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| “ | Anything for my little sister. | „ |
| ~ Fami introducing herself to Asa. |
| “ | Any human should be capable of abandoning their morality when they're starving. I'll create the right stage for you. | „ |
| ~ Fami |
Fami (キガ Kiga) is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside the Death Devil) of Chainsaw Man Part 2: School Arc.
She is a mysterious member of the Devil Hunter Club in Asa Mitaka's school who, in reality, is actually the Famine Devil, a powerful Devil who embodies the fear of famine and part of the Four Horsemen, a group of Devils that Makima and Yoru were seemingly a part of. She introduces herself as being Yoru's older sister, as well as the third Horseman to be introduced.
Appearance[]
Fami appears to look like a young woman with shoulder-length hair who's usually seen in the standard female Fourth East Highschool uniform, usually appearing wearing the peaked cap of the members of the Devil Hunter Club. Similarly to Makima and Yoru, Fami has piercing pink eyes with rings, sporting a set of three moles under her right eye.
Fami also wears a pair of earrings with beads that resemble Pochita's or Denji's chainsaw pull cord. She's usually seen with her head slightly tilted to the right so that her earrings are asymmetrical and look like plates on a scale.
Personality[]
Fami is shown to be cold and enigmatic, normally presenting herself with a very quiet demeanor, usually just watching Asa Mitaka from afar. Much like other Devils, she seems to have a certain indifference towards human life, given that she was willing to help Asa murder Denji and didn't seem to care when she caused the deaths of 2000 people by bringing the Falling Devil to earth. Despite that, she does seem to have a certain affection towards her "little sister" Yoru, though she doesn't seem to return the feelings.
Fami is also shown to be rather cunning and manipulative, using hunger as a way to manipulate people into doing her bidding. Unlike Makima, however, Fami doesn't seem to care whether people know about her true nature, as shown by her extremely low-effort alias of "Fami/Kiga."
Befitting of the Famine Devil, Fami has a great love of food, as evidenced by her ordering an absurdly large meal courtesy of Yoshida. Furthermore, Fami's ultimate goal of stopping the apocalypse isn't motivated by any kind of altruism, but rather by a desire to preserve mankind's cuisine.
To prevent the apocalypse, Fami does not hesitate to sacrifice lots of lives. She causes a group of highschoolers to get trapped in an aquarium for days without escape with the intention of driving Asa Mitaka to turn Denji into one of her weapons. Later, she attempts to turn her own sister into a pawn. For that, she unleashes a primal devil on Earth whose mere presence causes chaos and deaths all over the world. After that, she curses thousands of civilians to lose their mind under the influence of the Fire Devil, turning them into zombies with chainsaws protruding from their heads. This causes a small war between said zombies and humans, increasing the fear of both wars and chainsaws, which makes their representative devils more powerful. She is also more than willing to lie and make false promises to get others on her side.
Biography[]
Background[]
Prior to the events of the series, it is said that the Famine Devil and her sisters the Four Horsemen fought the Chainsaw Man in Hell, alongside the Weapon Devils. The fight ended with the Chainsaw Man being mortally wounded and escaping as a weakened version of himself who became known as Pochita. After that, the Horsemen all seemingly went their own way, with the the Control Devil searching after the Chainsaw Man to capture him and exploit his power.
The Famine Devil, on the other hand, infiltrated the Fourth East High School and joined its Devil Hunter Club under the name Fami as a way to disguise herself and blend in with other humans. Fami also seemed to gain a striking amount of knowledge concerning Asa Mitaka, even knowing that she'd be unwilling to eat fish as evidenced by how she attempted to starve her in the aquarium.
Fami also took help of the Fire Devil as well as Barem Bridge, the Flamethrower Hybrid, in order to take over a local cult and re-brand it as Chainsaw Man Church, so that Fire Devil could increase the fear for Chainsaw Man which Makima reduced during her tenure.
Chainsaw Man Part 2: The Academy Saga[]
Fami is introduced after Yuko is slain by Asa's sword, which makes her feel guilty for killing who seemed to be her only friend. She appears before the teenage girl claiming that she can bring her back saying that she would do "anything for her little sister". After reviving Yuko using her Devil powers, Fami suddenly disappears.
She eventually appears later in the aquarium during Asa’s date with Denji where she reveals herself to as the Famine Devil, one of the members of the Four Horsemen. In order to make Asa turn Denji into a weapon, she disappears Yoru and herself out of the aquarium by snapping her fingers and traps Asa, Denji and the other members of the Devil Hunters in the aquarium with the Eternity Devil whom she made a deal with. She is later seen standing atop a building observing the Eternity Devil’s defeat as Yoshida notices her.
The next day, she's approached by Yoshida, who treats her to some food while interrogating her. As Yoshida is paying for it, Fami orders an absurd amount of food. Yoshida reveals that he's aware that Fami is in truth the Famine Devil, to which Fami replies that she doesn't really care if people know about her identity. Yoshida questions Fami about the Prophecy of Nostradamus, telling her that Public Safety believes that whatever she is planning is connected to the prophecy. Fami then tells him about the devil that has appeared at Tamano Apartments.
Fami describes her motivations to Nayuta.
After the Falling Devil fails to feed Asa and Denji to a devil, Fami appears before her, revealing that she was behind the attack all along. Falling apologizes to her, before her body decays into some kind of idol, which Fami takes. Fami is then approached by Nayuta, who tells her that she manipulated the devil's brain to make it vomit Denji and Asa up. Fami tells her that she had planned to starve War in the devil's stomach, as she has the ability to turn the starved into her pawns. Fami tells Nayuta that she aims to stop the Prophecy of Nostradamus. The Prophecy foretold an apocalypse that will herald in an age of devils, and according to Fami neither she nor Nayuta nor Chainsaw Man can stop it. According to her, however, War could be capable of stopping it. Fami, however, is not motivated by the altruistic goal of saving humanity, but rather because human cuisine would go away should the apocalypse come to fruition. Fami offers Nayuta to help her stop their eldest sister, the Death Devil, but Nayuta declines as she's busy with school.
Fami talking to Haruka backstage.
Fami then appears talking to Haruka backstage after the latter is mocked on public television. Haruka questions her about why she had him go up there to be humiliated, to which Fami tells him that ridicule was the whole point. A mysterious figure appears behind Haruka, telling him to listen to what Fami says. According to the mysterious figure, Haruka is to operate as the "face" of the Chainsaw Man Church while Fami is to operate as the "brains."
Powers And Abilities[]
- Devil empowerment and revival: Fami is shown to be able to empower other Devils and even bring them back from the dead in a even stronger form, showcased when she did so with Yuko.
- Devil manipulation: Fami is seemingly able to have control over other Devils seeing as she temporarily separates Yoru from Asa's body. She also seems to have connections with other Devils, such as the Eternity Devil who she struck a deal with in order to use his powers to trap the Devil Hunter Club inside the aquarium.
- Fear empowerment: As the Famine Devil, Fami is able to get more powerful by feeding on humanity's fear of famine and hunger.
- Regeneration: The Famine Devil is seemingly able to regenerate or heal herself by drinking blood and, because this, she can sustain all kinds of lethal injuries.
- Immortality: Fami cannot die of old age and will live on pretty much forever if given the chance. However, she can still be killed by external factors, which can cause her to revive in Hell.
- Reincarnation: If Fami is killed on Earth, she will reincarnate in Hell, making her essentially immortal. The Famine Devil can return to Earth, if they are killed in Hell, which causes them to reincarnate to the human world, now with a completely different appearance and without any of their prior memories.
- Appetite Detection: As fitting with her hunger powers, she can determine the food preferences of specific people, as well as detecting how hungry someone is or isn't; while not sounding practical, it actually provides her data on how to starve someone, as she can trap them within a location that has nothing edible to them.
- Starved Possession: When a person is suffering from starvation, Fami is able to take control of them, making them her servants or soldiers.
Trivia[]
- Fami's name is entirely in katakana (キガ), showcasing no semantic meanings. However her name is a play on the quantity of syllables of the word famine to the amount of mora its Hepburn romanization "Kiga" has.
- Likewise, this name is only present in the English translation as the Spanish, French, and Portuguese translations use her original name "Kiga".
- Fami's earrings resemble the Chainsaw Man's pull cord, but the way they are constantly tilted in a way that makes them resemble a scale, may be a reference to the depiction of the Famine Horseman in the Book of Revelation, where he is depicted holding scales.
- The use of the pull cord as scale might also be an allusion for how the Chainsaw Man became a symbol of justice to the public.
- Asa originally speculated that Fami was the Justice Devil, which is a reference to how Famine is sometimes interpreted as the "Lord as a Law-Giver" and also because both famine and Justice are often represented by scales.
- It's unknown whether Fami's body is her original form (like Makima's) or if she's actually possessing someone else's (like Yoru). Prior to her reappearance in chapter 112, it was theorized that the blonde girl who Denji saved from Yuko and was about to reveal his identity to was Fami's "host" who did not know she was being possessed by a Devil.
- Prior to Chapter 115, it was heavily theorized that Fami might have something to do with giving Chainsaw Man's powers to Haruka Iseumi given the shape of her earrings. This theory was disproven as soon as it was revealed that Haruka's pull cord was actually just a surgical implant he made as a fan tribute to the Chainsaw Man.
- Given that Haruka has a fake pull cord, it's likely that Fami's earrings might also be a "tribute" to the Chainsaw Man.
External Links[]
- Fami on the Chainsaw Man Wiki
