Recaps

Subaru emerged from his despair and hurried to find allies for Emilia, while Hane established a gateway in the Demon Beast Forest and began bringing his Empire into the world. Beatrice and Rem watched the Empire’s vast forces assemble as Hane postponed its full-scale invasion until he had settled matters in this world.

• Subaru remembered Emilia asking him to leave the Royal Capital with her, realized he had ignored her, and rushed out to find help for her Royal Selection Trial.
• Hane took Beatrice and Rem into the Demon Beast Forest and explained that he intended to establish his Empire there.
• Hane planted Kaguya’s God Tree fruit pit in a lake, and the tree grew into a vast gateway protected by a barrier.
• Uchiha Retsuyō and the Twelve Golden Guards emerged from the God Tree, and Retsuyō reported that the Empire’s legions were assembled.
• Hane ordered the Empire’s forces to advance but remain within the God Tree’s barrier until he had settled matters in this world.
• Soldiers, engineering corps, naval troops, and towering mechas poured into the basin, leaving Beatrice and Rem stunned by the Empire’s power.

Hane began the Empire’s foothold in the new world by mobilizing its forces to secure the God Tree, then intervened after Subaru Natsuki died and killed Sloth. As the world rewound, Hane’s Imperial forces remained outside the reset within an isolated space.

• Garp led the Navy’s senior officers to meet Hane, who praised the sailors and told them to improve their discipline to match the Army.
• Hane ordered the assembled troops to clear magical beasts from the area and establish a secure foothold around the God Tree.
• The Imperial forces surveyed the surroundings, drove off or subdued magical beasts, and began constructing Hane’s residence and other facilities.
• Hane sensed Subaru Natsuki’s death and recognized that Subaru had awakened the Three-Tomoe after his first death.
• Hane pulled Sloth to him and killed him with tormenting flames for killing Subaru, despite having set Subaru’s trial himself.
• The world began to rewind, but Hane kept the Imperial forces beneath the God Tree’s barrier outside the reset by isolating their space.

After returning by death, Subaru Natsuki tried to secure allies for Emilia and traveled with Otto toward Roswaal’s estate, but the White Whale attacked them on the way. Subaru escaped the beast, only to be ambushed and tortured by a jealous madman, awakening a third tomoe in each Sharingan as he saw the black hands behind his attacker.

• Subaru recalled his failed attempts to win support from Crusch, Anata, and Priscilla, then decided to return to Emilia for help.
• Subaru and Otto encountered the White Whale, and Subaru used Shadow Clones to distract it while he hid beneath the carriage.
• The White Whale engulfed Subaru’s clones in mist, but Subaru and Otto escaped its pursuit.
• A madman attacked the carriage, killed Otto, and broke Subaru’s limbs while accusing him of stealing his master's love.
• Subaru awakened a third tomoe in each eye and saw the black hands reaching from behind the madman.

Subaru secured Crusch and Anata’s support for a hunt, then led their forces to defeat the White Whale. He continued toward Roswaal’s manor with Otto and a guarded troop, but found the village below it slaughtered.

• Subaru showed Crusch information about the White Whale and persuaded her to ally with him, while Anata joined with Hoshin Company’s resources.
• Crusch gathered troops and weapons, and the alliance confronted the White Whale with Subaru acting as bait.
• After the White Whale summoned its offspring, Subaru used his Witch’s Aura to lure the original toward a tree, which Crusch’s forces felled to pin it down.
• Will avenged Theresia by striking the trapped White Whale in the forehead, and the beast’s victims’ loved ones regained their memories.
• Subaru continued toward Roswaal’s manor with half the troops, Julius, Will, and Otto, but found the village below the manor littered with dead bodies and severed limbs.

After dying in a frozen manor, Subaru Natsuki awakened a power in his eyes and returned to the past with his fear blunted. He allied with Crusch and Antana, then used Susanoo to kill the White Whale in a single strike.

• Subaru found Emilia frozen in the manor, lost his fingers trying to touch her, and was killed by Puck after Puck blamed him for her death.
• Hane destroyed Puck, explained that Subaru and Emilia had trials to complete, and sent the world back in time.
• Subaru returned to the crowded street with crimson patterned eyes and renewed his alliance with Crusch, urging her to hunt the White Whale with only half her forces.
• Subaru baited the White Whale with Witch's Aura, summoned Susanoo, and split the beast in two before Crusch and the others.

