My Poop Feels Like a Chainsaw Funny

They just collided with our hero.

As horrific, gory, and nihilistic as it is, Chainsaw Man does manage to provide plenty of darkly hilarious and surrealist moments to balance with its most traumatic points.

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Manga

• After Denji joined the Public Safety Bureau Aki gets disgusted by his antics and beats him up. Denji retaliates and mostly targets Aki's balls. Once they return, battered and bruised, to Makima, Denji tells her that Aki got attacked by a "Testicle Devil" which Aki flatly calls out as a lie.
• When Denji comes to the conclusion that he'll have "wanting to touch boobs" as his life goal, he yells out "MELONS!" much to Makima and Aki's confusion. All of this implies that he'd been so lost in his train of thought about his ambitions that he had randomly yelled it out in the middle of a conversation he completely didn't notice he was part of.
• Power explains how her pet cat Meowy had been abducted and is still looking for her, promising Denji that she'll be fully cooperative if he helped find her. Denji is understandably incredulous due to the rather awful first impression he's had with her...then Power offers to let Denji touch her boobs as a reward. Cue Denji passionately ranting about how the Devil who kidnapped Meowy is an unforgivable monster that deserves to be killed.
• Denji, clinging onto the Bat Devil to save Power and Meowy, has this heroic declaration to bellow out:
• Power's deep hatred for humans which shows itself in such evil deeds like stealing food and neither bathing nor flushing the toilet.
• Power, as a Fiend, doesn't have a huge grasp on general hygiene. Denji and Aki are naturally very disgusted by this.
• The pure existential crisis Denji goes through after being disappointed by his first time feeling boobs.
• Denji and Power are acting up after Aki orders them to behave. Two offerings of sticks of gum later:

  Denji:...Hayakawa, sir...
  Power: Sir...
  Aki: Better.
  Denji: Sweet!
  Power: Wah!

  • Noticing that Aki is actually acting a lot more bitter than usual, Denji and Power wonder amongst themselves if it's because of the prank they pulled on him that morning. Aki promptly explodes that what happened was beyond a prank and that he'll kill them.

    Himeno: Scary... what the heck happened?

• Realizing the situation with the eighth floor, Aki recaps that it's become an eternal loop, and he and the others could very well be indefinitely trapped without any ways to call for help. Denji takes it as a good reason as any to take a quick nap until they figure out if they really are doomed or not.
• Himeno tells Denji about how everyone seems to be suffering from intense cabin fever on the eighth floor and are losing their minds. Denji points out that Power is acting normally when she rants about how her coming up with an invention that'll win her the Nobel Prize will lead to her becoming Prime Minister.

  Denji: She seems the same as always to me.
  Himeno: Ah. That's... good, then.

