Recaps

Meng Fan, a Civilian Devil Hunter bound to the Dream Devil, confronted Denji and Pochita, stealing their bread and proving he was far stronger than Denji. After making Denji fear for Pochita and their meager life, Meng Fan claimed he wanted to help Denji become a hero and offered to slaughter the gangsters to solve his debt problem.

• Meng Fan waited in Denji's shack and greeted Denji and Pochita when they returned with bread.
• Meng Fan stole Denji and Pochita's bread, kicked them out, and easily defeated Denji when he tried to fight back.
• Meng Fan taunted Denji about Pochita's hardship and tripped Denji when he charged again.
• Meng Fan admitted he had come to make Denji fear him, then said he wanted to help Denji live the life he wanted.
• Meng Fan offered to help Denji become a hero and slaughter the gangsters who held his debt.

Meng Fan joined Denji and Pochita on a Yakuza job to hunt a Cucumber Devil, despite Denji’s earlier refusal of his help. After Ino threatened Meng Fan on the way to the garden, Meng Fan knocked him unconscious and took his dagger.

• Meng Fan introduced himself to Denji and offered to help, but Denji refused his hand and insisted on handling his debts himself.
• Ino arrived with a new job for Denji: kill a Cucumber Devil at a nearby vegetable garden.
• Meng Fan blocked Ino’s car and insisted on joining the hunt, offering to let Denji keep the entire commission.
• Ino stopped more than three hundred meters from the enormous Cucumber Devil, and Meng Fan got out to face it.
• Ino charged Meng Fan with a dagger after their argument, but Meng Fan knocked him unconscious and said he wanted to carve two English letters into his face.

Meng Fan and Denji fought the Cucumber Devil after its attack trapped a gardener’s wife inside it. Meng Fan rescued the woman, then made everyone turn away before revealing what he had done.

• Meng Fan drove off without Denji, then found Pochita in the car and tried to use him as a weapon before Denji arrived.
• A vegetable gardener asked Meng Fan and Denji to rescue his wife from inside the Cucumber Devil, and Meng Fan negotiated a higher fee.
• Denji transformed with Pochita’s pull cord and attacked the devil, but stopped when the gardener warned that his wife was inside; the devil struck Denji, and Meng Fan caught him.
• After the gardener agreed to pay them directly, Meng Fan leaped at the Cucumber Devil and slashed open its belly, freeing the gardener’s wife alive.
• Meng Fan and Denji argued over who would check the woman’s heartbeat, then Meng Fan ordered everyone to turn around and threatened to gouge out their eyes if they peeked.

Denji received five hundred thousand yen for helping save a farmer’s wife, while Meng Fan drove him home and then went to sell a gang’s car. At the dealership, Meng Fan revealed his devilish face, killed the gang members, and took two and a half million yen, leaving a banknote that the gang boss hoped would lead to a contract.

• The vegetable farmer’s wife gave Denji five hundred thousand yen, and Meng Fan corrected him when he thanked the couple for the payment.
• Meng Fan drove Denji home, and Denji returned to his shack with Pochita to plan how to spend the money and repay his debt.
• Meng Fan arrived at a car dealership, where the owner’s associate confronted him over the car and summoned armed men.
• Meng Fan transformed his face, killed the men, and demanded money from the terrified associate.
• The associate handed Meng Fan two and a half million yen, and Meng Fan left one banknote behind as payment for the car.
• The associate called the gang boss, who ordered him to preserve the banknote because it might be connected to a contract.

Meng Fan dragged Denji and Pochita into the city, promising to spend the 2.49 million yen he had earned, but Pochita fell from the moving car and was run over by passing vehicles.

• Denji and Pochita enjoyed jam-covered bread until Meng Fan broke into their cabin and ate it all.
• Meng Fan took Pochita and pressured Denji into joining him for a night in the city.
• Meng Fan drove Denji and Pochita toward the city and said they would spend all 2.49 million yen.
• Denji and Pochita admired the city lights from the car, and Denji held Pochita out the window.
• The car jolted, Pochita slipped from Denji's grasp, and several cars ran over him.

Meng Fan took Denji and Pochita to an upscale restaurant, where he used cash to secure lavish food and attentive service. Just as a waitress began feeding Denji, a scream and crashing furniture outside interrupted them.

