Chapter Summaries

Chelsea’s attempt to assassinate Yotsuba Mahiro failed, and he revealed that he had known she was impersonating Cornelia. Meanwhile, Taeko led the real Cornelia into the forest and attacked her, forcing the two former friends into a fight.

• Chelsea tried to stab Yotsuba Mahiro with a hidden steel needle, but he seized her wrist and exposed her disguise as Cornelia.
• Mahiro pointed out Chelsea’s mistakes and told her he had known she was fake from the beginning.
• Taeko brought Cornelia to an abandoned building in the forest and tried to kill her, then revealed she was an assassin hired by the Revolutionary Army.
• Cornelia confronted Taeko and equipped the Crusher King, resolving to defeat her for the sake of the Elite Group and Lord Yotsuba.
• Taeko attacked with Gale and Flower Wind: Close-Range Slash, but Cornelia blocked her strike and sent her flying with a back kick.

Yotsuba Mahiro continued holding Chelsea captive at the hot spring hotel, revealing that he knew her identity and demonstrating his alchemy by creating water. Chelsea considered recruiting him to the Revolutionary Army, but Mahiro pressed her for more as the encounter continued.

• Mahiro teased Chelsea about revealing her real appearance, while she lay exhausted in Cornelia's form and wondered whether he might oppose Minister Honest.
• Chelsea realized Mahiro had known her name and Imperial Arm, [Transformative · Gaia Foundation], from the start, and he confirmed it.
• Chelsea asked for water, and Mahiro conjured a glass before explaining that he used alchemy rather than a Teigu.
• Chelsea was amazed by his ability and began thinking about recruiting him to the Revolutionary Army, but Mahiro recognized her intent and mentioned Najenda had tried before.
• Mahiro interrupted Chelsea as she tried to respond, leaving her protesting that he never seemed to need rest.

Mahiro and the others discovered that the woman posing as Cornelia was Chelsea, an Oarburgh assassin, and rushed into the forest to find the real Cornelia fighting Taeko. Cornelia awakened the Crusher King’s power and struck Taeko through her sword, leaving Taeko smashed into a ruined building.

• Tsukushi, Akame, and Kurome walked in on Chelsea disguised as Cornelia, and Mahiro revealed her identity as an Oarburgh assassin.
• Kurome wanted to kill Chelsea, but Mahiro stopped her and explained that Taeko was also an Oarburgh assassin who had gone out with the real Cornelia.
• Mahiro took Tsukushi, Akame, and Kurome into the forest, where they found Cornelia battling Taeko among ruined buildings.
• Cornelia hurled a massive boulder at Taeko, who split it with her sword technique, Ridge Crossing.
• Mahiro stopped the others from interfering as Cornelia awakened the Crusher King's power and shattered Taeko's sword with a cyan-lit punch.
• Cornelia's punch sent Taeko flying into the wall of a ruined building.

Cornelia defeated Taeko and, after saying goodbye to her former friend, ended her life while Mahiro comforted her. With Barbara and the other Oarburgh assassins defeated, Mahiro led the Elite Group back toward the Imperial Capital, where the journey brought up an awkward memory of Cornelia’s night with him.

• Cornelia collapsed the wall with her final strike, then rushed into Mahiro’s arms and thanked him for helping her surpass her limits.
• Cornelia granted Taeko’s wish to be friends again in another life and killed her, while Mahiro explained why assassins struggled with attachment to their targets.
• Nahashu used a tactic Mahiro had taught him to kill Barbara, bringing the mission against the Oarburgh Assassination Group to a close.
• Mahiro and the Elite Group headed back to the Imperial Capital, and Kurome pointed out that they could see the city ahead.
• Mahiro recalled how Kurome and the other girls had discovered Cornelia in his bed at the hot spring hotel, prompting Pony to accuse Cornelia of secretly trying to make a baby with him.

Mahiro returned to the Imperial Capital with Cornelia and the others, reported to the palace, and chose two Imperial Arms as his reward. After reuniting with Mine, Mekime, and Remus at home, he gave Mine Najenda’s former Imperial Arm, Pumpkin, as a gift.

• Mahiro explained that he had kept Taeko’s preserved corpse to gather intelligence, while Chelsea had escaped from the inn.
• Mahiro returned to the Imperial Capital, where Najenda had been declared a wanted criminal, and reported back to the palace.
• Mahiro selected Yatsufusa for Kurome and Balzac for himself, but Balzac shattered when he tried to use it.
• Mahiro returned home and reunited with Mine, Mekime, and Remus, then listened as Mine told him about the past half year.
• Mahiro gave Mine Najenda’s Imperial Arm, Pumpkin, and Mine anxiously tried to refuse the valuable gift.

