Chapter Summaries

Asaba Kotone introduced Makima to human society through books, food, and explanations of money and Devil Hunters while trying to keep her away from Japan's cabinet. After reading about family, Makima lamented that humans and devils could never become family.

• Asaba Kotone asked Makima why she wanted to kill Chainsaw Man, and she explained that he had killed her followers and erased those he ate.
• Asaba Kotone brought Makima home and explained human housing, money, Devil Hunters, and the value of reading and interacting with people.
• Asaba Kotone gave Makima Aesop's Fables and explained the lessons in its stories, raising her affection and earning a Constitution increase.
• Makima read the fables, tried Asaba Kotone's cooking, and concluded that human emotions had created a rich variety of stories.
• Asaba Kotone bought Makima more introductory books, and she focused on stories about family before saying that humans and devils could never become family.

Asaba Kotone took Makima to meet the Angel Devil and Karana so she could see a human and devil living as family. Moved by their relationship, Makima agreed that Kotone could be her family and began treating his Tokyo home as her own.

• Asaba Kotone told Makima that the Angel Devil and Karana were family, and Makima asked to see them.
• Asaba Kotone used the Kamui Dimension to bring Makima to the Angel Devil's seaside home, where they watched Angel and Karana play together.
• Makima said she wanted an equal family relationship, and Asaba Kotone offered to become her family; Makima accepted.
• Asaba Kotone brought Makima to his Tokyo home, where she declared it her home too and resumed reading about family.
• Asaba Kotone served dinner and explained that sharing a meal was something families did, and Makima put food in his bowl in return.

Asaba Kotone taught Makima about human routines and relationships while keeping Pochita hidden in the Kamui Dimension. Makima ordered him to share her bed, then tried making breakfast and injured her hands, which healed after she drank his special blood.

• Makima followed Asaba Kotone through household routines, learned about phones, and ordered him not to get close to or ask the Chainsaw Devil for help.
• Asaba Kotone took Makima to a bookstore, where she chose more than a dozen books.
• Asaba Kotone told Pochita and Little Gun that the Control Devil was looking for Pochita and that they were safe in the Kamui Dimension.
• Makima called Asaba Kotone "darling" after learning the word from a book, and he explained that lovers shared romantic love.
• Makima insisted Asaba Kotone sleep beside her, and she said devils did not need sleep but that she wanted to live like a human.
• Makima cut her hands while attempting to make breakfast, so Asaba Kotone gave her his blood, which quickly healed her wounds.

Asaba Kotone taught Makima to make salad, then left her at home after they made a pinky promise that he would return that night. He took Akane Sawatari to Kyoto Public Safety, where she joined Devil Extermination Division 7 for a seven-day trial and was paired with Chun Zhen Ding Yilang.

• Asaba Kotone showed Makima how to prepare fruit and vegetable salad, and she successfully made one without injuring herself.
• Makima asked Asaba Kotone to promise he would come home that night, and their pinky promise raised her affection to 30% and earned him Constitution +1.
• Asaba Kotone traveled to Kyoto to meet Akane Sawatari, while Reze teased him about the scent of another woman on him.
• Asaba Kotone, Reze, and Akane Sawatari arrived at Kyoto Public Safety, where Tamayuki Kobayashi assigned Akane to Devil Extermination Division 7 for a seven-day trial.
• Tamayuki Kobayashi paired Akane Sawatari with Chun Zhen Ding Yilang, who introduced his E-cigarette Devil and Animal Devil contracts before offering her a vape.

Asaba Kotone checked on Aki Hayakawa after the staged Gun Devil incident and learned that Aki had been drinking heavily with Himeno, who still hoped to be with him. In Kyoto, Reze saved Akane Sawatari and Chun Zhen Ding Yilang from a Muscle Devil’s trick, leaving Akane determined to learn and prove herself during her trial period.

• Asaba Kotone left Reze to accompany Akane Sawatari and Chun Zhen Ding Yilang on patrol, then returned to the Kamui Dimension and went to check on Aki Hayakawa.
• Asaba Kotone entered Himeno’s home and found Aki Hayakawa and Himeno asleep after drinking; Himeno told him Aki was disappointed that Public Safety had abandoned its plan to kill the Gun Devil.
• Asaba Kotone encouraged Himeno to consider Aki Hayakawa’s feelings, and Himeno said she would ask Aki directly when the time felt right.
• In Kyoto, Chun Zhen Ding Yilang and Akane Sawatari found a boy playing with a buglike devil, and Reze stopped Akane from approaching them.
• Reze identified the devil as a Muscle Devil controlling the boy, freed him, and killed the devil before it could attack.
• Reze told Akane Sawatari to study devils, while Akane arranged for the boy and the corpse to be handled and resolved to work hard during her trial period.

