# WebtoonLib — Chainsaw Man #97

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

## Chapter
- number: 97
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
Following his grotesque victory over Makima—achieved by consuming her body to bypass her contract—Denji is left to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. The Public Safety arc concludes as Kishibe entrusts him with the reincarnated Control Devil, a young girl named Nayuta, tasking him with raising her to prevent another Makima from emerging. Juggling his new role as a guardian with his long-held dream of attending high school, Denji must navigate a world devoid of his former comrades like Aki and Power, forever changed by the immense trauma and loss he has endured.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Characters involved
- Power — character
- Kishibe — character
- Makima — character
- Denji — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Following his grotesque victory over Makima—achieved by consuming her body to bypass her contract—Denji is left to pick up the pieces of his shattered life.

### Spoiler summary
Following his grotesque victory over Makima—achieved by consuming her body to bypass her contract—Denji is left to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. The Public Safety arc concludes as Kishibe entrusts him with the reincarnated Control Devil, a young girl named Nayuta, tasking him with raising her to prevent another Makima from emerging. Juggling his new role as a guardian with his long-held dream of attending high school, Denji must navigate a world devoid of his former comrades like Aki and Power, forever changed by the immense trauma and loss he has endured.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Chainsaw Man #97](/series/chainsaw-man-60cd22/chapter-97)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/chainsaw-man-60cd22

## Usage
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