Chapter Summaries

Itadori Yuji discovered that the cursed finger had attracted several monsters, and he fought to keep them away from Sasaki and the others. After escaping the school, he was rescued from a pursuing monster by a black-haired stranger and a white wolfhound.

• Iguchi described seeing a face at the window, and Itadori found no evidence that anyone had played a prank.
• Itadori spotted a human-faced monster outside the classroom, realized it was drawn to the finger, and charged it as it broke through the window.
• Itadori urged Sasaki, Iguchi, and Yoshitake Keiji to flee while he stayed behind with the finger.
• Itadori saw a winged monster attack the first creature, then fled through the school as more monsters pursued him.
• Itadori escaped through a third-floor window, but a monkey-like monster followed him outside.
• A black-haired stranger and an enormous white wolfhound appeared and called Itadori over.

Itadori Yuji and Megumi Zenin fought cursed spirits drawn to Sukuna's Finger, but after recovering it from a transformed Ape Cursed Spirit, Itadori swallowed it himself to keep the monster from reclaiming its power. The Ape Cursed Spirit exploded, leaving Megumi staring at Itadori standing amid the remains.

• Megumi Zenin used his shikigami to protect Itadori Yuji and battle the cursed spirits, but a Small Monkey Cursed Spirit severed Itadori's arm and stole Sukuna's Finger.
• Megumi summoned Round Deer to heal Itadori, then confronted the Small Monkey Cursed Spirit after it swallowed Sukuna's Finger and transformed into a powerful ape.
• Megumi and Itadori planned to cut open the ape and retrieve Sukuna's Finger, and Megumi's shikigami fusion and attack created an opening for Itadori.
• Itadori cut into the ape's abdomen and recovered Sukuna's Finger, but the monster broke free and grabbed him.
• Itadori swallowed Sukuna's Finger before the ape could reclaim it, and the cursed spirit exploded as Megumi watched him stand amid the remains.

Shen Yuanyi and Kenjaku discussed Kenjaku’s uncertain place in the planned New World and the reincarnation link that made Itadori Yuji a vessel for Sukuna. As Sukuna was reborn in Yuji’s body, Shen Yuanyi let Megumi and the others face the danger as an opportunity for Megumi’s Ten Shadows Technique to grow.

• Shen Yuanyi assured Kenjaku that he wanted a living, evolving New World and would honor their binding vow, though Kenjaku doubted he had a place in its future.
• Kenjaku explained that Itadori Yuji’s father was the reincarnation of Sukuna’s twin brother, whose soul remained connected to Sukuna after being devoured in the womb.
• Kenjaku revealed that he had controlled Yuji’s mother and revived her to ensure Yuji’s birth, making Yuji a suitable vessel for Sukuna’s rebirth.
• Kenjaku warned Shen Yuanyi that the newly reborn Sukuna might slaughter the children and that they could not defeat him with only one finger.
• Shen Yuanyi said the danger would give Ten Shadows a rare chance to develop, and Kenjaku recalled the technique’s past potential to threaten the divine throne.

Megumi Zenin faced Sukuna after Itadori Yuji became the King of Curses’ vessel, and Sukuna attacked him while asking whether God still existed. Sukuna unleashed his Domain Expansion, but a mysterious hand touched his shoulder and stopped everything except Sukuna.

• Itadori Yuji swallowed Sukuna’s Finger, emerged from the Cursed Spirit as Sukuna’s vessel, and revealed the King of Curses’ return.
• Megumi Zenin attacked Sukuna with the Tengu Serpent, but Sukuna healed his arm and cut through the serpent with Cleave.
• Sukuna asked Megumi Zenin whether God still existed, then declared that the era was chaotic and threatened to kill him and feast on nearby people.
• Sukuna’s slashes battered Megumi Zenin and the Tengu Serpent, prompting Megumi Zenin to begin summoning Mahoraga.
• Sukuna interrupted the summoning with Domain Expansion: Fukuma Mizushi and shredded Megumi Zenin’s limbs, but a hand touched Sukuna’s shoulder and froze everything in the Domain except Sukuna.

