Ch. 261What Era Is This, Still Writing Traditional Diaries

Miyauchi Hiyage created a blank Heroic Spirit Card and used Sudo Ayami’s Persona to connect it to Tomoe Gozen. After testing the card’s power, he gave it to Sudo Ayami, whose Persona’s development would determine how strong it became.

  • Lucoa analyzed the Heroic Spirit Card, and Miyauchi Hiyage later used Projection Magic to create a blank version.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage brought disguised Kato Megumi to meet Sudo Ayami and explained that she would help test a way to borrow Tomoe Gozen’s power in reality.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage studied Sudo Ayami’s Persona in the seventh layer of the Impression Space and formed a Heroic Spirit Card bearing the Archer class.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage tested Tomoe Gozen’s power through Phantasmal Summoning, then stopped when the Heroic Spirit’s power began to reject his body.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage gave the card to Sudo Ayami and explained that its strength would grow as she cultivated Tomoe Gozen in the Impression Space.

Ch. 262What Era Is This, Still Writing Traditional Diaries? Chapter 262

Miyauchi Hiyage used the Impression Space to create Heroic Spirit Cards that could bring borrowed powers into reality, then showed them to Tohru. In Fuyuki City, the Jewel Magician assigned Tohsaka Rin, Luvia, and Miyu to handle the fate of Miyu’s world while investigating the mysterious wielder of a second Jewel Sword.

  • Miyauchi Hiyage gave Sudo Ayami a Heroic Spirit Card and taught her to summon Tomoe Gozen’s bow and arrows in a limited form.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage explained to Tohru that he had turned shadows from the Impression Space into Personas and created cards bearing powers linked to Quetzalcoatl and Fafnir.
  • Tohru tested the new cards but dismissed them as toys because they could not provide divine power or authorities.
  • Tohsaka Rin and Luvia learned from Miyu that Shirou Emiya had sent her to their world to save her own, and the Jewel Magician assigned them and Miyu to handle the matter.
  • The Jewel Magician revealed that he could not locate the mysterious wielder of the other Jewel Sword and became interested in the world resisting his investigation.

Ch. 263Tohsaka Rin was shaken / Let me borrow your Jewel Sword

Key plot points and events

  • The Jewel Magician studies the world and concludes that Miyauchi Hiyage is an unusually influential presence, seemingly disrupting people’s original destinies. He formally takes Tohsaka Rin and Luvia as apprentices, leaving them in charge of Fuyuki.
  • Hiyage returns to Fuyuki after spending nearly two weeks researching the Heroic Spirit Cards with Lucoa’s help. He is surprised to find that Rin and Luvia have made no progress collecting the remaining cards.
  • Rin is overwhelmed by her new apprenticeship and the responsibility of a task that could affect an entire world. She is also deeply absorbed in The Theory of Magic, a Hogwarts textbook shared through Hiyage’s diary.
  • The book’s clear, inclusive approach to teaching magic fascinates Rin and the others. Tohru considers using its principles to create a school for supernatural abilities, while Lucoa tests the theory by developing several reliable basic spells.
  • Rin’s study strengthens her understanding of the Jewel Sword. However, reproducing one would require extremely expensive materials, and her family’s fortune has dwindled.
  • Rin is eager for Hiyage to return the Archer and Saber cards. She hopes the Archer’s extraordinary Projection Magic will let her reproduce the Jewel Sword and gain its near-limitless mana.

Character developments and interactions

  • Rin is shaken by a magical theory that challenges the secrecy-centered assumptions of magecraft, but she remains resilient, taking what is useful rather than abandoning her beliefs. Her talent and curiosity drive her to study intensively.
  • Luvia and Rin are now fellow apprentices and Fuyuki’s assigned custodians, though their rivalry—especially Rin’s envy of Luvia’s wealth—remains.
  • Hiyage hopes the Jewel Magician might become an ally or mentor, but accepts that he may have to rely on his own growing powers. He feels guilty for keeping the cards so long.
  • Tohru is inspired to imagine a more accessible magical education system; Lucoa is more skeptical about whether a school could change society, though she actively explores the book’s ideas.
  • Rin’s fascination with Archer’s Projection Magic also reflects her competitive desire to finally gain an advantage over Luvia.

