Recaps

Dio used mist and his Ripple to evade Carl’s Bullet Holes while protecting Mumuzawa, then killed Carl with a concealed counterattack. Carl died without realizing how Dio had pierced her chest.

• Carl recovered her pistol and prepared to shoot Dio and Mumuzawa, but white mist filled the restaurant’s second floor and the pair disappeared from view.
• Carl fired nine shots into herself to create nine Bullet Holes, then switched on the ventilation fans to clear the mist.
• Carl discovered Dio clinging to the ceiling with Mumuzawa in his arms and sent her Bullet Holes after him.
• Dio stuck Mumuzawa to the ceiling and charged at Carl as all nine Bullet Holes pursued him.
• Dio reached Carl after a black coat blocked the combined attack, and Carl collapsed with a hole through her chest.

Dio and the guards survived an attack on the Cave Restaurant, and Drobada discovered the newly emerged Nen user San. As the group returned, Dio realized his Nen Beast had been successfully conjured and considered how to develop it to protect himself if his Time Stop ability was exposed.

• Drobada fought off attackers outside the restaurant and found the building wrecked, with Dio and Mumuzawa missing.
• San emerged from the hole he had dug inside the restaurant and found Drobada aiming a gun at him.
• Dio brought Mumuzawa down from the ceiling after defeating a Nen user, and she noticed his gunshot wound and briefly saw his white Nen Beast.
• Drobada reached Dio and Mumuzawa, then learned Dio had fought a Nen user whose ability countered ranged attacks.
• Drobada told Dio he had encountered a Nen user called San, who had directed him upstairs to find Dio.
• Dio realized his Nen Beast had been successfully conjured and thought about developing it as a safeguard against the risks of his Time Stop ability.

Dio developed a weather-based Nen Beast to conceal his Time Stop and help him escape, then returned safely with Mumuzawa after an attack. He named the newly created, self-aware creature Atmosphere Creator.

• Dio reasoned that Time Stop had limits and chose weather phenomena as the broader concept for his Nen Beast's ability.
• Dio and the others returned to the hotel after an attack, and Mumuzawa thanked Dio and Drobada for protecting her.
• Mumuzawa asked Dio to escort her to her room so she could question him, but he declined and avoided discussing Nen.
• Dio examined the conscious white cloud Nen Beast he had conjured and named it Atmosphere Creator.

Prince Mumuzawa spoke with Dio about the royal succession and asked whether Nen could give her the power to change her fate. Dio dismissed Nen as a martial arts term and left to resume his patrol, while Mumuzawa remained alone, disappointed and unsure who she was knitting for.

• Mumuzawa told Dio that the succession was cruel and that she had felt like a burden during the attack.
• Dio reassured Mumuzawa that protecting her was his duty as a guard.
• Mumuzawa asked Dio whether Nen could change a person, and he again denied that it was a special ability.
• Dio left Mumuzawa’s room to return to his patrol.
• Mumuzawa recalled believing Dio had come to save her, then clutched her knitting needles and tried to reassure herself that she could become king.

At the auction, Dio sensed an attack and led Mumuzawa and Bokushin away before panic spread through the hall. A monstrous flying fish trapped the remaining guests and began devouring them, multiplying as it fed.

• Bokushin won the item the Fourth Prince wanted, then returned to her seat beside Dio.
• Dio warned Mumuzawa and Bokushin that they were under attack and led them out of the auction hall.
• Guests dismissed Dio’s warning until guards began calling to report trouble outside, and panic spread through the hall.
• A giant Monster Fish appeared at the entrance and swallowed a guest who shouted at it.
• The Monster Fish split into more fish as it ate people, while the auction hall doors remained sealed.

Dio, Drobada, and the others discovered that a Nen ability had sealed the auction venue, while a separate unseen threat was killing people on the third floor. Dio led Mumuzawa and Bokushin away from the danger, but his Ripple Radar detected enemies in multiple locations.

• Drobada discovered that aura had sealed the building and made its walls and doors nearly impossible to break, then told Dio about the unknown cars and trapped guests.
• Drobada and Dio concluded that attacking one part of the building would be like attacking the whole structure, so their attempt to blast through a wall was unlikely to work.
• Dio led Mumuzawa and Bokushin away from the third floor after using Ripple Radar to detect a silent monster there.
• Dio told Mumuzawa that an enemy ability had trapped them and suspected that a different ability was killing people upstairs.
• Dio's Ripple Radar detected enemies in multiple locations as Bokushin remained confused about the situation.

A mercenary squad entered the building and was ambushed by giant fish emerging through Dio’s fog, leaving Marol maimed and the team furious. Dio watched the fight through his Ripple Radar and wondered what had happened as the fog continued to spread.

