Chapter Summaries

Gojo Sawa and Gojo Satoru teased Suguru Geto after mistaking his closeness with Haruko Shinohara for romance, then learned how Geto had built a family around the children in his care. Geto explained that protecting his family was the purpose he had chosen, while Sawa considered taking on a disciple and remembered someone he had nearly forgotten.

• Gojo Sawa and Gojo Satoru saw Ieiri Shoko's photo of Suguru Geto with Haruko Shinohara and rushed to the cafe, where they embarrassed Geto by pretending to be jealous lovers and showing Haruko his old photos.
• Gojo Sawa learned that Geto had used money from the Star Religious Group to buy Sunshine Cafe, where Haruko worked alongside Nanako, Mimiko, and Riku Neki.
• After the cafe closed, Geto told Gojo Sawa that he had stopped living by the duty to protect the weak and now wanted to protect his family.
• Geto asked Gojo Sawa to speak with Ieiri Shoko about helping Manami study her Cursed Technique, while Nanako and Mimiko would stay with Geto and learn from him.
• Gojo Sawa considered taking on a disciple, then suddenly remembered someone he had nearly forgotten.

Gojo Sawa secretly followed Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto, hoping to prevent the accident that would kill Rika. A runaway truck struck just as predicted, but Sawa rescued Rika and left Yuta stunned.

• Gojo Satoru began teaching Megumi Fushiguro, whose Ten Shadows Technique impressed him, while Toji Fushiguro worried about his son's teacher.
• Gojo Sawa followed Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto through Tokyo and recalled that Rika was destined to die in a car accident.
• A runaway truck barreled toward the crowd, placing Rika directly in its path while Yuta was shoved away.
• Yuta unleashed his Cursed Energy and struggled to reach Rika as bystanders tried to hold him back.
• Gojo Sawa pulled Yuta away and revealed that he had rescued Rika, while the truck crashed into a utility pole.

Gojo Sawa revealed the existence of Cursed Spirits to Yuta Okkotsu and offered to train him as a Jujutsu Sorcerer. After Yuta’s parents approved and Gojo Sawa arranged for Rika Orimoto to stay with him, Yuta accepted, leaving Gojo Sawa as his new teacher.

• Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto thanked Gojo Sawa, who explained that their families were distant relatives descended from Sugawara no Michizane.
• Gojo Sawa showed Yuta a Cursed Spirit and explained that Jujutsu Sorcerers fought creatures born from humanity’s negative emotions.
• Gojo Sawa told Yuta he had enormous potential and offered to take him on as his disciple.
• Yuta called his parents, who enthusiastically approved of him becoming Gojo Sawa’s disciple.
• Yuta said he did not want to be separated from Rika, and Gojo Sawa revealed that he had bought their school.
• Yuta accepted Gojo Sawa as his Jujutsu teacher, and Gojo Sawa welcomed him with talk of the burning fire of youth.

Eight years after beginning his training with Gojo Sawa, Yuta Okkotsu received a powerful Special Grade Cursed Tool and went to Hokkaido to exorcise the Snow Woman. He defeated her through skilled swordsmanship and overwhelming Cursed Energy, leaving behind a strange purplish-black finger.

• Gojo Sawa sent Yuta Okkotsu to exorcise ten Special Grade Cursed Spirits before his enrollment at Jujutsu High.
• Gojo Sawa gave Yuta Okkotsu Dojigiri Yasutsuna, a Special Grade Cursed Tool that could launch slashes through the air.
• Yuta Okkotsu investigated the deserted Hokkaido village where the Snow Woman had killed seventy-three people and saw through her snowman disguise.
• The Snow Woman attacked Yuta Okkotsu with ice-based Cursed Techniques, but he endured her assault and defeated her with Dojigiri Yasutsuna.
• As the Snow Woman dissipated, she left behind a strange purplish-black finger.

