Chapter Summaries

Meng Fan, Denji, and Reze arrived in a classroom trapped by the Exam Devil, where Devil abilities did not work and students faced deadly exams. As the next English exam began, they learned its rules and continued searching for the student contracted with the Devil.

• Reze woke Denji, and the three Public Safety Devil Hunters found themselves in a classroom with twenty students, half of whom had already died.
• Meng Fan tried to use his abilities and summon the Mirror Gate, but the space suppressed them; he explained that killing the Exam Devil or its contractor would collapse the space.
• The students described how whoever came last in each exam died, and Denji suggested everyone hand in blank papers before learning that blank papers also meant death.
• Meng Fan told the students that one of them was likely contracted with the Exam Devil, prompting suspicion and fear among the classmates.
• The bell rang, and the Exam Devil announced an English exam with rules forbidding silence-breaking, leaving seats or the classroom, blank papers, whispering, damage, cheating, and touching the invigilator.

Meng Fan revived Denji after he placed last in the exam and questioned the students to identify a possible devil accomplice. As the Exam Devil added a rule and Meng Fan sensed his power returning, the next mathematics exam began with new hidden rules.

• The invigilator collected the exam papers, and the hollow voice named Denji as the student in last place, causing him to die.
• Meng Fan revived Denji with blood and his Chainsaw cord, then questioned the class and narrowed his suspects to Student A, Student B, and Student D.
• The Exam Devil added a rule that any student killed outside the exam rules would take the entire class down with them.
• Meng Fan learned that the person who handed out papers had been the last person to die, and he told Denji and Reze that his power was returning while the Exam Devil's space weakened.
• The next mathematics exam began, and the hollow voice announced that its hidden rules had changed.

Meng Fan realized the Exam Devil was changing the exam rules to manipulate who died, and he calmed the students by explaining that the devil fed on their fear. The next exam targeted Denji, Reze, and Meng Fan as newcomers, and Denji was ordered to leave the exam room.

• Denji came last in the exam, but Yoko took first place and died after the punishment switched to the highest-scoring examinee.
• The Exam Devil introduced cumulative scoring, prompting Handsome Rich to attack a student before a sturdy man stopped him.
• Meng Fan told the students that the Exam Devil grew stronger by feeding on their fear, and they quieted down and waited for the next exam.
• The Exam Devil announced a Japanese exam and a rule that the lowest cumulative scorer would leave the room, leaving Denji, Reze, and Meng Fan at a disadvantage as newcomers.
• Most students submitted blank papers, and the Exam Devil named Lang first in cumulative scores and ordered Denji to leave the exam room.

Meng Fan realized the invigilator was the Exam Devil and destroyed him, bringing the trapped students back to reality. After the students left for home, Meng Fan explained how the devil had possessed each newly dead student to become the next invigilator.

• The chemistry exam ended with Mamahaha named the highest scorer and Reze asked to leave, after which Meng Fan questioned Student A, Student B, and Student C about their troubled reputations.
• As the geography exam began, Meng Fan watched the invigilator instead of the students, while the students followed his instruction to keep their eyes shut.
• A boy stood up and challenged the Exam Devil, prompting the invigilator to walk toward the exit; Meng Fan attacked him with the Blade Claw and tore out his heart.
• The Exam Space vanished, returning Reze, Denji, Midori, Meng Fan, and the students to reality, where the students celebrated and thanked Meng Fan before rushing home.
• Meng Fan revealed that the invigilator had been the Exam Devil, who possessed ordinary students after they died, and explained that the devil could not possess Denji because he was a Weapon Human with a devil's heart.

After defeating the Exam Devil, Meng Fan investigated the black pearl found inside its body and collected five devil corpses from the Kanagawa Prefecture bureau. The Fourth Division went to the Shonan Coast, where Meng Fan reassured Aki Hayakawa that he had prepared a Weapon Heart for him and encouraged him to learn to swim with Himeno.

• Meng Fan returned to the Kanagawa Prefecture Public Safety Bureau with Midori and dealt with the Exam Devil's corpse, finding a black pearl that had strengthened it.
• Meng Fan gave the black pearl to Natsume Fan Zhi to identify, then joined the Fourth Division for dinner and collected five devil corpses from Midori.
• Meng Fan absorbed the Fly Devil, Centipede Devil, Scorpion Devil, Mosquito Devil, and Mantis Devil corpses in the bureau's refrigerated room.
• The Fourth Division visited the Shonan Coast, where Reze offered to teach Denji to swim and Himeno tried to teach Aki Hayakawa.
• Aki Hayakawa told Meng Fan he had little time left because of the Curse Devil, and Meng Fan revealed he had prepared a Weapon Heart for him.
• Meng Fan pushed Aki Hayakawa toward Himeno, who took his hand and led him into the sea for swimming lessons.

