Locust's Home

Standing over Hell's bottomless dark, Denji muses aloud about where all the devils have gone. Yoru seizes the lapse, peppering him with bullets and blasting him down into Hell's sea. She demands he yield, but before he can climb out a cloud of locusts swallows her as the Locust Devil makes its entrance.

Denji breaks the surface, joking that without swimming lessons he would be finished, and pulls himself back onto Yoru's platform. She is too buried in the swarm to register his return, and the Locust Devil keeps tearing at her even after losing its head. Denji asks how she likes his plan, only for Asa to turn to him and beg to be rescued. Pochita's instincts surge up, driving Denji to face the Locust Devil and shield Asa. Their collision rips through the Door of Hell, hurling all three back into the human world. Denji cuts the Locust Devil down, though his arm is severed in the exchange.

Yoru shoots Denji into Hell's ocean. The Locust Devil emerges and engulfs Yoru in a swarm. Denji swims back up and the Locust Devil continues attacking even after decapitation. Asa pleads with Denji for help, triggering Pochita's protective instincts. The ensuing clash breaks through the Door of Hell, returning all three to the human world, where Denji kills the Locust Devil at the cost of his arm.

Collected in Volume 24 within the War Devil arc. The chapter marks a turn where Pochita's instinct to protect Asa overrides Denji's own intentions, foreshadowing the shifting dynamic between Denji, Yoru, and Asa. The Locust Devil is slain, and Denji loses his right arm.