Chapter Summaries

Eiji and Tiger Funeral fought the Crimson Figure while the others were guarded, and Eiji discovered the head hidden inside its doll. When he tried to reunite the head with the body in the coffin, a Special Grade Cursed Spirit emerged from the black mist.

• Eiji identified the body in the coffin as the high school girl who had asked him to find her body, while the Crimson Figure arrived carrying a Rabbit Doll.
• Eiji summoned Tiger Funeral and fought the Crimson Figure, with his Shikigami and Tang Dao forcing it back.
• Eiji noticed the Crimson Figure was protecting its doll, and the Jade Dog seized it while Eiji severed the spirit's arm.
• The Jade Dog tore the doll apart, revealing a head that matched the body in the coffin.
• Black mist poured from the doll and the Crimson Figure, and a long-necked Special Grade Cursed Spirit emerged.

Suguru Geto searched the school for the missing head while investigating the Broadcast Room, where he encountered a girl with a scarlet eye. In the Great Hall, Eiji fought a Special Grade Demon Cursed Spirit, and the battle continued onto the athletic field with his evolved Divine Dog: Umbra.

• Suguru Geto used hundreds of Cursed Spirits to find the missing body parts, but he could not locate the head and headed for the Broadcast Room.
• Suguru Geto found the Broadcast Room locked, then met a girl with a scarlet eye who invited him inside.
• Eiji faced the Special Grade Demon Cursed Spirit in the Great Hall and chose to fight without relying on Mahoraga.
• The Demon Cursed Spirit used black mist and illusions to attack Eiji, while the Crimson Figure entangled Tiger Funeral and the Demon killed the White Divine Dog.
• The White Divine Dog's Cursed Energy passed to the Black Divine Dog, which evolved into Divine Dog: Umbra and helped Eiji wound the Demon Cursed Spirit.
• Eiji and his Shikigami drove the Demon Cursed Spirit onto the athletic field, where Eiji launched a combined attack with Nue, Tiger Funeral, and his Tang Dao.

Eiji learned Reverse Cursed Technique and returned to the fight against the Demon Cursed Spirit while the people in the Great Hall discovered that the girl restored in the Coffin intended to make them play another round. Suguru Geto arrived with the Crimson Figure’s older sister, who said they would be freed if the remaining entity was eliminated.

• Eiji was badly injured by the Demon Cursed Spirit, then recalled Round Deer’s healing and successfully used Reverse Cursed Technique to mend himself.
• Tiger Funeral and Nue kept the Demon Cursed Spirit at bay, while Ferocious Dog remained occupied fighting the Crimson Figure.
• The girl revived in the Coffin told Ise Takahiro and the others that one of them had to lie inside for the next round of the game.
• Kenji grabbed Urushi Shota, and the revived girl seized Asuka and Rie as Ferocious Dog struggled to decide whom it should protect.
• A woman ordered everyone to stop, and Suguru Geto entered the Great Hall with a ghostly girl who revealed she was the Crimson Figure’s older sister.
• The ghostly girl said she could influence the Crimson Figure within the Barrier and that eliminating the entity would free her and her Younger Sister.

Eiji and his Shikigami defeated the Demon Cursed Spirit after it copied Eiji, and Suguru Geto absorbed the Special Grade Cursed Spirit. With the battle over, Eiji and Suguru Geto turned to the two sisters, Kenji, and the girl in the Coffin for an explanation.

• Eiji joined Tiger Funeral and Nue in attacking the Demon Cursed Spirit, which transformed into a copy of him and knocked away his Tang Dao.
• Eiji’s Shikigami identified the real Eiji through their connection, and Eiji struck the Demon Cursed Spirit with Black Flash.
• The wounded Demon Cursed Spirit released nearly a hundred weaker Cursed Spirits, which Tiger Funeral and Nue attacked while Eiji landed a second Black Flash and defeated it.
• Suguru Geto arrived, absorbed the Demon Cursed Spirit, and struggled to suppress the urge to vomit.
• Eiji and Suguru Geto faced the two sisters, Kenji, and the girl inside the Coffin and asked what was going on.

Suguru Geto learned the Special Grade Demon Cursed Spirit’s origins as the Crimson Figure and Older Sister disappeared at sunrise. The Barrier revealed how the sisters became Cursed Spirits and how the Older Sister used her game to keep the Demon asleep and protect her Younger Sister until Eiji and Suguru Geto arrived.

• Suguru Geto absorbed the Special Grade Demon Cursed Spirit and learned it had originated from humanity’s fear of demons in the Western Medieval Chaotic Era.
• Suguru Geto questioned the Cursed Spirit Sisters, and the Older Sister embraced the Crimson Figure as they vanished in the sunlight.
• The Barrier revealed that a Neighbor murdered the Younger Sister, their mother summoned the demon in a desperate attempt to revive her, and their parents died.
• The Older Sister awakened Incredible Game to save her Younger Sister, while the Younger Sister awakened a cloning Technique and became the Crimson Figure after the demon enslaved her soul.
• The Older Sister became a Cursed Spirit and developed the Find the Body Game to keep her Younger Sister at the school, gather Negative Emotions, and keep the demon asleep.

