Chapter Summaries

Rin Tohsaka sought a way to persuade Asagami Kouzou to let Asagami Fujino receive outside help, while Shirazumi Rio tried to attack Fujimura Taiga and was driven off. The group gathered for a barbecue, unaware that Shirazumi Rio had escaped into the night with broken hands.

• Rin Tohsaka persuaded Asagami Kouzou to give her one week to change his mind, then planned to investigate the Asagami Family's creditors and use the Tohsaka Family's wealth as leverage.
• Rin Tohsaka told the others that force would harm Asagami Fujino's family relationships and said Broly would only act as a last resort.
• Shirazumi Rio disguised himself as a deliveryman and tried to stab Fujimura Taiga at her apartment, but she shattered his hands with a metal baseball bat and chased him away.
• Broly brought Fujimura Taiga to the barbecue after she told him she had already driven off a would-be robber.
• Rin Tohsaka finished placing her investigation commission and joined the group as they ate barbecue.

Rin Tohsaka used the Asagami Family’s debts to secure a contract giving her priority over Asagami Fujino’s future, then Tokiomi Tohsaka helped Fujino control her Mystic Eyes. Meanwhile, Kokutou Mikiya tried to teach Broly about intimacy, and Ryougi Shiki’s encounter with a murder scene stirred her divided state of mind as Shirazumi Rio continued plotting against her.

• Rin Tohsaka bought the Asagami Family’s creditor rights and pressured Asagami Kouzou into signing a contract giving her priority in arranging Asagami Fujino’s future.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka trained Asagami Fujino until she began controlling her Mystic Eyes and regained her sight and sense of touch.
• Kokutou Mikiya gave Broly a lesson on sexual morality, but Broly’s innocent questions and actions left Mikiya with a slap across the face.
• Shirazumi Rio learned that Kokutou Mikiya still trusted Ryougi Shiki and vowed to break her.
• Ryougi Shiki found a murdered woman marked with an image of herself, reported the scene to the police, and felt her longing for death return.

Ryougi Shiki discovered bloodied evidence linked to a string of murders and feared she might be killing people unconsciously. After she revealed her destructive impulses to her friends, Broly proposed an outrageous way to address them.

• Ryougi Shiki found blood on her towel, and Akitaka arranged for it to be tested while she told him to avoid the police.
• Three days later, Ryougi Shiki encountered another victim, and a bloodstained practice sword appeared at home; her father ordered the household to stay alert.
• Ryougi Shiki told Broly and the others that the towel's blood matched the victims and admitted she feared harming her friends without realizing it.
• Ryougi SHIKI explained that his destructive impulses could become a killing impulse, while Kokutou Mikiya insisted that he trusted Ryougi Shiki.
• Broly refused to erase any of Ryougi Shiki's personalities and suggested that she use her hand to deal with the killing impulse, shocking her.

Ryougi Shiki tried using sexual gratification to suppress her killing impulse, but the relief proved temporary and harmful. Broly accepted her violent side and suggested letting her kill someone, prompting Rin Tohsaka to insist they first seek a magical solution.

• Rin Tohsaka and the others discovered that Kokutou Mikiya's physiology notes had taught Broly about self-defense techniques, and they discussed trying them to ease Ryougi Shiki's killing impulse.
• Ryougi Shiki brought Broly and the girls to her family estate, where Broly followed Caren's instructions and repeatedly helped her reach a state without worldly desires.
• The group found that Life Ki restored Ryougi Shiki but also brought back her ordinary state of mind, leaving them with no lasting solution to her killing impulse.
• Broly proposed finding someone for Ryougi Shiki to kill, explaining that he saw little difference between unfamiliar human lives and other creatures.
• Ryougi Shiki accepted Broly's willingness to acknowledge her violent side, but Rin Tohsaka stopped him from hunting and proposed addressing the problem through magic.

Touko Aozaki explained that Ryougi Shiki's Killing Impulse came from her soul's Origin of nothingness and could not be cured, so Rin Tohsaka arranged for Araya Souren to examine her. While Broly searched the city for people Shiki could kill, Shirazumi Rio tried to kidnap him, and Broly eagerly revealed that he wanted to kidnap Rio too.

