Chainsaw Man

For good reasons, Chainsaw Man is widely regarded as one of the greatest new Shonen Jump series. The visual rip-and-tear battles combine with a distinctive and humorous narrative about demons to create one fantastic manga. The story has been available on Viz Media's Shonen Jump row for a while now, with subscribers able to read it in its entirety and non-subscribers able to enjoy the first and final three chapters. However, the first commercial paperback edition of Chainsaw Man, which includes eight chapters, was released today.

Denji (the protagonist) is a teenage boy in severe need of money. After his father dies, leaving him with a large debt, he relies on a demonic dog called Pochita, who seems to have a chainsaw blade protruding from its face to assist him in earning money. They work together to exterminate bad demons, gather logs for sale, and just do whatever else they can to cobble for some money. Denji eventually puts himself into trouble battling the yakuza. He and Pochita then fuse, resulting in a chainsaw-man hybrid, whom devil hunters enlist to fight for them.

Now that he has achieved stability, he is hell-bent on reclaiming the fantastic life he never really had.

Year of Release: 2018

Author: Tatsuki Fujimoto

2021 Sales: ~5.2M copies