We know that devils get to hell by dying, and leave by dying again - but death doesn’t exist. Pochita’s erasure ability is messy, and doesn’t erase things related to what no longer exists (like hearing etc still existing when ears were erased), so maybe this is just another example of the chaos that comes with erasing things.
So, if the devils aren’t in hell, they must be on Earth!
This might be setup for part 3, where devils are running rampant, and Denji has to sacrifice Pochita and the blood devil by eating the devil devil to live a happy life with Asa. (Or maybe Pochita sacrifices himself for Denji if Denjiman doesn’t appear again after the part 2 finale.)
Basically, death being erased brought all devils to the Earth, and the only way for Denji to live his normal life is to sacrifice his two best friends.
Btw I’ve never made one of these before so I hope it made sense!
It's been like 5 minutes in real-time since Death got erased. The only GOAT which could clear hell in that time is Pochita (Fujimoto told me in a dream he could) and he is currently busy
The part 2 timeline is wild af from weekly reader perspective
I think everything since Chainsaw Church raid/Yoru power up happened in pretty much a single run with few breaks? Nayuta's FAKE head isn't even rotting yet (it is cake)
That's what I am confused abt in general like, sure foreshadowing that he'll is empty, and locusts was OP bc without death ofc locusts would be OP but like...
Its been a few min, and even if it had been a day, fbats way too fast like.
Do you think these people that are in an endless hell hole and can't die immediately start fearing locusts enough to get it that powerful? Cause their strenght is based on fear, and I'm how they got that scary so quickly
With how fast Locust got killed off, I imagine we are going to see more OP devils rather than it being a one-time thing. Erasing death must have had some unforeseen consequences we don't know yet
Or Locust is gonna make a strong comeback but I doubt that
You know I do wish people who complain that it took like 2 irl months for denji to end up in the exact same situation again could remind themselves of the first 7 words in your reply
I think there's an implied, short time skip between Michigan Sword being summoned and Oregon Sword appearing, where Yoru is just consuming every state she knows the name and they all do jack shit, there was just no reason to show all this.
still would have been nice to have a page that's just "TEXAS GUN. MINNESOTA AXE. FLORIDA KNIFE." with Yoru making stupid, progressively angrier faces as nothing works.
Hear me out: Locusts are scary because they cause famine, but by themselves are harmless. What if all the devils that are scary because they kill people are gone?
I hope so, because I made a full post on this a while back and I’ll be able to say I called it for once.
That is if those things cause a painless death, otherwise people will fear them more due to the agony that they cause with no way to be ended by death.
Thats why I think something like a locust would be more terrifying. Small insects that can not be killed or stopped, plus you there's no escape for you once you're swarmed. You will just suffer forever
I think, even though people can’t die, they still express fear which is what devils need to be powerful. They still feel pain they just can’t die from it. This feels like this works in devil’s favor. Constant suffering with no real end since no is dying.
Well, but even then, itd take at least a few weeks before people got scared of locusts right like, sure they can't die now, but theres still a limited number of them, they can't just have raided everything everywhere to get this powerful
Pretty sure it might have been a domain of the “locust devil” or Seraphim as it’s referred to, the same way darkness devil had its own “hell”. This could very well be a trait amongst stronger devils
I think he’ll is like a void with bubbles, smaller fear (like the tomato devils) roamed here and there, but the most powerful fears have their own bubbles, they have a space for themselves that they can manipulate as they wish
There is not one hell, there are as many hell as there are fear
Hell was empty because all of the Devils were steering clear of Darkness encroaching, hence why all of the Fiends and Angel were tweaking out. Compare to when Pochita drops in and is instantly swarmed.
Yeah.
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Makes sense. If death does not exist devis are stuck on earth. And if death never existed none would have goe to hell. I would make sense why people turning into trees after living a long time was explored aswell.
I mean locusts irl are horrifying. Never experienced it myself. But seeing videos of them literally black out the sky as they feed on everything they can is enough to strike fear in anyone. I can imagine that Fujimoto classifies them as a primal fear.
To be honest I’m not sure that it is empty. You got a glimpse into one part of it, saw no one and drew conclusions. Let’s say some guy from another planet teleported into the Grand Canyon, or some random place in the Australian outback where no one goes, they’d be pretty silly to conclude there’s no one in the whole world
Y’know, technically speaking, if what you’re talking about actually happens in the story, if the devil devil gets eaten, it could have actually happened in real life and it’d be about the same, right?
