Chainsaw Man Reveals Aki's Surprise Devil Power

By Nick Valdez

Chainsaw Man has been tearing its way through the anime's first season, and the newest episode has revealed more about Aki Hayakawa is keep up the fight against the devils! The first few episodes of the anime taking on Tatstuki Fujimoto's original manga series have been spent introducing the main cast of the series and the brutal and violence filled world around them. At the center of much of it has been Denji, who surprisingly finds himself now under the supervision of the one leading the Special Division 4 of the devil hunting squads who had yet to get into a full fight himself.

Aki had been seen as someone who not only detests devils (as seen by his reaction to having to monitor Denji and Power for the time being), but takes fighting against them very seriously. This had raised questions about his own potential abilities, and the newest episode of the series reveals that he has ended up with a contract with a devil himself as he needed a tool to fight against the powerful enemies. But as such a deal would imply, fighting the devils in this way also actively hurts him. 

How Does Aki Fight the Devils? 

Episode 4 of Chainsaw Man sees Aki saving Denji and Power from the Leech Devil with a surprisingly massive devil of his own. Using the same kind of hand sign as seen in the series' opening, Aki yells out "Kon!" and summons a massive Fox Devil to instantly chomp down on the Leech Devil before it could even react to him being there. It quickly eliminates the enemy Denji had been struggling against before, and instantly fades away after its use, but Aki explains to Denji later how exactly it works. 

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He reveals that he forged a contract with this devil to use as a tool to fight the devils (which is also why he's ultimately fine working with Denji and Power as they can be used as tools in the same way), and it's something devil hunters have to do to fight against them in the first place. He's got a contract with the Fox Devil, but he's not in friendly terms with it in the slightest. He offers up a bit of his body as food for it in exchange for the devil's power (with this activation eating away some of his skin), and it makes for quite the complicated tool for someone who seems so against it. 

It really highlights what kind of unforgiving world this really is in Chainsaw Man, so how do you feel about Aki's own devil? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

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