Shen Yuanyi confronted Sukuna and revealed that he came from another time and space, then reversed time to before Sukuna expanded his domain. He attacked Sukuna to awaken Itadori Yuji’s consciousness within the vessel.

• Sukuna sensed Shen Yuanyi behind him and recognized the figure from his memories as the being who had ruled the Heian Period.
• Shen Yuanyi explained his temporal and spatial disorder, and Sukuna accepted that he was a different version of the person Sukuna had known.
• Shen Yuanyi proposed a deal, and Sukuna asked what would happen if he refused.
• Shen Yuanyi snapped his fingers and reversed time, restoring Megumi Zenin’s injuries and returning the scene to before Sukuna expanded his domain.
• Megumi Zenin saw Shen Yuanyi stab Sukuna, who retaliated with slashes but could not find him.
• Shen Yuanyi critically wounded Sukuna and warned him to wake up, causing Itadori Yuji’s consciousness to begin awakening.

Itadori Yuji survived Sukuna’s takeover and regained control of his body with Shen Yuanyi’s help. Shen assured Megumi Zenin that Itadori would not be executed and revealed that Tokyo Jujutsu High would soon recruit children with jujutsu aptitude, transforming the school.

• Itadori Yuji woke badly wounded, and Round Deer eased his injuries while Megumi Zenin watched over him.
• Shen Yuanyi restored Itadori’s body and explained that he could contain Sukuna while controlling himself.
• Megumi argued that Itadori should be spared and could serve as Sukuna’s prison, and Shen assured him that Itadori would not be executed.
• Shen Yuanyi explained that the Jujutsu High reformists could secure support to overturn the old execution rule.
• Shen Yuanyi told Megumi that Tokyo Jujutsu High would recruit young children with jujutsu aptitude as new students.

Shen Yuanyi visited the hospitalized Itadori Wasuke with Yuji, gained the family’s consent for Yuji to enter the Jujutsu World, and used a technique to extend Wasuke’s life. The chapter ended with Shen Yuanyi preparing to reform Jujutsu High by enrolling more than a hundred students in Yuji and Megumi’s cohort.

• Itadori Yuji delayed enrolling at Jujutsu High so he could spend time with his hospitalized grandfather, and Shen Yuanyi accompanied him to visit.
• Itadori Jin reacted angrily to Shen Yuanyi’s arrival, but Itadori Wasuke recognized him and asked whether Yuji had jujutsu talent.
• Shen Yuanyi explained that Yuji’s talent was tied to a curse, and Wasuke entrusted his grandson to him while urging Yuji to save others.
• Shen Yuanyi offered to extend Wasuke’s life, then used Wheel of Time: Reverse to delay his death after Wasuke accepted.
• Shen Yuanyi outlined plans to reform Jujutsu High and enroll more than a hundred students in Yuji and Megumi’s cohort as a trial for expanding the Sorcerer ranks.

Itadori Yuji returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High with Shen Yuanyi and Megumi Zenin, where he met Nobara Kugisaki and learned about the school’s powerful teachers and expanding student body. After Megumi and the Gakuganji sisters showed the newcomers around, the chapter left Yuji and Nobara discovering that several Special Grade sorcerers and a near-Special Grade student were gathered at the school.

• Itadori Yuji returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High with Shen Yuanyi and Megumi Zenin after his grandfather’s condition improved.
• Gojo Satoru introduced Nobara Kugisaki to Itadori Yuji, then privately questioned Shen Yuanyi about keeping Sukuna as a future opponent for the students.
• Gojo Satoru told Shen Yuanyi that Suguru Geto had recruited new students and that the school would need many more teachers.
• Megumi Zenin took Itadori Yuji and Nobara Kugisaki to the dorms, where he explained that Gojo Satoru, Shen Yuanyi, and Suguru Geto were Special Grade sorcerers and their teachers.
• Mimiko Gakuganji and Nanakko Gakuganji joined the group and led Nobara Kugisaki to the girls’ dormitory while explaining the school and its students.
• Nanakko Gakuganji told Itadori Yuji and Nobara Kugisaki that Okkotsu was already effectively Special Grade and that four of the five Special Grade sorcerers were at the school.