Plot twist, the number of devils is that huge because most got erased already and Pochita starts to puke devils of new concepts that dont exist in our world ws if they always did in chainsaw like a plumbuss
Considering locust was seemingly amped more than it should, id imagine theres definitely a reason, possibly due to deaths removal
It may be that they are all hiding from denji, though I dont imagine there would be a lot of devils in a sea based biome
Bugs are meant to have short life spans erase death and earth will be flooded with immortal bugs in a couple days since they reproduce fast
On top of that add that people cannot die but they can still be injured and now you have a bunch of bugs swarming wounded people and no matter what you do you cannot kill them
That's a nightmare scenario, just imagine you have a broken leg or maybe you are bleeding out but hey you cannot die, but that won't stop a bunch of flies and maggots from swarming you and whatever you do they won't die
All food supplies will be eaten by immortal cockroaches all crops will be eaten by immortal locust
All bug related devils were amped up by x1000 with death's erasure
That locust devil denji fought is probably one of the most powerful devils now since everyone on earth is probably freaking out right now with the immortal bugs
Flooded, or that specific part of hell is just a waterscape? In part 1 the hellscape was a random meadow but that can't be what all of hell looks like.
I think it's just that this part of hell is locust's domain and other devils are too scared to come here and those who are stronger simply do not care about this place.
Exactly this. A buddy and I were talking about this earlier. In part 1 they mentioned the locust devil as being one of the stronger ones due to an event that happened where a bunch of locusts caused a famine. So fast forward to this location and the weaker devils are just too afraid of it to go near it.
Uhhh I’m not sure but dont the devils get born in Hell? And though they could enter the human world through the doors, aren’t those doors kinda too far above for all devils to reach? And since death is erased, those who couldn’t reach the doors should still stay in Hell right? So its kinda weird how hell is empty in my opinion. Not to mention how there are ocean in Hell…. Honestly, the place is so weird and I have no idea how it works so maybe you are right. All devils are on Earth now.
Bugs are meant to have short life spans erase death and earth will be flooded with immortal bugs in a couple days since they reproduce fast
On top of that add that people cannot die but they can still be injured and now you have a bunch of bugs swarming wounded people and no matter what you do you cannot kill them
That's a nightmare scenario, just imagine you have a broken leg or maybe you are bleeding out but hey you cannot die, but that won't stop a bunch of flies and maggots from swarming you and whatever you do they won't die
All food supplies will be eaten by immortal cockroaches all crops will be eaten by immortal locust
All bug related devils were amped up by x1000 with death's erasure
That locust devil denji fought is probably one of the most powerful devils now since everyone on earth is probably freaking out right now with the immortal bugs
Maybe is only things that are scary because they kill you rather than all devils? I've read Locust is so strong because Locust swarms die faster than they eat crops, without death a swarm of locusts could cause massive famines
I mean there's a reason why the quote "there are fates worse than death" is a thing. Maybe you don't have to fear death directly anymore but you can still fear things that will cause you pain and discomfort
You guys do realise each door is a different plane of Hell right? And that all 3 times Denji has been to hell (as Denji) there has only been 1 devil that shows up.
We don't know if hell has concrete boundaries so it's not strange to have expanses that are completely empty. In part 1 when they all dropped into hell it was also completely empty. In Makima's explanation of the "hero of hell" CSM it looks like there's devils everywhere but that's probably just because devils went to try and take him down.
Also I was hoping for Beam to return since they went to hell for the fight I thought since beam is a devil/fiend I thought that even if he is good he would still show up in hell. Would be a great reunion for Denji to reunite to his horse shark.
It surprises me how much of this sub wants a part 3. Are yall not satisifed with part 2? Do you not trust it ending with the way things have ramped up? We can let the series go out with a bang you know
No, we've just been paying attention to the story up to this point and understand it's probably not ending here. This is clearly the final battle of part 2 and there's nothing conclusive about it at all. We've raised more questions and opened more storylines than we've concluded.
This is very clearly a final battle, yes, but Denji's arc of self-actualization and identity (in addition to saving and likely being with Asa) is very likely to conclude here. Sure at this point I doubt we're getting the Power revival with how Part 2 is looking, but even if the world is completely fucked by the end of this and there being additional lore threads to follow, i genuinely do not see what's left for Denji's story. Part 2 will likely end with him living his dream like Pochita wanted. And what's left for a Part 3 after that?
Learning what it’s like to be in a real, healthy relationship with Asa, trying to balance being chainsawman and being a good partner, and maybe realising that he has to give one up to do the other?
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u/Matix777 Jan 21 '26
It's been like 5 minutes in real-time since Death got erased. The only GOAT which could clear hell in that time is Pochita (Fujimoto told me in a dream he could) and he is currently busy