Chainsaw Man: From Nerima to Reze's Kanda

The first season's most public fight happens at this crossing. In episode 2 a sea cucumber devil appears at Nerima Station; Power spots it from a rooftop, jumps from the Kōun Building facing the south exit and smashes it with her hammer. Episode 3 opens on the same junction, where Makima scolds Denji and Power on the pavement. The anime draws the station and the surrounding buildings almost as they are, though the phone box in the scene has no real counterpart here.

Location precision: The anime moves the devil fight around the station forecourt; the pin marks Nerima Station, with the Kōun Building across the south exit.

The first season ends quietly: the closing sequence of episode 12 follows Denji, Aki and Power across a pedestrian bridge over Mejiro-dori in Mukaiyama. Fans match it to the Mukaiyama footbridge, installed in 1967 and repainted in 2016. The stairs and signals differ from the drawing, but the signboards and structure line up. It is an ordinary neighbourhood crossing over a main road, so the visit is a quick look and a photo rather than a re-enactment.

Location precision: Fans identify the bridge by the signboards and structure, though the stairs and signals differ; the pin marks Mejiro-dori at Mukaiyama, where it crosses.

Visitor guidance: A public footbridge over Mejiro-dori; use the steps and do not step onto the road.

This is the scene the film turns on. Denji meets Reze, a Bomb Devil hybrid, inside a public phone booth on Hakusan-dori and offers her a single gerbera; the flower stands for their relationship and returns again and again. Fans traced the booth to this one in Jinbocho, three minutes from the metro station, and began leaving gerberas inside. NTT East has asked visitors to stop, and fresh flowers keep appearing anyway. A second candidate booth stands near Kanda Catholic Church.

Location precision: The film never names the booth; fans point to the one on Hakusan-dori, and the pin marks the Jinbocho Station exit three minutes away.

Visitor guidance: The booth is on a public pavement about three minutes from Jinbocho Station; do not leave flowers or objects in it.

On her way to work Reze passes this corner building, and the film uses the street in front of it as the approach to the café Futamichi. The giveaway is the recessed corner, which matches the drawing, and the narrow gap between building and alley that the camera follows. The Aoi Building is a five-storey office block completed in July 1971 at 2-5-8 Sarugakuchō. It is a working address, so keep the stop short.

Location precision: The film never confirms the building; fans read the recessed corner as the Aoi Building, and the pin marks that building in Sarugakuchō 2-chome.

Visitor guidance: A working office building; the corner and alley are best seen from the public street.

Reze climbs these stairs on the way to the café, and the two landings make the shot easy to recognise. Onnazaka links Sarugakuchō with Surugadai; it was laid out in 1924 as part of the post-earthquake reconstruction, with the steeper Otokozaka beside it. The drop is about ten metres and private houses line both sides. Fans leave gerberas at the corner, where the view over Kanda opens up; photograph quickly and keep voices down.

Location precision: The film never names the stairs; fans match them to Onnazaka, and the pin marks its eastern end above Surugadai.

Visitor guidance: A residential lane and staircase; keep quiet, do not block the steps and take photos quickly.

Reze works part-time at the café Futamichi, and fans say this back-alley shop is its model: the same turn off the alley, the same counter, the same view from the window. It is the second branch of Trois Bagues, a Jimbocho coffee shop running since 1976; this one opened in June 2024 and serves coffee and crepes. No reservations, so expect a queue at weekends, and remember it is a real business first.

Location precision: The café is fictional; fans point to Trois Bagues Vert in Sarugakuchō, and the pin marks the district around its back alley.

Visitor guidance: No reservations; expect a queue, especially at weekends.