The Manga of Chainsaw Man ended on March 25, 2026, with chapter 232. Even though April 1 is still a week away, readers consider the end of the manga to be a huge April Fools’ joke.
Attention, Spoiler: We won’t go into the exact details, but there is a spoiler about the ending of the plot in the following section.
Why do fans think the ending is an April Fools’ joke? At the end of the last chapter, there is a sudden timeline reset. It makes everything that has happened in Chainsaw Man undone.
Due to an event, time is turned back and Denji, the protagonist of the anime, ends up back at the beginning, back in his old miserable life before he gained his powers. Some characters reappear in new, altered roles, but the world has forgotten Chainsaw Man.
After over 230 chapters full of suffering and battles, a time leap feels extremely unsatisfying. Denji has fought for self-determination throughout the entire manga. In the end, his choice is taken away from him.
Moreover, there are some logical gaps that unfortunately can no longer be resolved with the ending. That’s why fans are judging so harshly and hope that the problem will somehow be solved.
Chainsaw Man angers fans
What are fans saying? On the platform Manga Plus where the last chapter can be read, fans are venting their frustration in the comments. There is talk of an April Fools’ joke, and many fans even believe that they accidentally read a chapter created by a fan and not by the author himself.
Others write that Chainsaw Man was all the friends they met along the way. Another user exaggerates and claims that Manga Plus is affected by a DDoS attack. He can’t explain the chapter any other way.
Since a majority of readers are dissatisfied with the ending, they hope that there will be a third part. Part 2 of the manga began with chapter 98 and has not been seen in the anime yet.
Will there be a continuation? The chapter ends with the words “The End,” so we can assume that there will be no continuation. There is also no information from the mangaka. He has been trolling fans on X for days with recommendations for animes and Disney films he has seen recently.
Thus, fans will most likely have to live with the current ending.
In terms of anime, Chainsaw Man is still far from covering the entire manga and has only covered a fraction of it. Recently, anime fans were able to watch the movie with Denji and all his companions in theaters. You can read our opinion on this here: A new anime movie is better than Demon Slayer because it respects its characters
