Fan Points Out Interesting Thing About Makima’s Finger Gun

Makima‘s powers have typically been the subject of debate within the Chainsaw Man fandom, primarily because of its mysterious nature. This has prompted many readers to search for any hints or references that writer Tatsuki Fujimoto might need left in collection in conjunction to her powers.

And just lately, a fan discovered such a reference for one in every of Makima’s well-known means.

Reddit consumer u/TheGreatPhallus identified of their publish that Makima’s finger gun was a callout to a preferred canine trick.

“It is perhaps apparent to everybody…however it’s that canine trick,” they wrote.

Nonetheless, evidently this reference wasn’t as apparent to everybody because the consumer thought, with many followers solely realizing it as soon as they went by the reddit publish.

Even pet homeowners, who had learn the manga, failed to note the similarity between the 2.

For individuals who are unaware, the finger gun is a standard trick that’s taught to canine, the place you level a finger at them and say ‘bang’ mimicking a gun firing. The canine will roll on the ground and fake useless.

Whereas some followers identified that the finger gun may be a reference to Yu Yu Hakusho, the canine trick makes extra sense as Makima is a canine lover within the Chainsaw Man collection. At one level, she additionally treats Denji as her canine and expects others round her to be as obedient as canine.

The canine trick reference provides extra depth to the finger gun assault, once we check out Makima’s character within the collection.

Chainsaw Man is a Japanese manga collection written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Leap journal from Dec 2018, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes.

The manga was nominated for the thirteenth Manga Taisho awards in 2019, and ranked at #4 on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2020 (This Manga Is Superb!) guidebook’s high manga for male readers. The manga gained within the Greatest Shōnen Manga class on the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January.

Moreover, the manga topped the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2021 listing for male readers. Chainsaw Man additionally gained the Greatest Manga award at The Harvey Awards in October.

MAL describes the plot of the anime as:

Denji has a easy dream—to stay a cheerful and peaceable life, spending time with a woman he likes. It is a far cry from actuality, nevertheless, as Denji is compelled by the yakuza into killing devils with the intention to repay his crushing money owed. Utilizing his pet satan Pochita as a weapon, he is able to do something for a bit of money.

Sadly, he has outlived his usefulness and is murdered by a satan in contract with the yakuza. Nonetheless, in an surprising flip of occasions, Pochita merges with Denji’s useless physique and grants him the powers of a chainsaw satan. Now capable of remodel components of his physique into chainsaws, a revived Denji makes use of his new talents to rapidly and brutally dispatch his enemies. Catching the attention of the official satan hunters who arrive on the scene, he’s provided work on the Public Security Bureau as one in every of them. Now with the means to face even the hardest of enemies, Denji will cease at nothing to attain his easy teenage goals.

Supply: Reddit