Goodbye, Pochita

Within a mental landscape, Denji lies in a grassy field with Pochita stretched out next to him. Calmly, Pochita tells him a Devil has eaten them both, so the shared dream of their life together is over. Denji's first complaint is that he died without ever sleeping with anyone, yet Pochita observes that for all the happiness Denji knew, a piece of him stayed miserable.

The remark makes Denji grasp the truth as Pochita shifts into his real Chainsaw Devil shape. Gently, Pochita says Denji had been happier in the days before he became Chainsaw Man, and pulls him into one last embrace. He then rips out his own heart and announces he means to consume himself, wiping Chainsaw Man out of reality and bringing about a world where he never was. He cannot say what becomes of that world, but he is sure it is the only path. Denji begs him to stop, unwilling to lose his closest friend a second time. At the end, Pochita assures him he has already lived through every dream he longed for, flashes a final peace sign, and tells Denji he can keep dreaming even with him gone. With that, Pochita eats himself and vanishes, and the timeline resets.

In a dreamscape Pochita reveals that a Devil has devoured the pair, ending their shared life. He takes on his real Chainsaw Devil shape, embraces Denji, and rips out his own heart. By consuming himself, Pochita wipes Chainsaw Man away and births a reality in which he never was, ignoring Denji's pleas. His self-devouring resets the timeline entirely.

A pivotal Volume 24 chapter of the War Devil arc, this entry stages Pochita's self-sacrifice and the reset of the entire timeline, a turning point heading into the finale. Pochita appears here as Death, with Asa Mitaka referenced as the bridge between the old world and the new one.