History Characters / ChainsawManMainCharacters

* AntiVillain: Asa reluctantly agrees to help Yoru find Chainsaw Man in exchange for having her body back afterward since if she doesn't, the War Devil will erase her mind and use her body to look for Chainsaw Man anyway. After the incident with [[spoiler:Yuko]], Asa becomes more willing to work with Yoru, believing that the people around her will continue to suffer until Yoru decides to leave. Given that [[spoiler:''two thousand'' people die as collateral when the Falling Devil tries to capture Asa specifically]], this concern is not at all unfounded.

* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: Asa's primary goal in part 2 is to kill Chainsaw Man so she can get her body back from Yoru. The other half of the trope really kicks into play when [[spoiler: she and Denji get trapped by the Eternity Devil, Denji cheering her up by [[ItMakesSenseInContext offering her a starfish]] causes her to start genuinely warming up to him, to the extent of running through the halls with him laughing and grinning like a couple of middle schoolers. By the end of Ch. 117, Yoru reads Asa's mind and realizes, to her extreme consternation, that [[InLoveWithTheMark she's falling in love with him.]] And then she falls for Chainsaw man completely independently of Denji!]]

* UnskilledButStrong: She has essentially ''zero'' combat technique or instinct, with most of her style being awkwardly swinging at her target, nor can she use the weapon transformation as easily as Yoru since she lacks the decisiveness to just forcibly designate things as "hers". However, because she actually ''has'' empathy and the ability to feel guilt unlike [[LackOfEmpathy Yoru]], what weapons Asa can make have the potential to be the equivalent of an InfinityPlusOneSword far stronger than anything Yoru can make on a dime. The sword she forms from [[TragicKeepsake her school uniform]] tears [[spoiler:Yuko's Devil form]] apart from what was just a clumsy, seemingly easily-deflected swing.

[[folder:Asa Mitaka and Yoru]]

!!!Asa Mitaka

!!!Yoru / War Devil

* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement: Asa and Yoru talk with each other conversationally, but the words said by the body's controller are audible to everyone, giving them half of a conversation. Yoru also doesn't care much if her actions clash with Asa's, which doesn't blow their cover, but does make everyone thinks Asa is an abrasive MoodSwinger. This gets especially intense when [[spoiler:they become fugitives. They're openly acting as two different people, but for whatever reason don't explain that they are. Denji and Haruka openly think she's crazy.]]

* LightDarknessJuxtaposition: The name "Asa" (朝) translates to "morning" while the name "Yoru" (夜) translates to "night."

* DoesNotLikeSpam: She won't eat fish, at least the ones they had at the aquarium, because "it looks too much like a dead animal". She continues to refuse [[SkewedPriorities even when she's starving to death three days later]], so Denji suggests she try starfish.

* RetGone: The reason he is TheDreaded of Hell is because any Devil he consumes ''ceases to exist'', along with their very concept and effect on history. Makima reveals before meeting Denji he had already consumed and undone the existence of [>UsefulNotes/NaziGermany the Nazis]], UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, AIDS, UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons, slow-onset asthma (soa), humanity's sixth sense... and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou things that seemingly don't exist in the real world either]] like the Arnolone syndrome, the eruption of Mount Hio, [[EldritchAbomination a star whose light broke children's minds]], and the four other things that can happen to you at the end of life other than death. No one other than her can even remember them.

* TheUnintelligible: Unlike most Devils, who are either totally silent or perfectly fluent, Pochita can only make dog noises in his weakened form and chainsaw revving sounds in his true form, though in the latter he can convey simple words (like "hamburger") with great effort. He ''does'' manage to speak comprehensibly after temporarily splitting from Denji to act as a decoy for Makima, but the fact she mistakes him for Denji's transformed form suggests he had to somehow borrow Denji's voice to pull it off .

* NiceGuy: One of the kindest characters in the manga. He only wanted a hug and helping his best friend.

* RedBaron: Known "The Devil that devils fear the most", an epithet echoed throughout the series marking Pochita as one of the central figures down in Hell, so much so even extremely powerful devils with concepts etched into the grander fabrics of reality are weary of him; also he was known as the Chainsaw ''Man'' rather than Devil.

