Chapter Summaries

Koizumi awakened in a burned city with no memories, where Remilia Scarlet defeated the purple-haired woman who had killed him and claimed him as her servant. After recovering his name, Koizumi asked Remilia where they were, but she admitted that she had only just been summoned and did not know.

• A blue-haired young man watched Koizumi wander through the ruins and chose to observe rather than intervene.
• The purple-haired woman attacked Koizumi with her scythe-shaped spear, killing him, but his blood burned through her cloak and Remilia Scarlet appeared.
• Remilia identified herself as Koizumi's master and defeated the purple-haired woman with her Gungnir Barrage.
• Koizumi revived, remembered his name, and questioned Remilia's claim that he was her servant.
• Remilia told Koizumi to call her Milady, then admitted she did not know where they were.

Remilia and Koizumi followed Cú Chulainn to investigate an explosion, where he rescued Mash, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and Olga Marie from two Shadow Servants. Remilia chose to leave without meeting them, while Cú Chulainn began explaining the situation to the group.

• Remilia threatened Cú Chulainn, who introduced himself as the Caster in the Holy Grail War and explained that they were in Fuyuki.
• After hearing an explosion, Remilia agreed to investigate and made Koizumi carry her toward the disturbance.
• Cú Chulainn intervened when Shadow Rider and Shadow Assassin overwhelmed Mash, then offered to become Fujimaru Ritsuka's temporary Servant.
• Remilia and Koizumi watched from a hidden spot; after a piece of scrap metal hit Remilia, she kicked and punched Koizumi for laughing at her.
• With Cú Chulainn's help, Mash defeated the Shadow Servants, while Remilia left with Koizumi rather than approach the group.
• Cú Chulainn thanked Mash for fighting and teased her, then began discussing her apparent Servant class with Fujimaru Ritsuka and Olga Marie.

Remilia fought the Shadow Berserker in the burned forest and defeated him after Koizumi used a Command Seal to empower her. The battle’s crimson light alerted Cú Chulainn, who suspected Remilia had slain Berserker.

• Cú Chulainn told Ritsuka and the others that Saber had defeated the other Servants, and that the surviving Servants and shadows were searching for him.
• Remilia sensed a powerful enemy ahead and charged the Shadow Berserker despite warning Koizumi to stay back.
• Remilia traded blows with Berserker, was badly wounded, and injured him in return.
• Koizumi used a Command Seal to command Remilia to eliminate Berserker, giving her a surge of magical energy.
• Remilia unleashed Vast Killing Array - Scarlet Nevernight and defeated Berserker, who began fading into particles of light.
• Cú Chulainn saw the crimson light and wondered if Remilia had slain Berserker.

Koizumi and Remilia joined forces with Ritsuka, Mash, Olga Marie, and Cú Chulainn to confront Saber, whose identity Cú Chulainn revealed as Artoria. After resting and questioning Koizumi, the group set off for a dark, spacious cave.

• Cú Chulainn told Ritsuka and the others about Koizumi and Remilia, and they agreed to contact the pair and seek their help against Saber.
• Cú Chulainn invited Koizumi and Remilia to join their fight, and Remilia accepted while insisting she would kill Saber herself.
• Olga Marie questioned Koizumi, who said he had lost his memories, while Remilia warned Olga Marie not to accuse her servant.
• The group rested at an abandoned school, where Koizumi met Fou, Mash, and Ritsuka and repeated that he remembered nothing about his past.
• Cú Chulainn revealed that Saber wielded Excalibur and was Artoria, and Remilia asserted that she and Cú Chulainn could defeat her.
• After resting and answering Dr. Roman's questions, Koizumi and the others followed Cú Chulainn to a dark, spacious cave.

Koizumi protected Ritsuka and Olga Marie from Archer’s explosive arrow, then coordinated with Remilia as she defeated Archer with a barrage of magical attacks. Afterward, Mash found the resolve to protect Ritsuka and prepared to face Saber.

• Cú Chulainn warned the group to stay together as they approached the Greater Grail, and Remilia detected Archer waiting for them.
• Remilia and Mash engaged Archer at close range while Cú Chulainn attacked with a fireball, forcing Archer to switch to ranged combat.
• Archer’s explosive arrow engulfed Ritsuka, Olga Marie, and Koizumi, but Koizumi protected them with a pink barrier powered by Remilia’s magical energy.
• Koizumi directed Remilia to attack from range, and Remilia overwhelmed Archer with countless magical bullets until he vanished.
• Mash admitted she feared facing Artoria’s holy sword, but Cú Chulainn encouraged her to focus on protecting her Master, and Mash vowed to protect Ritsuka.