Significant themes

  • Accessible knowledge versus guarded mystery: Hogwarts theory presents magic as something that can be systematically taught, contrasting with magecraft’s reliance on secrecy, bloodlines, and talent.
  • Education as social change: Tohru sees broad access to magical instruction as a possible route to a more peaceful world, while Lucoa questions whether one institution can overcome entrenched divisions.
  • Talent, resources, and opportunity: Rin’s brilliance is constrained by her family’s limited funds and legacy, while Luvia’s wealth highlights their unequal circumstances.
  • Changing destinies: The Jewel Magician recognizes Hiyage’s disruptive influence, suggesting that the world’s established outcomes are being reshaped.

Ch. 264Embarrassed Rin Tohsaka

Miyauchi Hiyage returned Rin’s Heroic Spirit Cards and let her examine his Jewel Sword, while warning her about its strain and the limits of her current power. He told Rin about Sakura’s different fate in parallel worlds, leaving her relieved that Sakura had been sent to the Edelfelts but troubled by how badly her sister had fared elsewhere.

  • Miyauchi Hiyage returned Rin’s Heroic Spirit Cards and offered her a chance to study his Jewel Sword, prompting her to abandon her complaints and flatter him.
  • Rin hesitated to wield the Jewel Sword because direct Heroic Spirit Card use strained her Mana and the sword could damage her body, but Miyauchi Hiyage urged her to try it.
  • When Miyauchi Hiyage mentioned Rin fighting a sister who had become the Holy Grail, Rin asked whether he meant Sakura, and he explained that Sakura in this world had been sent to the Edelfelts instead of the Matous.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage described Sakura’s tragic fates in other parallel worlds, including her death in Miyu’s world, and Rin fell silent over her sister’s suffering.
  • Rin recognized the Heroic Spirit Card as belonging to a future version of her classmate Shirou Emiya, and Miyauchi Hiyage explained that he was a powerful Heroic Spirit in another timeline.

Ch. 265Letting Illya summon herself / The eighth Heroic Spirit Card

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

  • After studying Miyauchi Hiyage’s diary, Rin understands her bond with Heroic Spirit Emiya more clearly. In many timelines, she saved Shirou with her jewel, and he treasured it even after becoming a Heroic Spirit. This bond makes Red Archer the card she is most suited to summon.
  • With Hiyage’s guidance, Rin uses the Jewel Sword to draw mana from parallel timelines and completes Phantasmal Summoning with the Red Archer card. The transformation gives her an unexpectedly revealing combat outfit, which Hiyage explains is normal for the female version and can later be altered with Projection Magic.
  • Hiyage trains Rin in Red Archer’s abilities, demonstrating Unlimited Blade Works and explaining how she might eventually reproduce it by combining Reality Marble theory with domain research. He cautions her not to overuse the technique, since Emiya’s body in Miyu’s world is already showing signs of erosion.
  • The training greatly boosts Rin’s confidence and combat prospects: she can project the Jewel Sword and draw on the card’s accumulated combat knowledge. Hiyage hopes the extra preparation will help Rin and the others avoid a darker, more tragic path.
  • Hiyage offers Rin a possible place in a future Tokyo Holy Grail War involving gods. He also gives her a blank Caster card, suggesting that Illya might use it to summon herself—and potentially bring out the sealed personality within her.
  • Hiyage explains that Illya was created as a homunculus Grail vessel. Although her body was restored to that of an ordinary girl, her homunculus memories and functions remain sealed as another personality, now beginning to emerge through the Heroic Spirit Cards.
  • Rin learns that some worlds feature Heroic Spirits possessing people as “reskinned” forms. Hiyage shows her Ishtar and Ereshkigal, goddesses associated with Rin in other worlds, and explains that divine spirits may become involved in a future war intended to reconnect the world to the Throne of the Gods.
  • Hiyage is not interested in the available Berserker Heracles card, arguing that the class limits Heracles and that acquiring a card does not grant its full power. He is instead pursuing a hidden eighth Heroic Spirit Card. Rin asks to accompany him, and Hiyage agrees, saying the location may also help her grow stronger.

