Chapter Summaries

Megumi returned to school and rescued Sasaki and Iguchi from Cursed Spirits, but discovered Sasaki had Sukuna's Finger. A powerful Cursed Spirit struck Megumi down as Yuji arrived to protect Sasaki.

• Megumi returned to the school, summoned the Jade Dogs, and rescued Sasaki and Iguchi from the Cursed Spirits in the Occult Research Club.
• Megumi recognized the dried finger as Sukuna's Finger and tried to recover it from Sasaki.
• A Cursed Spirit broke through the ceiling and struck Megumi after he shoved Sasaki out of its reach.
• Megumi was badly injured, and one Jade Dog melted after the blow as the four-eyed Cursed Spirit moved to devour Sasaki and Sukuna's Finger.
• Yuji leaped into the fourth floor and confronted the Cursed Spirit, telling it to let Sasaki go.

Yuji Itadori tried to save Sasaki and stop the Lizard Cursed Spirit from eating Sukuna's Finger, but swallowed it himself. Sukuna took control of Yuji's body on the rooftop and tore the Lizard Cursed Spirit apart.

• Megumi Fushiguro summoned Nue, which tore off the Lizard Cursed Spirit's arms and dragged it out of the school with Yuji Itadori and Sasaki caught in its grasp.
• Yuji Itadori tried to stop the Lizard Cursed Spirit from eating Sukuna's Finger, but the finger slipped into his body as the Curse lifted him.
• Megumi Fushiguro rode Round Deer to the rooftop, hoping to remove the finger, but it had already been absorbed by Yuji Itadori.
• Black Cursed Crests spread across Yuji Itadori as Sukuna emerged, broke free, and shredded the Lizard Cursed Spirit.

Ryomen Sukuna revived in Yuji Itadori’s body but was quickly suppressed, while Megumi Fushiguro prepared to take Yuji to Tokyo Jujutsu High. Eiji arrived and questioned Yuji about eating Sukuna’s Finger, leaving Megumi baffled by their casual discussion of its taste.

• Ryomen Sukuna celebrated his return and planned revenge against Satoru Gojo, Eiji, and Kenjaku before turning his attention to nearby people as food.
• Yuji Itadori regained control of his body and stopped Sukuna from using it to massacre people.
• Megumi Fushiguro summoned Great Serpent and ordered Yuji to come with him, while Sukuna noticed Megumi’s shikigami and became interested in his Technique.
• Eiji photographed Megumi, then listened as Megumi explained that Yuji had eaten Sukuna’s Finger.
• Eiji asked Yuji whether Sukuna’s Finger tasted good, and Yuji described how awful it was while Megumi wondered at their conversation.

Eiji let Sukuna take control of Yuji Itadori so he could test Sukuna’s strength and teach Megumi Fushiguro about incomplete Shikigami summons. Sukuna failed to break through Eiji’s defenses or Domain, while Megumi trained inside Eiji’s shadow and Yuji’s body engraved Sukuna’s Technique.

• Eiji asked Yuji Itadori to let Sukuna take control, then caught Sukuna’s attack and countered his slashes with a modified Falling Blossom Emotion.
• Eiji slammed Sukuna into the ground and used him to demonstrate how to summon multiple incomplete Great Serpents without completing the Shikigami summon.
• Eiji sent Nue to attack Sukuna, who destroyed the incomplete Great Serpents with slashes.
• Sukuna expanded Malevolent Shrine and targeted Megumi Fushiguro, but Eiji protected Megumi with Abyssal Dark Veil Court.
• Eiji kept pressuring Sukuna without finishing him while Megumi sensed the substance of shadow and Yuji’s body engraved Sukuna’s Technique.

Eiji used Sukuna’s trapped Domain to teach Megumi Fushiguro how to shape a Barrier and load it with shadows, while planning how to address Megumi’s self-sacrificing mindset. After Yuji Itadori woke and learned Sukuna’s Technique might eventually be engraved into his body, Sukuna began forming a plan.

• Eiji kept Sukuna trapped by reinforcing his Domain’s outer shell and shielding its inner walls with shadows.
• Eiji pulled Megumi Fushiguro from the shadows and guided him as he formed a blank Barrier and tried to load his Ten Shadows Technique onto it, but the Barrier shattered.
• Eiji considered using the upcoming Juvenile Detention Center Incident to spur Megumi’s growth and planned to keep Yuji Itadori from forming a Binding Vow with Sukuna.
• Sukuna attacked Megumi Fushiguro, but a Shadow Wall blocked his slash, and Eiji called Yuji Itadori awake before canceling his Domain.
• Yuji Itadori excitedly asked about controlling slashes and shadows, and Eiji told him Sukuna’s Technique might eventually be engraved onto his body.
• Sukuna realized Megumi Fushiguro had the Ten Shadows Technique and learned that Eiji wanted Yuji Itadori to gain Sukuna’s Technique, then began devising a plan.

