Chapter Summaries

Eiji, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto tested the lab’s firearms while exorcising Cursed Spirits gathered on a campus. Satoru destroyed the Grade 2 spirit Geto wanted to subdue, leaving Geto frustrated.

• Eiji and Shuji Zenin investigated a campus where at least thirty Low-level Cursed Spirits had gathered, then Eiji entered with Artoria, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto.
• Eiji produced an arsenal of lab-developed firearms, and the group began exorcising the spirits under Shuji’s Curtain.
• Eiji struggled to hit a Grade 3 Lizard Cursed Spirit at range, then killed it after closing in and firing at close range.
• Satoru exorcised several spirits with pistols, while Geto used a Gatling gun and grenades to destroy others.
• Geto spotted a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit he wanted to subdue, but Satoru blasted it to ash with rocket launchers before Geto could act.

Eiji, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto received standing punishment for wrecking the school during a late-night fight, and Eiji explored the depths of his shadow before Teacher Yaga sent them to run laps. The story then shifted to a year earlier, where Curse Users threw a bound man into a sealed well to test whether he could control the Shadow Crocodile, unknowingly awakening a terrifying presence.

• Eiji explained that a student had used an old Curse User manual to lure Cursed Spirits to his school as part of the Mr. Dog Fox Game, and the student had been punished after no one was hurt.
• Eiji tested his theory that the Ten Shadows Technique extended beyond summoning Shikigami by entering his shadow, but he had to come back out when he ran out of oxygen.
• Satoru Gojo entered Eiji's shadow briefly and emerged, confirming that there was no oxygen inside.
• Teacher Yaga caught the three boys playing around during their punishment and ordered Eiji, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto to run one hundred laps around the field.
• A year earlier, Curse Users on an island tortured a bound man for information about controlling the Shadow Crocodile, then threw him into a talisman-sealed well.
• The Curse Users saw the well grow darker as an enormous, terrifying entity silently opened its jaws behind them.

Shoko Ieiri and Artoria went to a Convenience Store after discussing a mysterious Cursed Spirit, where Artoria sensed danger and defeated an invisible monster. Shoko recognized it as similar to the specimen sent for her research and had it taken to her operating room before buying coffee and cigarettes.

• Shoko Ieiri told Artoria that the Jujutsu Management Council had sent her a strange Cursed Spirit to study.
• Shuji Zenin drove Shoko Ieiri and Artoria to a Convenience Store, where Artoria sensed danger as they entered.
• Artoria used a metal box and spilled drinks to reveal an invisible Giant Toad, then cut it down after it attacked with its tongue.
• Shoko Ieiri recognized the dying Giant Toad as similar to the Cursed Spirit she had been studying and ordered it taken to her operating room.
• Shoko Ieiri bought coffee and cigarettes, and Shuji Zenin told the cashier the cigarettes were for him.

Masamichi Yaga assigned Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Eiji missions to investigate Cursed Spirits created by a spreading curse. On the way to his school mission, Eiji was trapped in a hallucinatory tunnel and escaped with Shuji Zenin, revealing a massive fish-shaped Cursed Spirit with a huge pincer for a tail.

• Shoko Ieiri explained that a curse had transformed people into Cursed Spirits, which hunted humans to gather Cursed Energy and could spread the curse by infecting others.
• Masamichi Yaga sent Satoru Gojo to an uninhabited island, Suguru Geto to the coast, and Eiji to a school attacked by a tremor-causing Great Fish Cursed Spirit.
• While Shuji Zenin drove Eiji through a tunnel, the Mahoraga Dharma Wheel warned Eiji of hallucinations, and he spotted Cursed Energy gas leaking from a broken pipe.
• Eiji summoned Little Black to exorcise a group of oversized flea Cursed Spirits as the tunnel darkened and its entrance disappeared.
• Eiji summoned Qiongqi to break through the tunnel's exit, and he and Shuji escaped to discover the tunnel was a massive fish-shaped Cursed Spirit with a pincer-like tail.

Eiji, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto each confronted Cursed Spirits near the coast, while investigating their movements and the disappearances of local fishermen. After exterminating their targets, the sorcerers prepared to continue to their next missions.

• Eiji learned that the Great Fish Cursed Spirit was heading toward a village, so he sent Mahoraga to catch and exterminate it before it could reach anyone.
• Satoru Gojo found an injured man and a dinosaur-like Cursed Spirit on an Uninhabited Island, then killed the spirit with Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.
• Gojo carried the surviving man out of the forest and left him for the Assistant Supervisor.
• Suguru Geto disrupted a fishing boat to send Haruka and Kenta back to shore, then used Rainbow Dragon to attack the Jellyfish Cursed Spirits beneath the water.
• Geto saw human faces inside the jellyfish spirits and exterminated them, suspecting they were connected to the missing fishermen.
• Geto set off to meet the Assistant Supervisor before continuing to the next mission site.

