Chainsaw Man The Movie Reze Arc Ending Explained: The Moment That Launches Season 2

Reze’s explosive exit isn’t the end—it’s the trigger. With Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc closing on the Bomb Devil hybrid’s death, season 2 barrels into the International Assassins arc, where her fallout ignites a global hunt that picks up right where her story left off.

Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc ends the way Chainsaw Man likes to end things: messy, brutal, and pointed straight at the next disaster. If you walked out gutted and wondering how this sets up Season 2, you are very much not alone.

The ending, straight up

After Reze (the Bomb Devil hybrid) and the Typhoon Devil are both taken down, Reze tells Denji her mission failed and insists she never actually cared about him. Denji, being Denji, still asks her to run away with him and says to meet him at a cafe if she wants to try a real life together.

Meanwhile, Kishibe pulls Aki aside and lays out the bigger picture: Reze was sent by the Soviet Union and turned into a weapon as a kid. That matters because it hints at the scale of what is coming next.

Reze does change her mind and heads to the cafe... but Makima and Angel intercept her first. Reze is killed before she can see Denji again. In the post-credits scene, Denji waits at the table for someone who is never showing up.

The movie pretty clearly suggests the feelings were real enough that Reze wanted out. Makima takes her off the board anyway, because anyone who can pull Denji off her plan is a threat to that plan.

Why Reze's backstory is the key to the next arc

This is where the inside-baseball stuff kicks in. Reze is the first international assassin to take a swing at Denji. Her origin basically opens the door: there are more like her, and they are coming.

How this tees up Chainsaw Man Season 2

Season 2 will adapt the International Assassins arc, which picks up immediately after the Bomb Girl/Reze arc covered in the movie. Denji's brawl with Reze will be broadcast on TV, and Makima will warn him that multiple assassins are entering Japan to kill him. She also lines up extra Devil Hunters to keep him alive because her bigger goal is the fight with the Gun Devil — and Denji needs to survive for that.

Who is already aiming at Denji

• Quanxi from China, a Bow Devil hybrid
• The Three Brothers from America, contracted with the Skin Devil
• Santa Claus from Germany, contracted with the Puppet Devil

Odds and ends

The movie is scoring high with fans: IMDb has it at 8.5/10, and MyAnimeList puts it at 9.03/10. If you want to catch up or rewatch before Season 2 steamrolls in, the Chainsaw Man anime is streaming on Crunchyroll.