Chapter Summaries

Asaba Kotone returned home after spending time with Asa Mitaka and revealed to Pochita that he could transform into Black Chainsaw. The War Devil passed their window in potoo form unnoticed, but Makima sensed a familiar presence and left Kotone on alert.

• Asaba Kotone saw notifications that Asa Mitaka's affection had risen to 40 percent and received a Constitution increase.
• Reze and the Snow Woman teased Asaba Kotone about chasing girls, while Makima said they could not keep him in check.
• Asaba Kotone told Pochita he could copy Pochita's ability and transformed into Black Chainsaw.
• Asaba Kotone offered to take Pochita's place as Chainsaw Man, and Pochita appeared to agree.
• The War Devil flew past the window in potoo form without Asaba Kotone noticing.
• Makima sensed a familiar scent, prompting Asaba Kotone to return to human form and suspect one of Makima's sisters had passed by.

After a devil’s presence briefly passed nearby, Asaba Kotone worried that one of Makima’s sisters had discovered his Chainsaw Man identity and decided to protect Asa Mitaka. He escorted Asa to school, while she mistook his genuine concern for romantic interest.

• Asaba asked Makima which devil had been nearby, and she said she could not identify it but found its presence familiar.
• Asaba worried that the War Devil might target Asa and decided to take precautions.
• The next morning, Asaba waited outside Asa Mitaka’s home and offered to escort her to and from school because devils might appear nearby.
• Asa was surprised by Asaba’s offer and concluded that he was using protection as an excuse to spend time with her.
• Asaba and Asa walked to school together, and Asa blushed at the attention they drew while enjoying how much they looked like a couple.

Asaba Kotone escorted Asa Mitaka home, and her affection for him rose enough to unlock the War Devil in his Catalogue. He discovered that the War Devil was located at Asa’s home.

• Asaba Kotone and Asa Mitaka overheard classmates discussing their closeness, but Asa cared less about their judgment than before.
• Asaba Kotone walked Asa home and gave her his phone number so she could contact him if she encountered danger.
• Asa considered inviting Asaba inside but felt too embarrassed to ask.
• Asa’s affection for Asaba increased to 50%, granting him Constitution +1 and unlocking the War Devil in the Catalogue.
• Asaba checked the War Devil’s location and realized it was Asa’s home.

The War Devil visited Asa Mitaka and tried to persuade her to make a contract by threatening Asaba Kotone and promising to help Asa win him over. Asa remained wary, while the War Devil concealed that Asaba was Chainsaw Man and that her real plan involved him.

• Asa Mitaka was startled when the War Devil appeared at her window disguised as a Lin Chi Bird.
• The War Devil identified herself and asked Asa to make a contract, but Asa refused because devils had killed her parents.
• The War Devil threatened to kill Asaba Kotone and offered to help Asa win him over, making Asa hesitate.
• Asa questioned the War Devil's motives, and the War Devil claimed she wanted revenge on Chainsaw Man, who was at Asa's school.
• The War Devil hid that Asaba Kotone was Chainsaw Man and that she had chosen Asa because of her closeness to him.

Asa Mitaka refused the War Devil’s proposed contract, so the devil invaded her body and took over a third of her brain, becoming Yoru Mitaka. As Asa struggled to understand what had happened, Asaba Kotone suddenly appeared through a Space Vortex.

• The War Devil offered to help Asa win over Asaba Kotone in exchange for finding Chainsaw Man and taking revenge on him.
• Asa refused the contract because she would not let the devils she hated get their way.
• The War Devil forcibly invaded Asa’s body, and Asa felt briefly paralyzed before seeing a near-identical version of herself.
• The War Devil identified herself as Yoru Mitaka and said she had taken over a third of Asa’s brain.
• Asaba Kotone stepped out of a Space Vortex in front of Asa.

Asaba Kotone arrived at Asa Mitaka’s home after the War Devil had already merged with her, and the Catalogue registered Yoru Mitaka with 50% affection. Yoru took over Asa’s body and bluntly asked Asaba to be her man, but he rejected her, leaving Asa mortified.

• Asaba Kotone teleported to Asa Mitaka’s home after detecting the War Devil, but arrived too late to stop the merger.
• The Catalogue registered Yoru Mitaka and showed her affection at 50%, inherited from Asa Mitaka.
• Yoru took control of Asa’s body, leaving Asa conscious as a soul and unable to intervene.
• Yoru approached Asaba Kotone and demanded that he be her man.
• Asaba rejected Yoru because accepting could let her turn him into a weapon, and Asa worried about facing him afterward.

Asaba Kotone rejected Yoru Mitaka’s advances and revealed that he knew she was the War Devil. He refused to help her get the Nuclear Bomb Devil back, leaving Yoru angry but unable to attack him.

• Yoru Mitaka asked Asaba Kotone if she was not pretty enough to win him over, and he rejected her because she was using Asa Mitaka’s body without permission.
• Asaba Kotone identified Yoru Mitaka as the War Devil and admitted that he was Chainsaw Man.
• Asaba Kotone said he knew Yoru Mitaka wanted revenge on Chainsaw Man and wanted him to spit out the Nuclear Bomb Devil.
• Yoru Mitaka demanded that Asaba Kotone spit out the Nuclear Bomb Devil, but he refused.
• Yoru Mitaka wanted to attack Asaba Kotone but held back because she knew she was no match for him, then grew angry when he told her not to bother him.