• A giant fish killed a female mercenary, and Lakshya smashed it aside before more fish and dense fog overwhelmed the squad.
• Marol activated [Accompany Me] to pull his teammates toward him, but a fish used [Shu] to sever his right arm before Lakshya’s aura projectile saved his life.
• An old man crawled out of the fish, identified himself as Qi Peixin, threatened the mercenaries, and vanished into the fog with the fish.
• Lakshya roared in fury while Dio, between the first and second floors, monitored the battle with Ripple Radar and wondered what had happened.

Qi Peixin recalled his brutal childhood and explained his plan to kill the Kakin prince before unleashing his man-eating Grotesque Fish in the sealed building. As Lakshya and Marol climbed through the mist, they renewed their resolve to finish the mission, while Dio watched unseen and threatened them.

• Qi Peixin remembered his impoverished childhood, his mother's death, and how he later gained power and built a following.
• Qi Peixin recalled that his plan to assassinate the Twelfth Prince had failed, then described using [Catfish Ends and Begins Again] to create Grotesque Fish and hunting for the prince in Nampis.
• Lakshya smashed a Grotesque Fish after it killed another mercenary, while Marol followed him upstairs through the concealing mist.
• Marol regretted taking the job to kill Dio, but Lakshya urged him to stay focused and promised they would eat hot pot after completing the mission.
• Marol regained his resolve to avenge the dead rookies, while the hidden Dio watched them and threatened to use their heads to make hot pot.

Dio carried Mumuzawa and Bokushin through the building to reach Drobada, then tried to break through a mist-covered window with a coordinated strike. Their attack failed, and Drobada encountered San outside.

• Dio overheard that mercenaries were after him and hurried toward Drobada with Mumuzawa and Bokushin on his shoulders.
• Drobada waited outside, worried that Dio had not arrived, until Dio called and arranged a simultaneous attack on the window.
• Dio unleashed Ren and struck the window with Ko wrapped in Ripple, but the window remained undamaged despite Drobada attacking at the same time.
• San appeared beside Drobada, recognized him from the Cave Restaurant, and greeted him.

San used his ability to open a one-person doorway through the sealed wall, forcing Dio to choose who could escape. Dio sent the Twelfth Prince out first, then turned back for Bokushin and led her onward.

• Drobada called Dio and explained that force could not break the barrier, and they suspected the enemy's ability involved a dangerous restriction and covenant.
• San offered to use [Hey, open up!] and created a glowing doorway, but revealed that only one person could pass through and that he could use it only once that day.
• Mumuzawa told Bokushin to leave first, but Dio pushed the Twelfth Prince through the doorway instead.
• Mumuzawa chose to wait outside, while Drobada thanked San for saving her.
• Dio started walking away from Bokushin, then called for her to follow, unwilling to leave her behind after taking away her chance to escape.

Dio fought a fish-shaped Nen Beast and discovered that it tracked prey by vibrations, while Lakshya used [Snowfield Silence] to evade a school of the creatures. Lakshya and Marol then followed the fish deeper into the third floor.

• Dio sensed an enemy in the mist, hid Bokushin with Misty, and confronted a giant catfish Nen Beast.
• Dio shot the fish repeatedly, found that its injuries barely slowed it, and tested how it detected him.
• Dio deduced that the fish tracked vibrations and prioritized higher-frequency ones.
• Lakshya used [Snowfield Silence] and a Nen Bullet to confirm that the fish were drawn to vibrations rather than sound.
• Lakshya beckoned Marol to join him and quietly followed the line of fish deeper into the third floor.

Lakshya and Marol approached the Auction's main hall, where Lakshya encountered Dio and fled back toward his partner. Dio shot and killed Marol, and Lakshya pursued him before a Grotesque Fish blocked his path, leaving him raging at Qi Peixin.

• Lakshya entered the Auction's main hall while Marol waited outside with a Thread End ready to pull him to safety.
• Dio followed Lakshya through the mist, released him, and shot Marol until the bullets broke through his Ken and shattered his skull.
• Lakshya cried out over Marol's death, then fired a Nen Bullet and charged after Dio.
• A Grotesque Fish swallowed Lakshya's Nen Bullet and attacked him, forcing him to dodge and blast himself clear with another Nen Bullet.
• Lakshya watched Dio disappear into the mist and shouted at Qi Peixin for directing the fish to attack only him.

Dio discovered how the Monster Fish tracked its prey and cleared the first two floors, then found that Bokushin could not withstand the Nen pressure coming from the third floor. He left her hidden in a restroom with his cloud and headed upstairs to face the threat.

