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Chainsaw Man: Oshi no Ko Manga Artist Draws Himeno's Battle Against Samurai Sword

The artist of Oshi no Ko Mengo Yokoyari, also known as the author of Scum’s Wish, posted an illustration of Chainsaw Man character Himeno on Wednesday. She has been a big fan of the series. The anime’s newest, 9th episode aired a few hours before the post.

The illustration by the Oshi no Ko artist came with a brief caption as “Himeno-senpai” and features the character’s final battle against Samurai Sword (Katana Man) where she used the power of her contracted Ghost Devil at the cost of her body parts in the Chainsaw Man anime’s 8th episode titled “Gunfire“, which aired last week.

Chainsaw Man’s Himeno by Mengo Yokoyari

Mariya Ise, the voice actress of Killua Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter (2011) and Anarchy Stocking in Panty & Stocking series, is voicing Himeno in the Chainsaw Man anime adaptation.

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Mengo Yokoyari has been drawing Oshi no Ko manga with story written by Aka Akasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga creator, in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump since April 2020. The series released the first compiled volume in July 2022 and the newest, 9th compiled volume in October 2022. The manga surpassed 3.8 million circulating copies and is receiving an anime adaptation by Doga Kobo in 2023.

Animation studio MAPPA is animating the Chainsaw Man anime based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same name serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2018 to January 2021 with a total of 11 volumes. The series’ second part is being published on Shueisha’s online manga service Shonen Jump +. The series surpassed 16 million circulating copies with the 12th volume’s release on October 4. The anime adaptation was chosen as Anime Corner’s most anticipated Anime of Fall 2022 by fans.

Source: Official Twitter
© Mengo Yokoyari ©Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha, MAPPA

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