Asaba Kotone ended his confrontation with Yoru Mitaka and returned to the Kamui Dimension, while Yoru reconsidered her plan to defeat Chainsaw Man. After Yoru gave Asa Mitaka her body back, Asa asked why Yoru had called Asaba Chainsaw Man.

• Asaba tried to end the fight by surrendering, then traded childish insults with Yoru when she questioned his attitude.
• Asaba wished Asa good night and vanished into the Kamui Dimension, while Yoru lamented that Chainsaw Man had grown stronger.
• Yoru decided her best chance was to win Chainsaw Man's affection and use Asa's feelings and guilt to make him into a powerful weapon.
• Asa's resistance weakened Yoru's hold over her body, forcing Yoru to return it.
• Asa asked Yoru what Chainsaw Man was and why she had called Asaba Chainsaw Man.

Yoru Mitaka told Asa Mitaka that Asaba Kotone was Chainsaw Man and explained that her goal was to win him over and make him fall in love with Asa. Asa ended the chapter flustered by Yoru’s plan, while Yoru kept her true intentions hidden.

• Yoru Mitaka identified Asaba Kotone as Chainsaw Man, though Asa Mitaka struggled to understand how he could be a devil.
• Asa Mitaka went to bed exhausted, and Yoru Mitaka urged her to interact with Asaba and win him over.
• Yoru Mitaka admitted she shared Asa’s feelings for Asaba but still wanted revenge against Chainsaw Man.
• Asa Mitaka complained that Yoru could read her feelings and asked what it would take for Yoru to leave her body.
• Yoru Mitaka said she would leave after making Chainsaw Man fall in love with Asa, and Asa grew flustered at the plan.

Asaba Kotone noticed Asa Mitaka and Yoru Mitaka's affection for him rising together, while Yoru worried she might fall for him before winning him over. At Asa's home, Yoru discovered the erotic books and manga Asa had hidden under her bed and began reading them, leaving Asa mortified.

• Asaba Kotone noticed that Asa Mitaka's and Yoru Mitaka's affection had both increased by five percent.
• Yoru Mitaka worried that she might fall for Asaba Kotone before she could win him over.
• Asa Mitaka named the War Devil Yoru Mitaka, and Yoru accepted the name.
• Yoru crawled under Asa's bed looking for romance books, despite Asa's protests.
• Yoru found Asa's erotic books and manga, read them, and shared Asa's embarrassment.

Yoru Mitaka tried to study romance so she could win over Asaba Kotone, but Asa Mitaka discovered she had been reading erotic stories and comics instead. Asa later dreamed about Asaba Kotone, but Yoru woke her before the dream could continue.

• Yoru Mitaka read erotic stories and comics while asking how to win Asaba Kotone over.
• Asa Mitaka gathered the erotic material and gave Yoru Mitaka the romance stories and manga instead.
• Yoru Mitaka threatened Asa Mitaka and continued reading while Asa went to sleep.
• Asa Mitaka dreamed that Asaba Kotone drew her into his arms, but Yoru Mitaka's voice woke her.

Asa woke up late and rushed to leave for school, while Yoru teased her about manga-style romance tropes. Outside, Asa found Asaba Kotone waiting to take her to school, and she wondered how he planned to get them there in time.

• Yoru woke Asa and told her she was about to be late for school.
• Asa hurried to get ready and leave, while Yoru suggested she run with bread in her mouth to recreate a manga scene.
• Asa argued with Yoru and rushed downstairs, where she nearly collided with Asaba Kotone outside her home.
• Yoru teased Asa that Asaba had waited because he liked her, while Asa tried to hide her embarrassment.
• Asaba said he had been waiting for Asa and would take her straight to school, leaving her puzzled about how.

Asaba Kotone transported Asa Mitaka and Yoru Mitaka to school through the Kamui Dimension. After Asa entered class, Yoru recognized Makima as the Control Devil, leaving her shocked to find her older sister at school.

• Asaba Kotone opened a Space Vortex and pulled Asa Mitaka and Yoru Mitaka into the Kamui Dimension.
• Asaba Kotone transported the two to school, where Asa thanked him and hurried to class.
• Asa greeted Makima and the Class Representative, whose earlier conflict with Asa had eased after an apology.
• Yoru Mitaka sensed Makima's familiar scent and realized she was the Control Devil.

Yoru told Asa that Makima was the Control Devil and her younger sister, and Makima confirmed it. Asaba discovered that the Famine Devil was already a student and Student Council member at Imperial High School, while Yoru warned Asa to keep her distance from Makima.

