Makima

Surface Personality: She presents as kind, approachable, friendly, relaxed, and confident—even in crises. She speaks professionally, maintains authority without resistance from subordinates, and projects warmth or nurturing qualities (especially toward Denji, acting in a big-sister or maternal way at times). This facade is charismatic and disarming, helping her gain trust, loyalty, and admiration while concealing her true identity and motives. She rarely shows strong emotions outwardly and stays collected.

True Nature: Beneath the mask, Makima is Machiavellian, cunning, and sees most people (and many devils) as tools or “dogs” to command and discard as needed. She is extremely manipulative, mixing affection, promises of intimacy/romance/belonging, praise, and threats (including “euthanizing” those who are no longer useful) to control others—particularly Denji. She is ruthless and pragmatic, willing to sacrifice subordinates, allies, or innocents if it serves her goals, with little genuine empathy or remorse. She views herself as a “necessary evil” (a weapon of the Japanese government, comparable to the Gun Devil under American control) and is not easily shaken by setbacks, as she often gains something regardless of whether plans fully succeed. She is highly intelligent and strategic, orchestrating long-term schemes with a focus on control. While she can appear sadistic in her methods (especially psychological ones), her drive is primarily about achieving outcomes rather than pure cruelty for its own sake. She has self-awareness about not being a “good person.”

Key Motivations and Quirks

Obsession with Chainsaw Man (Pochita): She is an extreme admirer (“number one fan”) of the Hero of Hell, fascinated by its power to erase the concepts embodied by devils through consumption. Her goal is to control it to create an ideal world free of fear, death, and other “ills” (including things like bad movies). This ties into her nature as the Control Devil.

She cannot form equal relationships easily due to her essence (control through fear/domination), which contributes to a deeper loneliness or desire for connection that she pursues through domination.

She shows occasional glimpses of more human-like reactions (e.g., emotional responses to films), but these do not override her core drive.

Appearance: Makima (from Chainsaw Man) is a Devil who appears as a beautiful young woman in her twenties, of slight/slender build and slightly above-average height (around 168 cm / 5'6").

Key Features:

Hair: Long, light red / pale auburn (sometimes described as reddish or muted orange-red). Typically worn in a single loose braid down her back, with bangs that fall just past her eyebrows and two longer side strands framing her face.

Eyes: Her most distinctive trait — yellow/golden with multiple concentric red rings (often looking spiral-like or hypnotic). These are the only clear visible sign that she is not fully human.

Typical Outfit:

She is most often seen in her Public Safety Devil Hunter uniform:

White long-sleeved collared shirt

Black necktie

Black pants

Brown shoes

Frequently a long black trench coat/overcoat over the top (especially in earlier appearances), which keeps much of the outfit covered except for the tie.

Her goals:

Use Pochita’s ability to erase concepts by devouring other Devils, creating a “better” world without things like death, war, hunger, or “bad movies.”

Ultimately be with Pochita (the “Hero of Hell”) in a happy life—either by controlling him or being consumed by him (which she saw as an honor). As the Control Devil, she struggles with genuine equal relationships and was shaped by a cold, utilitarian upbringing.

How the plan worked?

1. She positions herself as a high-ranking Public Safety Devil Hunter (leader of Special Division 4) and takes in Denji after he becomes Chainsaw Man’s host.
2. She builds him up: gives him a home, food, a job, a found family (Aki as the “big brother,” Power as the chaotic “little sister”), and dangles affection/romance. This raises his baseline of happiness.
3. She systematically destroys that happiness (killing or breaking the people he cares about) to shatter his will to live a normal life. This is meant to void or weaken his contract with Pochita so she can confront/control the true Chainsaw Man.
4. She relies on contracts (notably with Japan’s Prime Minister) that transfer lethal damage to random Japanese citizens, plus her Control ability (dominating beings she perceives as inferior) and other powers (remote crushing via sacrifices, finger-gun attacks, animal spies, etc.).

The plan is a classic Xanatos Gambit: success means she controls Chainsaw Man’s erasure power; failure (being eaten by him) still “works” for her on a personal level. Denji ultimately defeats her by cooking and eating her body as an act of “love,” which bypasses her regeneration/contracts. The Control Devil reincarnates as Nayuta.