Chainsaw Man Chapter 108 ended on a cliffhanger for a character that is quickly becoming a fan favorite due to her unexpected kindness and combined sinister undertones. So, did Yuko die in Chainsaw Man Part 2?
Yuko's dynamic with Mitaka has been quite endearing following the absolute darkness to which the last Chainsaw Man arcs descended.
Authors of Chainsaw Man fan fiction often ship Yuko with one of the new main characters of the manga, Asa Mitaka, and would like to see this interesting dynamic go on for longer. So, what can we expect?
Warning: There are spoilers below!
Yuko's Contract Explained
When Yuko was first introduced, fans likely thought that the kind girl who gave Asa Mitaka her own shoes so that she wouldn't have to walk home barefoot would likely end up being a casualty of the War Devil's violence.
Yuko was the only character who was kind to Asa, who was friendless due to a combination of extremely bad and poor social skills.
Yoru, as the War Devil is known, wanted to get rid of Yuko and turn her into a weapon, to which Asa was strongly opposed.
But it looks like Yuko brought about her own destruction by creating an illegal contract with the Justice Devil.
As part of it, she went so far as to kill her own neighbor and profess to get rid of Asa's bullying problem -- through murder.
Yuko claims that the Justice Devil didn't take any of her body parts (as is often the case with Devil contracts) but that the Devil instead gave her "a heart shining with justice."
At this point, the truth is unclear. Either Yuko always had a vengeful and sinister personality which she used to hide behind a cheerful demeanor, or the Justice Devil twisted her understanding of justice, taking away some of her reasoning abilities.
Either way, Yuko isn't doing all that well right now, and while the War Devil had her eyes on Asa's friend, either way, Yuko took a tremendous risk in associating with the Justice Devil.
Die Yuko Die in Chainsaw Man?
In Chapter 108 of the manga, Yuko gets sliced into pieces by Asa while the former is in the form of the Justice Devil.
The War Devil aka Yoru failed to kill Yuko, due to the Justice Devil's mind-reading abilities that predict her every move.
Upon this failure, Yoru decides to leave it all to Asa, knowing that Yuko still cares about her.
To stop Yuko from murdering her bullies in cold blood, Asa uses the War Devil's powers to make a weapon out of her school uniform.
Miscalculating her power, she slices the Justice Devil, much to her shock, as she didn't really want to kill Yuko.
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Can Yuko Be Revived?
It's heavily implied that Yuko is dead, but there might be a way to save her.
While Asa is shocked at what she's done, a girl approaches her, asking her if she wants to save Yuko and promising that she'll do anything for her "little sister."
At this point, we don't know who that girl is, or what powers she has. However, the fact that her eye shape is similar to both Makima's and Mitaka's, paired with the fact that she calls Mitaka "little sister" has already created the theory that the girl is one of the Four Horsemen.
If she has the ability to choose whether Yuko lives or dies, we would assume she's probably the Death Devil, though we have to wait and see.
Asa's interaction with the mysterious girl happened off-scene, so we never got to see if there was any contract or deal made -- or even who the girl was.
However, the Justice Devil was still active in Chapter 109 and though the threat was neutralized, Yuko is still around.
By the end of Chapter 110, Yuko is more Devil than human, though some of her old personality is intact, as Chapter 111 reveals.
Yuko appears regretful for what she did, and resolves to find an uncle of her who is a Devil Hunter, hoping that he can turn her back into a human or kill her and prevent her from causing any more pain.
On the way, she encounters Chainsaw Man who decapitates her - but her head was severed once before while in the form of the Justice Devil, so it's hard to tell what will happen to her after all.
When we have a definitive answer about Yuko's fate, we'll update this space with more information.
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