User:G Frost-Ogaji/Academy Saga

"'Just you wait, Chainsaw Man! I'll make you vomit nuclear weapons back up!' - Mitaka, Chapter 98" Academy Saga (学校編 gakkō-hen) is the second part of Chainsaw Man. It began serialization on July 13, 2022, on the Shonen Jump+ app. It was announced following the end of Part 1 in December 2020.

It is preceded by the Public Safety Saga.

Plot Summary
Asa Mitaka is a high school girl who doesn't seem to fit in. She watches her classmates live carefree lives, hanging out with friends, having fun, and she can't help but resent them.

One day, her teacher Mr. Tanaka brings in a Chicken Devil named Bucky into class, saying that in three months, the class will kill and eat him.

Three months pass, and Bucky becomes a sort of mascot for the students. Everyone seems to love him, except for Mikata. She retreats to the school roof to eat her lunch when she is joined by the student council president. The president notices Mikata's annoyance with Bucky and reassures her that it'll be dead in around 100 days so it's not worth worrying about.

Mikata goes on to talk about how the city they live in is corrupt. She points out that there is a Chainsaw Devil running around playing Devil Hunter while there are problems going on around the city, and to make it all worse, now there is a Chicken Devil in their classroom.

As the weeks and months go on, Mikata observes in annoyance how attached her classmates become to the Chicken Devil. Finally, three months to the day he was brought into class, Mr. Tanaka reveals that Bucky won't actually be killed and eaten, as this was all an elaborate lesson on how precious life is. To celebrate Bucky being pardoned, the class goes outside for a soccer game.

Characters

 * Denji (protagonist)
 * Nayuta (ally)
 * Asa Mitaka (main antagonist)
 * War Devil
 * Bucky
 * Tanaka

Battles

 * Asa Mitaka vs. Class President

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format:

 * Chapter 98: Bird and War

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