Koizumi and the others reached the Greater Grail beneath Fuyuki and confronted Artoria, whose overwhelming power put Mash to the test. As Remilia faced the sudden appearance of her sister Flandre, Mash blocked Artoria's Excalibur Morgan with her shield.

• Koizumi, Mash, and the others followed Cú Chulainn into the cavern and discovered the Greater Grail pouring black mud over Fuyuki.
• Dr. Roman identified the girl beneath the mud as Artoria, and Artoria challenged Mash after recognizing her shield.
• Artoria struck Remilia and a crimson-clad girl resembling her appeared; Koizumi recognized her as Remilia's younger sister, Flandre.
• Artoria attacked Mash, then unleashed Excalibur Morgan after Mash resolved to protect her companions.
• Mash deployed her Noble Phantasm and held firm as her shield blocked Artoria's black light.

Remilia and Flandre fought to the death as Artoria and Cú Chulainn vanished after the battle, leaving Mash and the others behind. Koizumi was then pulled into a mysterious white space, where Yukari, Gaia, and Alaya discussed Flandre and waited for him to wake.

• Remilia fought Flandre, who revealed that she wanted her sister to become one with her, and Remilia unleashed Scarlet Nevernight against her.
• A wooden giant defeated Artoria, who spoke of the beginning of the Grand Order before she disappeared; Cú Chulainn was also forcibly sent back.
• Flandre pierced Remilia, while a gap split Flandre in two, and both sisters began to vanish while promising to remain together.
• Koizumi disappeared in a burst of light after Remilia vanished, leaving Mash, Ritsuka, and Olga Marie stunned.
• In a white space, Yukari spoke with Gaia and Alaya about Flandre and Remilia as Koizumi slept; when he began to stir, Gaia and Alaya left him to Yukari.

Koizumi learned from Yakumo Yukari that he had to resolve Singularities to recover his memories and survive, then found himself in the Imperial Capital between two unusual shops. Meanwhile, Akame fought her former companions, escaped, and charged at an icy blue figure she recognized as an enemy.

• Yakumo Yukari told Koizumi that Remilia could return and brought him to Simulated Chaldea to explain his mission, though she could not tell him about his past.
• Yakumo Yukari explained that Koizumi had to recover or destroy Holy Grails in Singularities to restore altered parallel worlds and that completing missions could help him regain his memories.
• Akame fought Nahashu, Sister Korr, Tsukushi, and Pony, warning them not to pursue her and using her weapons to avoid seriously hurting them.
• Nahashu chose to return with the others, and Akame continued toward the Imperial Capital to investigate the Empire and Kurome's whereabouts.
• Koizumi found himself between the Hakurei Amulet Shop and Noh Masks in the Imperial Capital, helpless about his strange surroundings.

Koizumi settled into the Imperial Capital with Reimu and Hata no Kokoro, whose rivalry over their new shops consumed their money and attention despite their mission to retrieve the Holy Grail. Seryu Ubiquitous visited Reimu’s shop to thank her for an amulet that saved her from an ambush, while Reimu remained skeptical of Seryu’s faith in justice.

• Yakumo Yukari restored one of Koizumi’s Command Seals and told him that he would recover one each day.
• Reimu and Hata no Kokoro competed to sell amulets and masks, spending their money on storefronts before finding an inn.
• Koizumi reminded Reimu that they had to correct the distortion and retrieve the Holy Grail, while Kokoro gave him a mask.
• Seryu Ubiquitous visited Reimu’s shop and thanked her for an amulet that had blocked an attacker’s strike.
• Seryu explained that she had helped Koizumi and the others when they first entered the Imperial Capital, and Reimu quietly questioned Seryu’s talk of justice.

Koizumi met Leone after wandering into the Imperial Capital’s slums and ended up drinking with her, while Akame awoke in a remote mountain house after being saved by a mysterious woman. The woman told Akame to find Koizumi, and Koizumi later woke in an inn with a painful head.

• Reimu served Seryu tea before selling her protective charms, and Seryu warned Koizumi and the others that Night Raid had been active.
• Koizumi worried about finding the world’s distortion and about the possibility that the world would destroy the parallel world if it could not be corrected.
• Koizumi wandered into the slums, where Leone introduced herself and dragged him to a tavern for drinks.
• Akame woke in an unfamiliar house and heard a hidden woman explain that she had saved her and needed her to find Koizumi.
• Akame left the house and raced off to search for Koizumi.
• Koizumi woke face-down on a table in an inn, suffering from a throbbing headache.