Mahiro resurrected Taeko with Night Demon and told her she was now his prisoner, while Mine received the Imperial Arm Pumpkin. Two years later, Mahiro’s influence had helped transform the Imperial Capital’s balance of power into a three-way standoff.

• Mahiro gave Mine the Imperial Arm Pumpkin and ordered her to keep others away while he handled business in the vault.
• Mahiro used Night Demon to restore Taeko’s body, bringing her back to life after nearly two months dead.
• Taeko mistook Mahiro for a guide of the underworld, then learned he claimed to have saved her and that Barbara had died while Chelsea had vanished.
• Mahiro declared Taeko his prisoner and slave, warning her that he would recapture her if she tried to escape.
• Two years passed, and Mahiro’s alliance with General Budo helped him consolidate the Imperial Capital Guard Corps and the Empire’s Assassination Department into a new covert security force.

Yotsuba Mahiro reviewed a list of newcomers to the Imperial Capital and recognized three girls whose tragic manga fates he remembered. He prepared to act, with a shadowy companion appearing to accompany him.

• Mine, Remus, and Mekime tried to trick the lounging Leone with a bone, but she refused and said she was going out at noon with someone covering her guard duty.
• At Secret Police headquarters, Seryu gave Mahiro a list of people entering the city, and he ordered her to tell Nahashu and the others to prepare for work.
• Mahiro recalled that Akame had joined Night Raid as his secret mole and had forbidden the Elite Group from killing her.
• Mahiro recognized Air Shemirog, Luna Pain, and Fal Mute on the list and remembered the brutal fates they suffered in the manga.
• Mahiro told a silhouette in the office’s dark corner that it would accompany him, and it nodded.

Air Shemirog, Luna Pain, and Fal Mute arrived in the Imperial Capital and trusted Bacchus, who lured them into a trap so depraved nobles could torment them. Yotsuba Mahiro interrupted the assault and ordered his masked companion to attack, leaving the bodyguards scrambling to protect the nobles.

• Bacchus welcomed Air Shemirog, Luna Pain, and Fal Mute, then took them shopping and treated them to a lavish meal.
• Bacchus revealed his trap and handed the girls over to depraved nobles and their guards.
• A guard struck Fal Mute down as the nobles chose the girls to torment, and one ordered that her legs be broken.
• Yotsuba Mahiro appeared with a masked woman and interrupted the nobles.
• Mahiro told the men he had come to play with them and ordered the masked woman to attack.

Yotsuba Mahiro’s masked assassin slaughtered the nobles who accused him of treason, and Mahiro arranged to confiscate their estates while taking three surviving girls home with him. The masked woman returned to Mahiro’s residence, where she revealed herself as Taeko and reflected on how she had come to belong to him.

• The masked woman killed Bacchus and the other nobles, then reported the mission complete to Mahiro.
• Mahiro ordered the city guard to confiscate the nobles’ estates and frame them for treason and selling Imperial intelligence.
• Mahiro overruled Nahashu’s suggestion to kill the three girls and decided to take them home.
• Cornelia recognized the sword cuts and wondered who had made them, since she believed Taeko was dead and Kurome had been shopping with her.
• Taeko returned to Mahiro’s residence, removed her mask, and recalled how he had defeated her attempts to resist and escape two years earlier.

Yotsuba Mahiro returned to his mansion with three rescued girls, but Sheele mistook him for an intruder and attacked him before recognizing him. He offered Ai, Luna, and Far the choice to work as maids or return home, and they asked to go back, drawing Tsukushi’s disapproval.

• Sheele refused to open the gate without proof, so Mahiro kicked it down and stopped her knife attack before she recognized him.
• Sheele apologized and revealed Leone’s humiliating password for Mahiro’s return, while Mahiro reassured her and complained about Leone.
• Mine offered to train the three rescued girls as maids, but Mahiro clarified that they had not agreed to stay.
• Mahiro told Ai, Luna, and Far they could work at the mansion or return to the countryside, and all three said they wanted to go home.
• Tsukushi called the girls foolish and told them that many people in the capital would envy the chance to serve as Mahiro’s maids.

Ai, Fa, and Luna agreed to stay at Mahiro’s manor and gradually settled into their comfortable new lives as maids. Mahiro woke to Mine’s accidental dream-inspired antics, learned Leone had taught her the technique, and discovered Leone had been absent from work for fifteen days.