Artoria comforted Komori Tomo as he confessed how his awakened Technique had injured the classmates who bullied him. When a Cursed Spirit attacked the cabin, Tomo stood up to protect Artoria, who defeated it and praised him as an outstanding warrior.

• Artoria learned that Komori Tomo had fled to the snowy mountain after awakening his Technique and attacking three classmates who bullied him.
• Tomo recounted how a Cursed Spirit trapped him and the classmates in an abandoned botanical garden, prompting him to summon thorns and attack after they called him a monster.
• Artoria checked the Jujutsu Management Council's records and told Tomo that all three classmates had survived, then reassured him that resisting injustice was right.
• A Cursed Spirit appeared outside the cabin, and Tomo summoned his Thorn Beast to restrain it while protecting Artoria.
• Artoria struck down the Cursed Spirit and told Tomo to hold his head high because he was an outstanding warrior.

Jujutsu Sorcerers Yamamoto Kuma and Kanzaki Shingo tracked a curse to an island, where they discovered the Cursed Spirit Kagewani and fought it in a cave. Yamamoto exorcised one Kagewani but lost his arm to another, then the well began releasing many more.

• Yamamoto Kuma and Kanzaki Shingo followed a Cursed Spirit to the coast, where a shadowy creature devoured its shadow and destroyed it.
• Yamamoto and Kanzaki crossed to a nearby island and found Cursed Talismans and a broken Shimenawa inside a cave.
• Yamamoto attacked the Cursed Spirit Kagewani that emerged from a well and exorcised it with his Flame Cursing Method.
• A second Kagewani ambushed Yamamoto from a shadow, severed his right arm, and spread a curse across his wound before Yamamoto exorcised it.
• Kanzaki used Baptism to suppress the curse on Yamamoto, then warned that more than one Kagewani was present.
• A surge of Cursed Energy erupted from the well, and multiple Kagewani streamed out.

Yamamoto Kuma and Kanzaki Shingo tried to escape the Shadow Crocodile Main Body, while Eiji rescued Shijima Nagi from a Cursed Spirit in an abandoned village. Eiji led the battered Shijima Nagi away to bathe and change clothes.

• Yamamoto Kuma and Kanzaki Shingo identified the Shadow Crocodile Main Body and decided to flee after Kanzaki Shingo struck it with Judgment.
• Yamamoto Kuma burned a path through the Shadow Crocodile Clones, but shadows blocked the cave entrance and the Main Body swallowed them.
• Shijima Nagi lost her Tuning Fork during an ambush and was forced back by Cursed Spirit Insect Head.
• Shijima Nagi recovered the Tuning Fork and used it to stall Cursed Spirit Insect Head, but the Cursed Spirit broke free and knocked her down.
• Eiji arrived and had Qiongqi stomp and devour Cursed Spirit Insect Head.
• Eiji told Shijima Nagi to follow him to bathe and change clothes, and she went with him.

Eiji questioned Shijima Nagi about why she had gone alone to her hometown island, and she explained that Shadow Crocodile had killed her grandmother. She recounted the curse’s history and the destruction of West Village, leaving Eiji with more information about the sealed Cursed Spirit while her mother was on the way to the island.

• Eiji pressed Shijima Nagi to explain her disappearance, and she panicked when he said he would contact her parents.
• Shijima Nagi revealed that Shadow Crocodile had killed her grandmother and that she wanted revenge.
• Shijima Nagi explained that West Village had raised Shadow Crocodile using a jar and incomplete instructions before the Cursed Spirit broke free and destroyed the village.
• Shijima Nagi described how a Jujutsu Sorcerer later sealed Shadow Crocodile in a cave, while she and her parents had hoped she would avoid becoming the village’s guardian.

Eiji sent Shijima Nagi home to her worried parents before traveling to Shijima Island to investigate Shadow Crocodile. After learning that two Jujutsu Sorcerers had gone missing in a cave, Eiji and Shuji Zenin entered it to search for them.

• Eiji reassured Shijima Nagi, and the next morning reunited her with her parents.
• Eiji refused Shijima Nagi's request to join the hunt for Shadow Crocodile, reminding her that her parents could lose her too.
• Shijima Nagi accepted her mother's comfort and left the hotel with her parents.
• Eiji and Shuji Zenin traveled to Shijima Island's East Village to gather information about Shadow Crocodile.
• Masamichi Yaga told Eiji that two Jujutsu Sorcerers had gone missing near a cave on the island's western side and asked him to investigate.
• Eiji and Shuji Zenin reached the cave and entered to search for the missing sorcerers.

