Chapter Summaries

Bai Xing stopped Izumi Shion’s Shinjuku massacre, entered the black ball room, and negotiated with Gantz’s worldwide core for its technological data. In exchange for the data, he gave Kaze Daizaemon a Magnetic Field Seed and left to study Gantz technology.

• Kaze Daizaemon and then Sakata Kenzo and Sakurai Hiroto confronted Izumi Shion, but Izumi killed all three during the Shinjuku massacre.
• Bai Xing stopped Izumi’s bullets and sent them back at him, then took Izumi’s small black ball, which self-destructed as Bai Xing tried to access it.
• Bai Xing entered the black ball room and negotiated with Gantz’s worldwide core, asking for its technological information in exchange for giving Kaze Daizaemon a gift.
• Gantz’s core sent Kaze Daizaemon to Bai Xing, who implanted a Magnetic Field Seed in him and received Gantz’s advanced technology data.
• Bai Xing sent the technology data to the Techno-Martial Furnace and left the black ball room, while the core transported Kaze Daizaemon away.

Takita Masako injected an unknown serum, became a Monster Queen, and began gathering parasites under her control. At school, Ando confronted Shishigami about the Koto District murders, but Shishigami admitted to the killings and refused to turn himself in, leaving Ando torn over whether to report his friend.

• After her teammates died, Takita Masako injected the Unknown Creature Serum, transformed, and fed on a neighboring couple to satisfy her overwhelming hunger.
• Takita Masako discovered her new Monster Queen bloodline, defeated Migi, absorbed his genes, and took him into her body as she planned to assemble a parasite army.
• Ando Naoyuki read reports about the Koto District family murders and suspected Shishigami was responsible.
• Ando summoned Shishigami to the rooftop, where Shishigami admitted he had committed the murders and explained that killing had once made him feel alive.
• Ando urged Shishigami to turn himself in, but Shishigami refused and left, while Ando remained alone in anguish over what to do.

Chief Hirama’s forces and the Self-Defense Forces failed to defeat the enhanced parasites occupying the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Shishigami bombarded the nest and confronted Takita Masako, who revealed that the others who had once fought him were dead.

• Chief Hirama led police into the gymnasium, where enhanced parasites killed many officers and forced the survivors to retreat.
• Takita Masako, now the Queen of the Thing, had gathered and strengthened Tokyo’s parasites, and the Self-Defense Forces’ assault failed to break through their base.
• Shishigami arrived with miniature missiles and demolished much of the gymnasium before using his Miniature Electromagnetic Cannon to kill parasites emerging from the ruins.
• Takita Masako confronted Shishigami in biological armor and told him that the others who had attacked him were dead.
• Shishigami demanded to know where the others were, and Takita Masako attacked before he could ask further.

Shishigami defeated Takita Masako and the Evolution Squad, then became a national sensation after the gymnasium battle exposed the Parasytes. At home, he cured his mother Yuko’s terminal lung cancer, while police identified him as the prime suspect in the family massacres and prepared to deploy SAT.

• Shishigami used close combat and an electromagnetic cannon to defeat Takita Masako, wiping out the Evolution Squad before flying away from the soldiers and police.
• News of the gymnasium battle spread nationwide, and the Metropolitan Police Department announced that the Parasytes and their queen had been eliminated as Shishigami gained widespread online admiration.
• Shishigami’s mother, Yuko, told him she had terminal lung cancer and about a month to live, so he used Magnetic Force and Cell Reorganization to cure her.
• Chief Kawanishi told Chief Hirama that Shishigami Hiro was the prime suspect in the family massacre case and urged the police to deploy SAT against him.

Shishigami used his abilities to kill an SAT team, threaten Chief Yamatani into recalling the police, and murder another family. As the police reconsidered their options, Chief Sano suggested that someone besides Shishigami might possess similar powers.

• Shishigami detected the SAT team surrounding his home and killed its members with electrical arcs before confronting Chief Kawanishi in the command vehicle.
• Shishigami hacked into Chief Yamatani Gen'i’s computer, threatened his family, and made him order the police to withdraw.
• Shishigami returned home, then entered a nearby residence and killed the sleeping family inside.
• Chief Hirama condemned the failed operation, and Chief Sano reported similarities between the East Night Gang murders and Shishigami’s attacks.
• Chief Sano concluded that more than one person might possess abilities like Shishigami’s.

Inuyashiki was trapped by the police and pressured into revealing how aliens had transformed him, after which Yamatani Gen'i arranged to have him studied for the government’s benefit. Yamatani threatened him with prosecution and appealed to his family and finances to secure his cooperation, leaving Inuyashiki facing a coerced choice.

