History Recap / ChainsawManSeason1Episode12

* EarlyBirdCameo: Reze, the focus [[spoiler:and ArcVillain]] of the next story arc, appears in TheStinger. This story arc would be announced as TheMovie one year later.

** An outdoor scene previews a later storyline immediately recognizable to manga readers, showing vague flashes of a woman with dark purple hair as she asks Denji about "The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse".

** An outdoor scene previews a later storyline, showing vague flashes of a woman's face as she asks Denji about "The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse".

* VoodooShark: Katana Man's expression of surprise that Denji blocked his Signature Move is left in the anime while Denji actually doing so happens offscreen.

* AdaptedOut:
** In the manga, there is a scene of Denji and Katana Man transforming into their Devil forms (in which Katana Man is already in his FinishingMove stance) before they jump out of the window. The anime jumps directly to the two jumping out of the window, possibly to make more time for the actual action.
** In the manga, when Denji notices a civilian still on the train, he shields her from being collateral damage as Katana Man charges at them both. Here, he takes note of her presence and just awkwardly asks his enemy for a time out. He ''does'' try to lean over and block any attacks coming her way, which is why his arm was blasted off, but since his chainsaws were still in motion, he couldn't get too close to her without risking slicing her with his blades.

* GoodTimesMontage: We see Denji, Power, and Aki happily grocery shopping, reading themselves for the evening, and enjoying a meal.
* GroinAttack: When Katana Man is apprehended, Denji thinks of a contest to do with Aki as they wait for the police to arrive: both of them kick Katana Man's groin, and whoever makes him scream the loudest wins. Technically, Denji ''defeated'' Katana Man with one of these, splitting him vertically in two with a chainsaw-powered kick from the nads up, though apparently so fast the target didn't even realise it.

* AdaptedOut: In the manga, there is a scene of Denji and Katana Man transforming into their Devil forms (in which Katana Man is already in his FinishingMove stance) before they jump out of the window. The anime jumps directly to the two jumping out of the window, possibly to make more time for the actual action.

** Denji and Samurai Sword has added two scenes of them clashing blades, first on the roof of a building and then on top of the train.

** In the manga, when Denji notices a civilian still on the train, he shields her from being collateral damage as Katana Man charges at them both. Here, he takes note of her presence and just awkwardly asks his enemy for a time out.

The ending for this episode is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jM0fUAR2xg Fight Song]]" by Eve.

* GroinAttack: When Katana Man is apprehended, Denji thinks of a contest to do with Aki as they wait for the police to arrive: both of them kick Katana Man's groin, and whoever makes him scream the loudest wins.

** The manga implied the Hayakawa household held a victory party only by Denji waking up afterward, which is expanded into a full montage the credits play over. Afterward, but before Denji's dream, we're shown Aki smoking the "Easy revenge!" cigarette, which was only implied to have happened off-screen in the manga.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Katana Man is cut in half by Denji's chainsaw in his leg. Surprisingly, he gets better.
* NotSoAboveItAll: At first, Aki refuses to participate in Denji's groin kicking "contest" because he believes Himeno wouldn't want that. Around a minute later he decides to do it.
* OffWithHerHead: Sawatari is decapitated by the Snake Devil after she's captured alive and before the Devil Hunters manage to interrogate her. Kobeni has [[OhCrap the expected reaction]].

** Denji has the same dream [[Recap/ChainsawManSeason1Episode1 the first episode began on]], and this time Pochita's voice tells him not to open the door.

* OffWithHerHead: In a change from the manga, Sawatari is decapitated by the Snake Devil after she's captured alive and before the Devil Hunters manage to interrogate her. Kobeni has [[OhCrap the expected reaction]].

* OffWithHerHead: In a change from the manga, Sawatari is decapitated by the Snake Devil after she's captured alive and before the Devil Hunters manage to interrogate her. Kobeni has the expected reaction.

* OffWithHerHead: Sawatari is decapitated by the Snake Devil after she's captured alive and before the Devil Hunters manage to interrogate her.

** An outdoor scene previews a later storyline, showing vague flashes of a woman's face as she asks Denji about "The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse".

** The manga implied the Hayakawa housheld held a victory party only by Denji waking up afterward, which is expanded into a full montage the credits play over. Afterward, but before Denji's dream, we're shown Aki smoking the "Easy revenge!" cigarette, which was only implied to have happened off-screen in the manga.