Yuta Okkotsu brought Sukuna’s Finger back to Tokyo, where Gojo Sawa explained its history and the threat of Sukuna’s revival. After Tsumiki warned Toji that her classmates planned to visit Yasohachi Bridge, Toji prepared to investigate with Megumi.

• Yuta Okkotsu found a finger containing immense Cursed Energy after defeating the Snow Woman and sealed it in a talisman.
• Gojo Sawa identified the finger as one of Sukuna’s twenty indestructible fingers and told Yuta about Sukuna’s power and the Jujutsu Society’s fear of his return.
• Yuta asked Gojo Sawa whether he could defeat Sukuna, and Gojo Sawa avoided making a confident prediction.
• Tsumiki told Toji that her classmates planned to explore Yasohachi Bridge, and Toji agreed to contact people who could investigate.
• Toji summoned Choubou to deal with the danger at Yasohachi Bridge, and Megumi persuaded him to bring him along.

Toji and Megumi entered Yorozu’s domain beneath Yasohachi Bridge, where Toji quickly defeated a Special Grade Cursed Spirit and discovered Sukuna’s finger. Yorozu arrived to reclaim it, and Toji began fighting the ancient sorcerer.

• Toji and Megumi reached Yasohachi Bridge, where Megumi’s Divine Dogs defeated the nearby low-level Cursed Spirits.
• The ground collapsed beneath them, trapping them in an Innate Domain where a Special Grade Cursed Spirit attacked.
• Toji killed the Special Grade Cursed Spirit and picked up the Sukuna finger it left behind.
• Yorozu attacked Toji for taking the finger, and Toji recognized that she had incarnated through it despite its seal remaining intact.
• Yorozu admitted that her love for Sukuna had awakened her, then threatened Toji and Megumi.
• Toji charged Yorozu with the Soul Liberation Blade and struck her abdomen before she could react.

Toji Fushiguro battled Yorozu beneath Yasohachi Bridge, overcoming her Insect Armor and shattering her Domain Expansion before killing her. Megumi witnessed the fight and learned that Toji had used the Inverted Spear of Heaven to break Yorozu’s Domain.

• Yorozu attacked Toji with liquid metal, but he closed the distance and slammed her into a wall with the Soul Liberation Blade.
• Yorozu covered herself in Insect Armor and fought Toji at extreme speed until their battle collapsed the surrounding space.
• Megumi escaped the collapse on Divine Dog as Toji and Yorozu burst through the ground, with Yorozu’s armor shattered and Toji still eager to fight.
• Yorozu expanded her Domain, Triple Agony, but Toji broke its shell with the Inverted Spear of Heaven.
• Toji killed Yorozu with the Soul Liberation Blade after her Domain burned out her Construction Technique, and he dismissed her belief that Sukuna would love her.

Maki Zenin, Toge Inumaki, and the Hasaba siblings arrived at Jujutsu High as new students, where they met Panda and their teachers. The gathering ended with Toji Fushiguro recognizing Maki's Heavenly Restriction.

• Maki Zenin told Naobito Zenin she would become a sorcerer and destroy the Zenin Clan, and he encouraged her to go to Jujutsu High.
• Toge Inumaki's parents sent him off to school, while police questioned Suguru Geto about employing his adopted children at Sunshine Cafe.
• Maki and Toge met Panda at Jujutsu High and learned he was a talking Cursed Corpse.
• Suguru Geto arrived with Nanako Hasaba, Mimiko Hasaba, and Rikyu Negi, and the new students introduced themselves.
• Gojo Satoru arrived with Megumi Fushiguro and Toji Fushiguro, who recognized Maki's Heavenly Restriction.

Toji offered to teach Maki after learning she wanted to destroy the Zenin Clan, and she accepted after discovering he was Toji Zenin, a fellow bearer of Heavenly Restriction. Gojo Sawa arrived with his student Yuta Okkotsu, whose immense Cursed Energy stunned the others, and Gojo Satoru declared that Megumi would train to defeat him in a year.