Terui Hideki accepted Geto Suguru’s offer to attend Jujutsu High after learning that the school trained people with supernatural abilities like his own. He joined the other freshmen on their journey to the school, where Gojo Satoru welcomed them.

• Terui Hideki signed a confidentiality agreement and met Geto Suguru, who showed him the Snow Woman and confirmed that the school taught supernatural powers.
• Terui Hideki accepted the offer and later boarded a school bus with the other freshmen, where he befriended Ogawa Yoshie and learned they shared unusual abilities.
• Zenin Maki and Okkotsu escorted the freshmen toward Jujutsu High, explaining that they had to walk the final stretch as a small test.
• Maki told Okkotsu that one of the traditional first-years, Yuji Itadori, had become Sukuna’s vessel after Teacher Genichi recruited him.
• Gojo Satoru greeted the freshmen outside the school and welcomed them to Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School.

Tokyo Jujutsu High held its first opening ceremony for more than a hundred new students, introducing them to the Jujutsu World and its teachers. The ceremony ended with the students set to begin learning how to control Cursed Energy that afternoon.

• Shen Yuanyi, Gojo Satoru, and Yaga Masamichi led the newcomers through the school and had Itadori, Megumi, and Kugisaki introduce themselves.
• Megumi Zenin used his Rabbit Escapes to randomly assign the boys to dorm rooms, while Kugisaki arranged the girls’ rooms.
• The new students settled into their dormitories and gathered at the auditorium ahead of schedule.
• Tenna Riko explained that jujutsu came from negative human emotions and introduced the students to curses and Jujutsu Sorcerers.
• Yaga Masamichi welcomed the class and announced that Nanami Kento would teach them to draw out and control Cursed Energy at two o’clock.

Terui Hideki and the other freshmen learned to extract and use Cursed Energy at Jujutsu High, while they realized their enrollment reflected a major change in the hidden jujutsu world. Gojo Satoru began a practical lesson with Megumi Zenin, whose unrestricted shikigami summons turned their demonstration into a spectacular confrontation.

• Nanami Kento taught the freshmen how to draw Cursed Energy from negative emotions, and Terui Hideki was among the first to succeed.
• Ogawa Yoshie praised Terui Hideki, while the students discussed Megumi Zenin's Rabbit Escape and privately recognized that recruiting over a hundred freshmen signaled a shift in the era.
• The freshmen spent their first night at the dorms without revealing jujutsu online, and the chapter noted their growing awareness that curses and the supernatural were real.
• Gojo Satoru taught the students to apply Cursed Energy to their bodies and explained how its amount and the user's efficiency affected physical enhancement.
• Gojo Satoru arranged a simulated battle with Megumi Zenin, but Megumi summoned the Tengu Serpent and Divine Dogs without restrictions, sending the colossal creature crashing toward Gojo amid lightning.

Gojo Satoru demonstrated the power of Cursed Energy and explained the sorcerer grades and the new Jujutsu High curriculum. He assigned Itadori Yuji a mission with Okkotsu Yuta to find another Sukuna's Finger and experience real combat.

• Gojo Satoru fought Megumi Zenin's Tengu Serpent using only Cursed Energy reinforcement and combat skills, then explained the importance of combat technique.
• Gojo Satoru revealed that he was a Special Grade Sorcerer and said the other Special Grades at the school would become the students' teachers.
• Gojo Satoru assigned the students Cursed Energy reinforcement practice and outlined lessons on combat, curses, and Cursed Corpses.
• Gojo Satoru told Itadori Yuji that Okkotsu Yuta would take him on a mission to retrieve another Sukuna's Finger and make him experience real combat.

