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* ''The Day They Became Buddies'': Aki recalls his first assignment together with Himeno.
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* ''The Day They Became Buddies'': Aki recalls his first assignment together with Himeno.
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* ThePigPen: {{Subverted|trope}} for Power, as the story finally details her hygienic habits after being chewed out for not having any; she bathes every three days and flushes half the time, which still isn't great but is an improvement from her nonexistent habits at the start of the series.
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* ThePigPen: {{Subverted|trope}} for Power, as the story finally details her hygienic habits after being chewed out for not having any; later on in the series; she bathes every three days and flushes half the time, which still isn't great but is an improvement from her nonexistent habits at the start of the series.from when Denji first met her.
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* ThePigPen: {{Subverted|trope}} for Power, as the story finally details her hygienic habits after being chewed out for not having any; she bathes every three days and flushes half the time, which still isn't great but is an improvement from her nonexistent habits at the start of the series.
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* BodyHorror: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:Denji emerges from the defeated House Devil with the right side of his body digested and mutilated by the monstrous mansion]].
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* BodyHorror: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:Denji emerges Denji [[spoiler:emerges from the defeated House Devil with the right side of his body digested and mutilated by the monstrous mansion]].mansion]]. [[BlackComedy He's still excited to see Makima and gives everyone a peace sign]].
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* BodyHorror: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:Denji emerges from the defeated House Devil with the right side of his body digested and mutilated by the monstrous mansion]].
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** Makima only briefly appears in the first story, to send Denji and Power on their mission and later to catch up with them afterwards. While she plays a larger role in the final story, [[spoiler:it's AllJustADream and the real Makima doesn't appear at all]].
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** Makima only briefly appears in the first story, to send Denji and Power on their mission and later to catch up with them afterwards. While {{Subverted|trope}} in that, while she plays does play a larger role in the final story, [[spoiler:it's AllJustADream and the real Makima doesn't appear at all]].
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** While Pochita was already something of an AdvertisedExtra in the main series, he doesn't directly appear at all in this anthology.
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** Makima only briefly appears in the first story, to send Denji and Power on their mission and later to catch up with them afterwards. While she plays a larger role in the final story, [[spoiler:it's AllJustADream and the real Makima doesn't appear at all]].
** Kobeni only briefly appears at the very end of the final story, and doesn't get any spoken lines.
** Makima only briefly appears in the first story, to send Denji and Power on their mission and later to catch up with them afterwards. While she plays a larger role in the final story, [[spoiler:it's AllJustADream and the real Makima doesn't appear at all]].
** Kobeni only briefly appears at the very end of the final story, and doesn't get any spoken lines.
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* LighterAndSofter: While acts of graphic violence still occur, the overall focus of the stories is on partnerships and friendships, and no major character deaths occur except for devils being hunted (not even for newly introduced characters). The one time the novel delves back into the psychological trauma that defined much of the manga is [[spoiler:at the end of the final story, where Denji wakes up from his dream and Makima's HopeCrusher tendencies are pointed out to emphasize how bleak his situation is]].
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* LighterAndSofter: While acts of graphic violence still occur, the overall focus of the stories is on partnerships and friendships, and no major character deaths occur (not even for newly introduced characters) except for devils being hunted (not even for newly introduced characters).and backstory deaths. The one time the novel delves back into the psychological trauma that defined much of the manga is [[spoiler:at the end of the final story, where Denji wakes up from his dream and Makima's HopeCrusher tendencies are pointed out to emphasize how bleak his situation is]].
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* LighterAndSofter: While acts of graphic violence still occur, the overall focus of the stories is on partnerships and friendships. The one time the novel delves back into the psychological trauma that defined much of the manga is [[spoiler:at the end of the final story, where Denji wakes up from his dream and Makima's HopeCrusher tendencies are pointed out to emphasize how bleak his situation is]].
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* LighterAndSofter: While acts of graphic violence still occur, the overall focus of the stories is on partnerships and friendships.friendships, and no major character deaths occur except for devils being hunted (not even for newly introduced characters). The one time the novel delves back into the psychological trauma that defined much of the manga is [[spoiler:at the end of the final story, where Denji wakes up from his dream and Makima's HopeCrusher tendencies are pointed out to emphasize how bleak his situation is]].
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* LighterAndSofter: While acts of graphic violence still occur, the overall focus of the stories is on partnerships and friendships. The one time the novel delves back into the psychological trauma that defined much of the manga is [[spoiler:at the end of the final story, where Denji wakes up from his dream and Makima's HopeCrusher tendencies are pointed out to emphasize how bleak his situation is]].
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* LighterAndSofter: While acts of graphic violence still occur, the overall focus of the stories is on partnerships and friendships. The one time the novel delves back into the psychological trauma that defined much of the manga is [[spoiler:at the end of the final story, where Denji wakes up from his dream and Makima's HopeCrusher tendencies are pointed out to emphasize how bleak his situation is]].
