Chapter Summaries

Mine told Tatsumi and Leone how she defeated a clown who had pursued her, while Mahiro prepared a meal from Syura’s corpse and sent it to Honest. The chapter ended with Honest discovering what he had eaten and reacting with fury.

• Mine told Tatsumi and Leone that Leone had fought the clown who chased her, and Mine had defeated him with Pumpkin.
• Leone warned Tatsumi that Mine was Mahiro’s personally trained maid, then left with Akame and Tatsumi, who wondered who Mahiro was.
• Mahiro grilled meat from criminals he had captured, while Kurome and Pony praised the smell and Nahashu, Tsukushi, Little Silver, and Cornelia recoiled.
• Esdeath returned from the north, pledged to destroy Night Raid, and asked the young Emperor to help her find love with Yotsuba Mahiro.
• Honest received food and gold from Mahiro, ate the meal, then read a letter revealing that the meat had come from his son Syura and his accomplices.

After Wild Hunt’s destruction, Honest learned that Syura had died and resumed eating the food made from him. Night Raid and Yotsuba Mahiro’s Elite Group separately pursued Zank the Beheader, and the chapter ended with Zank pinning Tatsumi to a wall and raising his blades before they suddenly stopped.

• Honest discovered that Syura had died and that the remaining crates of gold were made from Syura’s thugs, then returned to eating his meal.
• Najenda briefed Night Raid on Zank the Beheader and ordered teams to hunt him, while Akame stayed at the base with her.
• Nahashu and the Elite Group organized a search across the Imperial Capital at Mahiro’s command.
• Tatsumi walked alone as bait, mistook Zank’s disguise for Sayo, and followed him into an encounter.
• Zank revealed his Imperial Arm could read Tatsumi’s thoughts, disarmed him, and pinned him to a wall before his blades abruptly stopped.

Lubbock and Tatsumi encountered Kurome and her squad while fighting Zank, and Mahiro confronted the serial killer. Zank’s illusions failed to control Mahiro, who seized him by the face and snapped his blades.

• Lubbock blocked Zank’s attack with threads, but Zank evaded the trap and nearly killed him before Kurome’s Ape Man punched Zank away.
• Kurome recognized Lubbock and ordered Wall to capture Tatsumi while Mahiro told her to capture both Night Raid members.
• Mahiro introduced himself to Zank, whose Insight could not detect Mahiro’s thoughts and whose fear briefly overcame his madness.
• Zank used Illusion Sight to show Mahiro figures from his memories, then believed Mahiro’s apparent approach meant he had won.
• Mahiro stopped short of Zank’s blades, grabbed his face, and snapped the blades before Zank could fight back.

Yotsuba Mahiro killed Zank after learning he had used Maya Yotsuba’s appearance to lure him, while Kurome captured Lubbock and Tatsumi. Leone and Sheele intervened to help them escape, but Leone was left fighting Cornelia as Imperial Arm-equipped reinforcements closed in.

• Mahiro read Zank’s thoughts, condemned him for using Maya Yotsuba’s face, tore him apart, and took the Spectator from his forehead.
• Kurome confiscated Lubbock’s Cross Tail while Wall pinned down Tatsumi.
• Leone and Sheele arrived, destroyed Wall and the Ape Man, and told Lubbock and Tatsumi to flee as assassins gathered nearby.
• Kurome sent Doya after the escapees, but Leone stopped her and stayed behind to fight.
• Cornelia confronted Leone, equipped the Crusher King, and fought her in close combat.

Mahiro’s forces defeated Night Raid members Leone and Sheele and captured them alive, while Lubbock and Tatsumi escaped. He brought the captives to a concealed warehouse, where a masked woman emerged and addressed him as her master.

• Sheele joined Leone’s fight against Cornelia, but Seryu and Koro intervened and overwhelmed the two Night Raid members.
• Mahiro offered to let Lubbock and Tatsumi escape if Sheele surrendered, and she accepted.
• Cornelia defeated Leone, and Mahiro ordered Nahashu to display Zank’s body in the square as a warning.
• Mahiro bound Sheele and Leone and took them to a concealed warehouse, where a masked woman appeared and called him Master.

Mahiro’s Assassination Department defeated Zank and seized four Imperial Arms, while Night Raid returned from the encounter badly depleted and left Leone and Sheele in captivity. Mahiro’s team chose two of the weapons, and the chapter ended by hinting that another major event threatened Night Raid.

