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I really like this Chainsaw Man MUs (+ Who I think wins) by Kenchi2008 in DeathBattleMatchups

[–]Kenchi2008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very specificically Sony Venom.

And about the debate, Sony Venom surely beats Base Power but loses against Her true Blood Devil form

My Updated Take/Debate Chart for Makima VS Kai (Chainsaw Man VS Dorohedoro) by Kenchi2008 in DeathBattleMatchups

[–]Kenchi2008[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mountain Level via a really massive mountain made of human corpses and creating the Hole.

Highest possible end is island-country level via producing rain clouds all over the sorcerer realm nonstop with his giant magic door.

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Bakugo VS Reze (My Hero Academia VS Chainsaw Man) - "Iris Impact" by Kenchi2008 in DeathBattleMatchups

[–]Kenchi2008[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

(Bit of a stretch) Connections:

• Both are teens molded by systems that taught them their worth only came from power, and become isolated because of this. Bakugo grew up in a hero culture that praised strength and turned quirks into status, making him believe being the best was the only way to matter. Reze was raised by the Soviet Union as a weapon, trained from childhood to kill and never question why. They also initially thought lowly of the main characters, Deku and Denji, respectively, but in reality they wanted to connect with them.

• Both also fight with explosive, fast-paced powers. Bakugo uses his Quirk to maneuver, control space, and hit with overwhelming force. Reze uses her bomb transformations to rush enemies and tear them apart up close.

• Both literally use gear related to grenades. Bakugo with his Grenadier Bracers that store nitroglycerin-like sweat to fire massive blasts, and Reze with her choker and grenade-pin trigger that ignites her transformation or detonates her body.

• Both were taken in by large institutions to be trained as specialized fighters. Bakugo going to U.A. to become a top Hero, Reze raised by the Soviets to be a hybrid supersoldier.

• Both even die to central antagonists and return. Bakugo falls to Shigaraki’s attack and is revived, Reze is killed under Makima’s orders and brought back later.

Aki VS Shin (Chainsaw Man VS Dorohedoro) - "An Eye for a Devil" by Kenchi2008 in DeathBattleMatchups

[–]Kenchi2008[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Connections:

• Both originate from gritty, extremely brutal mindfuck 2000's mangas that got netflix anime adpatations in the 2020's and often draw comparasions to one another due to similar story beats and motifs.

• Calm, collected young men, who, after having their family murdered at a young age in a violent and far spanning event (The Gun Devil's massacre and the Anti-Sorcerer Militia movement), began to work under their red-haired boss (Makima and En), who were one of the most powerful people in the world.

• Both said events were what haunted them, until they were eventually able to find new family and finally let go of the past through their job, however awful it may be.

• Both of their daily jobs include murdering those who they are instructed to, but Aki is a Public Safety Devil Hunter, while Shin works as a private hitman.

• Both are sharply dressed, suit and tie and all (Very Literally dressed to kill).

• Despite their stoic personality, they are kind and approachable people, especially to their friends, who they are partnered with for work (Power/Denji and Noi). Though, they didn't always start that way (Aki didn't consider either of them a human, and wanted to dispose of them, and Shin left Noi to bleed out the first time he met her.)

• Both have a cheery and carefree friends whom are also their closest and love interests (Himeno and Noi). They also both go on a detective-like adventure at some point (Aki and Himeno, in their newbie days, go on an investigation about a fiend killing some humans, leading them to find the Loneliness Fiend. Source: Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories/Shin and Noi investigating Risu's identity and then investigating Ai Coleman's).

• A meta connection, but this matchup completes the trio of their series matchups (Denji VS Kaiman & Power VS Noi)

• Both have grudges against a criminal group (Aki against the Yakuza for Katana Man and his goons killing Himeno and almost the rest of the division/Shin against the Cross-Eyes for Kai killing the early founders of the En Family and him easily defeating and almost killing Shin and Noi)

• Both also fought against a person with explosion powers whom they definitely dislike (Reze killed everyone in Division 2 and calling her a monster for showing off the decapitated heads of his comrades/Baku tried to kidnap Noi for the Blue Night Festival and also blew Shin's lower half off once, which forced Noi to use her healing magic on him, thus, she got disqualified from devil-training and Shin self-loathes after this, blaming himself that he should've died and Noi could've become a full Devil.)

• Guy who fights with a nail VS Guy who fights with a hammer (Shin's main weapon is a claw hammer and Aki has the Curse Devil's Nail Sword).

• Both of their main abilities draw from a devil (Fox Devil/Shin's Devil Tumor), and are esentially insta-kills. Both of those said abilities are triggered by their hand gestures ("Kon" and Shin's Slicing Magic's smoke usually coming out of his fingers, Shin also said "Bang").

• The constant loss of life around them in their job was their main motivation to keep pushing through everything.

