And this is the penultimate chapter of this manga, which in a short time has become one of my favorites. As things were happening in recent chapters, as you could sense that the end was quite close, however, not expected to come so quickly. This week (unofficially) the last chapter of Chainsaw Man is published and I say unofficially since usually, the chapter leaks come out on Thursday and on Friday the whole chapter leaks out in Japanese, and that same day or the next (Saturday) the translated versions are published by the fans. Being Sunday the day when the official chapter is published in MangaPlus, why do I tell this? I don't know, I'm assimilating that Chainsaw Man ends this week. This penultimate chapter, brings with it a very important news that will be revealed in chapter 97, all the fans suspect that it could be the announcement of the adaptation to the anime, which I hope will be like that, others theorize that it could be a 2nd part of Chainsaw Man, although this I doubt it very much, the announcement of the anime is much more logical because this manga is quite popular in Japan. However, as if the news of the surprise were not enough, the publisher of the manga announced that there will be another surprise which will be revealed this Thursday, therefore, we will have two news related to Chainsaw Man, so at least one of them is more than sure to be the adaptation of the manga to the anime. I just hope they make it as faithful as possible to the original product. In the same way I will make a post of the new information that comes out of Chainsaw Man.
Now, the review of the penultimate chapter of Chainsaw Man:
Chainsaw Man 96 "This Kind of Taste" begins by showing us Makima sitting on the floor, smoking after having defeated Chainsaw Man/Denji, then takes Pochita in her heart shape and tells her that this is the second time she has defeated him, that she now belongs to him and that from now on they will sleep together, eat together and always be together. Makima looks very happy about his victory, however, while he was worshipping Pochita, behind her there is a large number of bodies from which a figure in a suit is emerging, and surprising Makima with a loud warning sound of a chainsaw.
Denji appears, who is willing to attack her, showing us in the next page, how Denji, dressed in a suit attacks Makima, making a cut in almost all his body.
To Makima's surprise look, Denji turns to her and tells her that "I was waiting for the moment when she would let down her guard and now take Pochita back". Denji continues to talk and says that he had to use all the blood that Power gave him and Makima, still surprised, asks him how he is still alive. Denji explains to her that the Chainsaw Man/Denji with whom she has been fighting all this time, is nothing more than "a Pochita" who is torn from her heart, this part is a little confusing, I think I understand that, Denji took off a piece of Pochita, after that piece was regenerated the "Chainsaw Man" with which Makima had been fighting the last chapters and that Denji was kept alive with Power's blood.
Denji continues with his monologue and tells Makima that her wounds are taking a long time to heal and that this is because he attacked her with a chainsaw made from Power's blood and that she is now inside her and her regeneration is being affected.
Faced with this, Makima was about to tell Denji that she is still not going to die, but Denji stops her and tells her that he knows that. At that moment Kishibe arrives in a van and Denji tells Makima that he is going to cut her.
Now in Denji's apartment, it seems that some days have passed, Kishibe tells Denji that there are still people dying for Makima, because Makima's contract with the prime minister of Japan is still active, and she is trying to regenerate. Kishibe keeps talking to Denji and tells him that he is not sure that with his plan he will defeat Makima and that he should prepare himself to lose and die, but before he leaves he also tells him that he will come back if he is still alive and that he should not die because he (Denji) is the most qualified for the job of "Devil Hunters".
Denji is a little confused by Kishibe's words. Denji is alone in his apartment and starts to get hungry so he starts looking through his things for something to cook, while he talks to himself and says that: "Despite all that has happened, he still loves Makima, but the people who have died because of her, will never forgive her, so he will carry his sins with him. Denji says this while he is cooking.
Denji is serving her food and continues to say: "Maybe you should stick a bomb next to her and explode it together, but that won't work with her and the best idea is that the two of them (Makima and Denji) should be one and the same.
Denji already served himself all the food and started eating what was served, and already at this moment, I had suspicions about what was going to happen next, everything Denji was saying while looking for that cooking, preparing the food and serving himself, all this was a preparation for the shocking final page of this chapter.
Which is better to see than to explain:
And with this we arrive to the penultimate chapter of Chainsaw Man, which the resolution with Makima was something quite rare but at the same time logical within the universe of madness of this manga. In a few days comes the review of the last chapter, along with the two new news regarding Chainsaw Man. And as a curious fact, see this reference to the first cover of Chainsaw Man:
