Recaps

Aki Hayakawa’s team investigated a breakfast shop where bodies had been drained of blood and encountered the Mosquito Devil. The devil regenerated after the Fox Devil wounded it, then pinned Denji to a wall and began sucking out his blood.

• Power woke Meng Fan and Aki Hayakawa before dawn and demanded breakfast, but Himeno soon received a call about a case.
• Himeno told the rookies that two collapsed skeletons had been found in a breakfast shop, and the team drove there with Power.
• Inside the shop, Meng Fan and Denji found bodies with their heads intact and the rest of them eaten away, while Power charged into the kitchen after hearing dripping sounds.
• Power discovered a creature drinking blood from a sink filled with blood, but it knocked her aside and fled outside.
• Aki Hayakawa summoned the Fox Devil, which bit off half of the Mosquito Devil before it regenerated and attacked the team.
• The Mosquito Devil pierced Denji with its spear-like mouth and pinned him to a wall as it drained his blood.

Aki, Denji, Himeno, Power, and Meng Fan defeated the Mosquito Devil, though Aki and Denji were injured. Meng Fan found an apple at the breakfast shop and connected it to recent murders, but Power ate it and began acting strangely.

• The Mosquito Devil pierced Aki's shoulder with a spike, while Himeno restrained it and Power chopped it into mush.
• Power revealed she had not lost control, and Meng Fan urged Denji to heal by drinking blood.
• Meng Fan took the Mosquito Devil's head into the breakfast shop and returned with a red apple.
• Meng Fan connected the apple to murders where victims' bodies had been eaten and apples had been left at the scenes.
• Denji guessed the killer was the Apple Devil, and Power snatched the apple despite Meng Fan's warning and took a bite.
• Power stared vacantly and struggled to speak after eating the apple.

After Power became obsessed with Meng Fan’s apples, Meng Fan revealed to Aki that he knew about Aki’s contract with the Curse Devil and urged him to consider another Devil contract. At the hospital, Power, Denji, and Meng Fan ate Aki’s food and fruit, leaving the injured hunter to feel neglected.

• Power froze after tasting Meng Fan’s apple, then begged him for another one.
• Meng Fan, Denji, and Aki rode to the hospital, where Meng Fan told Aki he knew about his contract with the Curse Devil and Makima’s secret.
• Aki learned that a hospital doctor used a contract with the Surgery Devil to save patients.
• After Aki’s wounds were treated, Meng Fan ate an apple from Aki’s fruit basket instead of giving it to him.
• Power and Denji dismissed Aki’s nutritious meal as unsuitable for an injured patient and ate it themselves.

Aki Hayakawa’s hospital rest was repeatedly disrupted by Meng Fan, Denji, and Power, leaving him hungry and furious. After buying Power food and drinks, Meng Fan suggested they go rescue her cat.

• Meng Fan took over part of Aki Hayakawa’s bed, and Denji and Power’s argument escalated until Denji kicked the door into Aki.
• Denji and Meng Fan left after Aki shouted at them, while the nurse blamed Aki for the disturbance and denied him dinner.
• Meng Fan, Denji, and Power met outside, where Power returned Denji’s empty drink bottle and said she still felt hungry.
• Meng Fan bought drinks and bread for Denji and Power, and the bakery owner gave Power a large loaf without asking for payment.
• Meng Fan proposed that they go rescue Power’s cat instead of returning to headquarters.

Meng Fan, Denji, and Power set off to rescue Power’s cat from the Bat Devil, who was holding it hostage. Power agreed to Meng Fan’s unspecified condition in return, while Denji grew envious when she offered to let Meng Fan and even the driver grope her.

• Power revealed that the Bat Devil had taken her cat and was demanding a human in exchange.
• Meng Fan offered to rescue the cat, and Power agreed to his condition without asking what it was.
• Denji asked to grope Power, but Meng Fan said the agreement was between him and Power.
• The three got into a taxi, and Power threatened the frightened driver into taking them to the outskirts.
• Power told Denji that only Meng Fan and the driver could grope her, leaving Denji jealous as they continued toward the rescue.

Meng Fan, Denji, and Power set out to rescue a cat, but the driver abandoned them after hearing a warning about the Charm Devil, and Power crashed the car. As they continued on foot, a speeding car nearly hit Power, and Meng Fan sensed a devil inside it.

• Power teased the driver, but a radio warning about the Charm Devil made him jump out of the car.
• Power grabbed the steering wheel to steady the car, then accidentally tore it off, causing the car to crash into a tree.
• Meng Fan, Denji, and Power left the wreck and continued toward the Bat Devil's cabin on foot.
• Meng Fan tackled Power out of the way when a red car sped toward them.
• Meng Fan smelled a devil in the red car and described its seductive woman passenger and vacant-eyed male driver.

Meng Fan, Power, and Denji reached the Bat Devil’s cabin to rescue the kitty, with Meng Fan sneaking in to retrieve it while Power distracted the devil with Denji. After the Bat Devil blasted them away, he found a huge swarm of rats gathered behind him.

• Meng Fan intimidated a driver into giving up his Mercedes, punched him unconscious, and brought the driver’s girlfriend along so she would not be left with him.
• Power identified the cabin as the Bat Devil’s hideout, and Meng Fan planned to use Denji as bait while he rescued the kitty.
• Power knocked Denji out with a Blood Hammer and dragged him into the cabin while Meng Fan circled around and took the kitty to safety.
• The Bat Devil rejected Denji’s blood, discovered the kitty was missing, and accused Power of betraying him.
• Meng Fan and Power escaped outside as the Bat Devil burst through the cabin and blasted them a hundred meters away.
• The Bat Devil prepared to head to the city to eat children, unaware that a huge swarm of rats had gathered behind him.

Meng Fan defeated the Bat Devil and the Leech Devil, then returned to headquarters with Denji and Power. Makima assigned him to lead the team while Aki recovered and gave him a mission to kill the Gun Devil.

• Rats and flies swarmed the Bat Devil until they devoured it and the Leech Devil inside it, and Meng Fan collected their remains.
• Meng Fan woke Denji and Power, let them fight, and returned Power's cat to her, though she struggled to remember its name, Yuumi.
• Meng Fan, Denji, and Power drove back to the city with a frightened woman, then changed plans and headed to headquarters after Himeno called.
• Himeno met them at headquarters, and Meng Fan agreed to lend her his car before they went to Makima's office.
• Makima said Aki was recovering in the hospital, asked Meng Fan to lead the team, and ordered him to kill the Gun Devil.

Makima explained the Gun Devil’s history and recruited the rookies to help find and kill him, promising the slayer any wish. The team learned that Gun Devil flesh could lead them to his main body, then received news of a devil at the Morino Hotel that had likely eaten a piece.

• Makima described the Gun Devil’s mass killings and said his lost flesh could help locate him.
• Denji and Power eagerly volunteered to kill the Gun Devil for a wish, and Meng Fan shook Makima’s hand to seal his own promise.
• Makima showed the team pieces of the Gun Devil’s flesh and explained that collecting enough would lead them to his main body.
• Aki Hayakawa returned, confronted the rookies, and said he intended to kill the Gun Devil to avenge his family.
• An officer reported a devil at the Morino Hotel, where guests were missing and several civilian Devil Hunters had died, and said the devil had likely eaten Gun Devil flesh.

Himeno led a team of Devil Hunters to the Morino Hotel, where a devil that had eaten Gun Devil flesh was trapped inside. She offered a kiss on the cheek as a reward for defeating it, and Denji and Arai rushed ahead as the team entered the hotel.

• Himeno gathered Meng Fan, Denji, Kobeni, and Arai for the mission and drove with Aki Hayakawa to the Morino Hotel.
• Aki used a piece of the Gun Devil's flesh to confirm that the devil inside the hotel had eaten Gun Devil flesh.
• Meng Fan said he would step in only if the fight became critical so the rookies could gain experience.
• Himeno promised a kiss on the cheek to whoever defeated the devil, and Denji agreed to give the reward to Meng Fan before Himeno whispered something that changed his mind.
• Aki entered the hotel first, and Denji and Arai hurried after him, racing ahead for Himeno's reward.

Denji and Arai fought over who would get Himeno’s kiss before the group encountered a weak-looking devil and became trapped on the eighth floor by the Eternity Devil. After they failed to find a way out, Denji reported that his Master was dead.

• Arai tackled Denji to stop him rushing ahead, but Aki Hayakawa said Denji should take point because he could turn into a devil.
• Denji accused Arai of trying to steal Himeno’s kiss, and Meng Fan separated them before a Big-Foot Devil attacked Kobeni and Himeno restrained it so Power could kill it.
• Arai realized the stairs kept returning the group to the eighth floor, and Meng Fan identified the Eternity Devil as the cause of their confinement.
• Himeno, Aki, Arai, and Kobeni searched the floor but found no exit, while Kobeni explained why she had become a Devil Hunter.
• Denji ran back to the group and announced that his Master was dead.

Himeno and the others found Meng Fan motionless and believed he had entered a mysterious state that might help them escape the trapped building. The Eternity Devil appeared and offered to let them go if they killed Denji and gave up his heart.

• Denji told Himeno and Aki Hayakawa that Meng Fan would not wake, and Himeno found no heartbeat but insisted he was not dead.
• Arai and Kobeni returned with a small supply of food, while Power chose to stay in another room; the group waited and rationed their supplies.
• After an unknown amount of time, Himeno woke Denji and said she and Aki had found the devil but could not defeat it.
• The Eternity Devil appeared in the hallway as a giant mass of human body parts, and Power's attacks only made it grow.
• The Eternity Devil demanded Denji's heart in exchange for letting the group leave, shocking everyone.

Kobeni and Arai tried to sacrifice Denji to escape the Eternity Devil, but Aki and Himeno stood against them. As the devil broke into the room, Denji went back for Meng Fan and was caught, urging the others to escape with his master.

• Kobeni attacked Denji with a kitchen knife, but Himeno knocked her unconscious with the Ghost Devil.
• Arai argued that the group should hand Denji over, while Aki insisted they would not kill a teammate.
• Himeno discovered that Power had eaten nearly all their food, and Kobeni woke and tried to attack Denji again.
• The Eternity Devil broke into the room, and Denji turned back to rescue the motionless Meng Fan as the others fled through a window.
• Arai shut the window on Denji, but Aki cut it open, allowing Denji to get Meng Fan into the room before the Eternity Devil's tentacles seized him.
• Denji told the others to take Meng Fan and escape while he stayed behind.

Meng Fan returned to the safe room, rescued Denji from the Eternity Devil, and drove the devil away. After sharing the food he had gathered, he helped Denji reconcile with Arai and Kobeni, then revealed he had brought even more meals.

• Meng Fan returned, pulled Aki Hayakawa to safety, transformed into Freddy, and rescued Denji by cutting through the Eternity Devil's restraints.
• Meng Fan wounded the Eternity Devil until it fled, then explained that he had left his body to gather food.
• Meng Fan gave Denji eel rice, shared sushi with Himeno and Aki, and offered Power some mochi while Arai and Kobeni went without food.
• Denji shared his eel rice with Arai and forgave him and Kobeni, who apologized for their earlier actions.
• Himeno gave Kobeni sushi, and Meng Fan revealed two more pork rice bentos, making Himeno jealous of how many women he knew.

Meng Fan kept the trapped group occupied with a card game while sending Denji to fight the Eternity Devil. He coached Denji on coordinating his three chainsaws, leaving the Eternity Devil trapped as Denji practiced.

• Meng Fan taught Himeno, Aki Hayakawa, Arai, Kobeni, and Power to play Gouji while promising to let them out afterward.
• Meng Fan sent Denji to hunt the Eternity Devil, which he had deliberately allowed to escape, and Denji transformed and went after it.
• Meng Fan checked on Denji and taught him to combine his arm chainsaws with his head chainsaw to make his attacks flow more smoothly.
• Denji practiced the new combos on the Eternity Devil while Meng Fan returned to the card game.
• The Eternity Devil offered its heart to end the fight, but Denji refused to stop practicing and continued slicing its limbs.

Kobeni was forced to confront the Eternity Devil’s heart alone and killed it, ending the hotel’s trap. The Public Safety Devil Hunters were finally free to leave the Morino Hotel.