• Toji asked Maki why she had come to Jujutsu High, and she declared that she intended to tear down the Zenin Clan.
• Toji offered to become Maki’s teacher, and Gojo Satoru revealed that Toji’s original name was Toji Zenin and that he bore Heavenly Restriction.
• Maki accepted Toji as her mentor and vowed to finish the destruction he had begun against the Zenin Clan.
• Toji learned that Megumi was too young to enroll, and Gojo Satoru admitted he had brought him along to show off his genius son.
• Gojo Sawa arrived with his student Yuta Okkotsu, whose Cursed Energy amazed Gojo Satoru, Suguru Geto, and Toji Fushiguro.
• Gojo Satoru urged Megumi to train for a year so he could beat Yuta, leaving Megumi bewildered.

Yuta Okkotsu and the other students registered at Jujutsu High, where Yuta’s Special Grade status surprised them and Maki Zenin’s Grade 4 ranking drew criticism. Meanwhile, Kenjaku learned that Yorozu had disappeared and prepared to move against Itadori, despite fearing the Six Eyes twins and another powerful Cursed Spirit Manipulator.

• The new students registered at Jujutsu High, where Yuta Okkotsu was revealed as a Special Grade sorcerer and Maki Zenin was listed as Grade 4.
• Hanami reported to Kenjaku that the Cursed Spirit beneath Yasohachi Bridge had been exorcised, Yorozu had disappeared, and Sukuna’s Finger was lost.
• Kenjaku reflected that Gojo Sawa and the other Six Eyes twin, along with a powerful Cursed Spirit Manipulator, had disrupted her plans.
• Jogo demanded to know when they would act on the vessel for Sukuna, and Kenjaku agreed to begin their plan.
• Kenjaku said her informant at Jujutsu High had told her where one of Sukuna’s Fingers would soon be stored.

Megumi Fushiguro discovered that Sukuna’s Finger had gone missing and tracked it to Itadori Yuji, whose friends removed its talisman at Sugisawa Third High School. Cursed Spirits swarmed the school, and Yuji rushed to help Megumi, leaving the two facing the danger together.

• Megumi opened the weather box and found that the Special Grade Cursed Object was missing.
• Yuji set a remarkable sprint record, declined his PE teacher’s offer to pursue athletics, and later heard his grandfather Itadori Wasuke’s final words before Wasuke died.
• Megumi caught up with Yuji and learned that Yuji had given the object to his senpais, Sasaki and Iguchi.
• Sasaki and Iguchi removed the talisman from Sukuna’s Finger, attracting nearby Cursed Spirits to the school.
• Megumi summoned his Divine Dogs and retrieved Sukuna’s Finger while Yuji led Sasaki and Iguchi to safety.
• Yuji saw the Cursed Spirits, spotted Megumi being attacked, and charged in to help him.

Itadori Yuji swallowed Sukuna's Finger to gain Cursed Energy and save Megumi Fushiguro, but Gojo Sawa forced him to spit it out and revealed that Yuji was an artificial vessel. The chapter ended with Kenjaku appearing and claiming to be Yuji's mother, Kaori Itadori.

• Itadori Yuji returned to help Megumi Fushiguro fight a Cursed Spirit, and Megumi destroyed it with a Cursed Energy-enhanced punch.
• A powerful Cursed Spirit knocked Megumi aside, and Yuji picked up Sukuna's Finger before it attacked him.
• Yuji swallowed Sukuna's Finger, but Gojo Sawa shook him until he spat it out and then destroyed the Cursed Spirit.
• Gojo Sawa healed Megumi and explained that Yuji was created as a vessel for Sukuna's Incarnation.
• Kenjaku emerged from the shadows and told Yuji that she was his mother, Kaori Itadori.

Gojo Sawa fought Kenjaku and Hanami after revealing that Kenjaku had occupied Itadori Yuji’s dead mother’s body. Kenjaku and Hanami escaped with the help of Red Hannya, whom Gojo Sawa purified inside his Domain Expansion.

