Chapter Summaries

Eiji escaped the Zenin Family and tried to flee Kyoto, but Zenin Tarou and Yota Zenin tracked him to an abandoned shack. As Eiji ran into Satoru Gojo and two bodyguards, a strange force swept them all away and the Strongest Lostbelt System activated.

• Eiji threw his belongings from the Zenin Family truck, jumped into a river, and headed for a nearby station to escape Kyoto.
• Eiji recalled that the Zenin Family had caught him during a previous escape and had decided to dispose of him after he turned six without awakening a Technique.
• Zen'in Tarou used a Yukata to track Eiji to the shack, while Yota Zenin joined him to capture the boy.
• Eiji hurled a box of dirt and broken stones at Yota Zenin, escaped through a rear window, and ran toward a bridge with both men pursuing him.
• Eiji encountered Satoru Gojo and two bodyguards on the bridge, then a strange force swept all six people away as the Strongest Lostbelt System activated.

Eiji’s system malfunctioned inside the Half-Body Vengeful Spirit’s Domain, but it ultimately enhanced him and granted him the Ten Shadows Technique and an External Technique. As the spirit killed the Zenin brothers, Eiji summoned Mahoraga while Satoru Gojo watched.

• The Half-Body Vengeful Spirit trapped Eiji, Zen'in Tarou, and Yota Zenin in its Domain, and Zen'in Tarou attacked Eiji in fear.
• The vengeful spirit hanged Zen'in Tarou and Yota Zenin from the overpass and killed them with a passing train.
• Satoru Gojo and his two Bodyguards recognized the spirit and its Domain, while the Bodyguards focused on protecting Satoru Gojo.
• The system identified the world as Jujutsu Kaisen, enhanced Eiji, and granted him the Ten Shadows Technique and the External Technique Imaginary Foundation: Holy Grail before unbinding.
• Eiji used a hand seal and chanted to summon Mahoraga from his shadow.

Eiji summoned Mahoraga to defeat the Half-Body Vengeful Spirit, which dropped one of Sukuna’s Fingers when it died. Eiji concealed Mahoraga’s status from Satoru Gojo, then left with him to find food as an unknown stitched-headed old man cleaned up the scene.

• Eiji used a Command Spell to send Mahoraga after the Half-Body Vengeful Spirit, which targeted Mahoraga with ropes and a train.
• Mahoraga adapted to the spirit’s attacks, then killed it with the Demon-Slaying Sword, and Eiji found a Dark Red Withered Finger beneath its remains.
• Eiji realized the Half-Body Vengeful Spirit had become powerful but unintelligent after consuming Sukuna’s Finger.
• Satoru Gojo asked Eiji about Mahoraga, and Eiji dismissed it with a Command Spell while claiming he had not fully tamed it.
• Eiji and Satoru Gojo left to get food outside Kyoto, while a stitched-headed old man cleared away the remaining Cursed Energy.

Eiji discussed his break from the Zenin Family with Satoru Gojo, traded Sukuna's Finger for money, and prepared to leave Kyoto. He rode the Jade Dog into the darkness, intent on hiding in the countryside until the danger passed.

• Eiji told Satoru Gojo he would not return to the Zenin Family, and Satoru warned that the family would prize his Ten Shadows Technique.
• Eiji said he planned to hide in the countryside for a few years rather than become like the Zenin Family elders.
• Eiji gave Satoru Gojo Sukuna's Finger, and Satoru's bodyguard returned with a bank card that Eiji accepted as payment.
• Eiji declined Satoru Gojo's offer of a ride and summoned the Jade Dog in a dark alley.
• Eiji calmed the excited Jade Dog, then rode it out into the darkness to leave Kyoto.

Satoru Gojo and Kenjaku learned about Eiji Zenin’s past and began considering how to control or recruit him, while the Gojo Family planned to keep him from returning to the Zenin Family. Eiji settled into a quiet rural home in Osaka, unaware that powerful figures were making plans around him.

• Satoru Gojo read Eiji Zenin’s file and learned about his parents’ deaths and his mother’s despair over his failure to awaken an Innate Technique.
• Kenjaku reviewed the same file, recalled giving Sukuna’s Finger to the curse intended for Satoru Gojo, and decided Eiji could serve as a subordinate, Culling Game player, or vessel.
• Kenjaku concealed Eiji’s existence from the Zenin Family because he wanted to keep Eiji for his own purposes.
• The Gojo Clan Head and elders decided to recruit Eiji, hoping to use his resentment toward the Zenin Family and the Gojo Family’s favors to win him over.
• Satoru Gojo fled when the Gojo Clan Head called him over, anticipating another tedious visit with the elders.
• Eiji withdrew money, bought supplies, and settled into a rural courtyard in Osaka with snacks and two dogs.

