Chapter Summaries

Eight-year-old Shen Yuanyi was trapped in a distorted Sunflower Children's Welfare Institute, where he fought grotesque childlike ghosts with his Psychic Power. He found two other children hiding in a cabinet, then drew a pursuing group of monsters away from them and ran toward an open area to fight.

• Shen Yuanyi discovered that the orphanage had changed and that its residents had vanished, then used his Psychic Power to survive the ghostly maze.
• A white-haired woman identified the site as a Grade 1, possibly Special Grade Cursed Fetus and enclosed the orphanage in a barrier after speaking with Gojo Satoru.
• Shen Yuanyi killed several childlike ghosts and found Kumiko and another boy hiding in a cabinet.
• Shen Yuanyi urged the two children to hide again when more monsters approached, then ran down the corridor to draw the creatures away and find room to fight.

Shen Yuanyi fought his way through the strange place and unleashed powerful Psychic Power to destroy a giant monster after it swallowed Koharu Anzu. Exhausted but still wary, he met a white-haired woman who introduced herself as Mei Mei and asked whether he had seen anyone else.

• Shen Yuanyi escaped a hall overrun by Little monsters and followed the sound of a nearby building collapsing.
• He saw a giant infant monster destroy a building and swallow Koharu Anzu, an Orphanage employee.
• Shen Yuanyi blasted the monster with Psychic Power, freeing the unconscious Koharu Anzu, then struck it with a Black flame-infused punch that annihilated it.
• After his anger subsided, Shen Yuanyi collapsed from exhaustion and encountered a white-haired woman named Mei Mei.
• Mei Mei asked Shen Yuanyi why he was there and whether he had seen anyone else.

After discovering he had been reborn in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, Shen Yuanyi met Mei Mei and revealed his unusual Cursed Energy and Cursed Technique to Gojo Satoru. Gojo decided to take him away from the dangerous orphanage and arrange for his care, leaving Shen Yuanyi in an unfamiliar place.

• Mei Mei rescued Shen Yuanyi, Koharu Anzu, and two other children after Shen Yuanyi explained that he had killed the Cursed Spirit.
• Shen Yuanyi recognized Mei Mei and the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, then decided to seek training at Jujutsu High under Gojo Satoru.
• Mei Mei called Gojo Satoru and told him that Shen Yuanyi had exorcised the Cursed Spirit and possessed vast Cursed Energy.
• Gojo Satoru examined Shen Yuanyi's Cursed Energy and watched him demonstrate a Cursed Technique that made the world seem to slow down.
• Gojo Satoru decided Shen Yuanyi could not safely remain at the orphanage and offered to take him somewhere while arranging his adoption.
• Gojo Satoru lifted Shen Yuanyi and transported him to an unfamiliar place.

Gojo Satoru brought Shen Yuanyi to Jujutsu High, where Yaga Masamichi gave him two Cursed Corpses, White Wolf and the White Fur Ball. Gojo arranged a home for Shen next to Megumi Fushiguro and introduced them as future companions, then left the children together.

• Gojo Satoru took Shen Yuanyi to Jujutsu High and left him with Yaga Masamichi while he handled business.
• Yaga Masamichi showed Shen Yuanyi his Cursed Corpses, and Shen used Cursed Energy to send the White Fur Ball bouncing around at tremendous speed before catching it.
• When Gojo Satoru returned, Yaga gave Shen the White Fur Ball and a Husky-shaped Cursed Corpse named White Wolf.
• Gojo Satoru arranged a nearby home for Shen and brought him to meet Fushiguro Tsumiki and Megumi Fushiguro, who said he did not want to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer.
• Gojo Satoru introduced Shen and Megumi as future companions, then vanished and left the three children together.

Shen Yuanyi spent time with the Fushiguro siblings before Gojo Satoru took him to test his Cursed Technique. Gojo identified it as control over time, and Shen Yuanyi named it Wheel of Time.

