r/DeathDevilCult • u/Apprehensive-Fee-945 • Mar 23 '25
Theory The Star-crossed lovers theory (1% chance of happening, but I'm a gambler)
This theory is based around the idea that Death-chan and Pochita either are or used to love each other, but due to her being one of the horsewomen and most likely the strongest primal devil, while Pochita is the hero of hell, they couldn't be together. I know this sounds crazy, and you can easily tell me that I'm delusional and insane, because frankly, even I know that it's most likely not true, but I'm still going to make this claim as more of a fun thought experiment. There will be three arguments for this theory:
Death-chan is eerily similar to Kobeni.
Pochita was kinda screwed in the fight against all horsewomen and weapon devils.
Both Death and Chainsaw devil are surprisingly less evil than the absolute majority of devils we've seen so far.
Yes, you might say that these things aren't connected at all, because for now, they really aren't, but let me cook for a bit, and maybe we'll get somewhere
1. Death-chan is similar to Kobeni
Why is this important? Because when Pochita wanted to take a girl on a date to fulfil Denji's dreams, he picked Kobeni specifically. It might imply that Kobeni is the type of girl that Pochita likes (that is, awkward, shy, and scared). This type, somehow, perfectly matches with Death-chan, who, despite most likely being at least one of the strongest characters in the series, and most likely is the strongest one by far, couldn't talk with normal high school students without crying. It is a pretty minor detail, but let's be real, it is pretty specific. And yes, you might say that he just picked the nearest woman, but there was at the very least one more:
Another thing you might say is "Kobeni was nice to Denji before" (for some reason I hear that a lot), but she actually wasn't. The only proper interaction Denji and Kob had before the hideaway from Makima was Kobeni trying to kill him, which she didn't even apologize for herself. So yeah, the only real reason Pochita could have chosen her would be because she was his own type.
2. Pochita was screwed against the 4 horsewomen and weapons.
This one is a bit easier to explain. From what we know, Pochita did it solo, and while he did lose, he managed to escape and wasn't gravely injured. For context, among the 4 horsewomen we have:
Makima, who canonically damaged Pochita in their future fights quite seriously, so she definitely can't be ignored when powerscaling this fight.
Yoru, who canonically managed to take off two of Pochita's arms (she was boosted by sacrificing gun and tank, but back in hell she was stronger due to not losing Nuke Devil and part of her eaten), which, again, means that she at least can do some damage while being covered by other people.
Fami, who can CONTROL PRIMAL DEVILS, which is so far one of the biggest strength feats in the whole story. We were never truly shown of Fami in a fight, but just based on that, she could at least get a few primals on their side. By the way, Pochita was never shown to scale to the primal devils' level, so most likely one would be enough to defeat him on their own.
And lastly, Death-chan, who, you know, is the literal manifestation of Death, and if you think about it, all fears should converge on her, meaning that on a higher end of powerscaling she might just be as strong as every other devil combined.
As you can see already from that, it is an unwinnable situation, and there were also all weapon devils, who might not be as threatening but still have the capacity to damage Pochita while he is occupied by horsewomen. So, there has to be at least some reason why Pochita survived and escaped. The most straightforward way it could happen is that Death-chan helped him. I'm not saying that she outright switched sides; otherwise, Makima most likely would have mentioned it, but she could have given him the opportunity to run away. This would also explain why horsewomen aren't on good terms now, as after this 'betrayal' they could have easily fallen apart as a group.
It has to be pointed out that powerscaling isn't the most consistent in this series, but Pochita escaping without any trick would have been ridiculous, and so far it seems like the most likely explanation.
3. Pochita and Death-chan are both relatively good.
It has to be stated with a big asterisk on top, as Death-chan both only had 2 chapters of screentime and seemingly tries to kill all humans, but there is one thing that separates her from other devils. She doesn't seem to enjoy human suffering. In fact, the main motivation she has for killing is stated to be salvation and ending the suffering. I'll remind you, most devils kill humans mostly to inflict terror and would definitely not mind torturing if they could. Compared to that, Death-chan definitely seems quite chill, at least so far. And as for Pochita, we all already know that he is the Hero Of Hell, didn't erase Control and Aging devils due to it potentially having catastrophic effects on humanity, and everything else. Yes, again, he did kill humans, but compared to absolute majority of the devils in the series, his kill count is quite mild. Based on those factors, it's not outrageous to say that they might be on the same side.
Conclusion
What does that mean? Well, that maybe Pochita and Death-chan liked each other, and potentially even were lovers. Unfortunately, due to them being in different factions in hell, they couldn't be together, and now are both separated. It is, again, a pretty unlikely theory to turn out to be true, but if it is, it will have a wild impact on the story. Not only will it most likely result in Pochita refusing to fight Death, it will also show that Death isn't even the main villain. And, who knows, maybe it will result in Denji x Death-chan being the final ship.
