Chapter Summaries

Eiji, Suguru Geto, and Satoru Gojo spent a day shopping and visited a comic convention, where they bought games and merchandise and met cosplayers. The outing ended with Eiji joining the crowd to discuss and photograph the Fate characters.

• Suguru Geto bought a new Mario game, and he and Eiji planned to play it together at Eiji's house.
• Eiji stored their shopping bags in his shadow, and Suguru Geto decided to look for a Cursed Spirit capable of storing objects.
• Satoru Gojo met Eiji and Suguru Geto, and the three headed to a comic convention at the mall.
• Satoru Gojo excitedly approached a Naruto cosplayer and invited him to get ramen, but the cosplayer said he had not finished looking around.
• Satoru Gojo bought figurines at the Slam Dunk booth, while Eiji browsed art books and bought several figures.
• Eiji looked through Fate-themed art books and joined the convention crowd discussing and photographing the characters.

After the comic convention, Eiji, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto discussed their plans for Jujutsu High and argued about power, responsibility, and protecting others. Eiji urged Geto to think carefully about whom he chose to protect, and silently resolved to guide him toward a different future.

• At Maid Latte, Satoru Gojo ordered a large selection of sweets, and Eiji teased him about a childhood cavity rumor.
• Satoru Gojo asked whether Eiji and Suguru Geto planned to attend Jujutsu High, and Geto said he wanted to use his power to protect ordinary people.
• Satoru Gojo argued that power was simply power, while Geto insisted that sorcerers should protect non-sorcerers.
• Eiji said that the strong should protect the weak but warned Geto to choose carefully whom he protected.
• Eiji decided to keep an eye on Geto and guide him toward another future, and Satoru Gojo reminded them to complete their Jujutsu Sorcerer Grade Assessments before enrollment.

Eiji, Suguru Geto, and Satoru Gojo discussed the requirements for a Jujutsu Sorcerer grade assessment, including recommenders and the influence needed for Special Grade. The conversation ended with Suguru Geto teasing Satoru Gojo about his knowledge of history.

• Satoru Gojo explained that grade assessments required two recommenders and fighting Cursed Spirits, and Suguru Geto realized he could not find any recommenders.
• Satoru Gojo offered to find recommenders for Suguru Geto and Eiji, but both refused his help.
• Satoru Gojo said they could apply directly for Grade 1, while Eiji explained the influence and strength expected for a Special Grade assessment.
• Eiji described the grades using comparisons to weapons and military force, including that cluster bombs would not suffice against a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
• Suguru Geto used questions about Oda Nobunaga and the Battle of Okehazama to get the better of Satoru Gojo, who still argued that it proved nothing about intelligence.

Eiji and Suguru Geto hunted a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit, then Naoya Zenin and two members of the Zenin Family’s Hei unit confronted Eiji over his Ten Shadows Technique. Eiji countered their techniques and defeated Futo Zenin, while Suguru waited nearby in case he needed to help.

• Eiji adapted Mahoraga to a corrosive Cursed Spirit’s ability, injured the spirit, and let Suguru Geto absorb it before handing him Honey Tea.
• Eiji recognized Naoya Zenin, Futo Zenin, and Ranta Zenin outside the abandoned building and sent Suguru away, though Suguru waited nearby.
• Ranta immobilized Eiji with his technique, and Futo struck him into a wall, but Eiji returned through the shadows and broke Ranta’s technique.
• Eiji explained how Ranta’s binding technique worked, and Mahoraga adapted to Futo’s wind technique, bringing its stock increase to 2.5.
• Ranta’s renewed attempt failed, and Eiji countered Futo’s punches before kicking him out of the building.

Naoya Zenin offered Eiji a place as leader of Hei, but Eiji refused and challenged him. Eiji used Mahoraga’s enhancement to outpace Naoya’s Projection Sorcery and stun him, leaving Naoya unable to avoid Eiji’s incoming punch.

• Naoya Zenin praised Eiji’s strength and offered him the position of Hei’s leader when he became head of the Zenin Family.
• Eiji rejected Naoya’s offer, angering him and prompting Naoya to attack with Projection Sorcery.
• Eiji used Mahoraga’s enhancement to track Naoya’s movements and boost his own speed with lightning.
• Eiji interrupted Naoya’s Projection Sorcery, causing Naoya to freeze in a one-second stun.
• Eiji swung a punch at the helpless Naoya.

Eiji defeated Naoya Zenin and his guards, then summoned Mahoraga to terrify them before inviting Naobito Zenin to an izakaya. Naobito accepted, leaving Eiji and the Zenin Family head to talk while Mahoraga dealt with Naoya and the others.

