ladyjlb's manga / #horror(30)

Read ch 50 as of 20/12/21 - rate 3.5 so far ** Plot is annoying and characters aren’t very likeable. ** Ch 60 is finale - also on Tappytoon - In the real world: FL was the product of a one night stand. Unloved by her mother, abandoned by her father. She worked as a hair stylist. - In the other world: ML was an illegitimate child brought in to be the heir of a noble house. His father died and his stepfamily sent him back to the temple. He became a paladin and a captain but he killed someone and is now on the run, wanted for murder. - ML saves FL after killing a mannock with blue flames. She follows him for her own survival. They don’t understand each other due to the language barrier. She kisses him when she realises he is weak to her femininity … - FL arrived in this new world after she saw birds at high altitude before her passenger plane was caught in a black tornado. The other survivor was her neighbour in the plane. He dies by thieves as he’s about to rape her. They also try to rape her but are attacked by a mannock who was the stewardess. Paladins arrive and destroy the mannock but one of them teleports FL with him and sells her to the mines. - FL becomes close friends with Minju in the women’s dorms. She perseveres under the harsh conditions of the mines. A mannock attacks the mines and FL with Minju run away in the confusion. - Minju’s eyes start to turn red. This is the 1st sign of turning into mannocks. Minju tells FL that the foreign miners are killed if they show signs of turning into a mannock. She asks FL to stay with her for now. - Some hunters are nearby and Minju tells FL to run far away. She’s already given FL the blue pendant used as identification in the city. - Minju attacks a hunter and is killed but turns into a mannock and goes after them. FL runs away until she reaches a cabin but she finds the thugs from the start of the story … - ML teleports with FL to the temple after she gets sick with fever. The paladin Heilo agrees to help them. - ML killed the pope who used a forbidden spell to summon more mannocks. Heilo wants ML to return to the temple so the truth may be revealed and his honour restored. ML declines and says the temple is no longer his home. He vows to kill all mannocks and leaves with FL. - ML and FL stop at an inn. She thinks he’s trying to sell her but he’s just trying to take care of her. He called for a doctor who advised to look after her mental health and that she’d suffered physical abuse. The bad paladin Claude who sold FL has followed them, spoken with the doctor, and is found with FL by ML. She headbutts Claude and is saved by ML but they’re interrupted by Carlos, a paladin brought by the innkeeper. Claude takes this chance to escape by teleport. - Carlos tries to convince ML to return to the temple and leave FL for someone else to care for. Carlos asks if ML is in love with FL but he denies it. - They leave the city together. ML is cold to FL while Carlos is friendly and teaches FL more of the language. He says he’s collected outsider items and gives her a mobile phone but she drops it and breaks it. Carlos says he has more and will get her another one. - Carlos teleports back to the temple and finds another mobile in his room. He’s caught by Heilo before he can leave and he hastily shoved the mobile to Claude and teleports him to where FL is. - Meanwhile FL asks ML why he keeps her with him. After persistent questioning, he says it’s because she’s pregnant with his child and he must take responsibility. He was cold to her because he wanted to leave her alone to avoid upsetting her and risk harming the baby. - ML runs away from FL without letting her say anything. FL sees a paladin’s cloak and thinks it’s ML but it turns out to be Claude who’d overheard their conversation. - FL tells Claude that she’s not pregnant. He offers to sleep with her so she’ll become pregnant and can stay with ML. She rejects his offer but he insists to the point of almost raping her, but he’s stopped by ML who punches him. - Claude teleports all 3 of them back to the temple and they find themselves in front of the Archbishop / Cardinal and Heilo. - The temple were desperately searching for ML to lead the paladins against the increasing number of mannocks and find the cause for this increase. It may be due to an artificial mineral called a blackstone that ML might have in his possession. - FL is taken to a cell used to hold sinners while they repent. Carlos and ML visit her briefly, and FL kisses ML. She knows she’s taking advantage of his affection for her so that he’ll protect her. - FL calls a stored number in the mobile and someone answers, but she’s interrupted by Heilo. He smashes the mobile with his foot to destroy it. - Heilo brought a doctor to examine FL for signs of turning into a mannock and to check for pregnancy. - The mobile screen flashes a low battery warning, indicating it still works. FL sends an SMS asking for help from the Korean embassy before the battery dies. - Claude is asked by the Archbishop / Cardinal to come between ML and FL. He’ll be released from his duties to the temple if he does this well. - Claude interrupts Carlos as he’s about to tell FL about the secret passage. Claude offers to help FL escape if she does what he says. FL asks Claude what is his goal and he says to stop being a paladin before walking away. - Claude is met by ML and he tells ML about the offer he made to FL. - (tbc) The Archbishop / Cardinal frames ML for possessing the blackstone that was used in the forbidden spell to summon outsiders by telling Heilo. - ML takes FL for a walk in town and she tells him that she’s not pregnant. He says he doesn’t care as he won’t let her leave him regardless.