• Denji jumped from the car to reach Pochita, who recovered after drinking Denji's blood.
• Meng Fan brought Denji and Pochita to a nearby restaurant and claimed they were Devil Hunters to get them a private room.
• Denji ordered jam on toast, while Meng Fan revealed his money and ordered the restaurant's finest beef and wine.
• Meng Fan paid for two waitresses to join them, and one agreed to feed Denji a slice of bread.
• A scream and the sound of tables and chairs crashing outside interrupted the meal.

Meng Fan stayed in a restaurant while Denji was dragged into a fight with the Mouse Devil, which infected and killed people with mice. Meng Fan transformed and killed the Mouse Devil, then heard a chainsaw approaching as he searched its remains for Denji.

• Denji charged outside to fight the Mouse Devil but was seized by its tail and dragged away.
• A bald independent Devil Hunter began vomiting mice and died after the Mouse Devil's parasites emerged from his body.
• The bitten restaurant manager began suffering as mice bred inside him, and Meng Fan killed him to end his agony.
• Meng Fan put on his black hat, transformed, and confronted the Mouse Devil, which claimed Denji and other fighters were inside its stomach.
• Meng Fan split the Mouse Devil's head and killed all the parasitic mice before opening its belly to search for Denji.
• A chainsaw roared nearby as Meng Fan rummaged through the Mouse Devil's remains.

Meng Fan killed the revived Rat Devil, rescued Denji, and left the restaurant before Makima and Aki Hayakawa arrived to investigate. Makima found a strand of Pochita’s hair and showed interest in the dog.

• Meng Fan knocked out the chainsaw-wielding Devil Hunter and checked on Denji, who said the Rat Devil had thrown him beneath a table.
• Meng Fan sent the waitresses and Denji away, then stayed behind alone before leaving the restaurant with stolen cash.
• Makima and Aki Hayakawa arrived and questioned the chainsaw-wielding Devil Hunter, who described the Rat Devil’s revival and the Claw Devil’s attack.
• Makima examined the private dining room, corrected Aki’s interpretation of the bodies, and found a strand of pet hair that appeared to interest her.

Meng Fan took Denji to a hot spring, where the two soaked under the stars and talked about devils. Their quiet bath ended when a severed woman's head landed in the water.

• Meng Fan persuaded Denji to enter the hot spring and left Pochita asleep in the car trunk.
• Denji asked the attendant about mixed bathing before Meng Fan led him to their private open-air bath.
• After Denji adjusted to the hot water, he asked Meng Fan how devils were born and what they feared.
• Meng Fan explained that devils came from human fear and said all devils feared Pochita.
• A woman's scream came from the neighboring bath, and a severed head flew over the partition into the water.

Meng Fan and Denji investigated a woman’s death at a hot spring after a severed head landed in their room. The survivor described a headless devil, but Meng Fan grew suspicious of her account and her strange words upon waking.

• Denji and Meng Fan found a severed head in their hot spring room, then entered the women’s baths after hearing that a devil might be there.
• They found a headless woman’s corpse in the hot spring and an unconscious customer clutching the victim’s head, but Meng Fan sensed no devil nearby.
• Meng Fan questioned the bath attendant and learned that only the victim and her friend had entered the room, with no one seen in the corridor when the scream sounded.
• Meng Fan woke the surviving woman, who said a headless devil had killed her friend and thrown the head away before disappearing.
• Meng Fan challenged the survivor about asking whether “it worked” when she woke, and she awkwardly denied knowing what she meant.

Meng Fan exposed the woman as Eiko’s killer and revealed her contract with the Headless Devil. After she transformed and attacked Denji, Meng Fan defeated her and crushed her head.

• Meng Fan accused the woman of killing Eiko and explained how her staged attack and the evidence pointed to her.
• The woman confessed that she had killed Eiko to gain power through a contract with the Headless Devil.
• The woman transformed into the Headless Devil and struck Denji into the bathing pool before attacking Meng Fan.
• Meng Fan fought the Headless Devil and reminded her of Eiko and their planned movie night, causing her to falter.
• Meng Fan cut the Headless Devil into five pieces, then crushed the woman’s head after she apologized to Eiko.

