Makima

Makima works directly under the Chief Cabinet Secretary as an elite Public Safety Devil Hunter.

She becomes Denji’s superior officer after recruiting him into Special Division 4 during the Zombie Devil incident.

Despite initially presenting herself as a calm and kind superior, she is in fact the Control Devil, a primal entity who manipulates humans and devils alike.

She is widely feared and admired, drawing in people with her beauty, mystery, and overwhelming authority.

Makima’s ultimate goal is to use Chainsaw Man to erase things that cause fear and suffering, creating what she believes to be a “better world.”

At the same time, she is fascinated by Chainsaw Man to the point of wanting to be eaten and erased by him.

Name: Makima

Gender: Female

Affiliation: Public Safety Devil Hunters, Special Division 4

Position: Leader of Special Division 4, Devil Hunter under the Chief Cabinet Secretary

Height: 169 cm

First-person pronoun: “Watashi” (equivalent to “I” in English; polite/feminine tone)

Contracted Devil: Officially listed as unknown (her true nature is the Control Devil)

Hobby: Watching movies

Voice Actress (Anime): Tomori Kusunoki

Stage Actress (Play): Aya Hirano

Makima is a beautiful woman with long red hair and distinctive yellow eyes marked by concentric circles.

She usually wears her hair in a single long braid down her back, giving her a composed and tidy look.

In her standard work attire, she wears a white dress shirt, black necktie, black pants, and often a long black coat.

This simple but sharp look emphasizes her professional, authoritative image as a Public Safety Devil Hunter.

Off duty, she dresses more casually in relaxed, everyday clothes, though these outfits are rarely shown in detail.

Her striking eyes and hair, combined with her calm expression, leave a strong impression on both characters and readers.

Many members of Special Division 4, including Denji and Aki Hayakawa, admire or are attracted to her.

At the same time, devils such as Power feel deep fear toward her, sensing something fundamentally terrifying behind her smile.

On the surface, Makima appears gentle, collected, and approachable.

She often speaks softly, maintains a warm smile, and treats her subordinates with what looks like kindness and care.

However, she also has a cold, merciless side that reveals itself whenever it serves her objectives.

She is perfectly willing to threaten, manipulate, or sacrifice others if it brings her closer to her goals.

Makima is highly manipulative, using a careful mix of reward and punishment.

To Denji, she offers affection, food, comfort, and even romantic or sexual hints, while also reminding him he is her “dog” and can be “put down” if he becomes useless.

When Denji hesitates to follow an order, she bluntly tells him that a dog she does not need is euthanized.

She restricts his responses to “yes” or “woof,” making it clear that “no” is not accepted from someone she considers her pet.

Her charisma and mystery attract many people who either admire, love, fear, or obsess over her.

Even those who mistrust her, such as Himeno and Kishibe, cannot help but acknowledge her strength and influence.

According to Pochita’s perspective, Makima is deeply starved for family and equal relationships.

Because she only knows how to relate to others through fear and control, she seeks to create a world where those fears are erased and she can finally connect to others on equal footing.

Makima is first introduced when she arrives at the scene of the Zombie Devil incident, where Denji has just merged with Pochita and become Chainsaw Man.

Flanked by two large male subordinates and wearing a long coat, she calmly appraises Denji and remarks that his smell is neither human nor devil.

She reveals that she is a Public Safety Devil Hunter and offers Denji two choices.

He can die as a devil and be killed by her, or live as a human by being “kept” by her.

She promises that if she keeps him, she will feed him properly, appealing to his hunger and desperate situation.

Denji, having lived in poverty and abuse all his life, quickly accepts and joins Public Safety as her subordinate.

On the drive back, she has Denji kill a nearby devil as a test.

When he hesitates, she sternly reminds him that he is now her dog, that his answers are “yes” or “woof,” and that dogs who can’t do their job are euthanized in Public Safety.

Once at Public Safety headquarters, Makima explains that all Devil Hunters want to defeat a particular devil: the Gun Devil.

She promises Denji that if he manages to kill the Gun Devil, she will grant him any wish he has, further tightening her hold on his heart and motivation.

Throughout the series, she supervises and directs Special Division 4, which is full of unusual humans, fiends, and devils.

She coordinates operations against foes like the Zombie Devil, the Bat Devil, the Leech Devil, the Katana Devil, and powerful enemies from foreign countries.

Behind the scenes, Makima steadily pushes Denji through traumatizing missions and personal losses.

Her long-term objective is to break down Denji’s psyche so that Chainsaw Man can fully surface, free of Denji’s human constraints.

After numerous battles and tragedies, she succeeds in shattering Denji’s mind by manipulating events around his loved ones.

This leads to Chainsaw Man fully emerging, allowing her to finally confront the being she idolizes.

However, her plans ultimately fail due to an unexpected intervention by Power and Denji’s own resurgence and strategy.

Denji, using what he learned from Makima herself, manages to deceive and defeat her.

In the end, Denji uses a bizarre but effective method to bypass Makima’s contract-backed immortality.

He eats her piece by piece not as Chainsaw Man erasing a devil, but as Denji consuming her flesh, which nullifies her contract with the Prime Minister and leads to her disappearance as Makima.

