Recaps

Meng Fan handed over the Poppy Devil's corpse to Baseball Man, a Moore Family associate, and learned Natsume Fan Zhi had kept most of the job's payment. After absorbing two more devil corpses, Meng Fan left for his duel with Makima, while a hidden watcher decided he had found the perfect person for his sister.

• Meng Fan summoned the Poppy Devil's corpse and head, then Baseball Man arrived to collect them.
• Baseball Man revealed he had paid Natsume Fan Zhi sixty million yen and gave Meng Fan the money, explaining he had used Meng Fan to test the Poppy Devil.
• Baseball Man took the corpse and said he would contact Meng Fan through Natsume Fan Zhi about future jobs.
• Natsume Fan Zhi gave Meng Fan the Mantis Devil and Flea Devil corpses, which Meng Fan absorbed to strengthen his blade skills and jumping ability.
• Meng Fan said he would not check on Power because the Poppy Devil had not controlled her, then drove away to prepare for his duel with Makima.
• After Meng Fan and Natsume Fan Zhi left, a dark figure appeared and said Meng Fan was the perfect person for his sister.

Meng Fan and the others discovered that Power had vanished from her cell and learned that Makima had taken her. They found Power sitting motionless in Makima’s office, where a haggard woman in a hospital gown was also present.

• Meng Fan returned home and rushed to Public Safety headquarters after Himeno told him Power was missing.
• Himeno and Aki explained that Power’s cell had been opened and spider silk was scattered on the floor; Meng Fan confronted a prisoner who revealed that Makima had taken her.
• Himeno feared Power was dead, and Denji angrily ran with the others to Makima’s office.
• Peter, Sword, and Tenten arrived at the cells, then followed the Fourth Division members to Makima’s office.
• Denji burst into the office and spotted Power sitting with her eyes closed behind Makima, while Makima spoke with a haggard woman in a hospital gown.

Natsume Kiko revealed that she had used the Disease Devil’s power to save Power, at the cost of her own health, and asked Makima for help with a case in Nara. Makima sent Meng Fan and Denji with the Third Division, and the group left for Nara Prefecture.

• Natsume Kiko explained that she had cured Power by using the Disease Devil’s power, which worsened her health, and Makima confirmed that Power would recover once she woke up.
• Makima told Denji that she had saved Power both to see his reaction and to fulfill Aki Hayakawa’s request, prompting Denji to admit he did not think she was a bad woman.
• Natsume Kiko asked to borrow Meng Fan for the Third Division’s case involving the mysterious disappearance of a wealthy family’s daughter, and Denji insisted on going with him.
• Makima agreed to send Meng Fan and Denji to help the Third Division, and the group boarded a minibus for Nara Prefecture.

Meng Fan and Denji arrived at the Nara Public Safety Bureau and learned about a case involving three missing heiresses. After hearing that the victims vanished from inside their homes without Peter sensing a devil, Meng Fan asked to inspect the scene as soon as possible.

• Denji and Meng Fan left Tokyo with Sword’s group, and Meng Fan insisted they were helpers rather than subordinates.
• Meng Fan and Denji persuaded Tenten to let them stay at her home, though Meng Fan told Sword they would stay at a hotel.
• The group arrived at the Nara Public Safety Bureau, where Natsume Kiko welcomed them and asked Tenten to brief them on the mission.
• Tenten explained that three daughters of wealthy families had disappeared from their homes, mostly at night, despite Peter being nearby during one disappearance.
• Meng Fan asked Tenten to take him to the scene as soon as possible.

Meng Fan examined the rooms where Miss Kimura and Miss Kawahana had disappeared, asking about their routines before bed. He left the second crime scene with details about Kawahana’s habits, but the mystery remained unsolved.

• Tenten led Meng Fan and the Third Division members into Miss Kimura’s sealed room to examine it again.
• Meng Fan questioned Miss Kimura’s mother and learned that she usually went to bed at nine, feared the dark, and slept with the lights on.
• Sword criticized Meng Fan’s brief investigation, but Meng Fan defended himself and continued with the group to the next crime scene.
• Miss Kawahana’s anxious parents welcomed the investigators and took them to their daughter’s messy room.
• Meng Fan learned that Kawahana returned from karaoke after ten, went to her room around eleven, removed her makeup before bed, feared cockroaches, and had been discovered missing by the maid.

Meng Fan and the others investigated Kawahana's disappearance, then went to Ran Kudo's villa, where Peter sensed that many people inside had been killed. The group entered the grounds to investigate, leaving Sword embarrassed after he failed to jump the wall.

• Meng Fan inspected Kawahana's room and learned that her nanny had quit and could no longer be reached, prompting Denji to suspect a Nanny Devil.
• The group arrived at Ran Kudo's villa, but no one answered the door, and Denji tried unsuccessfully to climb over the wall.
• Meng Fan asked Peter to check the villa, and Peter sensed that many people inside were dead.
• Peter used spider silk to help the group climb into the grounds, while Meng Fan carried Tenten over the wall and Sword fell face-first trying to jump it.
• Peter privately told Meng Fan that Sword was acting harshly because he liked Natsume Kiko and blamed the Fourth Division for her stress.

Meng Fan investigated the deaths and Ran Kudo’s disappearance at the Kudo villa, finding evidence of a glass weapon and forming a theory about the bathroom. When Kyuichi Kudo returned, a surviving cleaner accused Meng Fan and the other Public Safety Devil Hunters of killing the household staff.

• Meng Fan found glass fragments in the wounds of the dead guards and servants, concluding that the killer had used a glass weapon.
• Meng Fan inspected the bathroom where Ran Kudo had disappeared and began to suspect that an object there explained the disappearances.
• A terrified cleaner fled from the third floor, and Tenten used an explosive kunai to blast apart the stairs and trap him.
• The cleaner told Sword and the others that a devil had killed everyone, though Meng Fan noticed that the man seemed to be hiding something.
• Kyuichi Kudo arrived with five Civilian Devil Hunters, and the cleaner accused Meng Fan and the others of killing the household staff.

Meng Fan and the Public Safety Devil Hunters were accused of murdering Kyuichi Kudo’s household, and an employee singled out Denji as the culprit. After the mistress’s body was found in the bathroom, Meng Fan recognized that the evidence pointed to a different truth and prepared to act.

• The accuser claimed the Public Safety Devil Hunters had killed everyone, then changed his accusation to Denji and said Denji had hidden the mistress’s body in the bathroom.
• Kyuichi Kudo ordered the group to examine the evidence, while Meng Fan cut the rope the Civilian Devil Hunters used to restrain Denji.
• Two Civilian Devil Hunters searched the bathroom and found the mistress’s body, prompting the man in the green hat to try to arrest Denji.
• Meng Fan stopped him, said he would send the real killer to his death, and revealed his Blade Claw after noticing the washbasin.

Meng Fan killed a glass Mirror Person and revealed that the Mirror Devil was behind the disappearances, then entered the devil’s Mirror Space to confront him. As Sword and the cuckold were trapped in the maze, the Mirror Devil’s shard barrage tore Meng Fan apart.

• Meng Fan killed the accuser and revealed that he was a glass Mirror Person created by the Mirror Devil.
• Meng Fan connected the disappearances to mirrors and explained how the Mirror Devil made human lookalikes.
• Meng Fan took Sword and the cuckold into the Mirror Space, where they could not follow him through a mirrored wall.
• Meng Fan found the Mirror Devil and demanded that he surrender the missing women.
• The Mirror Devil attacked Meng Fan with a storm of glass shards that tore his body apart.

Meng Fan defeated the Mirror Devil, rescued the missing women, and killed the devil despite their contract. After waking outside the Mirror Space, he found the apple that had led the Mirror Devil to attack Ran Kudo's family and stored it in the Mirror Space.

• Meng Fan transformed into Freddy, dismembered the Mirror Devil, and learned that a black-coated devil had given it Gun Devil flesh and ordered it to frame him.
• Meng Fan made a contract with the Mirror Devil in exchange for the women's release, and the Mirror Devil sent them out through the mirror.
• Meng Fan killed the Mirror Devil, defying the contract, and the Mirror Space began to collapse as he left it.
• Meng Fan woke beside Tenten, reassured Peter that the rescued women were safe, and left Sword and the cuckolded man inside the collapsing Mirror Space for a while longer.
• Peter noticed an apple in Ran Kudo's pocket, and Meng Fan recognized it as connected to the mysterious devil before storing it in the Mirror Space.

Meng Fan rescued the missing women from the Mirror Space and cleared himself of suspicion after Sword attacked him. The team completed its mission and returned to Nara, where Meng Fan stayed with Tenten to explore the nightlife.

• Meng Fan revealed that he had rescued the missing women, and Kyuichi Kudo reunited with Ran Kudo and promised Meng Fan a twenty-million reward.
• Meng Fan woke Sword and the man in the green hat, then Tenten, Denji, and Spider stopped Sword from attacking him.
• Meng Fan woke the rescued women, who confirmed what had happened, and Sword apologized for doubting him.
• The Third Division escorted the missing women home and returned to the Nara Public Safety Bureau, while Sword told Natsume Kiko how Meng Fan had solved the case.
• Meng Fan left the taxi to visit a hot spring, and Tenten joined him as their guide to Nara Prefecture's nightlife.

Meng Fan spent several days sightseeing and sharing meals with Tenten, Denji, Sword, and Peter before deciding to return to Tokyo. At the Nara Public Safety Bureau, Natsume Kiko told him that the Fourth Division would join that evening’s dinner, setting up a reunion.

• Meng Fan helped Tenten sleep, and Denji interrupted them after mistaking their conversation for something intimate.
• Tenten, Meng Fan, and Denji toured Nara and Osaka, then traveled to Kyoto with Sword and Peter, enjoying local food and sightseeing.
• Meng Fan taught Tenten and Denji to play Fight the Landlord, and the group played late into the night over two days.
• Himeno repeatedly called Meng Fan to urge him back to Tokyo, while Power complained about Aki Hayakawa and Aki asked when they would return.
• Meng Fan took Denji to the Nara Public Safety Bureau to say goodbye, where Natsume Kiko told him the Fourth Division would attend the evening dinner.

Natsume Kiko hosted a gathering for the Third and Fourth Divisions, where Meng Fan reunited with the Devil Hunters and Kobeni called him her master. The gathering continued as the group settled in, with Kobeni’s mysterious Devil contract still unknown.

• Natsume Kiko welcomed the Third Division to a restaurant gathering and said a special guest would join them.
• Power burst into the room, and Aki Hayakawa made her take off her shoes before she pounced on Meng Fan.
• Kobeni and Arai arrived, and Meng Fan told them to sit beside Peter.
• Aki Hayakawa praised Meng Fan for solving the missing-person case, while Denji and Power argued over who had helped.
• Kobeni nearly spilled the tea, called Meng Fan her master, and he told Tenten that he believed Kobeni could become a dark horse.

The Public Safety Devil Hunters gathered for a meal, where Denji eagerly welcomed Makima and the group drank together. Himeno challenged Denji to strip rock-paper-scissors while Makima continued drinking with Meng Fan.

• Natsume Kiko introduced her younger brother, Natsume Fan Zhi, who sat beside Meng Fan.
• Power claimed the meat for herself, and Denji saved Makima a seat with two cushions when she arrived with Himeno.
• Himeno asked Makima why the Eternity Devil had wanted Denji's heart, and Makima offered to tell her if she could outdrink her.
• Makima praised Meng Fan for the mission and continued clinking glasses with him while Denji toasted his master with tea.
• Himeno challenged Denji to strip rock-paper-scissors, and he eagerly accepted as Sword and Arai cheered him on.
• As everyone watched Denji and Himeno prepare to play, Makima raised her glass toward Meng Fan again.

Meng Fan and Makima questioned each other over drinks while Denji and Himeno's strip rock-paper-scissors game grew increasingly chaotic. After Makima threatened Denji, Himeno, and Aki to make Meng Fan reveal what he knew, he calmly took her hand and agreed to go to a hotel.

• Meng Fan and Makima shared a linked-arm drink, then turned down each other's attempts to learn more about one another.
• Denji won a round against Himeno, and the party watched as the game continued and Himeno revealed adhesive bandages beneath her bra.
• Aki stopped the rowdy game while Meng Fan and Makima moved outside to drink and talk privately.
• Meng Fan admitted he had contracts with the Dream Devil and Fly Devil, then suggested Makima was a devil herself.
• Makima demanded that Meng Fan reveal what he knew and threatened Denji, Himeno, and Aki; Meng Fan grabbed her hand and said they should get a room.