• Shen Yuanyi met Fushiguro Tsumiki and Megumi Fushiguro, watched Megumi summon a Divine Dog, and stayed for dinner.
• Shen Yuanyi returned to his new home with White Wolf and settled in for the night.
• Gojo Satoru took Shen Yuanyi to a wasteland, where Yaga Masamichi explained Cursed Energy, Cursed Techniques, and jujutsu sorcerers.
• Shen Yuanyi demonstrated his ability to enter a state that made himself and his attacks move with extraordinary speed.
• Gojo Satoru recognized Shen Yuanyi's Cursed Technique as the ability to accelerate time and suggested his technique might let his Cursed Energy regenerate exceptionally quickly.
• Shen Yuanyi named his Cursed Technique Wheel of Time.

Shen Yuanyi spent years training under Gojo Satoru, growing closer to Tsumiki and Megumi while hiding his true technique as Object Acceleration. At sixteen, he prepared to enroll at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, received the Special Grade Cursed Tool Annihilation, and left after saying goodbye to the Fushiguro siblings.

• Gojo Satoru and Yaga Masamichi agreed to register Shen Yuanyi's technique as Object Acceleration to conceal its true nature.
• Shen Yuanyi excelled at school, befriended Tsumiki, and gradually developed a better relationship with Megumi after fighting him and defending Tsumiki from delinquents.
• Gojo Satoru trained Shen Yuanyi for years, and Shen Yuanyi became capable of fighting cursed spirits below Special Grade with hand-to-hand combat.
• Gojo Satoru told Shen Yuanyi he would enroll at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School while Megumi and Tsumiki remained at ordinary schools.
• Gojo Satoru gave Shen Yuanyi the Special Grade Cursed Tool Annihilation, a bow that formed its string and arrows from Cursed Energy.
• Shen Yuanyi visited the Fushiguro household, said goodbye to Tsumiki and Megumi, and left to enter the Jujutsu World.

Shen Yuanyi arrived at Jujutsu High, reunited with Panda, and met Maki and Inumaki Toge. After Gojo Satoru assigned the students into teams and put them through training, Shen Yuanyi and Maki discovered they worked well together, while the group grew closer over drinks afterward.

• Panda welcomed Shen Yuanyi to Jujutsu High, helped him settle into his dorm, and introduced him to Maki and Inumaki Toge.
• Gojo Satoru arrived late, assigned Shen Yuanyi and Maki to one team and Panda and Inumaki Toge to another, and announced missions for them.
• Shen Yuanyi sparred with Maki, impressing her with his strength and speed, then asked her for advice on close combat.
• Gojo Satoru made all four students attack him during training, while Shen Yuanyi tested his Annihilation bow and covered his teammates with Cursed Energy arrows.
• After training, Shen Yuanyi brought drinks for the group, and the students relaxed together as Maki recognized how well she and Shen Yuanyi fought as a team.

Shen Yuanyi and Maki fought their way through a hospital infested with Cursed Spirits and faced a powerful cloth-covered curse. Shen Yuanyi joined Maki’s battle and destroyed the curse with a Black Flash.

• Shen Yuanyi and Maki entered the hospital after Shen Yuanyi raised a Curtain, and Maki cut down a group of weaker Cursed Spirits.
• Shen Yuanyi searched the upper floors while Maki fought through more curses and encountered a large cloth-covered Cursed Spirit on the second floor.
• The Cursed Spirit ambushed Maki and repeatedly regenerated after she attacked it, leaving her searching for its weakness.
• Shen Yuanyi fired arrows through the floor and struck the Cursed Spirit with a Black Flash, exposing its tangled body.
• Shen Yuanyi landed another Black Flash and shattered the Cursed Spirit before Maki could attack its exposed weakness.

Shen Yuanyi and Maki exorcised a cursed spirit, then returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High, where the students learned their provisional grades had been affected by the Zenin Family. Maki began training Shen Yuanyi in weapon combat, and he charged back into their sparring match determined to improve.

