extremely practical fighter thanks to being in the devil-hunting business ever since he was still a child.[12] He's perfectly willing to aim for the weak points of an opponent's body right at the start of a fight and exploit those injured areas.[11] Denji's ability in combat has since greatly improved thanks to his special training with the likes of Kishibe,[22] a veteran devil hunter who's skilled enough to briefly keep up with Quanxi,[79] another hunter that's skilled enough to be regarded to be able to win against anyone else in the world in a pure bare-knuckle fighting.[80] Through his training, Denji has learnt and later practically applied lessons such as: to always keep a cool head while in battle, be perspective if the environment around him can be exploited against an opponent[23] and to never trust what a "hunter" says.[81] Through Denji may appear naive and dense sometimes, his quick-thinking and outright luscious ingenuity in battle has let him overcome insurmountable situations (examples shown below in 'Feats - Intelligence'). Moreover, he's also able to formulate complex plans that utilises the knowledge he's gained about his opponent with resources he has access to when push comes to shove, as seen in the final battle of the Public Safety Arc, where he managed to take Makima by surprise and successfully outsmart her.[30][75]
Standard Tactics:
While Denji typically doesn't prefer to transform into his Hybrid form due to having to deal with the blood loss after he transforms back,[33] he has no qualms transforming when the situation really calls for it. Due to his early experience devil-hunting, Denji has shown to be perfectly willing to end fights as quickly as possible such as targeting areas such the neck for a swift kill.[13] While early on into the series, when faced against male opponents, he would typically try to aim for their nuts first,[11] he has since refined much of his close-quarters combat skills[24] through his training with Kishibe.
When transformed, Denji way of combat changes more towards rushing down his opponents, viscously slashing away at them while relying on his own ability to dodge, endure or his opponent's own blood to regenerate from any attack that's thrown his way.[14][18][82] While Denji does get "battle high" from combat,[83] he still has shown to be perfectly able to adapt to his opponent and strategise against them mid-fight.
Weaknesses: Possesses all general weaknesses possessed by Hybrids. As abilities such as his innate regeneration and transformation are linked to the amount of blood he has in his body,[4][84] if he's running low on blood, he will be unable to regenerate[8] or maintain his transformation.[14] This isn't helped by the fact that just his transformation will cause him lose a lot of blood due to cutting himself with his chainsaws[2] to the point where he'll get incredibly faint[33] and can even pass out after a long battle when reverted back to human form.[71] Likewise, his trigger-based regeneration requires him to pull on the cord on his chest in order for it to work. Can be manipulated to do favours by money or sexual favours from women he finds pretty[85][86] even if they're actively trying to kill him[44] or he himself knows that it's a honey trap.[24] Furthermore, will actively attempt to save pretty women or animals when they're in danger.[85][55] He's also prone to swallow anything with nutritional value that enters his mouth.[87]
Feats:
- A Younger, Pre-Merge Denji was able to kill his own drunk father when he was younger
- A Younger, Pre-Merge Denji was able to kill the Marshmallow Devil with Pochita
- Pre-Merge Denji cuts down a bunch of small trees with Pochita
- Pre-Merge Denji kills the Tomato Devil with Pochita
- Carries a small girl on his back to safely in spite of losing a lot of blood
- Knocks an off-guard Aki down and greatly harms him by kicking him in the nuts before briefly trading blows
- Chops off an unnamed Fiend's head with ease with his axe
- Able to briefly, playfully wrestle with Power
- Harms human Katana Man by continuously kicking him in the balls with Aki
- Bloodies Beam with a punch to his face
- Bloodies and knocks down a Doll with a flying kick to their face
- Beats up a student offscreen, making him lose a tooth and ending up putting him in the hospital
- Defeats a whole horde of armed assailants with his fists and a baseball bat
- Cuts through a bunch of zombies dogpiling him with ease
- Stabs the Zombie Devil's through it's right eye before slicing the Zombie Devil in half
- Easily cuts off limbs, beheads and slices a whole lot of zombies in half
- Easily chops the Muscle Devil to pieces
- Slashes out of the Bat Devil's grip with his chainsaws
