Recaps

Yuji fought Yorozu inside his domain while trying to protect Megumi from Sukuna, using cursed tools, Blood Manipulation, and repeated Black Flashes. As Yorozu prepared to finish him with liquid-metal spikes, her domain shattered from technique burnout.

• Yuji attacked Yorozu with Playful Cloud and the Inverted Spear of Heaven, but she used liquid metal to carry Sukuna away and evade his charge.
• Yorozu struck Yuji with her Insect Armor-enhanced fist, but he countered with Convergence and Piercing Blood.
• Yuji landed three consecutive Black Flashes on Yorozu, breaking her armor and driving her back.
• Yuji and Yorozu exchanged blows in close combat, with Yorozu gaining the upper hand and injuring him with her insect limbs.
• Yorozu surrounded Yuji with black spikes, but they burst apart as her domain shattered from technique burnout.

Within Universal Salvation, Yuji confronted Yorozu in the school Megumi and Tsumiki had attended, asking about her soul and whether she had feared death. As the domain’s hold on Yorozu weakened, Yuji prepared to continue fighting her, refusing to spare evil people even as he pitied her.

• Inside Megumi’s innate domain, Sukuna taunted Megumi about Yuji’s chances against Yorozu, but Megumi insisted Yuji would not lose.
• After Triple Distress shattered, Yorozu entered technique burnout, and Yuji’s Universal Salvation transformed its setting into Megumi and Tsumiki’s former school.
• Yuji led Yorozu through the school and gave her strawberry milk while explaining that he could see the different outlines of souls and that hers clung desperately to her body.
• Yuji asked Yorozu whether she had been afraid while dead, and admitted that he pitied her.
• As Yuji’s fighting spirit weakened the domain’s effect on Yorozu, he declared that he would still fight and would not spare evil people; Yorozu urged him to attack.

Yuji Itadori fought Yorozu with the Inverted Spear of Heaven, Blood Manipulation, and repeated Black Flashes as he tried to save Tsumiki and Fushiguro. The chapter ended with Yuji striking Yorozu with another Black Flash after his Supernova weakened her Insect Armor.

• Yorozu chose not to expand Triple Distress again and prepared a new use of Construction Technique to counter the Inverted Spear of Heaven.
• Yuji used Flowing Red Scale: Stack and attacked Yorozu, landing a Black Flash before she pierced his waist with a javelin.
• Yuji healed, tracked Yorozu with a blood-wrapped javelin, and cut through her Metal Wave to land another Black Flash.
• Yuji and Yorozu traded punches, and Yuji struck her with another Black Flash that sent her crashing into the gym seats.
• Yorozu knocked Yuji away, but he used Convergence and Supernova to damage her Insect Armor before charging in with one more Black Flash.

Yuji defeated Yorozu and helped Tsumiki regain control of her body, but Sukuna tricked Megumi into killing her and took control of him again. As Sukuna moved to attack Yuji, Xuan intervened.

• Sukuna offered Megumi a binding vow, promising to leave his body if Megumi could injure him with a full-strength punch.
• Yuji battered Yorozu with Black Flash until Tsumiki regained control of her body and apologized to him.
• Tsumiki asked where Megumi was, but Megumi's punch, delivered after Sukuna returned control of his body, pierced through her.
• Yuji tried to save Tsumiki while Megumi confronted Sukuna, but Sukuna suppressed Megumi and prepared to attack Yuji.
• Xuan seized Sukuna's arm and greeted him as a defeated opponent.

Zenin Xuan drove Sukuna to flee, then healed Yuji Itadori and Tsumiki before chasing him. Meanwhile, Satoru Gojo confronted Kenjaku after Kenjaku had adapted to Gen's body, and the chapter ended as Gojo prepared to fight.

