Denji (Chainsaw Man) (2024)

Denji
Denji Chainsaw Man
Series	Chainsaw Man
Age	16 (Chapter 1-82) 17 (Chapter 83-???) 18 (Currently)
Birthday	1980
Sex	Male
Species	Unknown
Height	6’0”
Weight	Unknown
Alignment	Chaotic Neutral

Denji also known as Chainsaw Man is the titular protagonist of the Chainsaw Man series.

Background[]

Denji is a young man who was 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. 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 kills the Zombie Devil and massacres the yakuza, and is approached by a team of governmental Devil Hunters, the Public Safety Division, led by Makima, the first person to be kind to him, who hugs him after he asks her to do so and persuades him to join their ranks. Agreeing, Denji is partnered with Power, the Blood Fiend, and Aki Hayakawa, a self-destructive Devil Hunter. After showing him how to connect with someone on a deeper level, and asking him to always remember her bite on his finger "even if he goes blind" Makima promises Denji any favor, provided he kill the Gun Devil, perpetrator of the greatest massacre in human history.

Powers & Abilities[]

• Enhanced Human Condition: Due to fusing with Pochita, Denji gained superhuman abilities even when not transformed. In his human form, Denji is durable enough to survive being hit by Power with a hammer and getting squeezed by the Bat Devil, despite both individuals possessing immense strength. He is also very strong, capable of decapitating a Fiend with just one swing of his Axe.
  • Enhanced Endurance: Due to his rough childhood, Denji has developed a high tolerance for pain and stress, being able to still function as a Devil Hunter for the Yakuza despite having multiple of his organs missing at the time. His mental fortitude has allowed him to fight for three days straight while constantly being injured and remaining conscious even after having multiple parts of his body cut or blown off.
• Hybrid Transformation: By pulling on the cord emerging from his chest, Denji can transform into a bloodthirsty Chainsaw Devil. Denji needs blood in order to use his abilities, so if he does not have enough of it in his body, he can not fully transform and will instead enter a pseudo-hybrid form. While Denji still has access to some of his powers in this form, they are considerably weaker and his chainsaws are shorter. If Denji runs out of blood, while already being fully transformed, his chainsaws will automatically retract themselves. While in this form Denji still doesn't posses Pochita's signature ability of Devil erasure which was proven in his fight against the Falling Devil which was eaten by him but neither weakened or erased.
  • Augmented Strength: After entering his Hybrid form, Denji's physical strength is increased exponentially. He can break walls and kill most Devils with just one punch. On one occasion, he was able to catch a thrown car out of the air without staggering and then throw it back with an equal amount of force and on another occasion, he was capable of lifting a car and then throwing it with enough force to make it explode.
  • Augmented Durability: While in his Hybrid form, Denji's physical durability is increased to inhuman levels. He can fall from great attitudes and punch Devils through walls, without receiving any injuries. He also has survived a point-blank blast from the Bat Devil that destroyed a building behind him, multiple explosions from the Bomb Hybrid, being on fire for extended periods of time and being near the Typhoon Devil's tornado, which has been shown to be strong enough to lift cars. His head and chainsaws are far more durable than the rest of his body, due to being made of metal, and being capable of deflecting bullets.
  • Augmented Stamina: Denji was capable of fighting the Eternity Devil for approximately three days. As long as Denji continues to drink blood to recover from his injuries, he is essentially a perpetual motion machine.
  • Chainsaw Manifestation: As part of his transformation Denji grows fully-functional chainsaws from his arms, legs, feet and head. These chainsaws are extremely effective at cutting Devils' flesh, allowing Denji to sever limbs and bifurcate his enemies. They are also very effective at cutting other materials, such as stone and concrete, however they have shown to be incapable of cutting through metal. The chainsaws in his legs and feet are not usually active, however, Denji can employ them just by willing it. Just like the rest of his body, these chainsaws are regenerated every time Denji pulls his cord and fully transforms.
    • Chainsaw Retraction: If he needs the full use of his arms and legs to do certain tasks while in his Hybrid form, Denji's chainsaws can be retracted into his body, allowing him to perform mundane actions such as grabbing objects. While Denji can willingly retract his chainsaws, they can also be retracted automatically based on his instincts alone.
    • Chainsaw Wall Crawling: Denji is able to manifest short chainsaws under his feet, which he can use to stick onto walls and even walk on them. He used this ability once, in order to run away from a group of dolls that were created by Santa.
    • Chain Entanglement: Denji is able to disconnect his chains from his chainsaws to use them in combat. He can wrap his chains around his opponent's body and then pull them closer to him. Denji can also wrap his chains around objects to cut them, throw them or do both. If Denji's arms get torn off but are still connected to his body, he can still use his chain like body tissue to wrap his enemies around. The chains can also be used as grapple hooks, allowing Denji to wrap them around a target and then pull his body closer to said target.
• Devil Transformation: After surrendering his contract with Pochita, Denji transformed into a Full Devil. In this form, Pochita displays incredible speed and strength, easily defeating multiple Hybrid Devils in a matter of seconds. Though he has been shown to have taken damage, and even been incapacitated by being sent to Hell and blasted into Space, these acts merely delayed him for a few minutes before he returned unscathed. His immense power is further highlighted in Hell, where it is implied that he defeated every Demon residing there. Makima stated that he has killed her 26 times in this form. This form seems to lack Denji's personality and awareness, though it has been shown to retain some memories and frequently acts in accordance with them. After being defeated by Makima to save Kobeni and later rescued by Power, Denji transformed back to normal and regained consciousness.
• Blood Consumption: Denji is able to heal completely from nearly any fatal injury, and in some instances recover from death, so long as he consumes a sufficient amount of blood. After losing his arm to Bat Devil, Denji's arm re-attached itself after he received a blood transfusion. With his fight against Santa Claus, he consumed one of her doll's blood to keep fighting while still being on fire. As a full Devil, he regenerated from just his heart after Pochita threw it from space. After noticing this method of regeneration, he is able to remove Pochita from his body and regenerate it as a separate entity which allowed him to foul Makima.
  • Nigh-Immortality: Due to being a Hybrid, Denji is immortal and nearly unkillable. He can survive getting shot, being thrown from buildings and taking all kinds of injuries that would kill most Devils. Even if he dies, as long as someone pulls the cord on his chest, Denji can come back to life in perfect condition. Even after being decapitated, being cursed by the Curse Devil and having most of his body blown up, Denji still managed to come back to life with no lasting damage.

