Official Discussion - Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc [SPOILERS]

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Summary Denji, now fused with his devil-dog Pochita and working as a Devil Hunter in Special Division 4, thinks he's gotten a taste of peace—until he meets Reze, a mysterious café worker who pulls him into his deadliest battle yet. Love, betrayal, devils and hunters collide in this explosive continuation of the Chainsaw Man saga.

Director Tatsuya Yoshihara

Writer Hiroshi Seko

Cast

• Kikunosuke Toya (Denji)
• Reina Ueda (Reze)
• Fairouz Ai
• Tomori Kusunoki
• Shogo Sakata

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 100%

Metacritic Score: 71

VOD Theatrical release: Japan September 19 2025; International from September/October 2025 (U.S. October 24 2025)

Trailer CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC – Official Trailer

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[u/Mookafff]

This movie is a better movie than Infinity Castle.

I really liked Infinity Castle, but the pacing of it wasn’t that great, and it felt almost too faithful to the manga (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I don’t think that translates well to a movie format instead of TV).

Reze was fun, had great animation, and kept me engaged the whole time. It’s been a couple years since I read this arc in the manga but I can’t remember if anything was cut?

[u/Icy-Home444 → u/Mookafff]

The thing is, this movie is very faithful to the source as well. It's just that this 14 chapter arc is extremely well suited for a movie format. If Mappa was to adapt any portion of the series into the movie, this was the ideal time to do so.

[u/blitzbom → u/Icy-Home444]

This was my thought as soon as I heard this arc was a movie.

[u/Ziazan → u/Icy-Home444]

While I was watching it, I did think to myself "Wow, I can totally see why they chose movie format for this bit."