Cornered by the Bat Devil, Asa faces Yoru's demand to sacrifice the wounded Yuko, but chooses compassion over survival. As both girls are swallowed whole, Chainsaw Man crashes in with a darkly ironic rescue that values a stray cat over human lives.
Summary
The rampaging Bat Devil brings a building down on Asa and Yuko, leaving Yuko with a spike through her ankle and unable to run. Yoru seizes on this, ordering Asa to kill her friend and forge her into a weapon, and reminding Asa of the vow she made upon dying to live selfishly given a second chance. Asa wavers, then refuses, scooping Yuko into her arms and bolting.
She trips, as she always seems to at the worst moments. The stumble dredges up memories of past failures, chief among them the day the Typhoon Devil overran her hometown. Pausing to save a stray cat, she fell, and her mother was crushed by a car moments after pulling her to safety, a tragedy made crueler when a passerby praised her for rescuing the animal. A remembered talk with Yuko steadies her: doing right matters more than getting it right. Resolved, Asa holds her friend close even as the Bat Devil gulps them both down.
Salvation arrives violently when Chainsaw Man and another massive devil smash through the building, crushing the Bat Devil until it disgorges the girls. The brawl spills across a city block, and when his opponent forces a choice between saving a carload of elderly women or a hopeful young student, Chainsaw Man splits the devil's skull instead and lets both perish in order to rescue a nearby cat. A later newscast frames the act as heroism, reporting that he slew the Cockroach Devil and saved a cat.
Key Events
Asa rejects Yoru's command to sacrifice Yuko, a defining moral choice rooted in the flashback to her mother's death during the Typhoon Devil's attack. The reincarnated Bat Devil is killed when Chainsaw Man intervenes, regurgitating the swallowed girls. The chapter's climax skewers Chainsaw Man's public image: he abandons two human lives to save a cat while destroying the Cockroach Devil, an act the media still spins as heroic.
Notes
Published under the title Sēbu za Kyatto, or "Save the Cat," this Justice Devil arc chapter runs a lengthy forty-eight pages in the twelfth volume. It kills off the reborn Bat Devil and stages Chainsaw Man's defeat of the Cockroach Devil, while flashbacks flesh out the death of Asa's mother.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why did Denji save the cat in Chapter 102?
In Chapter 102, Chainsaw Man makes the darkly ironic choice to rescue a stray cat instead of saving either a carload of elderly women or a hopeful young student, splitting the Cockroach Devil's skull and letting both groups of humans perish. A later newscast still frames the act as heroism, reporting only that he slew the devil and saved a cat.
What happens in Chainsaw Man Chapter 102?
Chapter 102, titled Save the Cat, sees Asa refuse Yoru's demand to sacrifice the wounded Yuko and instead carry her friend to safety as the Bat Devil swallows them both. Chainsaw Man then crashes in, kills the reborn Bat Devil to free the girls, and later destroys the Cockroach Devil while choosing to rescue a cat over human lives.
Does Asa kill Yuko in Chapter 102?
No, in Chapter 102 Asa rejects Yoru's order to kill the wounded Yuko and forge her into a weapon, choosing compassion over survival. A remembered talk with Yuko steadies her, and she holds her friend close even as the Bat Devil swallows them both.
What is the flashback about in Chapter 102?
Chapter 102 flashes back to the death of Asa's mother during the Typhoon Devil's attack on her hometown. Pausing to save a stray cat, Asa fell, and her mother was crushed by a car moments after pulling her to safety, a tragedy made crueler when a passerby praised Asa for rescuing the animal.
What happens to the Bat Devil in Chapter 102?
In Chapter 102, the reincarnated Bat Devil is killed when Chainsaw Man and another massive devil smash through the building, crushing it until it disgorges the swallowed Asa and Yuko. Its death marks the end of the reborn Bat Devil within the Justice Devil arc.
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