Itadori Yuji set out with Okkotsu Yuta to recover a Sukuna's Finger, learning that Okkotsu could copy Shen Yuanyi’s time technique and would protect him during the mission. Meanwhile, Kenjaku challenged Jogo and Mahito to witness Shen Yuanyi’s buried past, hinting at his connection to the ancient era.

• Kenjaku’s plans relied on Sukuna’s eventual resurrection, while Shen Yuanyi intended for Itadori to absorb the Fingers and for Sukuna to become a future common enemy.
• Megumi Zenin reassured Itadori Yuji that Okkotsu Yuta was reliable and explained that the mission would give Itadori practical combat training.
• Okkotsu apologized for arriving late, befriended Itadori on the way to the mission, and explained that Shen Yuanyi’s technique was time and that Okkotsu could copy it.
• Okkotsu told Itadori he would not let him die, and the two set out to exorcise the cursed spirit and recover Sukuna’s Finger.
• Jogo complained to Kenjaku that Shen Yuanyi seemed impossible to defeat, and Mahito suspected that Shen Yuanyi might be an ancient sorcerer.
• Kenjaku invited Jogo and Mahito to witness the buried past rather than simply telling them about Shen Yuanyi.

Kenjaku led Jogo and Mahito through a hidden barrier beneath an ancient torii gate, where they discovered records of a god who once ruled the world for centuries. The chapter left Jogo and Mahito wondering whether the god in the records was their current enemy.

• Kenjaku activated the ancient torii gate and opened a hidden doorway, while explaining that forcing the barrier would destroy everything inside.
• Kenjaku, Mahito, and Jogo passed through the doorway into a dark space filled with water and inscribed stone pillars.
• Mahito and Jogo deciphered the pillars, which described a Divine Incarnation who ruled for hundreds of years before vanishing and whose followers’ records were suppressed.
• Jogo asked whether the god described in the records was their current enemy.

Kenjaku explained that Shen Yuanyi had ruled the jujutsu world in the past but now sought to return to his own time, and proposed turning the one who could decide everything against him. Meanwhile, Itadori Yuji fought a powerful Cursed Spirit under Okkotsu Yuta’s supervision, trying to discover its Cursed Technique.

• Jogo and Mahito learned from the stone pillars that Shen Yuanyi had once ruled the jujutsu world for centuries.
• Kenjaku told Jogo and Mahito that Shen Yuanyi wanted to return to his own time and planned to use curses and Sukuna as training for young sorcerers.
• Kenjaku proposed finding another way to oppose Shen Yuanyi by making the person capable of deciding everything destroy his plans.
• Itadori Yuji began fighting a massive Cursed Spirit after Okkotsu Yuta was outmatched by its strength and speed.
• Itadori noticed that the Cursed Spirit seemed weaker against him than it had against Okkotsu Yuta and began trying to identify its Cursed Technique.
• Okkotsu Yuta watched from a distance, setting Itadori the task of surviving for three minutes and figuring out the Cursed Technique.

Itadori realized the cursed spirit’s technique stole an opponent’s attributes and refused Sukuna’s offer of help. Driven by his responsibility to contain Sukuna and his desire to protect others, he pushed past his limits and landed a Black Flash.

• Itadori figured out that the cursed spirit’s technique stole its opponent’s strength, speed, and Cursed Energy, and that the technique had limits.
• Sukuna offered Itadori his strength through a binding vow, but Itadori rejected the offer.
• Okkotsu watched Itadori struggle and considered Black Flash his only chance to overcome the cursed spirit’s advantage.
• Itadori resolved to become strong enough to bear responsibility for Sukuna and protect others, and he continued fighting instead of surrendering.
• Itadori entered an extraordinary state of control and struck the cursed spirit with a Black Flash.