• Sukuna blasted Zenin Xuan with lightning, then fled into the city rather than risk fighting him while weakened.
• Zenin Xuan summoned Round Deer to heal Yuji Itadori and Tsumiki, then agreed to leave Megumi to Yuji and chased Sukuna.
• Yuji asked Zenin Xuan to entrust Megumi to him, then sent Ito Mamoru and Reggie away with the unconscious Tsumiki.
• Kenjaku said he had adapted to Zenin Xuan's body and Idle Transfiguration, then turned to leave and meet Sukuna.
• Satoru Gojo appeared behind Kenjaku, startling him, and took photos of Kenjaku and Okkotsu.
• Satoru Gojo discarded his blindfold, raised his fists, and faced Kenjaku as red cursed energy swirled around his hands.

Satoru Gojo and Xuan confronted Kenjaku and Sukuna while both sides were weakened, and Kenjaku secured a delay by threatening Megumi Fushiguro and Yuta Okkotsu. They agreed to a binding vow to settle the fight in Shinjuku on December 24th, leaving Gojo and Xuan relieved after their enemies fled.

• Satoru Gojo overwhelmed Kenjaku with a Red-infused punch, while Kenjaku's Dharma wheel began adapting to Gojo's Inviolability.
• Gen pursued Sukuna through the streets until Sukuna reached Kenjaku, where he found Satoru Gojo waiting and realized the fight was still two against two.
• Kenjaku threatened to activate Idle Transfiguration marks inside Megumi Fushiguro and Yuta Okkotsu if he or Sukuna were attacked.
• Satoru Gojo and Xuan agreed to a binding vow: Kenjaku and Sukuna would face them in Shinjuku on December 24th, and all four would refrain from attacking others until then.
• Kenjaku removed the Idle Transfiguration marks from Megumi Fushiguro and Yuta Okkotsu, retrieved Sukuna's remaining fingers, and fled with Sukuna.
• After Kenjaku and Sukuna left, Xuan and Satoru Gojo admitted they had been unable to deploy their Domains and had accepted the delay because they were outmatched.

Three days after Kenjaku escaped, Xuan and Gojo trained at Jujutsu High while the Culling Game’s fallout and footage of Xuan spread across Japanese social media. Yuta took Xuan shopping, where they met Kashimo working at Uniqlo and heard how Kashimo had awakened his Domain during a battle with Ryu Ishigori.

• Xuan and Gojo sparred at Jujutsu High, while Yuji trained in Blood Manipulation with Choso and Little Demon.
• Yuta watched online rumors and footage of Xuan spread as the country’s barriers failed, and Yuji showed Xuan that he was trending as a suspected moocher.
• Yuta took Xuan shopping for new clothes, and Xuan disguised himself to avoid attention from fans.
• Xuan and Yuta reached Uniqlo and found Kashimo working there after Hakari had directed him to recommend clothes.
• Kashimo told Xuan that his fights with Ryu Ishigori and Kinji Hakari had ended in ties, and that he had opened a Domain against Ryu, which he called Hollow Wicker Basket.

Hajime Kashimo explained how he defeated Ryu Ishigori by adapting his domain, then joined Xuan and Yuta Okkotsu while they chose clothes. The chapter left Kashimo eager to challenge Yuta as Yuta angrily argued online about insults toward Gojo-sensei.

• Hajime Kashimo used a domain filled with thunderclouds to counter Ryu Ishigori’s sure-hit technique and gain the advantage.
• After the fight, Hajime Kashimo made a binding vow that folded his domain’s hand sign and chant into Hollow Wicker Basket.
• Xuan praised Hajime Kashimo’s idea, and Kashimo remarked that Xuan had grown much stronger.
• Yuta Okkotsu showed Xuan the outfit he had chosen, and Xuan went to change while Kashimo learned Yuta’s name.
• Hajime Kashimo recognized Yuta as the man who defeated Ryu Ishigori and challenged him, but Yuta refused to fight for now.
• Yuta Okkotsu argued online with people insulting Gojo-sensei, and cursed energy began spilling from him.

While eating with Yuta, Xuan learned that footage exposing sorcerers and the Culling Game had spread online, and they watched a video of his battle with Satoru Gojo. Yuta worried that Xuan and Gojo had risked their lives in the match, while the public uproar began to reach the remaining Jujutsu Society higher-ups.