• Touko Aozaki told Rin Tohsaka that the Ryougi Family had sacrificed unborn children to the Root of the Vortex, leaving Ryougi Shiki with an Origin of nothingness that caused her Killing Impulse and could not be changed.
• Broly offered to find people for Ryougi Shiki to kill, but Touko Aozaki warned that killing could turn her into a murderer and draw the attention of Demon Hunter Forces.
• Rin Tohsaka paid Touko Aozaki to contact her old classmate Araya Souren, who agreed to meet them the next day and privately welcomed the chance to interfere with Ryougi Shiki.
• Ryougi Shiki refused Broly's offer to stay with her, so Rin Tohsaka took Broly and the others to a hotel near the Ryougi residence.
• Broly went out at night to find targets for Ryougi Shiki, followed Megumin's advice to search dark places, and encountered Shirazumi Rio, who planned to kidnap and kill him.
• Shirazumi Rio threatened Broly with a knife, but Broly said he wanted to kidnap Rio too.

Broly captured Shirazumi Rio after Rio tried to kill and eat him, then brought the group to the Abandoned Factory to consider whether Rio could help ease Ryougi Shiki’s Killing Impulse. When they discovered Rio had healed and was someone Kokutou Mikiya and Ryougi Shiki knew, they decided to question him first.

• Shirazumi Rio lured Broly to an Abandoned Factory, but Broly stopped his attacks, crushed his limbs and jaw, and bound him.
• A woman selling White Powder scolded Broly for wandering at night and escorted him back to his hotel, where he rejoined Rin Tohsaka.
• At the Ryougi Family home, Broly revealed he had captured someone for Ryougi Shiki, and Kokutou Mikiya insisted they report the attack to the police.
• The group went to the Abandoned Factory and found Shirazumi Rio had recovered enough to break out of his confinement.
• Kokutou Mikiya and Ryougi Shiki recognized Shirazumi Rio, and Ryougi Shiki chose to question him before deciding what to do.

Shirazumi Rio confessed to the dismemberment murders and to framing Ryougi Shiki, prompting Shiki to kill him to avenge Ori and end her fear that she might harm those close to her. After the group handled the police investigation, Shiki went to meet an Origin specialist while Touko Aozaki spoke with Araya Souren about their pursuits.

• Kokutou Mikiya questioned Shirazumi Rio, who confessed to the murders and explained that he had framed Ryougi Shiki because she was returning to normal life.
• Shirazumi Rio admitted planting a bloodstained towel and knife, and Ryougi Shiki realized the threat to Ori had been fabricated.
• Ryougi Shiki killed Shirazumi Rio despite Kokutou Mikiya's attempt to stop her, then Ori briefly took over and reacted to the killing.
• Kokutou Mikiya arranged the crime scene and reported the case to his uncle Akimitsu Daisuke, while the Ryougi Family's lawyer secured the group's release.
• Ryougi Shiki agreed to visit the Origin specialist with Rin Tohsaka and the others, while Kokutou Mikiya left to speak with Akimitsu Daisuke.
• At Garan no Dou, Touko Aozaki asked Araya Souren whether he had reached his desired realm, and he said he was close.

Araya Souren examined Ryougi Shiki and taught her to use Buddhist scripture to restrain the instincts of her dangerous Origin, while Broly promised he would not let her die. After Kokutou Mikiya explained why he had distanced himself from Ryougi, Broly learned that Mikiya encouraged him to pursue Kokutou Azaka.

• Araya Souren explained that Ryougi Shiki's Origin was Nothingness and that awakening it could make her want to turn everything, including herself, into nothingness.
• Araya Souren gave Ryougi Shiki the Lotus Sutra and advised her to cultivate her wisdom to control her instincts.
• Ryougi Shiki repaid Rin Tohsaka for the consultation, and Shirazumi Rio's case was closed as self-defense on May 21.
• Broly visited Kokutou Mikiya, who admitted he had once pursued Ryougi Shiki but had given up and kept his distance because seeing her with Broly hurt.
• Kokutou Mikiya told Broly to ask Kokutou Azaka himself and pursue her if he liked her, since she could not marry her biological brother.