• Tsukushi urged Ai, Fa, and Luna not to return to the countryside, and Luna persuaded Ai to accept Mahiro’s protection.
• Mine took charge of the three girls and began teaching them how to serve Mahiro, while Remus and Mekime warned them to learn their manners.
• After several days at the manor, Ai, Fa, and Luna grew comfortable with their meals, baths, and new life as maids.
• Mahiro woke with Mine asleep on top of him and realized she had been performing an intimate act in her sleep.
• Mine explained that Leone had taught her by having her practice peeling bananas with her tongue, and Mahiro was not angry with her.
• Mine told Mahiro that Leone had skipped work for fifteen days and had Sheele cover her shifts.

Mahiro encountered Leone in the Imperial Capital as she tried to scam Ieyasu and Sayo by promising them military positions. After disciplining Leone, he questioned the pair about their dispute at the recruitment station, and Ieyasu recognized him as a high-ranking official.

• Ieyasu and Sayo wandered the Imperial Capital hungry and penniless after bandits separated them from Tatsumi and they were thrown out of the recruitment station.
• Leone approached the pair and offered to help them become officers, persuading Ieyasu to ask for her help.
• Leone tried to make Ieyasu and Sayo buy her a meal, but Mahiro appeared and caught her using his name while skipping work.
• Mahiro ordered Leone to return to her post and warned her not to scam people in his name again.
• Mahiro questioned Ieyasu and Sayo about causing trouble at the recruitment station, and Ieyasu explained that they had demanded to start as captains.

Yotsuba Mahiro arranged captain-level assessments for Ieyasu and Sayo, then assigned them to train as rookie soldiers after they failed. That night, he reunited with Akame and heard that Najenda viewed him as both Night Raid’s greatest threat and its least threatening one.

• Yotsuba Mahiro learned Ieyasu and Sayo’s names, recognized their connection to a familiar saying, and brought them to the recruitment station for an assessment.
• Yotsuba Mahiro ordered Nahashu to test Ieyasu and Sayo against captain standards, and both failed to complete ten laps wearing weighted garments.
• Yotsuba Mahiro assigned Ieyasu to Nahashu and Sayo to Cornelia as rookie soldiers.
• Yotsuba Mahiro left the recruitment station and went to meet Akame beneath the night sky.
• Akame told Yotsuba Mahiro that Night Raid was doing well and explained that Najenda considered him a major threat but saw him as less dangerous because he opposed Minister Honest.

Akame reported Night Raid’s planned operation against Oka, Iokar, and Jamal to Mahiro, who revealed that he considered Night Raid worth saving. After spending the night with Mahiro, Akame returned to headquarters, where Leone began suspecting that she was an Imperial undercover agent.

• Akame told Mahiro that Night Raid planned to target Oka, Iokar, and Jamal, and said she would handle the most difficult target.
• Akame asked Mahiro to spare Night Raid if he ever captured them, and Mahiro said he had infiltrated her because he believed the group was worth saving.
• Akame asked Mahiro for a reward for her information, spent the night with him, and returned to headquarters exhausted after dawn.
• Leone helped Akame back to headquarters, recognized Mahiro’s scent on her, and began wondering whether Akame was an Imperial spy.
• Leone lost herself in suspicion during the meeting, then apologized when Sheele called her attention back to the discussion.

Night Raid planned an operation against Oka, Iokar, and Jamal while keeping Yotsuba Mahiro occupied, but Mahiro saw through their plan and slipped away from Sheele. Before the operation, Leone confronted Akame about her relationship with Mahiro.

• Najenda assigned Bulat to kill Oka, Akame to deal with Iokar, and Leone to monitor Mahiro while Night Raid targeted Jamal.
• Leone, Sheele, Akame, and Bulat defended Mahiro's character, but Najenda warned that he might still arrest wanted members of Night Raid.
• Leone persuaded Najenda to let Sheele guard Mahiro, and Sheele stayed beside him the following night as Night Raid prepared to move.
• Mahiro invited Sheele to the garden, rested in her lap, then entered the bathroom and left her waiting outside for over half an hour.
• Leone privately asked Akame what relationship she had with Mahiro, and Akame began to answer.

Leone questioned Akame about her relationship with Yotsuba Mahiro and mistakenly concluded that they shared a forbidden romance. During Night Raid’s operation, Mahiro’s team observed Bulat’s assassination mission, and Mahiro ambushed and knocked Bulat unconscious before taking him away.