Character developments

  • Rin moves from studying the diary’s information to actively developing her abilities. Completing Phantasmal Summoning and learning more about Unlimited Blade Works give her a major boost, though she remains wary of the risks posed by divine possession and curious about Hiyage’s motives.
  • Hiyage acts as Rin’s mentor, sharing knowledge and training her while steering events away from suffering. His strategic interest lies in a powerful, undiscovered eighth card rather than Heracles.
  • Illya is revealed to have a sealed homunculus identity that may eventually become an independent, useful ally. The blank Caster card could provide a way for Illya to summon herself and access that personality.
  • Kuro is presented as a manifestation linked to Illya’s sealed side; Hiyage believes bringing her out early could help the group.
  • Luvia is mentioned as Rin’s likely future rival, though Rin’s new abilities may give her a decisive advantage.

Significant themes

  • Identity and alternate selves: Heroic Spirit cards and divine possession raise questions about where a person ends and an implanted or alternate identity begins.
  • Power and its costs: Rin’s newfound strength depends on mana drawn across timelines, while Unlimited Blade Works may physically damage its user.
  • Preparation and changing fate: Hiyage wants Rin to grow stronger early enough to avoid the tragic course associated with magical-girl stories.
  • Bonds as catalysts: Rin’s enduring connection to Shirou explains her compatibility with Red Archer.
  • Power is not automatically mastery: Cards offer access to a Heroic Spirit’s abilities, but compatibility, class, and training determine how much strength can actually be used.

Character interactions

  • Hiyage teaches Rin directly, balancing encouragement with warnings about overexertion and bodily damage.
  • Rin questions Hiyage’s intentions, thanks him for giving them more time to prepare, and accepts his invitation to the possible Tokyo war.
  • Their discussion of Illya’s hidden personality leads Rin to reconsider what a blank card might do.
  • Rin’s curiosity about the eighth card overcomes her awareness that she may not be able to contribute much, and she asks to accompany Hiyage on his investigation.

Ch. 266Facing the Shadow Servant Gilgamesh / The Oldest King of Heroes

Key plot points and events

  • Miyauchi Hiyage tells Tohsaka Rin that an eighth Heroic Spirit Card lies far beneath Fuyuki City’s coast. He found it using detection spells, though the anomaly is too deep for Rin to have noticed while monitoring the city’s ley lines.
  • Rin opens a route into the Mirror World, but they find no enemy at the surface. Hiyage uses Unlimited Blade Works and his Eyes of Destiny to pull the distant Shadow Servant into his Reality Marble from within a kilometer.
  • The Shadow Servant attacks with a vast barrage from the Gate of Babylon. Hiyage counters by scanning and projecting copies of the Noble Phantasms, while Rin tries to assist with Red Archer’s Projection Magic but struggles to keep pace.
  • After more than half an hour, the Shadow Servant realizes the battle is draining his mana and draws Ea, his ultimate weapon. Hiyage deliberately lets him do so, eager to test the Anti-World Noble Phantasm.
  • Rin finally asks the Servant’s identity. Hiyage hints at the Babylonian myth involving Ishtar, and Rin recognizes him as Gilgamesh, the legendary King of Heroes.

Character developments

  • Hiyage is confident enough to face a formidable opponent without extensive preparation. He treats the fight partly as a test of his abilities and partly as a chance to enjoy a challenging sparring match.
  • Rin moves from curiosity about the hidden card to active participation in battle. Though newly able to use Red Archer’s Projection Magic, she is overwhelmed by the scale and speed of Gilgamesh’s attacks.
  • Gilgamesh’s Shadow Servant is shown to be unusually dangerous for a Shadow Servant: he retains the ability to use his signature arsenal effectively and eventually adapts when his initial assault fails.

