Chapter Summaries

Asaba Kotone gave Aki Hayakawa the carp devil’s Gun Devil fragment and returned to the guild, where hunters learned that he had defeated the devil. His fame grew as he studied for school, leaving the other hunters astonished by the contrast between his strength and his ordinary student life.

• Asaba Kotone handed the Gun Devil meat to Aki Hayakawa, who accepted it because he planned to hunt the Gun Devil and avenge his family.
• The four hunters sold the carp devil’s corpse and split the modest payment, while Asaba Kotone cared more about the renown he could gain from hunting devils.
• Asaba Kotone discovered that media outlets had already reported his recent hunts in Chiba and called him a young genius.
• Ouchihara told the guild hunters that Asaba Kotone had earned nearly all the credit for defeating the carp devil, though the others initially doubted him.
• The guild hunters watched Asaba Kotone work through a past exam book and were amazed that such a powerful devil hunter was still a student.

Asaba Kotone spent the evening eating with Aki Hayakawa, then declined Tokyo Public Safety’s offer while Aki joined. After sensational news coverage made him a celebrated Devil Hunter, Asaba visited Chiba Rissei High School and surprised its principal.

• Asaba Kotone and Aki Hayakawa shared a meal and drinks, and Asaba waited until Aki sobered up before taking him home.
• The next morning, Asaba declined to join Tokyo Public Safety, while Aki agreed to join and left with its representative.
• Asaba learned that the media had exaggerated his Carp Devil victory and called him a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius and a possible successor to Kishibe.
• Asaba visited Chiba Rissei High School and entered the principal’s office, where the principal recognized him from the news and wondered if a devil had appeared at school.

Asaba Kotone enrolled at the school after earning a perfect score on the principal’s assessment. He chose to transfer into Second-Year Class 1, where Kobeni Higashiyama studied, and prepared to begin classes the next morning while also protecting the campus from devils.

• Asaba Kotone told the principal he wanted to experience school life and would handle any devils that appeared on campus.
• Asaba Kotone completed the principal’s assessment in just over half an hour and earned a perfect score.
• Asaba Kotone chose Second-Year Class 1 after finding Kobeni Higashiyama on its class list.
• Asaba Kotone chose to enroll as a transfer student, and the principal arranged his textbooks, uniform, and other supplies for the next day.
• Asaba Kotone chatted with the principal over tea before taking his school supplies home.

Asaba Kotone transferred into Kobeni Higashiyama’s advanced class, surprising students who had just been talking about his fame as a Devil Hunter. The chapter ended with classmates crowding around him for autographs and questions after English class.

• Kobeni Higashiyama listened as her classmates discussed Asaba Kotone’s reputation and worried that she was not worthy of her crush on him.
• The homeroom teacher introduced Asaba Kotone as the class’s new transfer student, and Kobeni Higashiyama blurted out his name in surprise.
• Asaba Kotone took the empty seat beside Kobeni Higashiyama and joined morning reading, leaving Pochita at home.
• Asaba Kotone attended English class, where the teacher slowed her pace to accommodate him.
• After class, students surrounded Asaba Kotone, praising him and asking for his autograph.

Asaba Kotone settled into his new class as classmates asked about his eyes and Kobeni Higashiyama's connection to him. With encouragement from a friend, Kobeni invited him to tour the school at lunch, and Asaba turned down another girl's offer so he could go with her.

• Asaba Kotone told curious classmates that he had made a contract with a devil to explain his eyes.
• Kobeni Higashiyama admitted to her classmates that she had met Asaba when he saved her from a devil, then panicked when a friend asked if she liked him.
• A girl with twin ponytails encouraged Kobeni to show Asaba around during lunch.
• Kobeni approached Asaba with an invitation, but another girl offered to show him around first.
• Asaba politely declined the other girl's offer and said he had already arranged to go with Kobeni, who shyly led him out of the classroom.

Kobeni Higashiyama showed Asaba Kotone around the school, struggling with her shyness while he reassured her and raised her affection. They reached the crowded cafeteria near the end of lunch, where Kotone suggested they share her packed lunch and some bread.

