Chapter Summaries

Eiji prepared to film a live-action Fate/Zero, using cursed energy and cursed spirits to handle its effects, when Satoru Gojo appeared and begged to join the cast. Eiji agreed to let him act if he followed directions, and Suguru Geto saw a photo of Gojo in costume and wondered what the film would become.

• Eiji and Director Yamaguchi chose Fate/Zero for Heroic Spirit Pictures' first live-action film, with Eiji, Medea, and Suguru Geto handling its special effects.
• Satoru Gojo jumped through Eiji's office window and offered to make an unpaid appearance in the film.
• Eiji initially refused, but Gojo pleaded to join after learning Eiji had invited Suguru Geto to help with the movie without him.
• Eiji agreed to cast Gojo on the condition that he follow directions and perform as required.
• Gojo sent Suguru Geto a photo of himself in costume, and Geto saw Eiji's miserable expression in the corner and wondered whether the script had changed.

Eiji prepared the island set and actors to film a Fate/Zero battle, equipping the crew with cursed tools and secrecy contracts. As Artoria and Cú Chulainn began filming the harbor fight, Satoru Gojo decided the scene lacked scale and hinted at improvising.

• Suguru Geto showed Satoru Gojo cursed tools for Spiritron Conversion, directing spirits, and observing Cursed Energy, and explained that ordinary crew members had signed secrecy contracts.
• Eiji reassured the actor cast as Gilgamesh that Satoru Gojo would only make a cameo, then helped the Polar Bear Man test a tool that let him communicate with the Divine Bulls.
• Eiji checked that Artoria was ready to film the harbor battle, where Cú Chulainn would act as Diarmuid’s stunt double.
• Artoria and Cú Chulainn began filming their fight while Satoru Gojo complained that the scene lacked scale and suggested improvising.

Satoru Sparkle abandoned the script and turned the port filming into a chaotic real battle by summoning combatants and unleashing cursed tools. Eiji joined the desperate fight as Artoria and Cú Chulainn stopped pretending and clashed in earnest.

• Cú Chulainn and Artoria fought with real weapons before resuming their scripted scene, while Iskandar and Waver made their entrance on the Chariot of the Gods.
• Satoru Sparkle stole Gilles de Rais's robe and forced Suguru Geto into a cameo as Gilles de Rais.
• Iskandar challenged the other Heroic Spirits, but Satoru Sparkle appeared with a Holy Grail prop and declared the port a true battlefield.
• Satoru Sparkle used Azure and Red to pull combatants into the scene and fire cursed tools, while the Great Sea Monster appeared and attacked indiscriminately.
• Diarmuid and Kaineth abandoned their planned entrance, and Eiji donned Ten Shadows Armor and hurled a shipping container at Satoru Sparkle.
• Artoria and Cú Chulainn gave up on filming and resumed their fight in earnest.

Eiji and the others staged an all-out Holy Grail War battle for the film, then split the project into a tragic Fate/Zero version and a chaotic Holy Grail Carnival version. Months later, both films sparked fierce public debate and drew loyal audiences.

• Satoru Sparkle and Berserker Eiji took to the sky while the others battled across the harbor, and Medea filmed the chaos with a fleet of cameras.
• After the staged battle ended, the Polar Bear Man carried the unconscious Waver to the infirmary, while Suguru Geto and Medea recovered from their exhausting work.
• Satoru Sparkle left for his mission, and Eiji decided the frightened crew needed a day off before filming resumed.
• Eiji and Director Yamaguchi chose to divide the movie into a tragic Fate/Zero story and an absurd Holy Grail Carnival comedy, adding more Heroic Spirits and outlandish scenes.
• Months later, the two films ignited online arguments and gained separate groups of loyal viewers, boosting their popularity.

Eiji adopted Rika Orimoto and prepared to take her from her former guardian’s home to Tokyo. Rika agreed outwardly but resolved to find a way to stay with Yuta Okkotsu, whose kindness had become her refuge from a life surrounded by malice.

• Eiji assured Rika Orimoto’s guardian that he would raise Rika well, while recognizing that the woman was eager to send her away.
• Artoria brought Rika downstairs with her suitcase and backpack, and the guardian told her she would be moving to Tokyo.
• Rika sensed her guardian’s malice and hid her distress, deciding to seek another way to avoid being separated from Yuta Okkotsu.
• The chapter recounted how Rika’s parents had rejected her, her mother had died, and her father had disappeared after taking her into the mountains.
• The chapter explained that Rika had grown deeply attached to Yuta because he treated her with sincere kindness and made her feel safe.