Eiji used his Jade Dogs, a trap, and a Shadow Servant Berserker to subjugate Nue, then returned to his courtyard, where Satoru Gojo asked to see the new Shikigami. Eiji summoned Nue for him, despite the drain on his Cursed Energy.

• Eiji and the White Divine Dog ran through the forest while Nue attacked them with lightning.
• Eiji lured Nue into a clearing, where Little Black triggered a hidden net and Little White helped restrain it.
• Eiji summoned a Shadow Servant Berserker and combined its attacks with the Jade Dogs to defeat Nue, which merged into his shadow.
• Eiji returned to his courtyard on Little White and found Satoru Gojo waiting there.
• Satoru asked Eiji to summon Nue, and Eiji did so, quickly spending the Cursed Energy he had just recovered.

Eiji received forged identity documents from Satoru Gojo and explained the Ten Shadows Technique's Shikigami taming rules and loopholes. The two boys then wrestled with Eiji's Jade Dogs until they were sprawled across the courtyard.

• Satoru Gojo gave Eiji new identity documents that listed his name as Dongfang Eiji and changed his birth date to December 8, 1989.
• Eiji explained that only the Ten Shadows user's Cursed Energy could interfere in a Taming Ritual and that the summoning location had to meet fairness requirements.
• Eiji described how he had used traps outside the ritual's judged area to subdue Nue and considered possible tools for future rituals.
• Satoru Gojo challenged Eiji to summon Max Elephant, but Eiji refused, and the boys began wrestling.
• Eiji's two Jade Dogs helped him gain the upper hand, and the boys and dogs ended up sprawled across the courtyard.

In 2003, Eiji attended middle school with Suguru Geto and took Cursed Spirit jobs through Shiu Kong. At an abandoned amusement park, Eiji’s Rabbit Escape scouts found five aggressive Cursed Spirits concentrated in an office building and dining area.

• Eiji recalled how Satoru Gojo had arranged for him to attend elementary school, and how he chose his own school after resisting the idea.
• Suguru Geto invited Eiji to join his music club, but Eiji declined and gathered his manuscripts before heading out with him.
• Eiji and Suguru Geto met Shiu Kong at an abandoned amusement park to investigate a poorly documented job involving deaths during construction.
• Eiji sent Rabbit Escape to scout the amusement park instead of Suguru Geto sending Fly Heads.
• Eiji learned that five Cursed Spirits, all above Grade 2 and highly aggressive, were pursuing Rabbit Escape near the park’s office building and dining area.

Eiji and Suguru Geto exorcised five Grade 2 cursed spirits at an abandoned amusement park, with Eiji fighting mechanical dolls while Geto handled the dining area. Afterward, they shared the commission fee and left the park together.

• Eiji learned from old newspaper reports that five children had been cursed when they died and concluded that the amusement park's spirits were Over-Cursed Spirits.
• Eiji fought the mechanical dolls Freddy, Foxy, and Chica with his shikigami, destroying their bodies and weakening their cursed spirits.
• Eiji joined the Jade Dogs in defeating Chica, then met Suguru Geto, who had quickly finished his own fight in the dining area.
• Suguru Geto consumed four Cursed Spirit Jades and declined the rabbit spirit because it had shown no respect for music.
• Eiji and Suguru Geto agreed to split the commission fee seventy-thirty and left the amusement park chatting.

Toji Fushiguro helped Eiji tame Ten Shadows Technique shikigami by fighting them without Cursed Energy. After beating Max Elephant unconscious, Toji began battling Tiger Funeral, leaving its taming ritual unresolved.

• Toji Fushiguro led Eiji to a mountain clearing to help him tame Max Elephant.
• Eiji summoned Max Elephant, and Toji beat the shikigami unconscious, fulfilling the ritual’s conditions for Eiji to tame it.
• Toji asked Eiji to summon another shikigami, and Eiji called forth Tiger Funeral.
• Toji charged Tiger Funeral and began fighting the fast, aggressive shikigami.

Eiji and Toji Fushiguro tamed Tiger Funeral, Piercing Bull, and Round Deer through a series of brutal fights. With only Mahoraga left, Eiji summoned the Divine General at Toji Fushiguro’s insistence.