After grieving the loss of Little White, Eiji used the Holy Grail and the Rider Chess Piece to summon him back as a Heroic Spirit. Little White reunited with Eiji and immediately joined him in biting Satoru Gojo, while Suguru Geto arrived to find them playing together.

• Suguru Geto worried that Eiji was still grieving and brought Satoru Gojo along to cheer him up.
• Eiji researched the Holy Grail’s Illusionary Power and discovered that the Rider Chess Piece had recorded Little White’s existence in detail.
• Eiji completed a Summoning Circle and used the Illusionary Power converted from his Cursed Energy to summon Little White.
• Little White returned, pounced on Eiji, and eagerly licked his face as Eiji welcomed him back.
• Eiji and Little White told the startled Satoru Gojo to bite him, and Little White attacked Gojo’s pants.
• Suguru Geto entered through the door and wondered what was happening as the Ferocious Dog went back to sleep.

Eiji, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto spent their summer vacation at the beach, playing and relaxing while searching for Rainbow Dragon. They ended the chapter accepting that the search might take a while and deciding to enjoy their vacation in the meantime.

• Eiji examined a dead jellyfish he found in the shallows until Satoru Gojo dropped a larger one on his head, prompting Eiji to challenge him to a match.
• Eiji and Satoru Gojo raced on surfboards while Suguru Geto watched from their campsite and ate salted watermelon.
• Satoru Gojo drenched Suguru Geto with water balls, so Suguru Geto threw a volleyball at him and Eiji joined the ensuing game.
• After the group returned to the campsite, Eiji asked whether Suguru Geto had found Rainbow Dragon, and Suguru Geto said the search of the vast ocean had turned up nothing.
• Satoru Gojo said they could catch Rainbow Dragon if it appeared and otherwise enjoy their vacation, which Eiji agreed was the best plan.

Suguru Geto hunted Rainbow Dragon to earn the money for Playful Cloud, using his Cursed Spirits to wear down the Special Grade Cursed Spirit at sea. As Rainbow Dragon struggled to escape, Eiji’s Chimera Beast Qiongqi arrived to join the fight.

• Satoru Gojo offered Suguru Geto a nine-figure commission to exorcise Rainbow Dragon, whose speed and wide-ranging attacks had frustrated Jujutsu Headquarters.
• Suguru Geto located Rainbow Dragon and attacked it with a flock of Vulture Cursed Spirits, but their blows barely damaged its hard body.
• Suguru Geto lured Rainbow Dragon into the sea, where Kraken and dozens of underwater Cursed Spirits surrounded and battered it.
• Suguru Geto’s Special Grade Demon Cursed Spirit confused Rainbow Dragon with Black Mist, while explosive Pufferfish-like Cursed Spirits injured it from within.
• Rainbow Dragon broke through the encirclement, but Suguru Geto’s Worm Cursed Spirit, Snow Woman, and tentacles slowed and redirected it toward an approaching flyer.
• Eiji’s Chimera Beast Qiongqi arrived before Rainbow Dragon.

Eiji researched the Holy Grail and Ten Shadows Technique, learning to manifest brief Spirit Origin Shadows and fuse Shikigami into Chimera Beasts. He created Qiongqi, a Special Grade Shikigami, and tested its strength by smashing Suguru Geto’s Rainbow Dragon in half.

• Eiji developed Spirit Origin Shadow as a way to briefly manifest incomplete Heroic Spirits through the Holy Grail.
• Eiji discovered that Ten Shadows Technique allowed partial and complete fusion, letting him create repeatable Small Shikigami such as Toad of the Well.
• Eiji fused Shikigami into Qiongqi, a Special Grade Chimera Beast with powerful flight, physical strength, lightning, and storm attacks.
• Eiji tested Qiongqi by charging it several kilometers into Rainbow Dragon, splitting the Special Grade Cursed Spirit in half.
• Suguru Geto subdued and absorbed Rainbow Dragon while he and Satoru Gojo reassessed Qiongqi’s combat strength.

Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Eiji celebrated Rainbow Dragon’s recovery by taking turns riding it and using a special camera to photograph Cursed Spirits. When a Jujutsu Headquarters Assistant Supervisor arrived to verify the mission, he found the trio posing amid a crowd of frightening spirits.

