The Chainsaw Man anime is now streaming, and fans are already obsessing over one main character. If you haven’t guessed, we are talking about Makima, who is the female lead in the anime and has everyone inside and outside the world of Chainsaw Man obsessed with her. But there might be a sinister secret hiding behind her friendly face. Want to find out? Let’s dive deep and explore everything you need to know about Makima in Chainsaw Man. From her secrets to her strength, we have it all covered!

Spoiler Warning: This guide has the biggest spoilers for the plot of Chainsaw Man’s Public Safety Arc (up to Chapter 97). We suggest you watch the Chainsaw Man anime or read the manga first, at least till chapter 97, to avoid wrecking your experience.

  • Who is Makima in Chainsaw Man

  • What is the Goal of Makima?Four Horsemen in Chainsaw ManChainsaw Man Makima Abilities

  • Common PowersSpecial PowersChainsaw Man Makima WeaknessIs Makima in Chainsaw Man Dead or Alive?Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the Goal of Makima?Four Horsemen in Chainsaw Man

  • Common PowersSpecial Powers

Who is Makima in Chainsaw Man

Makima is one of the main characters in the first arc of Chainsaw Man. Early in the story, we learn that she is a senior member of the Public Safety Devil Hunters and leader of an experimental unit Tokyo Special Division 4.

Unfortunately, for Chainsaw Man, Makima turns out to be the control devil and has the power to control any other being. But to control someone, she first needs to convince herself that she can defeat that being. So, Makima uses Denji’s romantic feelings to trap him in her plan and slowly weakens him to attempt to take over Chainsaw Man’s powers.

What is the Goal of Makima?

When the control devil is initially introduced, we learn that Makima aims to control Pochita and use the Chainsaw devil’s power of devil erasure to create an ideal world. In her ideal world, the element of fear, death, and conceptually bad movies don’t exist.

Similar to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Christian mythology, the Four Horsemen in the Chainsaw Man story refers to a group of dangerous devils. As revealed in Chapter 87 of the manga, they are the only devils that remember the names of the devils that are erased by Pochita. This group of devils consists of the following:

We already know that Control Devil, or Makima, is the antagonist of the first arc of Chainsaw Man. Interestingly, the War Devil (or Yoru), as revealed in Chapter 98, is the main villain of the second arc. So, from the looks of it, the Four Horsemen are the “big bad” in the story of Chainsaw Man. Though, it won’t be surprising to see new villains show up later in the story. All the movie and pop culture references in the Chainsaw Man opening theme were proof that it always does the unexpected.

Compared to all the other devils we have seen so far, Makima has the most diverse set of abilities. To understand them, we are covering all of her abilities in two separate sections.

Common Powers

These are some of the common abilities of Makima:

Special Powers

As for the special abilities that differ from one devil to another, Makima has the following powers:

  • Invisible Projectiles: In Chainsaw Man, Makima can use her index finger to shoot invisible force-based bullets that inflict heavy damage. She usually “Bang!” while using this ability.Manipulation: In the later chapters of the manga, Reze, Quanxi, and Katana Man, who were former enemies of Makima, become friendly towards her due to her manipulating their minds.

  • Remote Destruction: Makima has the power to attack anyone remotely with an invisible force. But this power works only with a certain ritual. We see in Chapter 27 that Makima asks some human to say the name of her target while everyone around her is blindfolded. Then, both the person with that name and the person who spoke the name dies. At the moment, this power only appears to work against humans.

  • Corpse Control: Even dying doesn’t allow you to escape from Makima’s grip. In Chapter 66, she uses her power on a dead person to contact the devil the deceased was in contract with.

Chainsaw Man Makima Weakness

Makima was practically not killable due to her contract with the Prime Minister of Japan, which transmitted all fatal damage to Japanese citizens. But Denji was able to ultimately take her down by being able to game her heightened sense of smell, which she used to recognize people. He interrupted the benefit of her contract by stopping her from regenerating using the devil’s blood.

In the 96th chapter of the manga, Pochita and Denji cleverly defeat and kill Makima after deceiving her with a duplicate body of Chainsaw Man. But that’s only the end of Makima’s story. The control devil lives on. Unless consumed by Pochita, every devil is sent to hell after death. Then, if they die in hell, that devil is reincarnated in the human world.

Since Pochita didn’t consume Makima after killing her, she soon gets reincarnated back onto Earth. Fortunately, after each death, devils don’t have the memory of their past. So, it is revealed in Chapter 97 that the reincarnated version of Control Devil is Nayuta, an innocent young Chinese girl with no bad intentions. At least for now. Not to forget, she is just one of the Four Horsemen that Pochita has to worry about.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Makima a villain?

Makim dies multiple times at the hand of a bunch of people, including the Chainsaw devil. But she kept getting automatically revived until she finally got killed by Chainsaw Man with the help of the blood devil (Power).