• The trapped hunters heard the Eternity Devil pleading for death while they played cards, and someone knocked at their door.
• Meng Fan ordered Kobeni to open the door, then tossed her into the hallway when she hesitated.
• The Eternity Devil’s severed piece begged Kobeni to kill its heart, but she kicked it away and hid in another room.
• After the devil kept knocking and screaming, Kobeni found a dagger, stabbed its heart repeatedly, and killed it.
• The Eternity Devil’s domain vanished, and sunlight, birdsong, and car horns returned around the Morino Hotel.

After the group escaped the Eternity Devil's trap, they assumed Denji had killed it and dismissed Kobeni's claim that she had landed the fatal blow. Meng Fan revealed that Kobeni had killed the devil, leaving Himeno's promised reward kiss aimed at Kobeni instead.

• Arai spotted the outside world from the window, and the police below mistook the surviving Fourth Division members for possible devils.
• The group left the room and found Denji covered in blood; he said the Eternity Devil had stopped regenerating after he attacked it.
• Kobeni emerged with blood on her face and said she had killed the Eternity Devil by stabbing its heart, but the others laughed at her and Aki Hayakawa told her to resign.
• Himeno prepared to reward Denji with a kiss, but Meng Fan stopped her and explained that Kobeni had delivered the killing blow.
• Meng Fan said the hallway surveillance footage would prove Kobeni's account, and Himeno's promised kiss became a potential girls' love romance.

After Kobeni killed the Eternity Devil, Meng Fan explained how he had pushed her to take action, and Kobeni asked to become his apprentice. The team learned that four days had passed while they were missing, and Anti-Devil Special Division 3 arrived to investigate.

• Meng Fan revealed that Kobeni had killed the Eternity Devil after Denji's repeated attacks left it in agony, and he admitted he had arranged for her to answer its knock so she could gain courage.
• Kobeni thanked Meng Fan and asked to become his apprentice, while Himeno offered her the largest share of the mission bonus.
• Meng Fan learned Devil Hunters received bonuses for killing devils and told Himeno he dreamed of becoming a film director.
• Sword, Tenten, and Peter arrived and questioned whether the group were real, but Himeno convinced Sword by recalling their strip rock-paper-scissors game.
• Aki learned that four days had passed since the group disappeared, and Kobeni and Arai called their families to say they were safe.

Sword and Anti-Devil Special Division 3 joined Meng Fan and the others at the hotel, where Peter discovered twenty corpses and three dangerous apples. Power became violently obsessed with the apples, and Meng Fan suspected they caused an addictive hunger.

• Sword introduced Tenten, Peter, and the other members of Anti-Devil Special Division 3 to Meng Fan, who said he was the Dream Devil.
• Peter sensed twenty corpses and three dangerous objects in room 705, so the group went to investigate.
• Power kicked open the door, revealing twenty head-bearing skeletons and three red apples; Himeno accidentally knocked the skeletons into a heap.
• Power tried to seize the apples, but Peter webbed her and Meng Fan picked them up.
• Power cut through the webs with a Blood Blade and attacked Meng Fan, who kicked her back toward the doorway before Peter restrained her again.
• Meng Fan concluded that the apples intensified appetite and caused dependence, comparing them to an addictive drug linked to the Poppy Devil.

After leaving the Morino Hotel, the Devil Hunters returned to Public Safety with Power under guard and learned that all twenty hostages had died. Makima ordered Power killed if she remained controlled by the Poppy Devil, but gave her three days to recover.

• Meng Fan explained that the Poppy Devil could control people and devils through mental attacks, while Sword recognized him as the man who had sparred with Quanxi.
• The Devil Hunters left the hotel, and Sword told the police captain that the Fourth Division had killed the devil inside; Himeno explained that all twenty hostages were dead.
• Back at Public Safety headquarters, Aki Hayakawa and Denji dragged Power into a cell, where she threatened to eat the prisoners unless they gave her apples.
• Himeno reported the mission to Makima, who learned about Meng Fan's abilities but did not hear about his visit to the Cosmos Devil Library.
• After Himeno explained Power's condition, Makima ordered her killed if she was still controlled, then gave her three days to recover.

After learning that Power would die unless the Poppy Devil was eliminated within three days, Meng Fan questioned whether the devil was truly responsible. He met Natsume Fan Zhi at a dock, where Natsume offered a Dog Devil corpse, money, and the Poppy Devil’s location in exchange for the Poppy Devil’s corpse.

