Recaps

Yuri, Erza, and Griffon tried to awaken Sonia after healing her body, then used her pendant to reach her mind. Sonia woke and recognized Erza, Yuri, and Griffon.

• Yuri placed the Demon Heart in Sonia’s chest and used demonic power to heal her injuries, but she remained unconscious.
• Griffon tried to revive Sonia with repeated shocks, while Yuri suspected she was asleep because of psychological trauma.
• Yuri and Griffon joked about burying Sonia, and Erza scolded them before Griffon remembered Sonia’s pendant.
• Yuri put the pendant around Sonia’s neck, and its magic flowed into her mind.
• Sonia murmured about her mother, opened her eyes, and greeted Erza, Yuri, and Griffon as the silly bird.

After Yuri and Erza helped Sonia regain her human form and left Caro Town, they returned to Fairy Tail in Magnolia. Yuri reunited with Guild Master Makarov, while young Natsu challenged him after learning how strong he was.

• Sonia thanked Yuri and Erza for helping her, and Yuri removed the demonic power inside her by thrusting his demon hand into her heart.
• Sonia said goodbye to Yuri and Erza outside Caro Town and gave them a parting gift, but they declined her offer to stay and accept more rewards.
• Yuri and Erza returned to the Fairy Tail guild, where the members welcomed them and teased Erza about bringing home a boyfriend.
• Cana explained to Natsu that Yuri had been away on high-difficulty jobs for over half a year, and Natsu ran over to challenge him.
• Yuri greeted Guild Master Makarov at the bar, poured himself a beer, and sent Griffon off to join the crowd.

Yuri returned to Fairy Tail after protecting Erza on a commission that Makarov had secretly arranged, then argued with Makarov over its payment and the damage he had caused on past jobs. After Yuri crashed through the guild wall with Natsu, the guild members realized how formidable he was, while Makarov hinted that he had another reason for sending Yuri on the commission.

• Yuri returned to Fairy Tail and told Makarov he had finished his job in Caro Town, which Makarov had sent him to protect Erza on her first mission.
• Makarov explained that he had arranged the commission because Erza was reluctant to rely on companions, and he had spotted a problem with her job.
• Yuri demanded an S-Class reward, but Makarov refused and scolded him for making the guild pay for damage caused during his past adventures.
• Yuri tried to leave, collided with Natsu, and smashed a hole through the guild wall before fleeing Makarov’s anger.
• The newcomers learned that Yuri was powerful, and Makarov suggested that protecting Erza had not been his only reason for sending Yuri on the commission.

Erza asked Cana about Yuri’s past, and Cana recounted how Gildarts found Yuri alone in the Sky-Splitting Grand Canyon during a legendary Ten-Year Quest. Erza suspected the story concealed a deeper truth about Yuri’s origins.

• Erza asked Cana to share what she knew about Yuri, and Cana said she had heard that Gildarts brought him back from a mission seven years earlier.
• Cana explained that Gildarts had accepted a Ten-Year Quest to investigate the Sky-Splitting Grand Canyon, where generations of explorers had vanished.
• Natsu interrupted Cana’s story, and Erza stopped his fight with Gray so Cana could continue.
• Cana said Gildarts had encountered nothing in the canyon except Yuri, whom he brought back to the guild.
• Erza reasoned that the quest and Yuri’s presence in the canyon could not be explained by Cana’s account, and she suspected there was more to the truth.

Yuri worried that staying with the guild would put everyone in danger because Devil might pursue the Yamato and the necklace needed to unseal the Force Edge. Clues from Caro Town suggested Devil was connected to the Demon World Tree, leaving Yuri with a more troubling mystery to investigate.

• Yuri asked Griffon whether he should leave the guild to protect its members, and Griffon urged him to consider his own wishes and trust that the master and Gildarts could help.
• Yuri recalled that Devil possessed the Rebellion Sword and Force Edge, while Yuri held the Yamato and one of the two necklaces required to unseal the Force Edge.
• Yuri remembered how the guild had welcomed him since Gildarts brought him back seven years earlier, though he had kept his distance and never written to them.
• Yuri examined Sonia's devil core and pendant and connected the Qliphoth branches in Caro Town to the Demon World Tree, which grew by feeding on human blood.
• Yuri realized that Cain's blood may have nourished the tree and wondered how a plant like the Demon World Tree had appeared in this world.