After Subaru Natsuki defeated the White Whale with his hidden power, he affirmed his loyalty to Emilia and set out with Julius and Will toward the Earl's border domain. He showed Will the repeated deaths he had endured, leaving the former Sword Saint shaken by the price of Subaru's strength.

• Subaru Natsuki dismissed his Susanoo after splitting the White Whale in two, then told Crusch and Antana that he would support Emilia in the Royal Selection.
• Subaru Natsuki explained to Crusch that Emilia had shown him kindness when he was powerless, and Crusch regretted not having met him first.
• Antana insisted that the Hoshin Company would not give up on the Royal Selection, while Crusch said she could support Emilia if she improved the kingdom.
• Subaru Natsuki rode with old man Will and Julius in Otto's Ground Dragon carriage toward the Earl's domain on the border.
• Subaru Natsuki used his strange eyes to make Will experience visions of repeated deaths, and Will woke horrified by the suffering Subaru had endured.

Subaru confronted Petelgeuse and used his left eye to expose and intensify the Sin Archbishop’s buried pain. Petelgeuse died after seeing Fortuna, while Subaru turned his attention to the other Witch Cultists.

• Subaru ordered Otto to stop the carriage when he sensed the Witch Cult approaching.
• Petelgeuse appeared with the Witch Cultists, and Will and Julius recognized him as the Sin Archbishop of Sloth.
• Subaru used his left eye to find Petelgeuse’s hidden pain and make him relive his grief over Fortuna.
• Subaru forced Petelgeuse to remember Fortuna, and Petelgeuse charged into a tree and died.
• Subaru regretted that Petelgeuse had died before his pain fully ripened, then heard another Witch Cultist scream.

Subaru Natsuki used his ocular technique to torment Sloth until the Archbishop's soul produced a fruit of anguish, then drained the remaining Witch Cultists of their pain and strength. After Will and Julius recoiled from his power, Subaru ordered Otto to continue toward the border Earl's domain.

• Sloth collapsed in agony after Subaru Natsuki's technique followed him into his new body, and he begged Subaru to release him.
• Subaru let the anguish ripen into a dark fruit, which flew into his left eye and left Sloth's eyes dull.
• Subaru explained to old Will that making evil people fear him required acting even worse than they did, and Will and Julius grew wary of him.
• The Witch Cultists fled, but Subaru's black threads drained their pain and soul strength until they became hollow living corpses.
• Subaru returned to the carriage and told Otto to drive toward the border Earl's domain, while Otto panicked at how terrifying Emilia's chosen knight was.

Subaru Natsuki returned to Earl's Manor after defeating Sloth and discovered that Meili was involved in a new plot. He reunited with Ram and Emilia, who apologized to him, while his Shadow Clone followed Meili toward Demon Beast Forest.

• Subaru Natsuki reached the village and noticed Meili acting strangely before she left for her house.
• Subaru Natsuki left a Shadow Clone to watch Meili, who revealed that the plan had changed and then headed toward Demon Beast Forest.
• Subaru Natsuki arrived at Earl's Manor and learned from Ram that Rem had gone traveling with his master and Emilia had been withdrawn.
• Subaru Natsuki reunited with Emilia, who rushed into his arms and apologized for blaming him.

Subaru reunited with Emilia and reassured her that he could protect the manor, while Emilia accepted alliances offered by Crusch and Anata. When Elsa attacked, Subaru killed her with a ruthless assault, then learned Meili was involved and rushed toward the village.

• Subaru embraced Emilia and told her that the manor was in danger and he had returned to protect her.
• Julius and Will offered Emilia alliances on behalf of Crusch and Anata, and she accepted both.
• Elsa appeared at the manor and attacked, but Subaru overpowered and killed her with a series of brutal blows.
• Subaru's Shadow Clone returned with information identifying Meili, and Subaru ran toward the village.

Meili led her magical beasts in an attack on the village, but Subaru Natsuki arrived and turned one of the beasts against her while rescuing villagers. With the attack stopped and the survivors treated, Meili remained trapped above the village as everyone watched.

