Chapter Summaries

Satoru Gojo, Akesato, Kinji Fukamachi, and the others passed the Shinkansen ride to Kyoto playing games and discussing the upcoming exchange event. After Maki Zenin lost at Old Maid, a familiar voice mocked her as she left the carriage.

• Satoru Gojo and Akesato beat Kinji Fukamachi at several gambling games, while the other passengers played Old Maid.
• Maki Zenin and the others discussed Kyoto School’s strong competitors, Aoi Todo and the Kamo family heir.
• Maki Zenin held back from challenging the Kamo heir because she suspected Akesato had a personal connection to the family.
• Panda beat Maki Zenin at Old Maid, leaving her to pay for lunch.
• As Maki Zenin left the Shinkansen carriage in Kyoto, a familiar voice called her a dead-last runaway.

Maki and the Tokyo students met Mai Zenin, who had come to welcome them to Kyoto Jujutsu High, and Akesato eased their tense reunion with a souvenir. Mai introduced her shy teammate Kasumi, who was distracted by Satoru Gojo.

• Mai greeted the Tokyo students at Kyoto Station in her altered uniform and revealed that she was a first-year student at Kyoto Jujutsu High.
• Maki questioned Mai's attitude, and Akesato suggested that Mai had enrolled because she wanted to catch up to her sister.
• Akesato handed Mai a Tokyo Banana and apologized, prompting her to explain that Principal Gakuganji had sent her to welcome the group.
• Mai said she had come with another student, and Gojo spotted Kasumi hiding behind a pillar.
• Mai dragged Kasumi out, but Kasumi remained flustered because Gojo was looking at her.

Akesato accompanied the Tokyo students to Kyoto Jujutsu High, where tensions flared between the two schools before he and Kamo Noriki stopped a fight. The chapter ended with Akesato imagining a musical performance involving Utahime Iori and Gakuganji Yoshinobu.

• Akesato befriended Kasumi Miwa with Tokyo Banana while Mai Zenin tried to keep the group moving.
• Yuta Okkotsu spotted Aoi Todo holding a Takada Forever sign, and Mai led everyone away rather than approach him.
• Akesato met Gakuganji Yoshinobu, Utahime Iori, Momo Nishimiya, and his half-brother Kamo Noriki at Kyoto Jujutsu High.
• Kinji Fukamachi and Kamo Noriki traded barbed remarks, prompting students from both schools to prepare for a fight.
• Akesato and Kamo Noriki calmed the students and postponed the confrontation until the exchange event.
• Akesato told Satoru Gojo he was considering a performance featuring Utahime Iori singing and Gakuganji Yoshinobu playing guitar.

At the Goodwill Event opening, Akesato proposed putting Kinji Fukamachi on the substitute bench, but Kyoto refused and sent Mechamaru to find the missing Aoi Todo. Todo arrived just before the team battle began and immediately asked the Tokyo students what kind of women they liked.

• Gakuganji Yoshinobu explained the team battle rules and dismissed the students until noon.
• Kyoto staff discovered that Aoi Todo was missing, and Utahime Iori said he had not returned from an idol event the previous night.
• Akesato suggested that Kinji Fukamachi sit out as a substitute, but Kamo Noriki rejected the offer and asked Mechamaru to locate Todo.
• Mechamaru tracked Todo to the mountain gate, where he sprinted up to the school and arrived carrying a Takada tote bag.
• Todo tossed his clothes to Momo Nishimiya, struck a dramatic pose, and asked the Tokyo students what kind of women they liked.

Akesato defused Aoi Todo’s demand for everyone’s preferred type by bringing out Rika, whose overwhelming presence shocked Kyoto School. After Gakuganji demanded restrictions on Yuta’s participation, Yuta agreed to limit Rika’s manifestation, and Akesato’s group prepared to win without relying on her power.

• Aoi Todo demanded that the students answer what kind of women they liked, so Akesato redirected the question toward Yuta and brought Rika out.
• Rika fully manifested and frightened Kyoto School before Yuta calmed her down; Todo praised her strength and introduced himself to Akesato and Yuta.
• Gakuganji argued that Rika was too dangerous and demanded that Yuta be banned from the exchange event.
• Yuta agreed to restrictions on Rika’s manifestation and said he would forfeit if he crossed the line.
• Akesato said Yuta did not need to rely on Rika, and the Tokyo first-years gathered around him, ready to overpower Kyoto School.