Yuji Itadori arrived at Tokyo Jujutsu High with Megumi Fushiguro and learned about Sukuna from Satoru Gojo, who reassured him that he could handle the King of Curses. Yuji met Principal Masamichi Yaga, whose doll-making contrasted sharply with his intimidating appearance, and faced Yaga's question about why he had come to Jujutsu High.

• Yuji Itadori arrived at Tokyo Jujutsu High with Megumi Fushiguro and met his homeroom teacher, Satoru Gojo.
• Satoru Gojo explained Ryomen Sukuna's history and reassured Yuji that he could defeat Sukuna if he took control.
• Sukuna threatened Satoru Gojo, but Yuji slapped himself after Sukuna disappeared, and Gojo comforted him with confidence in his strength.
• Satoru Gojo brought Yuji to meet Principal Masamichi Yaga, whom Yuji found making stuffed dolls in a dim dojo.
• Yuji introduced himself and stated his preferred type, and Masamichi Yaga asked him why he had come to Jujutsu High.

Masamichi Yaga tested Yuji Itadori’s reasons for becoming a sorcerer until Yuji recognized that he chose to prevent others from dying because of Sukuna’s Finger. Later, Satoru Gojo took Yuji, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki on a Tokyo outing that ended at an abandoned building.

• Masamichi Yaga failed Yuji Itadori’s entrance test and sent a Kappa Cursed Tool to attack him while challenging his motives.
• Under pressure, Yuji realized he did not want to run away and regret letting others die because of Sukuna’s Finger.
• Yuji, Megumi Fushiguro, Satoru Gojo, and Nobara Kugisaki met in Harajuku, where Nobara pinned down a middle-aged man.
• Satoru Gojo invited the first-years to sightsee, and Yuji and Nobara eagerly agreed.
• Satoru Gojo brought Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara to an abandoned building.

Eiji met with Hiromi Higuruma and asked him to take Junpei Yoshino’s bullying case, despite its already complete evidence. The chapter ended with Eiji arguing that punishing the students would not stop bullying, leaving Higuruma to consider the case’s broader purpose.

• President Yamaguchi introduced Hiromi Higuruma to Eiji at Heroic Spirit Pictures Tower.
• Eiji gave Higuruma the case materials and considered his exceptional potential as a Jujutsu Sorcerer.
• Higuruma identified Junpei Yoshino as the plaintiff and his classmates and teacher as the defendants in a clear bullying case.
• Higuruma said the evidence could secure a conviction, but Eiji argued that legal punishment alone would not stop bullying.

Eiji tasked Hiromi Higuruma with holding Sakuraoka High School’s principal accountable for its bullying problems and using the case to pressure other schools. Meanwhile, Yuji Itadori, Nobara Kugisaki, and Megumi Fushiguro were assigned an emergency rescue mission at a juvenile detention center where a Cursed Fetus threatened to become a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

• Eiji gave Hiromi Higuruma evidence of Sakuraoka High School’s mismanagement and the principal’s illegal gains, instructing him to make the principal answer for bullying and step down.
• Eiji arranged for Heroic Spirit Pictures’ publicity department to promote the case so school principals would take bullying more seriously.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi summoned Yuji Itadori, Nobara Kugisaki, and Megumi Fushiguro to rescue five people trapped in a juvenile detention center before a Cursed Fetus incubated.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi warned Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki not to fight the suspected Special Grade and said Megumi Fushiguro would handle combat as a Grade 1 sorcerer.
• Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki reacted with surprise to Megumi Fushiguro’s strength.

Megumi, Yuji, and Nobara entered Cursed Fetus: Daiji’s vast Innate Domain to search for the missing people, while Megumi used Rabbit Escape to scout and protect the group. Daiji separated Megumi from the others by opening a hole beneath him and knocking him into it.

• Yuji and Nobara teased Megumi, then thanked him for leading them through the Domain after Jade Dog found the way forward.
• Megumi summoned Rabbit Escape to scout the passages and protect the group while Jade Dog watched for surprise attacks.
• The group found another corpse, bringing the confirmed death count to three, and Yuji carried the body away with Nobara’s help.
• Daiji watched from above and sent a mushroom Cursed Spirit after Yuji and Nobara to draw Megumi away from them.
• When Megumi turned to help, the floor opened beneath him, and Daiji struck him into the hole.

Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki were trapped with a Special Grade Cursed Spirit while Megumi Fushiguro tried to reach them. Yuji lost a hand protecting Nobara, who stood between him and the curse as the chapter ended.