- Cuts off the Bat Devil's right arm with his chainsaws
- Punches the Bat Devil through the wall of a building
- Catches a car tossed from the Bat Devil and throws it back at him
- Slices up the Bat Devil into pieces with his chainsaws
- Knocks back the Leech Devil briefly with a punch while greatly weakened
- Busted through a metal door with his chainsaws
- Able to slice through a door that Power couldn't break through with ease
- Easily cuts through a steel door with his chainsaws
- Breaks through the House Devil eyes with ease
- Bursts out of the Eternity Devil's mouth with his chainsaws
- Competes with Katana Man and manages to send him through a wall with a punch
- Knocks out a goon temporarily with a kick to the face and a knee to another's face
- After training, was strong enough to block one of Katana Man’s Sword-Draw Dashes
- Cuts Katana Man in half with his leg chainsaw
- Cuts through a car's roof with his chainsaws
- Cuts off Reze's leg with his chainsaws
- Cuts apart and eventually kills the Typhoon Devil by swinging his chainsaws around its core
- Cuts off four of Santa Claus' arms with his chainsaws
- Pierces some Dolls with his chainsaw arms and legs
- Slices through an night-empowered Santa Claus with his alighted chainsaws twice
- Manages to pull Santa Claus towards him in order to burst through her with his leg chainsaw
- Lifts a car to crush Santa Claus under it
- Kills the Gun Fiend through stabbing through him multiple times
- Punches the Cockroach Devil into the Bat Devil, killing the latter and breaking part of a building
- Cuts off the Cockroach Devil's arm
- Slices through the Cockroach Devil's arm and then its head
- Slices one of Post-Revival Yuko's tendrils in half and later multiple
- Slices up Post-Revival Yuko offscreen with ease
- Slices and dices up the Falling Devil multiple times
- Temporarily prevents Asa from floating away due to the Falling Devil's antigravity
- Deforms a car's roof just by jumping on it
- Kicks a guy off his speeding motorcycle with ease
- Knees Sword Man in the face, knocking him back
- Self-bisects himself and the Spear Hybrid who was behind him with his chainsaws
- Easily rips off the Spear Hybrid's head with his head chainsaw
- Tackles the Whip Hybrid to the ground with ease before slicing her up
- Stabs Sword Man with his chainsaw before cutting him up
- Cuts off a guy's hand with ease
- Punched the Bat Devil through a wall before it could react
- Leaped out the way of the Bat Devil's punch
- Dodged and blocked many of the Leech Devil's attacks while low on blood
- Able to compete with Katana Man
- Blitzed a few goons with guns before they could properly react
- Manages to successfully block Katana Man's Sword-Draw Dash after training
- Manages to successfully block Katana Man's sneak attack from above
- Successfully blocks one of Katana Man's Sword-Draw Dashes to protect a lady
- Revved up his engine before Reze's torpedo kick hit him
- Was able to direct Beam through Reze's explosive projectiles
- Was able to move Beam out the way of the Typhoon Devil's attack
- Crawled inside Beam's mouth before they hit the ground while they were in the air
- Blocked attacks from a bunch of Dolls
- Sliced through an Night-Empowered Santa Claus before she could block
- Dodges the Gun Fiend's shots several times
- Moved in the way of one of the Gun Fiend's shots in order to block it
- Easily dodges Post-Revival Yuko's tendrils with ease
- Resurrects and grabs Asa to escape all before the Justice Devil's tendrils could hit them
- Fast enough to wall run without the use of his leg chainsaw
- Evades the Justice Devil's tendrils while keeping up with speeding motorcycles
- Knocked back Sword Man before he could hit him while dodging Whip's attack
- Dodges Whip's attack in spite of being bisected
- Blocked one of Sword Man's attacks his chainsaws
- Endures a beating from Aki
- Shrugs off a punch from an injured Aki
- Survives getting punched up to the roof by Power
- Survives being caught in a small explosion created by Reze
- Survives being hit by a car but is heavily injured from it
- Survives being near a direct hit from rocket launcher
- Takes a punch from a random student
- Shrugs off a hit from a guy with a baseball bat
- Survives a fall from the sky and crashing through the concrete roof of a building
- Survives being blasted into a building by the Bat Devil's sonic attack
- Survives numerous blows from the Leech Devil while greatly weakened
- Bullets have been shown to deflect off his non-human parts
- Unharmed after being launched through a wall by Katana Man's Sword-Draw Dash
- Shrugs off falling off a building, landing on a slanted roof and then onto the roof of a train
- Survives getting sent through a train's roof by Katana Man
