Recaps

Chen Fan balanced his relationship with Esdeath against his place in Night Raid, then helped the group survive Dr. Fashion’s assault and prepare for new threats near the Imperial Capital. After reuniting with Esdeath during a hunt, he was teleported with her to an unfamiliar shore.

• Esdeath made Chen Fan her lover candidate and took him to meet the Jaegers, but he refused to stay with her until he defeated Will and persuaded her to let him leave.
• Chen Fan returned to Night Raid, shared intelligence about the Jaegers, and learned that Kurome was Akame’s sister and wanted to kill her.
• Chen Fan hunted Danger Beasts with Esdeath, won their contest, and challenged her belief that the weak should be eliminated.
• Dr. Fashion’s modified troops attacked Night Raid, but Chen Fan rescued his companions and defeated the attackers before killing Dr. Fashion after he transformed into a giant Danger Beast.
• Nadjeshda introduced Susanoo and Chelsea, then moved Night Raid to the Magu Highland to train while the Revolutionary Army prepared a new base near the Imperial Capital.
• Humanoid Danger Beasts emerged from mines and threatened villages, prompting Night Raid and Esdeath to investigate them separately.
• Chen Fan reunited with Esdeath during the hunt, told her he had killed Dr. Fashion, and spotted a hooded man linked to the Danger Beasts.
• The hooded man used Shangri-La to teleport Chen Fan and Esdeath to a distant beach, where they began considering how to return.

Chen Fan joined the Jaegers undercover while helping Night Raid prepare to kill Belic and face Esdeath’s forces at Jerock. The arc ended with Chen Fan confronting Esdeath after rescuing Nadjeshda, as they prepared to strike at Belic.

• Chen Fan returned to Night Raid and agreed to join the Jaegers as an undercover agent, promising to pass along intelligence and help capture the Jaegers.
• Chen Fan joined Esdeath and the Jaegers, passed their plans to Night Raid, and tried to persuade Will to question the officials’ corruption.
• Night Raid and the Jaegers traveled to Jerock, where Chen Fan killed Zhu Tian and Ma Tou and Akame killed Ibara.
• Night Raid attacked Belic’s security at the Grand Cathedral, but Seryu’s missiles brought down their Flying Bat while Kurome and the Jaegers fought the survivors.
• Chen Fan defeated Ran and spared him, then hurried to the cathedral as Esdeath fought Nadjeshda and Susanoo.
• Esdeath knocked Nadjeshda unconscious and froze Susanoo, but Chen Fan arrived, rescued Nadjeshda, and declared he would not abandon Night Raid.
• Chen Fan split Esdeath’s gigantic iceberg and agreed to hold her back while Nadjeshda proposed using Susanoo’s secret technique to kill Belic.

Chen Fan helped Night Raid assassinate Belic, then fought Wild Hunt after witnessing its abuse of civilians. With Ran’s help, he lured Wild Hunt members out and killed Enshin and Cosmia, while the minister summoned Esdeath back to the capital and assigned Suzuka to Shira.

• Chen Fan rejected Nadjeshda’s life-consuming technique, killed Belic, and helped Night Raid escape while holding Esdeath back.
• After Night Raid recovered, Chen Fan went to the Imperial Capital for intelligence and confronted Wild Hunt over its crimes against civilians.
• Chen Fan overwhelmed Wild Hunt in the streets, but Shira used Shangri-La to teleport the group away before the Jaegers could intervene.
• Ran agreed to help Chen Fan lure Wild Hunt members out, while the minister and Great General Budo clashed over the Empire’s unrest.
• Ran led Cosmia, Enshin, and Champ to a circus, where Chen Fan and Leone ambushed them.
• Chen Fan killed Enshin and Cosmia, while Ran killed Champ and thanked Chen Fan for helping him take revenge.
• Esdeath received orders to return to the capital, and the minister gave Suzuka to Shira after learning that Enshin and Cosmia had died.

Chen Fan defeated Shira, Budo, Esdeath, and the Jaegers as the Revolutionary Army advanced on the Imperial Capital. Nadjeshda led the rebels to the palace, where the Minister urged the Little Emperor to resist them.

• Chen Fan killed Shira in the Imperial Palace and escaped after fighting Esdeath and Budo.
• Chen Fan reunited with Night Raid, then met Esdeath privately before the final battle began.
• Night Raid joined the Revolutionary Army’s attack on the Imperial Capital, and Chen Fan defeated Budo so the rebels could pass.
• Esdeath challenged Chen Fan, but he defeated her and then incapacitated the Jaegers, and Seryu detonated a bomb in her brain, and Chen Fan survived the blast.
• Nadjeshda persuaded the Imperial Guard to join the Revolutionary Army and led the united forces toward the palace.
• The Minister convinced the Little Emperor to resist the rebels, then claimed they deserved no mercy for killing Shira.