Meng Fan defeated the Water Devil by trapping her in the magma beneath Mount Fuji, then used their handshake to activate a contract and drain Yeluski's power. Yeluski's fate was left uncertain as Meng Fan revealed that the devil had agreed to the contract without realizing it.

• Yeluski told Meng Fan that the Water Devil was causing the rain, and Meng Fan stopped the rain clouds before waterfalls flooded Tokyo and the Public Safety Bureau.
• Yeluski transformed and fought the Water Devil's water figure, but Meng Fan rescued him from a water snake and they battled the Water Devil's multiplying giants.
• The Water Devil captured Yeluski and trapped Meng Fan underwater, but Meng Fan escaped because her attacks had no effect on him and dragged her into his fourth-layer dream.
• After the Water Devil revived from repeated deaths, Meng Fan sent her through the Mirror Gate into Mount Fuji's magma, evaporated her, and absorbed her corpse.
• Yeluski tried to burn Meng Fan instead of honoring his promise, but Meng Fan survived and activated the contract formed when they had agreed and shaken hands, draining Yeluski's power.

Meng Fan killed the Water Devil and Yeluski, gained control over water and fire, and broke Makima’s contract with the Prime Minister. After learning that the Slit-Mouthed Woman Devil had appeared in Tokyo, he visited Natsume Fan Zhi and entered the Horror Cinema, where he found several devil-themed films screening.

• Meng Fan killed the Water Devil and Yeluski, gained their water and fire powers, and secured rewards and a contract from the Prime Minister while breaking Makima’s contract.
• Makima learned that she was no longer immortal and left America for Russia with two subordinates.
• Himeno told Meng Fan that new victims in Tokyo had been killed by a masked woman carrying scissors, and Meng Fan identified her as the Slit-Mouthed Woman Devil.
• Meng Fan used the Tracking Devil’s ability to find Natsume Fan Zhi, who admitted he had lost Meng Fan’s slice of flesh and agreed to take him to the Horror Cinema.
• Meng Fan and Natsume Fan Zhi entered the hidden cinema, where the program listed films featuring vampires, werewolves, the Slit-Mouthed Woman, and other horror creatures.

Meng Fan uncovered Horror Cinema’s connection to Jason and took control of its Island Nation branches, then tracked down Mammon, the Greed Devil, after Mammon’s men kidnapped Himeno and Aki Hayakawa. Their battle revealed that Mammon could copy Meng Fan’s abilities but could not match his strength, and Meng Fan remained unharmed as Mammon relied on Regression to recover.

• Meng Fan interrogated Horror Cinema’s boss in a dream, learned that Jason had founded the theaters with the help of a powerful devil, and discovered that the Island Nation had eight branches.
• Meng Fan controlled Horror Cinema’s employees, visited the other seven Island Nation theaters, and made them screen A Nightmare on Elm Street.
• After Mammon’s men threatened Himeno and Aki Hayakawa over the phone, Meng Fan tracked them to the Cornfield and extracted their memories, identifying Mammon as the Greed Devil.
• Meng Fan confronted Mammon at his Hokkaido villa, where Mammon admitted he could copy powers after learning about them and had studied Meng Fan through entertainment shows.
• Meng Fan overwhelmed Mammon with stronger versions of copied abilities, while Mammon repeatedly used Regression to recover; Meng Fan said he had stopped using that skill long ago.

Meng Fan defeated Mammon, absorbed his corpse, and returned Himeno and Aki Hayakawa to headquarters. He then learned that a zombie outbreak had overwhelmed Busan and was spreading through Ashiba Country, prompting its president to beg him for help.

• Meng Fan used Ellen and his water abilities to defeat Mammon's summoned giants, trapped Mammon in his domain, and killed him after Mammon's chainsaws failed to harm him.
• Mammon tried to escape through another person's dream, but the domain trapped his spiritual form until it dissipated; Meng Fan absorbed Mammon's corpse afterward.
• Meng Fan brought Himeno and Aki Hayakawa back to headquarters, and Himeno explained that Mammon's underlings had ambushed them during a mission.
• Himeno returned to the Fourth Division, where Power, Beam, and Denji had not realized she had been kidnapped.
• The president of Ashiba Country called headquarters and told Meng Fan that zombies had overrun Busan and other major cities, with infected Devil Hunters retaining their abilities.
• The president pleaded with Meng Fan to save Ashiba Country and promised to agree to any demands.

Meng Fan traveled to Ashiba Country with Power and Denji to negotiate with its president before fighting the Zombie Devil. He left Lisa unharmed, gave her a maid outfit, and prepared to face the growing zombie threat.