• Shen Yuanyi used Wheel of Time to land a Black Flash and destroyed the Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit in two punches while Maki watched.
• Shen Yuanyi and Maki cleared the remaining low-grade cursed spirits, then ate Sukiyaki with Ijichi Kiyotaka before returning to school.
• Panda and Inumaki Toge teased Shen Yuanyi for returning late, and Maki explained that he had defeated their cursed spirit in two hits.
• Gojo Satoru told the students that the Zenin Family had interfered with their provisional grades, and Maki vowed to reclaim what she had lost herself.
• Maki began cursed-tool and hand-to-hand combat training, disarmed Shen Yuanyi during their spar, and instructed him to treat a weapon as an extension of his body.
• Shen Yuanyi picked himself up and charged at Maki again, determined to get stronger.

Shen Yuanyi and his classmates met transfer student Okkotsu Yuta, whose childhood friend Rika had become a powerful Vengeful Cursed Spirit and attacked the class. Gojo Satoru explained Yuta’s curse and assigned the students to training groups, giving Shen Yuanyi a solo mission.

• Shen Yuanyi practiced Cursed Technique Reversal and learned to briefly enter the Timeless State, which let him attack at extreme speed while reducing the strain on his body.
• Panda told Maki, Inumaki Toge, and Shen Yuanyi that a transfer student was arriving after seriously injuring four classmates at his previous school.
• Okkotsu Yuta entered the classroom, and Rika emerged to protect him, striking at the students before retreating back behind him.
• Gojo Satoru explained that Rika had died in an accident and become a Vengeful Cursed Spirit bound to Yuta, then introduced the new student to the class.
• Gojo Satoru paired Toge with Panda and Maki with Yuta for jujutsu training, while assigning Shen Yuanyi a solo mission.

Shen Yuanyi and Nitta Akari investigated a string of murders and used Nitta as bait to lure out the killer. Nitta was captured by a suspicious taxi driver, and Shen Yuanyi realized the taxi was dangerous.

• Maki harshly criticized Okkotsu Yuta, and Shen Yuanyi tried to comfort him before hurrying away to find Gojo Satoru.
• Gojo Satoru assigned Shen Yuanyi a solo mission involving a possible Curse User and gave him a school cursed tool.
• Shen Yuanyi and Nitta Akari investigated the murders of five women but found no useful clues, so they planned to use Nitta as bait.
• Nitta Akari walked alone at night and attracted a man who followed her, but he abandoned her before returning to pursue her again.
• Nitta Akari approached a taxi for help, but its driver trapped her inside and drove away.
• Shen Yuanyi watched Nitta get into the taxi and realized something was wrong with it.

Shen Yuanyi rescued Nitta Akari from the Curse User’s speeding taxi and fought the attacker despite his shikigami’s efforts to keep him alive. After killing the Curse User and destroying the remaining cursed spirit, Shen Yuanyi and Nitta Akari turned to arranging the scene’s cleanup.

• Shen Yuanyi froze the taxi with his technique, rescued Nitta Akari, and wounded the driver with his blade before the vehicle crashed.
• The Curse User summoned his shikigami, which fused with him and temporarily stabilized his fatal neck wound.
• Shen Yuanyi reversed the Curse User’s attack, then used his Timeless State to strike him and shatter his internal organs.
• The dying Curse User released his shikigami, transforming into a tumor-like monster, but Shen Yuanyi swiftly destroyed it.
• Nitta Akari asked Shen Yuanyi what had happened, and he called her over to discuss disguising the wreck as a traffic accident and arranging cleanup.

After completing missions, Shen Yuanyi reunited with the others at Jujutsu High, where Okkotsu Yuta trained hard and White Wolf returned stronger after Yaga Masamichi upgraded it. As the Kyoto Exchange Event approached, Gojo Satoru announced special training that Shen Yuanyi feared would be grueling.