• Kobeni led Asaba Kotone through the school while students recognized him as a possible Devil Hunter from the media.
• Kobeni asked whether Kotone had brought lunch, and he said he had not.
• Kotone called Kobeni cute and told her she did not need to change, causing her affection to rise and her face to turn scarlet.
• Kobeni remained flustered when they arrived at the crowded cafeteria and repeatedly apologized for walking too slowly.
• Kobeni offered Kotone her packed lunch, and he suggested they buy bread and share everything.

Asaba Kotone and Kobeni Higashiyama shared lunch outside, where Kobeni’s meager meal revealed how little food she usually received. After Asaba bought her bread and juice, she enjoyed them, and her affection for him increased.

• Asaba Kotone returned with bread and asked Kobeni Higashiyama whether she wanted to eat outside, and she agreed nervously.
• Asaba and Kobeni sat on a bench, where Kobeni insisted that Asaba eat from her lunch box rather than its lid.
• Kobeni divided her small lunch with Asaba and gave him most of the meat, so he offered her bread and went to buy drinks.
• Asaba returned with juice, and Kobeni happily ate the bread and drank the juice, gaining five percent affection for Asaba.
• Kobeni realized Asaba had finished his share despite her meager lunch because he had been considerate of her feelings.

Asaba Kotone reassured Kobeni Higashiyama about her lunch and showed her around school, while Kobeni worried that classmates would misunderstand their relationship. After school, Asaba proposed starting a Reading Club with her, leaving Kobeni surprised and asking whether he would join the Devil Hunter club instead.

• Asaba Kotone comforted Kobeni Higashiyama about her unappetizing lunch and suggested they finish their school tour after class.
• Three classmates teased Kobeni Higashiyama about eating lunch with Asaba Kotone, and she anxiously clarified that they were not dating.
• Kobeni Higashiyama showed Asaba Kotone around Chiba Ritsusei High School before they returned to class.
• Asaba Kotone declined an invitation to the Literature Club and asked whether Kobeni Higashiyama belonged to a club.
• Asaba Kotone suggested that he and Kobeni Higashiyama start a Reading Club, and she asked whether he would join the Devil Hunter club instead.

Asaba Kotone turned down Gotō Iwen’s invitation to join the Devil Research Club and established a Reading Club with Kobeni Higashiyama and Rika Matsumoto. After Asaba left, Gotō, frustrated by the rejection, decided to make a contract with a devil and uncovered a basement entrance in the clubroom.

• Gotō Iwen invited Asaba Kotone to join the Devil Research Club, but Asaba declined and said he wanted to start a Reading Club.
• Kobeni Higashiyama and Asaba looked for another member, and Rika Matsumoto offered to join them.
• Asaba submitted the application, established the Reading Club with a dedicated clubroom, and chose not to have a Club Advisor.
• Alone in the Devil Research Club after school, Gotō imagined that Asaba had rejected him for being ordinary and decided to make a devil contract of his own.
• Gotō moved clutter from a disused dark room and revealed an entrance to a basement.

Gotō Iwen gained the Jealousy Devil’s power, while Asaba Kotone made plans to keep Pochita safe in his Kamui Dimension. The chapter ended with Pochita’s affection reaching 50% and an achievement reward going unnoticed.

• Gotō Iwen visited the hidden basement and asked the injured devil for power in exchange for keeping its location secret.
• The devil revealed itself as the Jealousy Devil and gave Gotō Iwen power that grew stronger with his jealousy, asking no price beyond his silence.
• Asaba Kotone asked Pochita to stay inside his Kamui Dimension during school so Makima could not find him.
• Asaba Kotone planned to furnish the dimension for Pochita, then cooked dinner and played video games with him.
• While Asaba Kotone slept with Pochita, Pochita’s affection reached 50%, earning Asaba Kotone a constitution increase that he did not notice.

Asaba Kotone settled Pochita in his Kamui Dimension before going to school, where he found the day easy and changed for PE with his classmates. Gotō Iwen felt jealous of Asaba’s physique and blamed the Jealousy Devil’s influence, while Kobeni Higashiyama blushed when Rika Matsumoto suggested she bring Asaba water during the run.

