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"I'll be your chef tonight. Falling Devil... is my name."
The Falling Devil (
Appearance[]
Upon arriving on Earth, she assembled herself a form out of mangled human corpses. Upon appearing on Earth, she takes the form of a large, big-breasted, feminine, and headless humanoid made of corpses with hands for feet and a pointed tendril covering her groin. This also seems to be her true form, as demonstrated by the miniature version of herself she turns into when not active.
In addition to two multi-jointed arms, she has a pair of scythe-like limbs that resemble featherless wings and two more pairs of arms sprouting from her back. One pair holds a decapitated head with a black ponytail; blood drips out of the ever-closed eyes, nostrils and mouth.
Her most notable trait is her chef uniform, which consists of a tall toque, black leggings, long, black gloves, a white chef jacket, and a black waist apron.
Personality[]
The Falling Devil appears to view herself as being subservient to the wishes of other Devils, often announcing that her goals and desires are that of Hell as a whole. Despite this, she doesn't seem above the idea of serving death to fellow Devils should they not respect her own established conditions.[1]
Much like her appearance, Falling Devil speaks similarly to a chef as well, describing her different attacks as “courses” that will “delight your tastebuds”, whilst insisting people finish their "trauma-laden" meal. Falling Devil also appears to have a form of humility to her, such as when she covered herself up after noticing her own nudity.[2] Despite being a devil, she will only attack humans if they're necessary "ingredients" (and opts to leave them injured instead of dead whenever possible) for her dishes or in self-defense. She claims to dislike meaningless slaughter and was reluctant to fight Denji, preferring to work on her dish instead.[3] She takes great pride in the "meals" she prepares, so much that, if they aren't eaten or are ill-received, she loses her composure and kills those who don't enjoy her food.
The Falling Devil is generally polite. Perhaps due to her nigh-immortality, she expresses only mild irritation or impatience at attackers, seeing them as mere inconveniences. Even after being attacked by the Chainsaw Man himself, she doesn't take him seriously and instead cracks a joke. She appears to be mentally mature and well-mannered for a devil, as she responds with disgust to Denji's sexual comments towards Asa.
The Falling Devil is also very cruel, preferring to break her victims emotionally and mentally until they decide to commit suicide, rather than killing them herself straight away.
As shown, due to coming under Fami’s control, the Falling Devil is very loyal towards her. As shown where she apologised to her for failing to successfully put Asa/War into a starved state as her master desired and later, willingly allowed herself to turn into a figurine for Fami to pick up. It's possible her chef motif also stems from her master's culinary tendencies.
Plot[]
Falling Devil arc[]
Soon after arriving on Earth at East District's Tamano Apartments, she starts influencing the humans living there into committing suicide. Asa Mitaka is caught up in this, however, she is saved from harming herself thanks to Yoru taking over.
She assembles a body for herself out of the human corpses lying around while Yoru flees the scene. After attaching a head to herself she notices that she is naked and covers herself up with a chef's uniform. She reveals her name and proclaims she'll be the chef tonight at the request of Hell's residents.
She announces the first course to be "Hors d'oeuvre, La Root Vonla" and claps her hands, causing Asa to have a traumatic flashback. Soon after, due to her power, countless people start flying up into the air with some of them going into floating doors leading to Hell to be devoured. While Asa and Yoru argue with each other she kills multiple Devil Hunters and serves one as "De Root Atelanta" to the Justice Devil. She announces it's almost time for the main dish "Asa Root Yoru" in which she plans to serve Asa and Yoru as fodder to hell's residents.
The Falling Devil tears through the town to collect ingredients for the dish, taking ten eyes and four ears from humans. She then goes to the supermarket to pick some apples to pair with the flesh, even sparing the terrified employee. After leaving the supermarket, the Falling Devil remembers that the recipe for the sauce requires a man's head. Just as she begins looking for one, a group of Devil Hunters with snipers open fire completely destroying her body. Their attempt to kill the Devil fails as she regenerates, stating that it is impossible to kill her with any and all means of attack humanity presently possesses. She "politely" requests the Devil Hunters to stop and give her a head, but instead, she is once again attacked. Annoyed, she uses her ability to obliterate the area around her. Amidst the chaos she quickly beheads one of the Devil Hunters and takes their head.
Falling Devil is attacked up by Fake Chainsaw Man.
The Falling Devil prepares to move on to make Asa fall to complete the dish, but she is ambushed by Chainsaw Man, who tears through her body. While she is taken by surprise, the Falling Devil eventually emerges victorious and goes after Asa again, this time meeting her face to face. The Devil makes Asa fall and grabs her, remarking how her attachment to life is weak. She then tells Asa to close her eyes for a peaceful fall and she complies, but is briefly caught by Denji however he is unsuccessful and both of them fall into Hell. As Denji's about to flee Hell through one of the doors, she blocks his way and demands him to put her down, lest he won't be let out. She is suddenly attacked from behind by a Chainsaw Man look-alike which prompts her to observe that she did get ambushed quite a lot this day. The enigmatic figure holds her down which allows Denji and Asa to escape.