Ch 110 as of 13/11/22 - Denji’s mother died from a heart condition (after he was born?) - When Denji was a boy, his father killed himself and left a massive debt that Denji has been trying to repay ever since. He sold some organs when he was older and works as a tree cutter. - Denji 16yo never went to school and lives in poverty in a rundown shack in Tokyo. He has simple dreams of living a normal life. - Pochita is a chainsaw dog demon that Denji made a contract with just after his father died. Denji let Pochita take his blood to heal from a severe wound. In exchange Pochita helps Denji hunt other demons. Pochita is Denji’s only friend and companion. - NB: demons recover by drinking blood. - Denji works hard as a demon hunter for the yakuza loan sharks. - One day the yakuza turn into zombies after being tricked into making a contract with a zombie demon. Denji and Pochita are chopped to pieces by the yakuza zombies. In a promise Denji made to Pochita earlier, Denji’s body is taken over by Pochita. - Denji’s and Pochita’s bodies merge. Pochita becomes Denji’s heart. Denji’s body fully recovers (including the missing organs) but he now has a cable pull in his chest. He turns into Chainsaw Man after he pulls the cable and slaughters the zombie demon and the yakuza zombies. - Public Safety Demon Extermination Special Division 4. - Makima, a senior public safety demon hunter. - She can smell demon scents. - She’s actually the powerful control demon. - Makima takes in Denji instead of killing him. She recognises he isn’t possessed by a demon. Pochita is still alive inside Denji. - If Denji ever quits or disobeys orders, he’ll be killed. - Aki Hayakawa, a public safety demon hunter. - Aki is contracted with the fox demon head (it’s body is in Kyoto). - Denji is assigned to Aki’s special squad and also lives with Aki. - 13yrs ago Aki’s family was killed by the gun demon before his eyes. Makima saved him. He hates and wants to destroy all demons. - Aki is also contracted to a curse demon. - When Aki uses the curse demon’s sword, it shortens Aki’s life. - Power, a fiend (a human possessed by a demon) taken in by Makima. Power is possessed by a blood demon. - She is egotistical and a pathological liar. - Meowy is a cat raised by Power and her only friend. - Denji is paired to patrol with Power. She betrays him to save Meowy who was held hostage by an injured bat demon in exchange for a human meal. The bat demon recovers from drinking Denji’s blood. It swallows Meowy and Power whole. - Denji turns into Chainsaw Man and slices the bat demon into pieces to retrieve Power and Meowy. A leech demon (the bat demon’s partner) attacks Denji who has lost too much blood for his body to recover. Aki destroys the leech demon with his fox demon and Ali’s squad saves Denji, Power and Meowy. - Denji refuses to confirm Power’s betrayal. - Power and Meowy are sent to live with Aki and Denji. - Makima promises to grant one wish to Denji if he destroys the gun demon who wiped out over 1 million people across several different countries 13yrs ago. They are still trying to locate the gun demon. - Small pieces of the gun demon’s body are slowly being collected. The pieces are attracted to each other and react when other pieces are nearby. Demons have enhanced powers after eating these pieces. - Himeno has a contract with a ghost demon. - Aki was paired with Himeno when he first joined Public Safety. - Arai Hirokazu 22yo, contracted with the fox demon. - Kobeni Higashiyama 20yo was forced by her parents to become a demon hunter to help pay for her older brother’s college tuition. She has 9 sisters. - Eternity demon: it has a piece of the gun demon. It offers a contract to let the squads of Himeno and Aki escape the eternal 8th floor of a hotel. In exchange for their freedom, it wants to eat Denji. - In the end Denji agrees to be eaten and turns into Chainsaw Man. He battles the eternity demon for days and recovers by drinking the demon’s blood. - Division 4 welcome party for the newbies: - Denji’s 1st kiss is a barf kiss from drunk Himeno. - The gun demon wants Denji’s heart … - Makima and Special Divisions 1 to 4 are simultaneously ambushed and attacked by a group who are targeting Denji. - Makima survives and uses her contract demon to kill many of the attackers. The other survivors are Denji, Power, Aki, and Kobeni. - Samurai Swordman is the grandson of the yakuza leader that Denji used to work for and then killed. - Akane Sawatari, an ex-civilian demon hunter contracted with a snake demon. - Himeno sacrificed herself and died to save Aki. - The fox demon head was injured and won’t be called by Aki. - The curse demon’s sword was used and Aki has 2yrs left. - Kurose and Tendo are from the Kyoto branch. Among the demons imprisoned by Public Safety, they introduce Aki to the future demon. Aki makes a contract in exchange for letting the future demon live in Aki’s right eye. Aki can now see the future but just a few seconds ahead. - Makima introduces Denji and Power to their new master, Kishibe the strongest demon hunter. He taught Himeno before. He once said that demons only fear demon hunters who are insane. - His plan to train Denji and Power is to hunt them like demons. Their training is complete when they can defeat him. - Makima most likely knew about the ambush and let it happen. - She obtains the names of the yakuza who made a contract with the gun demon to target Denji. - The non-human demon hunters of Division 4: - Princi is a spider demon. - Beam is a shark fiend who idolises Denji as Chainsaw Man. - Violence fiend: forced to wear a poison mask to restrain him. - Angel demon: anyone who touches him directly has their lifespan