Significant themes

  • Power and its limits: Hiyage can overpower many opponents, but his reflections on Tohru, Lucoa, and Wonder of U emphasize that raw destructive force does not overcome every kind of power.
  • Preparation versus adaptability: The original plan required extensive digging and preparation, but Hiyage’s abilities let him bypass those obstacles and change the terms of the encounter.
  • Knowledge as an advantage: Hiyage’s familiarity with the story helps him find the hidden card and understand Gilgamesh’s likely tactics.
  • Combat as testing and enjoyment: Hiyage sees the battle not just as a threat, but as an opportunity to assess his abilities and experience a satisfying challenge.

Character interactions

  • Rin questions Hiyage about the card and its location, then helps him enter the Mirror World.
  • During the battle, Rin fights alongside Hiyage, though she cannot match his pace.
  • Hiyage explains the significance of Gilgamesh’s identity through the myth of Ishtar, prompting Rin to recognize the Shadow Servant.

Ch. 267Mending

Miyauchi Hiyage defeated Shadow Gilgamesh with the Jewel Sword, then repaired the damage to the beach with a Mending Charm. She gave Tohsaka Rin permission to study wizard spells and left with Gilgamesh’s Heroic Spirit card, urging Rin’s group to collect the remaining cards before another-world enemies attacked.

  • Miyauchi Hiyage explained Gilgamesh’s Noble Phantasms and Ea to Tohsaka Rin as Shadow Gilgamesh charged his attack.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage fired the Jewel Sword’s Starlight Breaker and destroyed Shadow Gilgamesh and Ea.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage repaired the damaged beach with the Mending Charm and restored the trees with Sendo Ripple.
  • Tohsaka Rin asked about learning spells, and Miyauchi Hiyage agreed to give her the incantations while warning her about the Clock Tower.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage took Gilgamesh’s Heroic Spirit card and told Tohsaka Rin’s group to collect their remaining cards soon.

Ch. 268What Era Is This, You're Still Writing a Traditional Diary Chapter 268

After obtaining a Gilgamesh Heroic Spirit Card, Miyauchi Hiyage explained how fame and legend could turn people into Heroic Spirits, prompting the girls to discuss who might qualify and Takanashi Rikka to plan to summon a version of herself. He then studied the incomplete card with Tohru and received an A+ Appraisal Eye reward, whose abilities he began to consider.

  • Miyauchi Hiyage explained that Heroic Spirit Cards connected users to the Throne of Heroes and that legends could grant ordinary people powers as Heroic Spirits.
  • Umaru and Kasumigaoka Utaha discussed Gilgamesh and the possibility that famous artists and phantom thieves could become Heroic Spirits.
  • Takanashi Rikka recorded the Holy Grail Ritual in her diary and decided she could summon a Heroic Spirit version of herself to gain the Evil Eye.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage consulted Tohru about the incomplete Gilgamesh card while carefully testing its Noble Phantasms.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage received the A+ Type-Moon Appraisal Eye reward and recognized it as an ability associated with Lord El-Melloi II.

Ch. 269How Long Has It Been, Still Writing Traditional Diaries: Chapter 269

After receiving the Appraisal Eye, Miyauchi Hiyage’s ability to understand Magecraft and extraordinary powers surged, leaving Tohru unable to keep up with his research. He reverse-engineered the Einzberns’ Replacement Magecraft and mastered its use for teleportation, but completing the Gilgamesh card remained stalled because Gilgamesh refused to provide the required connection.

  • Miyauchi Hiyage realized that the Appraisal Eye had greatly sharpened his observation and understanding of Magecraft.
  • Tohru struggled to follow Miyauchi Hiyage’s new research and discussed her world’s recurring wars with him.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage clarified that the Appraisal Eye improved his observation but had not changed his knowledge or ideals.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage and Jerry gained from the Appraisal Eye’s effects as Miyauchi Hiyage rapidly advanced his research.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage reverse-engineered the Einzberns’ Replacement Magecraft and learned to use it for spatial transfer.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage failed to finish the Gilgamesh card because Gilgamesh refused to provide the verification needed to connect to him on the Throne of Heroes.

Ch. 270Chapter 270

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Ch. 271Not Even the Stand of a Temperance

Hiyage Miyauchi revealed his Stand, Temperance, to Kuniha Shinomiya and showed how it could devour supernatural power and create a portable aid for casting techniques. After using the aid to exorcise spirits, Kuniha wanted harder commissions, while Hiyage suspected she was getting carried away.

