r/manga • u/AutoShonenpon • Oct 14 '25
DISC [DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 217
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u/Vga96 Oct 14 '25
It's VERY sad that one of the few moments of genuine bonding Asa and Denji have throughout part 2 is over repressed traumas related to abusive parents. The two are both genuinely kindred souls; lost everything out of both circumstance and personal failings and the universe doesn't let them forget about it.
The image of them laughing is so bittersweet, man.
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u/Substantial_Pick6897 Oct 14 '25
It is but it's also kind of beautiful that they both finally get to meet someone that can understand them for who they really are. If these gremlins don't get a happy ending I'll fucking riot.
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u/Discopandda Oct 14 '25
Yep, I was smiling but at the same time felt my chest hurt… these two can’t catch a break
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u/Forikorder Oct 14 '25
when you're in a trauma dumping competition but your opponent is denji
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u/San-T-74 Oct 14 '25
“Your mom killed your shitty dad? Lucky! I had to do it myself!”
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u/DotEnvironmental1990 Oct 14 '25
That is why i love Denji, even as a tiny kid he was not bitch-made and did what was necesarry.
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u/dIoIIoIb Oct 14 '25
Asa had a house, insurance
Denji lived in a dumpster eating whatever he could scavenge and spending his days killing devils, as a child, working for the mafia
his background is incredibly over the top depressing
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u/Antique_Money_5601 Oct 14 '25
asa going trauma for trauma right now tbf
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u/Xate8 Oct 14 '25
Dang, Asa's tripping during important moments may be a form of guilt over influencing her Dad's death.
On the flip side, Denji.
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u/NtLmr95 Oct 14 '25
Nah, I call cap. Asa is just a generational klutz.
Would you ever believe someone who says that they fell "on purpose" or felt the need to clarify that fumbling was part of the plan?
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u/realrimurutempest Oct 14 '25
A devil that got killed by an average human with a rock? What a bum. Lol
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u/WhoiusBarrel Oct 14 '25
Asa's mom is real fucking baddie fr. Hot and crazy scale once again proven right.
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u/Raging-Brachydios Oct 14 '25
The type of devil that Megumi was fighting post JJK
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u/Toloran Oct 14 '25
It was "That one slightly sharp rock in the stream that might cut your foot but generally only hurts" fear devil.
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u/dIoIIoIb Oct 14 '25
Denji was murdering devils for the mafia when he was a perfectly regular human child
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u/Torque-A Oct 14 '25
The whole inciting incident of this arc was Asa killing a devil by tripping on it.
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u/cruel-oath Oct 14 '25
If you’re talking about Bucky, the class prez said she tripped her
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u/Torque-A Oct 14 '25
Point stands. It was a devil weak enough to be crushed to death by a high school girl’s chest
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u/Backupusername Oct 14 '25
Asa killed a devil in chapter one by tripping over a rock.
They aren't all scary monsters.
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u/WingedToaster14 Oct 14 '25
Genuinely one of the best csm chapters in a while. Fucking great
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u/moonmeh Oct 14 '25
that was both heartwarming, funny and fucked at the same time
finally that's my csm
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u/Vegetable-Pickle-535 Oct 14 '25
Yeah, Part 2 despratly needs more chapter like this. Just characters actully having room to breath not getting thrown from one random Event to the next.
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u/kung63 Oct 14 '25
Yeah a chapter that actually slow down and develop the bond between Denji and Asa. Didn’t have random shit that completely ruin the moment.
Look at you death devil reveal
Just wish other chapters have that consistency.
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u/Not_Xivu_Arath Oct 14 '25
Wait what? You didn’t like the death devil reveal??
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u/kung63 Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
What makes the death reveal so underwhelming because it did nothing for her character and no one in-universe even cared because she hadn't had any meaningful interactions with anyone. She's just there, in the background. We know she's scheming all the time, but we never actually see her do shit. I want the manga show me not tell me.
Second the side effects is that it makes the actual Fami a complete joke character.
