My current
fanfiction prediction is that the overarching conflict of Chainsaw Man is a feud between the plots of Famine and Death, and it ties into my take on the Four Horsemen fight. As a preamble, the Gun Devil attack happened a couple years before that, prompting Death to go a little nutty as she witnesses 1.2 million people die to a devil in less than 5 minutes. Anywho-
The Hero of Hell is met by Conquest and her dogs, War and her children, and Famine and her pawns.
- Conquest gets utterly wrecked. War laughs at the youngest getting owned, while Famine internally notes that War isn't much older.
- War lands several devasting hits, but Pochita just doesn't stay down, and one of her limbs is eaten, crippling her as all wars are removed from very recent history.
- Famine apathetically looks down at her sisters' useless states, before eating them alive, and then proceeds to utterly dogwalk Pochita as Starving, a Primal Fear.
Conquest wanted to control him, while War wanted to prove herself more fearsome. Famine wanted to
eat him, as his undying nature made Pochita an effective infinite burger-meat generator, and Famine has a preference for dog-flesh. You save the best for last, and some of the last things to be eaten in a famine are pets.
He's a perpetual motion machine, she could do this
forever. (If you can't tell, I'm expecting Famine's mask-off moment in Part 2)
And then she feels Death's gaze on her and her stomach explodes, releasing her sisters as well as an absolute ocean of gore as the remains of every devil she's eaten flood back into Hell.
From the ground, Conquest is semi-awake as she witnesses Pochita coming back to life on a mountain of corpses. In the distance, the four fates at the end of life aside from Death stroll in like they're about to drop the hottest album of 1987. She'll never forget this image for as long as she lives.
One by one, the four fates let themselves get eaten, prompting an absolute WTF moment from Famine, who's the only one properly conscious. Only one fate remains, and then this exchange happens-
????: ...
Death: Why are you hesistating, child?
????: ...I'm wondering what it will be like. To not exist, I mean.
Death: Oh, well that's rather simple. Think about what it felt like before you were born. That is what you will return to.
????: ..........
Death: What's the problem now?
????: ...I'm scared, mother. I'm terrified.
Death: Tell me, do you want to make the world a better place?
????: I do.
Death: Do you trust me?
????: ...Yes.
Death: Do you love me?
????: Yes.
Death: Then cast your fears aside and join your siblings. Fret not, I will join you shortly, I just have a few things to do.
Famine connects the dots and realizes Death's plan.
- Remove all other fates besides Death to make herself stupidly OP.
- Go to Earth, and then use OP-ness to instakill every single devil on the planet.
- Immediately book it back to Hell, and feed herself to Chainsaw Man, removing Death and breaking the chain of reincarnation.
With every devil in Hell and devils unable to die, they will not be able to reincarnate on Earth. (Even Primal Fears only appeared on Earth because they were already there as a chess-piece thingy like Falling, or were contracted like Darkness and Aging). And since the effect is retroactive, Devils will have always been stuck in Hell unable to die, and never have appeared on Earth in history.
Never appearing on Earth means No Pizza and No Chinese food for her, so this is an outrage. Famine strongly objects, shit hits the fan, and Pochita GTFO's back to Earth wounded, where he meets Denji.