• Himeno told the group that Makima planned to kill Power in three days, and Denji insisted they save her.
• Meng Fan questioned whether the Poppy Devil was behind Power’s condition, while Himeno explained that people had seen the devil and that underground drug dealing continued.
• The group agreed to seek the Poppy Devil, with Meng Fan explaining that a small team of mentally resilient hunters would be best.
• After returning home, Meng Fan left Aki Hayakawa and Denji and called Natsume Fan Zhi to arrange a meeting.
• At a deserted dock, Natsume gave Meng Fan a Dog Devil corpse and offered ten million, two more devil corpses, and the Poppy Devil’s location in exchange for the Poppy Devil’s corpse.

Meng Fan and the others tried to help Power recover before Makima's deadline, but she remained fixated on apples. Makima ordered Denji to kill Power the next day if she had not recovered, and Meng Fan resolved to stop Makima if necessary.

• Meng Fan returned home after secretly gaining heightened hearing and smell from the Dog Devil's corpse, then joined the others the next morning to visit Power in her cell.
• Power showed no sign of recovering when Meng Fan offered her an apple, though he had also brought roast chicken and her cat, Yuumi.
• After two more days without finding the Poppy Devil, Denji asked Makima to spare Power, but Makima reminded him that he was her dog and ordered him to kill Power the next day if she remained unwell.
• Denji fled to Himeno's office in terror, and Meng Fan told him he would stop Makima and put her to sleep for good if it came to that.

Meng Fan agreed to Natsume Fan Zhi’s deal and went to find the Poppy Devil before Power’s execution. He reached the Nightclub with an admission pass, while Natsume kept the source of his information and the identities of two Devil corpses secret.

• Aki Hayakawa told Denji and Meng Fan that their team was expendable, then secretly asked Makima to help Power, claiming she was still useful.
• With less than a night before Power’s execution, Meng Fan left Himeno’s office and called Natsume Fan Zhi, who had prepared ten million and two Devil corpses.
• Meng Fan drove to the dock and followed Natsume to a deserted alley near the city center.
• Natsume gave Meng Fan an admission wristband and explained that the Poppy Devil was at a Nightclub whose owner supplied it with Forbidden Powder.
• Meng Fan stopped questioning Natsume about how he knew so much and agreed to enter the Nightclub to find the Poppy Devil.

Meng Fan entered the Poppy Devil nightclub to kill the Fiend, but discovered the Poppy Devil had arranged for him to be brought there. The Poppy Devil tried to control him, only for Meng Fan to reveal he had been pretending and had never lost control of his mind.

• Natsume Fan Zhi warned Meng Fan not to make trouble or kill anyone inside the nightclub, then left him to enter alone with a VIP wristband.
• Meng Fan wandered away from the Black bodyguard, got a drink at the bar, and let the bodyguards lead him to a private room.
• Meng Fan found the Poppy Devil surrounded by drugged clubgoers and armed bodyguards, and the Fiend revealed it had arranged his arrival to recruit a powerful Devil Hunter.
• Meng Fan charged the Poppy Devil but appeared to be immobilized and made to spin, while the Fiend claimed it had betrayed him into coming there.
• The Poppy Devil asked about the Apple murder case, and Meng Fan realized another devil was responsible.
• The Poppy Devil failed to control Meng Fan's mind, and Meng Fan revealed he had only been pretending to be under its control.

Meng Fan killed the weakened Poppy Devil, then confronted Natsume Fan Zhi over a suspected betrayal. Natsume revealed that the Moore Family was behind the plot, leaving Meng Fan facing a powerful organization with an army of devils.

• Meng Fan put the Poppy Devil’s controlled people to sleep, killed it, and disposed of its corpse through a ritual.
• Meng Fan fooled the laughing man and his gunmen into believing he was the Poppy Devil, then left to find Natsume Fan Zhi.
• Meng Fan found Natsume Fan Zhi waiting in the truck, kicked him out, and demanded to know why he had set him up.
• Natsume Fan Zhi denied betraying Meng Fan and secretly wrote that the Moore Family was behind the plot and could not be crossed.
• Meng Fan recognized the Moore Family as a wealthy organization whose members held devil contracts and called themselves the Moore Hunters.