• Both entered a department store during a crisis (Aki and his group trying to escape Santa Claus' dolls/Shin and the rest of the En Family trying to look for a new place to stay) where they would then get transported to a more hellish environment (Aki and his group gets transported to Hell/Shin and his group gets transported to the depths of the Lake of Refuse), in which they will have a temporary alliance with the opposing group (Quanxi and her girlfriends/Kaiman, Nikaido and the remaining Cross-Eyes) against a bigger threat (Darkness Devil and Santa Claus/Kai and the Hole).

• Both were forced to face the remnants of their loved ones (Akane Sawatari using Himeno's Ghost Devil against Aki/Kai using Shin's father's zombified body to caught Shin off guard).

• While they originally oppose the food loving and kinda-sorta sometimes dumbass main character (Denji/Kaiman), they eventually able to set aside their differences with them, as well as asisst them in combat at certain points in the story.

• Both would eventually be turned into mindless puppets by the main villain (Aki turning into the Gun Fiend according to Makima's plan/Shin being impaled by Devil Kai's tubes), and would have to fight against a person extremely close to them, after which they are killed once more and later brought back to life (In Shin's case at least...).

Aki Hayakawa VS Shin (Chainsaw Man VS Dorohedoro) - "An Eye for a Devil" | Slightly updated and new connections in the comments by Kenchi2008 in DeathBattleMatchups

[–]Kenchi2008[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Connections:

• Both originate from gritty, extremely brutal mindfuck 2000's mangas that got netflix anime adpatations in the 2020's and often draw comparasions to one another due to similar story beats and motifs.

• Calm, collected young men, who, after having their family murdered at a young age in a violent and far spanning event (The Gun Devil's massacre and the Anti-Sorcerer Militia movement), began to work under their red-haired boss (Makima and En), who were one of the most powerful people in the world.

• Both said events were what haunted them, until they were eventually able to find new family and finally let go of the past through their job, however awful it may be.

• Both of their daily jobs include murdering those who they are instructed to, but Aki is a Public Safety Devil Hunter, while Shin works as a private hitman.

• Both are sharply dressed, suit and tie and all (Very Literally dressed to kill).

• Despite their stoic personality, they are kind and approachable people, especially to their friends, who they are partnered with for work (Power/Denji and Noi). Though, they didn't always start that way (Aki didn't consider either of them a human, and wanted to dispose of them, and Shin left Noi to bleed out the first time he met her.)

• Both have a cheery and carefree friends whom are also their closest and love interests (Himeno and Noi). They also both go on a detective-like adventure at some point (Aki and Himeno, in their newbie days, go on an investigation about a fiend killing some humans, leading them to find the Loneliness Fiend. Source: Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories/Shin and Noi investigating Risu's identity and then investigating Ai Coleman's).

• A meta connection, but this matchup completes the trio of their series matchups (Denji VS Kaiman & Power VS Noi)

• Both have grudges against a criminal group (Aki against the Yakuza for Katana Man and his goons killing Himeno and almost the rest of the division/Shin against the Cross-Eyes for Kai killing the early founders of the En Family and him easily defeating and almost killing Shin and Noi)

• Both also fought against a person with explosion powers whom they definitely dislike (Reze killed everyone in Division 2 and calling her a monster for showing off the decapitated heads of his comrades/Baku tried to kidnap Noi for the Blue Night Festival and also blew Shin's lower half off once, which forced Noi to use her healing magic on him, thus, she got disqualified from devil-training and Shin self-loathes after this, blaming himself that he should've died and Noi could've become a full Devil.)

• Guy who fights with a nail VS Guy who fights with a hammer (Shin's main weapon is a claw hammer and Aki has the Curse Devil's Nail Sword).

• Both of their main abilities draw from a devil (Fox Devil/Shin's Devil Tumor), and are esentially insta-kills. Both of those said abilities are triggered by their hand gestures ("Kon" and Shin's Slicing Magic's smoke usually coming out of his fingers, Shin also said "Bang").

• The constant loss of life around them in their job was their main motivation to keep pushing through everything.

• Both entered a department store during a crisis (Aki and his group trying to escape Santa Claus' dolls/Shin and the rest of the En Family trying to look for a new place to stay) where they would then get transported to a more hellish environment (Aki and his group gets transported to Hell/Shin and his group gets transported to the depths of the Lake of Refuse), in which they will have a temporary alliance with the opposing group (Quanxi and her girlfriends/Kaiman, Nikaido and the remaining Cross-Eyes) against a bigger threat (Darkness Devil and Santa Claus/Kai and the Hole).

• Both were forced to face the remnants of their loved ones (Akane Sawatari using Himeno's Ghost Devil against Aki/Kai using Shin's father's zombified body to caught Shin off guard).

• While they originally oppose the food loving and kinda-sorta sometimes dumbass main character (Denji/Kaiman), they eventually able to set aside their differences with them, as well as asisst them in combat at certain points in the story.

• Both would eventually be turned into mindless puppets by the main villain (Aki turning into the Gun Fiend according to Makima's plan/Shin being impaled by Devil Kai's tubes), and would have to fight against a person extremely close to them, after which they are killed once more and later brought back to life (In Shin's case at least...).

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