- Survives getting sent crashing up to the ceiling by Katana Man
- Tanks being caught in a explosion created by Reze that destroys a truck
- Tanks an explosive punch that launches him through 5 walls
- Tanks an explosion that destroys the inside of a building
- Survives an explosive punch that shatters a building’s roof and sends him flying into the air
- Survives Reze’s torpedo stomp however it splits Denji in half
- Survived Reze's torpedo stomp again, this time less injured
- Survives getting plummeted through multiple floors by Santa Claus
- Endures getting dogpiled by a bunch of Dolls
- Survives getting launched into a gas station building by Santa Claus
- Endures getting slammed into a wall, cratering part of it, by Santa Claus
- Survives getting hit by a car and then having that car explode on top of him
- Survives being at a epicentre of another exploding car that takes out Santa Claus
- Endures getting blasted back by the Gun Fiend
- Survives getting launched into multiple houses after getting shot by the Gun Fiend
- Survives getting blasted through multiple houses at the cost of his legs and one of his arms
- Shrugs off being thrown into a building and then pummelled by the Cockroach Devil
- Survives being kicked into a building by the Falling Devil albeit had his stomach pierced by the kick
- Pre-Merge Denji endured being stabbed through the back with a sword long enough to run away briefly before getting caught
- Endures getting a whole lot of blood squeezed out of him by the Bat Devil and still manages to get up & latch onto the Bat Devil in spite of this
- Even after getting his right arm blown off right after fighting the Bat Devil and losing so much blood that he couldn't fully transform, still decided to face off against the Leech Devil just for the chance to touch Power's breasts
- Seemingly fine after getting his blood sucked from him by Power while he was sleeping
- Still stayed conscious after getting his tongue bit out, throat slit and hand cut off
- Still stayed conscious after being bisected and launched out of his apartment
- Fought zombies for an entire night right after his first transformation into Chainsaw Man, before defeating the Muscle Devil a short while after this
- Battled the House Devil for a entire night while being continuously melted by its stomach acid and was able to be somewhat alright in the end despite having the entire right half of his body melted
- Continuously drinks the Eternity Devil's blood despite it being "as gross as sewage water" and battle the Eternity Devil for 3 days with no rest
- Shrugs off getting shot in the chest by a handgun
- Manages to stay conscious after being completely bisected, partly thanks to revving up his engine beforehand
- Shrugs off having one of his arms blown off by Reze
- Endures setting himself alight before getting stabbed a whole lot by a bunch of Dolls
- Endured having his intestines blown out of his body
- Manages to stay conscious after being bisected by the Falling Devil
- Carries Asa back to the human world even while getting continuously stabbed and later getting his head chopped off by the Justice Devil
- Endures being stabbed in the chest by Spear before self-bisecting himself right after
- Endures getting stabbed in the chest by Sword Man and slices him up while still having Sword Man's blade in his chest before immediately after, getting stabbed and beat up with spears yet still manages to be still conscious afterwards
- Caught onto Power's lie after noticing a contradiction with what she was saying
- Formulates a plan to defeat the Eternity Devil by continuously cutting it up until it wanted to kill itself from the sheer pain after recognising its dislike for pain
- Learns to keep a cool head while in battle, always keep the weapon(s) and the situation in mind as well as to never trust what a "hunter" says from Kishibe
- Baited Katana Man into attacking his head to distract him from being cut in half by the new chainsaw that Denji had sprouted from his legs
- Forced Reze underwater where she was unable to produce explosions by wrapping both himself and her with his own chains
- Figured out that he was just used as bait to lure out the assassins after him
- Watches educational television everyday and still continues to do so in Part 2
- Lighted himself on fire in order to exploit the Darkness-Empowered Santa Claus' weakness to light
- Formulated an entire plan that successfully defeated Makima by exploiting her weaknesses as well as his own abilities
- Picks up cigarette butts to reroll and sell to the homeless for money
- Recalls Asa's speech about starfishes when he seemingly wasn't paying attention later on when she refused to eat the fish around them, when they were trapped in an aquarium