• Asaba Kotone brought Pochita and supplies into the Kamui Dimension, settled him on a sofa, and left for school.
• Asaba Kotone reflected that Chiba Rissei High School was much easier than his previous school.
• While the boys changed for PE, Gotō Iwen felt jealous of Asaba Kotone’s physique and suspected the Jealousy Devil’s influence.
• Asaba Kotone agreed to run slowly with his classmates when they learned PE would be distance running.
• Rika Matsumoto gave Kobeni Higashiyama an extra bottle of water to take to Asaba Kotone, making Kobeni blush.

Kobeni Higashiyama worried that classmates might misunderstand her closeness with Asaba Kotone, but Rika Matsumoto encouraged her to bring him water. After Kobeni tripped into Asaba’s arms, he later left school with Pochita, hoping to draw out the Four Horsemen.

• Rika Matsumoto encouraged Kobeni Higashiyama to bring Asaba Kotone water, while Gotō Iwen grew jealous of Asaba overtaking him and reflected on the Jealousy Devil’s influence.
• Kobeni Higashiyama tripped as she approached Asaba with water, and Asaba caught her before quickly setting her back on her feet.
• Kobeni Higashiyama realized she had fallen into Asaba’s arms, then joined the girls’ run after the PE teacher called them together.
• At lunch, Asaba gave Kobeni extra food and drinks, then left campus to visit the Library.
• Asaba entered the Kamui Dimension outside school and brought Pochita out, hoping to attract the Control Devil, the War Devil, and the Famine Devil.

After Gotō Iwen transformed into a devil-like monster and attacked Asaba Kotone at school, Asaba used Kamui to tear the monstrous growth from his back. The black flesh began to regenerate, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Asaba Kotone bought books, including history books, and returned to school after lunch.
• Classmates asked Asaba Kotone about joining his Reading Club, making Gotō Iwen jealous.
• Gotō Iwen transformed, sprouting a huge green eyeball from his back, and the nearby students fled or froze.
• Gotō Iwen fired an air bullet at Asaba Kotone, who dodged as school staff evacuated students and called for help.
• Asaba Kotone used Kamui to remove the black flesh and eyeball from Gotō Iwen's back, but the mass began growing back.

Asaba Kotone helped Gotō Iwen resist the Jealousy Devil’s influence and learned where the devil was hiding. After Asaba used Intangibility to save Gotō from the punishment for breaking his contract, he went to confront the Jealousy Devil.

• Gotō Iwen struggled against the Jealousy Devil’s control, and Asaba Kotone repeatedly used Kamui to remove the growths on his back and restore his awareness.
• Gotō tried to suppress his jealousy, and the growths eventually lost their vitality.
• Gotō told Asaba that the Jealousy Devil was in the basement beneath the Devil Research Club’s clubroom, choosing to atone despite expecting to die for breaking their contract.
• The Jealousy Devil attacked Gotō, but Asaba applied Intangibility to him and prevented the contract’s punishment from harming him.
• Asaba told Gotō to stay there and went to deal with the Jealousy Devil.

Asaba Kotone tracked down and killed the Jealousy Devil, then returned to Gotō Iwen and left his punishment to the school and police. After giving a statement and returning to the evacuated school, he stocked the Reading Club room with the books he had bought.

• Asaba Kotone transported the Jealousy Devil's growths from Gotō Iwen into the Kamui Dimension, then took Pochita to the Devil Research Club's basement.
• Asaba Kotone surprised the injured Jealousy Devil and cut it to pieces with Pochita before storing its corpse in the Kamui Dimension.
• Asaba Kotone returned to Gotō Iwen and told him the Jealousy Devil was dead, leaving Gotō Iwen's punishment to the school and police.
• The police took Asaba Kotone and Gotō Iwen in for questioning, and Asaba Kotone gave his account of the incident before returning to school.
• Asaba Kotone found the Reading Club room empty and arranged the books he had bought inside.

