Here’s a fun rephrasing of Makima’s contract with Japan’s Prime Minister—inspired by a post I made recently about how many ways it could be bypassed. When you break it down, Makima’s original contract is more a psychological shield than a practical one. It gives off the appearance of invincibility, but in truth, it only protects her from direct, malicious attacks. It’s perfect for predictable threats—enemies who hate her and want her dead—and Makima knows very well she has a very long list of enemies that will gladly end her.
When you dissect her contract, you'll find that:
- It only protects against direct intent to harm.
- If someone truly wants to kill her, the damage gets redirected to a random Japanese citizen.
- But if the intent is something else—love, devotion, delusion—it doesn’t activate.
- That’s how Denji got her. He didn’t attack her. He loved her and never wished her any harm (Chainsaw Man, Ch. 97).
2. It doesn’t cover passive or environmental dangers.
- Disease, radiation, drowning, space, etc.—if it’s not a targeted attack, she’s just as vulnerable as anyone else.
3. It's vulnerable to unconventional thinking.
- A devoted follower might kill her believing it’s “for her own good.”
- Someone could manipulate a situation that leads to her death without laying a finger on her.
- Basically, any loophole in intent can be fatal.
4. It’s not true immortality.
- She still has to avoid harm, because her contract only triggers under specific conditions.
- That’s why she relies so heavily on intimidation, control, and manipulation.
With this in mind, what really keeps her alive isn’t the contract—it’s fear. Most people never even try to challenge her because they assume she’s untouchable. That illusion is her armor. Once you understand the limits of her contract, you realize she’s terrifying, but not unkillable.
Now, the rephrased contract featured in the artwork is just a fun "what if" I imagined. It’s meant to patch the flaws in Makima’s original deal—namely, the loopholes around intent, method, and perception. You couldn’t get her with love, accidents, devotion, or by thinking outside the box. She’d be truly untouchable—so long as Japan had citizens left (or citizenship).
This is where things get interesting:
One of Makima’s dreams was to be eaten by Pochita. If she had this “upgraded” contract, I honestly think it might force him to do it. Either she reshapes the world through Control—or her idol consumes her, fulfilling one of her twisted dreams. Win-win!
Pochita didn’t just refrain from eating Makima because he sensed her desire for a family—though that’s certainly part of it. He probably also held back because doing so would’ve been the most catastrophic choice imaginable. Control shapes society, governs relationships, curbs behavior, and ensures survival. If Pochita had devoured and erased the concept of Control, it would have plunged the world into chaos. Not just politically or socially, but on a psychological and existential level. Without control, living beings, including devils, would lose the ability to resist their impulses. There’d be no inhibition, no structure—only instinct, madness, and collapse. Reality itself might unravel, dragging the world back to a primal, pre-conscious, animalistic free-for-all.
Anywho, this was just a fun thought experiment. Enjoy the art :)