Falling Devil dropping a building on Denji and Asa.
She soon returns; now frustrated and uses her abilities to throw an entire apartment building towards Denji and Asa as they make their escape. Their bike effortlessly carves through the building however it temporarily obstructs their view allowing the Justice Devil to surprise them. She knocks them off their vehicle and the two are eaten by the Justice Devil. However due to interference from Nayuta the Devil hastily vomits both of them back up.
Falling Devil annihilates the Justice Devil in one blow.
Falling explodes with anger due to her dish being disgraced and obliterates the Justice Devil with an energy beam. Fami arrives and Falling bows to her apologizing for her failure. Fami orders her to "return" which transforms her into a miniature figurine of herself which Famine then collects.
Abilities[]
Being a Primal Fear, the Falling Devil is described as a transcendent being; one of the Devils embodying a Primal Fear and has never experienced death due to being so powerful. As a devil that embodies a Primal Fear, it can be assumed that the Falling Devil is almost as old as humanity itself. However despite her power she somehow managed to fall under the Famine Devil control. As Fami later explains, the Devils she summons are unable to fight at full strength, meaning that the Falling Devil was even more powerful before falling under her control.[4] As a Devil, the Falling Devil possesses all of the standard Devil abilities.
Devil Powers[]
- Nigh-Absolute Immortality: Devils of Primal Fear status are considered unkillable due to their power, hence why they never undergo reincarnation.[5] The Falling Devil affirmed that, at present, humanity has no means of attack that could kill a Primal Fear.[3]
- Immense Healing Factor: True to her claim of being unkillable, the Falling Devil can heal from any damage done to her no matter how severe. The regeneration seems automatic with no stamina cost (requiring no blood) and is so quick as to be barely visible. In one instance she was shown being reduced to a gory pile of flesh by sustained gunfire, yet in the next moment appeared fully healed, standing upright with her clothes intact.[6] Even when shredded to pieces and eaten by Denji in his Chainsaw Man form, it took her one second to reconstitute herself, doing so from within Denji's body with such force that the boy was ripped apart.[7]
- Hell Connection: The Falling Devil can freely manifest multiple doors that connect directly to Hell. This allows her to send certain individuals to Hell as well as travel freely between the two realms herself.
Falling Devil destroys multiple city blocks.
- Gravity Manipulation: The Falling Devil can selectively manipulate gravity on herself, the environment or individual people. This power is so significant that her presence could be detected around the world as a result of gravitational anomalies causing earthquakes and landslides. The strength and direction of the manipulated gravity can be changed by simply pointing her finger in that direction.[8] This ability includes:
- Traumatic Anti-Gravity: The Falling Devil possesses an ability that allows her to invert gravity on people, causing them to fall up into the sky. The force of reversed gravity is related to a person’s past and trauma, with those who have suffered little to no trauma being barely affected. Upon reaching a certain height, the person falls into a door to Hell.
- Levitation: The Falling Devil can use the gravity manipulation ability on herself to freely move in any direction and at high speeds. She can also suspend herself in the air and keep herself stationary.
- Area Denial: The Falling Devil can fully reverse gravity in its immediate vicinity, completely destroying the area.[9] She later used this ability again to force Asa out of her hiding spot.
- Targeted Control: The Falling Devil can also focus her power on a singular object and manipulate its gravity to her will. She used this ability to lift up and entire apartment building high into the air and then launch it towards the fleeing Denji and Asa.
- Energy Beam: With a pointing gesture the Falling Devil can summon a powerful beam of energy. She used this ability to instantly kill the Justice Devil.
- Thought Manipulation: Falling Devil can force its victims to relive traumatic memories in their minds. This ability complements her gravity manipulation which is tied to a victim's past trauma. However, this power can be resisted if the victim's brain is damaged, as Denji stopped falling after slicing his brain up.[10]
- Emotion Manipulation: As shown when Asa began becoming affected by its power, the Falling Devil possess the power to draw out and magnify the negative feelings of her victims, causing them to become more inclined to her manipulating their thoughts such as making people commit suicide.
- Body Control: Aside from controlling her own vessel made out of human corpses, she appears to be able to force humans to move against their will, as seen by her forcing a Devil Hunter to sit in an unnaturally contorted position.[11]
- Object Creation: The Falling Devil is able to summon/create various objects at will such as her chef's uniform and various restaurant-related utilities.