• Satoru Gojo barged into Suguru Geto’s room at dawn and teased him about his physique until Suguru Geto blasted him and Eiji out with a water-based Cursed Spirit.
• Suguru Geto summoned Rainbow Dragon, and Satoru Gojo and Eiji took turns riding it.
• Eiji used a Lab-made camera lens to photograph Rainbow Dragon and Suguru Geto, then he and Satoru Gojo joined Suguru Geto in staging increasingly elaborate pictures with Shikigami and Cursed Spirits.
• Suguru Geto summoned the Special Grade Demon Cursed Spirit to transform for more photos.
• The Jujutsu Headquarters Assistant Supervisor arrived to inspect Rainbow Dragon and was frightened by the trio surrounded by terrifying Cursed Spirits.

Eiji and Suguru Geto prepared to exorcise a Quasi-Special Grade Kuchisake-onna, while Eiji showed Geto the Eastern Folklore Research Institute’s experimental weapons. The chapter ended with Geto’s controlled Grade 2 Cursed Spirits being used to test the weapons, leaving the professors and guards satisfied with the results.

• Eiji and Suguru Geto discussed Kuchisake-onna’s enduring urban legend and treated Imaginary Cursed Spirits as ordinary Cursed Spirits.
• Suguru Geto prepared to exorcise Kuchisake-onna after she grew to Quasi-Special Grade and injured the Grade 1 sorcerer assigned to her.
• Eiji asked Suguru Geto to follow their plan and protect the professors while they captured Kuchisake-onna.
• Suguru Geto visited the Eastern Folklore Research Institute and saw its weapons designed to harm Cursed Spirits.
• Suguru Geto controlled several Grade 2 Cursed Spirits so the guards could safely enter and the professors could test the weapons.

Eiji and Suguru Geto observed Kuchisake-onna’s Simple Domain while researchers studied it, but the spirit grew enraged by their scrutiny and attacked. Kuchisake-onna’s barrier vanished as she targeted the little girl and stabbed at Eiji.

• Eiji cast a Curtain around the alley and let researchers from the Eastern Folklore Research Institute examine Kuchisake-onna’s Simple Domain.
• Suguru Geto tested the barrier with one of his Cursed Spirits while Eiji explained that the incomplete Domain made Kuchisake-onna Quasi-Special Grade.
• Kuchisake-onna became furious after the little girl stayed silent and the people outside studied her.
• Kuchisake-onna dropped her Simple Domain and sent scissors toward the little girl, then enlarged her own scissors and stabbed at Eiji.

Eiji and Suguru Geto fought Kuchisake-onna, with Eiji using his Shikigami to weaken her before lending Suguru Geto Playful Cloud. Suguru Geto overwhelmed Kuchisake-onna in close combat, and the chapter ended with him watching her recover while Eiji let him release some of his pent-up stress.

• Eiji evaded Kuchisake-onna's attacks and struck her, while Little Black wounded her from behind.
• Suguru Geto asked to try Playful Cloud, and Eiji handed him the Special Grade Cursed Tool.
• Suguru Geto charged Kuchisake-onna as Eiji and his Shikigami took positions to support him and protect the research team.
• Suguru Geto broke Kuchisake-onna's arm, severed it with Playful Cloud, and launched her through three walls.
• Kuchisake-onna recovered, and Suguru Geto watched her while Eiji quietly continued crowd control.

Suguru Geto defeated Kuchisake-onna with Playful Cloud, absorbed her, and parted ways with Eiji after the mission. On the journey back, Eiji assessed their growing forces and decided to prioritize controlling Mahoraga.

• Suguru Geto used Playful Cloud to overwhelm Kuchisake-onna and destroy her scissors attacks.
• Suguru Geto turned Kuchisake-onna into a Cursed Spirit Jade, swallowed it, and added her to his command.
• Suguru Geto asked Eiji what to do next, and Eiji sent him to collect the commission payment, eat, and go home.
• Eiji returned to the research institute with the convoy and considered Suguru Geto's growing Cursed Spirit forces and his own Shikigami.
• Eiji decided to put bringing Mahoraga under control on the agenda.

Eiji exercised before visiting Toji Fushiguro’s home, where he helped Minako prepare lunch and saw Toji caring awkwardly for Megumi and Tsumiki. The chapter described how Toji and Minako had built a family together after losing their spouses, leaving them enjoying a peaceful day at home.

• Eiji realized it was the weekend, decided to exercise, and completed a ten-kilometer run.
• Eiji visited Toji Fushiguro and found him caring for Megumi Fushiguro and Tsumiki Fushiguro while Minako Fushiguro prepared lunch.
• Eiji helped Minako cook lunch, and the family ate together.
• Minako cared for Megumi and played with Tsumiki as Eiji reflected on how she and Toji had formed a new family after their spouses died.