  • Hiyage explained to Kuniha that he planned to help Kento Nanami master Domain Expansion so he could study and copy Nanami's domain.
  • Hiyage revealed Temperance, which swallowed a Vengeful Spirit, analyzed its power, and copied its appearance.
  • Hiyage attached a fragment of Temperance to Kuniha's hand, letting her use cursed techniques through an auxiliary mana organ.
  • Kuniha used the fragment to exorcise Vengeful Spirits at several commission sites while Hiyage watched, and his progress bar rose.
  • Kuniha complained that the commissions were too easy and asked for more difficult ones, then took out the Diary as Hiyage wondered if she had sensed his thoughts.

Ch. 272What Era Is This, Still Writing Traditional Diaries Chapter 272

Miyauchi Hiyage and Shinomiya Kaguya investigated an abandoned hospital after Kaguya accepted a Grade A+ diary commission, where they discovered Momo Ayase was already inside. As Kaguya and Hiyage headed toward her, Momo searched the hospital for the UFOs rumored to be there.

  • Shinomiya Kaguya accepted a Grade A+ commission to investigate an abandoned hospital and resolve its eerie rumors.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage teleported Kaguya to Nagi Hospital and recognized it as a place associated with Cyberian aliens.
  • Hiyage sensed an insider of roughly Grade 1 strength inside the hospital and warned Kaguya to be cautious.
  • Kaguya urged Hiyage to hurry inside so they could help the person and complete her commission.
  • Momo Ayase explored the hospital while looking for the UFOs her bespectacled classmate had told her about.

Ch. 273What Era Is This, Still Writing Traditional Diaries? Chapter 273

Ayase Momo was trapped by fifteen Cyberians in an abandoned hospital until Shinomiya Kaguya and Miyauchi Hiyage arrived to save her. Miyauchi Hiyage subdued the aliens, but they requested firepower suppression from the Void, leaving the group facing a new threat.

  • Ayase Momo sensed something strange in the hospital and heard the glasses-wearing boy encounter Turbo Granny over the phone.
  • Fifteen Cyberians overwhelmed Ayase Momo with psychokinesis and prepared to capture her for their experiments.
  • Ayase Momo activated her diary’s Emergency Mode, and Shinomiya Kaguya arrived and struck the aliens with Hell Storm.
  • Miyauchi Hiyage used his power and the Chain of a Thousand Miles to disable and bind the Cyberians.
  • A Cyberian reported that the group was facing an exceptionally powerful individual and requested firepower suppression from the Void.

Ch. 274Turbo Granny's power

Key plot points and events

  • Hiyage investigates the Cyberians’ void-space technology, hoping to create a hidden storage space. When the aliens trap him and the others inside a stable subspace, he studies its structure even as Wonder of U’s power is suppressed.
  • The Cyberians reveal dozens of identical bodies and demand human reproductive organs for their research. Hiyage responds by using Yellow Temperance to take on Kanna’s silver-dragon form and fires a devastating Light Cannon, destroying much of the hospital and exposing their UFO.
  • He rescues the surviving aliens from the rubble and questions their commander. The Cyberians explain that their civilization’s reliance on cloning and genetic uniformity caused stagnation, so they seek genetic diversity through natural reproduction.
  • They claim to have harvested and cloned organs from Earth women without killing them, then erased the women’s memories. Their search has failed because the women they encountered were, in their view, unsuitable for reproduction.
  • Faced with Hiyage’s overwhelming strength, the Cyberians agree to abandon their plans and leave Earth. Hiyage leaves the ensuing negotiations to Kaguya, who is interested in learning more about their society and technology.

