''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life'' (Volume 1) Twenty-three year old Canadian slacker Scott Pilgrim lives in Toronto, Canada. He lives in a cheap apartment with his gay roommate Wallace, performs in the band "Sex Bob-Omb" along with his best friend Stephen Stills and ex-girlfriend Kim Pine, and is casually dating a seventeen-year-old high school girl named Knives Chau. Kim, Wallace, and Scott's sister Stacey resent this idea, but Stephen and his roommate, "Young" Neil Nordegraf, support it, especially when Knives becomes obsessed with their band. One night, Scott begins to have recurring dreams of a pink-haired girl, whom he falls in love with. After seeing the same girl at the library, he becomes determined to go out with her; his obsession causes him to spend less time with Knives and put less effort into the band. Later, at a party hosted by Stephen's girlfriend Julie Powers, Scott discovers that the girl's name is Ramona. Scott awkwardly interacts with her, then secretly stalks her until she leaves the party. Julie and Stephen inform him that Ramona just had a bad breakup with someone named Gideon, motivating Scott to pursue her. After learning she works at Amazon, he buys multiple CDs in an attempt to see her. On Scott's next date with Knives, she kisses him, causing him to freak out. The next day, Stephen informs the group that Sex Bob-Omb will play in a battle of the bands with another popular band called Crash and the Boys. Later that day, Ramona delivers Scott's package. She reveals that she can travel quickly over long distances using a "subspace highway", an interdimensional transitway that passes through people's minds; Scott's mind is so empty that he is able to see her in his dreams. Scott awkwardly asks her out, and she accepts. They end up at Ramona's house and almost have sex, but decide not to. While there, Scott notices a mysterious letter from Gideon. Ramona agrees to come to Scott's battle of the bands, and they officially start dating. When he informs Wallace about this, Wallace forcefully tells him to break up with Knives. At the battle of the bands, Crash and the Boys knock the audience unconscious with a song so they can win the battle of the bands by default. When Sex Bob-Omb begins to play anyway, a mysterious man crashes through the ceiling and attacks Scott, introducing himself as Matthew Patel, Ramona's first "Evil Ex-Boyfriend". Ramona explains that they barely dated in middle school. Scott and Matthew fight, initiating a music battle between Sex Bob-Omb and Matthew's "Demon Hipster Chicks". Scott defeats Matthew, shattering him into $2.10 in Canadian currency. On the bus ride home, Ramona informs Scott that he must fight her seven evil exes to date her, but they agree to continue their relationship. When Scott asks if Gideon is one of the evil exes, Ramona's head begins glowing and she doesn't answer.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Volume 2) In a flashback to Scott's teen years, Scott met Kim and a girl named Lisa Miller after transferring to a new school, and the three started a band. The following week, a gang controlled by a bully named Simon Lee kidnapped Kim, and Scott fought through his forces to rescue her. After saving Kim, the two began dating. Everything went well until Scott had to move to Toronto, causing him to break up with Kim. In the present, Scott learns that popular movie star and pro skateboarder Lucas Lee is shooting a film in Toronto. Later, while on a date with Knives, Scott breaks up with her after she confesses she is in love with him. Scott copes with his guilt by thinking about Ramona. On his next date with Ramona, she suggests he cut his hair, though he is averse to the idea, associating his last haircut with a previous breakup. The next day, Wallace discovers that Lucas is one of Ramona's ex-boyfriends, which Ramona confirms, though she admits she hardly remembers their relationship. Scott buys many of Lucas's movies to study him, and Ramona's head starts glowing as they watch them. As time passes, Stacey and Ramona start hanging out, much to Scott's chagrin. Knives, feeling jilted and broken-hearted after seeing Scott on a date with Ramona, swears revenge. She dyes her hair and begins practicing ninjutsu, intending to kill Ramona and win Scott back. Meanwhile, Wallace helps Scott organise a battle with Lucas and accompanies him to it. Scott is quickly overpowered by Lucas' strength before the pair stop to take a lunchbreak and discuss Ramona, where Lucas reveals she broke his heart by abandoning him for her next ex, and reveals the existence of the 'League of Evil Exes'. Thinking quickly, Scott tricks Lucas into attempting a dangerous skateboard grind on the Casa Loma stairway rails; Lucas flies down the stairs at supersonic speeds and combusts at the bottom, leaving behind about $14 in coins and a mithril skateboard. Later that evening, Knives attacks Ramona and Stacey at the Toronto Reference Library. After Ramona defeats her, a fleeing Knives realizes that Scott was actually cheating on her with Ramona. That night, Scott receives a call from his ex-girlfriend, Envy Adams, who now is a successful pop star with the band The Clash at Demonhead. She asks Sex Bob-Omb to perform at her next concert in a few days, but the call disturbs Scott so much he slips into a brief coma. Things quickly go from bad to worse at Envy's concert: Scott's resolve is shaken, Knives is dating Young Neil as payback for Scott cheating on her, and Ramona informs Scott that Envy's bassist and current boyfriend, Todd Ingram, is Ramona's third evil ex-boyfriend.
Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness (Volume 3) After the show, Sex Bob-Omb meets up with The Clash at Demonhead backstage, and the two bands quickly begin fighting. Todd easily manages to beat Sex Bob-Omb, due to his telekinetic powers that he gained from being completely
vegan. Flashbacks throughout the story portray Scott's university years. He befriended his roommate, Stephen, and started dating his classmate Envy, who was a nerd and went by her birth name, Natalie, at the time. Scott and her began a romantic relationship and started a musical group alongside Stephen. However, as time passed, Natalie expanded the band by recruiting additional members and, ultimately, secured a record deal without obtaining consent, leading to both Scott and Stephen resigning from the group. Natalie, now going by Envy, began cheating on Scott and the two of them ultimately broke up, which Scott insists was Envy's fault despite barely remembering it. Todd's history with Ramona is also revealed: he used his burgeoning vegan powers to punch a hole in the moon for Ramona when they dated, but they broke up when he went to Vegan Academy. Envy proposes a challenge for Scott and Todd: a fight to the death at
Honest Ed's—whoever reaches the end of the store first wins. Neither Scott nor Todd win the challenge, and Todd begins cheating on Envy. At Lee's Palace, Envy and Scott talk backstage, and Scott attempts to apologize to Knives, who believes this means they can get back together. While Sex Bob-omb performs, Ramona and Envy get into an argument and begin to fight, with Envy winning before Ramona is saved by Knives. Envy catches Todd and Lynette Guycott, The Clash at Demonhead's drummer, leaving the bathroom together—her panties on Todd's head. She attempts to attack Lynette, who teleports away. Todd telekinetically flings Envy across the room when she refuses to forgive him for his infidelity, and Scott intercedes before the situation escalates. Todd and Scott then proceed to have a bass guitar battle, and Todd almost wins the battle until the "vegan police" show up and strip him of his powers for multiple vegan offenses, such as eating gelato. Scott headbutts the powerless Todd, who is reduced to a large pile of coins. Afterwards, Scott receives an extra life. As Sex Bob-Omb finishes playing, Scott notices a mysterious man with glasses leaving the event.
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (Volume 4) Scott, Ramona, and their friends go to Julie's beach hut for the Summer. Knives and Kim accidentally out themselves as bisexual and make out while blackout drunk, with only Scott remembering it, and Stephen and Julie break up. Kim moves out of her shared flat and in with her friends Hollie and Joseph, the latter of which has a recording studio. Scott reunites with Lisa Miller, who seems to have a crush on him and makes multiple advances at him. Scott and Wallace are faced with the impending deadline of their apartment lease, with Wallace considering moving in with his boyfriend Mobile instead of renewing it. Scott finally decides to be productive and gets a job at the restaurant where Stephen works. Upon meeting Joseph, Stephen becomes obsessed with recording an album, unintentionally disillusioning Kim and Scott from their band. Scott is repeatedly attacked by an older Asian man, and believes him to be Ramona's next ex. Scott is later attacked by Roxanne "Roxie" Richter, a half-ninja with the same subspace abilities as Ramona, confusing him. Scott later runs into Ramona and Roxie eating lunch at his job, revealing her to be the actual fourth evil ex, upending Scott's assumption that all of Ramona's exes were boys. Roxie attacks him, but Ramona fights her instead, until Roxie departs after Ramona insults her. The destruction left behind causes Scott to get fired. He later learns the man is Knives' father, seeking revenge for his treatment of her. After Lisa flirts with Scott too many times, Ramona becomes suspicious that they were a couple, and she asks for some space. Scott ends up staying over at Lisa's, who admits her feelings, but Scott instead declares his love for Ramona. Roxie attacks Scott in a dream, but he awakens before she can kill him. Scott leaves but chooses to get his job back before reuniting with Ramona. Scott returns to Ramona's, but their quarrel worsens after he accidentally invades her subspace dreams and he learns Roxie is staying with Ramona whilst in Toronto for an art exhibition. He leaves in a daze, but is suddenly confronted by Nega-Scott, however Scott refuses to confront him and runs back to Ramona. He discovers her being attacked by Mr Chau, and pits Roxie and Mr. Chau in battle against each other against Ramona's advice. Scott finally tells Ramona he loves her and will do anything to keep their relationship going. In this act of courage, Scott earns a sword pulled from his heart, the "Power of Love," which he uses to defeat Roxie and gain Mr. Chau's respect. Ramona declares her love for Scott as well and they move in together.