Eiji brought Rika Orimoto to the Okkotsu Family, where she reunited with Yuta and learned that Eiji planned to arrange for the family to look after her. He offered Yuta’s father, Kenichi Okkotsu, a job, leaving Kenichi unsure whether to trust the unexpected opportunity.

• Rika Orimoto asked Eiji if she could stay in Miyagi rather than move to Tokyo, and he said they would visit a family with children her age to see if they could care for her.
• Eiji told Rika that the family was the Okkotsu Family and teased her about her friendship with Yuta Okkotsu.
• Rika reunited with Yuta at his home, and Yuta’s mother welcomed the visitors inside.
• Eiji offered Kenichi Okkotsu a job at Dongfang Financial Technology Company and handed him a contract.
• Kenichi examined Eiji and the offer with suspicion, wary of making a choice that might harm his family.

Eiji arranged for Rika Orimoto to live next door to Yuta Okkotsu, and the two children promised to marry and stay together forever. Later, Eiji sought Medea’s help to protect Rika from a possible fatal car accident, then decided to find a defensive cursed tool.

• Eiji told Kenichi Okkotsu that Rika Orimoto would stay in Miyagi and arranged for the Okkotsu family to look after her while her new home was prepared.
• Yuta Okkotsu’s mother told him that Rika would stay at their house, and Rika persuaded Yuta to let her stay with him.
• Eiji bought the house next door for Rika, and she gave Yuta a ring and promised they would marry and be together forever.
• Eiji contacted Medea to ask whether someone struck by a car could be saved, but she told him to prevent the accident or protect Rika himself.
• Eiji decided to find a defensive cursed tool to keep Rika safe from the anticipated car accident.

Eiji visited New Shadow Style headquarters, where Atsuya Kusokabe was chosen to fight the legendary Sword Saint Sasaki Kojiro. As Sasaki advanced toward him, Atsuya prepared to use his Simple Domain’s automatic interception to gain an advantage.

• The chapter explained that Ashiya Sadatsuna created New Shadow Style Simple Domain during the Heian Period to protect his disciples, and that the technique endured because it was accessible and adaptable.
• Eiji came to New Shadow Style headquarters, and Atsuya Kusokabe was selected to represent the school in a match against Sasaki Kojiro.
• Atsuya and Sasaki introduced themselves and took their fighting stances, while Atsuya struggled to find an opening in Sasaki’s calm defense.
• Atsuya resolved to fight because Ayaka Ashiya and the school’s disciples were watching, and he began channeling Cursed Energy into his tachi.
• Sasaki apologized for waiting for Atsuya to attack first, then approached him with his blade lowered.
• Atsuya welcomed Sasaki’s approach, hoping to draw him into his Simple Domain and use its automatic interception.

Atsuya Kusokabe and Sasaki Kojiro tested their swordsmanship in a dojo duel, with Kojiro repeatedly countering Kusokabe’s New Shadow Style techniques. Kusokabe finally expanded his Simple Domain and landed a small cut, then both fighters unleashed their strongest attacks.

• Atsuya Kusokabe activated Simple Domain and exchanged fast sword strikes with Sasaki Kojiro, who blocked them all.
• Kusokabe used Dark Moon and Waning Moon, but Kojiro read his attacks with Mind’s Eye and defended from unexpected angles.
• Kojiro explained how he had sensed Kusokabe’s attacks and studied his moon-inspired sword techniques during their exchanges.
• Kusokabe expanded his personal Simple Domain, forcing Kojiro to fend off attacks from every direction and earning a small tear in his kimono.
• Kojiro charged through the Simple Domain as Kusokabe prepared Full Moon, and Kojiro answered with Secret Sword: Swallow Return.

Atsuya Kusokabe fought Sasaki Kojiro to a draw at the New Shadow Style headquarters, impressing the gathered disciples. After Eiji healed Atsuya, he asked Ayaka Ashiya to partner with the New Shadow Style to produce cursed tools based on Simple Domain.