Character developments

  • Hiyage treats the confrontation as both a threat and a research opportunity. He remains calm, studies the subspace, and uses measured force to defeat the aliens while keeping some alive for questioning.
  • Kaguya stays alert during the battle and quickly understands that Hiyage expects her to handle negotiations. Her curiosity about the Cyberians makes her open to cooperation, if their claims prove credible.
  • Momo is overwhelmed by the sequence of revelations: aliens, a dragon-like Hiyage, and talk of Ultraman. Her confusion deepens when she realizes she may have forgotten something important.
  • The Cyberians shift from arrogant confidence to submission once confronted with Hiyage’s power. Their rigid, collective society is revealed as having stagnated because of its obsession with genetic sameness.

Significant themes

  • Power and technological limits: The Cyberians’ advanced technology cannot match Hiyage’s supernatural abilities, while Hiyage sees even their trap as something worth studying.
  • Diversity and stagnation: The Cyberians’ genetic uniformity has halted their progress, driving their ethically troubling search for variation.
  • Ethics and accountability: The aliens’ claims that their experiments did not kill anyone are not independently verified, and Hiyage still holds them responsible for violating Earth’s laws.
  • Culture clash and absurdity: The aliens’ clinical account of their failed search creates dark comedy amid the serious threat.

Character interactions

  • Kaguya warns Hiyage about the aliens’ sudden confidence; he reassures her and later entrusts her with negotiations.
  • Hiyage intimidates the Cyberians, defeats them, and interrogates their commander, who explains their motives and accepts their defeat.
  • Momo watches Hiyage’s transformation and attack in astonishment, struggling to make sense of the increasingly fantastical events.

Ch. 275This Body is Made of Infinite Swords

Miyauchi Hiyage rescued Takakura Ken from Turbo Granny’s curse and brought Ayase Momo, Shinomiya Kaguya, and the Cyberians to the tunnel where Turbo Granny was strongest. As Ayase explained the supernatural world to Takakura, Hiyage revealed that the boy might have the potential to become an Onmyoji or Sorcerer.

  • Ayase Momo revealed that Turbo Granny had targeted her friend, and Miyauchi Hiyage halted negotiations with the Cyberians to return to reality.
  • Turbo Granny emerged through Takakura Ken’s phone and attacked Hiyage, who used Ripple to weaken her curse; Turbo Granny escaped with Takakura’s testicles and challenged Hiyage to meet her at the tunnel.
  • Hiyage explained that Turbo Granny was a yokai and Vengeful Spirit hybrid whose power was greatest near the tunnel, and the group agreed to go there.
  • Hiyage used Spatial Replacement Magecraft to transport Ayase Momo, Shinomiya Kaguya, Takakura Ken, and the Cyberians to the tunnel entrance.
  • Ayase explained that she had sent Takakura to explore the tunnel without knowing Turbo Granny was there, and Hiyage said Takakura’s unusual constitution might let him become an Onmyoji or Sorcerer.

Ch. 276Turbo Granny conceded defeat

Plot points and events

  • Miyauchi Hiyage enters the foul, sealed tunnel with Shinomiya Kaguya, Ayase Momo, Takakura Ken, the Cyberians, and others. Turbo Granny and the Earthbound Spirit trap them between two enormous faces.
  • While explaining how spiritual power can shape a domain, Hiyage prepares a disguised version of Unlimited Blade Works. He expands it over the tunnel, cutting Turbo Granny off from the ley lines and transporting everyone to a barren landscape filled with swords and weapons.
  • Hiyage reveals that his domain lacks a sure-hit technique, but he can command a vast arsenal within it. He sends waves of weapons after Turbo Granny, who must run at extreme speed to avoid being wounded.
  • As the others watch, Hiyage discusses the domain’s supposed weaknesses and the ways a trained sorcerer might counter it. Turbo Granny uses his apparent distraction to make a final, desperate dash toward him.
  • The excerpt ends with Turbo Granny closing to within two meters of Hiyage; despite the chapter title, her defeat or surrender has not yet occurred in the provided text.

