History Fanfic / WishfulThinkingToggle1

* ClusterFBomb: In the bonus chapter, Makima curses up a storm when she realizes she forgot Denji's birthday and Kishibe's squad gets the drop on her.

** In the bonus chapter, Kishibe is shocked to see a frustrated Makima curse out the squad shooting her and commit suicide.

* BerserkButton: Makima does not react well to anything contradicting her view of Chainsaw Man as the embodiment of chaos. [[spoiler:In Chapter 9, when Power says that Pochita asked her to save Denji, Makima's response is cold, furious denial before killing the severely injured Chainsaw Man out of anger.]]

* BerserkButton: Makima does not react well to anything contradicting her view of Chainsaw Man as the embodiment of chaos. [[spoiler:In Chapter 9, when Power says that Pochita asked her to save Denji, Makima's response is cold, furious denial before killing the severely injured Chainsaw Man.]]

* RageQuit: [[spoiler:In Chapter 9, Makima, enraged over Power saying that Pochita asked her to save Denji, ends the loop by killing the severely wounded Chainsaw Man.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: As Reze and Asa replace Power in Chapters 6 and 8 respectively, they are killed to drive Denji to despair.

* EvilIsPetty: Makima has a cruel streak, from mocking a captured Yoru in Chapter 3, to antagonizing the Angel Devil for forcing him to kill his village in Chapter 7, to taking pleasure in Asa's jealousy over Himeno kissing Denji in Chapter 8. She gets even worst in chapter 12, where out of frustration she decides to cause as much suffering as she can in each loop.

* CommonalityConnection: In the loop where Reze joined Public Safety she started to grow closer to Denji when she learned that like her, he never went to school.

* BookEnds: The first sentence of each chapter and loop is "Makima opened her eyes." [[spoiler:The last line from her viewpoint is "Makima closed her eyes" and the fic's last line is "Nayuta opened her eyes."]]

* GroundhogDayLoop: Makima is trapped in one that starts the day before she meets Denji. Anything that prevents her rebirth as Nayuta resets the loop. Committing suicide also restarts it. She also gains the memories of her life as Nayuta after each loop.

** [[spoiler:In the same chapter, she [[ TearsOfJoy cries]] when she learns that she succeeded in giving Nayuta a loving family.]]

** [[spoiler:In the same chapter, she cries when she learns that she succeeded in giving Nayuta a loving family.]]

** [[spoiler:In the same chapter, learning that through her efforts she managed to give Nayuta a family who loved her drives her to tears.]]

** In chapter 8 Asa takes [[CuteKitten Crambon]] with her when she is forced to join Public Safety, averting his death.

** Since Asa is turned into the War Hybrid in Chapter 8, she takes [[CuteKitten Crambon]] with her to Public Safety before he can be killed.

* AntiHero: [[spoiler:After her character development Makima's goal is to save Denji's loved ones. However her ways to do so leave them with both physical and mental trauma, and it is explicitly stated she does not care about anyone who isn't in the group.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Makima has a cruel streak, from mocking a captured Yoru in Chapter 3, to antagonizing the Angel Devil for forcing him to kill his village in Chapter 7, to taking pleasure in Asa's jealousy over Himeno kissing Denji in Chapter 8. She gets even worst in chapter 12 where out of frustration. she decides to cause as much suffering as she can in each loop.

* NotSoStoic: Makima is driven to her breaking point multiple times.
** She's incensed to learn that Pochita asked Power to save Denji.

* DisabledInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:After her character development, Makima's plan to save Himeno is to have the Katana Man shoot her through the spine, which both saves her life and acts as a catalyst for Aki to bond with Denji and Power. Through Nayuta's memories it's shown that she can walk with a cane for a limited time.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Makima has a sadistic streak, from mocking a captured Yoru in Chapter 3, to antagonizing the Angel Devil for forcing him to kill his village in Chapter 7, to taking pleasure in Asa's jealousy over Himeno kissing Denji in Chapter 8.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Makima's scheme in Chapter 7 is to have the government execute the Gun Fiend to break Denji's trust in Public Safety. [[spoiler:Denji allies with the Chainsaw Man Church as a result.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Makima goes from cold, methodical plotting, to desperate, scatterbrained scheming, to needlessly cruel due to being stuck in the loop, to wanting death, [[spoiler:to realizing she and Nayuta want to be loved, and making sure her future incarnation grows up with a larger family.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Chapter 7, Kishibe kills the Gun Fiend just when Denji possibly got through to him. This ends up breaking the latter's trust in Public Safety.

* SexForSolace: In Chapter 8, Asa seeking comfort for her guilt over her mother's death and killing the Gun Fiend initiates sex with Denji.
* SexualKarma: When Denji has sex with Reze and Asa in the timelines where they join Public Safety, while they do have somewhat selfish reasons for doing so (Reze is trying to convincde Denji to run away with her, Asa as mentioned in SexForSolace is trying to bury her own guilt), they nevertheless genuinely care for Denji and do so consensually. Their resulting sessions are thus shown to be a mutually pleasurable affairs ending with both parties content and satisfied. By contrast, when Makima [[spoiler:rapes]] Denji, she's thoroughly unsatisifed and feels downright awful, is unable to get any sleep through the following night, and spends the rest of the cycle on autopilot in a dazed and trancelike state, to the point that she's glad when Denji cuts her down.

* LastStand: Various characters fight doomed battles with Makima to save Denji in several loops.
** Happens with Reze in Chapter 6.
** Happens with Angel in Chapter 7.
** Happens with Asa/Yoru in Chapter 8.

* SexualKarma: When Denji has sex with Reze and Asa in the timelines where they join Public Safety, it's shown to be a mutually pleasurable affair ending with both parties content and satisfied. By contrast, when Makima [[spoiler:rapes]] Denji, she's thoroughly unsatisifed and feels downright awful, is unable to get any sleep through the following night, and spends the rest of the cycle on autopilot in a dazed and trancelike state, to the point that she's glad when Denji cuts her down.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The bonus chapter reveals that from Gun Fiend-Himeno's perspective she was being tormented by the ghosts of her dead partners and civilians she failed to save.

* {{Synchronization}}: Due to being Asa's heart in Chapter 8, Yoru gains her love for Denji and can't bring herself to kill him. [[spoiler:She's the one who suggests that they merge to save Denji.]]

* BreakTheHaughty: Makima, the all powerful Control Devil, goes from eagerly using the loop to attempt to fufill her goals to breaking down over being stuck in time.

* {{Yandere}}: Besides her canonical obsession with Chainsaw Man, Makima becomes this towards Denji in the loop where she groomed him, taking pleasure in killing Aki and Power, because Denji refused to go to Enoshima with her to care for them. When Denji is left in shock at seeing her kill Power, Makima is distressed that he isn't paying attention to her.