• Meng Fan learned that zombies had overrun half of Ashiba Country and infected sixty percent of its people, then flew there with Power and Denji.
• Meng Fan made a contract with the President of Ah Xiba, who promised to fulfill any request if Meng Fan killed the Zombie Devil.
• Power demanded barbecue and went inside while the President led Meng Fan to Lisa.
• Lisa offered to sleep with Meng Fan if he saved Ashiba Country, but he explained that the girl group was only a cover for his real goal.
• Meng Fan replaced Lisa's towel with a maid outfit and said he would erase only the beginning of her memory; Lisa later saw that thirty minutes had passed.

Meng Fan, Denji, Power, and Reze searched Busan for the Zombie Devil while fighting through the zombie hordes. By dusk, Denji, Power, and Reze had cleared the city, and the survivors offered them a barbecue restaurant as a reward.

• Denji enjoyed karaoke with the New Jeans members until Power dragged him away to hunt zombies, and Meng Fan arrived to lead them out of the base.
• Meng Fan, Denji, and Power split up to search Busan, killing zombies as Meng Fan used his dream domain to pulverize hordes and look for the Zombie Devil.
• Overwhelmed by zombies with unusual abilities, Power was rescued by Meng Fan, who brought Reze through a Mirror Gate and assigned her to work with Power and Denji.
• Reze bombed zombie clusters while Denji and Power finished off survivors, and the trio fought until they had wiped out every zombie in Busan.
• The survivors emerged from hiding, and Denji’s group identified themselves as Devil Hunters from Tokyo’s Fourth Division before accepting a barbecue meal as their reward.

Meng Fan defeated the Gun Devil, fulfilled his contract to make Makima submit to him, and advanced to the fifth-layer dream. After returning from Ashiba Country with supplies for the Fourth Division, he left the story anticipating Black-chan’s return.

• Meng Fan joined Denji, Power, and Reze at a barbecue restaurant in Busan, then sent them to a hotel through the Mirror Gate.
• After the group rested, Meng Fan revealed the Zombie Devil’s head and led the Fourth Division on several days of looting in Ashiba Country before reporting the devil’s defeat to the president.
• Makima returned to the Island Nation with the Gun Devil’s flesh fragments and summoned the Gun Devil, whose attack devastated nearly sixty percent of the country.
• Meng Fan sent Aki Hayakawa and the others into Mirror Space, then trapped the Gun Devil in his Dream Domain and killed it while the Public Safety Devil Hunters watched.
• The Gun Devil’s defeat fulfilled Meng Fan’s contract, causing Makima to submit to him; Meng Fan absorbed the devil’s power and reached the fifth-layer dream, Dream Eater.
• Meng Fan expected Black-chan to return to the devastated Island Nation so he could absorb another powerful devil.

Black-chan arrived in the Island Nation, repaired its damaged areas in exchange for civilian lifespans and toys, and went with You to confront Meng Fan in Tokyo. Meng Fan killed Black-chan in a dream and interrogated You, then sent her back to the Moore Family with a warning.

• Black-chan repaired the Island Nation after the Prime Minister agreed to give up two years of life from every civilian, and secured a weekly supply of toys.
• You told Black-chan that Meng Fan was in Tokyo, and they drove to Tokyo Devil Hunter headquarters to find him.
• Power ripped the Spirit of Ecstasy off Black-chan's Rolls-Royce, then knocked the driver down with it.
• Makima opened the office door, and Meng Fan drew You and Black-chan into an endless garden dream space.
• Meng Fan killed Black-chan in the dream, interrogated You about the Moore Family, and sent her back to report that Black-chan had returned to Hell.
• Meng Fan kept Black-chan's Rolls-Royce and made Makima fight Tokyo's Devils and bring their corpses back for him to absorb.

After becoming a worldwide hero for saving Ashiba Country, Meng Fan took the Fourth Division to Italy to defeat the Mafia Devil and expand his plans. Reze killed the Mafia Devil’s real body and used her wish to ask to go to school, while Meng Fan promised to arrange school for her and Denji.

• Ashiba Country released videos of Meng Fan destroying zombie hordes and killing the Zombie Devil, making him famous worldwide and earning him the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Meng Fan gave Power the Nobel Peace Prize trophy and accepted requests from presidents seeking his help.
• Meng Fan took Denji, Power, and Reze to Italy through Mirror Gates to hunt the Mafia Devil, while Aki Hayakawa and Himeno remained away on leave.
• Power and Denji fought Mafia Devil clones, and Meng Fan offered to grant a wish to whoever killed the real body.
• Reze returned with the Mafia Devil’s corpse and asked Meng Fan to let her go to school, and he promised to arrange school for her and Denji.

Meng Fan and his subordinates defeated the devils occupying Austria and Australia before returning to Japan, where he enrolled Denji and Reze at Tokyo High School. As Denji met Hirofumi Yoshida and Reze entered Asa Mitaka’s class, the War Devil saw a chance to get close to Meng Fan and turn him into a weapon.