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe (Volume 5) At a Day of the Dead party, Ramona spots her next two evil ex-boyfriends, Japanese twins Kyle & Ken Katayanagi, who were invited to the party by Julie. However, the twins are uninterested in fighting Scott instead sending an array of robots after him over the following days. Ramona becomes paranoid over Scott's history of ending relationships and forgetting all about them, and Sex Bob-Omb perform, but due to Stephen's obsession with the album they have had no practice and are awful. Knives confronts Ramona at the gig, where they fight until Knives realizes it is Scott's fault she was cheated on and not Ramona's. Ramona tells Scott they should have time apart. Kim learns her boyfriend, Jason, is cheating on her with Hollie, a revelation that causes Ramona's head to begin glowing. At a party, Kim manages to take a photo of the glow around Ramona, but Ramona denies knowing what it means. After a nightcap with Scott and Ramona, Kim goes home on the subway but is kidnapped by the twins. Meanwhile, Ramona confronts Scott over his infidelity and is unsatisfied with his evasive answers. Ramona's head begins glowing, and Scott believes she will break up with him. The next morning, Scott fights the twins to save Kim; before they are defeated, the twins reveal that Ramona dated both of them at the same time without the other's knowledge. Scott tells Ramona he doesn't care about her past and loves her, but she is demoralised and with a new haircut. She thanks him as the glow around her head grows brighter and brighter until she disappears altogether, leaving behind a letter addressed to Gideon. Scott, heartbroken, accidentally locks himself out of his and Ramona's house. Scott stays at his friend's houses as their personal lives deteriorate, such as Kim moving in with her parents in the Canadian wilderness. Scott moves into a new apartment paid for by his parents. With Gideon being the last evil ex to battle, Scott grows paranoid, perceiving anyone with glasses as Gideon. Gideon calls Scott, and asks him when he wishes to die.
''Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour'' (Volume 6) Jobless, kicked out of Sex Bob-Omb, and scared to face Gideon, Scott spends most of his time alone in his apartment playing video games. He is also plagued by dreams of Ramona and his other ex-girlfriends. When he is finally convinced to go outside, he tries to reconnect with the now-18-year-old Knives, desiring casual sex, but Knives states that she has moved on. She agrees to make out, but the two part after a bad kiss. Envy meets Scott for coffee, but he refuses to make amends with her. Wallace forces Scott to leave town and stay with Kim and her parents. In the woods, Kim reveals that Scott misremembers their high school days: Simon Lee was Kim's boyfriend, and Scott stole Kim from him after attacking him unprovoked. Remembering this causes Scott's head to glow as an evil doppelganger of Scott to appears, a physical manifestation of his mistakes called Nega-Scott. As they fight, Kim tells him that Nega-Scott will not disappear until he remembers and accepts his past. As Scott acknowledges his mistakes, Nega-Scott stops its assault and merges back into him. Scott comments that he doesn't deserve Ramona, but Kim tells him to fight and earn her back. She gives him one last kiss before Scott returns to Toronto. Scott arrives at Gideon's venue, the Chaos Theatre, for the final confrontation, where Gideon has collected his own ex-girlfriends as trophies. Scott learns that, whilst he was under the impression Ramona had returned to Gideon, Gideon was under the impression he and Ramona were still together, leading to them having no proper reason to fight. Gideon consequently offers Scott a position in the League of Evil Exes, but he refuses. Gideon stuns Scott with a punch, pulls Scott's "Power of Love" sword from his chest, and impales him with it, killing him. In limbo, Scott reunites with Ramona, who had been staying with her father, and they reconcile. Ramona apologizes for leaving him but admits she has only returned to confront Gideon, not to restart their relationship. Scott uses his extra life from Part 3 to bring himself back to life, bringing Ramona with him. Gideon reveals he started the League through a drunken rant on Craigslist after Ramona dumped him and was shocked that she hurt her exes enough that they replied. The Glow is a side affect of a weapon Gideon uses to cause depression by trapping people in their own minds. Ramona decides to run away but is killed by Gideon before she can teleport fully. Scott and Gideon fight in Ramona's mind, where a part of Ramona is still subservient to Gideon. However, present Ramona and other versions of herself appear, rejecting him. Ramona sacrifices her subspace bag to return the three to the real world. Scott sees Gideon objectifying Envy, prompting him to realize how badly his relationships with Knives, Kim, and Envy ended, thus generating a new sword — the "Power of Understanding." Ramona wields the "Power of Love" sword, which heals her injuries, and they deliver the final blow to Gideon. Gideon bursts into $7,777,777 worth of coins, pouring down painfully on the crowd. Envy hugs Scott, bringing their relationship to a proper close, and Gideon's ex-girlfriends are released from their capsules. Leaving the club, Scott and Ramona reaffirm their relationship and agree to give it another shot. Scott becomes a prep cook and finds out that Stephen is gay and is currently dating Joseph. Scott and Kim start a new band called Shatter Band, but they only play covers and for fun. The next day, Scott sees Knives off to college. Finally, Scott meets up with Ramona, who is waiting for him at a subspace door, ready to begin their relationship anew. They then hold hands and disappear over the threshold together. == Critical reception ==