• Meili remembered her orders to invade Earl's Manor and kill the villagers, then sent her beasts into the village and set it ablaze.
• Subaru Natsuki rushed into the burning village and sent Shadow Clones to rescue survivors while using his ocular technique to control Meili's flying beast.
• Petra asked Subaru Natsuki to save her mother, who had lured the beasts away, and he promised not to let the attacker escape.
• Emilia extinguished the flames, while the Sword Saint and Julius killed the beasts and Ram and Emilia treated the wounded.
• The villagers gathered and watched Subaru Natsuki's captured beast struggle in the sky with Meili still aboard.

Meili revealed herself as the one who destroyed the village, then killed herself after confronting Petra and Subaru Natsuki. Back at the manor, Emilia questioned her ambitions in the Royal Selection and invited Subaru Natsuki on a date.

• Meili surrendered control of the beasts, and Petra recognized her as the attacker who had destroyed the village.
• Subaru Natsuki confronted Meili, but she stabbed herself and died after telling Petra that she envied her.
• Subaru Natsuki confirmed Meili was dead, then urged the villagers to rebuild their home.
• At the manor, Subaru Natsuki wondered whether his master, Hane, should rule the world, and asked Emilia if she truly wanted to rule the country.
• Emilia said she wanted to be loved, and Subaru Natsuki promised to love her and asked whether the Royal Selection still mattered.
• Emilia told Subaru Natsuki to love himself too, then invited him on a date.

Subaru, Emilia, and Ram traveled toward the Holy Land, where Subaru uncovered an illusion meant to put them to sleep and confronted Garfiel. The chapter ended with Garfiel transformed and attacking Subaru, whose Susanoo blocked the blow.

• Subaru questioned Emilia and Ram about Roswaal's injury and Puck's absence while refining his Chakra during the journey.
• As the carriage neared the Holy Land, Emilia and Ram fell asleep under an illusion, but Subaru woke and realized the spell did not affect Otto.
• Garfiel appeared to escort the group into the Holy Land, then grew angry when Subaru resisted and mocked his feelings for Ram.
• Subaru used Tsukuyomi on Garfiel, forcing him to relive his mother's death and prompting him to transform into a tiger beast.
• Garfiel struck at Subaru, but Subaru summoned a Half-Skeleton Susanoo that withstood the claw.

Subaru Natsuki confronted Garfiel and Roswaal, exposing Roswaal’s plans and stopping him when he attacked Ram. He left Roswaal asleep in a happy dream and set out with Emilia for the Holy Land to end the conflict.

• Subaru Natsuki used Susanoo to intimidate Garfiel into releasing Emilia and Ram from a genjutsu and leading the group to Roswaal.
• At Roswaal’s house, Subaru revealed that he knew Roswaal had stolen his descendants’ bodies in pursuit of love.
• Ram defended Roswaal, but Subaru spotted Roswaal trying to stab her and shoved her out of danger.
• Roswaal admitted he had planned to make Subaru die repeatedly until Subaru followed the Book of Prophecy, then vowed to kill the group when his plans failed.
• Subaru put Roswaal into a blissful sleep, refused Ram’s plea to wake him, and ordered Garfiel to take him and Emilia to the Holy Land.

Subaru Natsuki forced Garfiel to lead him to the Holy Land, then entered the Witch’s burial ground to face its trial while Emilia followed. Inside, he broke free of a vision of his parents and met the white-haired Witch, who welcomed the uncertainty he brought to her plans.

• Subaru Natsuki confronted Garfiel about his fear of violating the barrier and made him experience countless deaths before Garfiel agreed to lead him to the Holy Land.
• Ram settled beside the sleeping Roswaal and said he seemed happy in his dream.
• At the stone gate, Emilia accused Ang of using her, but Subaru Natsuki told her she remained the most important person to him and entered the burial ground alone.
• Emilia rushed into the burial ground after Subaru Natsuki, while Garfiel admitted that Subaru had shown true strength by refusing to run away.
• Inside the Holy Land, Subaru Natsuki saw a vision of his parents in his original home, broke free of the Genjutsu, and met the white-haired Witch.
• The Witch told Subaru Natsuki that his unpredictability made him worth looking forward to, and he asked what she was plotting.

Subaru Natsuki rejected the Witches’ demand that he choose one of them and learned they wanted to use his Return by Death to undo the destruction caused by their uncontrolled Authorities. Hane arrived with Beatrice, who confronted Echidna about the four centuries she had spent waiting for her promised person.