* RetGone: The reason he is TheDreaded of Hell is because any Devil he consumes ''ceases to exist'', along with their very concept and effect on history. Makima reveals before meeting Denji he had already consumed and undone the existence of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, AIDS, UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons, slow-onset asthma (soa), humanity's sixth sense... and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou things that seemingly don't exist in the real world either]] like the Arnolone syndrome, the eruption of Mount Hio, [[EldritchAbomination a star whose light broke children's minds]], and the four other things that can happen to you at the end of life other than death. No one other than her can even remember them.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Sure, he may be the "hero of Hell", but his dog form is rather adorable, with big eyes, stubby little legs, and CuteLittleFangs. Even the chainsaw blade that sticks out of his face in this form looks far less threatening than Denji's or his original form's, being very short and having a less jagged edge.

* ScaryTeeth: His "hero of Hell" form has a mouth full of jagged, pointed teeth, just like Denji in his battle mode.
* SealedInAPersonShapedCan: The War Devil believes the devils the Chainsaw Devil eats haven't stopped reincarnating because they're DeaderThanDead, but rather because they've been sealed away alive inside his body.

* SleepModeSize: The adorable, dog-shaped creature that Denji knows is ''not'' Pochita's true form. Beam vaguely describes a much more powerful being, and his old "hero of Hell" form is later shown to be an a hulking humanoid with a spiked carapace and four arms. His dog form was an incredibly weakened, near-death state after a major battle with the Weapon Devils and the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse.

* SociopathicHero: He was called the "hero of Hell", who would come to the aid of any Devil crying for help... and often kill not only their attackers but the Devil who called for him as well. Although since Devils usually appear on Earth after being killed, it may be downplayed a little. Subverted when Pochita reveals that the Devils that called for his help were killed completely by accident. He merely wanted a hug from them when the job was done, but his overwhelming strength accidentally killed them. Though, it's still notable how he seems more torn up about not getting a hug than having killed so many in his attempts to get one.
* SomethingPerson: As the "hero of Hell", due to his ability to generate chainsaws on various parts of his body, he was called "Chainsaw Man".

** His real "Hero of Hell" form is quite ominous. Even when his intentions were to always help those who called for it, Pochita unwillingly killing those he wanted to hug, only furthering the image in Hell that Chainsaw Man was chaotic and unpredictable, seemly killing for no reason.

* WalkingSpoiler: The fact Pochita is anything other than Denji's adorable chainsaw-dog, let alone one of the most [[CosmicHorrorReveal dangerous]] and [[BigGood benevolent]] entities in the setting, is a ''major'' reveal that completely upends his and Denji's place in the narrative. His true nature is also the final piece of pretty much every mystery in Part 1, which means knowing what he is unravels the entire series up to that point.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Has a subdued, but still panicked instance of this when she realizes her only friend Yuko is a psychotic KnightTemplar who's made a contract with the Justice Devil.]]

->[[Characters/ChainsawManMakimaAndNayuta See Makima and Nayuta's page]], but be warned that '''all Part 1 spoilers are unmarked'''

->See [[Characters/ChainsawManMakimaAndNayuta See Makima and Nayuta's page]], but be warned that '''all Part 1 spoilers are unmarked'''

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:The leaders of the Chainsaw Man Church know Denji is the real Chainsaw Man. Even after becoming their poster girl, Asa and Yoru do not.]]

* TranquilFury: He rips a limb off [[spoiler:the Eternity Devil]] while sarcastically [[ApologeticAttacker "thanking"]] it for almost killing him.