• Xuan asked Yuta where he could live near good food, and Yuta recommended single rooms near her apartment.
• Yuta found online reports revealing Xuan's identity and videos of Culling Game battles, and she suspected Kenjaku had spread them to delay Jujutsu High's response.
• Yuta and Xuan watched footage of Xuan surviving Satoru Gojo's Hollow Purple, and Xuan insisted that he had won their friendly match.
• Yuta warned Xuan that he and Gojo had left themselves vulnerable to Sukuna and Kenjaku, then decided to focus on improving her strength.
• Xuan and Yuta returned to the Training Ground as widely circulated videos drove the public uproar toward the remaining Jujutsu Society higher-ups.

Kenjaku explained that he was spreading fear to direct cursed energy toward Tokyo, while Sukuna learned their plan was a final resort. Yuta defeated Hajime Kashimo in their repeated matches, and Xuan taught Yuta how to use Reverse Cursed Technique offensively as the group prepared for Shinjuku; the chapter ended with Kashimo saying either Sukuna or he could win.

• Sukuna smashed his phone after reading online arguments about his strength, then confronted Kenjaku about the posts.
• Kenjaku said he was using worldwide panic to guide cursed energy toward Tokyo and told Sukuna their plan was a final resort.
• Yuta defeated Hajime Kashimo again, bringing their scoreboard to 5:3 and ending the fight when Kashimo's attacks broke the barrier.
• Xuan began teaching Yuta advanced Reverse Cursed Technique applications, including how to channel positive energy through a vessel for attacks.
• Itadori asked Xuan whether Sukuna or Hajime Kashimo was stronger, and Kashimo answered that either outcome was possible.

Kenjaku planned to eliminate Zenin Xuan, but every future he observed showed him losing until he discovered a way to use Future Observation to change that outcome. The chapter ended as the future turned into an impenetrable fog.

• Online commentators argued about Hajime Kashimo's strength and whether he could defeat Sukuna.
• Kenjaku spread warnings and released cursed spirits to gather negative emotions for his planned giant cursed spirit.
• Kenjaku reviewed ways to kill Zenin Xuan, accounting for Mahoraga, Gen's hidden trump card, and his own limited ability to use Gen's power.
• Kenjaku noted Yuji Itadori's rapid growth and realized he had never seen a future in which he won.
• Kenjaku found a way to use Future Observation against Gen, and the future changed into an unfathomable fog.

Ito Mamoru trained his Time Disturbance technique and discovered he could use its reversal to send someone into a shadow of the past. Xuan returned unharmed after briefly vanishing, while the group recognized the technique’s frightening potential.

• Xuan took Ito Mamoru from Tsukumo Yuki’s soul research session to train at the base.
• Gojo joked around with Ryu Ishigori and showed Xuan a phone before they turned their attention to Ito.
• After two hours of training, Ito learned to output Reverse Cursed Technique externally and considered how to reverse his own technique.
• With Xuan’s permission, Ito touched him and activated Cursed Technique Reversal, making Xuan vanish into a past scene.
• The past scene shattered, and Xuan reappeared unharmed as Ito collapsed from cursed energy exhaustion.

Kenjaku sent Sukuna into a world where Zenin Xuan had survived for centuries and defeated Jujutsu High, leaving Satoru Gojo and Sukuna to face him together. As the final battle approached, Megumi asked Sukuna to avenge his sister, and the gathered sorcerers encouraged both fighters before they set out.

• Kenjaku confirmed that Ito Mamoru's technique could send touched objects into an observed future, then used it to send Sukuna to the world where Gojo was sealed.
• Kenjaku reflected on Xuan's and Zenin Xuan's memories as the story revealed that Gen had devastated Tokyo and defeated the forces of Jujutsu High.
• Kenjaku told the gathered sorcerers they had a thirty percent chance of defeating Gen, and Gojo and Sukuna prepared to fight him on December 24th.
• Megumi Fushiguro offered to chant incantations for Sukuna and asked him to kill Gen for killing Yorozu; Sukuna agreed.
• Itadori, Okkotsu, Tsukumo, Kashimo, and the others rallied around Gojo, then joined Sukuna in encouraging him before the two fighters departed.