• Echidna asked Subaru Natsuki to contract with her, but he refused to abandon Emilia and his promise to his master.
• The seven Witches appeared and demanded that Subaru choose one of them; Typhon’s Authority shattered his body when he ignored her.
• Echidna explained that the Witches wanted Subaru to repair the world through Return by Death, and Subaru used his eyes to resist Typhon’s Authority and condemn their plan.
• A golden eye opened in the sky, and Hane appeared as Subaru greeted his master.
• Beatrice asked Echidna why she had made her wait for four hundred years, and Echidna turned to Hane and demanded to know who he was.

Hane subdued the Witches and absorbed their chaotic Authorities, promising them freedom and the Empire’s protection. He then revealed that the Witch of Envy was Emilia from the future, whose sacrifices made Subaru Natsuki’s Return by Death possible, leaving him shaken by the knowledge that Emilia died in every cycle.

• Hane bound the Witch of Wrath and neutralized Typhon’s and Daphne’s powers, then absorbed Daphne’s Authority of Gluttony and freed her from her hunger.
• Echidna submitted to Hane, and the other Witches followed, gaining control of calmer, weaker Authorities under his protection.
• The Witch of Envy told Subaru Natsuki to take care of himself, then vanished as the Witch’s Aura within him faded.
• Hane revealed that the Witch of Envy was Emilia from the future, who sacrificed herself to give Subaru Natsuki Return by Death.
• Hane explained that Emilia died in every cycle after Subaru Natsuki died, and urged him to cherish the future he had created.
• Subaru Natsuki broke down over Emilia’s suffering, but Hane’s anger made him force himself to regain control.

Hane reunited Subaru Natsuki with Emilia and the Witches, then revealed his plan to conquer the world and claim its Fortune. The Empire began its invasion while the 12th Division attacked the Dragon Kingdom’s capital, leaving Reinhard and the Great Sages under threat.

• Hane encouraged Subaru Natsuki to cherish what he had, and Subaru reunited with Emilia as the Witches teased them.
• Hane told the Witches he would launch a war of unification to seize the world’s Fortune and break through his limits.
• Hane appeared with the Witches at the Empire’s encampment and ordered the army to advance through the Demon Beast Forest.
• Uchiha Retsuyō led the 12th Division into the Dragon Kingdom’s Royal Capital to capture nobles and cripple its administration.
• Reinhard warned the Great Sages that a powerful enemy was approaching the Great Sage Hall, then went to meet the attackers.

Reinhard confronted Uchiha Retsuyō and the Empire’s army outside the Great Sage Hall, but Retsuyō reversed time and defeated him before he could strike. As the sages summoned the True Dragon by breaking the kingdom’s contract, Reinhard warned that the Empire would soon face the dragon’s wrath.

• Reinhard found the Great Sage Hall surrounded by the Empire’s black-clad army and challenged Uchiha Retsuyō’s invasion.
• Uchiha Retsuyō questioned whether Reinhard was defending the kingdom’s people or its corrupt nobles, causing Reinhard’s resolve to falter.
• Reinhard drew his holy sword and attacked, but Uchiha Retsuyō used Time Reversal to undo the strike and put a sword to Reinhard’s chest.
• Reinhard conceded defeat and warned Uchiha Retsuyō that the True Dragon would soon oppose the Empire.
• The Great Sages summoned the True Dragon without a Witch Contract, breaking the wager that had protected the kingdom for centuries.

True Dragon Haslu arrived to defend the Dragon Kingdom after its Great Sages agreed to his demands, but Uchiha Wada trapped him and the sages in an icy Inverted Mirror. Haslu’s power could not break the illusion, and he begged the unseen powerhouse to spare him.

• True Dragon Haslu emerged over the Royal Capital and demanded that the Dragon Kingdom increase his tribute tenfold in exchange for fighting the invaders.
• The Great Sages accepted Haslu’s terms and pleaded with him to defeat the invading forces.
• Haslu transformed into human form and confronted Uchiha Wada, who dismissed him as a mere beast.
• Uchiha Wada cast his Inverted Mirror, trapping Haslu and the Great Sages in a freezing world where snow caused unbearable pain.
• Haslu’s flames froze, his attempts to escape failed, and he eventually begged the powerhouse to spare him.