• Toji Fushiguro defeated Tiger Funeral by smashing it with a rock and pummeling it until it merged into Eiji’s shadow.
• Toji Fushiguro subdued Piercing Bull by grabbing its horns, throwing it down, and punching it into submission.
• Toji Fushiguro wore down Round Deer’s healing with steel knives until it exhausted its Cursed Energy and died.
• Eiji gained his ninth Shikigami, leaving only Mahoraga untamed.
• Toji Fushiguro pressed Eiji to summon Mahoraga, and Eiji called forth the Otherworldly Divine General.

Eiji and Toji Fushiguro fought Mahoraga during the Taming Ritual, but its adaptation and regeneration overcame their attacks. They escaped after Toji used explosives, and Eiji ended the ritual, leaving Mahoraga untamed but giving them a clearer sense of its strength.

• Mahoraga appeared, and Toji Fushiguro tested its strength in a direct clash before switching to evasive combat.
• Eiji used Rabbit Escape and Toad to distract and restrain Mahoraga, allowing Toji to sever its arm and land repeated slashes until Mahoraga adapted and broke his weapons.
• Eiji and Toji coordinated Rabbit Escape, Iron Mountain Lean, Max Elephant, and Piercing Bull, but Mahoraga recovered from the damage.
• Toji threw explosives at Mahoraga and carried Eiji a kilometer away from the blast, but Mahoraga survived and began adapting again.
• Eiji and Toji stopped the Taming Ritual after Toji exhausted his stamina and weapons and Eiji's strongest attacks failed.

After Eiji and Toji returned to Toji’s home, Eiji woke to find Megumi and Tsumiki there and reflected on how Megumi’s role in the story had been shaped around Sukuna’s use of the Ten Shadows Technique. He concluded that Mahoraga had been designed for Sukuna rather than Megumi, and the chapter left him considering how Megumi’s collapse had led to Gojo’s defeat.

• Eiji rode back with Toji, imagined Gojo Cat being beaten by Mahoraga, and fell asleep in the car.
• Eiji woke at Toji’s home and found Megumi and Tsumiki together while Toji drank beer and watched television.
• Eiji thought that Megumi would be poorly cared for if Toji raised him alone.
• Eiji reasoned that Mahoraga had been created as Sukuna’s trump card, not as a Shikigami Megumi could realistically tame.
• Eiji recalled that Sukuna’s use of Megumi’s body and the collapse of Megumi’s soul had prevented Gojo from winning.

Eiji visited Heroic Spirit Pictures and chose how to adapt Fate/stay night into two anime productions. After checking the company’s progress, he left for the Eastern Folklore Research Institute.

• Eiji traveled to Heroic Spirit Pictures with a delinquent who called him Boss, reflecting on how he had given former delinquents legitimate jobs and built a small team that helped establish the company.
• Eiji asked Director Yamaguchi about the anime production plan and reviewed three proposals for adapting Fate/stay night.
• Eiji decided to combine the Fate and UBW routes into a twenty-six-episode first production and make the Sakura route the focus of a second production.
• Eiji and Director Yamaguchi discussed how to use the limited runtime effectively, preserve key character moments, and protect the budget for fight scenes.
• Eiji checked that the opening and ending songs were progressing properly, then left for the Eastern Folklore Research Institute.

Eiji heard Professor Matsushita explain research showing that Cursed Energy and Cursed Spirits operated according to idealistic rules. The professor demonstrated that electromagnetic waves could destabilize and destroy a Cursed Spirit without using Cursed Energy, leaving Eiji with a promising new scientific approach to fighting them.

• Eiji asked the old professor to explain his research plainly, and the professor said Cursed Energy was idealistic.
• The professor explained that he had learned to observe the Jade Dog by understanding what it looked like, but could not see Eiji's newly summoned Round Deer.
• Professor Matsushita showed Eiji a device that used electromagnetic waves to heat a Grade 4 Cursed Spirit.
• The professor said Cursed Spirits could pass through walls or interact with objects according to their own understanding, and that their idealism had limits.
• The electromagnetic waves destabilized the Cursed Spirit's energy structure and dispersed it without any Cursed Energy, convincing Eiji that science could harm Cursed Spirits.

Eiji told Geto he had tamed nine of the Ten Shadows Shikigami and discussed Geto’s desire to protect people. Their rooftop conversation was interrupted when a boy shoved a calm girl from the high school rooftop, and Eiji and Geto rushed to save her as the other students celebrated.