* CassandraTruth: In Chapter 133, Yoshida [[spoiler:warns Denji that if he chooses to turn into Chainsaw Man again, he'll be seeing Nayuta's corpse. Denji, in response, completely blows him off, but ultimately concedes to Yoshida's desire (at least seemingly). At the end of the Chainsaw Man Church arc, after seeing his apartment burn to the ground, Denji snaps and transforms into Chainsaw Man to indulge in mindless violence, only to get critically injured and nearly killed by an angry mob. Nayuta steps in to save him, and while she does successfuly manage to get him away, she's [[UncertainDoom strongly implied]] to sacrifice her own life in doing so.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Though Denji tries to put on a brave, defiant face, Nayuta [[spoiler:getting detained by Public Safety]] at Yoshida's behest, spooks him enough that he decides to stop being Chainsaw Man for several weeks.

** Despite all her hatred towards Chainsaw Man, when ||she finds out that Denji had his body torn apart and tried to have him put back together so she could fight him, she refuses Samurai Sword's idea of having Denji's dick stuck up his ass, because she wants to fight Denji in perfect conditions||, if only because she believes that it would make her triumphing over Denji meaningless if it's not the case.

* FriendOnTheForce: Played with. Yoshida, for unknown reasons, seems to agree with Public Safety's goal of stopping Denji from being Chainsaw Man. However, he acts pretty friendly toward Denji while getting close to him, looking to allow Denji to peacefully live out a normal life without needing to turn into Chainsaw Man. However when Denji repeatedly refuses to change, [[spoiler:the kid gloves come off and Yoshida outright Nayuta's life unless Denji gives up Chainsaw Man. It ''almost'' works, but in the end it's made extremely clear that Denji, at his core, cannot change. Denji cannot and will not live a life without Chainsaw Man, and eventually relapses back into his earlier behavior. Afterward, Yoshida seems to give up on Denji entirely, and leaves him to his fate of being dismembered in a Public Safety prison.]] It's strongly implied that all of Yoshida's prior behavior was to save Denji from this fate, but at the end of the day he cannot help someone who refuses to be helped.

* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: Pochita during his original Chainsaw Man days was one of the strongest devils in all of hell, constantly battling and killing many of them in his own quest to help others in need, that is the part of his strength that Pochita doesn't dislike, however, his much desired hugs in appreciation for his efforts was simply impossible due his immense strength, Pochita was literally incapable of friendly physical touch, he is hard coded to kill anything touched by him. It shows how Pochita is never disappointed over his weak dog-like form, since that's when Pochita meet Denji and their sincere friendship began, getting all the hugs he always wanted; when Makima forces his original form back Pochita instead chooses to prioritize fulfilling Denji's dreams over anything else, plotting a way to the get their contract back on track so Denji would come back and take control of their body. The most telling event is how Pochita has to hold Kobeni with his intestines scarf to carry her around, otherwise he would kill her.

** Upon hearing from a Public Safety agent that he's been cheating on his wife for six months ([[spoiler:while having the gall to wonder what ''she'' could've done wrong to be turned into a pseudo-Chainsaw Man]]), Asa casually lets Yoru take over to destroy the adulterer. Yoru herself [[TranquilFury coldly]] calls the man a "piece of crap" upon hearing his disregard for his partner.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Aki loses both of his arms to the Darkness Devil after he is sent to Hell. Once he returns he is only able to get his right arm reattached and loses the left one.]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: A Devil possessing a dead body usually produces a Fiend, but numerous details (War forming a contract with her right before the act, Asa's mind surviving the transformation, and Yoru's claims she could leave Asa's body if she wished) makes it unclear if Asa still qualifies as human after becoming Yoru's vessel.

* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler: Part of Yoru's power upgrade when Fami's plan starts coming to fruition is super speed, as shown through her missed attempt to strike Yoshida. To put into perspective how strong she became, Yoshida could at least keep up with Quanxi, herself an example of this, but he doesn't seem to register her movement until after she missed.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Asa (and by extension Yoru) gets her right arm cut by Yoshida when she attempts to turn her room into a weapon.]]

* BigGood: As the original Chainsaw Man, Pochita erased human history's worst disasters, atrocities, and monstrosities from existence, sparing humanity from both them and their Devils. In addition, the sacrifice he performed to save Denji in the first chapter ended up empowering the boy to protect humanity from Devils for no reason but the goodness of his heart; in contrast to the Public Safety Bureau having only did so to further the BigBad Makima's goals of world domination.