siphoned off. - Reze is Bomb Girl and an ally of the gun demon. - She was one of many orphan children used in secret experiments by the Russian military. She’s sent to assssinate Denji. - Reze befriends Denji. When he rejects her offer to run away with her, she attacks him. Beam saves Denji and alerts Aki at the Division 2 training facility. Reze arrives and blows up everything. - A typhoon demon arrives to help Reze but gets sliced up by Denji. Reze falls into the ocean with Denji when he wraps his chains around them and jumps into the water. In the end Denji lets Reze go but she is found and killed by Makima and the angel fiend. - The media broadcasts footage of Denji as Chainsaw Man from this latest incident. Makima warns Denji that assassins from all over the world will be targeting him now. 3 bodyguards are assigned to Denji as he patrols with Power. Denji is bait to draw out the assassins. - Demons never truly die. They go through an endless cycle of reincarnation. When they die on Earth, they revive in hell. When they die in hell, they revive on Earth. The last sound they hear when they die in hell is a chainsaw starting up … - Quanxi the 1st demon hunter. She’s from China and has 4 female fiends. Quanxi and Kishibe used to be partners in Public Safety. - 3 brothers from USA, contracted to a skin demon. - Santa Claus from Germany, contracted to a doll demon. - Tolka and his Master who is actually Santa Claus. She is also contracted to a curse demon and a hell demon. - Santa Claus sent everyone to hell and made a contract with the darkness demon to have the power to kill Makima. - Makima appears in hell and makes the darkness demon return everyone to Earth. Denji and Quanxi fight Santa Claus, ultimately winning. Quanxi surrenders but is killed by Makima. - Beam, Princi and the violence fiend are dead. - Aki lost an arm and the angel fiend lost both arms. - Power has nightmares and is afraid of the dark. - Aki takes Denji and Power to Hokkaido to visit his family’s gravesite. They distract him from his usual depressing thoughts. - Aki asks Kishibe for his squad to be excluded from the expedition to eliminate the gun demon. He’s traumatised from his time in hell and doesn’t want to see anyone else die who are close to him. - Makima informs Aki that Denji and Power will still go on the expedition. Aki changes his mind and will be the guardian for Denji and Power. Makima reveals the gun demon has already been defeated and confined. The gun demon’s body not consumed by other demons is being kept by different countries. - The gun demon is being used as a deterrent to prevent global warfare. Makima’s goal for the expedition is to recover the gun demon’s body from other countries. USA attempt to kill Makima by making a contract with the gun demon. - Makina activates the abilities of those under her control to face the gun demon. Aki is possessed by the gun demon to become the gun fiend and goes on a rampage against Denji. Aki is killed by Denji. - Denji is in despair and asks for help from Makima. - For his wish after killing the gun fiend, Denji asks to be Makima’s dog so he doesn’t have to think for himself anymore. - Makima kills Power and gets Denji to turn into Chainsaw Man. - She wants Chainsaw Man for herself and under her control. - Makima wanted to make Denji give up his heart by improving his life so he’d feel it was too painful to keep living if he lost it all. - Makima set up Denji the Chainsaw Man to be seen as a hero. Demons gain strength from people’s fear of them. Chainsaw Man weakens as more people aren’t afraid of him. - Chainsaw Man has the ability to make the names of devils he consumes get wiped from existence. - Earlier Power got Denji to drink her blood when she was scared. Pochita lets Power who is present in the blood Denji swallowed to eat him and recover. Power emerges from Denji and fights Makima then hides with Denji in a dumpster. - Power gives her blood to Denji and dies. - Denji recovers and Kishibe offers to help free him from Makima. - They hide in a bunker for now. Denji wants to live as Chainsaw Man and hatches a plan to defeat Makima. - Using the last of Power’s blood inside him and part of his heart, Denji creates a clone of himself. After Makima thinks she’s defeated Chainsaw Man, Denji as himself uses a chainsaw to cut her into pieces. He makes meals from her body and consumes her completely. Makima is finally gone. - Denji realised Makima only recognised others by their scent and didn't really see individual faces unless she was interested in them. She never saw him as Denji so she didn’t know what he looked like and he was able to surprise her. - Kishibe found a girl in China called Nayuta and brought her back to Japan. She’s the reincarnated control devil, with no memories of her past life. In Denji’s dreams, Pochita says Denji can fulfill the control demon’s wish by being a family to her. - Asa Mitaka. Her parents were killed by demons. - She’s possessed by a war demon called Yoru. - She goes to the same high school as Denji. - Yoshida, contracted with an octopus demon (?) - He’s assigned to keep an eye on Denji to make sure his identity as Chainsaw Man remains a secret. - Public Safety are gone. Denji continues to fight demons for free because he enjoys the fame and popularity that comes with being a hero. He plans to expose his true identity one day to attract women. - Yuko, contracted with the justice demon - Her parents were killed by demons. - She was bullied in middle school and decides to get rid of the bullies in high school. Asa tries to stop her. - ML turns into Chainsaw Man and slices up Yuko but she manages to escape. Later she visits Asa …