After learning that Pochita’s affection had unlocked Reze’s compendium entry, Asaba Kotone set aside plans to seek her out and prepared to sell the Jealousy Devil’s corpse. A captain from Tokyo Public Safety called to confirm the kill, and Kotone agreed to let them inspect the body and pay him the bounty.

• After dinner, Asaba Kotone weighed selling the Jealousy Devil’s corpse on the Black Market against claiming Tokyo Public Safety’s bounty.
• Asaba Kotone checked the compendium and discovered Pochita’s affection had reached fifty percent, unlocking the entry for Reze, a Soviet Union Bomb hybrid.
• Asaba Kotone decided to postpone any attempt to reach Reze because he still had matters to handle in Japan and did not want to attract international attention.
• Takeuchi Hirachi, captain of Special Division 2, called Asaba Kotone using a number he had gotten from Aki Hayakawa and asked him to confirm the Jealousy Devil’s death.
• Asaba Kotone confirmed he had the corpse and agreed to let Tokyo Public Safety send someone to inspect it and pay the bounty.

Asaba Kotone handed over the Jealousy Devil's corpse to Aki Hayakawa and Himeno for Tokyo Public Safety to examine. Himeno praised his strength and invited him to join Public Safety, and he said he would when the time was right.

• Aki Hayakawa and Himeno arrived at Asaba Kotone's home to collect the Jealousy Devil's corpse.
• Asaba Kotone left Pochita at home and followed them to a truck, where he transferred the corpse from the Kamui Dimension into its cargo compartment.
• Himeno confirmed the corpse was the Jealousy Devil's and praised Asaba Kotone for killing it alone.
• Himeno urged Asaba Kotone to join Tokyo Public Safety, and he said he would when the time was right.
• Himeno offered Asaba Kotone a cigarette, but he declined, and Aki Hayakawa also refused to smoke.

Asaba Kotone spent his days off taking Pochita to an amusement park, where he unexpectedly met Kobeni Higashiyama and Rika Matsumoto. Rika left Kobeni alone with Asaba, leaving Kobeni flustered and confused.

• Himeno confirmed that Tokyo Public Safety had transferred two million yen to Asaba Kotone, then asked which devil he had contracted with, but he declined to answer.
• Aki Hayakawa and Himeno drove back to Tokyo Public Safety and discussed why Aki had joined and the dangers of devil hunting.
• Asaba Kotone took Pochita to an amusement park during his three days off.
• Asaba ran into Kobeni Higashiyama and Rika Matsumoto at the park, and the two waited for him after he bought his ticket.
• Rika claimed she had an urgent matter at home and left Kobeni with Asaba, bewildering Kobeni.

Asaba Kotone and Kobeni Higashiyama spent time together at the amusement park, where Kobeni nervously asked to be his friend. Her affection for Asaba rose to 50%, unlocking the possibility of a fifth character catalog page.

• Asaba Kotone learned that Rika Matsumoto had given Kobeni Higashiyama a ticket so she could visit the amusement park.
• Asaba Kotone and Kobeni Higashiyama rode the Sky Cruise Car together with Pochita.
• During the ride, Kobeni Higashiyama learned it was also Asaba Kotone’s first amusement park visit and offered to be his friend.
• Asaba Kotone accepted, and Kobeni Higashiyama’s affection increased by 5% to 50%.
• Asaba Kotone wondered which character would appear on the newly unlocked fifth catalog page.

Asaba Kotone and Kobeni Higashiyama visited an amusement park, where Kobeni agreed to repay his treats by cooking for him in the Reading Club. Inside the maze, Asaba discovered that the attraction had transformed into the body of the Maze Devil.

• Asaba Kotone suggested Kobeni Higashiyama repay his treats by cooking at lunchtime, and she agreed after briefly misunderstanding what he meant.
• Asaba Kotone promised to bring cooking equipment and ingredients to the Reading Club, then bought Kobeni ice cream before they headed to the maze with Pochita.
• Asaba Kotone entered the maze without using Kamui and reached an obstacle made of moving poles.
• The maze transformed into a bloody interior of writhing flesh, and a visitor was beheaded by one of the blades.
• Asaba Kotone realized they were inside a devil, probably the Maze Devil.