• Mahiro’s forces captured Leone and Sheele, while Tatsumi and Lubbock escaped and returned to Night Raid’s headquarters.
• Lubbock told Najenda that Leone and Sheele had stayed behind to cover their escape and that he had lost Cross Tail; Najenda suspended Night Raid’s operations while they waited for Revolutionary Army support.
• Mahiro reported that the Assassination Department had killed Zank, earned the young Emperor’s praise, and received eight Imperial Arms, then invited the Elite Group to choose among them.
• Little Silver chose Spectator and accidentally activated its x-ray vision, while Mahiro stopped her and warned her against using it carelessly.
• Cornelia failed to use Lionelle, but Pony bonded with it and transformed into a demi-beast with lion ears, claws, and a tail.
• The Imperial Capital returned to calm for ordinary civilians, but another major event arose that threatened Night Raid.

Mahiro went to Esdeath’s husband-selection martial tournament and discovered Tatsumi competing there. Esdeath attacked Mahiro with a dog leash, but he destroyed its chain, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Mahiro read Esdeath’s tournament notice and went to the arena with Cornelia.
• Liva, Nyau, and Daidara welcomed Mahiro and led him and Cornelia to a special viewing section.
• Tatsumi entered the tournament and caught Esdeath’s attention after defeating an opponent with ease.
• Mahiro recognized Tatsumi as a Night Raid member and confronted him at the arena.
• Esdeath arrived and attacked Mahiro, trying to fasten a collar around his neck.
• Mahiro countered Esdeath’s assault and turned the leash chain to dust.

Yotsuba Mahiro and Esdeath agreed to settle their rivalry with a team match in two days, with the winner deciding who would belong to whom. Mahiro obtained Dr. Stylish’s upgraded serum and injected it, but its effects caused excruciating pain in his eyes.

• Esdeath admitted she had arranged the martial matchmaking arena to pursue Mahiro and challenged him to a team match, wagering that the loser would submit to the winner.
• Mahiro accepted Esdeath’s challenge, and they agreed to meet at the arena in two days with equal numbers of fighters.
• Mahiro visited Dr. Stylish, who gave him an upgraded serum incorporating Tyrant’s evolutionary genes.
• Mahiro analyzed the serum, injected it into himself, and was struck by severe pain centered in his eyes.

After an improved medicine caused Mahiro intense pain, his eyes briefly glowed with a strange pentagram pattern, and he struggled to walk despite being able to see. Two days later, he arrived with his team for his widely publicized match against Esdeath, where Budo announced that the young emperor would referee.

• Mahiro suffered severe pain after injecting Dr. Stylish's improved medicine, and Seryu rushed in to help him.
• Mahiro's eyes glowed red with a pentagram pattern, which made him wonder whether he had gained Copy Eyes; afterward, he had trouble walking straight.
• Seryu obeyed Mahiro's request not to confront Dr. Stylish and helped him handle his official business.
• Mine questioned Mahiro about walking with his eyes closed and offered to help with his coming match against Esdeath, which had become common knowledge in the Imperial Capital.
• Two days later, Mahiro and his people arrived at the packed arena, where Budo and the young emperor were present.
• Budo announced that the young emperor would referee Mahiro's team match against Esdeath, and neither side objected.

At the martial exhibition, Tsukushi defeated Wave with her rapid-fire technique and a powerful alchemical pistol. Nahashu then fought Mez, who used her slippery sweat to counter his grip and sent him flying, leaving their match unresolved.

• The Emperor announced the exhibition rules and revealed the matchups, with Esdeath and Yotsuba Mahiro set to fight last.
• Wave charged Tsukushi, but her Invisible Bullet technique peppered his armor until she knocked him unconscious with a powerful shot at close range.
• The Assassination Department won the first match, and Esdeath considered how to punish Wave for losing.
• Mez revealed she was Gozuki's daughter before she and Nahashu began fighting hand to hand.
• Nahashu tried to grab Mez, but her special lubricating sweat made his hand slip; she counterattacked with a powerful kick and pressed him with a barrage of strikes.

Yotsuba Mahiro and Esdeath began their final match, and Esdeath trapped the arena in ice before unleashing Mahapadma. Mahiro resisted and reversed her time-freezing technique, then took the collar from her hand.