- Exploits the Eternity Devil's loop to collect duplicating student hats in order to sell them later
- Cut his own brain in order to fight off the Falling Devil's mental attack
- Tickles Nayuta in order to stop her from harming Fumiko while not harming Nayuta at the same time
- Self-bisected himself in order to attack Spear who had stabbed him from behind
- Drank the Bat Devil's blood to heal from getting the blood squeezed out of him
- Able to get his arm reattached after a simple blood transfusion
- Resurrected from being partly dissolved in acid while he was sleeping with the House Devil's blood
- Able to regenerate faster than acid completely melting him with the House Devil's blood
- Regenerates from being stabbed the chest offscreen with the House Devil's blood
- Gets his chainsaws back by drinking the Eternity Devil's blood
- Regenerates his snapped neck by drinking blood from a blood packet
- Resurrects at least 20 times with blood packets after various ways of death
- Regenerates his tongue, slit throat and cut-off right hand with Angel's blood
- Regenerates from multiple stab wounds from drinking a Doll's blood
- Regenerates his blown off legs and one of his arms with the help of some people's blood
- Regenerates from simultaneous decapitation and bisection with the Falling Devil's blood
- Resurrects from being bisected with someone's blood
- Regenerates from being bisected with Spear's blood
- Regenerates his right arm's muscles getting destroyed after transforming
- Regenerates from being blasted into a building, breaking his bones
- Regenerates his snapped right arm and slash wounds
- Resurrects from a broken neck after Himeno pulled his starter cord
- Resurrects from being shot in the head in human form after Himeno pulled his starter cord
- Regenerates from getting slashed on the shoulder by Katana Man
- Started to regenerate his lower half from being bisected by Reze
- Likely resurrected from drowning through this method
- Regenerates from a broken neck with the help of Beam pulling his starter cord
- Regenerates from being bisected after transforming
- Regenerates from being beheaded
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Hybrid Transformation: Through pulling the chainsaw cord that's on his chest, Denji can transform into his Hybrid-Devil form;[1] gaining a plethora of new abilities and also healing/resurrecting him from any wound previously inflicted on him.[2][88]
- Starter Cord Pulling: Beyond just for transformation, Denji can also pull his starter cord to reprocess the blood already in himself to get back into peak condition[8] even after death,[69] as well as rev his chainsaws even faster than before.
- Chainsaw Creation: True to his namesake, Denji is able to manifest chainsaws out of his head, arms,[69] and later even his legs & feet which he can use to stick onto walls.[16][25] Aside from the one of his head, these chainsaws can also be retracted at will.[8]
- Chain Manipulation: By disconnecting the chains off his chainsaws[26] or turning parts of his body tissue into chainsaw chains,[27] Denji can use them like horse reins[17] or wrap around his opponent to pull them closer to himself, which he can follow up with a slicing kick.[18]
Note: While Denji's "Red Chainsaw Man" and Pochita's "Black Chainsaw Man" are technically the same being, it has been decided to separate them into separate profiles. This is because Denji has no control over his "Black Chainsaw Man" form as it's Pochita that takes over.[30] He himself doesn't consider this form to be him[58] and likewise, characters like Makima and Fami also consider Denji's "Red Chainsaw Man" and Pochita's "Black Chainsaw Man" to be completely different beings.[89][90] As a result, this profile only focuses on the titular "Red Chainsaw Man" we see throughout most of the series while Pochita's "Black Chainsaw Man" can be found on Pochita's own profile.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
- Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher) Geralt's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man was used against Post-Mutation Geralt. Speed was Equalized)
- Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim) Scott's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man was used against Post-Volume 3 Scott. Speed was equalized)
- Cassie Cage (Mortal Kombat) Cassie's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man and Inner Power Cassie were used. Speed was equalized)
- Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan) Eren's Profile ("Post-Broadcast" Denji and "Post-Timeskip (Season 4)" Eren was used. Battle took in Marley. Speed was Equalized.)