• Chainsaw Devil Contract: In exchange for living a "normal life", Pochita became Denji's heart and turned him into a Hybrid. All of his Hybrid abilities are originated from this contract.
• Blood Devil Contract: In exchange for finding reincarnated Blood Devil and befriending with them, Power gave all of her blood to revive Denji.
  • Blood Chainsaw: Thanks to blood gained from Power, Denji is able to manifest a chainsaw from her blood. It has similar design of Power's horns. By using her blood manipulation ability, Denji is able to disturb regeneration of Makima which allowed him to defeat her.

• Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Even without his transformation, Denji is a capable unarmed and armed fighter. Against the Leech Devil - which was many times his size and weight - he was able to easily block her blows, whilst delivering punches and headbutts with enough force to damage her. His skills improved further after training with Kishibe, in which he learnt to rely more on strategy instead of blind-strength.
  • Strategic Intelligence: Despite never receiving a proper education, Denji is very perceptive when it comes to ascertaining his enemies' weaknesses and how to exploit them. Denji was trained under Kishibe, who he refers to as "master" later on in the story, who teaches him various strategies. This is shown in the fight against Katana Man where Denji deceives Katana Man by making him think that Denji can only manifest chainsaws in his arms. Denji also managed to incapacitate Reze by using her weakness against water and defeat Santa Claus by abusing her weakness towards fire and light. In the time between Parts 1 and 2 Denji has continued developing his skills, such as learning to use the chains to reattach his head and limbs after being dismembered and learning to resist mental attacks by damaging his own brain with his chainsaws as seen in the fight against the Falling Devil.
• Swimming: After meeting Reze, Denji learned how to swim. He managed to use this skill to his advantage during his fight against her.

Alternate Form[]

Chainsaw Devil[]

After surrendering his contract with Pochita, Denji transformed into a Full Devil. In this form, Pochita displays incredible speed and strength, easily defeating multiple Hybrid Devils in a matter of seconds. Though he has been shown to have taken damage, and even been incapacitated by being sent to Hell and blasted into Space, these acts merely delayed him for a few minutes before he returned unscathed. His immense power is further highlighted in Hell, where it is implied that he defeated every Demon residing there. Makima stated that he has killed her 26 times in this form. This form seems to lack Denji's personality and awareness, though it has been shown to retain some memories and frequently acts in accordance with them. After being defeated by Makima to save Kobeni and later rescued by Power, Denji transformed back to normal and regained consciousness.

Equipment[]

• Tomahawk: Denji's weapon of choice while on his human mode is a tomahawk. He even uses it whenever he's not feeling like transforming and is shown to be quite capable wielding it, being able to decapitate a Fiend with just one swing.
• Super Chainsaw Man Motorcycle: A motorcycle enhanced by Asa from the motorbike stolen from a man driving on the street. This motorcycle possesses a very large chainsaw which is positioned horizontally between the two wheels. Its other notable features are a vastly upgraded engine and a black livery.