Broly learned why Kokutou Mikiya had been keeping his distance and spoke with Ryougi Shiki about love and pursuing Azaka. After Broly left, Araya Souren abducted Ryougi Shiki and took her to Ogawa Apartment, where he prepared for possible interference.

• Broly visited Kokutou Mikiya, learned he had distanced himself because he wanted to pursue Ryougi Shiki, and relayed the news to her.
• Ryougi Ori explained that she was angry at Kokutou Mikiya for risking their friendship, while Ryougi Shiki told Broly their relationship was love.
• Broly discussed pursuing Azaka with Ryougi Shiki, and they planned a future group sleepover before he returned to Fuyuki City.
• Araya Souren used Stillness to incapacitate Ryougi Shiki and her Butler, then carried her through a Barrier to Ogawa Apartment.
• Araya Souren told Cornelius Alba that Ryougi Shiki could help him reach the Root and warned him to guard against possible rescuers, including a Tohsaka girl and an Asagami girl.

Broly discovered that Ryougi Shiki had vanished and joined forces with her family, Kokutou Mikiya, Touko Aozaki, and their allies to search for her. A call from Alba led them to Ogawa Apartment, where they waited for him to arrive and reveal what he knew.

• Broly learned that Ryougi Shiki was missing from school, searched for her with his Qi, and found that she was nowhere on the planet.
• Broly visited the Ryougi estate, where the Ryougi Family Head and Butler Akitaka told him Shiki had disappeared from her room the previous night.
• Broly brought Kokutou Mikiya and a group of allies to Garan no Dou, where Mother of Misaki predicted that Touko Aozaki would receive a call with a lead on Shiki.
• Alba called Touko Aozaki and arranged to meet at Ogawa Apartment, which Touko suspected was connected to Araya Souren.
• Broly and the others went to Ogawa Apartment, waited through the day, and discussed the lengths Broly would go to if Shiki had been harmed.
• Alba arrived at Ogawa Apartment, and Touko greeted him with relief.

Touko Aozaki confronted Cornelius Alba and Araya Souren at Ogawa Apartment while searching for the kidnapped Ryougi Shiki. Broly killed Alba and blasted Araya apart, but Ryougi’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Cornelius Alba led Touko Aozaki and her companions into Ogawa Apartment and revealed that Araya Souren had kidnapped Ryougi Shiki to use her body in his attempt to reach the Root.
• Alba attacked Touko, but Araya appeared and revealed that he had lured her into the building as part of his plan to eliminate obstacles.
• Broly killed Alba after his flames failed to harm him, then attacked Araya, who used the building’s spatial ability to evade him.
• Broly’s Energy Blasts and Absorption Touch failed to catch Araya, who proposed borrowing Ryougi’s body; Broly and Touko rejected the deal and urged him to surrender her.
• Araya paused while evading, and Broly blasted him into fragments; Touko then told everyone to search Ogawa Apartment for Ryougi.

Broly and his companions searched Ogawa Apartment for Ryougi Shiki while Touko Aozaki revealed that the building’s residents were puppets replaying their deaths. Root Shiki defeated Araya Souren and reunited with Broly, who proposed to her and then demanded that Caren and Asagami Fujino become his wives too.

• Broly broke into apartments while searching for Ryougi Shiki, and Touko Aozaki explained that the residents were puppets sustaining Araya Souren’s Barrier.
• Touko Aozaki suspected Araya Souren had survived, so Broly sent the others outside and began demolishing Ogawa Apartment while she dismantled its Barrier.
• Araya Souren began a brain transplant on Ryougi Shiki, but Root Shiki awakened and told him that his plans could not succeed.
• Root Shiki erased Araya Souren and left the hidden room, where Broly found her and carried her out of the collapsing building.
• Broly proposed to Ryougi Shiki, who agreed, and he then demanded that Caren and Asagami Fujino agree to become his wives as well.