• Inuyashiki followed a distress signal into an alley, where a woman and armed SAT members revealed that they had set a trap for him.
• Chief Hirama and Chief Kawanishi interrogated Inuyashiki, who confessed to his experiences and actions after his alien modification.
• Yamatani Gen'i recognized the value of Inuyashiki’s technology and arranged his transfer to a special operations base for examination.
• Inuyashiki realized the authorities intended to study him and protested, but Yamatani dismissed the staff and confronted him alone.
• Yamatani presented Inuyashiki with a classified agreement, threatened him with a murder trial and death penalty, and offered money and national recognition in exchange for cooperation.

Ando Naoyuki revealed to victims’ relatives that Shishigami was the killer behind the family massacres, prompting a protest outside the police station. Meanwhile, Inuyashiki endured humiliating tests, and Yuko learned her cancer had vanished before discovering that Shishigami had become the focus of the protesters’ accusations.

• Ando Naoyuki joined the victims’ relatives’ group chat, became overwhelmed by their grief, and told them Shishigami had killed their loved ones.
• The victims’ relatives connected Ando’s accusation to the case details and rumors about Shishigami, then gathered to protest outside the police station.
• Inuyashiki underwent tests while researchers watched and manipulated him, and he endured the humiliation by reminding himself that his family would receive money.
• Yuko learned that her cancer had disappeared and hurried home to share the good news with Shishigami.
• Yuko saw protesters naming Shishigami Hiro and accusing him of being connected to the murders, then realized the recent events involved her son.

Shishigami admitted to Yuko that he was the cyborg, identified Ando Naoyuki as the protesters’ insider, and secretly damaged the protesters’ health to lure the mysterious healer into action. Meanwhile, Kurono Kei’s team received a new Gantz mission to kill his girlfriend, Kojima Tae, splitting the team into opposing factions.

• Shishigami told Yuko that he was the cyborg and demonstrated his mechanical weapons, leaving her distraught.
• Shishigami infiltrated the protesters’ phones, confirmed that Ando Naoyuki was behind the insider account, and used electromagnetic radiation to damage the protesters’ immune systems.
• Shishigami planned to use the resulting illnesses to draw out the person curing patients at the hospital.
• Kurono Kei and the Tokyo Team completed the Ring Alien mission without casualties, but Gantz immediately ordered them to kill Kojima Tae for photographing the team.
• Kurono Kei led a faction protecting Kojima Tae, Izumi Shion led a faction that wanted to kill her for points, and Kaze Daizaemon remained neutral.

Kurono Kei tried to protect Kojima Tae from Izumi Shion and the Tokyo Team members hunting her, but his suit was destroyed and they cornered him. Kaze Daizaemon confronted Bai Xing, who revealed himself and effortlessly killed Ueda Yoshiharu, leaving the others terrified and demanding to know who he was.

• Kurono Kei shielded Kojima Tae from Izumi Shion's attack, then used his tube cannon to blast five pursuers before fighting Izumi Shion with a blade.
• Izumi Shion feinted toward Kojima Tae to expose Kurono Kei, while Kaze Daizaemon's presence gave Kurono Kei a chance to flee again.
• Other Tokyo Team members joined the hunt, and a gunshot destroyed Kurono Kei's suit, leaving him cornered with Kojima Tae in a room.
• Kaze Daizaemon recognized Bai Xing, who was sitting in the room unnoticed by Kurono Kei and Izumi Shion.
• Ueda Yoshiharu fired his tube cannon at Bai Xing, but the attack could not penetrate Bai Xing's Magnetic Force, and Bai Xing made Ueda Yoshiharu explode into particles.
• Bai Xing accused the intruders of breaking into his home, and Kaze Daizaemon and Izumi Shion demanded to know who he was.

Bai Xing challenged Izumi Shion to cause a more entertaining disaster in exchange for a Magnetic Field Seed, and Izumi set his sights on Shishigami Hiro. Before he could act on his plan, Gantz summoned the team for a mission in Ikebukuro, where Izumi found an alien that looked like an ordinary human.

• Bai Xing explained that Kaze Daizaemon's Magnetic Force came from a seed planted in a deal with Gantz, then promised Izumi Shion a seed if he caused a bigger, more entertaining incident.
• Kaze Daizaemon confronted Izumi over the Shinjuku Massacre but held back from attacking him; Kurono Kei and the others left with Kojima Tae, and Izumi later departed on his own.
• Izumi Shion chose Shishigami Hiro as a potential target and overheard Ando Naoyuki accuse him of causing the victims' families to suffer radiation sickness.
• Izumi investigated Shishigami and Ando, uncovered their history and the victims' group chat, and began forming a plan to create a spectacle for Bai Xing.
• Gantz transported Izumi, Kaze Daizaemon, Kurono Kei, and the others to Ikebukuro to hunt numerous Oni Aliens, and Izumi paired with a panda before finding a human-looking target.