• Leone asked Akame what kind of man she liked, and Akame said she had never thought about it and that their identities left little room for love.
• Leone assumed Akame secretly loved Mahiro and encouraged her not to give up before leaving Akame’s room.
• Night Raid split up to assassinate Iokar, Jamal, and Oka, while Mahiro and his team secretly watched Bulat’s mission near the imperial palace.
• Bulat killed Ogre with Incursio, and Mahiro analyzed the armor while observing him from above.
• Mahiro revealed himself, tore a piece from Incursio’s armor, and pursued Bulat when he fled invisibly.
• Mahiro slammed Bulat into the pavement, knocked him unconscious, and carried him away.

After Ogre’s death and Bulat’s disappearance, Najenda reported the losses and sought reinforcements for Night Raid. At court, Honest pushed to put Esdeath and his son Syura in charge of pursuing Night Raid, and Yotsuba Mahiro agreed, setting a plan in motion.

• Seryu Ubiquitous grieved after learning of Ogre’s crimes, while Najenda told Night Raid that Bulat had vanished with his Imperial Arm and decided to request reinforcements.
• Yotsuba Mahiro gave Dr. Stylish Tyrant blood and asked her to make an enhancement serum capable of restoring lost organs, despite the risk of bestial transformation.
• At court, the Young Emperor announced that Generals Nakajid and Hermi had rebelled, and the officials reassured themselves that Budo, Esdeath, and Yotsuba Mahiro could protect the Empire.
• Honest accused Yotsuba Mahiro of failing to stop Night Raid, and Mahiro insulted him before the Young Emperor intervened and rebuked them both.
• Honest proposed recalling Esdeath and bringing back Syura to help pursue Night Raid, and the Young Emperor approved the plan after Yotsuba Mahiro agreed.

Honest reunited with Syura and learned that his son had returned with a group of powerful criminals to form a special police force and eliminate Yotsuba Mahiro. In the north, Esdeath completed her revenge against the tribes that destroyed her home and looked forward to returning to the Imperial Capital to see Mahiro.

• Honest met Syura, who revealed that he had used Shambhala to return from abroad and had recruited several formidable fighters.
• Syura demonstrated the abilities of Izou, Cosmina, and his other recruits as they slaughtered condemned prisoners in the arena.
• Honest planned to put Syura and Esdeath in charge of a special police force and urged Syura to eliminate Mahiro, while Syura eagerly accepted the challenge.
• Esdeath massacred the northern tribe that had destroyed her Burutus Tribe and felt little satisfaction after avenging her people.
• Esdeath recalled Mahiro as the only opponent who could satisfy her and anticipated returning to the Imperial Capital to see him.

Mahiro led the Elite Group to confront Syura’s Wild Hunt after hearing how they terrorized the Imperial Capital. The confrontation turned violent, and Mahiro revealed his identity while holding Syura as the other fighters clashed.

• Seryu told Mahiro that Wild Hunt’s abuses had spread through the Imperial Capital and that guard corps captains were turning a blind eye.
• Mahiro gathered the Elite Group and ordered them to punish Wild Hunt, saying they could kill its members because they had broken the law.
• The group found Syura and several Wild Hunt members near the Imperial Palace, where Syura tried to claim the women as his toys and Cosmina reached for Mahiro.
• Tsukushi slapped Syura, Cornelia killed Cosmina, and Mahiro struck Syura and seized him by the hair.
• Mahiro identified himself as Yotsuba Mahiro, director of the Secret Security Force, while Syura ordered his remaining subordinates to attack.
• Izou moved against Nahashu and Kurome, Dorothea drained Cosmina’s corpse, and Enshin confronted Tsukushi and Little Silver as Cornelia and Pony attacked Dorothea.

Yotsuba Mahiro defeated Wild Hunt’s leaders and pursued Syura through a dimensional formation, while Akame, Tatsumi, and Leone encountered Mine during their investigation. The chapter left Leone suspecting that Mine knew about Akame’s status as a wanted criminal and was choosing to remain close to her.

• Little Silver, Pony, Kurome, and Nahashu defeated Enshin, Dorothea, Izou, and the other Wild Hunt members.
• Syura escaped through a dimensional formation, but Yotsuba Mahiro used the same formation to catch and kill him, then ordered the bodies taken to the Assassination Department as a gift for Minister Honest.
• Akame and Tatsumi watched Mahiro’s group from a rooftop, and Akame praised him as one of the Empire’s few good officials while rejecting Tatsumi’s suggestion that he join Night Raid or the Revolutionary Army.
• Akame and Tatsumi met Leone, who had defeated another enemy and collected several Imperial Arms, including colorful balls.
• Leone, Akame, and Tatsumi encountered Mine in an alley, where Mine and Akame greeted each other warmly despite Akame being a wanted criminal.
• Mine told them she had gone shopping alone and run into a disgusting man, while Leone suspected Mine knew about Akame’s situation.