Meng Fan disposed of the headless devil’s corpse and escaped Aki Hayakawa’s search with Denji. At a five-star hotel, Denji struggled to fall asleep and overheard Meng Fan call him a future pawn.

• Denji came into the hot spring room naked after killing a headless devil, and Meng Fan told him to shower and gave him a cushion to cover himself.
• After Denji left, Meng Fan used black blood and an incantation to sink the devil’s corpse into darkness.
• Aki Hayakawa broke into the room, mistakenly leaped into a woman’s bath, and learned that Meng Fan and Denji had already escaped.
• Meng Fan drove Denji to a five-star hotel, where Denji delighted in the softness of the bed and prepared to sleep with Pochita.
• Meng Fan said Denji would someday be his most important pawn, but Denji heard him and demanded to know what he meant.

Meng Fan brought Denji back to the countryside and found his shack burned down, then confronted the Yakuza who demanded Denji’s money. As the Yakuza opened fire, Meng Fan tried to block the bullets with his blade claws but was shot and fell.

• Meng Fan used Denji’s debt to make him agree to become his disciple, then took him back to the countryside after breakfast.
• Meng Fan told Denji that he contracted with the Dream Devil and had arranged Pochita’s dream the night before.
• Denji and Meng Fan found Denji’s shack burned to ashes, and Meng Fan blamed the Yakuza and said Denji should settle things with them.
• The Yakuza arrived demanding the money Denji had earned for killing the Cucumber Devil, and Denji insisted Meng Fan was not involved.
• Denji threatened to withhold the money’s location unless the Yakuza let Meng Fan go, but Ino ordered them both kept there.
• The Yakuza fired at Meng Fan, who raised his blade claws to block the bullets before realizing he had been shot and collapsing.

After Meng Fan was killed, Denji and Pochita died fighting the Yakuza, but Meng Fan revived Denji by joining him with Pochita’s heart. Denji woke up as a human-devil hybrid, and Meng Fan told him to wait before transforming because the Yakuza Boss’s wife was about to emerge from the bath.

• Denji mourned Meng Fan’s apparent death as Ino and the Yakuza Boss mocked him and called him their dog.
• Denji started Pochita’s chainsaw, killed Ino and the Yakuza Boss, then collapsed under gunfire; Pochita died beside him.
• Meng Fan woke and killed the remaining Yakuza with his supernatural power before taking out Denji’s heart and beginning a procedure.
• A surgeon completed the operation, and Denji woke after blood was dripped into his mouth.
• Meng Fan explained that Pochita had become Denji’s heart, making him part human and part devil, and told him he could transform into Chainsaw Man by pulling the cord.
• Meng Fan stopped Denji from transforming because the Yakuza Boss’s wife was about to come out of the bath.

Denji discovered that his missing organs had grown back, while Meng Fan and Denji were assigned to protect Nanako from the Zombie Devil. After Nanako's husband was reported dead and a bitten messenger turned into a zombie, Denji transformed into a chainsaw fighter, only to face a huge swarm of zombies.

• Denji learned that his healed body included his restored kidney and testicle, and Meng Fan introduced him to Nanako as her bodyguard.
• Nanako's husband's car buyer arrived and reported that the boss had been killed and zombies were eating the bodies of him and his men.
• Meng Fan found bloody bite marks on the car buyer and urged Denji to fight him after he transformed into a zombie.
• The car buyer lunged at Denji, who pulled the cord on his chest and transformed, then hacked the zombie to pieces.
• A huge swarm of zombies poured into the courtyard as Denji stared at his chainsaw arms.

Denji and Meng Fan set out to rescue survivors from a village attacked by the Zombie Devil, while Nanako called Public Safety for help. Aki Hayakawa, Himeno, and Makima arrived at the village and found two blood-soaked devils playing catch with severed heads.

• Denji fought off the zombies outside Nanako’s house and grew more confident in Chainsaw Man’s body.
• Meng Fan proposed that he and Denji go to the village to save survivors, and Denji eagerly agreed when he heard there might be girls to rescue.
• Nanako stayed behind and contacted the Public Safety Devil Hunters, prompting Special Division 4 to investigate the Zombie Devil.
• Aki Hayakawa and Himeno traveled to the village with Makima, where Aki killed a zombie that attacked them.
• The group followed a chainsaw’s roar to a clearing and found two blood-soaked devils playing catch with severed heads.