The team match began after Meimei introduced her Crow Manipulation and Satoru Gojo’s ridiculous countdown. As both teams deployed their plans, Akesato explained that Kyoto School’s conservatives might use the match as a chance to kill Yuta Okkotsu.

• Meimei announced that she would observe the competitors through crows and recommend successful sorcerers for paid work.
• Kinji Fukamachi and Aoi Todo each left their teams to fight alone as the match began.
• Akesato assigned Panda, Kato, and Playful Panda to target weaker opponents while restraining any Grade 2 Cursed Spirits they found.
• Yuta Okkotsu set out alone toward a likely enemy encounter, with Rika promising to protect him.
• Maki asked why Kyoto School would target Yuta, and Akesato said Gakuganji’s conservatives likely still sought his execution.

Akesato explained to Maki why the conservatives opposed Yuta and how their interests shaped their plans, while she realized Gojo’s strength and principles constrained his response. As their group prepared to stop the Kyoto delegation, Momo Nishimiya took the bait and was forced off her broom.

• Akesato explained that the conservatives feared changes that might redistribute their power, and Maki recognized why Yuta was especially vulnerable to their schemes.
• Akesato described how Gojo’s strength and commitment to maintaining order limited his ability to retaliate against the conservatives.
• Maki concluded that their task was to crush the Kyoto delegation’s conspiracy and guessed that Darkrai was secretly following Yuta.
• Akesato confirmed that the first target had taken the bait as Momo Nishimiya flew toward the moving pair on her broom.
• A command carried on crackling electricity made Momo and her broom lose their buoyancy and fall.

During the team battle, Akesato’s plan eliminated Momo Nishimiya and sent Panda and Toge Inumaki scouting while the team avoided a direct fight. The chapter left Aoi Todo and Kinji Fukamachi facing off in a head-on battle.

• Toge Inumaki disrupted Momo Nishimiya’s flight with Cursed Speech, and Panda caught her before she hit the ground.
• Playful Panda destroyed a low-grade Cursed Spirit, and Momo Nishimiya surrendered before she could warn her teammates.
• Meimei’s crow escorted Momo Nishimiya out while Panda and Toge Inumaki reported her elimination and continued their retreat.
• Akesato told his team to prioritize Cursed Spirits and support targets, avoid direct combat, and regroup with Yuta.
• Aoi Todo and Kinji Fukamachi met and exchanged opening punches before Todo asked whether Fukamachi had brought a girlfriend and what kind of woman he liked.

Gojo watched Yuta Okkotsu face four Kyoto students while Akesato’s plan gave the Tokyo team opportunities to shine. Yuta overwhelmed the attackers with his immense cursed energy, and Gojo revealed that Yuta had even more cursed energy than he did.

• Gojo accepted a video call and saw Yuta standing with Rika as four Kyoto students surrounded him, led by Kamo Noriki.
• Gojo challenged Gakuganji over the apparent setup, then saw Akesato signal that the plan was under control.
• Kamo Noriki attacked with a blood-manipulated arrow, but Rika crushed it after Yuta recognized the technique.
• Three Kyoto seniors attacked from different directions, but Yuta’s sword strikes sent them flying and knocked them down.
• Gojo and Akesato noted that Yuta’s vast cursed energy exceeded Gojo’s own.

Yuta Okkotsu used copied Cursed Speech and Rika to overwhelm Kyoto School while the observers learned that his Copy technique and vast cursed energy made him a Special Grade. As the team match ended, Maki and Akesato prepared to join Yuta and confront the remaining opponents.

• Yuta Okkotsu used a megaphone and Cursed Speech to freeze Kyoto School's four students, then attacked them with Rika.
• Satoru Gojo explained that Yuta's Cursed Technique was Copy and that his enormous cursed energy made him a Special Grade.
• Satoru Gojo warned Principal Gakuganji that upheaval was coming and that the old Jujutsu world's traditions would not contain it.
• Akesato and Maki Zenin exorcised the remaining Cursed Spirits, with Maki defeating the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit in three moves.
• Akesato and Maki headed to meet Yuta for the final stage of the team match.

