Chainsaw: How does the anime adapt the violence of the manga on screen?

There was a bloodbath in the first episode!

Chainsaw it’s work Tatsuki Fujimoto and this is far from a children’s fairy tale, fans who have read the manga know this. But what bothered his readers was how Studio MAPPA would adapt such a story cruel as well as bloodthirsty like this. Finally, First episode debuted on October 11 and proved that, in addition to potential success, Chainsaw so be it cruel how many of your manga!

The first episode of the anime followed the same narrative as the manga, introducing us Denji – the main character is a boy who eventually inherited a debt from his father and went to work as a demon hunter in yakuza to pay off this debt and not get killed by the gang. However, after an unsuccessful ambush, the young man becomes Chainsaw Demon by entering into an agreement with honor, your demon puppy.

Honor, Chainsaw Demon

The question here is not in the plot itself, but in how it Studio MAPPA decided to adapt this introductory chapter. The manga is quite violent and Danji was too violent. dead as well as quartered right in the first chapter (which scared a lot of readers since he’s the main character), but since the manga Black and whiteno matter how brutal the scene, the shock Colors he is not.

Deciding to keep the same level of graphic violence as the manga, uncensored and cut, the studio managed to make Fujimoto’s work even more impressive. Here is a comparison between manga and anime:

The moment Denji transforms into Chainsaw Man for the first time (image taken from the manga)

A scene adapting Denji’s first transformation from the Chainsaw Man anime.

A man with a chainsaw kills a zombie demon (image taken from the manga)

The scene is adapted for the anime, where the Chainsaw Man kills a zombie demon.

In these scenes in question, Denji performed his first transformation in Chainsaw, after concluding a contract with Pochita and the puppy becomes his heart to bring him back to life. Alone, the boy, who is now a powerful demon, faced countless zombies that were members of Yakuza, in addition to defeating demon zombie causing him to bleed.

Fans who already know the work, satisfied with what they saw and shared their opinion on social networks, stating that the essence of the original work was preserved and that Chainsaw has the potential to become big hit production among many other recent ones such as Kaisen jujutsu, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan and so on.

If anime continues to keep these bloody moments on our screens, readers will be happy and new audiences can be reached. But remember: this is not a cartoon for kidsget them out of the room before pressing the play button!

Chainsaw is in the catalog crispy roll and episodes will be broadcast weekly.