• Shen Yuanyi returned to Jujutsu High and learned that Okkotsu Yuta was a Special Grade Sorcerer whose Rika had destroyed a Cursed Spirit during a mission.
• Maki and Shen Yuanyi put Okkotsu Yuta through intensive training, helping him improve rapidly in combat.
• Yaga Masamichi brought back White Wolf with enhanced combat strength and tracking abilities, and Shen Yuanyi watched it demonstrate its combat form.
• Panda told Shen Yuanyi that the Kyoto Exchange Event was approaching and explained that Jujutsu High's students would compete against Kyoto's first-years.
• Maki urged the students to train harder, and Gojo Satoru announced special training before the event, prompting Shen Yuanyi to anticipate Hell Training.

Gojo Satoru put Maki, Panda, and Shen Yuanyi through combat training, countering their attacks while offering instruction. Shen Yuanyi revealed his Cursed Technique Reversal and tried to surprise Gojo Satoru with a time-reversed Black Flash, but Gojo anticipated the attack and knocked him down.

• Gojo Satoru fought Maki, evading and dismantling her staff attacks before knocking her down and calling for the next student.
• Panda challenged Gojo Satoru in Gorilla Mode, but Gojo beat him back into his balanced form.
• Shen Yuanyi asked for a hand-to-hand match, and he and Gojo Satoru exchanged attacks while Shen Yuanyi searched for an opening to land Black Flash.
• Shen Yuanyi landed Black Flash, but Gojo Satoru caught its shockwave and counterattacked, sending him flying.
• Shen Yuanyi used Cursed Technique Reversal: Wheel of Time: Reverse to reposition himself and launch a second Black Flash, but Gojo Satoru anticipated it with his Six Eyes and struck him down.

Gojo Satoru put his students through punishing training as the curse situation worsened, while Shen Yuanyi learned the limits of his Cursed Technique Reversal. With the Kyoto students arriving for the goodwill event, both schools introduced themselves and Todo Aoi challenged Tokyo’s group over its many first-years.

• Okkotsu Yuta fought Gojo Satoru, who criticized his hesitation and made him keep attacking.
• Gojo Satoru warned the students that curses were surging nationwide and that Special Grade Cursed Spirits had been detected.
• Shen Yuanyi discovered that repeated use of Cursed Technique Reversal caused mental strain, and Ieiri Shoko’s treatment eased its effects.
• Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi briefly returned to school, then the Kyoto delegation arrived for the goodwill event.
• Maki revealed that the Kyoto student Maki Zenin was her twin sister, and the students from both schools introduced themselves.
• Todo Aoi questioned whether Tokyo Jujutsu High was looking down on Kyoto by sending so many first-years.

Shen Yuanyi provoked Todo Aoi by revealing that Okkotsu Yuta was a Special Grade, and the students learned that the Exchange Event would be a team battle. The match began the next day, with Tokyo and Kyoto carrying out separate plans as the first Cursed Spirits were exorcised.

• Shen Yuanyi taunted Todo Aoi by announcing that Okkotsu Yuta was a Special Grade, and Todo looked forward to fighting him and asked what type of woman he liked.
• Yaga Masamichi announced that the Exchange Event would be a team battle to exorcise a Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit and other Cursed Spirits, with interference allowed but killing forbidden.
• Maki assigned Okkotsu Yuta, Panda, and White Wolf to track the Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, while she and Inumaki Toge hunted Kyoto students and Shen Yuanyi acted alone.
• Inumaki Toge stopped a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit with Cursed Speech, and Maki killed it as Mei Mei's crow surveillance showed the match to the teachers.
• The tally first gave Tokyo a point and then Kyoto a point, while Gojo Satoru teased Iori Utahime at the observation post.
• The chapter revealed Kyoto's strategy: Kamo Noritoshi would seek the Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, while Todo Aoi would search for Shen Yuanyi and the others would disrupt Tokyo's team.

Shen Yuanyi knocked Momo Nishimiya out of the Exchange Event, then defeated Kamo Noritoshi while rushing toward the source of a huge disturbance. He suspected Rika had gone out of control because something had happened to Okkotsu Yuta.