• Sasaki Kojiro's Swallow Return shattered Atsuya Kusokabe's Simple Domain and broke his katana, but Atsuya used New Shadow Style: Obscured Moon to wound Sasaki Kojiro and secure a draw.
• Atsuya Kusokabe recalled how Ayaka Ashiya had encouraged him after he became a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer and stepped forward to keep the New Shadow Style's reputation intact.
• The dojo's disciples applauded the spar, and many young students felt inspired to train harder.
• Ayaka Ashiya examined Atsuya Kusokabe after his wounds began hurting, and Eiji healed him with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Eiji told Ayaka Ashiya he wanted a partnership to obtain cursed tools made based on New Shadow Style: Simple Domain, and she replied that the school would not teach its techniques outside the school.

Eiji negotiated with Ayaka Ashiya for New Shadow Style to infuse Simple Domains into cursed tools, then arranged for Sasaki Kojiro to become a guest instructor. Sasaki agreed to take a personal disciple, leaving New Shadow Style poised to grow through both the new tool and his swordsmanship.

• Eiji proposed that New Shadow Style infuse Simple Domains into cursed tools that could deploy them automatically, and Ayaka Ashiya agreed after examining the tool and hearing how it would be filled.
• Eiji asked Ayaka Ashiya to let Sasaki Kojiro serve as a guest instructor, and she accepted enthusiastically.
• Eiji asked Sasaki Kojiro whether he would take a personal disciple from among New Shadow Style's children, and Sasaki agreed.

Kasumi Miwa struggled through her first New Shadow Style sparring session before Sasaki Kojiro offered to take her as his disciple. She accepted, received a Cursed Tool called Dance of Fine Snow, and left the dojo with a new resolve.

• Kasumi Miwa lost her sparring match to Shota and blamed herself for messing up again.
• Eiji, Ayaka Ashiya, Atsuya Kusokabe, and Sasaki Kojiro found Miwa resting, and she accidentally called herself Useless Miwa aloud.
• Sasaki Kojiro asked Miwa to become his disciple and said he would teach her swordsmanship while Atsuya Kusokabe and Ayaka Ashiya taught her Jujutsu skills.
• Miwa bowed to Sasaki Kojiro and accepted him as her master.
• Sasaki Kojiro gave Miwa Dance of Fine Snow, a Cursed Tool that could summon a Shikigami and wield ice and snow.

Kento Nanami returned to Jujutsu High and received his first assignment: caring for the children and small shikigami at a temporary zoo on the Training Ground. As Nanami patrolled, he found the children happily playing with the animals and Panda, while Masamichi Yaga watched anxiously from afar.

• Masamichi Yaga welcomed Kento Nanami back and assigned him to care for the children at the temporary Jujutsu High Zoo.
• Nanami arrived at the Training Ground and saw six children playing among the small animals.
• Nanami warned Maki to handle Tiger Funeral gently, and Maki helped Mai pet it.
• Nanami found Rika Orimoto and Yuta Okkotsu playing house with baby Panda.
• Masamichi Yaga hid nearby and worried as Rika and Yuta played with Panda.

Eiji brought the children to Jujutsu High Zoo, where Megumi and Tsumiki played among adorable modified Shikigami while Kento Nanami watched over them. Gojo and Eiji wagered on whether Nanami would be charmed, but Nanami remained on patrol, sensing that something felt strange.

• Eiji transformed Round Deer and Tiger Funeral into small, adorable animals for the children at Jujutsu High Zoo.
• Tsumiki rode Round Deer and teased Megumi as his Jade Dogs tried to protect him from the other Shikigami.
• Eiji explained that he had arranged for Masamichi Yaga to help care for Panda while the children visited.
• Gojo bet Eiji that Nanami would be charmed by the children and animals, wagering Suguru Geto's body and hoping to win a reason to spend time with him.
• Nanami continued patrolling and wondered whether someone was cursing him.

Eiji reflected on how Kasumi Miwa, Maki Zenin, and Mai Zenin’s futures had changed for the better and arranged training suited to each of them. Maki and Mai committed to becoming stronger and supporting one another, while Mai’s Construction Cursed Technique earned the Old Professors’ admiration.

• Eiji considered Kasumi Miwa’s training under Sasaki Kojiro and New Shadow Style, and kept the option of imprinting Sasaki Kojiro’s power onto her with the Holy Grail.
• Maki Zenin told Eiji she wanted to become as strong as him so she could protect Mai Zenin from anyone who might threaten them.
• Mai Zenin chose to become a Cursed Tool Master to help Maki, and Eiji arranged for her to study at the Eastern Folklore Research Institute before learning from Medea.
• The Old Professors praised Mai Zenin’s diligence and were fascinated by her Construction Cursed Technique, which could create permanent objects.