Yuri discovered that the pendant Sonia gave him transformed into the matching necklace after he infused it with demonic power, giving him the complete key. He suspected [Demon] had used Cain and Qliphoth in an experiment, then headed back to the guild with Griffon urging him to focus on becoming stronger.

• Yuri absorbed the Demon Heart with his Devil Bringer and felt his demonic power increase.
• Yuri infused Sonia's pendant with demonic power, causing it to glow blue and reveal a ruby that matched his necklace.
• Yuri realized the pendant and necklace formed the complete key and theorized that [Demon] had used Cain and Qliphoth as experimental subjects.
• Griffon told Yuri to focus on getting stronger, and Yuri thanked him before teasing him as they headed toward the guild.

In X778, Yuri returned to work after being evicted for spending all his money, and Makarov assigned him to a demon-hunting job alongside Erza. As Yuri and Erza set out, a great presence among the volcanoes sensed an old friend and wondered if he had survived.

• Cana explained that Yuri had been kicked out by his landlord, and Yuri admitted Griffon had exposed his savings on pizza and strawberry sundaes.
• Cana offered Yuri 100,000J and warned him to take a job instead of borrowing from Erza, while Gray explained that Yuri rarely repaid his debts.
• Yuri chose a request to slay a demon occupying a church, and Makarov insisted that Erza accompany him, offering Yuri payment for his previous request.
• Natsu blocked Yuri and Erza from leaving to demand a duel, but Yuri used his Devil Bringer to knock Natsu into the wall.
• Yuri led Erza out of the guild to start the job, while a figure among the volcanoes sensed a familiar presence and wondered if his old friend had survived.

Yuri and Erza traveled to remote Xiro Village to investigate a demon-related mission and heard the village chief’s account of a girl who had released a sealed demon. The demon now possessed her, and Yuri and Erza prepared to meet her.

• Yuri explained that the Red Queen was being repaired after it was badly damaged in his battle with Cain, while he considered the limits of his weapons and the possibility of getting a demon implement made for him.
• Yuri and Erza reached Xiro Village at dusk after Griffon guided them through the mountains.
• The village chief confirmed they were Fairy Tail mages and explained that a demon had been sealed in the church until a girl released it.
• The chief said the demon possessed the girl and claimed she might eventually lose control and attack the villagers.
• Yuri questioned the chief’s warnings, and then asked to be taken to see the girl.

Mirajane and her siblings faced the villagers’ fury after Mirajane was blamed for becoming possessed while driving a devil from the village church. As Mirajane realized they had to leave, Yuri appeared and revealed himself as a devil like her.

• The villagers gathered outside the Strauss home in Xiro Village and demanded that Mirajane and her siblings leave, blaming Mirajane for the village’s disasters.
• A stone thrown through the window struck Mirajane, and she apologized to Lisanna and Elfman for bringing trouble upon them.
• Lisanna opened the window and defended Mirajane, insisting that Mirajane had driven an evil devil from the church and had done nothing wrong.
• Mirajane comforted Lisanna and Elfman, then concluded that the siblings could no longer stay in the village.
• Yuri appeared inside the house and asked Mirajane to join him, then said he was a devil like her.

Yuri revealed Griffon and tried to recruit Mirajane by exposing her Devil Bringer and using magic to inflame her resentment toward the villagers. Lisanna’s plea helped Mirajane resist, but Yuri then proposed that Mirajane surrender herself in exchange for her siblings’ safety.