• Gojo Sawa told Itadori Yuji that Kenjaku occupied his mother’s body and that Yuji had been born after her death.
• Kenjaku ordered Hanami to force Yuji to swallow Sukuna’s Finger while she fought Gojo Sawa, but Gojo Sawa swiftly overpowered both of them.
• Kenjaku and Hanami used their Cursed Techniques against Gojo Sawa, who battered them with Blue and Red.
• Kenjaku released the Special Grade Cursed Spirit Red Hannya to cover her and Hanami’s escape.
• Gojo Sawa trapped Red Hannya, Yuji, and Megumi Fushiguro in his Dustless Domain, where Red Hannya’s Cursed Energy vanished and the woman’s spirit dissolved.

Gojo Sawa warned Gojo Satoru about a growing threat and defended Itadori Yuji from the Jujutsu Society's call for execution. After Kenjaku and Hanami returned badly injured from their encounter with Gojo Sawa, Jogo decided to target Gojo Satoru.

• Gojo Sawa recovered Sukuna's Finger, warned Gojo Satoru to protect his students and friends, and suggested Itadori Yuji enroll as Megumi Fushiguro's classmate.
• At a meeting of the Three Great Families, Gojo Sawa rejected the elders' demand to execute Itadori Yuji and declared that he would fight Sukuna himself.
• Kenjaku and Hanami returned to the beach domain injured and told Jogo that Gojo Sawa had overwhelmed them.
• Jogo dismissed warnings about Gojo Sawa's strength, asked how strong Gojo Satoru was, and ordered Kenjaku to save the Prison Realm for Gojo Sawa.
• Jogo vowed to kill Gojo Satoru to make Gojo Sawa suffer for hurting Hanami.

Itadori Yuji and Nobara Kugisaki joined Megumi Fushiguro for a Tokyo outing that Gojo Satoru turned into a cursed-spirit exorcism test. At Jujutsu High, Gojo Sawa helped Suguru Geto discover that Maximum: Uzumaki could extract techniques from semi-Grade 1 and stronger cursed spirits.

• Gojo Satoru introduced Itadori Yuji to Nobara Kugisaki at Harajuku Station, and the three students met before heading out with Megumi Fushiguro.
• Gojo Satoru took the group to an abandoned building in Roppongi and ordered Itadori Yuji and Nobara Kugisaki to exorcise its cursed spirits.
• Suguru Geto demonstrated Maximum: Uzumaki to Gojo Sawa, who suggested extracting a cursed spirit's technique instead of merely combining spirits.
• Suguru Geto used Uzumaki on the Grade 1 Cursed Spirit Sound Yaksha and gained its lightning-control technique.
• Suguru Geto tested his other spirits and realized Uzumaki could extract innate techniques from semi-Grade 1 and stronger cursed spirits, though those techniques could not grow further.
• Suguru Geto wondered how Gojo Sawa had figured out the ability, and Gojo Sawa claimed he had analyzed it using the Six Eyes.

Gojo Satoru fought Jogo on the highway and easily endured the Special Grade cursed spirit’s attacks. He brought a confused Itadori Yuji to the fight, provoking Jogo into using Domain Expansion: Coffin of the Iron Mountain.

• Gojo sensed a powerful cursed spirit, told Ijichi to leave, and waited for Jogo on the highway.
• Jogo attacked Gojo with magma and explosive insects, but Gojo’s Infinity kept him unharmed.
• Gojo grabbed Jogo, beat him, and blasted him through the forest into a lake with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.
• Gojo woke Itadori with a flashlight and brought him to the lake, where Jogo mistook him for dead weight.
• Gojo mocked Jogo, who erupted in anger and activated Domain Expansion: Coffin of the Iron Mountain.

Gojo Sawa considered how to eliminate Kenjaku, while Kenjaku’s group chose to target Gojo Satoru with the Prison Realm and prepare a second vessel, Daiten, for Sukuna. Kenjaku sent the cursed spirits to distract the Strongest Trio as Mahito began plans to spread panic and death in Tokyo.