Izumi Shion and Kaze Daizaemon fought the Oni Aliens in Ikebukuro, where civilians could see both the aliens and the Gantz Team. Kaze Daizaemon defeated the Oni generals and Thunder Oni King, and the mission ended with the battle’s devastation exposed to the public.

• Izumi Shion shot an Oni Alien, pursued it to a plaza, and slaughtered the gathered lesser Oni Aliens.
• Mitsuteru Inaba led three teammates to challenge Thunder Oni King, but Flame Oni General burned all four to death.
• Kaze Daizaemon sent Little Boy Kenji to safety, then killed Flame Oni General, Transforming Oni General, and Rock Oni General.
• Bai Xing watched Kaze Daizaemon’s fight from a rooftop as Thunder Oni King challenged him with lightning.
• Izumi Shion saw civilians fleeing the destruction and realized they could see him, then watched Kaze Daizaemon kill Thunder Oni King.
• Kurono Kei and the others returned to the black sphere room, leaving Ikebukuro’s exposed battle site and the public-facing incident behind.

Izumi Shion orchestrated a campaign that turned public opinion against Shishigami, then arranged for a mob to attack his home. Shishigami massacred the protesters and police, and after footage exposed him, he traced its upload to Ando Naoyuki and set his sights on him.

• Bai Xing saw public panic over the Oni Aliens spreading online, while Shishigami found footage of Kaze Daizaemon and became interested in finding a powerful opponent.
• Izumi Shion persuaded Ando to publicize the victims' accusations against Shishigami, then used growing fears about aliens to make the public believe Shishigami was one of them.
• Izumi Shion's campaign reignited outrage over the family massacre, and hired thugs set fire to Shishigami's villa while protesters gathered outside.
• Shishigami returned after rescuing Yuko and used his Miniature Electromagnetic Cannon to kill the protesters and police, while Izumi Shion secretly recorded the massacre.
• After the video went viral and police issued a warrant, Shishigami traced the footage to Ando Naoyuki and vowed to deal with him.

Shishigami confronted Ando at Shibuya Crossing and tortured him in front of a police cordon and live cameras. Izumi Shion had arranged the meeting and assembled the authorities and media to provoke Shishigami into a public battle, and the chapter ended as Chief Hirama ordered the police to open fire.

• Ando waited at Shibuya Crossing for Izumi Shion, burdened by guilt over the deaths caused by his actions.
• Shishigami arrived, blamed Ando for provoking the deaths, and seized him, declaring that he would use Ando’s pain to warn the government.
• Izumi Shion watched from a nearby rooftop and revealed that he had arranged the meeting and tipped off the police and media to make Shishigami’s confrontation a spectacle.
• Chief Hirama and Chief Sano’s police surrounded Shishigami, while crowds and news crews watched the scene unfold.
• Shishigami used his powers to keep Ando alive while inflicting unbearable pain on him, and Chief Hirama ordered the police to open fire.

Shishigami ended Ando’s suffering after torturing him until he revealed that Izumi Shion had orchestrated the events. As Shishigami searched for Izumi, Izumi kidnapped Shishigami’s mother, Yuko, to use as a hostage.

• Chief Hirama ordered the officers to shoot Shishigami, but Shishigami stopped their bullets with Magnetic Force.
• Shishigami tortured Ando until Ando named Izumi Shion as the one behind the plot, then killed Ando to end his suffering.
• Izumi Shion feared Shishigami would find him and began considering how to secure power and protect himself.
• The livestream of Ando’s torture spread panic across Japan, and the public turned its anger toward Shishigami’s mother, Yuko.
• Izumi Shion knocked Yuko unconscious and kidnapped her while Shishigami searched for him.
• Shishigami used surveillance footage to identify Izumi Shion and vowed to kill him.

Shishigami Hiro searched for the kidnapped Yuko, then stormed into police headquarters and demanded to see Yamatani Gen'i. Meanwhile, Izumi Shion hid with Yuko until Bai Xing summoned him and granted him a Magnetic Field Seed.

• Shishigami Hiro lost Izumi Shion's trail, surged to 150,000 volts, and destroyed a nearby residence with a lightning-charged punch.
• Shishigami Hiro entered Tokyo Police Headquarters, killed the officers who confronted him, and demanded that they bring Yamatani Gen'i to him within ten minutes.
• Izumi Shion kept Yuko captive in an abandoned building and told her to cooperate so she could make Shishigami Hiro hesitate.
• Bai Xing opened a spatial doorway, summoned Izumi Shion, and said he would fulfill his promise because Ando's death had satisfied him.
• Bai Xing sent a Magnetic Field Seed into Izumi Shion's body.