  • Apparently Kobeni got so freaked out, she almost started drinking from the toilet bowl. Himeno had to understandably knock her out.
• When Kobeni tries to kill Denji, Denji just has a look of pure annoyance rather than anger or sadness.
• A flashback showed that Aki told Himeno that he was only going to smoke one time. One panel later, and we see Aki immediately ask Himeno for a cigarette.
• Denji is preparing himself to kiss Himeno, only for Makima to conveniently drop by the drinking party at the second Himeno was about to kiss him. When Makima asks if he was going to kiss somebody, he says no. When Himeno asks him if he's not going to kiss her, he says that he is absolutely going to.
• Himeno and Denji kiss. Himeno conveniently vomits in his mouth. Worse? Denji tries to actually swallow it. Understandably he throws up afterwards.
  • This is immediately followed by a flashback of Denji and Pochita mocking a rat for eating vomit, with Denji saying that it's a line that even someone as constantly hungry as himself would never cross.
• Frustrated with Kishibe repeatedly wiping the floor with them during their Training from Hell, Denji and Power decide to take him down with some impressively clever plan, "like one of those smart character from a manga". When executing the plan, they actually wear glasses for no other reason than to look like "super-geniuses".
• Having the Katana Man at their mercy, Denji and Aki finally bond over having a ball-kicking contest with him as their target.
• Beam being rather ecstatic around Denji, calling him "Lord Chainsaw". Denji tells him to buzz off, saying that he's not into dudes.
• Reze actually calls for a time-out during the fight, saying that she's practically naked and anemic from all of the fighting. Violence comments that she does have a point and asks Aki if they should give her a break. Aki gives a flat "no" in response.
• Beam tells Denji and Angel that the Chainsaw Devil often used his chains to travel. This gives Denji the bright idea to use his chains in an... unconventional way; namely by using Beam as a horse to fight Reze and Typhoon. Angel immediately calls him out for it. More than a few fans admitted to hearing the William Tell Overture playing in their heads at this point, which just fits perfectly into how absurd and awesome Denji's plan is simultaneously.
• While Denji sits in the hope that Reze will join him at the cafe, she proves to be a no-show; cue Power entering bellowing her own name and demanding the flowers Denji bought for Reze. He responds by eating the flowers.
• Denji tries to get Power to eat her vegetables by shoving a burger in her face. Unfortunately, a small taste causes Power to begin getting sick and she begs Denji to eat her vomit. Remembering how it was last time, Denji refuses... but suggests a ten thousand yen payment for him to agree to it.
• Kobeni remembers a time when she ate ice cream as a kid; she made her parents buy her one and got so excited by the first taste that she broke into a run... and promptly tripped and dropped it. As if there needs to be any more proof that Kobeni is and always has been hated by the universe and is always fated for pain.
• Power accidentally fatally runs over Denji and an assassin disguised as one of the agents he had killed when she gets behind the wheel of Kobeni's car. Everyone is horrified and Power immediately blames Kobeni for what happened.
  • Then the glamour on the assassin wears off, at which point Power takes credit for it and hugs the crippled Denji, who is screaming bloody murder in pain as Power declares that she avenged him. Meanwhile, the onlooking civilians (and Kobeni) are all horrified.
  • The setup of the scene is particularly hilarious. Having built up to this character and his two brothers, we're expecting to see someone see through their disguises or so. Everyone had just met, before Power proceeds to just shock everyone by doing such a thing out of nowhere. Bonus, his two brothers are in the crowd also horrified.
• The aforementioned trio of American assassin siblings are a great source of humor and Black Comedy, willingly or not.
  • The eldest brother is convinced that they're immortal because not only did the three of them survive the Gun Devil's attack, they also lived after being swallowed by a Devil, their house caught on fire and they got food poisoning.
  • Aldo, the youngest, is the Token Good Teammate who still does his best to fall in line with his sociopathic brothers' desires. After they execute Bureau agents, we're treated to the following exchange:
  • Aldo has to carry the bodies away from the car with Joey while their brother is keeping watch. He's seen holding Kurose under the arms... causing the corpse's head to get thrown back and stare right at him the whole time. Aldo understandably looks disturbed.
  • Joey pulling a Bait-and-Switch by comparing the way he feels after killing people to accidentally stepping on a kitten in the road, as in the "stupid thing made a mess of [his] shoes". His big brother finds it hilarious.
  • Aldo getting thrown out the window by Quanxi and landing on the same car that killed his brother, totalling it.
  • The sheer irony of Aldo, who was the least experienced of the trio and the only one to be convinced he would die during the mission, being the only antagonist to make it out of the arc free and alive.
• Denji lights himself on fire, screaming it's the power of light, to fight the Darkness-empowered Doll Devil. Soon enough, most of Denji's subsequent dialogue is him yelling about how hot it is now that he's aflame. Doll Devil notes that even with her knowledge increased by the power of Darkness, she still can't comprehend the behavior of fools. Denji retorts that he's not a fool, he watches educational TV every day.
• Denji and Power decide to repay Aki for housing them by cooking him dinner for a change. The resulting dish is a pile of... something that causes Aki to puke as soon as he tries but a small nibble.

  Power (completely undeterred by Aki's reaction): 'Tis a complete catastrophe!
  Denji (also completely undeterred by Aki's reaction): Now we've all barfed!
  Aki: *clearly dying*

• The extra chapter revealing some bits about Kishibe and Quanxi's history. It's just a Vicious Cycle of a young Kishibe flirting with Quanxi before she smacks him across the face.
• After quitting Public Safety a few chapters back, Kobeni returns in Chapter 85 working as a Burger Fool. Hilarity Ensues:
  • It turns out that this job is far more stressful and abusive than the literal life-threatening Devil Hunting job Kobeni had somehow, with her boss attempting a little Behavioral Conditioning on her by slapping her every time she went "ah". Guess what the employees all end up saying when the Chainsaw Man shows up in their restaurant.
  • The Chainsaw Man demands a hamburger, causing all the employees to start quickly making a meal for him and do their routine song and dance. Chainsaw Man appears to be dancing along as he waits for his food.
    • Part of said routine song and dance consists of the employees listing the components of the hamburger in sequence. The ones for "lettuce" and for "beef" are decapitated along the way. The remaining employees continue their routine anyway, and when it's a decapitated employee's turn, the manga shows a panel of that employee's dead head on the floor instead. Chainsaw Man's Black Comedy at its finest.
  • Kobeni trips bringing him his food, splashing it on him. Twice. The second time, she puts the pieces of the burger back together from the floor and from Chainsaw Man's body. Chainsaw Man eats it anyway and enjoys it.
  • The chapter just ends with Kobeni crying on the floor.
• The first half of Chapter 86 continues with Chainsaw Man going on a date with poor Kobeni.
  • Kobeni's Big "WHY?!" as Chainsaw Man kidnaps her to go on said date.
  • While going for ice cream, Chainsaw Man destroys the van.
  • An agent appears and intends to fight Chainsaw Man. Cue the next panel showing the man's corpse.
  • Kobeni being forced to dance. In DanceDanceRevolution. At one point she appears to break dance...all while sobbing her eyes out.
  • The end of the scene heavily implies that Chainsaw Man quickly grew bored and left Kobeni by herself to frantically dance alone next to the agent's decapitated corpse.
• In a few minutes, Chainsaw Man had already butchered three of Makima's resurrected and brainwashed hybrids. Her response?
• Chapter 88 has Makima and the rest of hybrids getting the shit beaten out of them by Chainsaw Man. The hybrids are either panicking or in pain, but Makima just has the most excited expression, not giving a damn about herself being torn to shreds.
• Chapter 89 opens up revealing that Kobeni had been dancing for three chapters straight, and had been at it for so long that she's even forgotten why she was doing it to begin with. In fact, she only stopped when she got a perfect score.
• While fighting with Pochita, Makima drops this one-liner.
• Chapter 90 ends with Pochita's Face Fault expression when Power hands over Chainsaw Man to Makima.
• Chapter 96 opens with a subtle but funny moment where after an exhausting and bloody fight with Denji, Makima has a smoke...but clearly either hasn't smoked before or done it that much and coughs up a lung after one puff.
  • Denji's solution to finishing off Makima becomes rather...clear by the end of the chapter:
• Chapter 97 opens with a page full of all the dishes Denji cooked with Makima's body parts. Including a plate full of hair.
  • While it didn't happen, Denji was afraid Makima would regenerate in his stomach or in the toilet...