Asaba Kotone spent time with Makima, braided her hair, and later visited Kyoto Public Safety, where Akane Sawatari decided to join. He left with Akane and Reze to visit Akane’s home after privately telling Reze that Makima was the Control Devil.

• Aki Hayakawa reconsidered his revenge against the Gun Devil, while Asaba Kotone accidentally referred to the Gun Devil as “he” before explaining away the slip.
• Makima chose a braided hairstyle from Asaba Kotone’s magazine and ordered him to braid her hair, which he did that afternoon.
• Asaba Kotone stayed home with Makima for several days, then traveled to Kyoto Public Safety to check on Akane Sawatari’s trial period.
• Akane Sawatari accepted a place in Kyoto Public Safety’s Devil Extermination Division 7, and Asaba Kotone approved her decision.
• Akane Sawatari invited Asaba Kotone and Reze to meet her little sister, and Asaba Kotone agreed to go with them.
• Asaba Kotone took Reze into the Kamui Dimension and revealed that Makima was the Control Devil, prompting Reze to ask to meet her.

Asaba Kotone visited Akane Sawatari and her sister with Reze, then returned to Makima and disciplined her for issuing a house rule in a commanding tone. After Makima’s affection reached 50%, Kotone took her to meet Denji and offered to cure his heart condition by turning him into a Weapon Human; Denji eagerly agreed, and Kotone prepared to take him to the Soviet Union Military’s Secret Laboratory.

• Asaba Kotone brought Reze to Akane Sawatari’s apartment, where they met Sawatari Yori and chatted before Kotone left for Makima’s home.
• Makima confronted Asaba Kotone with a new house rule, and he spanked her while warning her not to speak so commandingly.
• Asaba Kotone took Makima shopping, and several days later her affection reached 50%, unlocking Santa Claus in the Catalogue.
• Asaba Kotone told Makima he planned to take Denji to treat his heart condition, and Makima insisted on accompanying him.
• Asaba Kotone brought Makima to Denji, explained that the treatment would turn him into an immortal Weapon Human with a Devil’s heart, and Denji enthusiastically accepted.

Asaba Kotone brought Makima and Denji to a Soviet experimental base and discovered that its child residents lived in comfortable conditions, though they were being evaluated for Weapon Human experiments and military service. Denji became resident number 44 and shared a room with Elena, the future Whip Weapon Human, while Makima and Asaba Kotone settled in and explored the base.

• Asaba Kotone toured the dormitories and other facilities with Makima and Denji, learning that the children received care and education before possible experiments or military assignments.
• Denji joined the base as resident number 44 and chose a double room, where he met his roommate Elena, whom Asaba Kotone recognized as the future Whip Weapon Human.
• The assistant explained that Denji would receive a Russian interpreter and language lessons, while Elena briefly introduced herself to him.
• Asaba Kotone told Makima not to use her control ability on the base staff, and they discussed how humans cooperated with devils for national interests and reaffirmed that they were family.
• Asaba Kotone and Makima visited the cafeteria, where Makima got ice cream for both of them so they could share equally.

Denji and Elena were matched with the Sword Devil and Whip Devil, respectively, after the children interacted with the Devil Hearts. The chapter ended with Denji offering Elena lollipops in exchange for more Russian lessons.

• The scientists had the children interact with the Sword Devil, and Elena received a friendly response from the Whip Devil.
• Denji persisted in talking to the Sword Devil until she agreed to make a deal with him involving his blood.
• The scientists named Denji and Elena as matches for the Sword Devil and Whip Devil and arranged daily visits so they could grow closer to their Devil Hearts.
• Denji asked Elena to teach him Russian and offered her lollipops he had secretly brought back to the dorm.

Denji and Elena grew closer at the Experimental Base while Asaba Kotone told Makima about Pochita’s dream and arranged for them to meet. After introducing Pochita and Little Gun to Makima, Asaba Kotone accepted a difficult fiend investigation with her and prepared to leave for the mission site.

• Denji gave Elena lollipops, learned more Russian from her, and asked whether she thought he was cute; he told her she was cute.
• Asaba Kotone told Makima that Pochita had wanted a hug and that its dream had come true, and Makima agreed she no longer wanted to hunt it down.
• Asaba Kotone brought Pochita and Little Gun out to meet Makima, explained Pochita’s contract and the Gun Devil heart, and sent them back to the Kamui Dimension.
• Kirisū Yuki asked Asaba Kotone to investigate a fiend that had attacked two households, and he accepted the mission.
• Asaba Kotone teleported with Makima to Tokyo Public Safety, where Kirisū Yuki gave him the mission details.