• Maki Zenin, Mechamaru, and Kasumi Miwa watched Maki and Inumaki Toge fight a cursed spirit and planned to exploit Inumaki’s Cursed Speech with long-range attacks.
• Shen Yuanyi shot Momo Nishimiya’s broom from the sky, captured her before she could report what happened, and left her for the teachers to retrieve.
• Maki and Inumaki evaded the Kyoto students’ fire and ranged attacks, while Maki confronted Maki Zenin, Mechamaru, and Kasumi Miwa.
• A thunderous crash and a giant figure interrupted the battle, drawing the attention of Maki, Mechamaru, and the others.
• Kamo Noritoshi attacked Shen Yuanyi with Blood Manipulation, but Shen Yuanyi broke through his defenses, wounded him, and left him incapacitated before hurrying toward the disturbance.

Rika broke free of Okkotsu Yuta’s control during the Exchange Event, and Gojo Satoru and Shen Yuanyi weakened her until Yuta could summon her back into his Cursed Blade. The students were left recovering from the incident, and Shen Yuanyi urged Yuta to see Ieiri Shoko and learn Reverse Cursed Technique.

• Gakuganji rebuked Gojo Satoru after Rika appeared, but Gojo and Ieiri Shoko went to the scene when they saw that Rika had not seriously attacked anyone nearby.
• Gojo Satoru struck Rika with Hollow Wicker Basket: Purple, weakening her before he returned to Okkotsu Yuta, Panda, White Wolf, and Todo Aoi.
• Shen Yuanyi arrived, treated the injured students with Reverse Cursed Technique, and reassured Okkotsu as Gojo attacked Rika again.
• Gojo Satoru left Shen Yuanyi and Okkotsu to handle Rika, and Shen Yuanyi used Wheel of Time: Spin and Cursed Energy Emission to damage her further.
• Okkotsu Yuta summoned Rika back into his Cursed Blade, and Shen Yuanyi comforted him before urging him to see Ieiri Shoko and learn Reverse Cursed Technique.

After Tokyo Jujutsu High won the team battle, both schools chose one-on-one matches for the individual battles and selected their opponents. The battles were scheduled for the next morning, but Shen Yuanyi and Panda rounded up Okkotsu Yuta and Inumaki Toge to play games instead of training.

• Todo Aoi praised Okkotsu Yuta and asked Shen Yuanyi what kind of woman he liked; Shen Yuanyi answered that he liked white-haired beast-eared girls.
• Yaga Masamichi outlined two individual battle formats, and both schools agreed to hold one-on-one matches the next morning.
• The schools selected their opponents: Kasumi Miwa and Todo Aoi would face Shen Yuanyi, Okkotsu Yuta would face Kamo Noritoshi, Inumaki Toge would face Mechamaru, and Momo Nishimiya would face Maki.
• Shen Yuanyi invited Panda to play games, and Panda persuaded Okkotsu Yuta and Inumaki Toge to join them.

The individual battles began, and Shen Yuanyi, Panda, and Zenin Maki won their matches for Tokyo Jujutsu High while Inumaki Toge’s opponent forfeited. Tokyo took a four-point lead, and the next match was Okkotsu Yuta versus Kamo Noritoshi.

• Shen Yuanyi defeated Kasumi Miwa after testing her swordsmanship and pushing her to fight with resolve; she used New Shadow Style, Simple Domain and Sword Drawing before he disarmed her.
• Panda defeated Maki Zenin after surviving her attacks and revealing his three cores and Gorilla Mode, giving Tokyo its second point.
• Inumaki Toge forced Ultimate Mechamaru to forfeit after locating him and threatening him with Cursed Speech.
• Zenin Maki defeated Momo Nishimiya by blocking her wind-blade attacks and knocking her down, earning Tokyo another point.
• Yaga Masamichi announced the next match between Okkotsu Yuta and Kamo Noritoshi.