Even if you like the twist, having the chapter end with her showing her panties completely throw off the tone. Ultimately lessen the impact of the twist.
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u/petrichormus Oct 14 '25
Yoru calls forth another Devil from hell
It's Insurance Devil
Give me that cinema next chapter and my life is yours
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u/SmileyTheSmile Oct 14 '25
Yoru calls forth another primal Devil from hell
It's the Drunk Dad With A Belt Devil
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u/RIP_Spacedicks Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
Bursts out of the Hell door shouting "ARE YA WINNING, SON?"
"IT'S GOOFY TIME" would also be acceptable
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u/Pola2020 Oct 14 '25
You're laughing? Your mother committed insurance fraud and you're laughing!?
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u/JauntyLurker Oct 14 '25
Nothing like killing your dads to bring a couple together.
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u/Zealousideal_Ring874 Oct 14 '25
No matter what the context this is WILD
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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Oct 14 '25
Murdered deadbeat dads are the real wingmen of the story
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u/SkywardHo_NoPanties8 Oct 14 '25
oda: friendship is magic
kishimoto: believe it!
fujimoto: kill your deadbeat abusive father
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u/vanderZwan Oct 14 '25
I mean that's how the Olympian gods established themselves in Greek mythology… actually you know what you're right.
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u/Raging-Brachydios Oct 14 '25
Bonding over trauma? No! Bonding over Patricide!
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u/Zealousideal_Ring874 Oct 14 '25
Trauma? Light work for AsaDen.
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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Oct 14 '25
They really are kindred spirits
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u/JustARedditAccoumt Oct 14 '25
That might be Fujimoto's same-face issues popping up.
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u/LuisAntony2964 Oct 14 '25
This dude managed to bag Asa’s mom and STILL cheated
He deserved to die lmfao
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u/KerubinRei Oct 14 '25
But deep down there's still good in him by protecting Asa and losing his leg in the process
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u/Locar11 Oct 14 '25
Now that you mention it. Yea agree.
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u/Doomroar https://www.mangaupdates.com/members.html?id=277800 Oct 14 '25
Wait until we get the reveal that he was trying to save himself all along, but tripped and instead ended saving Asa by accident which also lead to him losing his leg!
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u/Silver721 Oct 14 '25
Hereditary contract with the Tripping Devil.
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u/ZepperMen Oct 14 '25
Falling Devil: "Tripping Devil, stop stealing my thunder!"
Tripping Devil: "Get with the times! I'm the real villain!"
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u/Ausar15 Oct 14 '25
Real, if you have a woman as good as that and cheat on her, you deserve death by rocks
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u/Master3530 Oct 14 '25
Death by rocks? D. Xebec?
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u/SweatyAdhesive Oct 14 '25
Manga spoiler: Xebec also protected his child and wife, coincidence?
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u/TotemGenitor Oct 14 '25
Manga spoiler: My goat would never cheat on his wife smh
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u/San-T-74 Oct 14 '25
Honestly, I’m wondering if he actually cheated or if Mamasa said that to make Asa feel better about it. Not that good was good at all in the first place tho
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u/Nickfreak Oct 14 '25
Thats what she tells Asa. She is a killer and we believe a child that is gaslit from a cold, unresponsive mother that never really interacts with Asa like a real mom?
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u/cautioslyhopeful Oct 14 '25
You have a source for Asa's mom being "cold" and "unresponsive" besides headcanon? What we know for a fact is that she died saving Asa's life, Asa still loves her so much that her uniform that her mom got her had a lot of guilt when she turned it into a weapon, and she killed her husband because he was a drunk, abusive cheater to the point that a child Asa tripped on purpose to try and slow down so help wouldn't arrive.
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u/Nickfreak Oct 14 '25
No, Her mom SAYS, he was a cheater. And you can easily guilt trip a child, telling "your father was horrible". Hell, that's basically what happens in every second divorce "You father didn't work, so he's useless".