Meng Fan and Denji encountered Makima and the Public Safety Devil Hunters after killing the Zombie Devil, and Makima tried to recruit Denji while confronting Meng Fan. Makima beheaded Meng Fan, but then suddenly fell unconscious, leaving Aki Hayakawa and Himeno waiting for her orders.

• Meng Fan and Denji played catch with the Zombie Devil's head until Aki Hayakawa confronted them about the village's dead.
• Meng Fan told Makima he wanted to join Public Safety, but Makima focused on Denji and made him choose between becoming her dog and being killed as a devil.
• Meng Fan disrupted the group, fought Makima and Aki Hayakawa, and wounded Himeno's Ghost Devil when it seized him.
• Makima ordered Aki Hayakawa to stand back and attacked Meng Fan after he said she could not control him.
• Makima sent Meng Fan's head flying, then abruptly grew drowsy and collapsed while Aki Hayakawa and Himeno waited blindfolded for her orders.

Makima recruited Meng Fan and Denji into Special Division 4 after Meng Fan survived their confrontation. As the group drove away, Meng Fan revealed that he was the Dream Devil and explained his abilities to Himeno and Aki Hayakawa.

• Aki Hayakawa and Himeno discovered that Meng Fan had survived, and Makima announced that he and Denji were joining Special Division 4.
• Meng Fan greeted Himeno and Aki with teasing nicknames, then said he and Denji would live at Aki's place.
• Makima invited Denji to ride beside her, but Meng Fan tried to take him in his own car; Denji chose Makima, leaving Aki and Himeno to ride with Meng Fan.
• Himeno asked Meng Fan why Makima had spared him, and he claimed he had moved her with a plate of stir-fried pork with shredded ginger.
• Himeno and Aki told Meng Fan that they were contracted with the Ghost Devil and Fox Devil, and Meng Fan identified himself as the Dream Devil, who could put people to sleep and manipulate their dreams.

Meng Fan told Himeno and Aki Hayakawa about his ability to fight devils in dreams, then joined Denji and Aki on a mission to a deli where a Fly Devil had been trapped with hostages. The chapter ended as the deli doors opened and a swarm of flies poured out around a skinless corpse.

• Meng Fan explained that a devil could enter his dreams by killing him, where he could keep fighting it as strong as Satoru Gojo.
• Himeno invited Meng Fan to her place that night, while Denji told him about his conversation with Makima.
• Meng Fan and Denji left the Public Safety Bureau with Aki Hayakawa after Aki reported a devil incident.
• Meng Fan drove Aki and Denji to a deli after police cars were sent to a Dung Beetle Devil elsewhere.
• The officers opened the deli doors, and a swarm of flies around a skinless corpse burst out.

Meng Fan led Aki Hayakawa and Denji into a deli to kill the Fly Devil, which had built a swarm of flies around the cold storage room. He destroyed the swarm with an explosion and killed the Fly Devil, but Denji accidentally cut him in half when he sprang out to surprise them.

• Aki Hayakawa summoned the Fox Devil to swallow the first swarm, while Meng Fan explained that the Fly Devil was still hiding inside the deli.
• Meng Fan, Aki Hayakawa, and Denji found tens of thousands of flies and three gnawed corpses guarding the cold storage room, then retreated to the kitchen as the swarm attacked.
• Meng Fan filled the kitchen with gas and ignited it, burning away the swarm before charging into the cold storage room.
• Meng Fan punched through the Fly Devil and sliced off its head, then began drawing a circle around its corpse with his blood.
• Denji and Aki Hayakawa searched for Meng Fan, and Denji accidentally cut him in half when he jumped out to surprise them.

After Denji accidentally chainsawed Meng Fan’s charred body, Meng Fan revived and the group finished dealing with the Fly Devil. Aki Hayakawa, Denji, and Meng Fan headed out for ramen, where they found a crowd gathered around the shop as another case seemed to begin.