• Dio used Ripple to lure the Monster Fish into attacking a wall and killed it with punches, then confirmed there were no fish or living people on the first two floors.
• Dio suspected the enemy was targeting the Twelfth Prince and noticed a Monster Fish moving toward the third floor as the fishy stench and malice grew stronger.
• Bokushin froze on the stairs under the Nen pressure, so Dio sent Ripple into her to restore her ability to move.
• Dio took Bokushin to a restroom, told her to hide with his cloud, and returned to the stairs to confront the enemy.

Qi Peixin used the [Leader Catfish] to hunt Lakshya, who discovered that Qi Peixin was hiding inside the fish and attacked its vulnerable belly. Just as Qi Peixin nearly killed Lakshya, Dio intervened with gunfire, leaving Qi Peixin wounded but still fighting.

• Qi Peixin waited for the [Grotesque Fish] to return and planned to kill the Kakin prince before his [Nen] and consciousness failed.
• Lakshya fired Nen Bullets at the [Leader Catfish]'s belly, reasoning that Qi Peixin was hiding inside it.
• The [Leader Catfish] detected Lakshya and lunged at him, while Qi Peixin emerged from its mouth and struck with [Ko].
• Dio fired three bullets from the mist, severing Qi Peixin's right arm and giving Lakshya a chance to land safely.
• Qi Peixin retreated into the [Leader Catfish], which swatted aside Lakshya's Nen Bullet and continued attacking him as Dio watched from the mist.

Lakshya and Dio each tried to exploit Qi Peixin and the catfish while the [Leader Catfish] fought Lakshya and the smaller fish devoured one another. After Lakshya forced Qi Peixin to retreat and Dio attacked the smaller fish, Lakshya closed in on Dio, with both men planning to use each other as bait.

• Lakshya struggled against the [Leader Catfish] while Dio waited in the mist for the smaller catfish to dwindle before shooting them.
• Qi Peixin endured the damage from Dio's shot and the catfish's digestion, while the [Leader Catfish] continued to encroach on his mind.
• Lakshya baited Qi Peixin with a Nen Bullet, then fired four more at the smaller fish; Qi Peixin abandoned the fight and rushed back to defend them.
• Dio seized Qi Peixin's retreat to fire at the remaining smaller fish, then sensed Lakshya approaching and withdrew while continuing to shoot.
• Lakshya planned to use Dio as a shield, Dio planned to keep Lakshya drawing the catfish's attention, and Qi Peixin hoped to digest them both.

Dio discovered that [Leader Catfish] sensed Nen, but the fish suddenly became a mindless, frenzied beast. Lakshya tried to escape using Marol’s Thread End, only for Dio to seize him and demand a ride along.

• Dio realized that [Leader Catfish] ignored ordinary bullets and concluded that it sensed Nen Aura.
• [Leader Catfish] abruptly went berserk, crushed the remaining [Fish Fry], and charged at Dio and Lakshya.
• Lakshya pulled Marol’s Thread End to flee, believing the fish was attacking Dio.
• Dio disappeared from where he had stood, caught up with Lakshya, and locked an arm around his throat.
• Dio told Lakshya to take him along as they escaped.

Dio hid from the Leader Catfish by suppressing his Nen and using Ripple for protection, then followed it after it stopped hunting. He used Time Stop to reach the Light Steel Bullets embedded in its back and turned them into Nen Nails that steadily dissolved its aura as it swam toward the auction venue.

• Dio shot Marol, then hid in the corridor while the Leader Catfish attacked Lakshya until Lakshya’s screams stopped.
• The Leader Catfish lost track of Nen users and began swimming back toward the auction venue, while Dio followed it along the ceiling.
• Dio spotted his Light Steel Bullets embedded in the Leader Catfish’s back and activated Time Stop to land on the beast without disturbing it.
• Dio channeled Metallic Ripple Nen into the bullets, making them spread across the Leader Catfish and steadily dissolve its aura.
• The Leader Catfish felt no clear threat and continued swimming toward the venue, repeatedly murmuring that it was hungry.

After killing Qi Peixin, Dio burned his corpse and reflected on the dead enemy’s apparent suffering. He then examined two dead mercenaries, realizing one had turned back to retrieve her companion’s body, before searching them for clues about the bounty on him.

• Qi Peixin died after Dio drained the giant beast’s Nen and defeated him.
• Dio recognized the dying man as Qi Peixin, who had organized an assassination at the Cave Restaurant and targeted Mumuzawa.
• Dio used [Crimson Ripple Overdrive] to burn Qi Peixin’s corpse to ash.
• Dio noticed that a dead mercenary had turned back on the stairs to grab her headless companion’s body.
• Dio searched the two mercenaries for clues about who had put a bounty on him.

Outside the building, Drobada feared that the attacks from the enemy factions would cause it to collapse once the force holding it together disappeared. After receiving a message from Dio, he urged the Twelfth Prince to move farther away.