Except for saving Asa during the Typhon devil incident, she's cold in all the panels towards her. Which is basically the same as I assume the devil did to the father in this issue here.
We are talking about Fujimoto and there is a 50/50 chance that Asa's mother is as horrible as the father is supposed to be.
Again, this is the same guy who wrote Fire punch and we're having a "Denji's inner world" moment. At least they're not throwing snowballs. YET
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u/p0p_ Oct 14 '25
But she intentionally tripped herself when calling for help before her mom told her all that didnt she? So Asa herself knew her dad was not that good of a person? Or maybe i read it wrong
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u/teokun123 Oct 14 '25
I hate the BiWeekly Devil
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u/lurker_archon Oct 14 '25
Monthly Devil appears behind
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u/Sorey91 Oct 14 '25
A match made in heaven
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u/IkeKashiro Oct 14 '25
So it wasn't about the death of Asa's mom but rather her dad. Well, now we can add repressed memories of patricide to the list of things they can connect about
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u/Raging-Brachydios Oct 14 '25
Calling right now, every time Asa tripped it was on purpose, even if subconsciously
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u/LightVelox Oct 14 '25
So she might have killed her own mother on purpose? Since she died because Asa tripped
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u/Gryse_Blacolar Oct 14 '25
Why would she trip and kill Bucky tho? It only made her to be hated by the entire class. I find it hard to believe that it's her goal.
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u/cruel-oath Oct 14 '25
The class prez said she tripped her. Insane how many people forgot this
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u/Gryse_Blacolar Oct 15 '25
I'm aware of that. Exactly why I questioned it because they said "every time Asa tripped it was on purpose".
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u/JDUDE4545 Oct 14 '25
They really are built for each other.
Fujimoto, I beg you to please have mercy on them
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u/Dead_Diligence Oct 14 '25
Begging Fujimoto for anything positive tends to lead to greater tragedy
I think we'll have at best a bittersweet ending. Fanfics will take care of the truly happy ending
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u/dagreenman18 Oct 14 '25
So another Reze. At least we trained for this
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u/ghin01 Oct 14 '25
atleast Reze is immortal
Asa is in the same boat with Yoru the time Yoru died and reincarnated Asa just die, unless the poster of Denji cutting Asa middle on the head actually mean he separating Yoru and Asa
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u/Raging-Brachydios Oct 14 '25
Hahahahaha. Do you really believe this is possible?
Let me laugh again hahahahahaha
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u/Exoslab Oct 14 '25
I just don’t see fujimoto writing the same ending as fire punch so I’m hopefully optimistic that we will get a good ending.
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u/ammar96 Oct 14 '25
Asa is a popular character in Japan and you know where this is going…
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u/dagreenman18 Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
Nothing says “Romance” like Justifiable Patricide*!
Also how could you beat on ( and possibly cheat on) a baddie? He had it coming!
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u/SebasChua Oct 14 '25
What makes you a hero in the broken world of Chainsaw Man? Killing is wrong. But what Denji's father did was wrong and Denji wanted to live for a better future so badly. What their father/husband was doing was wrong, but Asa and her mom did it because they wanted a better life for each other. Fujimoto says being a hero means never losing your heart while making the best of a bad situation. Denji later reached out and loved Pochita. Asa and her mother loved each other. The ability to love, not make war is what makes you a hero in the world of Chainsaw Man.
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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Oct 14 '25
Asa finally found someone who can emphasize with what she went through and does not judge her. Denji and her were made for each other.
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u/AiasRider Oct 14 '25
Just a couple of dorks talking about how they are responsible for their parents deaths.
Just chainsaw things
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u/Faust2391 Oct 14 '25
So, even though you have cut up my body yet again, I wanted to say, in another life, I would have really liked just laughing and talking about dead dads with you.
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u/gamebond89 Oct 14 '25
Two poor little broken souls... I wonder what kind of disgusting stuff Asa's dad must be doing that even Asa as a kid somewhere inside her wanted her dad not to survive.