• Gojo Satoru explained that Hanami had rescued Jogo after Gojo Satoru defeated him, and Gojo Sawa considered setting a trap to kill Kenjaku.
• Kenjaku questioned Jogo about Gojo Satoru’s strength, and Hanami urged the group to use the Prison Realm on Gojo Satoru rather than Gojo Sawa.
• Kenjaku revealed Daiten, a sleeping incarnation vessel with compatibility for Sukuna, and said it needed vast cursed energy to awaken.
• Kenjaku ordered Dagon, Hanami, and Jogo to cause distractions in Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido while Mahito spread panic in Tokyo.
• Kenjaku, Uraume, and the cursed spirits prepared to create bloodshed as a ritual to welcome Sukuna back.

Gojo Sawa, Gojo Satoru, and Suguru Geto left Tokyo to confront three disaster-class cursed spirits after attacks devastated several regions of Japan. Kenjaku destroyed Tengen’s barrier and unleashed Mahito in Tokyo, and Gojo Sawa learned of the crisis just after arriving in Kyushu.

• Gojo Sawa warned the jujutsu leadership that the three disaster-class cursed spirits could match special-grade sorcerers and suspected their attacks were meant to draw the strongest sorcerers away from Tokyo.
• Suguru Geto comforted Haruko Shinohara over her relatives’ deaths and told her to bring the cafe staff to Jujutsu High for shelter.
• Gojo Sawa, Gojo Satoru, and Suguru Geto split up to confront the cursed spirits in Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido.
• Kenjaku, Uraume, and Mahito used cursed objects, tools, and runes to dissolve Tengen’s barrier over Tokyo.
• Mahito emerged onto a busy Tokyo street as cursed spirits attacked civilians, while reports said transformed humans had appeared on Ginza Street.
• Gojo Sawa received news of the Tokyo attacks in Kyushu, smashed his phone, and cursed Tengen.

Tokyo descended into chaos as Mahito, Kenjaku, and Uraume unleashed destruction, and the jujutsu sorcerers deployed in squads to fight them. Nanami’s squad encountered a special-grade cursed spirit, which he quickly exorcised with Haibara’s targeted amplification.

• Mahito transformed people into transfigured humans while Kenjaku and Uraume drew cursed spirits into Tokyo and caused widespread damage.
• The jujutsu higher-ups dispatched six squads, and Kusakabe, Yuta Okkotsu, Yuki Tsukumo, and Toji Fushiguro set out to fight alone.
• Nanami welcomed Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki into his squad alongside Haibara and Ino.
• A special-grade cursed spirit emerged beneath Ino, and Haibara used Beyond to boost Nanami’s cursed energy.
• Nanami struck the cursed spirit’s weak point with his Ratio Technique and sliced it in half, stunning the three students.

Nanami's group and the Kyoto students fought through the enemies in their assigned area, where Itadori impressed everyone by destroying a Grade 1 cursed spirit with one punch. Aoi Todo then asked Itadori what kind of girl he liked, and his answer sparked a fantasy in which the two were close friends.

• Nanami led Itadori, Fushiguro, Nobara, and Haibara through a street filled with transfigured humans and cursed spirits, while Haibara amplified their cursed energy.
• Ino, Itadori, Fushiguro, and Nobara fought the enemies as they advanced, and Nanami warned them of a powerful cursed energy fluctuation ahead.
• Todo and the Kyoto students arrived, and Mai insulted Maki, prompting Itadori to defend her.
• A Grade 1 cursed spirit fell toward Itadori, who destroyed it with a punch that astonished both the Tokyo and Kyoto students.
• Todo introduced himself to Itadori and asked what kind of girl he liked; Itadori answered that he liked tall girls with big butts, like Jennifer Lawrence.
• Todo imagined that Itadori comforted him after Takada-chan rejected him and invited him to get ramen.