Koizumi discovered that the Imperial Capital had changed, then rescued Kurome after she defended her wanted sister Akame from hostile citizens. Kurome brought Koizumi home to meet her friends, and her growling stomach revealed her appetite.

• Koizumi woke at an inn, realized he had been robbed, and collided with a determined boy in a black cloak as he left.
• The boy worried that Akame had appeared on a wanted poster and that the world lacked the Night Raid and Revolutionary Army he remembered.
• Koizumi found the Hakurei Amulet Shop and the Noh Masks shop gone, then saw Akame's wanted poster and heard citizens condemn her.
• Kurome defended Akame and was pelted with stones, so Koizumi led her away from the crowd and encouraged her to ask her sister about the betrayal.
• Kurome introduced Koizumi to Gin, Remusu, and Mamin at their home, where her stomach growled and her friends looked accustomed to her hunger.

Koizumi shared dinner with Kurome and her companions, then accepted noblewoman Aerya’s offer of lodging while he searched for Reimu and Hata no Kokoro. He remained uneasy about the Imperial Capital’s rules and the Empire’s true nature as night fell.

• Koizumi helped Mamin and Gin cook dinner, impressing them with his seemingly familiar skill despite having no memories of his past.
• Kurome and her companions told Koizumi they had met after failing to qualify for the Imperial Assassination Squad’s elite group, and described its selection process.
• Kurome invited Koizumi to visit again, and he agreed despite feeling lonely at the thought that people in this world might eventually forget him.
• Koizumi searched for a secluded place to use a Command Seal and summon Reimu and Hata no Kokoro, but could not locate them.
• Aerya approached Koizumi, offered him a place to stay, and explained that wandering outside at night was forbidden by Imperial rules.
• Koizumi accepted Aerya’s offer and noticed a man and woman accompanying her guards step forward.

Koizumi stayed with Aerya’s family and discovered that his Command Seals could not summon Reimu or Hata no Kokoro. Meanwhile, the cloaked boy investigated the estate and fought its guards before encountering an armored man he recognized.

• Sayo and Ieyasu told Koizumi they had come to the Imperial Capital to find Tatsumi and serve the Empire after General Esdeath visited their village.
• Aerya brought Koizumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu to her family’s home, where Koizumi explained that the mark on his hand was a hometown custom.
• Koizumi used a Command Seal to order Archer Hakurei Reimu and Lancer Hata no Kokoro to appear, but neither came.
• The cloaked boy entered an estate, noticed that it differed from what he remembered, and knocked its guards unconscious when they surrounded him.
• An armored man attacked the boy, who recognized him but stopped himself from calling him “Big—” and prepared to fight.

Bulat fought a hesitant but powerful intruder in Aerya’s estate, while Koizumi and his companions decided not to get involved. After an unknown ally helped the intruder escape and told him Akame was approaching the Imperial Capital, Akame woke in a mountain hideout, troubled by the name Koizumi.

• Bulat introduced himself and pressed the intruder to fight seriously, then clashed with him while the intruder refused to draw the weapon on his back.
• Koizumi, Ieyasu, and Sayo learned that an intruder was fighting an Imperial general, but Koizumi persuaded them not to interfere.
• Scarlet light bullets drove Bulat back, and an unknown voice urged the intruder to leave the Imperial Capital and reunite with Akame.
• The intruder headed toward the Imperial Capital after learning Akame was on her way there.
• Akame woke in a mountain hideout, wondered why the name Koizumi bothered her, and met a mechanical-armed woman in the hall.

Akame sensed that someone or something in the Imperial Capital concerned her, so Boss let her accompany Mine there despite the danger of her wanted poster. After Koizumi woke up at Reimu’s shrine and learned that his money had vanished after a night of drinking, Mine and Leone began gathering information in the Imperial Capital.

• Akame asked Boss to let her visit the Imperial Capital, and Boss agreed while warning her not to expose herself.
• Sheele entered after Akame left, and Boss told her that Akame and Mine were going to the Imperial Capital.
• Koizumi woke up at Reimu’s shrine, where Reimu kicked him for making her pay, and Seryu explained that his money had disappeared after he got drunk with Leone.
• Koizumi learned that he had summoned Hata no Kokoro and Reimu with a Command Seal while asleep, and they had spent the night cleaning up after him.
• Mine arrived in the Imperial Capital with Leone, who teased her about coming there to buy pretty clothes.

Mine learned that two new shops had opened in the Imperial Capital and went to investigate Hakurei Amulet Shop and Noh Masks. At Hakurei Amulet Shop, Seryu arrived with the Imperial Guard and told Koizumi that Master Ouka had ordered the shop dismantled because he suspected Reimu was connected to the leader of the Peaceful Path Sect.

