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| “ | She contracted with the Gun Devil and passed guns to the Yakuza. In exchange for that, Sawatari apparently demanded the Chainsaw Devil's heart. | „ |
| ~ Makima's reports to the bureau about Akane. |
Akane Sawatari is the secondary antagonist of the Samurai Sword Arc of Chainsaw Man. An enigmatic former Private Detective Hunter, it was revealed that she pledged her allegiance with the Gun Devil after making a contract with him and as a result, she seeks to obtain Denji's heart for her master.
To that end, she conspires with members of the Yakuzas, including the likes of Samurai Sword, while acting as a weapons sealer for them in order to obtain Denji's heart easier.
She was voiced by Yō Taichi in Japanese and Emi Lo (who also voiced Sophie Pulone in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) in English.
Appearance[]
Akane appears as a young woman with short hair, that seems to be dyed blonde as it has brown roots, while also wearing a red oversized hoodie and shorts that reveals her legs. Most of the time, due to her taciturn and oftentimes stoic personality, she mostly supports an emotionless expression on her face which can slip when she's panicked. In one of her past photos, it is shown that she wore a track suit.
Personality[]
| “ | It seems our youngsters went on a bit of a shooting spree in Tokyo. I'll answer whatever I can. Because I want you to understand this was not on my orders. From what I heard, this Sawatari woman is pulling the strings. Our youngsters were tricked into contracting with the gun devil with her as the intermediary. | „ |
| ~ The Yakuza Boss about his underlings being manipulated by Akane to be contracted by the Gun Devil. |
Not much is known about Akane personality, due to her being surrounded in enigma. However, she can be described as a serious and no-nonsense woman dedicated to her job on fulfilling her master wishes to get Denji's heart and tries to finish her job as efficiently as possible. Akane was also shown to be a skilled manipulator evidenced by the fact that she manages to gather Yakuzas to her side by letting them making a contract with Gun Devil in order to achieve her goal easier during her tenure as a weapons dealer due to her acting as an intermediary towards the Gun Devil.
However, when the tables turned against her, it was revealed that she is nothing but a coward as she can end up easily panicked and tries her own skin. Evidenced by the fact that she killed herself with her Snake Demon to avoid being interrogated. Her cowardice was also shown as she is seen being terrified with Makima and what she had done to the rest of her accomplices for a good reason, even warning Samurai Sword about how absolutely horrifying Makima is if a person decided to mess with her due to the horrific fates that will be bestowed upon them.
Biography[]
Akane Sawatari introducing herself alongside her partner, Samurai Sword.
Samurai Sword Arc[]
Akane made her debut in Chapter 24 where Samurai Sword was overpowered during his fight against the Devil Hunters in which one of them, Aki, summoned a curse devil to kill him. As she complimented Aki about his fighting skills, she then heals Samurai Sword and orders him to finish Aki which resulted on him managing to overpower Aki and brutally wounding him. When one of the Devil Hunters, Himeno, attempted to stop the fight with her ghost devil, it was ended up in naught as Akane manages to overpower Himeno with her Snake Devil and causes Himeno's body to vanish despite using her last bits of power to revive Denji.
Akane and Samurai Sword watching as their thugs are crushed by Makima's powers.
As Denji got revived, Akane then reminds Samurai Sword to not hurt Denji's heart during the fight while ordering the other Yakuza to bring more backups in order to help Samurai Sword winning the fight. After Denji was successfully knocked unconscious, suddenly Makima came back from her death and decides to brutally kill all of the Yakuza members with her own ritual much to both Samurai Sword and Akane's shock despite they arranged Makima's death in the first place alongside the rest of the Devil Hunters. As they attempted to run away to save their own skin, one of the devil hunters, Kobeni, intervenes with their business and then decides to save Denji from trouble. Defeated for the first time, both Akane and Samurai Sword decided to run away to save their own skin.
During their preparation to fight against the Devil Hunters, one of Samurai Sword's accomplices suggest he be escorted to his villa, to which Akane rebuffs his attempt due to how extremely powerful Makima is which resulted on Akane being scolded by said accomplice. At the same time, Akane also reminded the other accomplices to not worry about their leader and more worrying about getting bitten as a Zombie as it was revealed that both Samurai Sword and Akane attempted to prepare an oncoming onslaught by the Devil Hunters with Samurai Sword's grandfather's parting gift, a large zombie army considered of people who were unable to pay Samurai Sword's grandfather's debts.
Akane conmitting suicide.
As the Devil Hunters managed to do a small scale raid on Samurai Sword's headquarters, Akane then reminded Samurai Sword to not getting tad too excessive during the fight against him and Denji as she still needed his heart. Encountering Aki during the invasion, Aki attempts to overpower her with his new devil, the Future Devil, in the battle. However, it was revealed that she also made a contract with Himeno's Devil, the Ghost Devil, to defeat Aki.
As she got the upper-hand, Akane then attempts to choke Aki with her new devil. However, it was easily tamed by Aki due to the devil itself still has Himeno's memories while giving him a cigar that says "Easy Revenge" towards Aki. This resulted on Aki easily overpowers Akane's devil. Seemingly stopped, Akane attempts to summon her Snake Devil as a last resort. However, she was thwarted by Kobeni, who put a knife on Akane's throat. According to Makima, as she was seemingly defeated and was attempted to brought to interrogation, Akane decides to commit suicide as a last resort in order to evade justice. Shortly before her death, Makima, off screen, manages to secure Akane's contract with the Snake Devil and takes control over her abilities.
Powers and Abilities[]
The Snake Devil eating the Ghost Devil.
- Contract with the Snake Devil: Akane has a contract with the Snake Devil, in which she gives him one of her nails in exchange of being able to use his power. The Snake Devil is able to devour other Devils and absorb them inside itself. Akane can later on make the Snake spit out the eaten Devil in order for her to control it.
Trivia[]
- Concept art of Power seems to have inspired her character and the Snake Devil.
- Some fans have made the speculation that after the reveal of the Gun Devil being a red herring, Akane Sawatari was actually a pawn used by Makima and was controlled by her in order to orchestrate things and many of the events in the Katana Man arc.
- People have made comparisons between her and Medusa Gorgon from Soul Eater.
- Before it was revealed her eyes and clothes were red, it was commonly believed they were green given how those are the more common colors associated with a snake.
External Links[]
- Akane Sawatari on the Chainsaw Man Wiki