Reinhard learned that Uchiha Wada had trapped the Great Sages and True Dragon Haslu in a Genjutsu, then forced Haslu to sign a Summoning Contract. Half an hour later, the Uchiha forces occupied the Royal Capital, and its residents realized the Dragon Kingdom had fallen.

• Reinhard saw the frozen Great Sages and Haslu and asked Uchiha Retsuyō what had happened.
• Uchiha Retsuyō showed Reinhard the Genjutsu, where Wada had subjected Haslu to unbearable pain while the Great Sages froze.
• Wada made Haslu sign a Summoning Contract, and Haslu accepted his new role as Wada's summoned beast.
• Uchiha Retsuyō told Wada that the clan leader was nearing the Royal Capital, and Haslu stayed to see who commanded him.
• Uchiha troops, iron birds, and giant mechs entered the Royal Capital, and the residents realized the Dragon Kingdom had been defeated.

Hane traveled with the witches and Subaru Natsuki by helicopter to the Dragon Kingdom's Royal Capital, where the Empire's soldiers were advancing into the inner city. After landing, Hane prepared to meet Captain-Commander Uchiha Retsuyō and the kingdom's surrendered forces.

• Hane watched over Typhon and Daphne as they argued over a game while the witches played cards nearby.
• Subaru Natsuki admired an Empire machine gun and asked Hane when he could pilot a mech, but Hane handed him manuals to study first.
• The helicopter descended at its destination, and the pilot told Hane that Captain-Commander Uchiha Retsuyō was waiting below with the surrendered kingdom forces.
• Hane ordered the pilot to remain on standby aboard the helicopter and prepared to disembark with his companions.

Hane accepted the Dragon Kingdom's surrender in the Royal Capital and ordered the Empire to prepare for a larger war. The ceremony was interrupted by Regulus Corneas attacking the city's western side, where Akainu wounded him and Regulus transformed into a monstrous mass of flesh.

• Hane arrived at the palace square and told Crusch, Priscilla, and the other captives to accept the Empire's rule.
• Crusch surrendered the Dragon Kingdom's royal sword to Hane, who accepted the allegiance and proclaimed the captives citizens of the Empire.
• Hane ordered Uchiha Retsuyō to address the kingdom's remaining problems before the coming all-out war.
• An explosion and gunfire interrupted the ceremony as Regulus Corneas attacked the Royal Capital's western side with time-related powers, killing hundreds of soldiers.
• Akainu fought Regulus, overcame his time-stopping Authority, and punched through his chest, prompting Regulus to transform into a gigantic mass of flesh and vow revenge.

Uchiha Retsuyō stopped Regulus from stealing more time and memories, then helped Akainu destroy the time prison and kill him. The surviving soldiers were restored, and Retsuyō vanished after reminding them that the Emperor did not wish faithful soldiers to perish.

• Regulus transformed into a monstrous mass of mouths and drained Akainu’s years, memories, and strength.
• Uchiha Retsuyō froze the battlefield, suppressed Regulus’s time Authority, and carved the stolen time fragments from him.
• Retsuyō gave Akainu a pocket watch and told him to attack the darkest gear on its seventh chime.
• Akainu shattered the central gear, collapsing Regulus’s prison and causing Regulus to die in the form of an infant embryo.
• The soldiers found themselves alive and unharmed, saluted Retsuyō, and watched him disappear after he spoke of the Emperor’s concern for faithful soldiers.

Hane took control of the royal palace, ordered the witches to eliminate the Witch Cult, and warned the nobles that the Empire would judge them under its laws. Three months later, the Kantins Empire faced the Empire’s overwhelming invasion and summoned its two true dragons as a last resort.

• Uchiha Retsuyō reported that the Witch Cult had been responsible for the attack, and Hane ordered the witches to deal with it.
• Reinhard and the nobles condemned Hane for allowing the witches to live freely, but Uchiha Retsuyō subdued them with his Haki.
• Hane told the nobles that the Empire had no noble class and that its laws would judge them; a 12th Division member killed a noble who charged at Hane.
• Three months later, the Kantins Empire’s defenses collapsed under attacks from the air, land, and sea, and its king’s request for peace was rejected in favor of unconditional surrender.
• The Kantins Empire’s ministers agreed to seek help from the true dragons, and a gold dragon and a blue dragon flew toward the battlefield the next day.