Toji Fushiguro’s life in the Zenin Family shaped his understanding of love, and he named his son Megumi as a blessing after finding happiness with Erika Fushiguro. Before attempting to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel, Toji arranged a future for Megumi with Naobito Zenin, but the story ends with Megumi later possessed by Ryomen Sukuna and devastated by his sister’s death.

• Toji Fushiguro endured abuse and rejection in the Zenin Family because he lacked Cursed Energy, then grew strong enough to leave after fighting its members.
• After leaving, Toji learned to love through Erika Fushiguro and chose the name Megumi for their child, meaning a blessing from heaven.
• After Erika died, Minako Fushiguro and Tsumiki Fushiguro helped care for Megumi while Toji struggled to express his love for him.
• Before taking the mission to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel, Toji made a deal with Naobito Zenin to secure Megumi’s place in the Zenin Family if he awakened a Technique.
• Toji failed to kill the Six Eyes, entrusted Megumi to Satoru Gojo, and later died satisfied that he had secured his son’s future.
• Megumi was later possessed by Ryomen Sukuna, who used Megumi’s Technique to kill Tsumiki Fushiguro.

Eiji sparred with Toji Fushiguro, then continued his Cursed Energy training and summoned a Heroic Spirit. The Spirit Origin Shadow stabilized as a girl in blue and white armor, leaving Eiji with his summoning experiment a success.

• Eiji and Toji Fushiguro sparred in the Fushiguro family's courtyard, and Eiji landed a kick before Toji began fighting seriously.
• Toji caught Eiji's ankle and nearly struck his head, but Eiji evaded and counterattacked before their long fight ended when Minako Fushiguro noticed the noise.
• Eiji left the Fushiguro home, returned to his house, and completed his daily Cursed Energy training.
• Eiji went to his basement and poured Cursed Energy into the Holy Grail to summon a Heroic Spirit.
• A golden-haired girl in blue and white armor regained consciousness, and Eiji confirmed that her Spirit Origin Shadow had stabilized.

Eiji began the second attempt to tame Mahoraga in a remote mountain forest, using his strengthened Shikigami to restrain the powerful summon. As Giant Elephant began losing ground, Eiji summoned Berserker and Lancer to help draw Mahoraga’s attention, and their battle left the surrounding forest destroyed.

• Eiji summoned Mahoraga and ordered it to become his power.
• Giant Elephant, with a fused Snake Tail, and Qiongqi attacked Mahoraga, with Giant Elephant briefly holding it down.
• Mahoraga gained the upper hand, and Eiji saw that its wounds were healing slowly as it began to escape Giant Elephant’s grasp.
• Eiji pulled the Heroic Spirit Chess Pieces for Berserker and Lancer from his shadow and summoned them.
• Eiji, Berserker, and Lancer circled Mahoraga while avoiding direct attacks, and Mahoraga destroyed the forest within a hundred-meter radius.

Eiji and his summoned allies fought Mahoraga while he spent the Holy Grail’s Cursed Energy and used three Command Spells to unleash Artoria’s Noble Phantasm. The chapter ended as Artoria’s Excalibur engulfed Mahoraga in a pillar of golden light that shattered the Curtain.

• Eiji struck Mahoraga with a Black Flash, and Lancer and Archer exploited the opening while Berserker and Giant Elephant kept Mahoraga off balance.
• Eiji summoned Artoria and used all three Command Spells to order her to unleash her Noble Phantasm and destroy Mahoraga.
• Qiongqi charged into Mahoraga and injured its waist, while Giant Elephant’s compressed Water Blades helped keep its Demon-Slaying Sword from landing cleanly.
• Mahoraga defeated Lancer, grievously injured Qiongqi, severed Giant Elephant’s trunk and the Great Serpent’s head, and drove off several of Eiji’s other allies.
• Little Black and the Magician disrupted Mahoraga’s attempt to evade as Artoria fired Excalibur, engulfing Mahoraga and shattering the Curtain.

After successfully subjugating Mahoraga, Eiji tested its ability to adapt to attacks and discovered that it could use his Shikigami’s abilities and develop multiple counters. He left Mahoraga with the task of learning Giant Elephant’s water-control Technique, excited by how much stronger it could become.

• Eiji recalled how his Shikigami and Shadow Servants had kept Mahoraga occupied long enough for Artoria to unleash her Noble Phantasm and secure its subjugation.
• Eiji rested after the battle, then summoned Mahoraga and tested how it responded to Nue’s Thunder.
• Mahoraga adapted to stronger Thunder by changing its body to redirect the electricity, and Eiji confirmed that the adaptation protected it from the attack.
• Eiji asked Mahoraga how it would counter Giant Elephant, and Mahoraga devised ways to overcome its strength, senses, regeneration, and defenses using Thunder and its own cursed technique.
• Eiji realized Mahoraga could use his abilities and store techniques and countermeasures, then ordered it to analyze and master Giant Elephant’s water-control Technique.