Eiji helped the children prepare for futures they chose, including bringing Tsumiki and Mai into the research institute and arranging for Rika to support Yuta as an Assistant Supervisor. After the children rested at Tokyo Jujutsu High, Nanami finished cleaning the zoo, while Gojo wondered what Eiji meant about helping him enter Geto’s body.

• Eiji brought Tsumiki Fushiguro into the research institute after she and Minako Fushiguro agreed, and Tsumiki joined Mai Zenin there.
• Megumi Fushiguro trained under Eiji and Toji, becoming stronger in combat despite having less desire for strength than in the original work.
• Yuta Okkotsu agreed to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, and Rika Orimoto chose to become his Assistant Supervisor rather than fight beside him.
• Eiji and Medea helped create Shikigami Rika from part of Rika Orimoto’s soul, using the engagement ring as a vessel so she could remain with and protect Yuta.
• The six children rested in Tokyo Jujutsu High’s dormitories while Kento Nanami cleaned the zoo and picked up a Rabbit Escape.
• Satoru Gojo secretly photographed Nanami with the Rabbit Escape, then wondered what Eiji had meant about helping him enter Geto’s body.

Suguru Geto woke after Eiji’s procedure to discover he had swapped bodies with Satoru Gojo. He realized Satoru was examining Geto’s original body outside the infirmary and rushed to stop him.

• Suguru Geto woke in the infirmary and discovered that his hands and eyesight had changed.
• Suguru Geto looked in a mirror and recognized Satoru Gojo’s face as his own.
• Suguru Geto recalled that Eiji had arranged for him and Satoru Gojo to undergo a procedure at Medea’s Temple so Geto could learn Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Eiji confirmed that Suguru Geto had become Satoru and told him that Satoru was examining Geto’s body outside.
• Suguru Geto saw Satoru removing his clothes while in Geto’s body and rushed to stop him.

During the Soul Swap, Gojo Geto learned why he and Suguru Gojo had traded bodies and heard the rules for keeping their souls from changing their forms. Meanwhile, Eiji kept a hidden safeguard in place, and Suguru Gojo made an unexpected dinner invitation to Shoko Ieiri.

• Gojo Geto found Suguru Gojo taking off his clothes outside and demanded an explanation.
• Suguru Gojo explained that Eiji had arranged the swap so he could use Reverse Cursed Technique in Gojo Geto’s body, helping Geto learn the technique later.
• Suguru Gojo warned Gojo Geto not to use their Innate Techniques during the swap, while Gojo Geto explored the Six Eyes.
• Eiji watched from a distance and kept secret that the swap would eject their souls if their bodies began changing.
• Shoko Ieiri encountered Suguru Gojo, who cornered her against a wall and asked her to dinner.

Satoru, inhabiting Suguru Geto's body, flustered Shoko Ieiri before fleeing when the real Geto arrived. He then provoked Choso and his brothers, stole Mai Zenin's lollipop, and sparked a larger chase across Tokyo Jujutsu High.

• Satoru in Geto's body cornered Shoko Ieiri, but she recognized him by his smile, and he ran when Gojo Geto charged over.
• Shoko decided against smoking and headed to the dormitory to get drinks from Principal Yaga's stash.
• Satoru in Geto's body lifted Eso's jacket to look at his back, then insulted Kechizu and mocked Choso's hairstyle.
• Choso, Eso, Kechizu, and Gojo Geto joined the pursuit of Satoru in Geto's body.
• Satoru in Geto's body stole Mai Zenin's lollipop, so Maki Zenin mounted the growing Tiger Funeral and ordered it to chase him.

Satoru Gojo enjoyed experiencing Suguru Geto’s body as he sprinted through the forest, but his crash into Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto interrupted their private moment. Rika and Yuta chased after him, while Choso decided to confront the man threatening his brothers, and Megumi’s quiet time at the zoo ended when Jade Dog cried out.

• Gojo, inhabiting Geto’s body, struggled with ordinary eyesight and forest hazards as he ran toward a disturbance.
• Rika gave Yuta the ring containing part of her soul, and Yuta dropped it while shielding her from Geto as he rushed past.
• Rika recovered the ring, summoned Shikigami Rika, and chased Geto with Yuta.
• Choso decided to deal with the Strange Bangs Uncle before leaving to bring his younger brothers back.
• Megumi enjoyed a brief moment with Round Deer while Tsumiki played elsewhere, until Jade Dog let out a mournful cry.