Meng Fan revealed that he knew Makima’s plan, and the two fought in a hot spring until Makima defeated him. Makima then succumbed to overwhelming drowsiness and collapsed.

• Aki Hayakawa learned that Meng Fan and Makima had left together, then reached Meng Fan by phone and heard they were at a hot spring.
• At the hot spring, Meng Fan told Makima he knew her plan and intended to put her to sleep.
• Makima attacked Meng Fan, who fought back using his devil powers and repeatedly wounded her as the hot spring was destroyed.
• Makima blasted Meng Fan apart, but soon became drowsy and collapsed before she could leave.

The Tiger-Backed Man found Makima unconscious in the wreckage of his hot spring and tried to take advantage of her, but Denji and the others interrupted him. Meng Fan revealed that Makima was trapped with him in a dream, where he bound her with a collar and leash.

• The Tiger-Backed Man discovered his hot spring in ruins and searched it with his underlings, who found Makima alive beneath the wreckage.
• The Tiger-Backed Man carried Makima into a nearby room and began undoing her clothes while his underlings guarded the entrance.
• Denji, Peter, and Tenten arrived to investigate, forced their way into the room, and found the Tiger-Backed Man with Makima.
• Denji beat the Tiger-Backed Man, then carried Makima away without realizing Meng Fan's body was among the ruins.
• Meng Fan watched from inside the dream, told Makima she was his dog, and put a collar and leash around her neck.

Makima remained unconscious in the hospital while Denji learned that Natsume Fan Zhi believed Meng Fan would revive. A Sword Devil attacked Denji, and the chapter ended with an unknown figure catching a bullet meant for Arai and startling the old woman who fired it.

• Denji stayed beside Makima for three days, and Himeno and Aki Hayakawa urged him to eat and rest after Meng Fan's funeral.
• Power and Natsume Fan Zhi met Denji at a noodle shop, where Natsume Fan Zhi said Meng Fan was likely in a dream space and would return with a new body.
• A man told Denji that the Gun Devil wanted his heart, shot him, and revealed himself as the Sword Devil.
• Natsume Fan Zhi shot the Sword Devil in the legs, then revived Denji by pulling his chest cord and fled as Denji transformed.
• An elderly woman shot at Arai from behind, but a sudden newcomer caught the bullet and left her shocked that he was supposedly dead.

Meng Fan returned alive, awakened Makima, and intervened when Katana Man attacked Denji to take his heart. He killed Akane Sawatari and tore out Katana Man’s heart, while Kobeni and Arai watched from hiding.

• Meng Fan reunited with Arai and Kobeni, then told them Makima had awakened.
• Makima woke in the hospital and walked to the roof, where she jumped off; Meng Fan said her sleepwalking was over.
• Meng Fan went to help Denji, who had been defeated by Katana Man and cut in half.
• Meng Fan dodged Katana Man’s Iaido Slash and struck him down with the Bat Devil’s ultimate move.
• Akane Sawatari’s Snake Devil swallowed Meng Fan, but he emerged unharmed and killed Akane before tearing out Katana Man’s heart.
• Kobeni and Arai discussed quitting the Fourth Division as Meng Fan dragged the bodies away.

Meng Fan revived Denji and returned with Arai and Kobeni to Public Safety Bureau headquarters, where they learned Makima had recovered and the Gun Devil’s forces had attacked across the divisions. The group discussed the Sword Devil’s defeat as Denji reunited with Makima and challenged Meng Fan’s strength.

• Meng Fan ordered Arai and Kobeni to reassemble Denji, then used his blood to revive him.
• Denji woke in human form and joyfully reunited with Meng Fan, while Kobeni considered quitting.
• Himeno called to say Makima had awakened and asked them to return to headquarters.
• Meng Fan drove the group to headquarters, where Denji rushed to see Makima.
• Makima explained that the Gun Devil’s resistance force had attacked Public Safety personnel and caused heavy casualties in the other divisions.
• Makima identified the Sword Devil as the operation’s main devil, and Meng Fan said he had killed it before it could reach Himeno.

Makima assigned training and new devil contracts to strengthen the Fourth Division after the attack on Denji. After the others left, Meng Fan confronted Makima about his ability and made her bark like a dog before promising to keep her secret; Makima remained confident because she still had a trump card.