Sukuna launched a maximum-output Dismantle ambush against Zenin Xuan, then fought him in Shinjuku while Satoru Gojo prepared to follow with Purple. Gen’s shikigami and Domain countered Sukuna’s tactics, and the chapter ended with Sukuna transforming into light as both Domains shattered.

• Satoru Gojo, Sukuna, Utahime Iori, Gakuganji, and Ijichi prepared a plan to conceal and amplify Sukuna’s Dismantle before Gojo’s Purple attack.
• Sukuna fired a 500%-output Dismantle at Gen, but Gen’s shadows and Mahoraga blocked it before Sukuna charged into the battle.
• Gen used his bandages and shikigami to withstand Sukuna’s attacks, while Sukuna realized the bandages bore Mahoraga’s ritual seal and protected Gen from cursed techniques.
• Gen and Sukuna opened their Domains, but Dark Yama Heaven suppressed Malevolent Shrine as Sukuna used a fully chanted Dismantle to split Gen and Mahoraga apart.
• Mahoraga attacked Sukuna with the Sword of Extermination while Gen regenerated, and the two Domains continued to clash.
• Sukuna transformed into light using Rebirth, Three Realms Eye, Scarlet Heaven, and both Domains shattered.

Zenin Xuan fought Gojo and Sukuna after Sukuna revealed how he had broken Xuan’s Domain, while Gojo’s 400% Hollow Purple failed to finish Xuan. The battle ended with Unlimited Void striking Xuan after Gojo and Sukuna shattered his Domain, though Xuan had already shown he could survive devastating attacks.

• Xuan realized Sukuna had fought him before and dodged Sukuna’s Hollow Purple ambush, while Gojo’s 400% Hollow Purple badly damaged Sukuna but failed to destroy Xuan.
• Xuan, Gojo, and Sukuna opened overlapping Domains, and Sukuna used a World-Cutting Slash to break Xuan’s Chaos and wound him.
• Gojo struck Xuan with a Red-powered fist, while Xuan recovered and began entering Phase Transition.
• Sukuna boosted his World-Cutting Slash to 300% as he and Gojo attacked Xuan with Dismantle and Hollow Purple, but Xuan survived despite his body disappearing.
• Gojo expanded Unlimited Void while Sukuna activated Light, causing Xuan’s Domain to shatter and Unlimited Void to hit him.

Zenin Xuan used Mahoraga-enhanced Divine Dog Totality to fight Sukuna and Satoru Gojo, repeatedly adapting to their attacks and healing through devastating damage. After Sukuna tried to probe Gen’s mindset, the two fighters coordinated another assault while Gen released his control of Divine Dog.

• Sukuna activated Reverse Cursed Technique after Infinite Void and summoned Mahoraga, but Gen emerged unharmed and struck him away.
• Gen sent Mahoraga-enhanced Divine Dog Totality after Satoru Gojo, and the shikigami tore apart Gojo’s domain shrine.
• Divine Dog wielded the Sword of Extermination and used adapted slashes against Sukuna and Gojo, while Sukuna and Gojo counterattacked with their techniques.
• Gojo struck Divine Dog with Purple, and Sukuna followed with Cleave, but Gen restored the shikigami with Round Deer before it adapted to Azure.
• Sukuna asked Gen whether he had been born the strongest, then coordinated an attack with Gojo as Gen withdrew from his link with Divine Dog.
• Sukuna chanted Dragon Scale, Repulsion, and Twin Meteors while Gojo prepared Maximum Technique: Azure, and Divine Dog swung the Sword of Extermination to block the spatial slash.

Zenin Xuan revealed how centuries of isolation had driven him to seek an end to his distorted perception, then fought Satoru Gojo while Sukuna battled Nue Well. Sukuna destroyed Nue Well with Furnace, and the chapter left Gojo’s fate obscured by the aftermath of their clash.