Asaba Kotone and Makima investigated attacks by the Loneliness Fiend, interviewing survivors and identifying a pattern in its victims. The fiend escaped after attacking Ishikawa Takuya, who lived alone, and Asaba warned him to check on his family.

• Asaba Kotone interviewed Yoshimura Reiko, who described a hooded attacker with a black crossbow and the mysterious deaths of her parents and sister.
• Makima identified the attacker as the Loneliness Fiend and said she would use small animals to listen for it.
• Asaba Kotone interviewed Ono Ichirō, whose wife had died after he was attacked, and noticed the attacks happened after five in the evening in a pattern of apartment numbers.
• Makima located the fiend near an upstairs balcony, but Asaba Kotone arrived at apartment 303 too late to stop it from fleeing after knocking Ishikawa Takuya unconscious.
• Ishikawa Takuya woke up and told Asaba Kotone that he lived alone; Asaba warned him that his family might also be in danger, prompting him to search for his phone.

Asaba Kotone and Makima investigated the Loneliness Fiend’s attacks, protected the residents of apartment 404, and captured the fiend. After Asaba Kotone killed it and reported the job complete, the people it had killed began coming back to life.

• Ishikawa Takuya confirmed that his distant relatives were safe, and Asaba Kotone warned apartment 404’s residents that the Loneliness Fiend would likely attack them the next evening.
• Asaba Kotone and Makima waited in apartment 404, where Makima controlled the Loneliness Fiend as it appeared and turned it into a dog.
• Asaba Kotone reassured the family that the fiend was gone, then found and killed it while Makima kept it hidden from the police.
• Asaba Kotone brought the Loneliness Fiend’s corpse to Kirisū Yuki, who reported that people previously killed by its ability had suddenly come back to life.

Asaba Kotone arranged to form an elite Special Division for Devil Affairs 1 and planned to recruit Aki Hayakawa, Himeno, Reze, Kobeni, and Makima. Reze and Makima met at his home and clashed over him, but the evening ended peacefully with all four sharing his bed.

• Kirisū Yuki offered Asaba Kotone command of a new elite division, and he chose the name Special Division for Devil Affairs 1 and requested Aki Hayakawa, Himeno, and Reze as members, with Makima as vice-captain.
• Makima learned that Reze was close to Asaba Kotone and confronted her when Reze and Kobeni Higashiyama arrived at his home.
• Reze and Makima briefly attacked Asaba Kotone together, then bickered over him while Kobeni watched nervously.
• Asaba Kotone explained that Makima was a devil, and Reze and Makima eventually greeted Kobeni and each other without hostility.
• Asaba Kotone invited Kobeni and Reze to join his new division, and both agreed, while Makima remained quiet.
• Reze, Makima, and Kobeni insisted on sharing Asaba Kotone's bed, leaving him to spend the night with all three.

Asaba Kotone established Special Division for Devil Affairs 1, recruited Aki Hayakawa and Himeno, and renovated the Kamui Dimension by moving a villa into it. After giving the Angel Devil lifespan reserves to protect his village, he traveled to the Alps to seek Master and raise her affection.

• Kirisū Yuki helped Asaba Kotone establish Special Division for Devil Affairs 1 and transfer Aki Hayakawa and Himeno into it.
• Asaba Kotone privately promised Himeno he would keep her and Aki Hayakawa away from dangerous assignments, raising Himeno's affection.
• Asaba Kotone bought a Tokyo villa and transported it into the Kamui Dimension, where he and the others began settling in.
• Asaba Kotone killed the Sea Shrimp Devil threatening the Angel Devil's village and gave the Angel Devil over a thousand years of lifespan.
• Asaba Kotone traveled to the Alps to find Master, but spotted a young man before reaching her secluded home.

Asaba Kotone rescued Torigar from an avalanche, then let the Avalanche Devil sweep him away so he could meet Master. He became Master’s apprentice and went with her to her cabin, where she began testing him and preparing a meal.

• Asaba Kotone used Intangibility to protect Torigar from an avalanche and teleported him to Berlin when an Avalanche Devil appeared nearby.
• Asaba Kotone let a second avalanche carry him away, hoping to encounter Master, but the Snow Woman found him first and took him to her cabin.
• Master arrived and persuaded Asaba Kotone to become her apprentice, while the Snow Woman gave him a down jacket and warned him not to reveal what happened.
• Master took Asaba Kotone to her home and said she would test him before introducing him to the powerful Devil she had contracted with.
• Asaba Kotone chopped firewood for Master, and she made soup and served him a bowl.

