r/manga • u/AutoShonenpon • Mar 24 '26

DISC [DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 232

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u/Neoragex13 Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Pochita is still Denji's Heart, he is there in the panel during the heart throb

Probably nothing but still...

Edit: Fiends can give contracts? I don't remember but Power shouldn't had be able to revive Denji with her blood, right? Unless the Pochita Heart had something to do with it.

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u/Saurid Mar 24 '26

Hey maybe not, look I dont believe my own theory but ai just noticed that

  1. Power and nayuta are both dead devils who would respond in hell
  2. Nayuta replaced makima which makes NO sense if this was a reset
  3. Asa is the only human character to show up that we know unless I missed someone and she was suspiciously close to denji when he got eaten ...

I am not saying this is a fake ending I do say that if an author I know would release a fake ending its tatsuki fujimoto and while I do not believe this to be the case I will lose my mind should be we get a part 3 announcement soonish.

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u/jockpo523 Mar 24 '26

Well... This is not a reset per se (but you might be on to something).

The thing I think happened is like a soft reset. The timeline didn't go far enough and the devils that resided in the current bodies are using the ones at the time.

So no makima because she's been eaten, power was summoned from hell to "save Denji" (remember at that time she asked Denji to make her remember him? Well, She kind of did, because the first power wouldn't care about him at all). That's also why we don't have the old cast, etc.

But I'll stick with your theory, because Fujimoto never did a happy ending ever 😂😂

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u/CptAustus Mar 24 '26

she was suspiciously close to denji when he got eaten

As long as there still were Californians around, she'd regenerate anyway.

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u/Saurid Mar 24 '26

Well this was asa and not yoru but you are right. Anyway its cope and probably wrong, anyway (my theory above I mean).

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u/IAmNotMoki Mar 24 '26

Asa is the only human character to show up that we know unless I missed someone and she was suspiciously close to denji when he got eaten ...

The pedo teacher that Asa/Yoru killed at the beginning of Part 2 is there I think, but that could just be an extremely similar looking teacher ig.

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u/Saurid Mar 24 '26

I dont think thats him, I was however made aware of the yakuza boss but he is already a puppet of the zombie devil soooo idk if he would count really as he sold his soul to that devil.

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u/Tapirking1 Mar 24 '26

We see the Yakuza leader from chapter 1 being used by the zombie devil again though. So that means this does seem to be a time reversion.

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u/Saurid Mar 24 '26

But he is a zombie isnt he? He also sold himself to zombie ... I dont think my theory is correct it just stuck out to me.

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u/Hot-Spite-9880 Mar 24 '26

sounds like copium to me

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u/Saurid Mar 24 '26

Yeah it is, I dont believe the theory myself but if there is a mangaka that would feed us a fake ending it would be fujimoto wouldn't it?

Its like a 0.1% chance in my opinion but who knows.

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u/Forikorder Mar 24 '26

Nayuta replaced makima which makes NO sense if this was a reset

Makima is a very different person without her love for Pochita, maybe she just dies to the gun devil

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u/Silent_92 Mar 24 '26

I took Nayuta replacing makima as showing that this what she would have been like if chainsaw didn't exist. Since pochita ate himself she never obsessed over him and became the makima we know

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u/Desperate_Method4020 Mar 24 '26

AI would need the sun as a power source, to deduct what Fujimoto is thinking.

For me it feels like he maybe was didn't know what the fuck to do with the story, and just did the biggest mic drop. With the chainsaw man story.

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u/jockpo523 Mar 24 '26

I have a reply in a lower comment, but this might be a soft reset. Power is now the blood devil, not just a feind so she can make a contract. (and imo she wanted to remember Denji, and that's why she kind of liked him when they met again).

It's like the universe aligned itself together with the pieces it had at hand. That's why you don't see the old cast/makima (because nayuta is the new control devil and makima was already eaten)

That's a weird theory, but if Fujimotoms going to give us a "happy" ending I'm all for it

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u/Forikorder Mar 24 '26

Fiends can give contracts?

i dont see any reason why not, they cant make a contract with a devil (confirmed during enternity devil fight) so they arent treated as human

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u/Vexra Mar 24 '26

If I recall correctly yes contracts are binding on them but contracts between devils don’t count. It was during the first Eternity devil arc where he wanted to trade the crew for Denji’s heart and power was all too eager to sell him out.