Yamatani Gen'i sent Inuyashiki to stop Shishigami, who was racing to find Izumi Shion, but Shishigami defeated him and he stumbled home badly damaged. Kiko and Mari rejected him as an alien, and Yamatani Gen'i had him taken back to the Special Operations Base.

• Yamatani Gen'i ordered Chief Hirama to mobilize the police to search for Izumi Shion, then went to the Special Operations Base and recruited Inuyashiki to capture Shishigami.
• Shishigami followed the police's clues toward Izumi Shion, but Inuyashiki intercepted him and attacked.
• Shishigami overwhelmed Inuyashiki with powerful electrical attacks, then left to continue searching for Izumi Shion.
• Inuyashiki, badly damaged and disoriented, flew home and fell into the yard, where Kiko recognized him.
• Mari called Inuyashiki an alien and pulled Kiko away, rejecting his pleas that he was her father.
• Yamatani Gen'i arrived with the police, ordered his men to carry Inuyashiki away, and took him back to the Special Operations Base.

Izumi Shion was overwhelmed by Shishigami, but Gantz teleported them both into the black ball room, where Shishigami learned about the black-clad warriors and clashed with the room’s newcomers. Yan Shaohong, a Nightmare Space veteran, realized his promotion mission had entered a wildly altered Gantz world and questioned the identity of his high-value target, Bai Xing.

• Izumi Shion felt danger too late to stop Shishigami from bursting into the abandoned building, where Shishigami struck him hard after confirming Yuko was safe.
• Shishigami caught the injured Izumi Shion, but Gantz began teleporting them both, and they arrived together in the black ball room.
• Kurono Kei identified Shishigami Hiro, who recognized the black-clad warriors and focused on Kaze Daizaemon as a potential opponent.
• Shishigami killed a newcomer who challenged the group, then asked where he was; Kurono Kei explained the black ball room while holding Masaru Kato back.
• Yan Shaohong inspected his promotion missions to kill Nurarihyon and Bai Xing, and wondered why the Gantz world and its cast differed so sharply from what he expected.

Gantz sent Kurono Kei, Kato Masaru, Shishigami, and the others to Osaka to hunt Nurarihyon and the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. As Kenji survived an attack and the group scattered across Dotonbori, Yan Shaohong confronted Izumi Shion to ask about his history with Shishigami Hiro.

• Gantz assigned the group to kill Nurarihyon and teleported them to Dotonbori in Osaka.
• The Black-Toothed Hag attacked Kenji, but Kenji used Kaze Daizaemon’s Bajiquan shoulder charge to kill her.
• Kaze Daizaemon set out to find Kenji, while Shishigami challenged him and was knocked aside before giving chase.
• Izumi Shion fled from Shishigami, then killed the demon alien Mikoshi Nyudo when it ambushed him in Dotonbori.
• Yan Shaohong caught Izumi Shion’s nano battle blade between two fingers and asked him to explain his relationship with Shishigami Hiro.

Kurono Kei, Masaru Kato, and their allies fought a Night Parade of One Hundred Demons in Shinsaibashi before the Osaka Team arrived and instantly killed an elite yokai. The Osaka hunters dismissed the Tokyo Team, but Kaze Daizaemon crashed between them, leaving them stunned by his apparent strength.

• Grotesque yokai poured out of the canal in Shinsaibashi, and Kurono Kei, Masaru Kato, and the others killed the attacking creatures while protecting civilians.
• Dorotabo, Hannya, and Momotaro attacked the Tokyo group, but the team defeated them after a difficult battle.
• Amikiri charged the exhausted hunters, and Muroya Nobuo crushed it instantly with a powerful gravity weapon.
• The Osaka Team arrived, and Shimaki warned Kurono Kei and the others to stay away from their prey.
• Kaze Daizaemon crashed between the Tokyo and Osaka groups, and the Osaka hunters were shocked by the destruction he caused.

Kaze Daizaemon battled Shishigami across Dotonbori while Yan Shaohong learned that Kaze’s power came from Magnetic Force and pursued an alien star. Yan and Izumi Shion discovered a mass gathering of alien stars worshipping Nurarihyon, Great Tengu, and Inugami.

• Shishigami challenged Kaze Daizaemon, and their fight devastated buildings as Kaze gained the upper hand in close combat.
• Shishigami counterattacked with Electromagnetic Cannons, killing several Osaka Team members before Kaze warned Kurono Kei’s group to escape the blast.
• Yan Shaohong recognized Shishigami from Inuyashiki, learned from Izumi Shion that Bai Xing had given Kaze Magnetic Force, and decided to prioritize the main quest.
• Yan followed a short alien star with Izumi Shion to a corridor bridge overlooking a large gathering of alien stars worshipping Great Tengu, Inugami, and Nurarihyon.