Tokyo School continued its effort to defeat Kyoto School with a perfect score as Akesato directed the team to eliminate Kyoto’s students without killing them. Yuta, Toge, Panda, and Akesato each forced an opponent out of the match, and Akesato contacted Gardevoir.

• Kyoto School’s students grew furious as Tokyo School restrained their Grade 2 Cursed Spirit and aimed to leave them with no points.
• Kamo Noriki ordered his team to scatter, retreat from Yuta Okkotsu, and focus on exorcising the remaining cursed spirit.
• Akesato told Yuta to follow the weakest close-combat fighter and instructed Toge Inumaki to target him.
• Toge used cursed speech to make his opponent twist an ankle and choke, then threatened him with a hand crossbow until he surrendered.
• Panda ambushed and knocked out his opponent, while Akesato used the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit and Darkrai to force another opponent to surrender.
• After defeating his opponent, Akesato opened his contacts and called Gardevoir.

Maki Zenin intercepted Kamo Noriki and defeated his close-range attacks despite his Blood Manipulation. Kamo still refused to surrender and fired a crimson bullet at her, which she easily dodged.

• Maki Zenin confronted Kamo Noriki and challenged him over his view of Yuta Okkotsu.
• Maki pursued Kamo through the trees, where Kamo tried to ambush her with a palm strike.
• Maki countered Kamo’s attack with hand strikes and kicks, knocking him back.
• Kamo activated Crimson Scale Dance to boost his body and attacked Maki more fiercely.
• Maki put aside her Battle Blade and blocked Kamo’s attacks before kicking him away again.
• Kamo fired a crimson bullet at Maki’s shoulder, but she dodged it with ease.

Maki Zenin defeated Kamo Noriki after preparing carefully to counter Blood Manipulation, while Akesato stopped Aoi Todo and Kinji Fukamachi from disrupting the team battle. With the remaining threats dealt with, Akesato declared victory and called for everyone to withdraw.

• Maki Zenin studied Blood Manipulation and planned how to avoid contact with Kamo Noriki’s blood.
• Maki used her preparation and concealed weapons to overwhelm Kamo Noriki until he surrendered.
• Maki told Akesato that she had won, and Akesato ordered Gardevoir to end the clash between Aoi Todo and Kinji Fukamachi.
• Akesato’s Darkrai destroyed and swallowed the battered Cursed Spirit.
• Gardevoir restrained Aoi Todo and Kinji Fukamachi with Psychic until they agreed to stop fighting during the team battle.
• Akesato called for the group to withdraw and proclaimed their victory.

After Tokyo School dominated the exchange event, Akesato worried that Kamo Noriki was becoming a traditionalist like the conservative family heads he opposed. The chapter ended with Akesato and Maki noticing Mai Zenin, Maki’s twin sister.

• Masamichi Yaga objected to Tokyo School’s overwhelming victory, while Satoru Gojo and Akesato defended their approach and taunted Gakuganji Yoshinobu.
• Akesato watched Kamo Noriki focus on Yuta and feared that Noriki’s upbringing was turning him into a conservative who might abandon his mother, Akemi, and the principles Akesato shared with her.
• Maki offered to beat Noriki into shape, but Akesato said he needed someone to talk sense into him; Panda overheard them, felt unwanted, and was comforted by his little panda companion.
• Akesato reflected that the pandas’ way of getting along might suit brothers, then noticed Maki looking at her twin sister, Mai Zenin.

Akesato urged Maki to talk things through with Mai, then let Gardevoir follow Maki while he accompanied Mai around Kyoto Jujutsu High. Mai asked him to help with Maki, and the chapter ended with Akesato saying he wanted her.

• Akesato suggested that Maki and Mai clear up their misunderstanding, but Maki warned him not to interfere.
• Gardevoir followed Maki, while Mai approached Akesato and asked to call him Ari.
• Mai guided Akesato around the school and described Maki as blunt and hurtful, asking whether she had done something wrong.
• Akesato advised Mai to speak honestly with Maki, and Mai asked him to help her get through to her sister.
• Akesato agreed, then told Mai that he wanted her.

