Chapter Summaries

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.

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.