Chainsaw Man bringing back nuclear weapons doesn't mean Denji's death

Chainsaw Man has released chapter 209, and it has been ominously titled “Terrifying Weapon.” The manga continues to deliver chaos that fans love. But amid the nuclear reveals, explosive action, and emotional reckonings, one thought started racing through my head: Denji isn’t dead. Not only is he still alive, but what just happened is about to reshape the entire world of Chainsaw Man.

In this chapter, we see Denji lying face-down with a spear through his head, a moment that understandably sparked a wave of fan panic. But if you’ve been reading Chainsaw Man for more than five chapters, you know this: Denji doesn’t die easily.

He’s a hybrid, and more importantly, he’s Denji, the Chainsaw Man himself. Head wounds, dismemberments, and heart extractions are just part of a regular Tuesday for this guy.

Unlike Asa-Yoru, who are a Fiend-host hybrid with major limitations (like not being able to regenerate lost limbs), Denji’s durability is practically absurd. He’s survived being sliced apart, eaten, exploded, and crushed. The fact that Denji is not the focus of the drama in Chapter 209 is telling. He’s down, but he’s definitely not out.

Denji lives, but it seems like he’s about to lose everything in Chainsaw Man

The resurrection of the Nuclear Weapons Devil doesn’t just set up a new enemy, but it signals a chain reaction. War is escalating. The world in Chainsaw Man is recreating dangerous concepts out of necessity. Devils once erased are now being reborn. Humanity’s terror is crafting an apocalyptic pantheon of horrors.

Denji, in his quest to live a normal life, might be the only thing standing between civilization and total collapse. But to do that, he’s going to have to become more than Chainsaw Man.

In this story, he’ll need to embrace everything he’s been running from: violence, loss, and the responsibility of being the one Devil who can erase others from existence. This time, it won’t be about saving a girl. The stakes might be much higher.

The return of the Nuclear Weapons Devil is a narrative reset

If there’s anything Chainsaw Man has taught us, it’s that concepts drive Devils. Devils don’t just die; they disappear when forgotten. But now we know that they can also return. This isn’t just a one-time miracle for nuclear weapons. The implications are staggering.

War has intensified. America and the Soviet Union have resurrected the concept of nukes. Human fear has re-manifested a Devil thought permanently erased. If nukes are back, nothing is off-limits. Fujimoto has cracked open the narrative world in a way that makes everything feel both inevitable and deeply unsettling.

Now that nukes have returned, War is more powerful, which means Yoru gets stronger. But War isn’t the only Devil benefiting from this. Weapon Devils, Death Devils, and all manner of horrors will be empowered as long as fear keeps surging.

Final thoughts

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Denji isn’t dead, as that would be far too simple. His stab wound is nothing more than a comma in a sentence that Fujimoto is nowhere near done writing. What we should be worried about is what comes next. Because if the world is now capable of recreating its worst fears, then Chainsaw Man might be facing something even he can’t fight against.

A world where nothing ever stays forgotten, everyone will have to watch their back. Now the story. This is no longer about who dies; rather, it’s about what gets remembered next. The next chapter could break everything wide open. And maybe, just maybe, we’re heading toward a world where survival itself becomes the final Devil.

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