Character developments and interactions

  • Hiyage demonstrates overwhelming control and confidence, using the confrontation both to defeat Turbo Granny and to teach Kaguya and Momo about domains. He also knowingly gives them a misleading account of his domain’s limitations.
  • Turbo Granny, initially confident in her power and speed, realizes that losing access to the ley lines leaves her vulnerable. Her pride keeps her fighting even as the barrage drains and injures her.
  • Kaguya carefully records the domain and connects it to what she has learned about Hiyage’s projected weapons and cursed tools.
  • Momo is astonished but has some context from hearing about domains; she compares Hiyage’s strength with what her grandmother might have managed.
  • Takakura Ken panics at the giant faces, then watches the supernatural spectacle in stunned acceptance. The Cyberians are also unable to analyze the domain and lose access to their collective network.

Significant themes

  • Power and preparation: Hiyage’s extensive arsenal and layered techniques overwhelm Turbo Granny’s reliance on raw speed and ley-line energy.
  • Teaching through danger: Hiyage turns a life-threatening fight into a practical lesson for Kaguya and Momo.
  • Pride versus survival: Turbo Granny’s refusal to surrender drives her increasingly desperate effort to reach Hiyage.
  • Appearance and deception: Hiyage disguises the nature of his domain and deliberately misrepresents its weaknesses.

Ch. 277Chapter 277

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Ch. 278What Era Is It, Still Writing Traditional Diaries Chapter 278

Kaguya Shinomiya shared videos of Hiyage Miyauchi’s Domain Expansion and battle with Tohru, stunning the chat group, while she continued building an alliance with the Cyberians. The chapter then followed Momo Ayase as she woke and recounted the previous night to her grandmother, Seiko Ayase, who recognized Hiyage as a rising Jujutsu Society genius.

  • Kaguya Shinomiya posted videos showing Hiyage Miyauchi’s Domain and his battle with Tohru, prompting the chat group to marvel at his power.
  • Kaguya Shinomiya explained that Hiyage’s abilities expressed a shared core nature and that he was still developing a true Domain.
  • Kaguya Shinomiya kept Hiyage’s Stand research secret while valuing her Overflow rune reward and arranging cooperation between the Cyberians and the Shinomiya Family.
  • Momo Ayase woke at home and told her grandmother, Seiko Ayase, about the aliens and Hiyage Miyauchi rescuing her.
  • Seiko Ayase recognized Hiyage as a famous young Jujutsu sorcerer rumored to manipulate fate and pierce Satoru Gojo’s Limitless defense.

Ch. 279See? Sukuna's getting worked up

Key plot points and events

  • The chapter explains why Miyauchi Hiyage has become a target of other supernatural factions: although he has never publicly fought, assassins approaching him suffer devastating “calamities.” One near–Special Grade assassin ultimately sealed their memories of him and vowed never to intend him harm.
  • Ayase Seiko hears Momo’s account of Hiyage’s battle with Turbo Granny. She is especially astonished by his Domain Expansion, which apparently severed Turbo Granny’s connection to the ley lines. She suspects its many swords are cursed-energy constructs rather than actual cursed tools and decides to report Hiyage’s demonstrated abilities to her headquarters, omitting the aliens at Momo’s request.
  • Seiko reprimands Momo for recklessly betting against an ordinary person, which led to the dangerous incident. Momo accepts the lesson and later discovers that her Diary’s emergency mode consumed all her saved reading points and left her in debt. The Diary confirms the cost was the minimum possible but will not explain what it did, prompting Momo to suspect it summoned Hiyage and his companions.
  • Momo asks Seiko about Shinomiya Kaguya. Seiko says the wealthy Shinomiya Family is entering the supernatural world, and that Kaguya gained near–Grade One strength through a rare treasure. Kaguya had invited Momo to join them, but Momo declined. Seiko advises her to maintain friendly ties with Kaguya and Hiyage.
  • Momo suspects Kaguya may also possess a Diary and wonders whether she has been using Hiyage’s help to clear assignments. With her own reading-point debt to repay, Momo considers asking Seiko to accompany her on local assignments.
  • Meanwhile, Takakura Ken, newly told by Hiyage that he has the potential to become a sorcerer, skips school to meet him at Harajuku Station. Nervous about the opportunity, Ken is reassured that Hiyage will offer him a place on his photography team if Jujutsu High rejects him. Hiyage uses Ripple to restore Ken’s condition.