• Mine questioned a clothing shop proprietress, who told her that Hakurei Amulet Shop and Noh Masks had opened the previous day.
• The proprietress praised Reimu's protective amulets and showed Mine one, but Mine remained skeptical.
• Mine learned the locations of both shops and left to investigate them without buying any clothes.
• Seryu returned to Hakurei Amulet Shop with several Imperial Guards, alarming Koizumi and the gathered residents.
• Seryu apologized and explained that Master Ouka had ordered the shop dismantled after she revealed what had happened with Reimu.

Seryu struggled with her guilt after revealing the charm shop’s secret, while Ouka arrived to arrest Reimu and the others as alleged Peaceful Path Sect agents. Leone watched from nearby and considered intervening if the shop’s charms could aid the Revolutionary Army.

• Seryu regretted exposing the charms’ secret, and Koizumi realized their shop had drawn the attention of the Imperial Guard.
• Reimu agreed to close the shop if Seryu compensated them, while Seryu tried to apologize for causing trouble.
• Leone pulled Mine away from the shop, then sent her to report to Boss while she stayed to assess whether the shop was worth rescuing.
• Ouka arrived, leered at Reimu, and ordered his guards to arrest her, Koizumi, and Kokoro as Peaceful Path Sect agents.
• Seryu was stunned when Ouka ordered the arrest, and Koizumi stepped in front of Reimu.

Reimu and Hata no Kokoro fought Ouka’s Imperial Guard while Seryu struggled to reconcile her loyalty to her master with her friendship with Koizumi. As the battle continued, Koizumi transformed into a vampire and defeated the guards threatening him, while Reimu wondered why Remilia had not appeared.

• Reimu bound the Imperial Guard with talismans and fought Ouka, blasting him and his soldiers out of the shop.
• Ouka ordered Seryu to use her Imperial Arm, and she summoned giant Koro to attack Reimu, Hata no Kokoro, and Koizumi.
• Reimu and Hata no Kokoro attacked giant Koro with spiritual techniques and masks, while Ouka’s guards closed in on Koizumi.
• Leone weighed whether to help Koizumi and decided Reimu was powerful enough that Night Raid should recruit her.
• Koizumi transformed into a vampire, wielded a spear of pink light, and left Ouka and the Imperial Guard wounded.
• Reimu noticed Koizumi’s changed appearance and wondered why Remilia had not appeared.

Koizumi temporarily wielded Remilia's power to defeat the Imperial Guard, while Yukari explained the Singularity and Remilia's survival to Remilia. Reimu and Hata no Kokoro fled the Imperial Capital with Koizumi after a powerful lightning attack, and Leone lost their trail before reuniting with Night Raid.

• Koizumi's transformation faded, and he realized Remilia had lent him Gungnir and her vampire power to defeat the Imperial Guard.
• Remilia confronted Yukari, who explained the catastrophe, the Singularities, Koizumi's role, and why she had preserved Remilia's Saint Graph.
• Reimu trapped Koro with a barrier, and Hata no Kokoro carried Koizumi away from the Imperial Guard.
• A lightning attack threatened Reimu, who fired Spirit Sign: Dream Seal Collection before fleeing the Imperial Capital; Leone also escaped as General Bude arrived.
• Leone lost track of Koizumi and Hata no Kokoro, then met Akame, Mine, Bulat, Lubbock, and Sheele, and reported what had happened.

Night Raid learned that Koizumi was traveling with the powerful Reimu and Kokoro, and Akame recognized his name as the person she had been searching for. After the group escaped the Imperial Capital and established a nearby base, Koizumi began training with Remilia’s power and unleashed a devastating Noble Phantasm against an earth dragon.

• Leone told Night Raid that Reimu had blocked General Bude’s attack and Kokoro had held back the regenerating Koro, then mentioned Koizumi; Akame confirmed that he was the person she sought.
• Kokoro noticed Leone tracking them and carried Koizumi out of the Imperial Capital, where they chose to establish a hidden base nearby and wait for Reimu.
• Koizumi wondered whether Remilia and the other Servants were connected to him or sleeping within him, and Reimu rejoined him and Kokoro after escaping.
• Koizumi trained to master the power within him, summoned Gungnir, and used Remilia’s crimson eyes and vampire strength to fight an earth dragon.
• When the wounded earth dragon launched a desperate attack, Koizumi released Vast Killing Array - Scarlet Nevernight, blasting the area with crimson spiritual energy.