Meta

• Makima was chosen as the series' representative for the WSJ crossover poster with all the magazine's "lead heroines" in maid outfits, drawn in a cutesy style by Taishi Tsutsui, the author of resident rom-com We Never Learn. Not only is Makima's status as "lead heroine" questionable, ruthless and intimidating as she is, this also happened in the same week that released a chapter with her appearing from a mountain of mice to deliver a chilling speech about hunting vermin, before killing Reze, the (extremely popular and arguably sympathetic) villain of that arc and Denji's central love interest at that time, in cold blood.
• The "Skillset" subsection on Power's Chainsaw Man Wiki article lists her as having "Acting Skills", based purely on the brief moment where she pretended to be dead and proudly praised herself for how well she did it.
• The popularity contests are hilarious purely for how surreal they get to be:
  • The popularity contest launched in February 2020. And true to the manga's sense of humor, some...nontraditional choices to vote for are also included, such as the fundraising woman whose flower Denji swallowed, the fox that Tolka hunted and ate, one of Makima's rats, and Kobeni's car ("A steel weapon that runs at high speed and kills enemies!"). The car took seventh place, directly above Kobeni!
  • A second popularity contest was launched in March 2021. Once again, interesting choices popped up including: Power's breast pads, Himeno's "Easy Revenge!" cigarette, Tolka's fox stew, all the Family Burger employees, Kobeni's car, and... Denji's dinner from the end of Chapter 96 (and the description only describes it as a sign of Denji's growth in cooking skills). The last one ranked the highest (14th).
    • Kobeni's car ranked 15th, just below Denji's dinner but right above Tatsuki Fujimoto himself.
• Chapter 85 came out at the height of the "Cactus Jack sent me" meme. No surprise that it was added to the scene of Chainsaw Man walking into the Family Burger.
• The Chainsaw Man fandom considers Tatsuki Fujimoto to be a madman for various reasons:
  • The majority of Fujimoto's author comments being inexplicably about food and his apparent insatiable hunger becomes a million times funnier and possibly screwed up when you realize he was probably preparing the readers for how Denji would finish off Makima.
  • Chapters 81 and 82 were roller coasters of Wham Episodes, abruptly killing off Power, revealing Makima as the Big Bad, breaking Denji into an Empty Shell...and all the while, Fujimoto is musing about getting parfaits and crepes. Cue readers everywhere frantically begging for someone to give Fujimoto his parfait so things can be happy again.
  • His author comment after Chapter 97, the last chapter of the manga he made for Weekly Shonen Jump before continuing in Shonen Jump+ is just a glib "See ya!"
  • Fujimoto's reaction to Chainsaw Man getting an anime by MAPPA.

    "Wait, the studio that did Dorohedoro and Jujutsu Kaisen is doing the Dorohedoro and Jujutsu Kaisen rip-off Chainsaw Man?! What else is there to say?! I look forward to it!"

  • Fujimoto has a Twitter account... where he roleplays as his nonexistent younger sister. It's basically an open secret due to fans quickly figuring out it was him, but his editor genuinely thought there was someone online trying to falsely gain fame by association before Fujimoto cleared things up.
  • An interview with Hiroaki Samura (the author behind Blade of the Immortal and Wave, Listen to Me!) had Fujimoto admit that he has a thing for dominant and "unreasonable" women, outright confessing that he liked it when a girl he knew in college flipped over his bike in order to bully him. While Chainsaw Man has been praised for its roster of Action Girls, many readers who learned about this collectively thought "This Explains So Much", especially regarding Makima.
  • Fujimoto appeared at Jump Festa 2022 to be interviewed by his editor. Or rather, an animated graphic of Pochita sat on the stool he would be seated at while he answered questions from off-camera.

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