After Broly proposed to Caren and Fujino, he planned to wipe out humanity to prevent anyone from endangering his wives, but the group persuaded him to accept protection from the Counter Force instead. The contract secured protection for the women he cared about, and Touko joined the household as an “External Wife” and workhorse before everyone spent the night at the Ryougi residence.

• Broly proposed to Caren and Asagami Fujino, and both agreed to become his wives.
• Broly announced he would cleanse the planet to prevent future threats, but Rin Tohsaka, Ryougi Shiki, and the others persuaded him to consider another solution.
• Ryougi Shiki proposed that the Counter Force protect Broly’s loved ones, and the Counter Force offered a contract in exchange for Broly refraining from destroying the planet.
• Broly accepted the Counter Force’s protection for his wives and agreed to help if it faced a powerful enemy; the Counter Force also agreed to protect Touko Aozaki as his External Wife.
• Rin Tohsaka made Touko agree to work for Broly, and the group returned to the Ryougi residence, where they bathed, ate, and slept together.

Broly recruited Kokutou Azaka into the Crystal Palace and left the Type-Moon world to avoid the unsustainable Stay Fee. After returning briefly to Vampa, he entered the Akame ga Kill! world and appeared in a hot spring where Akame and the others were bathing.

• Kokutou Azaka agreed to become Broly's wife, joined the Crystal Palace, and gained 5100 Happiness Points, bringing it to 24 official members.
• Broly left the Type-Moon world, while Rin Tohsaka explained the Crystal Palace Panel to Kokutou Azaka and the system's plans for a sheltering Inner Space.
• Caren told Kirei Kotomine that she had forgotten her revenge mission and was now close with Illya; Kirei later urged Tokiomi Tohsaka to have Rin pursue the Root.
• Tokiomi Tohsaka doubled Rin Tohsaka's Magecraft Studies after learning she had gained the Counter Force's acknowledgment, and Rin later retaliated against Caren by pinching her cheeks.
• Broly returned to Vampa, left behind canned food, and traveled to the Akame ga Kill! world, where he emerged in a hot spring as Akame, Kurome, Mine, and the others aimed their weapons at him.

Broly reunited with Esdeath, Mine, Akame, and Kurome in the Western Region, where the Wife Faction had turned the Assassin’s Guild into an alliance that protected civilians and challenged the Empire. After learning the Empire’s ambush had already failed, Broly offered to destroy it, but Esdeath refused so she could keep fighting.

• Akame verified Broly’s identity, and he reunited with Mine, Esdeath, Akame, and Kurome at the hot spring.
• Esdeath tried to seduce Broly, but he misunderstood her invitation and rejected the idea of harming her; Mine and Esdeath then learned he had promised Fujimura Sister his first time.
• Esdeath and Mine explained that the Wife Faction had become the Assassin’s Alliance, enforcing protections for civilians and returning seized wealth to the people.
• Mine described the Alliance’s support from Batunan’s Saiyan Cult, Slave City Bosil, and the Polar Rabbit Merchant Association, while explaining that the Empire had provoked violations to divide the assassins.
• Esdeath said her team had already defeated the Empire’s ambush, and she rejected Broly’s offer to destroy the Empire because she wanted to keep fighting its enemies.

Baron Romanson revealed that he had been working with the Assassin's Alliance to expose and destroy the Empire-backed Anti-Assassin Alliance at a banquet in the Great Western Territory. After Merraid arrived, she dealt with the surviving dignitaries and learned that the Western Territory's Top Martial Arts Master had fled into the Jifunola Sea Tree Great Forest.

• Marquis Sweting and other dignitaries mocked Baron Romanson and planned to seize his city and fortune after the Assassin's Alliance was defeated.
• Romanson announced that the Imperial Assassination Squad had destroyed the Assassin's Alliance, then served poisoned wine to the gathered dignitaries.
• Romanson revealed his allegiance to the Assassin's Alliance and explained that Merraid had told him to lure out the conspirators; Hill and Little Wang killed nobles who attacked him.
• Merraid entered the mansion, confirmed that Romanson had poisoned the dignitaries with Insect Venom, and ordered the dead leaders' heads sent to their cities as a warning.
• Sweting tried to escape but was killed by Cross Tail's thread, while Nahash reported that the Western Territory's Top Martial Arts Master had fled into the Jifunola Sea Tree Great Forest.