Character developments and interactions

  • Miyauchi Hiyage is revealed as a remarkably powerful and enigmatic young prodigy whose passive defenses alone deter top assassins. His ability to remain outwardly untroubled contrasts with the factions’ growing interest in him.
  • Ayase Momo shows greater caution after her near-disaster, but remains independent and ambitious. She begins investigating the Diary’s mechanics and considers seeking help rather than tackling assignments alone.
  • Ayase Seiko acts as both mentor and guardian: she scolds Momo for recklessness, shares intelligence about Kaguya’s family, and encourages useful alliances.
  • Takakura Ken shifts from an ordinary boy traumatized by his encounter with Turbo Granny to someone hopeful about entering the supernatural world. Hiyage supports him while giving him a fallback option.

Significant themes

  • Power attracts danger and opportunity: factions seek to suppress or exploit emerging talents, while others quietly consider recruitment.
  • The cost of supernatural aid: Momo’s emergency mode may have saved her, but its opaque price leaves her indebted and suspicious.
  • Caution versus ambition: Momo learns that confidence without preparation can be dangerous, while still wanting to grow stronger.
  • Mentorship and connection: Seiko guides Momo, and Hiyage opens a possible path into sorcery for Ken.
  • The ordinary and supernatural worlds overlap: Momo’s shrine, Kaguya’s corporate family, and Ken’s everyday life are all drawn into the expanding supernatural order.

Ch. 280Stands really are convenient

Plot points and events

  • Miyauchi Hiyage brings Takakura Ken to Jujutsu High’s first-year placement test. He explains that Turbo Granny’s lingering connection to Ken has exposed him to supernatural energy; the test is intended to push him into sensing and accepting it.
  • Satoru Gojo arrives with Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro. He confirms that Ken has potential, though adapting to the Reverse Side World may be difficult. Gojo also asks about rumors that Hiyage has mastered Domain Expansion. Hiyage says his theory is complete, but he lacks a technique to use within the domain.
  • Hiyage discusses his Stand, which has helped him understand his abilities and imitate powers, and jokes about awakening Stands in Gojo and Sukuna. Sukuna briefly speaks through Yuji before Hiyage shuts him down.
  • With Nobara Kugisaki’s arrival, the first-year group is complete. Gojo assigns Hiyage to film the placement test rather than examine the students himself.
  • The group travels to an abandoned building beside a cemetery, where several weak cursed spirits await. Megumi and Shinomiya Kaguya are held back for a later “bonus question,” while Nobara, Yuji, Yotsuya Miko, and Ken enter. Ken is left without a cursed tool because Hiyage fears he may hurt himself with it.
  • Hiyage sends his Stand, Yellow Temperance, into the building with a camera to record the test. Gojo notes that Stands are versatile but difficult to control consistently.

Character developments and interactions

  • Takakura Ken is anxious about the test and his lack of experience; Hiyage believes he has unrealized potential and needs a stressful challenge to awaken it.
  • Nobara initially resents Hiyage’s confidence and doubts the respect he receives, but learning he awakened only recently makes his strength even more puzzling to her. She is determined to prove herself.
  • Yotsuya Miko openly admires Hiyage’s rapid progress, contrasting it with her own limited ability.
  • Gojo and Hiyage banter as capable peers. Gojo delegates responsibilities, while Hiyage recognizes—and resents—Gojo’s attempt to avoid work.
  • Sukuna bristles at Hiyage’s teasing about Stands, while Megumi notices that Hiyage’s provocations are worsening the conflict.
  • Shinomiya Kaguya helps Hiyage with the camera, and she and Miko show interest in Ken’s possible connection to a larger story.

Significant themes

  • Potential and growth: Ken’s latent ability may emerge only under pressure, while Miko and Nobara assess their own paths to strength.
  • Power and uncertainty: Domain Expansion and Stands offer remarkable possibilities, but Hiyage’s domain remains incomplete and Stand control is unreliable.
  • Humor amid danger: The characters discuss powerful threats and serious tests through teasing, banter, and casual delegation.
  • Integration into a new world: Nobara and Ken must adapt to the unfamiliar demands of Jujutsu High and the Reverse Side World.
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