# WebtoonLib — Chainsaw Man #178

## Series
- title: Chainsaw Man
- slug: chainsaw-man-60cd22

## Chapter
- number: 178
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The horrifying implications of Yoru's power are immediately overshadowed by an even more chilling revelation from Japan's Prime Minister, Kentarou Ishita. He confesses to a grotesque national secret: a contract with the Aging Devil, maintained through the continuous sacrifice of children, which prevents the nation's citizens from dying of old age. This pact reveals the true, monstrous cost of societal stability and plunges the world into a new layer of existential dread. As Asa reels from the consequences of Yoru's actions, the very nature of life and death is exposed as a state-sponsored atrocity, leaving everyone to question what other horrors have been erased.
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- summary_verification: unverified

## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The horrifying implications of Yoru's power are immediately overshadowed by an even more chilling revelation from Japan's Prime Minister, Kentarou Ishita.

### Spoiler summary
The horrifying implications of Yoru's power are immediately overshadowed by an even more chilling revelation from Japan's Prime Minister, Kentarou Ishita. He confesses to a grotesque national secret: a contract with the Aging Devil, maintained through the continuous sacrifice of children, which prevents the nation's citizens from dying of old age. This pact reveals the true, monstrous cost of societal stability and plunges the world into a new layer of existential dread. As Asa reels from the consequences of Yoru's actions, the very nature of life and death is exposed as a state-sponsored atrocity, leaving everyone to question what other horrors have been erased.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Chainsaw Man #178](/series/chainsaw-man-60cd22/chapter-178)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/chainsaw-man-60cd22

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