• Eiji beat Naoya Zenin and mocked him by comparing his speed to Toji Fushiguro's, then threw him into Ranta Zenin's cursed technique cage.
• Divine Dog: Black wounded Futo Zenin, while Eiji continued pummeling Naoya until Ranta briefly restrained him and the guards tried to help Naoya escape.
• Eiji used lightning-enhanced strength to throw Ranta, Futo, and Naoya out of the building, then healed them with Giant Elephant's Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Eiji began summoning Mahoraga, terrifying Naoya, and then completed the summon and told Mahoraga not to kill the three Zenin men.
• Eiji discovered Naobito Zenin had been watching, invited him to an izakaya, and Naobito agreed to go with him.

Eiji negotiated with Naobito Zenin over the Zenin Family’s future, proposing a new brewery and a new generation of sorcerers while leaving Naoya Zenin to lead the old establishment. Naobito agreed to support Eiji’s plans, including finding recommenders for evaluations and promoting Fate/stay night.

• Eiji challenged Naobito Zenin’s traditional views and argued that new drinks could force the old sake industry to change.
• Eiji told Naobito he was stronger than Satoru Gojo and planned to recruit young people to establish a new brewery outside the decaying old one.
• Eiji proposed that Naoya Zenin take charge of the old brewery, while Toji Fushiguro would join him and Megumi Fushiguro’s Ten Shadows Technique would strengthen the Zenin Family’s prospects.
• Eiji asked Naobito to find six Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers to recommend his friends for evaluations and to use the Zenin Family’s influence to promote Fate/stay night.
• Naobito accepted both requests and took the posters to begin promoting them.

Eiji summoned Artoria as his Saber, and the two went out to eat in Shinjuku. Artoria enjoyed the food so much that Eiji followed her from stall to stall, leaving their outing to continue at an oden stand.

• Eiji used the Holy Grail and his Cursed Energy to summon Artoria, who accepted him as her Master.
• Eiji introduced himself and asked Artoria to call him Ria, then invited her to get food after his stomach growled.
• Eiji and Artoria walked through Shinjuku, where she tried taiyaki and okonomiyaki before declining takoyaki because it contained octopus.
• Artoria ordered and ate eight large bowls of ramen while Eiji watched, then asked him to take her to another stall.
• Eiji ordered one serving of oden, deciding he could eat no more and would watch Artoria eat.

Eiji took Artoria shopping for clothes and brought her to visit Minako Fushiguro, then asked Minako to help her buy daily necessities. The next day, Minako took Artoria on an exhausting shopping spree while Eiji carried their bags.

• Eiji took Artoria to a mall, where she tried on a white dress but asked for clothes easier to move around in.
• Eiji chose a casual outfit for Artoria and realized he had forgotten to buy her underwear, so he took her to visit Minako Fushiguro.
• Eiji met Minako, Toji Fushiguro, Megumi Fushiguro, and Tsumiki Fushiguro, then cooked dinner for the family.
• Eiji asked Minako to take Artoria shopping for daily necessities the next day, and Minako happily agreed.
• Minako took Artoria through Shinjuku's major shopping malls while Eiji carried their bags and watched Artoria enjoy herself.

Eiji and the others traveled to an assessment site after learning that the Kamo and Zenin Families had prepared a group of Grade 1 Cursed Spirits for their evaluation. At the abandoned office building, Satoru Gojo met Artoria, saw her sword strike, and was reprimanded for staring and flirting with her.

• Eiji learned from Shuji Zenin that the Kamo Family had raised more than a dozen Grade 1 Cursed Spirits for the assessment and that Suguru Geto could absorb them all without jeopardizing the result.
• Eiji told Shuji to stop at a store for a case of Honey Tea as the group headed to an abandoned office building for the assessment.
• Satoru Gojo rushed over to meet Artoria and used his Six Eyes to examine her, prompting her to slash the ground with her sword aura.
• Satoru Gojo apologized and flirted with Artoria, but Eiji punched him and warned him not to flirt with someone he had just met.
• Satoru Gojo complained to Suguru Geto that he was hurt, and Suguru offered to let a grotesque humanoid Cursed Spirit hug him instead.

Eiji and Satoru Gojo arranged for Suguru Geto to receive the Cursed Spirits from the group’s Grade Assessments, while Kamo Yoshitaka tried to enforce separate assessments. Eiji revealed his Ten Shadows Technique and his ties to the Zenin Family, leaving Yoshitaka shaken as he realized the Kamo Family had been left out of the alliance.

