Chainsaw Man Chapter 225: Denji takes their fight to Hell after breaking Yoru’s world

Still from the manga
Still from the manga (Image credit: Shueisha)

Chainsaw Man Chapter 225 has been released, and fans are feeling excitement and confusion at the same time because this installment has equal parts of bizarre and chaos. This has become the signature Fujimoto style to deliver something that would leave the fandom on the edge of their seats as the fight between Yoru and Denji has reached a new height.

In the previous installment, we saw how Denji ate away the concept of legs, ensuring that the War Devil is immobilized. Now, in Chainsaw Man Chapter 225, it starts with the exact time after people had no legs, and the consequences for this are catastrophic. We see birds falling from power lines, piglets collapsing, and people crawling in confusion.

Still from the manga (Image credit: Shueisha)
Still from the manga (Image credit: Shueisha)

It is important to talk about this moment in Chapter 225 because Yoru has to face an ugly truth about Denji going on a spree of eating devils and erasing concepts from the face of the Earth. Every time a devil gets eaten, it does not mean that the effects will be seen in an instant. Sometimes, changes are quieter, stranger, and far more disturbing in their subtlety. Yoru initially braces for total disaster, but when reality doesn’t implode, she realizes Denji’s power isn’t as straightforward as she feared.

That doesn’t calm her down; it infuriates her. Determined to stop Denji from further destabilizing the world, she leaps into action just as he consumes yet another devil: The Teeth Devil. The result in Chainsaw Man Chapter 225 is both grotesque and darkly comedic, as Yoru loses her ability to properly speak or function while still trying to fight.


Chainsaws, motorcycles, and peak Fujimoto chaos

Still from the manga (Image credit: Shueisha)
Still from the manga (Image credit: Shueisha)

The biggest highlight in Chainsaw Man Chapter 225 comes when we see Yoru taking a motorcycle and transforming it into a weapon. This moment is important because it is a clear callback from the creator to the earlier arcs. To add on to the moment, the artwork is extremely chaotic, which perfectly matches Fujimoto's art style. After getting hit by that weapon, the impact ends up forcing Denji to vomit up body parts and previously consumed devils, briefly halting his rampage.

Things in Chainsaw Man Chapter 225 get weird as Yoru shoves her arm down his throat to get the eaten devil out. It is extremely uncomfortable to watch or even imagine the heights she is willing to go to, desperately trying to win a battle where she is clearly on the losing side.


Denji is still refusing to play by Yoru's rules

Still from the manga (Image credit: Shueisha)
Still from the manga (Image credit: Shueisha)

Meanwhile, in Chainsaw Man Chapter 225, there is significant character growth in Denji as he still refuses to play by her rules. After he recovered from letting all the devils out, he chose to run. She is obviously triggered and wants him to stand by and fight. When Yoru tries to bait him into continuing the battle by offering devils as leverage, Denji shuts it down completely. Those devils aren’t enough. If he’s going to truly mess up Yoru’s world, he will do it properly.

The turning point in this chapter comes when Denji declares that he will not go to Hell and eat a devil that actually matters. This obviously scared her because that is one place where things are important, and it would ruin the concept of the real world she has. The final panel of Chainsaw Man Chapter 225 drops both characters into Hell, standing before an endless black void and a sea-like expanse.


Final thoughts on Chainsaw Man Chapter 225

In the end, this chapter was truly happening and came to an end where it seems like both these characters might realize that maybe there would be no winning in terms of just fighting. Moreover, with the story returning to Hell, Chainsaw Man may be entering its most volatile arc yet.

Edited by Nisarga Kakade