Itadori landed two Black Flashes against the cursed spirit, but Okkotsu intervened when Itadori failed to land a third and cut off the spirit’s head. The headless cursed spirit then began a Domain Expansion, and Okkotsu prepared to show Itadori the pinnacle of jujutsu combat.

• Itadori struck the cursed spirit with two consecutive Black Flashes, breaking its arms and badly damaging its head.
• When Itadori’s third attack failed to trigger Black Flash, Okkotsu used the copied Wheel of Time technique to step in and save him.
• Okkotsu explained that the spirit’s technique, which he called False Strength, stole most of an opponent’s power within its range.
• Okkotsu cut through the cursed spirit’s neck with his Cursed Blade and held up its severed head.
• The headless cursed spirit joined its hands and began a Domain Expansion, and Okkotsu told Itadori to watch the pinnacle of jujutsu combat.

Okkotsu Yuta defeated a cursed spirit that had absorbed Sukuna's Finger, using his Domain Expansion and copied techniques while teaching Itadori Yuji about advanced jujutsu. After Itadori swallowed the recovered finger safely, Shen Yuanyi and Gojo Satoru discussed their plan to reveal jujutsu to the public, with Kenjaku cooperating for now.

• Okkotsu Yuta deployed his Domain Expansion, neutralized the cursed spirit's sure-hit effect, and explained Domain Expansion to Itadori Yuji as their Domains clashed.
• Okkotsu used Copy: Limitless to stop the cursed spirit's charge, then copied its power-stealing technique and defeated it in a direct fight.
• Okkotsu recovered Sukuna's Finger, and he and Itadori returned to Jujutsu High, where Okkotsu explained Black Flash and Domain Expansion.
• Shen Yuanyi had Itadori swallow the recovered finger; Sukuna briefly appeared on Itadori's cheek, mocked him, and fell silent without taking control.
• Gojo Satoru asked Shen Yuanyi when he would advance the Jujutsu Disclosure plan, and Shen explained that he was waiting for an opportunity while using Kenjaku's faction as villains.

The chapter described Japan’s history as a subordinate power and introduced a popular history-and-legends television program filming near remote ancient ruins. As Kamiyama Ena and Ishizaki Seiji began hiking toward a village, a pink-haired boy arrived ahead of them for his first solo mission.

• Japan’s Jujutsu Sorcerers surrendered to foreign forces and concealed jujutsu, leaving the country prosperous but subordinate to a superpower.
• A television program built its popularity by combining historical sites, celebrity hosts, expert explanations, and dramatized local legends.
• Director and crew prepared to film at poorly preserved ruins whose history was uncertain but whose local legends offered material for the show.
• Kamiyama Ena and Ishizaki Seiji began hiking through the forest toward the village with the production crew and security personnel.
• A pink-haired boy reached the remote village ahead of the crew and resolved to prove himself on his first solo mission.

Ishizaki Seiji and Kamiyama Ena reached a mountain village after discussing a local legend about a blade-wielding Demon Warrior and a mysterious wild boar death. There they met Itadori Yuji, who had accidentally killed and carried in a wild boar, and Yuji realized the arriving Curious Sightings crew might interfere with his mission to investigate Cursed Spirits.

• Ishizaki Seiji told Kamiyama Ena the legend of a Demon Warrior and the unexplained blade wounds found on a wild boar, and Ena confirmed the old news report on her phone.
• Ishizaki Seiji and Kamiyama Ena reached the village around three in the afternoon and learned that an outsider had killed a wild boar and brought it there.
• Kamiyama Ena and Ishizaki Seiji followed the villagers to the village chief's home, where they saw the dead boar and noticed the young, pink-haired Itadori Yuji.
• Itadori Yuji explained that he had killed the attacking boar by accident after approaching it out of curiosity, then carried it to the village.
• The Curious Sightings production team approached Itadori Yuji for an interview, and he worried that their filming could disrupt his mission to investigate Cursed Spirits.