Ch 11 as of 12/09/21

Ch 13 as of 03/10/21 - Sura, god of war and king of ghosts - A human sacrifice is offered for Sura’s protection. - The weak and impoverished are forcibly taken and offered as sacrifices. - There’s a remote village in the mountains that is a place of learning for a community of physicians. They lead peaceful and quiet lives. - Cho-Ah, an aspiring physician who thinks all life is precious. - He finds a badly injured man in the store room. - The others wanted Cho-Ah to abandon the man as someone has been killing everyone in the nearby villages. - Mujin is the injured man. He is treated by Cho-Ah and recovers. - He is derided and ridiculed by the others. - A sacrifice is made to Sura by the physicians. It’s fashioned in the shape of a human from the flesh of hunted game. - Cho-Ah draws the fortune stick and it predicts great misfortune. The others turn on Mujin and blame him for this. They want Mujin to leave and die. - Cho-Ah defends Mujin and they go to Cho-Ah’s room. - They confess they like each other and they have sex (Ch 04).

Ch 36 as of 30/10/21 - also on Webtoon

Ch 19 as of 31/10/21

Ch 04 as of 18/07/22 - also on Tapas - Eungee 25yo (a bit annoying) - Shuhei 28yo

Ch 35 as of 21/08/22 - 4 x seasons, 20 chapters each ** End of season 1, Ch 20 - Core: psychic energies that can cause physical phenomena - Possessors of cores don’t catch infectious diseases. - Core energy is affected by the distance between a core user and their caller. Core abilities either disappear or are amplified. - A core user becomes extremely obsessive about their caller. - The zombie epidemic has a latent period of 1wk before symptoms show. The infected person experiences great pain and becomes extremely aggressive. There is no cure. - Sak 20yo always thought he had a worthless core. - He emits a strong bitter smell of grass. - He also has an extremely sensitive sense of smell. - Lima was sold off as a child soldier. He’s always lived a harsh and miserable existence, doing all he could to survive. - He is Sak’s caller. Sak can tell what Lima is feeling by looking into his eyes. - Ginger, an older student at the School who is now part of the research team. Sak admires and respects Ginger. - Ginger’s core ability is mind manipulation / brainwashing. - Hana was the first person discovered to possess a core 11yrs ago. - She’s now an important figure at the research institution. - Her caller is her younger sister Nana. - Sak and Lima kiss and have sex for the 1st time (Ch 20) - They keep having sex but Lima is a selfish and inconsiderate bastard. Sak thinks sex is just about being in pain. - Lima finally treats Sak properly as his lover. (Ch 25) - Lima was taken to an island with other children who had also been sold to be child soldiers. The island is where experiments were conducted on the children that revived their dead corpses into “ghosts” (?) - Hana arrives at the island to pickup Lima and Sak. - They return to the School. Lima is imprisoned. - Sak has to undergo some tests.