Eyeshield 21: Hell is for Devil Bats continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next nine chapters (71–79) of the on-going manga series.
After the Deimon Devil Bats lost by one point to the NASA Aliens, Yoichi Hiruma shreds the Americans' passports and used their return tickets to fly to America. There, the Devil Bats meet the Seibu Wild Gunmen, and they enter into a beach football contest.
When they win, the coach of the runner-up team is revealed to be Doburoku Sakaki, the man who taught Yoichi Hiruma, Ryokan Kurita and Gen "Musashi" Takekura how to play football. Doburoku takes Deimon Devil Bats and Seibu Wild Gunmen to a ranch where he trains them for the next day.
Before the Devil Bats leave for Japan, they are given a choice to be involved in a Death March, a radical training procedure where in forty days, they travel on foot from Texas to Las Vegas, to which everyone accepts. The linemen are forced to push the pick-up truck there, Sena Kobayakawa is made to kick a stone while running all the way there, and Monta and Manabu Yukimitsu are running there while doing football pass routes and being shot at by Yoichi Hiruma if they lag behind.
Meanwhile in Japan, their first opponent in the Autumn Tournament is decided – the Amino Cyborgs, a school specialized in sports medicine enhancement.
This tankōbon is written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. For the most part, I really liked the story and the progression. Yoichi Hiruma is still a somewhat problematic character for me and I quite rather enjoyed the Deimon Devil Bats time in America and rather interesting to see how Inagaki interrupted life in the United States.
All in all, Eyeshield 21: Hell is for Devil Bats is a wonderful continuation to a new series that seems intriguing and I cannot wait to read more.