Asaba Kotone lived with Master, hunted with her, and completed a dangerous commission that showed off his Weapon Human power. After Master's affection reached 50%, he unlocked the thirteenth Catalogue page and discovered it depicted the Snow Woman.

• Asaba Kotone walked through the snow with Master, and her affection for him rose as she promised to take him on more Public Safety missions.
• Master took Asaba Kotone hunting, where he helped carry and process their prey while she tested his reactions to killing an animal.
• Master brought Asaba Kotone to deal with rioters, and he used the Spear of Longinus to kill them all and drain their lifespans.
• Asaba Kotone took Master to a hamburger restaurant, and her affection reached 50% after they shared a meal.
• Asaba Kotone checked the newly unlocked thirteenth Catalogue page and found the Snow Woman.

Asaba Kotone said goodbye to Master after revealing that he was a weapon human, then visited the Snow Woman and discovered her affection for him was already high. After returning to Tokyo, he asked Kirisū Yuki to arrange a legitimate trip to China, though she resisted helping him.

• Asaba Kotone told Master that he knew about her Doll Devil contract and revealed that he was a weapon human, so Master let him leave on good terms.
• Asaba Kotone returned to the Kamui Dimension, where Reze and Makima questioned him about the scents of a devil and a human on his clothes.
• Asaba Kotone visited the Snow Woman, unlocked her Catalogue entry, and saw that her affection was already at fifty percent.
• Asaba Kotone gave the Snow Woman a necklace, and her affection rose to sixty percent as she treasured it as a token of love.
• Asaba Kotone took Makima and Reze to Tokyo, then opened the Catalogue's fourteenth page and found Pingcui's entry.
• Asaba Kotone visited Kirisū Yuki to ask her to arrange a legitimate trip to China, and she refused after he had slapped her for teasing him.

Asaba Kotone secured a work visa and traveled to Hong Kong, where he activated Pingcui’s Catalogue entry and reunited with her. After completing his paperwork, he learned the Dragon Fiend had also been transferred there and planned to meet her next.

• Kirisū Yuki arranged Asaba Kotone’s work visa for China, requiring him to work under local Public Safety while he stayed.
• Asaba Kotone told Reze that he had met a Snow Woman Devil, then let Little Gun and Pochita spend time with the household.
• Kobeni Higashiyama overcame some of her fear and gently petted Little Gun, while Makima held Pochita and reflected on Chainsaw Man’s simple wish to hug people.
• Kirisū Yuki informed Asaba Kotone that his visa was ready, and he said goodbye to Reze, Makima, and Kobeni before leaving for Hong Kong.
• Pingcui met Asaba Kotone at the airport, activating her Catalogue entry and raising her affection to fifty-five percent when he admitted he had wanted to see her.
• Pingcui took Asaba Kotone to handle paperwork and offered to show him around; he discovered the Dragon Fiend had also been transferred to Hong Kong, and Pingcui planned to bring her along.

Asaba Kotone spent his first day at Hong Kong Public Safety getting acquainted with Pingcui and the Dragon Fiend, helping them dress and grooming their hair before going out with them. Their outing left him feeding the handcuffed Dragon Fiend at a restaurant, while both fiends’ affection toward him continued to rise.

• Pingcui brought Asaba Kotone to the Dragon Fiend’s room and asked him to help the sleepy, naked Dragon Fiend get dressed.
• Asaba Kotone dressed the Dragon Fiend and combed her hair, raising her affection and unlocking rewards in his Catalogue.
• Pingcui’s ponytail tangled her hair to get Asaba Kotone’s attention, and he combed her hair too, increasing her affection.
• A Public Safety staff member required the Dragon Fiend to wear handcuffs outside, and Asaba Kotone received a Hong Kong uniform before accompanying the two fiends.
• At a Chinese restaurant, Asaba Kotone ordered food and fed the handcuffed Dragon Fiend, raising her affection to fifty percent.

After the Gender-Swap Devil transformed Asaba Kotone into a woman, he searched for a way to reverse the change and returned to the Public Safety Building with Pingcui and Long. There, Quanxi stopped him and demanded that he become her woman.

• Asaba Kotone unlocked Cosmo in the Catalogue and worried that Cosmo might already be close to Quanxi.
• At the amusement park, the Gender-Swap Devil changed Asaba Kotone into a woman by taking his photograph, and Pingcui identified the devil and explained that the transformation would progress in stages.
• Pingcui and Long grew more affectionate toward Asaba Kotone, but he insisted that he wanted to find the Gender-Swap Devil and change back.
• The guard stopped Asaba Kotone at the Public Safety Building because his appearance no longer matched his ID, then went to report the incident to his superiors.
• Quanxi arrived, recognized Asaba Kotone, grabbed his chin, and told him to be her woman.