• Satoru Gojo used Maximum Technique: Blue to destroy Divine Dog, while Gen formed Enma Heaven and separated Sukuna from the others.
• Gen told Sukuna that his overwhelming strength had isolated him and described the pain of being rejected after seeking human companionship.
• Sukuna and Nue Well opened their domains and fought inside Enma Heaven, while Gen and Gojo traded powerful attacks.
• Gojo combined Red and Blue in an attack that unleashed a massive purple shockwave, and Jujutsu High lost sight of him.
• Sukuna used Furnace to destroy Nue Well, causing Enma Heaven’s barrier to disappear.
• Sukuna saw a golden eye looking at him from within a curtain of shifting shadows.

Hajime Kashimo entered the fight as Gen’s devastating attack left Gojo and Sukuna badly weakened. Kashimo transformed with Mythical Beast Amber and faced Gen, determined to stop his recovery and kill him.

• Hajime Kashimo recalled that he had won the chance to enter the battle first after he and Kinji Hakari played rock-paper-scissors.
• Gen concealed himself in a wave of shadows, then emerged at immense speed and struck Gojo and Sukuna with a colossal Chaos-enhanced kick.
• Gen used Mahoraga’s wheel to protect himself from his own attack, while Gojo and Sukuna were blasted away and nearly exhausted their cursed energy.
• Ui Ui appeared beside Gojo and Sukuna as Sukuna noted that they had to use a contingency plan.
• Hajime Kashimo arrived before Gen, transformed with Mythical Beast Amber, and resolved to prevent Gen from recovering or kill him.

Hajime Kashimo fought Zenin Xuan inside the Domain barrier, pushing Gen to adapt to Phantom Beast Amber before dying after unleashing his final attack. As Okkotsu and Kenjaku trapped Xuan in Deadly Sentencing, Xuan began summoning Little Demon.

• Okkotsu volunteered to face Zenin Xuan after Hajime Kashimo, and Kenjaku agreed to join him while Itadori was told to enter last.
• Hajime Kashimo and Zenin Xuan fought through their Domain barrier, and Gen adapted to Phantom Beast Amber while Kashimo repeatedly repaired his body.
• Kashimo unleashed his final attack, Qilin, but Gen dispelled his technique and caught him as he fell.
• Gen spoke with Kashimo about strength, curses, and being human, and Kashimo died after asking Gen what he thought of his final strike.
• Okkotsu and Kenjaku used cursed speech to briefly freeze Xuan, then trapped him in Deadly Sentencing.
• Xuan began the incantation to summon Little Demon as the domain's guillotine descended.

Gen confessed to the mass killings during Deadly Sentencing, then Mahoraga prevented Yuta from carrying out the judgment and fought him while Gen and Kenjaku began a separate battle. The chapter ended with Mahoraga reaching Yuta after Boogie Woogie and Cursed Speech left both Rika and Yuta vulnerable.

• Mahoraga defended Gen during the trial, but Gen admitted he had killed people to establish his authority and threatened to wipe out humanity if no one could defeat him.
• Yuta received the Executioner's Sword, but Mahoraga blocked his attack and insisted that only Mahoraga could judge Gen.
• Gen and Kenjaku discussed their past before clashing Domains, and Kenjaku used Uzumaki, cursed spirits, and his techniques to try to wear Gen down.
• Mahoraga attacked Yuta and Rika while Yuta used Boogie Woogie to disrupt Mahoraga and Cursed Speech to make her get down.
• Mahoraga reached Yuta as Rika lay crippled nearby.

Gen fought Sukuna and Gojo as they combined their techniques and Mahoraga’s adaptation to challenge him. Their domains proved evenly matched, and Gojo found a way to exploit Gen’s weakness, leaving victory within reach.

• Gen destroyed Kenjaku’s vast horde of cursed spirits, and Sukuna returned to confront him after battling Kinji Hakari.
• Gojo arrived with the wounded Yuta, and he and Sukuna launched a combined attack that Gen interrupted before it could hit him.
• Gen deduced that Gojo had engraved Sukuna’s technique, while Gojo and Sukuna used Mahoraga and copied abilities to fight him.
• Gojo and Gen exchanged attacks and conversation before expanding Infinite Void and Dark Yama Heaven, whose domains spread at the same speed.
• Gen and Gojo abandoned their domain clash and traded blows while their Mahoragas continued adapting to each other’s techniques.
• Gojo detonated Red inside Gen’s waist and abdomen with Malevolent Shrine and Limitless after realizing that using Sukuna as an external source of cursed energy could work against Gen.