• Aki Hayakawa identified the charred corpse as Meng Fan, and Denji worried that he had killed his master after the explosion.
• Meng Fan reappeared alive, claimed he had used a revival coin, and told Denji that the Great Flame Ring had destroyed the Fly Devil.
• Aki Hayakawa confirmed the Fly Devil was gone, while Meng Fan explained that Kenta was recovering from a nightmare he had caused to revive.
• Himeno told Aki Hayakawa the group could take a break, so Aki, Denji, and Meng Fan went to try a new miso ramen shop.
• Natsume Fan Zhi confronted Meng Fan about a three-million debt, and Meng Fan said he would repay it with money stolen from Denji.
• The group arrived at the ramen shop and found a crowd gathered outside, prompting Meng Fan to suspect something had happened inside.

Meng Fan, Denji, and Aki Hayakawa investigated a ramen shop where three people had been stripped to their bones and discovered its owner had contracted with the Cilantro Devil. After leaving the case to Natsume Fan Zhi, they went to the shop across the street, where Denji found more bodies hanging inside.

• Aki Hayakawa led the Public Safety Devil Hunters into the ramen shop, where they found three bodies hanging upside down, stripped to clean bones.
• Meng Fan and Aki Hayakawa examined the scene and found a bowl of warm ramen beside a blood-written message that read, "Thanks for the meal."
• Meng Fan caught the owner of the ramen shop across the street after he revealed he had contracted with the Cilantro Devil to ruin his rival's ramen.
• Natsume Fan Zhi took the ramen shop owner away for questioning while Meng Fan, Denji, and Aki Hayakawa left the scene.
• Denji entered the shop across the street and rushed back screaming that many people were hanging inside.

Meng Fan, Aki Hayakawa, and Denji investigated a second ramen shop where a devil had killed ten people and eaten all the food and ingredients. After finding identical strange apples and discovering Natsume Fan Zhi’s subordinates unconscious, Meng Fan suspected the ramen shop owner knew something, but the group left the investigation to eat at Aki Hayakawa’s home.

• Meng Fan, Aki Hayakawa, and Denji found ten victims in the second ramen shop, along with untouched steaming ramen and a blood-written message.
• Aki Hayakawa found a strange red apple, while Denji searched the kitchen and discovered that all the food was gone.
• Meng Fan realized that ingredients had disappeared from both ramen shops and hurried back to the first one.
• Natsume Fan Zhi showed them an identical apple taken from a man, and Meng Fan rushed outside to find Natsume Fan Zhi’s two subordinates unconscious.
• Meng Fan suspected the ramen shop owner knew something, while Aki Hayakawa planned to contact Himeno; the group then agreed to buy ingredients and eat at Aki Hayakawa’s home.

Aki Hayakawa brought Denji and Meng Fan to his apartment, where they learned they would live under his supervision. Himeno arrived with Power and revealed that Makima had ordered all three to stay with Aki, who agreed after hearing that Makima trusted him.

• Aki Hayakawa let Denji and Meng Fan into his apartment, and Denji washed his smelly feet.
• Aki warned Denji and Meng Fan that quitting the Devil Hunter job meant execution, while Denji said he wanted to keep seeing Makima.
• Power barged into Aki's apartment, and Himeno introduced her as a new teammate.
• Power kicked open the bathroom door and exposed Meng Fan before he could pull up his pants.
• Himeno told Aki that Makima had ordered Denji, Meng Fan, and Power to live with him, and Aki agreed because Makima trusted him.

Meng Fan explained to the Fourth Division that he could revive through dreams, and the group celebrated his arrival over dinner at Aki Hayakawa’s home. The evening ended with Aki sending Denji and Meng Fan to bed while Himeno went to bathe.

• Power gulped down shochu, passed out, and Denji dragged her into the bathroom after Aki told him to move her.
• Denji emerged from the bathroom with his shirt off and explained that Power had vomited on him.
• At dinner, Meng Fan told Himeno and Aki Hayakawa that he revived whenever someone dreamed about him and could force people to dream about him after his death.
• Aki asked whether Meng Fan could kill the Gun Devil, and Meng Fan said he was hard to kill but not invincible.
• After dinner, Himeno invited Denji and Meng Fan to join her bath, but Aki sent them to their room and stayed behind.