Who else could be a more mysterious character inChainsaw Manother thanMakima? Her personality keeps her at the top of the list of the best characters of the series. In the two polls held to see the popularity of the characters, Makima ranked second in both of them, just falling behind Power in the first one and Aki Hayakawa in the second one. So, it’s no wonder fans love Makima and want to know more about her, despite being the ultimate villain of the series until now.
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Makima wasn’t just the character that the writer of Chainsaw Man, Tatsuki Fujimoto, drew one day without giving any thought to it. Her personality, fight scenes, nature, and everything about her either had an inspiration or an interesting story behind it. So, let’s have a look at some interesting facts about Makima.
8Makima Owns A Strap-On
She has a personality that can make every guy fall for her without much effort. Makima is one of the most beautiful ladies in the series, and adding her caring, gentle, and loving nature to that makes her the darling of the show. But the more you get to know her, the more mysterious she starts to become.
Who would have guessed the innocent-looking Makima would also have a kinky side? In an interview, Tatsuki Fujimoto revealed that Makima owns a strap-on. This wouldn’t have come as a surprise if the fact was for other girls like Power or Reze, but it comes as a surprise when the fact was revealed to Makima.
7Makima Watching Movie And Getting Emotional
Makima is unbelievably strong, and seeing her get emotional would be like watching the strongest villains of anime, like Frieza or Madara shedding tears. But in one instance in the manga, we can actually see Makima getting emotional and crying. This happens in chapter 39 when she goes to watch a movie with Denji.
Makima gets emotional after watching a hug scene as she always wanted to have a special bond with someone. She never had someone she could call family, and the ultimate goal of her life always remained to be together with Pochita forever.
6Makima’s Eyes
Makima’s overall appearance is such that she can easily get anyone’s attention. It’s easy to make Denji fall in love, but if a girl is able to make a place in the heart of someone stoic like Aki Hayakawa, then it means she is definitely special. And Makima is the only Chainsaw Man girl to do so.
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One can easily notice that Makima’s eyes are quite unique. She has yellow-colored eyes with red spirals, just like a hypnotic spiral. In the later chapters of the series, it was revealed that Makima is actually the Control Devil, one of the strongest known devils of the series. Aki’s love for her is also possibly due to the reason that she’s controlling him.
5Inspiration For Makima’s Character
One of the biggest traits of Makima’s personality is that she is the greatest manipulator who loves to control others. She would use any means necessary to make people follow her and achieve her goals, even if it costs others' or her own life. Secondly, she considers too much of herself and sees others around her as nothing more than dogs.
Her manipulative nature can easily be found in Haruko from FLCL, who is considered extremely cunning, manipulative, and hard to read. Makima’s nature to consider others inferior was inspired by Benten from The Eccentric Family, who can mostly be seen with high-ranking people as she considers most people lowly to her.
4Owning An Illustration Of Paradise Lost
It seems like Fujimoto loves to give hidden meanings in Chainsaw Man, as here’s one more that shows the illustration of Paradise Lost, made by French artist Gustave Dore. The illustration appears in Chapter 81 in the hallway of Makima’s apartment while she is with Denji.
The illustration narrates the fall of Lucifer, who is initially an angel of heaven but is sent to Earth and turned into a devil. One can easily juxtapose Lucifer’s story with Makima, as she is the strongest devil of all, but her lust for power is never-ending, and she has fallen to the stage where she demandsChainsaw Devil’spowers.
3Makima Was The First Chainsaw Character
Tatsuki Fujimoto was a born story writer. Even when he was in Junior High, he used to fantasize about different stories in his head. In total, there were seven stories he fantasized about, of which three of them were Breath of the Stars, Microbe Tales, and Fire Sword. Makima was a character in Breath of the Stars.
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In an interview, Fujimoto explained how he drew inspiration for Chainsaw Man and how Makima was a character he had a solid image of, both inside and outside. He further added that Makima was a character that symbolized domination.
2Makima And Denji Battle Inspiration
Chainsaw Man is all about bloodbaths and brutal killings, but no battle in the entire series could match the greatness of what we saw in the fight between Makima and Denji. If you have read the manga, then you know what spine-chilling action we are talking about.
But, like so many inspirations for various things in the series, the final battle between Chainsaw Man and Makima also drew inspiration from the fight between Shinobu and Araragi from the movie Kizumonogatari III. It was confirmed by Fujimoto himself in one of his Tweets.
1Makima Is One Of The Four Horsemen
Four Horsemen in Chainsaw Man are the only known four devils who still remember the names of the devils devoured by Chainsaw Devil. Some of these devoured devils include Nuclear Weapon Devil, Nazi Devil, AIDS Devil, and the list is a long one. Makima is one of the Four Horsemen.
Once, the Four Horsemen worked together to defeat Pochita, but now Makima wants to use Pochita’s powers to eliminate other members of the Four Horsemen, while the War Devil wants Chainsaw Devil to make him throw up Nuclear Devil so that War Devil can revive it and use it for war.