Satoru Gojo and Xuan fought through a brutal exchange that culminated in Gojo unleashing Hollow Technique: Purple. Xuan survived the blast and struck down Aoi Todo, then turned back to face Gojo.

• Gojo used accelerated punches and the Pillar of Light Paramita while Xuan counterattacked, blasting a hole through Gojo's chest.
• Xuan realized Gojo had added Red's energy to his Maximum Technique as they prepared for Purple.
• Little Demon and Mahoraga used Modified Boogie Woogie to swap positions, allowing Gojo to unleash Hollow Technique: Purple with Xuan caught in the blast.
• Xuan recalled Mahoraga and emerged from the dispersing energy with only scorch marks on his clothes.
• Xuan tracked Aoi Todo despite his teleportation and struck him down with a golden beam.
• Xuan praised Gojo's strength, and Gojo smiled and beckoned him to continue fighting.

Zenin Xuan fought Satoru Gojo and Ryomen Sukuna through a series of devastating exchanges as the two sorcerers combined their techniques against him. Gojo and Sukuna unleashed Maximum Technique: Hollow Purple, and Sukuna believed they had finally defeated Xuan.

• Zenin Xuan and Satoru Gojo clashed with Hollow Techniques, destroying their bodies and triggering a magnitude 7.5 earthquake across Honshu before Sukuna helped heal Gojo.
• Sukuna fought Xuan with Limitless, slashes, and Ten Shadows while Xuan transformed into a shadow beast and struck Sukuna into a crater.
• Xuan challenged Sukuna to fight as one of the strongest, and Sukuna used a binding vow to unleash a space-targeting Dismantle before teaming up with Gojo again.
• Gojo and Sukuna combined Blue and Red to trap Xuan, then chanted and fired Maximum Technique: Hollow Purple.
• The Hollow Purple erased the space where Xuan had been, and Sukuna sighed in relief, believing Gojo had won.

Zenin Xuan resurrected through the Ten Sacred Treasures and challenged the exhausted Gojo and Sukuna, who arranged for Megumi to escape and Sukuna to take over Gojo’s body. Ui Ui teleported them away when Takaba arrived, leaving Xuan to fight the comedian and discover that Mahoraga’s adaptation could not neutralize Takaba’s technique.

• Little Demon’s domain gathered the shikigami and Ten Sacred Treasures, resurrecting Gen and restoring him to his peak condition.
• Gen revealed that he had arranged for Mahoraga to escape his body when he died, then challenged Gojo and Sukuna as Mahoraga adapted to Blue.
• Sukuna told Megumi that he and Gojo had lost, and Megumi agreed to leave the battlefield while Sukuna took over Gojo’s body.
• Xuan waited as Ui Ui teleported Gojo and Sukuna away, then attacked Takaba, whose technique countered Xuan’s slashes and Hollow Technique: Chaos.
• Xuan realized Mahoraga’s adaptation could not negate the effects Takaba’s technique granted him, and Takaba struck Xuan after dodging his attacks.

Xuan fought the partially fused Satoru Gojo and Sukuna after Takaba was knocked from the battlefield. Xuan wounded Gojo and destroyed his weapons, but discovered Gojo was using Limitless, Malevolent Shrine, and Ten Shadows together to defend himself.

• Xuan used Rock, paper, scissors and Little Demon's air blast to send Takaba flying away.
• Satoru Gojo returned fused with Sukuna, and the pair immediately clashed with Xuan.
• Gojo and Sukuna struck Xuan with spreading World-Cutting Slashes, forcing him to sacrifice part of his left hand to suppress Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Xuan charged with the Sword of Extermination and Eight-Handled Sword, broke Hiten, and struck Gojo hard enough to send him sliding.
• Xuan realized Gojo had stored the Sword of Extermination's attack in shadow space to avoid injury, while Takaba's technique ended.