- Guts (Berserk) Guts Profile ("Post-Fear Boost" Denji and "Black Swordman" has activated Berserker Armor Guts were used; Battle took in Chainsaw Man Hell; Distance is 100m; Both sides doesn't know the other's ability/strength; the rest is SBA; Speed was Equalized.)
- Aging Devil (Chainsaw Man) Aging Devil's Profile (Post-Fear Boost Denji was used; Aging Devil's 7-A was restricted; The battle took place in Aging's World; Pochita was on Earth; Standard Battle Assumptions applied; Battle started 20m apart.)
- Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) Dio's Profile (Post-Training Chainsaw Man and Phantom Blood Dio were used. Speed was equalized)
- Ash Williams (Evil Dead) Ash's Profile (Post-Weakening human Denji was used and Ash didn't have the Book of the Dead or the Kandarian Dagger. Speed was equal and both had prior knowledge)
- Miles Morales (Spider-Verse) Miles's Profile (Speed was equalized. Both were High 8-C and Post-Training Denji was used.)
- Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul) Kaneki's Profile ("Tokyo Ghoul EOS" Kaneki and "Post-Fear Boost" Denji were used; Speed was equalized)
- Deadpool (Marvel Cinematic Universe/FOX's X-Men) Deadpool's Profile (Denji is in his post-broadcast key, Deadpool has his adamantium katanas, starting distance 10 meters, speed equalized)
- Aki Hayakawa (Chainsaw Man) Aki's Profile (SBA was used; Battle took in Tokyo; "Pre-Training" Denji and "Pre-Ambush" Aki were used.)
- Godzilla (Always: Sunset on Third Street) (Godzilla) Godzilla's Profile (Speed was equalized, Denji was in his Post-Weakening key, starting distance was 30 meters, SBA otherwise)
- Pyro (Team Fortress) Pyro's Profile (Post Weakening Chainsaw Man and Robot War Pyro were used, Speed Equalized, both start ten meters away from each other, Anything above 8-C (including the 8-C+) was restricted and both fought in a McDonald's)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 2
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 25
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 30
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 128
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 48
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 46
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Chainsaw Man Chapter 9
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 189
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 190
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Chainsaw Man Chapter 3
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Chainsaw Man Chapter 1
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Chainsaw Man Chapter 4
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 19
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 10
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 68
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 49
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 Chainsaw Man Chapter 69
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories - Chapter 1
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 117
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 119
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 29
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 Chainsaw Man Chapter 32
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 Chainsaw Man Chapter 137
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 37
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 38
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 51
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 130
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 91
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 Chainsaw Man Chapter 96
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 Chainsaw Man Chapter 109
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 129
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 6
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 148
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 8
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 18
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 26
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 19
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 28
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 39
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 36
- ↑ Chainsaw Man: Season 1 Episode 12 (10:17)
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 50
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 47
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 45
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 83
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 59
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 53
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 67
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 79
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 78
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 69
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 69
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 89
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 102
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Vol 13 Recap
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 103
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 139
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 107
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 27
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 185
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 187
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 146
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 170
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 174
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 188
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 67.2 67.3 Chainsaw Man Chapter 152
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 94
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 18
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 42
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 20
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 15
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 72
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 149
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 75.2 Chainsaw Man Chapter 97
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 113
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 112
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 116
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 62
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 54
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 31
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 125
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 154
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 64
- ↑ 85.0 85.1 Chainsaw Man Chapter 104
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 5
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 21
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 77
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 95
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Chapter 135
Notes/Explanations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scales to 6.72 Kilograms of TNT
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Downscales to 250 Kilograms of TNT
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Downscales from Mach 2.98
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Upscales from Mach 2.98
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Downscales from 1.86 Metric Tons
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Upscales from 1.86 Metric Tons
- ↑ Scales to 95.204 Metric Tons
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Scales to 57.15 Kilograms of TNT
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Scales to 9.14 Tons of TNT
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Scales above 95.204 Metric Tons
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Scales to 81.53 Tons of TNT
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Upscales to 100 Tons of TNT
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Scales above 807.62 Kilograms of TNT
- ↑ Scales to 550 Tons of TNT
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Upscales from 443.66 tons of TNT
- ↑ Upscales from 2,549.918 Metric Tons
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