• Yuri summoned Griffon, who frightened Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna with threats of eating them.
• Yuri exposed Mirajane’s Devil Bringer and urged her to take revenge on the villagers who had driven her family away.
• Mirajane began to accept Yuri’s offer, but Lisanna cried out that Mira was not a Devil, helping her come to her senses.
• Mirajane slapped Yuri’s hand away and refused to join him.
• Yuri admitted he had used magic to stir Mirajane’s Devil power, then suggested she offer herself in exchange for her family’s peaceful life.

Yuri and Erza revealed that Mirajane was human and that her transformation came from Devil Take Over Magic, not possession. Yuri invited Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna to Fairy Tail so the guild master could teach her to control it.

• Yuri pressured Mirajane to leave the village, and she agreed after saying goodbye to Elfman and Lisanna.
• Griffon interrupted Yuri's staged act, and Erza revealed that Fairy Tail had come to investigate whether Mirajane was a devil.
• Yuri explained that he and Erza had tested Mirajane and concluded she was human, with a devil's power residing within her.
• Yuri identified Mirajane's ability as Devil Take Over Magic, which she had awakened while fighting the devil at the church.
• Erza said Mirajane could return to her human form by mastering the magic, and Yuri offered to take the siblings to Fairy Tail for training.

Yuri refused to let the villagers harm Mirajane and her siblings, then led them away to camp in the mountains. That night, Mirajane came out to speak with him, but Yuri tried to leave her on watch and head for Lisanna’s tent.

• Yuri declared Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman human and refused to carry out the villagers’ request, waiving the job payment.
• When a villager accused Yuri of failing to defeat the devil, Yuri summoned Griffon, whose lightning frightened the crowd as Yuri and the others left.
• The group camped in the mountain forest, where Mirajane cooked dinner and Yuri praised her cooking.
• Yuri offered to chat with Mirajane when she could not sleep, then told her to take his watch and headed toward Lisanna’s tent.
• Mirajane grabbed Yuri by the collar and pulled him back before he could enter Lisanna’s tent.

Mirajane confided in Yuri about her nightmares and worried that Fairy Tail would never accept her. After Yuri agreed to look after Lisanna and Elfman if she acknowledged him as her big brother, Mirajane misunderstood his meaning and ended the night mortified.

• Mirajane asked Yuri what Fairy Tail was like, and he described the guild members and its welcoming attitude toward people with difficult pasts.
• Mirajane asked Yuri to help look after Lisanna and Elfman, and he agreed on the condition that she acknowledge him as her big brother.
• Mirajane mistook Yuri's condition for a sexual request and leaned toward him before he clarified what he meant.
• Mirajane lunged at Yuri to silence his teasing, and they fell together beside the campfire.
• Yuri helped Mirajane to her feet, and she instinctively offered him the right hand she had always hidden.

Yuri tested Mirajane’s Devil Take Over by provoking the magic in her demon arm, while reassuring her that her feelings and attachments could keep her from becoming a real demon. As Mirajane’s Devil Trigger engulfed her in a surge of magic, Yuri prepared to face what came next with Griffon’s help.

• Yuri told Mirajane that her unsettled heart was keeping her from mastering Devil Take Over, and tried to reassure her about her magical talent.
• Mirajane broke down over being called blessed and asked whether she had been born a demon, so Yuri revealed his Devil Bringer and proposed a test.
• Erza woke when Mirajane’s demon arm released a powerful surge of magic, and Lisanna and Elfman rushed out after hearing the commotion.
• Yuri told Erza to take the children away as Mirajane entered Devil Trigger, then explained to Griffon that he hoped the test would resolve her inner conflict.
• Griffon questioned why Yuri would not use Yamato to separate the demon from Mirajane, but agreed to help him with the coming fight.

Yuri deliberately drew out Mirajane’s Devil Power and fought her berserk form to reach the source of her suffering. In a darkness-filled vision, Mirajane heard someone crying and saw a boy appear in a mirror.

• Yuri used magical resonance to amplify his influence over Mirajane’s Devil Power, causing her to go berserk.
• Yuri attacked Mirajane’s transformed body with the Devil Bringer, slamming her into the cliff and fighting her powerful magic.
• Mirajane sat alone in a dark vision as evil spirits and the villagers’ curses trapped her in despair.
• Mirajane heard faint sobs, turned toward them, and saw a crying boy reflected in a huge mirror.