• Makima assigned Denji and Power to train with Kishibe and arranged for Kyoto Devil Hunters to guide Aki Hayakawa in making another devil contract.
• Makima told Arai and Kobeni to leave the Devil Hunters, but Meng Fan insisted they could stay as his students and help them find devils for contracts.
• Power returned after rescuing a cat, and she argued with Denji about whether he had told her to leave during the fight.
• Makima asked Meng Fan to keep her secret, and they discussed his ability to trap devils in dreams after they killed him.
• Meng Fan made Makima bark like a dog in exchange for keeping her secret, then left her alone in the office as she relied on her trump card.

Kishibe put Denji and Power through a month of brutal combat and tactical training, greatly improving their fighting skills. When they returned to Aki Hayakawa’s home, Meng Fan recruited Denji for his first movie, but Denji learned his crucial role amounted to ringing a doorbell offscreen.

• Kishibe tested Denji and Power’s attitudes toward death, revenge, and choosing sides, then began training them through relentless fights.
• After two weeks, Denji and Power could last ten rounds against Kishibe, and further tactical training taught them to wound him.
• Kishibe ended their daily sessions after a month and reduced their training to once a week.
• Denji and Power returned to Aki Hayakawa’s home, where Meng Fan prepared to film a scene with Asuka Saito.
• Meng Fan told Denji to ring the doorbell when Asuka screamed, and Denji later mopped the floor while posing for the camera.
• Meng Fan explained that Denji had saved the heroine by waking her from her dream, leaving Denji disappointed that he never appeared onscreen.

Meng Fan continued filming A Nightmare on Elm Street in Aki Hayakawa’s apartment, and Himeno and Aki returned from Nara to find the production underway. Aki revealed that he had contracted with the Future Devil without paying a price, leaving Meng Fan relieved but wary of the unpredictable changes ahead.

• Power laughed at Denji after he lost his role, and Meng Fan promised him another part in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
• Himeno and Aki Hayakawa returned from Nara with souvenirs and discovered Meng Fan filming in Aki’s home.
• Meng Fan explained that he was secretly making a horror movie featuring his contracted Nightmare Devil, and Himeno agreed to tolerate it as long as he stayed off camera.
• Himeno asked Denji about his training, while Power challenged Aki and learned that Aki had become stronger during training with the Third Division.
• Aki revealed that he had contracted with the Future Devil, who demanded no price and wanted to witness an event it could not yet foresee.
• Meng Fan felt relieved that the Future Devil had not predicted Aki’s death, but worried that the unknown event could signal a butterfly effect.

After a movie shoot left Aki Hayakawa’s room and bed covered in props and fake blood, Meng Fan cleaned him with flies and welcomed Arai and Kobeni. The group discovered Arai’s new Cow Devil contract and Kobeni’s skill with knives, then agreed that Himeno and Arai would address Kobeni’s family taking her pay.

• Aki Hayakawa found his room packed with movie props and lay on a bed covered in blood packs, so Meng Fan summoned flies to clean him.
• Arai and Kobeni arrived, and Arai revealed his contract with the Cow Devil, which increased his strength in exchange for body hair.
• Kobeni demonstrated her short-blade skills with fruit knives while Arai held the fish she had brought.
• Aki Hayakawa cooked dinner after the group kept him awake, and Kobeni explained that her parents took her wages for her siblings’ expenses.
• Himeno and Arai offered to speak with Kobeni’s parents about her pay, while Denji and Power briefly volunteered to go along.

Meng Fan took Denji and Power to an underground boxing club, where they announced that they intended to compete for the million-dollar prize. After the club staff and spectators mocked them and the security chief ordered them thrown out, Meng Fan told Denji and Power to fight back without killing anyone.

• Meng Fan invited Denji and Power to the underground boxing club, and the three drove to its hidden entrance in an abandoned parking garage.
• At the club, Meng Fan explained the prize money and the chance to challenge Mayser, the champion with fifty consecutive victories.
• Power declared that she would compete, and the spectators mocked the three for bringing young-looking challengers.
• The security chief ordered his bodyguards to throw them out, and Meng Fan stepped aside and told Denji and Power to leave the guards half-dead.