• Satoru Gojo and Eiji assured Suguru Geto that he could absorb Cursed Spirits after the others weakened them, and Gojo’s representatives agreed.
• Kamo Yoshitaka objected to combining the assessments, but the Zenin representatives refused to back his demand for separate tests.
• Eiji countered Yoshitaka’s appeal to the rules by accusing the families of illegally raising and exploiting Cursed Spirits.
• Eiji summoned Divine Dog: Umbra, restrained Yoshitaka, and introduced himself as a user of the Ten Shadows Technique whom the Zenin called Young Master.
• Yoshitaka realized the Zenin Family had gained the Ten Shadows Technique and suspected the Kamo Family had been abandoned.
• The chapter revealed that the Gojo Clan Head had passed Eiji’s information to the Zenin Family, while Kenjaku had kept Eiji’s existence from the current Kamo Family.

Eiji, Artoria, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto hunted Grade 1 Cursed Spirits across the city, with Artoria and Eiji quickly defeating the targets. After Suguru Geto endured the strain of subduing them all, the group ate sushi, and Eiji found Geto recovered by the next day.

• Artoria defeated a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit whose Technique weakened opponents with pressure, and Suguru Geto subdued it.
• Eiji changed the group’s route and arranged for them to fly between targets while Assistant Supervisors followed to inspect the sites.
• Artoria and Eiji swiftly defeated the remaining Cursed Spirits, while Suguru Geto subdued each one and grew sick from consuming them.
• Eiji used Reverse Cursed Technique to ease Suguru Geto’s symptoms, and Geto finished subduing the remaining Cursed Spirits before going home to rest.
• Eiji, Artoria, and Satoru Gojo ate sushi, and Eiji refused Gojo’s request to try the Curry Stick.
• Eiji visited Suguru Geto the next day and found him acting as though nothing had happened.

In April 2005, Masamichi Yaga welcomed five first-year students to Tokyo Jujutsu High, including Satoru Gojo, Dongfang Eiji, Artoria, Suguru Geto, and Shoko Ieiri. After the students arrived and toured the school, they settled into their dorms.

• Masamichi Yaga waited at Tokyo Jujutsu High to welcome the incoming students and met Satoru Gojo first.
• Dongfang Eiji arrived with Artoria, whose Heroic Spirit status the Jujutsu Management Council had accepted after Eiji demonstrated her power.
• Suguru Geto arrived on a Pelican-form Cursed Spirit, and the students waited for the final student.
• Shoko Ieiri arrived on time, introduced herself, and joined the group as Masamichi Yaga led them around the school to choose dorm rooms.
• Satoru Gojo appeared at Shoko Ieiri's dorm window to ask about sweets, and Shoko slammed the window on him.

At Jujutsu High, Eiji and Satoru Gojo fought to demonstrate their abilities, then made a wager before Eiji summoned Qiongqi and several shikigami to challenge Gojo’s Limitless. The fight continued with Eiji and his shikigami attacking Gojo from multiple directions.

• Masamichi Yaga took the students to the Training Ground, where Eiji volunteered to fight Satoru Gojo first.
• Eiji and Gojo traded blows in a close-range fight until a simultaneous strike sent them flying apart.
• Eiji bet that if he defeated Gojo without using Mahoraga, Gojo would obey one command; Gojo accepted, confident he was the strongest.
• Eiji summoned Qiongqi, whose Thunder and gale disrupted and destroyed Gojo’s Azure.
• Eiji, Divine Dog: Black, and Divine Dog: White attacked Gojo from different directions as the fight continued.

Eiji and his Shikigami pressed Satoru Gojo with a coordinated assault, seeking an opening through his Limitless. Medea dispelled Limitless with Rule Breaker, letting Eiji land a full-force punch as the battle reached its climax.

• Shoko Ieiri watched Eiji's Shikigami and Satoru Gojo battle while Eiji tried to force an opening in Limitless.
• Eiji summoned Giant Elephant and coordinated its attacks with Qiongqi's storm, using the assault to keep Satoru Gojo from escaping.
• Satoru Gojo defeated Giant Elephant and Jade Dog: White, but the storm and torrent interfered with his Six Eyes.
• Eiji revealed that Little White was manifesting as a Shikigami Heroic Spirit, allowing Medea to sneak behind Satoru Gojo.
• Medea stabbed Satoru Gojo with Rule Breaker and dispelled Limitless, and Eiji struck him with the Satoru Ascension Fist.

Eiji defeated Satoru Gojo by using Medea's Rule Breaker to bypass Limitless, then celebrated by taking photos with Gojo and their classmates. Masamichi Yaga reprimanded Eiji and Suguru Geto while Shoko Ieiri treated Gojo.

