Enter Makima. When Denji tells her what happened, she explains that he was never going to feel full satisfaction unless he had a bond with the other person. She proves this by grabbing Denji’s hand and putting it on her own chest, which makes him crazy to the point he stops listening to everything she says. Denji has his biggest moment of actual realization, discovering what he actually wants is not just sex, but some human connection — which he hasn’t had since Pochita fused with his heart. It is a brilliant moment devoid of the fetishization of the earlier scene with Power, yet it may still be the most sexually tense scene in a mainstream anime of the year.
And it is also what makes this a special anime, particularly in the context of shonen anime. Characters like Mineta, actual peeping perverts whose sole purpose is to be comic relief because of how creepy they are, are quite prevalent in anime and manga, while many female characters are objectified in moments of fan service just for the sake of it. But “Chainsaw Man” mocks and comments on how shallow and empty that kind of empty fan service really is and how it doesn’t serve any function, not to the audience and certainly not to the characters.
Still, it works for Denji who now has a new goal: to have sex with Makima. Granted, he does have a bond with her, in that she showed him the bare minimum of kindness that one time. He has reason to believe he can accomplish that goal too, as Makima offers him a deal — she will grant him any wish he wants, as long as Denji kills the Gun Devil.