• Yuji Itadori punched the Mushroom Cursed Spirit away, and Nobara Kugisaki and Jade Dog attacked it together.
• Megumi Fushiguro realized he had been trapped in a basement by an Innate Domain and chose to keep Rabbit Escape and Jade Dog with his classmates while he searched for another way to help.
• Jade Dog and Rabbit Escape distracted the Special Grade Cursed Spirit long enough for Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki to flee, while Megumi reached for a curse-fighting rifle.
• The Special Grade Cursed Spirit severely injured Jade Dog, and Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki reached the pipes near the exit but could not find a way out.
• The Special Grade Cursed Spirit attacked from behind, and Yuji Itadori broke Tu Zuomo while losing a hand as he tried to defend himself.
• Nobara Kugisaki stepped in front of the injured Yuji Itadori and prepared to face the Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

Yuji Itadori tried to hold off a Special Grade Cursed Spirit so Nobara Kugisaki and Megumi Fushiguro could escape, but he was beaten until he released Sukuna. Megumi arrived to find Sukuna had already killed the Cursed Spirit, leaving him facing the worst-case scenario.

• Outside the Juvenile Detention Center, Eiji reassured Kiyotaka Ijichi that he was watching over the students, then noted that Yuji Itadori had lost a hand.
• Yuji Itadori sent Nobara Kugisaki to find Megumi Fushiguro while he stayed behind, but Sukuna refused to help and threatened to kill her.
• The Special Grade Cursed Spirit battered Yuji Itadori and severed his other hand, leaving him terrified and near unconsciousness.
• Nobara Kugisaki found Megumi Fushiguro and told him Yuji Itadori was alone; Megumi rushed to find Yuji while Nobara stayed behind.
• Yuji Itadori released Sukuna, who regenerated a hand and easily sliced the Special Grade Cursed Spirit apart.
• Megumi Fushiguro arrived and realized that Sukuna's release had created the worst-case scenario.

Megumi fought Sukuna after Sukuna crushed Yuji's heart, trying to force him to heal Yuji while keeping Yuji alive. Megumi expanded his domain and overwhelmed Sukuna with Shikigami, but Sukuna chose to leave him alive and wait for him to grow stronger.

• Sukuna crushed Yuji's heart and told Megumi that Yuji could not survive without it, but Megumi insisted Yuji would return.
• Megumi attacked Sukuna with Shikigami, using incomplete summons and Nue's Thunder to restrain and damage him.
• Sukuna broke through Megumi's attacks, and Megumi abandoned the idea of summoning Mahoraga in favor of stalling until Yuji woke up.
• As Sukuna wounded him and destroyed his summons, Megumi decided to use everything he had and expanded Chimeric Dark Veil Court.
• Megumi's domain boosted his Shikigami and guaranteed their attacks would hit, while Sukuna considered taking Megumi's body but decided to let him live and grow stronger.

Eiji entered Megumi Fushiguro’s Domain and healed Yuji Itadori after Megumi used Round Deer to save him. After the students left the Juvenile Detention Center, Eiji gave Nobara Kugisaki a modified Pistol designed to work with her Straw Doll Technique.

• Eiji praised Megumi Fushiguro’s growth and entered his Domain while Kiyotaka Ijichi stayed outside to treat Nobara Kugisaki.
• Yuji Itadori suppressed Sukuna, and Megumi Fushiguro used Round Deer to heal him before exhausting his Cursed Energy.
• Eiji healed Yuji Itadori’s chest wound, explained how Megumi could improve Round Deer’s healing, and confirmed that Megumi was recovering from exhaustion.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi reassured Nobara Kugisaki that Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro were safe, and Round Deer treated her injuries.
• Eiji gave Nobara Kugisaki a modified Pistol that let her activate the Straw Doll Technique more quickly, and she tested it successfully.

After Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki learned about sorcerers’ earnings, Nobara refused a share of the reward for the Special Grade Cursed Spirit. Later, Satoru Gojo visited Eiji, who gave him a list of targets and two Cursed Tools for threats to come.

• Eiji explained firearm costs and Special Grade exorcism rewards to Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki, who decided she would use her bullets sparingly.
• Eiji said Jujutsu Headquarters had not yet set a reward for the Special Grade Cursed Spirit and advised the students that Grade 2 sorcerers could earn substantial money.
• Nobara Kugisaki refused a share of the reward, saying Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro had exorcised the Cursed Spirit, and the three returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High.
• Satoru Gojo visited Eiji in the middle of the night and learned that the higher-ups had sent the first-years to face the Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
• Eiji gave Satoru Gojo a list naming the Kamo Family and other targets for action next month.
• Eiji handed Satoru Gojo two Cursed Tools, one for an expected attacker and another as insurance against a rare threat.

