All Chainsaw Man Manga Scenes Skipped in the Anime

This technically isn’t a skip but it’s enough of an alteration to make it worth mentioning here.

The first thing you see in the Chainsaw Man anime is the door. However, the door doesn’t appear at all in the manga until chapter 38, the end of the Katana Man arc, and doesn’t become a key part of the story until much later.

Unlike the manga, which first introduces the door once characters and factions have been established, it looks like the anime will use its mystery as a key point of interest for Denji throughout the series.

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The Chainsaw Man anime’s first big omission was the muscle devil storyline, which occupies most of chapter 2 but was skipped in episode 2 of the anime.

In the anime, Denji and Makima talk over a bowl of udon noodles. In the manga, their meal is interrupted when a man asks them to help save his daughter, who had been dragged into the woods by a devil.

Makima sends her loyal dog Denji into the woods, where he discovers the young girl playing with the devil. She begs for the devil’s life and Denji suggests they all run away together before the devil reveals that it’s manipulating the girl and tries to kill Denji.

In terms of dialogue and exposition, you don’t miss anything as an anime fan – the scenes in the car and while they’re eating noodles are elongated to include all the main dialogue between Denji and Makima, albeit in a slightly different pattern.

However, this fight – Denji’s first mission as a devil hunter – is a key moment in the manga as it highlights his unique connection to devils thanks to his friendship with Pochita.

This fight strengthens Denji’s sympathetic reaction to devils which is highlighted by the first fiend seen later in both the manga and the anime, a scene that might not connect with anime-only fans as much.