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* LighterAndSofter: Despite [[spoiler:the gut-punch twist at the end]], this is the only ''Chainsaw Man'' story to not feature any violence directly occurring, only [[spoiler:using it to set up the context of the "real world" and Denji's mission to kill Makima]]. {{Justified|trope}}, as [[spoiler:most of the story is a dream that Denji is having]].
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''Chainsaw Man Buddy Stories'' is a light novel consisting of a four-story anthology set in the ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' universe focusing on friendships and partnerships. Written by Sakaku Hishikawa, it was released in Japan in 2021 and in English in July 2023. The collection consists of the following tales:
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''Chainsaw Man Buddy Stories'' is a an anthology light novel consisting of a four-story anthology set in the ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' universe focusing on friendships and partnerships. Written by Sakaku Hishikawa, it was released in Japan in 2021 and in English in July 2023. The collection consists of the following four tales:
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* PeripheryHatedom: In-universe, Denji looks down on ''Detective Magician'' and calls it a "cartoon for babies".
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* LoveTriangle: Kishibe has a crush on Quanxi, Quanxi has a crush on the new recruit Minami, and Minami has a crush on Kishibe.
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* ChewingTheScenery: Power absolutely ''relishes'' the opportunity to emulate Detective Magician, despite literally nobody else being in on the act.
* GeniusLoci: The Devil Hunters' target is [[spoiler:the House Devil - the house that they'd been staying in the whole time. Its layout corresponds to its anatomical structure, with each of the rooms of the house serving a different biological function.]]
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: As usual, Power insists that she's an absolute genius despite being one of the dumbest characters in the series.
* GeniusLoci: The Devil Hunters' target is [[spoiler:the House Devil - the house that they'd been staying in the whole time. Its layout corresponds to its anatomical structure, with each of the rooms of the house serving a different biological function.]]
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: As usual, Power insists that she's an absolute genius despite being one of the dumbest characters in the series.
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* AllJustADream: As if the title wasn't enough of a hint, [[spoiler:the entire story is a dream that Denji is having near the end of Part 1 when hiding from Makima]].
* BreatherEpisode: Unlike the other stories, which focus on various devil-hunting expeditions, this story follows a peaceful celebratory vacation held by the four main characters [[spoiler:until the end, [[WhamEpisode where Denji wakes up from his dream]] and we're stuck in the bleak "real world" where Aki and Power are dead and Makima has revealed herself as the BigBad]].
* MythologyGag: Despite Denji never seeing her in the outfit [[spoiler:and hence not really having a basis for picturing her in it]], Makima wears the same black sundress (now labeled as navy blue) that she wore during the Gun Devil battle.
* BreatherEpisode: Unlike the other stories, which focus on various devil-hunting expeditions, this story follows a peaceful celebratory vacation held by the four main characters [[spoiler:until the end, [[WhamEpisode where Denji wakes up from his dream]] and we're stuck in the bleak "real world" where Aki and Power are dead and Makima has revealed herself as the BigBad]].
* MythologyGag: Despite Denji never seeing her in the outfit [[spoiler:and hence not really having a basis for picturing her in it]], Makima wears the same black sundress (now labeled as navy blue) that she wore during the Gun Devil battle.
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''Chainsaw Man Buddy Stories'' is a light novel consisting of a four-story anthology set in the ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' universe focusing on friendships and partnerships. Written by Sakaku Hishikawa, it was released in Japan in 2021 and in English in July 2023. The collection consists of the following tales:
* ''The Great Detective Power and Her Assistant Denji'': Power, enthralled with her favorite anime ''[[ShowWithinAShow Detective Magician]]'', is sent with Denji to investigate disappearances at a remote mountain mansion. The Blood Fiend relishes this opportunity to roleplay as a genius detective and rope along Denji as her assistant, causing headaches for all involved.
* ''Nine Years' Savor'': Quanxi and Kishibe, having worked together for nine years, set out on a Devil-hunting mission with a new recruit.
* ''The Day They Became Buddies'': Aki recalls his first assignment together with Himeno.
* ''Enoshima, Island of Dreams'': Denji, Aki, Power and Makima finally set out on their dream trip to Enoshima to enjoy the sunshine and scenery, but things aren't quite as they seem.
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* ''The Great Detective Power and Her Assistant Denji'': Power, enthralled with her favorite anime ''[[ShowWithinAShow Detective Magician]]'', is sent with Denji to investigate disappearances at a remote mountain mansion. The Blood Fiend relishes this opportunity to roleplay as a genius detective and rope along Denji as her assistant, causing headaches for all involved.
* ''Nine Years' Savor'': Quanxi and Kishibe, having worked together for nine years, set out on a Devil-hunting mission with a new recruit.
* ''The Day They Became Buddies'': Aki recalls his first assignment together with Himeno.
* ''Enoshima, Island of Dreams'': Denji, Aki, Power and Makima finally set out on their dream trip to Enoshima to enjoy the sunshine and scenery, but things aren't quite as they seem.
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