• Meng Fan’s subordinates defeated the Elephant Devil, Goat Devil, and Lion Devil in Austria, and Meng Fan bought devil corpses to strengthen his abilities.
• Meng Fan and his group defeated the Kangaroo Devil and Lizard Devil in Australia before returning to the Island Nation.
• Meng Fan arranged for Denji and Reze to enroll at Tokyo High School, where they began classes three days later in separate classrooms.
• The War Devil urged Asa Mitaka to befriend Reze so they could get close to Meng Fan and turn him into a weapon.
• Denji introduced himself as someone looking for a girlfriend, then returned to his seat beside Hirofumi Yoshida after the teacher and classmates dismissed his romantic prospects.
• After a classmate said a super-cute girl was waiting for him, Denji rushed out of the classroom and left Hirofumi Yoshida behind.

Denji searched for the super-cute girl he thought was waiting to meet him, only to discover Asa Mitaka had reluctantly claimed to be his fan. Reze’s enormous fan club then rejected Denji as their new idol and scattered, leaving Asa as his only fan.

• Denji hurried into the hallway expecting to meet a super-cute fan, but found Reze instead.
• Asa Mitaka approached Denji, and the War Devil urged her to pretend to be his fan; Asa reluctantly agreed.
• A large group of students arrived as Reze’s devoted fan club and offered to do anything for her.
• Reze told her fans to become Denji’s fans, but they balked when Denji explained that he drank blood to heal.
• The frightened students fled or were dismissed, leaving Asa Mitaka as Denji’s only fan.

The War Devil made Asa Mitaka steal lunches so she could eat with Denji and Reze, while Denji’s Chainsaw transformation caused a panic at school. Asa, Denji, Reze, and Hirofumi Yoshida ended up sharing lunch on the roof, where Reze gave Denji half a shrimp.

• The War Devil took control of Asa Mitaka and promised Reze that Asa would bring lunch for her and Denji, then told Asa she planned to steal it.
• Denji bragged to Hirofumi Yoshida about his fans, but a piece of chalk made him transform into Chainsaw Man and frighten his classmates.
• The principal sent two Devil Hunters to bring Denji to his office and politely asked him to avoid frightening students again.
• Asa brought stolen lunches to the rooftop and reluctantly ate with Denji and Reze, while the War Devil threatened to take over if Asa disobeyed.
• Hirofumi Yoshida joined them and offered shrimp to Reze and Asa, but Denji failed to pick one up before Reze shared hers with him.

Meng Fan and Makima visited America, where Makima’s appearance attracted unwanted attention at a fast-food restaurant. Meng Fan stopped two armed men by making them turn on each other, then revealed his identity to the frightened waitress and sat down to eat with Makima.

• Makima ordered ten enormous burgers while wearing a red cheongsam, drawing stares from the restaurant’s customers.
• Two men harassed Makima, and she prepared to attack them until Meng Fan stopped her because he wanted to eat first.
• The men drew guns on Meng Fan, who mocked them into embracing and kissing as they walked out of the restaurant.
• Meng Fan frightened the waitress, then changed back to his true appearance; she recognized him as the hero who killed the Gun Devil.
• The waitress dropped the burgers, but Meng Fan caught her and set all ten burgers neatly on the table, then called Makima over to eat.

Meng Fan and Makima confronted a waitress’s tormentor in Hell’s Kitchen, then Meng Fan used the man’s memories to locate a Devil Corpse Exchange. The chapter ended as Meng Fan entered the exchange after cutting through its iron door.

• After Makima frightened a waitress at the restaurant, Meng Fan offered to help her and learned that the Yakuza Devil’s contractor was extorting Hell’s Kitchen residents.
• The waitress found a picture of the contractor, and Meng Fan used it to locate him before taking her and Makima through a Mirror Gate to Hell’s Kitchen.
• Meng Fan read the contractor’s memories, then ordered Makima to keep him alive while making him suffer; Makima stopped his escape by exploding his thighs.
• Meng Fan used the contractor’s memories to find a Devil Corpse Exchange and sliced through its iron door with a Wind Blade.

Meng Fan collected devil corpses across America, defeated Jason in a dream, and went with Makima to the White House. Trump asked them to stop the Sloth Devil in Texas, whose expanding domain drained the life force of anyone nearby.

• Meng Fan took the devil corpses from an exchange, then defeated Jason in a dream and learned his memories.
• Meng Fan gathered more than two hundred devil corpses from markets across America.
• Makima fed the broom-haired man to ants, and Meng Fan gained the Yakuza Devil's ability.
• Meng Fan and Makima met Trump at the White House, where he asked them to deal with a devil in Texas.
• Meng Fan identified the devil as the Sloth Devil and explained that its life-draining domain was expanding across America.