Feats[]

Strength[]

• Downed Aki.
• Downed Aki again while getting beat up.
• Brutalized the Katana Man with Aki while he's in human form.
• Decapitated a Fiend with an Axe.
• Bite the Bat Devil hard enough to drink it's blood.
• Drew blood from Beam the Shark Fiend with just one punch.
• Kicked down one of Santa Claus' dolls.
• Sawed Makima's chest open.
• Headbutted the Leech Devil and pierces his blade into her head.
• Cut the Leech Devil's neck with a slice from his head blade.
• Used his arm and blocked a tendril strike from the Leech Devil.
• Punched the Leech Devil with visible effect.
• "Broke" the Darkness Devil.
• Overpowered the Bat Devil's grip.
• Catched a car thrown at him with a person inside, then throws it back at his attacker.
• Entered a a game of tug-of-war against Dark Santa and her dolls, and keeps holding his ground even as a car crashes into him.
• Squat a car overhead.
• Kept the Gun Fiend from lowering his gun.
• Punched the Bat Devil through a wall.
• Broke through the Eternity Devil's teeth.
• Deflected Katana Man's sword arm.
• Smashed Katana Man through a wall.
• Landed a finishing blow on Dark Santa.
• Slashed off the co*ckroach Devil's arm.
• Tore up the co*ckroach Devil's guts.
• Destroyed the co*ckroach Devil's skull.
• Splited the Justice Devil's tentacle.
• Incapacitated the Justice Devil.

Speed[]

• Anticipated Power's attack, but still got clubbed.
• Grabbed onto the Bat Devil before it took flight.
• Ran to Reze's restaurant before she does despite starting from the same point.
• Dodged the Leech Devil's tendril strikes.
• Blitzed two gunmen from close range.
• Jumped from a car to the roof of an 18-wheeler while on a highway.
• Dodged Reze's punch.
• Moved Power out of the Gun Fiend's shot from point blank range.
• Completely blitzed Quanxi and is faster than any of the other Devils that attack him.
• Jumped from one high-rise to the roof of another.
• Faster than Kobeni
• Transformed faster than the Justice Devil can bring down her tentacle.

Durability[]

• Got punched by Aki in the face hard enough to knock him back a bit and give him a nose bleed.
• Kneed by Aki in the stomach which knocks him back a bit.
• Shoulder bashed in the stomach by Aki and punched in the face.
• Struck in the back of the head by Power.
• KO'd after Power clubs him in the head.
• Stunned by Kishibe's kick.
• Punched into the ceiling by Power.
• Heavily stunned after Power drives a car into him.
• Immune to the Doll Devil's assimilation.
• Crucified by the Curse Devil.
• A direct RPG shot does 0 damage.
• Gets impaled by a sword through the chest and is able to listen to a monologue and run away a bit.
• The chainsaw cuts him when it comes out.
• Loses his arm to the Leech Devil.
• Shot in the head.
• Devil Hunter suits are tough enough that Aki survives being taken down by the Katana Man.
• Died at least 20 times fighting Kishibe.
• Takes a knife to the head and dies.
• Reze bites his tongue off.
• Has his throat slit and hand chopped off by Reze.
• Power bites his arm and draws blood.
• Blasted by the Gun Fiend, which tears him in half and launches him through their apartment.
• The co*ckroach Devil throws him into a high rise, then pummels him hard enough for it to collapse, and Denji keeps fighting.

Skills[]

• Fought and killed Devils ever since he was a kid.
• Killed the Zombie Devil and it's zombie herd.
• Defeated and killed the Bat Devil.
• Fought against the Leech Devil even though he only had one arm and a partial of his head blade.
• Fought the Eternity Devil for 3 days and killed it.
• Outsmarted and defeated Katana Man.
• Killed the Typhoon Devil and defeated Reze.
• Incapacitated and defeated Santa Claus.
• Fought and killed the Gun Fiend.
• Outsmarted and ultimately killed Makima.
• Killed the reincarnation of his previous enemies.
• Incapacitated the Justice Devil.
• Fought against the Falling Devil.
• Out-speed a ginormous Devil.

Weaknesses[]

• Anemia/Low Blood Amount: Despite being turned into a Devil Hybrid, Denji will suffer from anemia when he was fatally injured by either a shallow cut or a heavy blow, which weakens his transformation into Chainsaw Man. To counteract this, Denji must consume a copious amount of blood to refill his strength.
  • Denji's Devil abilities are fueled by the amount of blood he has absorbed, and if he is running low on blood, he will not be able to maintain his Devil State or regenerate.
  • His chainsaws cut through his flesh every time they are unsheathed, causing him to lose major amounts of blood and become anemic.
• He apparently must pull on the cord on his chest in order to regenerate.
• Is very immature.
  • Denji's carefree attitude and shortsightedness can lead to him walking into traps or unfavorable situations.
• Can be weakened by people no longer fearing him.
• Is incapable of controlling his strength, which results in him accidentally killing people he encounters.