Mira protected her older brother Yuri from guild members who insulted and harassed him, while Yuri struggled with the stigma of having killed their abusive father and becoming a Devil. After Mira discovered Yuri’s scars, she beat up the men tormenting him and learned that Caso had arranged the attacks, leaving Caso badly injured the next day.

• Mira regained her memories and recognized Yuri as her older brother and fellow member of the Fire-Bellied Toad.
• Mira threatened guild members who called Yuri a Devil, then comforted Yuri after he scolded her for fighting over him.
• The chapter revealed that Yuri had killed their abusive father to protect Mira and their mother, after which his mother feared him and left.
• Mira brought Yuri lunch on the guild rooftop and noticed his hidden, scarred right hand.
• Mira secretly beat up the men who had been tormenting Yuri and forced their leader to name Caso as their employer.
• Caso appeared badly beaten the next day, while the guild members dismissed the idea that Yuri had retaliated.

Caso lured Mira into a magic-restricted forest, but Yuri arrived and killed Caso and his men after they threatened his sister. Mira’s love helped Yuri accept that they were family, and Mirajane awoke from the nightmare as Griffon sent her back to someone waiting outside.

• Caso decided to abduct Mira and force her to abandon Yuri, then lured her into a forest where a device suppressed magic power.
• Mira fought Caso’s armed men until Yuri arrived, and Yuri struck Caso down despite the restriction device.
• Yuri slaughtered the attackers and killed Caso, then feared Mira would see him as a monster.
• Mira embraced Yuri and told him she was not afraid because they were family, and Yuri accepted her love as his white hair turned black and the Devil Bringer vanished.
• Mirajane woke in the dark world, learned from Griffon that she had cleared the nightmare, and was pulled toward the exit.

Mirajane accepted her Devil Power as a means to protect her family and agreed to join Fairy Tail. Yuri carried her to meet the others, reflecting on the nightmare he had created from memories of his previous life.

• Mirajane woke after the nightmare and admitted that seeing Devil Power from the outside had changed how she felt about it.
• Yuri reassured Mirajane that her love and grief for her family showed she was still human, and that Devil Power could be used to protect them.
• Thinking of Lisanna, Elfman, and Yuri, Mirajane accepted her demon arm and took Yuri's hand when he invited her to join Fairy Tail.
• Yuri carried the injured Mirajane as they headed to meet Erza and the others.
• Yuri recalled that Griffon had used memories from Yuri's former life to shape Mirajane's nightmare, and that its effects would fade after waking.

Yuri and Erza brought Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman to Fairy Tail, where the newcomers saw the guild’s rowdy atmosphere and Erza disciplined its members. After Yuri reported that the job had failed and explained what happened, Makarov asked to examine Mirajane’s arm.

• Yuri and Erza escorted Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman into Fairy Tail, where Mirajane questioned whether the chaotic guild was really her new home.
• Erza stopped the guild members’ fighting and drinking, while Yuri helped reprimand them.
• Yuri told Makarov that the job had failed and tried to borrow money for next month’s rent.
• After Yuri explained what had happened, Makarov looked at Mirajane and asked to examine her arm.

Makarov identified Mirajane’s demonic arm as a result of Take Over Magic and offered to help her master it, while Yuri agreed to teach the siblings for pay. Lisanna, Elfman, and Mirajane joined the guild and chose their emblems, leaving Mirajane flustered over Yuri’s red emblem and its placement.

• Makarov explained that Mirajane’s arm held demonic power through Take Over Magic and offered to teach her to control it.
• Lisanna and Elfman asked to learn magic from Yuri, and Makarov persuaded Yuri to teach them for 300,000 J a month.
• Makarov stamped guild emblems for the new members, and Lisanna proudly showed off her white-and-blue emblem while Elfman chose black.
• Mirajane asked Yuri about his red emblem on his left arm and became visibly distressed as she tried to interpret his choices.