After hearing that Broly had returned, Merraid rushed with the Wife Faction girls to find him at an inn, where Esdeath confronted her over her interest in him. Their argument led them to fight outside, while the other girls crowded around Broly and licked him.

• Leone reported that the dignitaries’ guards in Forked Road City had been dealt with, and Merraid hurried to find Broly after learning he was with Esdeath and Akame.
• Merraid led the Wife Faction girls to a northwestern city, where Leone tracked Esdeath’s scent to an inn room.
• Merraid slipped into Esdeath’s room at night, where Esdeath held an ice spike to her neck before recognizing her.
• Broly greeted Merraid and the others, and the girls learned that the Imperial Assassination Squad and the Contraband Users had been defeated.
• Merraid admitted she wanted to taste Broly, prompting Esdeath to challenge her; the two smashed through a window and fought outside the city.
• Leone, Hill, Boni, Mine, Akame, and Kurome gathered around Broly and licked him while he wondered whether to return the favor.

Broly reunited with Esdeath and the others, watched Esdeath defeat Merraid in a spar, and explained his plans for the Crystal Palace. The girls learned that External Wives might eventually become Official Members by expanding the Crystal Palace, and they decided to find Broly more Wives.

• Esdeath used her regenerating Ice Cavalry to defeat Merraid, whose modified Cross Tail could only temporarily destroy the ice puppets.
• Broly demonstrated that his Energy Ray could vaporize an Ice Cavalry, while Esdeath acknowledged that she still had not caught up to his strength.
• Esdeath and Merraid took turns kissing Broly, and Esdeath stopped Merraid from trying to memorize his scent in an excessive way.
• Broly told the girls he might leave the day after tomorrow and explained that he needed Happiness Points to build a shelter in the Crystal Palace Inner Space for his new wife.
• Broly explained that expanding the Crystal Palace with a Figure Area could eventually let External Wives become Official Members, so the girls urged him to find more Wives.

Broly searched the Western Region for new Crystal Palace Capture Targets but found none, while Chelsea remained unaware that she was one of the last eligible women. Back at the Assassin's Alliance base, Merraid taught Broly her pleasure technique, which she revealed had evolved from her assassination methods.

• Merraid ordered the Assassin's Alliance to have cities gather their beautiful women for Broly to inspect.
• Broly flew over the cities and searched hundreds of thousands of women, but the Crystal Palace identified no new Capture Targets.
• Broly's wives discussed how he had met them, while Merraid explained that only Najenda and Chelsea remained eligible in this world.
• Chelsea stayed in bed dreaming of marrying a rich person as Broly flew over the city without finding her.
• Merraid brought Cassandra and Gilbert into a room and had Broly massage them while the other women watched.
• Merraid demonstrated her own technique, then taught Broly the Acupoint Finger Fist, which she had developed from her assassination technique.

Broly learned Merraid’s Bliss Finger Technique and strengthened it with Qi, discovering it could rapidly earn Happiness Points by overwhelming its targets and then comforting them. After Mine objected to Merraid’s coercive approach to capturing wives, Broly used the technique on his existing wives and followed it with aftercare, gaining more points.

• Broly learned the Bliss Finger from Merraid and combined it with Qi, leaving Merraid overwhelmed when he tested the improved technique on her.
• Esdeath challenged Broly, collapsed after he used the technique on her, and agreed to try it again for fewer Happiness Points.
• Merraid taught Broly that comforting a girl after using the technique could earn additional Happiness Points and encouraged him to use the method to capture hostile targets.
• Mine objected that Merraid’s Physical Capture Method could not build genuine bonds, and Broly concluded it was only suitable for hostile wives such as Jibril.
• Broly used the Qi-enhanced Bliss Finger on Akame, Mine, and the other girls, then comforted them and asked if they wanted him to use it again.