50 free Chainsaw Man trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Chainsaw Man took a poor kid, a chainsaw dog and a world where fear literally creates monsters and turned it into one of the biggest manga of its era. This Chainsaw Man trivia quiz covers Part 1 and Part 2 of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga: Denji and Pochita's contract, Public Safety, Makima's true nature, Power and her cat, Aki's contracts, Reze, Asa Mitaka and the War Devil, and the ending. It also covers the rules of the world, how Devils and Fiends work, and the sales and awards. There are questions on the making of it too: Fujimoto's inspirations from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to Adventure Time and South Park, the MAPPA anime with its twelve different endings and Kenshi Yonezu's 'Kick Back', the voice cast, and the record-breaking Reze Arc film. Spoilers throughout. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia and cited on the question, so you can see where each fact comes from.
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Q 01Who created Chainsaw Man?
Tatsuki Fujimoto
He previously wrote Fire Punch and later the acclaimed one-shots Look Back and Goodbye, Eri.
Q 02In which magazine was the first part of Chainsaw Man serialised, from December 2018 to December 2020?
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Part 2 moved to the digital Shōnen Jump+ platform.
Q 03What kind of animal does Pochita, the Chainsaw Devil, resemble?
A dog
Fujimoto based the Denji-Pochita bond on Finn and Jake from Adventure Time.
Q 04How does Denji transform into Chainsaw Man?
By pulling a cord in his chest
Fujimoto's very first idea was a hero who sprouted a chainsaw from his head when a cord was pulled.
Q 05To whom does Denji owe his dead father's debt at the start of the story?
The yakuza
The yakuza betray and kill him in a deal with the Zombie Devil, which is when Pochita saves him.
Q 06On what condition does Pochita revive Denji?
That he live a humble, ordinary life
Makima later tries to void the contract by crushing exactly those ordinary dreams.
Q 07According to the series, Devils are born from what?
Humanity's fears
When the Chainsaw Devil eats another Devil, the thing it represents is erased from history, which is why the Holocaust and nuclear weapons are forgotten.
Q 08What is a Fiend?
A Devil possessing a human body
Power is the Blood Fiend; Denji, having merged with Pochita, is a hybrid rather than a Fiend.
Q 09Which government agency recruits Denji?
Public Safety Devil Hunters
He is partnered with Aki Hayakawa and Power.
Q 10Which Devil is Denji first assigned to hunt?
Gun
The United States later deploys the Gun Devil against Makima, who defeats it and forces it to possess Aki.
Q 11Power is a Fiend created from which Devil?
Blood
She was inspired by Eric Cartman from South Park, one of Fujimoto's favourite shows.
Q 12What is the name of Power's beloved cat?
Meowy
She looks like a young girl but is 19.
Q 13Which South Park character inspired Power?
Eric Cartman
Denji, meanwhile, was written with a chunk of Fujimoto's own crude personality.
Q 14Makima is eventually revealed to be which Devil?
Q 21How does the manga end for Pochita?
He eats his own heart and vanishes
In the new reality Denji wakes alone in a shack and is saved from the yakuza by Power.
Q 22How many tankōbon volumes of Chainsaw Man had been published by June 2026?
24
By June 2026 the series had more than 36 million copies in circulation.
Q 23Which American comics prize did Chainsaw Man win three years running, from 2021 to 2023?
The Harvey
It also took the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.
Control
She was the first character Fujimoto solidly envisioned for the series.
Q 15How does Denji become catatonic near the end of Part 1?
Makima kills Power in front of him
Denji had just asked to be her dog when she did it.
Q 16Which character does the Gun Devil possess after Makima defeats it?
Aki
Aki had contracts with the Fox, Curse and Future Devils.
Q 17Who is Nayuta?
The reincarnated Control Devil
Kishibe retrieves her from China so the government cannot exploit her.
Q 18Part 2's protagonist Asa Mitaka is contracted to which Devil?
War
She was killed by a classmate contracted to the Justice Devil before Yoru took up residence in her body.
Q 19What is the War Devil's name?
Yoru
She wants revenge on Chainsaw Man for nearly destroying her.
Q 20Fami, who secretly controls the Chainsaw Man Church, turns out to be which Devil?
Death
Li'l D explains that Yoru wants Pochita to erase death itself, causing endless war.
Q 24Which 1974 horror film inspired Fujimoto to create the series?
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
He has also called the series 'a wicked FLCL' and a copycat of Dorohedoro and Jujutsu Kaisen.
Q 25Which 1998 film did Fujimoto cite when asked what readers could expect from Part 2?
The Big Lebowski
He said the Coens' film left him 'questioning the ending and feeling like it was all for nothing'.
Q 26Which cartoon duo inspired the dynamic between Denji and Pochita?
Finn and Jake
Fujimoto's editor initially worried a chainsaw-wielding hero would be mistaken for a villain.
Q 27Which novel character inspired Makima as an 'unfathomable being' hiding her sadness?
Benten from The Eccentric Family
The final Denji-Makima fight was modelled on Kizumonogatari's duel between Araragi and Kiss-shot.
Q 28Which studio produced the Chainsaw Man anime, unusually without a production committee?
MAPPA
MAPPA pitched the adaptation to Shueisha itself.
Q 29Who directed the 2022 anime series?
Ryū Nakayama
Action director Tatsuya Yoshihara went on to direct the Reze Arc film.
Q 30Who performs the anime's opening theme, 'Kick Back'?
Kenshi Yonezu
King Gnu's Daiki Tsuneta helped arrange it.