• Nahashu defeated Mez with a single sword strike, and the Assassination Department won five of the first six matches.
• Esdeath refused to admit defeat and challenged Yotsuba Mahiro in the seventh match.
• Esdeath enclosed the arena in thick ice and battled Mahiro with blizzards and falling hailstones.
• Mahiro used Muspelheim, but Esdeath countered by freezing the arena and stopping time with Mahapadma.
• Mahiro revealed that Tyrant's evolution factor let him adapt, overrode Esdeath's Mahapadma, and seized the collar and chain.

Yotsuba Mahiro defeated Esdeath, collared her, and took her to the forest cabin, where the two spent the night together. The next morning, Esdeath accepted that she belonged to Mahiro and warned him that Minister Honest was plotting against him.

• Mahiro won the match against Esdeath, put a collar on her, and teleported them away as the spectators and the little emperor watched in confusion.
• Mahiro brought Esdeath to the forest cabin where they had fought before, kissed her, and carried her inside.
• Mahiro and Esdeath spent the night together, and their struggle broke the cabin's bed.
• The next morning, Mahiro removed Esdeath's collar, and she told him she belonged to him and still wanted to conquer him.
• Esdeath warned Mahiro that Minister Honest had been looking for a way to deal with him.

Yotsuba Mahiro saved Jolly and Spia from Honest’s assassination plot and escalated his attacks on Honest’s faction, while Honest’s influence and operatives dwindled. Honest raged over his losses and refused to admit that Mahiro had outmaneuvered him.

• Esdeath told Mahiro that Honest had long tried to recruit her against him, but Mahiro dismissed the minister as powerless.
• Mine, Mekime, and Remus raided Mahiro at night, and he took all three girls in one night.
• Honest ordered the Four Rakshasa Demons to use Night Raid’s name to assassinate Righteous Faction officials and eliminate his political opponents.
• Mahiro rescued Jolly and Spia from Honest’s scheme, invited them to stay at his estate, and retaliated by assassinating Honest’s faction members under Night Raid’s name.
• After two months of failed attacks, Honest lost Thorn, Shuten, dozens of operatives, and more than half of his faction’s bureaucrats.
• Esdeath mocked Honest for persisting against Mahiro, while Honest angrily ate human flesh and refused to admit defeat.

Night Raid welcomed Chelsea and Susanoo as reinforcements and prepared a mission to rescue Leone and Sheele from Yotsuba Mahiro’s residence. Meanwhile, Mahiro strolled through the Lower Town with the little emperor, who enjoyed the lively marketplace in disguise.

• Najenda identified the counterfeit Night Raid killings as a conflict between Yotsuba Mahiro’s assassination faction and Minister Honest’s corrupt faction, then prioritized rescuing Leone and Sheele.
• Chelsea and Susanoo arrived as Revolutionary Army reinforcements, and Chelsea reunited with Akame.
• Najenda announced Night Raid’s first mission since returning: infiltrating Yotsuba Mahiro’s residence to rescue Leone and Sheele.
• Mahiro learned that Night Raid was preparing to resume activity while strolling through the Lower Town with the little emperor.
• The little emperor enjoyed the marketplace in ordinary clothes as locals welcomed her and shared food with her.

Yotsuba Mahiro took the Young Emperor out of the palace and brought her toward his estate to meet Night Raid. At the estate, Chelsea and Taeko's attempted reunion exposed the group's divided loyalties, and Akame admitted she had been working for Mahiro as a different voice interrupted the standoff.

• Mahiro honored his old promise to the Young Emperor by taking her out, and she agreed to visit his home after he said Night Raid was there.
• At the Yotsuba Estate, Mine accused Chelsea, disguised as Mahiro, of impersonating her master and demanded to know why Taeko had brought Night Raid there.
• Chelsea dropped her disguise and urged Taeko to leave with her, but Taeko refused, fearing Mahiro would punish them all if she escaped with Night Raid.
• Najenda, Leone, Bulat, and Sheele warned Tatsumi not to provoke Mahiro or attack the estate's people.
• Akame drew Murasame to stop Night Raid from causing trouble, and Najenda revealed she had suspected Akame was Mahiro's person; Akame apologized for betraying their trust.
• As Night Raid remained surrounded, an unfamiliar voice drifted into everyone's ears.