• Drobada reasoned that the enemy's ability was spreading the rocket attacks' force throughout the building, where it continued to reverberate.
• Drobada doubted Dio could defeat the prepared Nen users while protecting a non-Nen-using Private Soldier.
• The Twelfth Prince calmly watched the building, confident that Dio would escape unharmed.
• Drobada received a message on his phone, smiled, and told the Twelfth Prince that Dio had said they needed to move farther back.

Dio escaped the collapsing Nampis Auction House with the unconscious Bokushin and warned Mumuzawa and Drobada to leave before trouble arrived. As they drove away, he spotted other Nen users nearby and avoided another fight.

• Drobada led Mumuzawa and the others away from the auction house after Dio warned that it was about to collapse.
• Drobada spotted Dio leap from a second-floor window with something under his arm just before the building collapsed.
• Dio emerged behind the group carrying the unconscious Bokushin and told Drobada that things were about to get messy.
• Dio sent Mumuzawa back to the hotel and hurried into a car with Bokushin.
• Dio recalled seeing several Nen users near the auction house and used [Zetsu] to escape without fighting them.

Dio traced the failed bounty on his life to a Kakin spy network called the Zoo, while Cheadle reported that the bounty’s poster had killed himself. Dio declined Cheadle’s offer to take over the investigation and decided to handle the matter himself.

• Dio examined the phones from the box and found messages showing that Laka Buqier had been pressured to arrange the assassination.
• Cheadle called Dio, told him Laka Buqier had killed himself, and explained how she had tracked him to his hideout.
• Cheadle found un-erased records on Laka’s computer identifying him as a spy connected to Kakin and naming his organization as the Zoo.
• Dio resolved to make the organization pay and refused Cheadle’s offer to investigate further, insisting he would handle it as a Hunter.

Dio discovered that the stone hidden in the box was a fragment of the Stand Arrow, which burrowed into The World and triggered an uncontrolled, extended Time Stop. After regaining control, Dio wondered whether the fragment had strengthened his Stand and decided to test his ability.

• Dio opened the box with Ren and uncovered a strange stone that he recognized as a fragment of the Stand Arrow.
• Dio picked up the Arrowhead Fragment, which pierced his finger and then burrowed into The World's arm.
• The fragment vanished into The World's heart, and Dio erupted into wild laughter before commanding The World to stop time forever.
• Dio's Time Stop lasted five seconds, and he later realized his body had moved and acted uncontrollably during the episode.
• Dio examined The World, found no visible change or new ability, and decided to test whether his Time Stop had grown stronger.

Dio discovered that his Arrowhead Fragment had strengthened The World and awakened a dangerous way to extend Time Stop. He named the ability Time Stop Rampage and realized The World could suppress the DIO-like influence it unleashed.

• Dio tested The World and found that Time Stop lasted nearly two seconds and had a shorter cooldown.
• Dio focused on Time Stop's feedback and sensed that he could force it to continue past its normal limit.
• Dio extended Time Stop, endured intense pain, and stopped when a surge of alien, frenzied emotion threatened to take over.
• Dio suspected that an imprint of DIO had been left in his soul and found that The World could suppress the influence.
• Dio named the dangerous extension Time Stop Rampage, resolved to accelerate The World's growth with more Arrowhead Fragments, and wondered whether he could reduce Time Stop's cooldown too.

Dio tested the limits of Time Stop Rampage and concluded he could force one extra activation during its cooldown, though doing so caused severe pain and mental exhaustion. When Mumuzawa summoned him, she asked him to teach her his supernatural ability, and Dio agreed only if they made a deal.

• Dio tested Time Stop Rampage and found he could force another Time Stop during its cooldown at the cost of temporarily extending the cooldown.
• Dio decided to stop training for the day and brought the Ancient Knitting Needle he had retrieved from the auction to Mumuzawa.
• Mumuzawa gratefully accepted the knitting needle and called Dio to meet with her.
• Mumuzawa asked Dio to teach her his supernatural ability, and Dio said he would do so only as part of a deal.

Dio asked Twelfth Prince Mumuzawa to investigate the organization targeting him in exchange for teaching her Nen, but she offered to help without conditions. They agreed he would teach her anyway, while Dio privately recognized his growing indifference to exploiting her trust.

• Dio told Mumuzawa about the bounty on his head and asked her to investigate the organization known as the Zoo.
• Mumuzawa declined to make their help a bargain but promised to investigate, even if she had to ask Seventh Queen Sewanchi for assistance.
• Dio agreed to teach Mumuzawa Nen because he personally wanted to, and they discussed a schedule for lessons before returning to Kakin.
• After Dio explained the basics of Nen Abilities, Mumuzawa formally welcomed him as her teacher, and Dio returned the greeting.
• Dio reflected that he was exploiting Mumuzawa's trust and noticed an unfamiliar trace of indifference in himself.