This article includes spoilers for the Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen mangas. Reader discretion is advised.
Recent developments in the manga Tatsuki Fujimoto, Chainsaw Manhave been trending on social networks due to the return of a variety of characters that most fans considered dead or, at the very least, missing. While this fuels anticipation for the long-awaited return of Reze, who eventually became Denji’s main love interest and one of the franchise’s most popular girls, It seems that the introduction of a new character was what mainly caught the attention in the most recent chapter.
He “Chapter 144: Weapons, nails, katana” continues with the siege of the Church of Chainsaw Man facilities, where young members have armed themselves with a variety of pistols and high-caliber weapons to defend themselves. However, a member of the Special Department 7 of the Public Security Agency enters the scene from the main entrance.
Although it is presented without any specific name, we can see that it is a “Demon Human”, that is, a demon that has taken over a person’s corpse as a last resort to survive. This is completely different from Hybrids, where a living human fuses with a demon and they coexist in the same body.
The new character wears the characteristic uniform of Public Security agents, but his head is completely broken in half. Several nails are inserted into his exposed brain, and he carries a hammer in each hand with which he carries out his attacks. It’s certainly a pretty phenomenal concept, but doesn’t all that sound familiar to you from some other manga?
In Chapter 124 of the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, Nobara Kugisaki’s character falls in battle against Mahitowho delivers a direct blow against his face with the Free Mutation Technique. This left her with a gaping hole in the left side of her skull.and considering that he uses the Voodoo Doll Technique that requires hammers and nails to be able to exert force or control the opponent from a distancethe similarities with the new Chainsaw Man character are undeniable.
Of course, the new character has his skull exposed on the right side (contrary to Nobara’s apparent death), so fans have decided to take it as a direct reference to the character:
- «Could it be that Fujimoto and Gege are friends and share ideas? I mean, this sounds like a clear reference to Nobara».
- «I don’t think you have to have balls to make these references, if literally the two authors are great friends. They even once competed for who made the best reference to Junji Ito’s horror mangas.».
- «It would have been funnier if the left side of her skull was missing, so she would literally be Nobara».
- «It’s literally like it was left after the fight with Mahito, it has hammers and nails on top of it.».
- «I already said that why a hammer and nails seemed familiar to me».
- «The best thing is that Chainsaw Man is so similar to Nobara that he is also missing an eye».
- «I read somewhere that he is a friend of Gege, so he probably played with that a little. Besides, who knows, maybe this counts as a warning that the lady is going to return soon in Jujutsu Kaisen».
- «Here’s my theory, the brain exploitation in Jujutsu Kaisen teleported her to Chainsaw Man».
- «Wow, and with everything and the heasdhot included».
- «Nobara died and appeared in another world, it’s like an isekai between Jump authors».
Fountain: Official site