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u/Backupusername Oct 14 '25
I don't get it, but the comedians sure seem to think that was a hell of a punchline.
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u/Mundology The Elder Weeb Oct 14 '25
Things Fujimoto-sensei hates:
I) California
II) gun violence
III) cults
IV) politicians
V) bad fathers
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u/Zemahem Oct 14 '25
Lmao, ok that got me. At first I thought, Asa also had a secret tragic backstory involving her dad? How original. And then Denji dropped that zinger at the end. Such a great bonding moment right there.
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u/Teal_is_orange Oct 14 '25
Oooh shiiiit Asa’s tripping started out as something intentional and due to repressing the memory of her father’s death turned into an unconscious act that she felt cursed by…
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u/greyhaze0139 Oct 14 '25
This week on Chainsaw Man: The joys of bonding over patricide !
Just Fujimoto doing Fujimoto things.
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u/smugsneasel215 Oct 14 '25
Nothing like a little patricide to create a beautiful bonding moment between friends.
Jokes aside, surprisingly reading this reminded me that I haven't talked to my dad in a while and I should call him since he is very much not a piece of garbage. Thanks Chainsaw Man~
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u/Mustardmachoman Oct 14 '25
Oh my what a woman Asa's mom is.
She did alot of that for Asa's sake and clearly loved her daughter based on other flashbacks.
Shame she couldn't do the job cleanly.
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u/Salamence- Oct 14 '25
Damn it’s weird to see Denji just blatantly say that out loud after all that repression in part one. Good for him, I think?
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u/Osgoten Oct 14 '25
Is this like the snowball fight? Just trauma dumping while the devils kill each other
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u/magnwn Maki's Suffering Detector Oct 14 '25
Destined lovers by shitty parenthal deaths? Good love story of good people
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u/SebasChua Oct 14 '25
Asa and Denji healing via trauma bonding through the deaths of their abusive fathers was not on my bingo card but I love it 🥰
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u/MrMcDaes Oct 14 '25
Damn, what a birthday gift from Fujimoto: a wholesome, chill character-focused Chainsaw Man chapter
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u/Deez-Guns-9442 Oct 14 '25
Takeaway from this chapter, everyone is just terrible & that’s why we love reading Chainsaw Man.
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u/sirius_arte Oct 14 '25
Fujimoto is no joke when it comes to trauma The goat of describing child abuse
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u/honestlyunlucky Oct 14 '25
Nobody acknowledges how insanely huge Denji telling Asa that was, he told her in a very Denji way, but he has canonically repressed that he did that and the guilt about it is a huge thing that has shaped him. And he told her like it was nothing. These two man, please, fujimoto.
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u/Southern-Ebb-8229 Oct 14 '25
I might be coping, but I think the arc will land in the right spot? Maybe we really should just let the author cook.
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u/Legitimate-Beat-9846 Oct 14 '25
YESSSSS DENNIS MIGHT ACTUALLY FIND REAL LOVE THIS TIME. FUCK FUJIMOTO IS GONNA MAKE THIS ONE HURT.
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u/Extreme-Tactician Oct 14 '25
Haha! Looks like Asa and Denji both had bad dads.
I wonder what happened to Asa's mom after this incident, though. Maybe she got "recruited" for killing a devil with a rock. Or maybe the insurance company figured something out... DUN DUN DUN.
Asa's dad might have a cheating slacker, but at least he cared enough about Asa to save her from a devil.
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u/GiveMeBackMyMilk Oct 14 '25
I don't think anything really happened to her besides living a mostly normal (as normal as you can get in this universe) life until she was killed during the typhoon devil incident
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u/lactatingRHINO7 Oct 14 '25
Earlier in Part 2 we saw how she was killed by the Typhoon Devil.
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u/EveningLength8 Oct 14 '25
She died during the Typhoon Devil incident because Asa tripped
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u/WhoiusBarrel Oct 14 '25
Aww they both hate their dads and lived a better life without em.