Return of the Devil Octopus

Summary

  • The Devil Octopus is a useful entity for ranged and defensive attacks, referred to as the primal fear of humans.

  • Yoshida, Octopus Devil's contract partner, demonstrates expertise in the strategic use of her powers.

  • Denji's quick thinking prompts Pochita to find Yoshida, wipe him out, and devise a plan to link the realms.

Hirofumi Yoshida is the contracted party of the Octopus Devil, who was completely eaten by Pochita after Denji was turned into a Devil with a chainsaw. While Yoshida did his best to contain the out of control Pochita, it was ultimately futile as Pochita absorbed both him and the Octopus Devil, erasing their existence and several other devils with them.

Now that Denji and Asa are in imminent danger because the Aging Devil world has no way out, Pochita makes Denji a useful devil to help them in this situation. With the return of the Devil Octopus, how are they doing now A man with a chainsaw?

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What is a Devil Octopus?

A useful fiend for ranged attacks and defensive attacks

Arc

International killers

Chapters

53-70

Devil Octopus in A man with a chainsaw is the embodiment of the fear of the Octopus by humans. The Octopus Devil's contractor is Hirofumi Yoshida, a public security devil hunter. It is not known what price Yoshida must pay to use the Devil Octopus' powers; however, in chapter 189, Yoshida may have been substituting other human body parts for the Octopus Devil to prevent damage to himself. If the other person agrees, Yoshida can use this body part to summon a significant part of the Devil Octopus.

Yoshida makes effective use of Devil Octopus' abilities in a variety of ways. To summon a large tentacle, he crosses his middle finger over his index finger, forming a pseudo-octopus shape. This technique allows Yoshida to use the tentacle as a defense mechanism.

Besides summoning a large tentacle when Yoshida says the word “Ink”. Octopus Devil creates a large inky smoke screen to perform a surprise attack on his enemies as it hides his movements, allowing him to get behind enemies to attack. In contrast, this attack helps stop his enemies' movements if Yoshida is up against a seasoned fighter. This attack can be useless.

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Although little is known about the Octopus Devil's personality, she appears to be incredibly subservient to Yoshida. Many times, such as with Fox or Ghost Devil, these two devils will ask for an appropriate price before allowing their contract partner to use their abilities. As with Devil Octopus, this allows Yoshida to freely use his powers as he is seen chatting with Kishibe while Devil Octopus fights the remaining dolls created by Santa Claus. To use Devil Octopus' abilities on this large scale, it's unclear what kind of deal Yoshida made with it.

Octopus, mouth, snow and bitterness deleted

After Denji transforms himself into an actual devil with a chainsaw, Pochita, after seeing Nayuta's severed head on a sushi conveyor belt, Pochita starts eating devils he comes in contact with. While Yoshida works for the Public Safety Devil Hunters, he is also tasked with retraining Pochita using the Octopus Devil. Unfortunately, things don't go well for him and the Devil Octopus because in chapter 174, Pochita wiped out the Devil Octopus, Mouth, Snow, and Bitterness.

How did the Octopus Devil come back?

After Denji regained consciousness, he asked Pochita to make him burn a devil that would get him out of his situation.

As mentioned above, during his rampage, Pochita absorbed and wiped out the Devil Octopus. However, Denji, Asa, and Yoru have since found their way into the world of Aging Devils. Previously, the Aging Devil was assigned by the Publis Safety Devil Hunters to subdue Pochita. However, this comes at a terrible price.

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The aging Devil offers the Public Safety Devil Hunters a deal, agreeing to be consumed and erased by Pochitou in exchange for 10,000 children who hold Japanese citizenship and are between the ages of infancy and nine years old to be killed in front of the mirrors. Former Finance Minister Tadashi Hasegawa unthinkingly accepted these conditions and allocated additional resources to provide for children in this age range.

  • An aging devil is a Pirmal Devil with no attachment to life.

  • It primarily attacks through mirrors, but in the case of the chainsaw devil it was personal as it wanted to eat Pochitou.

Soon after the terms were agreed upon, Yoru attacked the Aging Devil and transported their minds to the Aging Devil world. In this world, individuals do not need food or water as they slowly turn into trees. It is only when the tree rots that their minds and bodies are fully united with nature and thus the individual can return to their true body in the real world. With no escape, Denji and Asa quickly argue until Pochita forces Denji to defeat the Devil of Snow and Bitterness.

This was their first hint of escape when Denji realized that Pochita, the Chainsaw Devil's Stomach, was still in the real world. After Denji realizes that he can eat the people who have turned into trees, he soon lets himself starve while Asa creates a makeshift ax that he takes into the trees, revealing the insides of the people who were trapped. While it works when Denji feeds on the entrails and pulls the chain on his heart to revive Pochita in the real world, it's still not enough to get them out of their situation.

If you're struggling, make me pull out some helpful devil!!

Thanks to Denji's quick thinking, Pochita then tricks Yoshida, the Octopus Devil's contract partner, erasing him. All the devils that Pochita ate during this time period returned from being erased. Pochita forcing Denji to fire Yoshida, who is currently engaged with Devil Octopus, was perhaps the best idea since Yoshida has shown a great depth of knowledge about devils. Although it hasn't been that long since Yoshida and the Octopus Devil returned, they quickly grasp the situation and come up with a plan to show the hand to Denji's mouth, which in the real world is connected to Pochito's stomach.

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Because of this, Yoshida uses the Octopus Devil to establish a connection with the real world; however, he quickly allows himself to be held back, just like Yoru by the aging devil. As mentioned above, Yoshida can replace other people's body parts with his own replacement using multiple Devil Octopus abilities. In this case, he uses Fumiko Mifune's heart to summon the Devil Octopus and attack the Aging Devil.

A man with a chainsaw is now available to stream on Crunchyroll.

Chainsaw anime poster

Chainsaw Man is an action shonen anime that follows Denji, a guy who merges with a devil named Pochita. The show is based on a manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto.

Season

1

Number of episodes

12

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