Makima

Biodata

Appearance

• Human guise: Appears young and outwardly harmless, concealing the authority and danger behind her soft voice 8 17.
• Eyes: Has distinctive ringed eyes, described as radiating murderous intent when she intimidates a waitress 219.
• Usual clothing: Wears a Public Safety uniform and, during the drinking gathering, a black coat 65 174.
• Later clothing: Accompanies Meng Fan in America wearing a red cheongsam and a pink collar 218.
• Stand-in’s appearance: Her double closely matches her appearance and voice. The maid outfit with fishnets and animal ears seen at the gathering belongs to this stand-in, not the real Makima 175 177 180.
• Final transformation: Becomes a toy poodle rather than merely being called someone’s “dog” 226.

Personality

Makima combines a gentle manner with coercive authority. She offers Denji affection and approval, but frames his survival as a choice between becoming her dog and being disposed of as a devil. When he pleads for Power’s life, she threatens to kill him unless he carries out her order. After arranging Power’s treatment, she claims that the threat was intended to test his reaction to losing a friend 17 47 53.

She is calculating and attentive to threats she cannot understand. Her interest in Meng Fan leads her to question his colleagues, identify the devil powers he uses, and devise methods intended to prevent his death-triggered dream ability from activating. Her repeated defeats do not produce willing submission: Meng Fan recognizes her unusually obedient replacement as a fake because the real Makima would not readily bow to an enemy 45 65 66 98 160 177.

Abilities & Skills

Control

Makima is the Control Devil herself, not a human Devil Hunter borrowing that identity through a contract 180.

• Controls two men and orders them to guard a room while she confronts Meng Fan 98.
• Attempts to control Denji through eye contact, but he shows no visible sign of supernatural control before verbally accepting her ultimatum 17.
• Fails to control Meng Fan. He attributes this to her having feared him in Hell; this explanation is his claim 17.
• Cannot use her usual powers effectively inside Meng Fan’s prepared dreams 99 160.

Finger-Gun Attacks

By shaping her hand like a gun, Makima releases destructive impacts 66.

• Blasts Meng Fan’s body apart and contributes to the destruction of a hot-spring establishment 66.
• Precisely destroys his arms and legs while avoiding his vital points, attempting to incapacitate him without triggering his dream trap 98.
• Blows apart the thighs of the man contracted with the Yakuza Devil 219.

Contract-Based Immortality

Her contract with the Prime Minister allows attacks against her to harm the island nation’s citizens instead 66 207.

• Revives after being cut in half and after Meng Fan kills her more than ten times during their hot-spring battle 66.
• Does not prevent her from experiencing pain 66.
• Fails to transfer the pain inflicted by Denji’s “power of pure love” during Meng Fan’s dream training 99 100.
• Is broken by Meng Fan, leaving her no longer immortal 207.

Scent Recognition

Makima identifies people by their scent rather than remembering their faces 65.

• Picks up and smells pet hair while investigating the restaurant massacre 8.
• Detects more than one devil’s scent on Meng Fan, contradicting his claim that he has only the Dream Devil’s power 65.

Physical Combat

• Uses kicks and punches against Meng Fan during their first confrontation 17.
• Moves quickly enough to decapitate him before he can react 17.
• Is described as capable of exchanging several blows with the Darkness Devil, although that encounter is not shown in the supplied passages 219.

Planning and Interrogation

• Uses rewards, threats, and personal attention to influence subordinates 17 34 47 53.
• Correctly identifies one of Meng Fan’s dream mechanisms: killing him can trap the killer, while his departure allows the captive to awaken 71.
• Tries to counter that mechanism through nonfatal mutilation and later by considering having someone else kill him 98 160.
• Excels at torturing people and is assigned to punish the Yakuza Devil’s contractor 219.

Equipment / Items

• Gun Devil flesh: Keeps bullet-casing-like fragments in an ornate box. Devils become stronger by eating them; collecting enough allows the fragments to lead hunters toward the Gun Devil’s main body 34.
• Dream restraints: Meng Fan confines her with iron chains, collars, leashes, and a shock collar inside his dreams. These are restraints imposed on her, not her own weapons 67 99.
• Dog bowl: Given to her when Meng Fan confronts her over his planned dismissal 160.
• Pink collar: Worn during her later trip to America with Meng Fan 218.

Relationships

• Meng Fan — Recruits him into the Fourth Division but repeatedly attempts to uncover and counter his abilities. Their conflict ends with a fulfilled contract compelling her permanent obedience; she subsequently gathers devil corpses for him 18 65 98 160 212 213.
• Denji — Her subordinate and an admirer who accepts being called her dog. She uses affection, threats, and the promise of a wish to direct him. His “power of pure love” can bypass her damage-transfer protection inside Meng Fan’s dream 17 34 47 99 100.
• Aki Hayakawa — Her direct subordinate, initially protective and deeply respectful of her. His request helps secure Power’s treatment; learning Makima’s identity and discovering her stand-in makes him more wary 8 48 53 180.
• Himeno — A subordinate who reports mission details and pleads against Power’s execution. Meng Fan later reveals Makima’s identity and warns her that Makima treats them as pawns 45 180.
• Power — A Fourth Division fiend whom Makima orders killed if she fails to recover from the Poppy Devil’s influence. Makima ultimately brings in treatment instead 45 47 53.
• Natsume Kiko — Treats Power at Makima’s request using her contracted Disease Devil ability. In return, Makima allows her to select someone from the Fourth Division for an assignment 53.
• Prime Minister — Holds the contract responsible for Makima’s immortality until Meng Fan breaks it 207.
• Stand-in Makima — A replacement left behind while the real Makima travels to America seeking an assassin. Her excessive obedience and poor alcohol tolerance expose the impersonation 177 180.
• Denosuke — Becomes infatuated with her in the side story; Reze and Himeno warn him to keep his distance 229 230.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“First, become my dog.” 17

“How can a dog ask its owner to do something? Shouldn't it obediently follow its owner's orders?” 47

“It's useless. Your attacks only hurt this island nation's citizens.” 66

“As long as I cripple you without killing you, you'll become a useless invalid who poses no threat to me.” 98