Back in 2021, Chainsaw Man author Fujimoto Tatsuki said he wanted to make the manga ending "pretty meaningless" – and judging by the fan reaction to the recent last chapter, he may have succeeded.
On March 24, the series wrapped with an issue that imagined what Denji's life would've been like had he never merged himself with Pochita. As Pochita realizes the suffering he's caused Denji, the creature eats his own heart and erases himself from existence, resetting the universe and resulting in his human pal being saved by Power and Nayuta from his fatal encounter with the Yakuza in the past.