• Yoru told Asa that she and Makima were the War Devil and Control Devil, members of the Four Horsemen.
• Asaba checked the Catalogue and learned that the Famine Devil, Kiga, was a student and Student Council member at Imperial High School.
• Asaba realized that Famine was trying to make Asa hungry so she could use the War Devil to oppose the Nostradamus prophecy.
• Asa asked Makima whether she was a Devil, and Makima admitted that she was the Control Devil.
• Makima sent greetings to Yoru through Asa, and Yoru warned Asa that Makima was dangerous and could control her.

Asaba Kotone accepted Kiga’s invitation to join the Devil Hunter Club with Makima and Asa Mitaka. At the club’s entrance test, Makima arranged for the three of them to be placed in the same group, and they were sent to hunt a devil.

• Asaba Kotone realized Kiga, the Famine Devil, would likely seek out Asa Mitaka and chose to wait for her to make contact.
• A nervous girl from another class invited Asaba Kotone, Makima, and Asa Mitaka to join the Devil Hunter Club on Kiga’s behalf.
• Asaba Kotone accepted the invitation, and Asa Mitaka and Makima agreed to go with him.
• At the clubroom, an upperclassman announced that applicants had one week to return with a devil’s corpse to pass the entrance test.
• Makima controlled the girl assigning groups so that Asaba Kotone, Makima, and Asa Mitaka were placed together.

Yoru explained to Asa how the War Devil's weapon-making ability worked and argued that it was powerful. As Asaba Kotone and the others left the Devil Hunter Club to hunt devils, they encountered Kiga, the Famine Devil.

• Yoru told Asa that Makima had manipulated events to pair them together using her Control Devil ability.
• Yoru explained that she could turn anything she owned into a weapon, with its strength depending on how important she considered it.
• Asa doubted the ability was impressive, but eventually perfunctorily agreed that it was amazing, and Yoru believed her.
• Asaba Kotone and the others left the Devil Hunter Club to hunt devils and came face-to-face with Kiga.

Kiga greeted Makima and Asa Mitaka before leaving for the Devil Hunter Club, and she watched Asaba Kotone as she passed. Asaba, Makima, and Asa then went to hunt a Devil so Asa could practice using Yoru’s abilities.

• Kiga greeted Makima and Asa, who was unsure why Kiga called her War, and wished her sisters luck.
• Kiga stared at Asaba Kotone as she passed him on her way to the Devil Hunter Club.
• Asaba, Makima, and Asa went hunting for a Devil to fulfill the Devil Hunter Club’s entrance test.
• Makima used the animals under her control to give Asaba the Devil’s exact location.
• Asaba encouraged Asa to fight the Devil, and Yoru told her to turn something she owned into a weapon.
• Asa realized that the only thing she had to use was her school uniform and recoiled at the thought of turning it into a weapon.

Asa Mitaka used Yoru Mitaka’s ability to turn a stone into a Stone Sword and tried to fight the Bread Devils. Her clumsy swing sent her tumbling, but the sword flew toward the devil.

• Asa Mitaka refused to turn her uniform into a weapon and picked up a stone instead.
• Asa Mitaka called out “Stone Sword” and transformed the stone into a longsword.
• Yoru Mitaka offered to take over, but Asa Mitaka chose to fight the Bread Devils herself.
• Asa Mitaka charged with her eyes closed, swung badly, and fell as the Stone Sword flew toward the Bread Devils.

Asa Mitaka accidentally killed the Bread Devils, and Asaba Kotone took their bodies to the Devil Hunter Club the next day. There, Kiga openly identified herself as the Famine Devil and the older sister of the Control Devil and the War Devil.

• Asa Mitaka's stone sword struck and sliced the Bread Devils apart, while Yoru Mitaka realized Asa could not control her body when terrified.
• Asaba Kotone stored the Bread Devils' bodies in the Kamui Dimension and decided to deliver them to the Devil Hunter Club the next day to avoid suspicion.
• After school, Asaba Kotone brought Makima and Asa Mitaka to the Devil Hunter Club, where they met Kiga again.
• Kiga said she was the Famine Devil and the older sister of the Control Devil and the War Devil.
• Asa Mitaka privately asked Yoru Mitaka why so many of the Four Horsemen were at their school, and Yoru warned her not to trust Kiga.

Asaba Kotone and Asa Mitaka went on a date to the aquarium, where Asa's rigid plan and lengthy lectures bored Asaba. The Famine Devil trapped them inside with the Eternity Devil and tried to push Asa into turning Asaba into a weapon, but Asaba began guiding her toward another way out.

• Asaba Kotone, Makima, and Asa Mitaka passed the Devil Hunter Club entrance test and began patrolling the school together.
• Yoru Mitaka pressured Asa Mitaka to invite Asaba Kotone on a date, and Asaba accepted her invitation to visit the aquarium.
• Asa Mitaka gave Asaba a long, planned lecture about marine life, while Yoru criticized her approach to romance.
• Kiga appeared at the aquarium, told Asa she could not turn Asaba into a weapon, then took Yoru away and trapped Asa and Asaba inside.
• Asaba told Asa that the Eternity Devil had appeared and suggested she could turn the aquarium into a weapon to defeat it.
• Asa feared that Yoru intended to kill Asaba by turning him into a weapon, while Asaba suggested buying the aquarium for a million yen.