Yotsuba Mahiro returned to his residence, defeated Susanoo, and brought the Emperor face-to-face with Night Raid. The Emperor challenged Tatsumi’s belief that Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army were saving the Empire, leaving him and the others shaken and unsure of their cause.

• Yotsuba Mahiro comforted Mine, recognized Chelsea, and used Mahapadma to defeat Susanoo and take his core.
• Mahiro introduced the Emperor to Najenda and Night Raid, who recognized the ruler and knelt before her.
• Tatsumi insisted that Night Raid protected the people and urged the Emperor to punish Minister Honest and corrupt nobles.
• The Emperor argued that Night Raid’s killings undermined the law and that the Revolutionary Army’s violence brought suffering and served its own ambitions.
• Tatsumi could not refute the Emperor’s accusations, and Najenda reconsidered what Mahiro had told her about the Revolutionary Army.

Yotsuba Mahiro helped the young emperor turn the Revolutionary Army’s invasion into a chance to execute Minister Honest. As the army then demanded the Little Emperor’s surrender, Mahiro faced a new confrontation at the palace gates.

• The Revolutionary Army stormed the Imperial Capital, and Esdeath refused to fight because she and Mahiro were supposedly recovering from injuries.
• Mahiro persuaded the young emperor to hand Honest over as the source of the Empire’s oppression, then struck him down when he attacked.
• Mahiro brought Honest before the Revolutionary Army and urged the soldiers to kill him, and they tore him apart despite his resistance.
• The Revolutionary Army refused to disperse and demanded that Mahiro hand over the Little Emperor.

Yotsuba Mahiro ended the Empire’s crises, traveled with the girls, and left that world with the little Emperor and his companions. He returned to his original world in Maya Yotsuba’s embrace, where he immediately questioned her intentions.

• Mahiro used the Cloud Giant Dragon’s fur gloves and the Empire’s forces to force the Revolutionary Army to withdraw, while Esdeath dealt with the foreign tribes.
• The young Emperor pardoned the Revolutionary Army, restored Najenda and Bulat to service, and reunited Tatsumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu.
• Mahiro traveled around the Empire with the girls for a year, and the women discovered Tsukushi had secretly visited his room, sparking a confrontation.
• The little Emperor asked Mahiro to take her with him, and he agreed before departing with her, Esdeath, Leone, Sheele, and the Imperial Arms.
• Mahiro returned to his original world and woke in Maya Yotsuba’s embrace, then accused her of potentially sending him back to the research institute.

Mahiro returned to Mashima Island after three months away and reunited with Maya, who had moved the Yotsuba main house there. He gave her a serum that restored her reproductive organs, then brought the girls from Akame ga Kill to the new world and began settling them in.

• Maya told Mahiro that she had moved the Yotsuba main house to Mashima Island, and he realized she wanted to keep an eye on him.
• Maya noticed Mahiro’s changed demeanor and asked about his journey to another world, while he refused to share much or let her choose partners for him.
• After Mahiro jokingly suggested Maya could contribute to the family’s future, she agreed and revealed that her uterus and ovaries had been removed.
• Mahiro gave Maya an enhancement serum, which he said could restore lost body parts, and she injected it after he left.
• The serum regenerated Maya’s reproductive organs, and she realized Mahiro had restored what she had lost.
• Mahiro released the mansion holding the Akame ga Kill girls, who reunited with Tina, Asaka, and Enju and began adjusting to the new world.

Yotsuba Mahiro returned to school, where younger girls and his classmates competed for his attention. When Ayako Kuroba and Kasumi Saegusa nearly fought with magic over him, Mahiro stopped them and reprimanded Ayako.

• Mahiro let Esdeath pursue her plan to conquer the world and arranged attendants and subordinates for her, while Lina and the Stars squad settled into Arcadia.
• Mahiro resumed classes at First High School and learned that Ayako Kuroba, Fumiya Kuroba, and several notable first-years had enrolled.
• Ayako and the Saegusa sisters argued over who would walk home with Mahiro, while Erika Chiba, Miyuki, and Mizuki teased him about his popularity.
• Kasumi Saegusa attacked Ayako, who prepared to use Direct Pain in response.
• Mahiro caught Ayako's magic and Kasumi's attack, safely redirected Kasumi to the ground, and scolded Ayako for using her spell on a classmate.