Chainsaw Man chapter 178: Release date and time, countdown, what to expect, and more

Modified Sep 18, 2024 03:19 GMT

Chainsaw Man chapter 178 release date and time (Image via MAPPA Studios)

Chainsaw Man chapter 178 is set to release on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 12AM JST, according to the official MANGA Plus website. As War Devil Yoru seemingly prepares to call on a frightening power in order to defeat Pochita, fans are both incredibly curious and nervous to see what happens in the issue’s next release.

Unfortunately, fans have no way of knowing what will happen for sure with no verifiable spoilers for Chainsaw Man chapter 178 and beyond at the time of this article’s writing. What fans do at least have is confirmed release information for the issue, which is slated to come out in a matter of days rather than weeks.

Follow along as this article fully breaks down the latest release information for Chainsaw Man chapter 178, as well as speculates on what to expect from it.

Chainsaw Man chapter 178 release date and time

Yoru may not be done sacrificing her children heading into Chainsaw Man chapter 178 (Image via Shueisha)

Chainsaw Man chapter 178 is scheduled to be released on September 25, 2024 at 12AM JST. For most international audiences, this means a local daytime release on Tuesday, September 254, 2024. A select few international audiences will instead see the issue release in the extremely early morning hours of Wednesday, September 25, like Japanese readers.

Chainsaw Man chapter 178's release schedule in the corresponding time zones is as follows:

Timezone	Local date and time
Pacific Daylight Time	8AM, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Eastern Daylight Time	11AM, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
British Summer Time	4PM, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Central European Summer Time	5PM, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Indian Standard Time	8:30PM, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Philippine Standard Time	11PM, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Japanese Standard Time	12AM, Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Australia Central Standard Time	12:30AM, Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Where to read Chainsaw Man chapter 178?

Like the Gun Devil, Chainsaw Man chapter 178 may reveal yet another of Yoru's children in United States custody (Image via Shueisha)

Fans can read the issue on either Viz Media’s official website, Shueisha’s MANGA Plus service, or Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ app. The former two are free services which grant readers access to the first and latest three issues of a series. The lattermost is a paid, subscription-based service which allows readers to access the series in its entirety.

Chainsaw Man chapter 177 recap

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Chainsaw Man chapter 177 began with the Mouth Devil’s freedom being confirmed as Yoru used her new weapons made from the Tank and Gun Devils to attack Pochita. She eventually sent him flying into a building as Asa asked her if she was really okay with turning her friends (the Devils born from her) into weapons.

Yoru responded by asserting that children are their parents’ property as Pochita jumped to the top of the building he was slammed into. She then called out to Pochita and taunted him, asserting that he was now fearful of her while demanding they fight. However, Pochita disappeared, leading Yoru to call out to him and demand to show himself.

Meanwhile, Pochita found a blood drive, picking up a sign advertising it after scaring off the original girl wearing it. This was seemingly done in an effort to heal his right arms, which were still missing following Yoru’s initial attack in chapter 176.

The focus then shifted to Texas in the United States, where a man’s index fingers were suddenly ripped off of him and disappeared. This happened to 400 thousand members of the National Pistol Association of America as Yoru, in Japan, struck a pose similar to the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

The issue ended with Yoru being her finger into a claw- or talon-like shape, as a massive crack appeared in the Statue of Liberty’s face as a result.

What to expect from Chainsaw Man chapter 178 (speculative)

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Chainsaw Man chapter 178 will almost certainly open up with a continued focus on the Statue of Liberty, revealing exactly what Yoru is doing to it. However, in typical fashion for mangaka Tatsuki Fujimoto, this will perhaps be done in a roundabout way.

A loredump from someone high up in the United States government or their version of Public Safety seems resultanlty likely before seeing what happened to the Statue of Liberty. This may reveal that yet another Devil born from Yoru and war is being kept within the Statue of Liberty.

Yoru is probably either calling upon its power to weaponize it, or simply summoning it here as another ally to fight Pochita with, setting up a disastrous bout for chapter 178.