Nature as the Control Devil

Makima’s true identity is the Control Devil, an embodiment of the fear of control and domination.

As the Control Devil, she grants contracts and exerts overwhelming authority over those she considers beneath her.

She possesses the power to “control” beings she deems inferior, including humans, devils, and fiends.

Those under her control can be directly commanded, used as living weapons, or forced into suicidal attacks.

She also has a unique relationship with Chainsaw Man.

While most beings forget devils erased by Chainsaw Man, Makima can remember the existence and names of those devils for some time after they are eaten.

Contract with the Prime Minister

Makima has a special contract with the Prime Minister of Japan.

Under this contract, any lethal attack against her is redirected and converted into random diseases, accidents, or deaths afflicting Japanese citizens in her place.

Because of this, she can be killed in battle or assassinated multiple times and still return alive, effectively making her functionally immortal.

Her “deaths” simply transfer harm to the people of Japan, making her almost impossible to permanently eliminate through conventional means.

Combat Feats and Techniques

Even aside from her contracts and devil nature, Makima has extraordinary physical, mental, and combat abilities.

Her capabilities far exceed those of ordinary humans in strength, durability, perception, and reflexes.

Some of her observed abilities include:

Remote Crushing Ritual:

She can have a restrained person speak the name of a target, then performs a ritualistic gesture with her hands.

In exchange for the life of the human sacrifice, the named target is crushed to death from afar, often flattened into a bloody smear.

Gaze-Induced Damage:

She can incapacitate or possibly kill a target simply by looking at them.

Victims can collapse, bleed, and lose consciousness under the pressure of her gaze.

Body Piercing Attacks:

She can create large holes in opponents’ bodies, such as blowing out their torso, apparently via pure force or an unseen power.

These attacks are precise and lethal, often killing enemies instantly.

Regeneration and Survival:

Due to her contract with the Prime Minister and her nature as the Control Devil, being shot, stabbed, or otherwise killed does not keep her down.

She recovers quickly and returns to combat, making ambushes and coordinated attacks largely futile.

Makima also commands large numbers of devils, fiends, and humans under her control.

She can combine their abilities in creative ways, turning her subordinates into a living arsenal of powers.

Her leadership of Special Division 4 showcases these talents.

She manages to organize an extremely chaotic group of individuals with wildly different personalities and powers, bending them toward her purposes.

With Denji

Makima is Denji’s first real point of contact with kindness, stability, and affection.

Before meeting her, he had only known poverty, abuse, and betrayal.

When Denji asks her what kind of men she likes, she responds that she likes someone “like Denji.”

This suggestive answer ignites his romantic and sexual hopes, binding him emotionally to her.

She offers him good food, companionship, and the promise of a better life, essentially becoming his entire world.

In return, she expects total obedience, treating him like a pet rather than an equal.

In the eyes of author Tatsuki Fujimoto, Makima’s name has a wordplay: if you “chainsaw” the “ki” (the “tree” character) from “Makima,” you get “Mama.”

Denji, who never received parental love, experiences her as a confusing mix of mother figure and romantic interest, deepening his dependence.

Makima’s control over Denji is psychological as well as physical.

She breaks him emotionally through loss, guilt, and overwhelming violence, eventually achieving the separation of Denji and Chainsaw Man that she desires.

With Other Characters

Himeno and Kishibe both suspect that Makima is far more dangerous than she appears.

They keep their guard up around her, though they lack the power to openly oppose her.

Power fears Makima intensely.

Even without fully understanding who or what Makima really is, Power’s instincts tell her that Makima is a predator far above her in the hierarchy of fear.

To many other Devil Hunters, Makima is a distant but admirable superior.

She is seen as a capable leader, a powerful protector, and someone who gets results against terrifying devils.

From the perspective of devils, she is both a threat and an object of awe.

Her status as the Control Devil places her among the most feared entities in the setting.

Makima is obsessed with Chainsaw Man, the being inside Denji.

She admires Chainsaw Man as a legendary devil that can consume other devils and erase their concepts from reality.

Her plan is to gain control over Chainsaw Man and use his erasure power to remove things like war, hunger, disease, and other sources of fear and suffering.

In her mind, this will create a utopia where a peaceful, equal kind of relationship can finally exist.

At the same time, she also dreams of being eaten by Chainsaw Man and erased from existence.

For her, being consumed by the object of her worship is another form of fulfillment.

Pochita’s assessment suggests that Makima’s longing for family and equal companionship lies at the heart of her actions.

Her violent, controlling methods are twisted attempts to build a world where she can escape the isolation imposed by her own nature as the Control Devil.

Makima consistently ranks high in character popularity polls.

Across three major polls, she placed second each time, showing steady and enduring popularity regardless of trends.

Her mix of beauty, charisma, cruelty, and mystery has made her one of the most discussed characters in Chainsaw Man.

Fans often debate her morality, her true feelings, and whether her goals are in any way justifiable.

The author has publicly commented on the name-based wordplay linking Makima to “Mama.”

This reinforces the idea that her relationship with Denji is intentionally written as a blend of maternal, romantic, and predatory dynamics.