Mirajane and her siblings settled into Fairy Tail and grew stronger, while Cana and Erza worried about their relationships with Yuri. Months later, Laxus returned and challenged Yuri to a duel at the S-Class Mage examination.

• Mirajane mastered Devil Take Over in ten days, while Elfman and Lisanna learned their own Take Over forms over the next month.
• Mirajane began training with Yuri, making Cana worry that Yuri might be taken from her and reviving her doubts about whether he was Gildarts's son.
• Erza recalled being turned down when she asked Yuri for swordsmanship guidance and wondered why he rejected her invitations to team up.
• Several months later, Mirajane had become powerful enough to match Erza and frequently picked fights with her.
• Laxus returned to the guild, and Yuri asked him what he wanted before Laxus challenged him to a duel at the S-Class Mage examination.

Yuri accepted Laxus’s challenge to compete in the S-Class Mage promotion exam, then reunited with Gildarts when he returned to Fairy Tail. As the guild celebrated Gildarts’s arrival, Yuri let Cana try a drink, and Macao and Wakaba stole the bottle while he was distracted.

• Laxus challenged Yuri to fight at the S-Class Mage promotion exam, and Yuri agreed.
• Yuri reflected on the exam requirements and how he had teamed up with Griffon for his recent missions.
• Magnolia transformed to make way for Gildarts’s return, and Yuri greeted him after nearly three years apart.
• Gildarts reported to Makarov that he had completed his mission, while the guild members welcomed him back.
• Yuri gave Cana permission to have one glass, but Macao and Wakaba stole his bottle, prompting him to chase them.

Makarov announced that Laxus Dreyar and Yuri Redgrave would take Fairy Tail’s S-Class promotion exam in the Lansala Rainforest one week later. After the guild celebrated and the younger members resolved to train for a future exam, Levy McGarden offered to help Yuri learn about the rainforest.

• Natsu and Gray argued while the guild members speculated about who would be chosen for the S-Class exam.
• Mirajane and Erza traded insults and declared their team disbanded as Makarov and Gildarts came onstage.
• Makarov named Laxus Dreyar and Yuri Redgrave as the two exam candidates and announced that the exam would begin in a week at the Lansala Rainforest.
• The guild members reacted to the announcement, and Yuri wondered what kind of place the Lansala Rainforest was.
• Levy McGarden approached Yuri and offered to help him learn about the rainforest.

Yuri and Laxus began their S-Class Exam in the Lansala Rainforest, but both headed toward its central lake to settle their duel instead of hunting marked beasts. Yuri fought through a pack of Deinonychus as Makarov and Gildarts watched, concerned that the rainforest king might not be strong enough to challenge them.

• Yuri and Laxus started from opposite ends of the Lansala Rainforest, and each headed for the central lake to duel rather than search for marked magical beasts.
• A pack of marked Deinonychus surrounded Yuri, and he killed them with the Red Queen.
• Yuri praised the Red Queen’s mechanical design and continued deeper into the rainforest.
• Makarov and Gildarts observed Yuri and Laxus heading toward the lake and realized they intended to fight there.
• Makarov worried the rainforest king might not be enough to challenge Yuri and Laxus, and Gildarts offered to go ahead.

Yuri confronted Echidna, the S-Class magical beast known as the Mother of the Forest, and fought her with kicks, guns, and his sword. After burning her reproductive organs, he dodged her tentacle attacks, but Echidna swallowed him as he tried to escape.

• Yuri noticed that magical beasts had stopped appearing nearby and realized a powerful creature was approaching.
• Echidna attacked Yuri with giant seeds, and he redirected them back at her before identifying her as the Mother of the Forest.
• Yuri evaded Echidna’s charge, struck her head, and shot down the seeds she fired at him.
• Echidna trapped Yuri with tentacles, but he burned her reproductive organs with the Red Queen, forcing her to retreat and roar in fury.
• Echidna planted herself in the ground and attacked Yuri with eight hook-bladed tentacles; when he escaped the cage, she swallowed him.