Aki bonds with the Future Devil while Makima coerces the Yakuza boss into naming the Gun Devil's contractors. Public Safety then storms Katana Man's hideout, where Aki is cornered by Akane Sawatari and her summoned Ghost Devil.
Aki seals his pact with the Future Devil, which takes up residence in his right eye after foreseeing his grim death. Kishibe wraps the training and reveals the coming raid on Katana Man and Akane Sawatari, warning that failure will doom the new Division 4. In a quiet meeting he presses Makima on whether she foresaw the earlier attacks and bluntly calls her a liar when she speaks of saving lives.
Makima confronts the Yakuza boss whose group shelters Katana Man, demanding the names of everyone contracted to the Gun Devil. When he hides behind talk of necessary evil, she produces a bag filled with the eyes of his men's loved ones and offers to have them restored for cooperation, crushing his defiance. Meanwhile Akane reminds her people that nowhere is safe from Makima and reveals the basement army of debt-born zombies.
Public Safety and the police throw a cordon around the hideout. Kishibe presents his roster of non-human hunters, the Shark Fiend Beam, the Violence Fiend Galgali, the Spider Devil Princi, and the Angel Devil, then sends them against the zombies while Aki, Denji, Power, and Kobeni split up to find their targets. Aki reaches Akane, who looses the Snake Devil and orders the summoned Ghost Devil to strangle him to death.
Aki forms a contract with the Future Devil, which inhabits his right eye. Makima extorts the Yakuza boss into naming the Gun Devil's contractors. Public Safety raids Katana Man's hideout, with Kishibe deploying the division's Fiends and Devils against the zombie horde. Aki then corners Akane Sawatari, who sets the Ghost Devil on him.
The eleventh episode adapts portions of chapters 31 through 35. Its ending theme is Violence. An anime-original beat shows Denji, Power, and Kobeni battling zombies before Aki orders them to separate.

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In Mission Start, Aki bonds with the Future Devil while Makima coerces the Yakuza boss into naming the Gun Devil's contractors. Public Safety then storms Katana Man's hideout, where Aki is cornered by Akane Sawatari and her summoned Ghost Devil.
Aki seals his pact with the Future Devil, which takes up residence in his right eye after foreseeing his grim death. The contract is formed as Kishibe wraps up the training and reveals the coming raid on Katana Man and Akane Sawatari.
Makima confronts the Yakuza boss sheltering Katana Man and demands the names of everyone contracted to the Gun Devil. When he hides behind talk of necessary evil, she produces a bag filled with the eyes of his men's loved ones and offers to have them restored for cooperation, crushing his defiance.
Kishibe presents a roster of non-human hunters for the raid on Katana Man's hideout: the Shark Fiend Beam, the Violence Fiend Galgali, the Spider Devil Princi, and the Angel Devil. He sends them against the basement army of debt-born zombies while Aki, Denji, Power, and Kobeni split up to find their targets.
Mission Start ends with Aki reaching Akane Sawatari, who looses the Snake Devil and orders the summoned Ghost Devil to strangle him to death. The episode adapts portions of chapters 31 through 35, with Violence as its ending theme.
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