• Eiji told Geto he had tamed nine Shikigami and still needed to tame Mahoraga.
• Geto said he planned to leave the club and use his power to protect people from Cursed Spirits.
• Eiji warned Geto that his belief in righteousness could lead him to become a demon king, and they argued about who would become a hero.
• Eiji and Geto spotted a group surrounding a girl on the high school rooftop, with the group appearing panicked while she stayed calm.
• A boy shoved the girl over the railing, and Eiji sent Nue after her before he and Geto leaped down to intervene.
• Eiji and Geto ran toward the high school, while Eiji questioned why the girl had not resisted and why the remaining students celebrated her fall.

Eiji and Suguru Geto investigated the disappearance of a girl who had fallen from the high school rooftop, confronting students they suspected of bullying her. A strange, corpse-like girl appeared and asked them to find her body, and Eiji realized that he and Geto had been cursed.

• Eiji and Suguru Geto escaped the watching students and returned to the rooftop, where they confirmed the fallen girl's body was missing.
• Suguru Geto learned that the suspected perpetrators were in the Infirmary, while Eiji searched the school with Rabbit Escape for the missing body.
• Suguru Geto confronted Ise Takahiro, Urushi Shota, Asuka, and Rie, then struck Ise when Urushi seemed to make excuses.
• Eiji spoke with Rie and noticed a disheveled girl with a broken-looking neck appear unexpectedly behind him.
• The strange girl asked Eiji and Suguru Geto to help her find her body, then left, and Eiji warned Geto that they had been cursed.

Eiji and Suguru Geto learned how the Crimson Figure’s curse had trapped Ise Takahiro and his classmates, and agreed to exorcise the Cursed Spirit when it appeared that night. As they gathered information, they reconstructed the song it sang before killing its victims.

• Ise Takahiro explained that the Crimson Figure had hunted his group at night, while they woke unharmed at home the next morning.
• Ise Takahiro said that Rie had found a coffin with a human-shaped hollow in the Great Hall and Asuka had found an arm in a classroom.
• Suguru Geto identified the Crimson Figure as an unusual Cursed Spirit, and Eiji promised to exorcise it when the curse drew them in that night.
• Eiji wrote down the group’s account of the Crimson Figure’s strength, movements, teleportation, and habit of singing before killing its victims.
• Ise Takahiro and the others pieced together the Crimson Figure’s song, which asked for white clothes, hands, and faces to be dyed red.

Eiji and Suguru Geto fought the Crimson Figure, but a mysterious force disrupted Geto’s attempt to capture her and transported them to the school. They discovered that the campus was sealed inside a Barrier and headed toward the gymnasium, where the Crimson Figure had appeared.

• Eiji and Suguru Geto attacked the Crimson Figure at Eiji’s house with their Shikigami and Cursed Spirits.
• Suguru Geto confirmed that the Crimson Figure had an owner when an unknown force knocked away his hand during his attempt to capture her.
• The Crimson Figure filled the room with red light and transported Eiji, Suguru Geto, and the students to the school gate.
• Eiji sent a Jade Dog to scout and confirmed that an invisible wall enclosed the school, while Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirits searched the campus.
• Eiji identified the enclosure as a Barrier that covered the school and extended about thirty meters into the air.
• After learning that the Crimson Figure had appeared in the gymnasium, Eiji and Suguru Geto led the students there with the Jade Dogs protecting them.

Suguru Geto and Eiji captured the Crimson Figure after discovering she could reappear even after being devoured, and Eiji suspected her true body was hidden in the Great Hall. They split up to search for the remaining body parts while Suguru Geto sent his Cursed Spirits across the campus.

• Suguru Geto attacked the Crimson Figure with his Cursed Spirits and defeated her after Hair Spirit restrained her and Eye Crow swallowed her.
• The Crimson Figure reappeared and pierced Suguru Geto's abdomen, but Eiji drove her back and summoned Round Deer to heal him.
• Eiji and Suguru Geto deduced that the Crimson Figure could teleport in front of someone who turned around and might be a clone tied to body parts hidden around the Barrier.
• Eiji proposed that he guard the captured Crimson Figure while Suguru Geto took everyone to find the remaining body parts in the Great Hall.
• Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirits restrained the Crimson Figure, and Max Elephant carried her toward the Great Hall as the other spirits searched the campus.