Eiji entered the Shadow Crocodile’s cave to let Mahoraga adapt to the Cursed Spirit’s attacks, then fought through its clones and faced its enormous main body. During the main body’s Domain Expansion, Eiji grasped the nature of shadows and awakened his own Domain Expansion, Abyssal Dark Veil Court.

• Eiji let Mahoraga adapt to a Shadow Crocodile Clone’s attacks while he healed his injured arm and learned how to defend his shadow.
• Eiji and Mahoraga destroyed the weaker clones and reached the cave where the Jujutsu Sorcerer sent by the Jujutsu Management Council had died.
• Eiji summoned Medea to fight the clones and sent Mahoraga after the Shadow Crocodile Main Body, which trapped them in its Domain Expansion: Abyssal Shadow Prison.
• Mahoraga adapted to the main body’s attacks while Eiji canceled Falling Blossom Emotion and let the domain’s sure-hit attacks strike his shadow.
• Eiji understood the nature of shadows and awakened Domain Expansion: Abyssal Dark Veil Court, which swallowed the area and filled it with Shikigami.

Eiji’s Abyssal Dark Veil Court battled Shadow Crocodile’s domain until he summoned Artoria to break in from outside, letting his Shikigami devour Shadow Crocodile. After the fight, Eiji hid how violently his negative emotions had affected him and left with Artoria to get food.

• Eiji’s Shikigami and Shadow Crocodiles fought across the boundary between their domains while Mahoraga adapted to Shadow Crocodile’s attacks.
• Eiji found the passage out of the domain and used a Command Spell to summon Artoria to his side.
• Artoria pierced the domain’s outer wall with her Holy Sword and Mana Burst, allowing Eiji’s domain to overwhelm Shadow Crocodile’s domain.
• Mahoraga pinned Shadow Crocodile, and Eiji’s Shikigami tore it apart and devoured it.
• Eiji slapped his face and used Reverse Cursed Technique to hide his grim expression before turning back to Artoria.
• Eiji told Artoria he was fine and suggested they get food, while Artoria decided to ask about his behavior after lunch.

After Eiji’s Special Grade exorcism and Domain Expansion drew attention from the Jujutsu clans, Satoru Gojo blocked the Gojo Clan Head’s attempts to recruit him. Eiji then took his classmates to the beach, where their relaxing outing ended with Satoru and Suguru’s sand-sculpture prank and Shoko’s furious reaction.

• Eiji’s mission report caused a stir in the Jujutsu Management Council, and Naobito Zenin welcomed his accomplishments while the Gojo Clan Head tried and failed to recruit him.
• Satoru Gojo stopped the Gojo Clan Head’s efforts and joked that he might become the Zenin Family’s Divine Child instead.
• Eiji convinced Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, Shoko Ieiri, and Artoria to skip class and take a yacht to the beach.
• The group swam, explored underwater, gathered seafood, and ate a barbecue and soup before Eiji and Shoko fell asleep on the beach.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto buried Eiji and Shoko in sand and sculpted them into embarrassing figures, waking Shoko and provoking her furious roar.
• Eiji asked Suguru Geto to send him a photo of his sand sculpture and praised Satoru Gojo’s sculpting skill.

Eiji discussed the role of ordinary people and modern equipment in exorcising Cursed Spirits with Naobito Zenin. After Minako Fushiguro reported that Toji Fushiguro had been missing for nearly half a year, Eiji tracked him to a club and found him working as a host.

• Eiji showed Naobito Zenin the new squad practicing with guns and explained that ordinary people could handle Grade 3 and Grade 4 Cursed Spirits.
• Eiji argued that modern equipment could help address the Jujutsu World's growing shortage of Jujutsu Sorcerers, while Naobito Zenin considered the consequences for the old guard.
• Minako Fushiguro called Eiji and told him Toji Fushiguro had been gone for nearly half a year without contacting his family or sending money.
• Naobito Zenin sent Eiji Toji Fushiguro's location, which led Eiji to a club.
• Eiji found Toji Fushiguro with a wealthy woman and realized Toji had become a host.

Eiji reminded Toji Fushiguro that he had a son and two daughters to support, and urged him to take responsibility for Megumi and the others. Toji agreed to visit them but preferred borrowing money from Chizuru over working, leaving Eiji exasperated.