Physical Prowess[]
- Immense Strength: Kicks from the Falling Devil can send Denji flying into buildings with enough force to demolish them.[12] Her scythelike limbs are sharp enough to cleanly decapitate humans. Notably, she stopped a dashing Chainsaw Man with a single finger.[13]
- Immense Speed: The Falling Devil is able to move around very quickly, beheading someone in mid-air and was also precise enough to pluck multiple eyes and ears from passersby without further injuring them.[14]
Weaknesses[]
- Low Durability: The Falling Devil's body is quite fragile and can be easily destroyed by gunfire and Denji's chainsaws. This isn't enough to kill her due to her immortality and immense healing factor, however it leaves her temporarily incapacitated. This gives her enemies a small window of time to escape or recuperate while she waits to regenerate.
Dishes[]
- Dishes served by the Falling Devil so far are:
- Hors d'oeuvre, La Root Vonla (
前 菜 ラ・根 ・ヴォンラ Zensai: Ra ne Vonra?): The "appetizer". It consists of random people who were sent to hell with her gravity inversion ability. - De Root Atelanta (デ・
根 ・アテランタ De ne Ateranta?): The "soup course". It's a potage made from the ears, nose, and tongue of several Devil Hunters alongside an alive Devil Hunter. She delivers him and the soup to hell where he's devoured by the Justice Devil.
- Hors d'oeuvre, La Root Vonla (
Asa served as a dish on a big plate
- Failed dishes:
- Asa Root Yoru (アサ・
根 ・ヨル Asa ne Yoru?): The "main course, a Human and War Devil mix". Its primary ingredients include Asa and Yoru served with sauce. As for the sauce it consists of apples, a man's head, ten eyes, and four ears. However after being served, Asa was promptly rescued by Denji before any Devil could eat her.[15]
- Asa Root Yoru (アサ・
Chapter Appearances[]
| 121. Theory of Happiness | Absent |
| 122. The Prophecies | Debut |
| 123. Hors D'oeuvre | Appears |
| 124. Soup | Appears |
| 125. Apple Thief | Appears |
| 126. Food Fight | Appears |
| 127. Save the Asa | Appears |
| 128. Main Dish | Appears |
| 129. Save Me, Chainsaw Man | Appears |
| 130. Kill Building | Appears |
| 131. Taste of Crap | Appears |
| 132. Protection | Mentioned |
| 133. Chainsaw Man Protest | Absent |
| 134. Ordinary Happiness | Absent |
| 135. Sentimental Drive | Flashback |
| 136. Normal Life | Absent |
| 137. Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura | Absent |
| 138. Sword Man | Absent |
| 139. A Chair's Feelings | Absent |
| 140. Scales | Absent |
| 141. Normal Life Plus | Absent |
| 142. Denji Fan Club | Absent |
| 143. Rawr | Absent |
| 144. Guns, Nails, Katana | Absent |
| 145. Kumbaya | Absent |
| 146. Chainsaw Man War | Absent |
| 147. Cremation | Absent |
| 148. Room 606 Sword | Absent |
| 149. Devil's Choice | Absent |
| 150. Dream’s Next Stage | Absent |
| 151. The Return of Chainsaw Man | Absent |
| 152. Massage | Absent |
| 153. Chainsaw Man Hunters | Absent |
| 154. All Pets | Absent |
| 155. The Old Me | Absent |
Trivia[]
- The Falling Devil embodies the fear of falling (or Basophobia), a natural fear typical of many living beings. Although different, it is closely related to Acrophobia (fear of heights) and astasia-abasia, the fear of walking/standing erect. It's also typically described as one of two fears that all humans are born with, which is likely why she has such immense power.
- The Falling Devil is inspired by the 2022 horror movie The Menu, of which Tatsuki Fujimoto was a big fan. The Falling Devil is in fact very similar to Julian Slowik, the chef protagonist of the movie.
- The meaning of "La Root Vonla" is currently unclear. However, the Spanish translation words this as La Degustación del Trauma (The Tasting of Trauma).
- The featherless wings in the Falling Devil's design have ironic symbolism. Wings are used for flight, yet are useless without feathers.
- They could also symbolize a fallen angel.
- The usage of "root" in all of Falling Devil's dishes could be seen as symbolic, as in addition to literal plant roots, "根" can also refer to the basis or essence of something (similar to how the English language has "the root of all evil"). This means that her dishes can also be read as The Essence of Asa, The Essence of Vonla and The Essence of Atelanta.
- In one panel, the Falling Devil's gravitokinesis uproots a tree. This feat would require an acceleration of about 60 m/s².
References[]
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 123, Page 3
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 123, Page 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 125, Page 7
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 158, Pages 6-7
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 64, Page 6
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 125, Pages 5-11
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 126, Pages 7-11
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 127, Page 1
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 125, Page 9
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 126, Page 8
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 124, Page 13
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 126, Page 1
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 126, Page 4
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 125, Page 11
- ↑ Chainsaw Man Manga: Chapter 128, Page 5