Kenjaku recruited Jogo into a plan to seal Satoru Gojo and kill Dongfang Eiji, while Gojo easily defeated Jogo and brought Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki to confront it. The chapter left Yuji and Nobara facing Jogo, with Gojo calling their encounter an extracurricular lesson.

• Kenjaku told Jogo that it needed to deal with Satoru Gojo and Dongfang Eiji, and proposed using Prison Realm to seal Gojo while killing Eiji.
• Jogo ambushed Satoru Gojo on the mountain road, but Gojo remained unharmed and explained that Jogo had only touched the infinity between them.
• Gojo took Jogo to task with a beating, then teleported to Tokyo Jujutsu High and grabbed Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki for an impromptu lesson.
• Gojo brought Yuji and Nobara back to Jogo, where Yuji mistook Jogo's volcano-like head for Mount Fuji and Nobara corrected him that Jogo was a Cursed Spirit.

Satoru Gojo toyed with Jogo while teaching Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki about Cursed Techniques and Domains, then defeated him with Infinite Void. The chapter ended when Hanami distracted Gojo with flowers, allowing Jogo's severed head to roll away.

• Jogo grew furious after Satoru Gojo called him weak, and Gojo revealed a Special Grade Fire Extinguisher made by Medea to counter fire-type enemies.
• Gojo sprayed Jogo with the Fire Extinguisher until Jogo expanded Coffin Iron Mountain and attacked the group with a Domain-enhanced meteor.
• Gojo shattered the meteor with a casual strike, explained Domain counters to Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki, and then opened Infinite Void to incapacitate Jogo.
• Gojo removed Jogo's head and juggled it while telling Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki to become strong enough to exorcise him themselves.
• Hanami sent a wooden stake and blooming flowers toward the group, briefly captivating Gojo and letting Jogo's severed head roll away.

Kenjaku laid out his plan to seal Satoru Gojo after Jogo recovered enough to join the others. The chapter ended with Kenjaku naming Dongfang Eiji as someone they had to eliminate first.

• Kenjaku and Mahito used Jogo's injured head as a soccer ball while Hanami acted as the goal.
• Jogo asked Kenjaku to reveal his plan, and Kenjaku explained that they would lure out and seal Satoru Gojo with the Prison Realm.
• Kenjaku said the Prison Realm required Gojo to remain within four meters for one minute of mental activity, and identified Suguru Geto as a way to shake Gojo's resolve.
• Kenjaku revealed that Toji Fushiguro possessed the Inverted Spear of Heaven, a Special Grade Cursed Tool that could nullify Techniques.
• Jogo asked about Sukuna, and Kenjaku said Sukuna was their final trump card but remained beyond their control.
• Kenjaku said they had to get rid of Dongfang Eiji before sealing Gojo.

Kenjaku persuaded Jogo to fight Toji Fushiguro while revealing that Abe no Seimei could be revived to oppose Dongfang Eiji. The group learned that Abe no Seimei was sealed in Kyoto, and Kenjaku saw him as an ally who could strengthen their plans against Satoru Gojo and Eiji.

• Kenjaku laid out the abilities of Dongfang Eiji’s Heroic Spirits and warned that Eiji could foil the plan to seal Satoru Gojo.
• Kenjaku assigned Jogo to kill Toji Fushiguro and emphasized that the Inverted Spear of Heaven was important to sealing Gojo.
• Kenjaku told Mahito that he planned to send Abe no Seimei, a legendary Shikigami user, to fight Eiji.
• Kenjaku explained that Abe no Seimei had sealed himself away while preparing a resurrection ritual, but Kenjaku had eliminated the Shikigami he left behind.
• Kenjaku revealed that Abe no Seimei remained sealed in Kyoto, and Jogo concluded that the Jujutsu World had kept him hidden out of fear.

Hanami infiltrated Jujutsu Headquarters and awakened Abe no Seimei, then told him about the modern enemies obstructing their plan. Abe no Seimei decided to meet the strongest modern Shikigami user.

• Yamamoto registered a branch with immense Cursed Energy as a low-risk Cursed Object and stored it in the warehouse.
• Hanami emerged from the branch, used Kenjaku’s cursed tools to bypass the barriers, and reached the underground seal.
• Hanami put the guards to sleep, entered the cave, and awakened Abe no Seimei by having him absorb Cursed Objects.
• Abe no Seimei sensed Hanami’s nature and listened as it described their plan and the enemies opposing them.
• Abe no Seimei decided to meet the modern Shikigami user said to be the strongest.