Chainsaw Man Manga Ends With Chapter 232 After Eight Years

Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man has reached its conclusion. Chapter 232, published on March 24, marks the end of Part 2 and the manga as a whole, closing out a series that redefined what mainstream shonen action could look like over its eight-year run across two Shueisha publications. No Part 3 or continuation has been announced.

The Final Chapter

Part 2 of Chainsaw Man, set during the School Arc, began serialization on the Shonen Jump+ app in July 2022 after Part 1 concluded in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2020. Where Part 1 followed Denji through the world of Public Safety devil hunters, Part 2 shifted the setting to high school as the consequences of the first arc's climactic events continued to play out. The final chapter brings Denji's story to its conclusion after 232 chapters spanning both parts. The last collected volume is scheduled for release on June 4, 2026.

The manga has surpassed 30 million copies in circulation worldwide and won the Best Manga award at The Harvey Awards for three consecutive years, placing it among the most acclaimed and commercially successful manga of the 2020s.

The Franchise Continues

While the manga is finished, the Chainsaw Man franchise has multiple major projects still in motion.

The Reze Arc movie, produced by MAPPA, premiered in Japanese theaters on September 19, 2025, debuting at number one at the domestic box office. It opened in the United States on October 24, 2025, and is set to begin streaming on Crunchyroll on July 23, 2026. The film adapts one of Part 1's most popular arcs, centered on the bomb devil Reze and her relationship with Denji. It earned 13 nominations at the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, including Film of the Year.

An anime adaptation of the Assassins Arc was announced at Jump Festa in December 2025. MAPPA will return to handle production, continuing the anime's adaptation of Part 1 beyond the events of the Reze Arc. No premiere window has been set.

A second stage play adapting the Reze Arc is also scheduled to run in Tokyo and Kyoto from July to August 2026.

What the Ending Means

The conclusion leaves the franchise in an unusual position. The source material is now complete, but the anime adaptation is still in its relatively early stages, with only the first television season and the Reze Arc movie released so far. Multiple arcs from both Part 1 and Part 2 remain unadapted, giving MAPPA years of material to work through.

For readers, the ending closes out a manga that consistently defied expectations about what shonen storytelling could be. From its earliest chapters, Chainsaw Man blended horror, dark comedy, and raw emotional weight in ways that attracted an audience well beyond the typical demographic. Fujimoto's willingness to take structural risks and subvert genre conventions set the series apart from its peers and influenced a wave of darker, more experimental manga in its wake.

The manga may be over, but Chainsaw Man's presence in the anime landscape is just getting started.