Falling Devil

Name

Falling Devil

Age

Possibly older than humanity itself.

Gender & Species

Female Devil

Birthplace

Hell

Overview

The Falling Devil (落らっ下かの悪あく魔ま, Rakka no Akuma?) is a Devil that embodies the primal fear of falling which includes both the act of physically falling down and mentally "falling" into depression. She is the titular main antagonist of the Falling Devil arc, though she is just a subordinate to Fami.

Appearance

Upon arriving on Earth, she assembled herself a form out of mangled human corpses. Upon appearing on Earth, she takes the form of a large, big-breasted, feminine, and headless humanoid made of corpses with hands for feet and a pointed tendril covering her groin. This also seems to be her true form, as demonstrated by the miniature version of herself she turns into when not active. In addition to two multi-jointed arms, she has a pair of scythe-like limbs that resemble featherless wings and two more pairs of arms sprouting from her back. One pair holds a decapitated head with a black ponytail; blood drips out of the ever-closed eyes, nostrils and mouth. Her most notable trait is her chef uniform, which consists of a tall toque, black leggings, long, black gloves, a white chef jacket, and a black waist apron.

Personality

The Falling Devil appears to view herself as being subservient to the wishes of other Devils, often announcing that her goals and desires are that of Hell as a whole. Despite this, she doesn't seem above the idea of serving death to fellow Devils should they not respect her own established conditions.[1] Much like her appearance, Falling Devil speaks similarly to a chef as well, describing her different attacks as “courses” that will “delight your tastebuds”, whilst insisting people finish their "trauma-laden" meal. Falling Devil also appears to have a form of humility to her, such as when she covered herself up after noticing her own nudity.[2] Despite being a devil, she will only attack humans if they're necessary "ingredients" (and opts to leave them injured instead of dead whenever possible) for her dishes or in self-defense. She claims to dislike meaningless slaughter and was reluctant to fight Denji, preferring to work on her dish instead.[3] She takes great pride in the "meals" she prepares, so much that, if they aren't eaten or are ill-received, she loses her composure and kills those who don't enjoy her food. The Falling Devil is generally polite. Perhaps due to her nigh-immortality, she expresses only mild irritation or impatience at attackers, seeing them as mere inconveniences. Even after being attacked by the Chainsaw Man himself, she doesn't take him seriously and instead cracks a joke. She appears to be mentally mature and well-mannered for a devil, as she responds with disgust to Denji's sexual comments towards Asa. The Falling Devil is also very cruel, preferring to break her victims emotionally and mentally until they decide to commit suicide, rather than killing them herself straight away. As shown, due to coming under Fami’s control, the Falling Devil is very loyal towards her. As shown where she apologised to her for failing to successfully put Asa/War into a starved state as her master desired and later, willingly allowed herself to turn into a figurine for Fami to pick up. It's possible her chef motif also stems from her master's culinary tendencies.

Abilities

Being a Primal Fear, the Falling Devil is described as a transcendent being; one of the devils embodying a primal fear and has never experienced death due to being so powerful. As a devil that embodies a primal fear, it can be assumed that the Falling Devil is almost as old as humanity itself. However despite her power she somehow managed to fall under the Famine Devil control. As a Devil, the Falling Devil possesses all of the standard devil abilities.

Devil Powers

Nigh-Absolute Immortality: As a primal fear, the Falling Devil cannot be killed with any conventional means.[3] Presumably, a strong supernatural weapon such as those created by Asa or Angel would be necessary to deal any permanent damage, or with Pochita's erasure ability. Hell Connection: The Falling Devil can freely manifest multiple doors that connect directly to Hell. This allows her to send certain individuals to Hell as well as travel freely between the two realms herself. Gravity Manipulation: The Falling Devil can selectively manipulate gravity on herself, the environment or individual people. This power is so significant that her presence could be detected around the world as a result of gravitational anomalies causing earthquakes and landslides. The strength and direction of the manipulated gravity can be changed by simply pointing her finger in that direction.[4] This ability includes: Traumatic Anti-Gravity: The Falling Devil possesses an ability that allows her to invert gravity on people, causing them to fall up into the sky. The force of reversed gravity is related to a person’s past and trauma, with those who have suffered little to no trauma being barely affected. Upon reaching a certain height, the person falls into a door to Hell. Levitation: The Falling Devil can use the gravity manipulation ability on herself to freely move in any direction and at high speeds. She can also suspend herself in the air and keep herself stationary. Area Denial: The Falling Devil can fully reverse gravity in its immediate vicinity, completely destroying the area.[5] She later used this ability again to force Asa out of her hiding spot. Targeted Control: The Falling Devil can also focus her power on a singular object and manipulate its gravity to her will. She used this ability to lift up and entire apartment building high into the air and then launch it towards the fleeing Denji and Asa. Energy Beam: With a pointing gesture the Falling Devil can summon a powerful beam of energy. She used this ability to instantly kill a very strong devil. Thought Manipulation: Falling Devil can force its victims to relive traumatic memories in their minds. This ability complements her gravity manipulation which is tied to a victim's past trauma. However, this power can be resisted if the victim's brain is damaged, as Denji stopped falling after slicing his brain up.[6] Emotion Manipulation: As shown when Asa began becoming affected by its power, the Falling Devil possess the power to draw out and magnify the negative feelings of her victims, causing them to become more inclined to her manipulating their thoughts such as making people commit suicide. Body Control: Aside from controlling her own vessel made out of human corpses, she appears to be able to force humans to move against their will, as seen by her forcing a devil hunter to sit in an unnaturally contorted position.[7] Object Creation: The Falling Devil is able to summon/create various objects at will such as her chef's uniform and various restaurant-related utilities.

Physical Prowess

Immense speed, strength and healing factor.

Weakness

The Falling Devil's body is quite fragile and can be easily destroyed by gunfire and Denji's chainsaws. This isn't enough to kill her due to her immortality and immense healing factor, however it leaves her temporarily incapacitated. This gives her enemies a small window of time to escape or recuperate while she waits to regenerate.