• Masamichi Yaga asked Suguru Geto about Eiji's powerful Shikigami, and Geto explained Qiongqi and the Rainbow Dragon to Shoko Ieiri.
• The storm cleared to reveal Eiji punching Satoru Gojo into the air, and Geto realized Medea had used Rule Breaker to break through Limitless.
• Gojo landed headfirst in the ground, and Eiji summoned Geto, Shoko, and Medea to take photos with him.
• Masamichi Yaga hit Eiji and Geto for neglecting Gojo, then told Shoko to treat him and ordered the others to pull him out.
• Eiji and Geto pulled Gojo free and posed for another photo, earning another reprimand from Yaga.

After recovering from his beating, Satoru Gojo asked Eiji about the limits of his Heroic Spirit summoning, and Suguru Geto resolved to become stronger. Artoria and Suguru Geto began a battle in the ruined Training Ground, which ended with both fighters poised to continue their standoff.

• Shoko Ieiri treated Satoru Gojo as he regained consciousness, and Eiji explained that summoning Heroic Spirits depended on plausible fantasies and currently allowed only an incomplete, temporary Medea.
• Suguru Geto set himself the goal of absorbing the sixteen Special Grade Cursed Spirits recorded by the Jujutsu Management Council and then finding unrecorded ones.
• Masamichi Yaga called off his planned demonstrations, and Eiji ushered him and the others away so Artoria and Suguru Geto could fight.
• Artoria charged Suguru Geto, who countered with Rainbow Dragon, a Worm Cursed Spirit, and a Cyclops that struck her with a massive fist.
• Artoria wounded Rainbow Dragon with her Holy Sword, while Suguru Geto sent volleys of Squid Cursed Spirits after her and pursued her from the air on Pelican.
• Artoria broke free from Rainbow Dragon's jaws, and she and Suguru Geto ended the exchange facing one another from the ground and sky.

Suguru Geto and Artoria continued their sparring match, with Artoria overcoming his coordinated Cursed Spirit attacks and forcing him into close combat. They exchanged blows across the ruined arena, with Suguru Geto struggling to judge the range of Artoria’s Invisible Sword.

• Suguru Geto intensified his Cursed Spirit assault, but Artoria evaded the coordinated attacks and wounded the Worm Cursed Spirit.
• Suguru Geto’s exploding Bug Cursed Spirits engulfed Artoria, but her Magic Resistance left her unharmed, and she used Mana Burst to charge at him.
• Artoria bypassed the Special Grade Demon Cursed Spirit and cut through the Pelican Cursed Spirit before clashing with Suguru Geto, who wielded Playful Cloud.
• Artoria drove Suguru Geto into the ground and broke free from Rainbow Dragon, then blocked Suguru Geto’s surprise attack as the Cursed Spirits’ disordered assault failed to stop her.
• Suguru Geto dismissed his wounded Cursed Spirits and fought Artoria directly, struggling to judge the reach of her Invisible Sword.

Artoria defeated Suguru Geto in a training-ground battle, and Satoru Gojo later drew crowds while cosplaying Medusa at a comic convention. The chapter ended with Eiji deciding to prepare a Magical Girl Meli costume next.

• Shoko Ieiri, Satoru Gojo, and Eiji watched Artoria fight Suguru Geto, whose Cursed Spirits and Playful Cloud kept her at a distance.
• Artoria used Invisible Air to stir up dust, knocked Playful Cloud away, and evaded Suguru Geto's elbow before striking his lower back and winning.
• Shoko Ieiri treated Suguru Geto as Masamichi Yaga stayed up to write a damage report and request repair funds.
• At a Sunday comic convention, Satoru Gojo cosplayed Medusa and posed for photos while Eiji photographed him.
• Eiji admired Satoru Gojo's cosplay and decided to prepare a Magical Girl Meli costume.

Suguru Geto studied the Jujutsu Management Council’s guide to Special Grade Cursed Spirits, while Eiji investigated the pattern on his toad Shikigami. The chapter ended with Eiji assigning Satoru Gojo to help Geto find Special Grade Cursed Spirits and planning to ask the Zenin Family about the Ten Shadows Technique.

• Suguru Geto read about Special Grade Cursed Spirits, including Inugami, the sealed Great Tengu, and the two forms of Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Satoru Gojo told Geto that the Great Tengu was sealed somewhere in Hokkaido, but Geto denied wanting to pursue it.
• Satoru Gojo and Eiji stared at Eiji’s toad Shikigami until Gojo joked that it looked delicious, and Eiji dismissed it.
• Eiji explained that he was studying the Eito Mirror pattern on the toad and suspected it showed how a sorcerer could imprint power onto a Shikigami.
• Satoru Gojo offered to investigate the origin of the Ten Shadows Technique, but Eiji said he would ask the Zenin Family and told Gojo to help Geto find Special Grade Cursed Spirits.