• Eiji told Toji Fushiguro that he had forgotten Megumi Fushiguro, Tsumiki Fushiguro, and Minako Fushiguro, and Toji recalled that he had named Megumi.
• Eiji provoked Toji by comparing him to the Zenin Family, and Toji agreed to go back that night to check on his children.
• Toji said he had money and could ask Chizuru for more, while Eiji urged him to find a proper job.
• Eiji explained that Minako struggled to pay rent and suggested Toji buy their house, but Toji balked at its ten-million price.
• Eiji suggested Toji exorcise cursed spirits for commissions, but Toji dismissed the idea because he preferred making money comfortably.

Eiji summoned Medea and Heroic Spirit Emiya as new companions, then asked Medea to help save a future Star Plasma Vessel by weakening the Causal Bond tied to Tengen's Immortality Technique. Medea agreed and asked Eiji to take her abroad in winter so she could study differences in Cursed Energy.

• Eiji summoned Medea and formed a contract with her.
• Eiji summoned Heroic Spirit Emiya, who accepted the contract and later exorcised cursed spirits.
• Eiji explained Tengen's Immortality Technique and its connection to the Star Plasma Vessel to Medea.
• Eiji told Medea he wanted to save one Star Plasma Vessel, and she said Toji Fushiguro and the Star Religious Cult could help weaken the Causal Bond.
• Medea asked to study differences in Cursed Energy abroad, and Eiji agreed to take her there in winter.

Heroic Spirit Emiya used a rooftop vantage point to exorcise nearby Cursed Spirits, then shopped for ingredients and prepared a lavish dinner for the people at Tokyo Jujutsu High. Everyone enjoyed the meal, and Satoru Gojo jokingly proposed hiring Emiya as the school’s chef.

• Heroic Spirit Emiya gave the Assistant Supervisor a blanket and shot down every Cursed Spirit within several hundred meters from the rooftop.
• Heroic Spirit Emiya went to a supermarket and selected food suited to Masamichi Yaga, Shoko Ieiri, Suguru Geto, Satoru Gojo, Eiji, Artoria, and Medea.
• Heroic Spirit Emiya returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High and prepared a lavish dinner while Eiji and the others waited.
• Heroic Spirit Emiya served the meal, and Masamichi Yaga thanked him for cooking.
• Satoru Gojo proposed hiring Heroic Spirit Emiya as the school’s chef, and Masamichi Yaga struck him for the suggestion.

Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto exorcised a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit in the sewer and returned to Jujutsu High for Masamichi Yaga’s announcement. Eiji gave Suguru Geto Medea’s potion to make swallowing Cursed Spirit Jades easier, then suggested using it to prank Satoru Gojo.

• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto frightened a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit into fleeing through the sewer, and Satoru chased it for fun.
• Eiji called Suguru Geto and told him that Masamichi Yaga wanted everyone back at Jujutsu High for an important announcement.
• Satoru Gojo struck the Cursed Spirit with Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue, and Suguru Geto absorbed it as a Cursed Spirit Jade.
• Medea’s position at Jujutsu High and Heroic Spirit Emiya’s regular cooking for the students were discussed in class.
• Eiji gave Suguru Geto Witch’s Potion, which temporarily altered taste to make swallowing Cursed Spirit Jades easier.
• Eiji suggested that Suguru Geto secretly put the potion in Satoru Gojo’s Kikufuku, and Suguru agreed with a grin.

Masamichi Yaga announced that Tokyo and Kyoto students would take part in the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event, including the first-years to make up for a shortage of participants. As Eiji discussed the second-years and reflected on Mei Mei’s qualities, the group awaited their return.

• Masamichi Yaga explained the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event and said the first-years would participate because a third-year had died on a mission.
• Satoru Gojo misunderstood the event as a free-for-all, and Masamichi Yaga corrected him.
• Suguru Geto asked about the second-years, and Eiji described Utahime Iori’s support Technique and Mei Mei’s talent.
• Eiji reflected on the misfortunes of Jujutsu Kaisen’s female characters and regarded Mei Mei as an unusually capable and happy woman.

Utahime met the new students and joined them for dinner, where she vented about pressure from her family while Mei Mei learned that Medea might help her develop her Technique. The group discovered that Satoru Gojo had a very low alcohol tolerance, leaving Utahime with a way to beat him at drinking.

• Utahime and Mei Mei met Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and the other students, and Satoru called Utahime weak while complimenting Mei Mei's strength.
• Eiji and the others chose a barbecue restaurant for dinner because Heroic Spirit Emiya was away on a mission.
• Medea recognized Mei Mei's crows as Shikigami and suggested ways Mei Mei could improve her Technique, prompting Mei Mei to value her advice.
• Utahime got drunk while complaining that her family wanted her to marry and have children who could inherit Techniques.
• Satoru Gojo drank a bottle of beer, became flushed, and collapsed into Suguru Geto's arms, revealing his low alcohol tolerance.