The author reflected on the struggles and choices behind creating his Jujutsu Kaisen fanfiction, then explained its performance and appealed for subscriptions as it went premium. He promised a five-update launch and additional chapters tied to reader support.

• The author explained that his previous books had fallen short of premium status and described discarding hundreds of thousands of words while searching for a new idea.
• After the Jujutsu Kaisen anime ended, the author chose to write male-oriented fanfiction for the series despite the gamble and the lack of similar Qidian successes.
• The author settled on Gardevoir as the Pokémon element and designed the protagonist to echo several Jujutsu Kaisen characters.
• The book opened with encouraging trial recommendations, but its growth stalled during a later major recommendation as the pacing slowed.
• The author promised to finish the story, asked readers to subscribe rather than stockpile chapters, and pledged five updates for the premium launch with more updates tied to reader support.

Akesato cornered Mai Zenin to test whether she could stand up for herself, then challenged her passive approach to life and her wish to surpass Maki. Mai broke down, revealing her fear of struggle and failure, and the chapter left her crying in a corner as she questioned how people without talent could survive.

• Akesato frightened Mai by claiming that no one would protect her if he chose to harm her.
• Mai closed her eyes and submitted, but Akesato stepped away and revealed that he had been teasing and testing her.
• Akesato told Mai that her lack of resolve separated her from Maki and that she would never surpass her unless she changed.
• Mai protested that Maki’s choices and relentless struggle were not necessarily right, then sobbed as she voiced her fear of pain, failure, and losing everything.
• Mai curled up by the wall and asked Akesato how people without talent were supposed to survive.

Mai Zenin confessed her resentment and insecurity to Akesato, who urged her to choose her own goals and stop measuring herself only against Maki. She left with a broader view of how she might succeed, while Akesato explained his practical ambitions and staged plans.

• Mai Zenin admitted she was afraid of being judged and could not catch up to her sister, Maki.
• Akesato stayed with Mai and challenged her to distinguish between disliking Maki and disliking the person she had become in comparison to her.
• Akesato told Mai that she could either pursue her ambitions wholeheartedly or accept a more conventional life, but should stop deceiving herself about what she wanted.
• Akesato described how he set staged, practical goals and negotiated a fallback with his family, revealing that his main ambition was to make enough money to live comfortably.
• Akesato urged Mai to seek strengths beyond sorcery and consider other ways to surpass Maki, such as earning more money or becoming smarter.

Mai reconsidered how she could surpass Maki and accepted Akesato’s offer to exchange advice for passing along messages. After Akesato left, Mai’s classmates noticed her flushed, tear-streaked face and suspected she had fallen in love with him.

• Akesato encouraged Mai to find something Maki cared about that she could surpass her in, and Mai asked him to help.
• Mai tried to seduce Akesato, but he rejected her and pointed out that her trembling hand showed she lacked composure.
• Akesato changed his mind and asked Mai to pass along two messages in exchange for two pieces of advice, then exchanged contact information with her.
• Kasumi Miwa and Momo Nishimiya found Mai crying and disheveled, but Mai denied that Maki or Akesato had bullied her.
• Momo guessed that Mai was in love with Akesato, and Akesato’s incoming message made Kasumi and Momo tease her.

Akesato deflected Maki’s questions about his counseling of Mai while Gardevoir brought them together. He then joined Satoru Gojo and Yuta Okkotsu on a trip to buy clothes, where he proposed shooting an MV at Gojo’s clothing store.

• Maki confronted Akesato about what he had done to Mai, and he said he had counseled her but would keep her private concerns confidential.
• Akesato told Maki he had Mai’s number and offered to act as a messenger between the sisters.
• Gardevoir took Akesato and Maki’s hands and floated them toward an outing around Kyoto.
• Akesato ran into Satoru Gojo and Yuta Okkotsu, who were going to buy clothes because Yuta’s kept wearing out from his cursed energy.
• Akesato suggested shooting an MV to promote Gojo’s newly opened Kyoto store or advertise Jujutsu High, and Gojo agreed.