Chapter Summaries

Mashiro watched Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro train, then fought all three and overwhelmed them while demonstrating that she had adapted to their techniques. After Gojo pointed out the students’ weaknesses, he invited himself to dinner at Mashiro’s house.

• Mashiro arrived at Jujutsu High to watch Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro spar and told Gojo she was studying the school’s teaching methods.
• Gojo arranged a three-against-one fight, and Mashiro set aside Murasame before facing the students without her sword.
• Mashiro adapted to the trio’s attacks, imitated Kugisaki’s technique with her fist, and defeated them without serious injury.
• Mashiro explained how she had replicated Kugisaki’s technique, and Gojo said the students needed to improve their combat skills.
• Gojo invited himself to dinner at Mashiro’s house, and Mashiro finally agreed after asking him to bring drinks.

Mashiro hosted Itadori, Kugisaki, Fushiguro, and Satoru Gojo for sukiyaki in her new Tokyo apartment, where she also served her first homemade cake. After everyone left, she prepared for her mission with Nanami the next morning, feeling the apartment’s quiet more than she expected.

• Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro arrived at Mashiro’s apartment with groceries and helped prepare a sukiyaki dinner.
• Mashiro chopped the ingredients skillfully, and Itadori took over the cooking while Kugisaki teased him about offering to cook for her.
• Satoru Gojo arrived with drinks, and the group ate sukiyaki before trying Mashiro’s dry, under-sweetened cake.
• Satoru Gojo exchanged contact details with Mashiro and left, then Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro helped clean up and went home.
• Mashiro reviewed Nanami’s message confirming their meeting at a café at ten the next morning and went to bed feeling uneasy in the quiet apartment.

Mashiro and Nanami exorcised the Grade 1 cursed spirit Tide Echo at Shinagawa Port, and Mashiro adapted to and learned its water-manipulation and sonic techniques. They rescued a missing Window member, and Mashiro left with a new Grade 1 rank and a demand that Gojo trade a mission report for a demonstration.

• Itadori brought Mashiro a homemade lunch before her mission with Nanami in Shinagawa.
• Mashiro and Nanami entered Warehouse Four and encountered Tide Echo, whose water-amplified sonic attacks injured Mashiro as she adapted to them.
• Mashiro adapted to Tide Echo’s attacks, learned its water-manipulation and sonic techniques, and exorcised it with Murasame.
• Mashiro and Nanami found a missing Window member trapped in the underground pipes and brought him out alive.
• Nanami warned Mashiro that learning opponents’ techniques by enduring their attacks was too dangerous, then relayed Gojo’s request for a demonstration and mission report.
• Mashiro told Nanami to say she would demonstrate her abilities in exchange for Gojo writing the report, then left.

After leveling up, Mashiro tested her enhanced abilities and taught Kugisaki to shape cursed energy into nails while sparring with Itadori. Kugisaki managed to form a nail for seven seconds, and the training continued at Jujutsu High.

• Mashiro discovered that her wounds had healed, her physical abilities had improved, and Murasame could shift between intangible and solid forms.
• At Jujutsu High, Mashiro tested water techniques enhanced with sonic vibrations as Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro arrived.
• Mashiro taught Kugisaki to shape cursed energy into nails, explaining that she should form the cursed energy first and apply her technique afterward.
• Mashiro defeated Itadori in an unarmed spar and advised him to rely less on planned attack rhythms and let his body react.
• Kugisaki successfully formed a cursed energy nail that held its shape for about seven seconds.

After training Itadori, Fushiguro, and Kugisaki, Mashiro received an emergency mission in Chichibu and discovered the cursed spirit was Semi-Special Grade. She used her Water Control and Sound Wave Cursed Techniques to destroy it before it could adapt.

• Mashiro advised Kugisaki to develop multiple cursed energy nails, told Itadori to break his predictable fighting rhythm, and warned Fushiguro to maintain positional awareness while controlling his shikigami.
• Nanami assigned Mashiro an emergency mission in Chichibu after a Window observation station detected rapidly rising cursed energy and lost contact with a Grade 3 sorcerer.
• A Chichibu Assistant Supervisor took Mashiro to the forested valley, where she identified the still-growing cursed spirit as Semi-Special Grade and reported its grade to Nanami.
• Mashiro severed the cursed spirit's feeding tendrils and used Water Control to disrupt the liquid core inside its body.
• When the cursed spirit tried to swallow her, Mashiro charged into its mouth and used Sound Wave vibrations to make it burst apart, then drained the remaining liquid from its corpse.

Mashiro learned that Yuji Itadori had been sent to the Juvenile Detention Center while she and Satoru Gojo were kept away, and she raced back too late to save him. After hearing Itadori’s last words, Mashiro blamed herself and vowed that those responsible would pay.

• After completing her mission in Saitama, Mashiro learned that Yuji Itadori had been assigned to the Juvenile Detention Center and realized the Higher-Ups had lured her and Satoru Gojo away.
• Mashiro called Satoru Gojo and rushed toward Tokyo, torn between preserving the known timeline and keeping her promise to protect Itadori.
• Yuji Itadori forced Sukuna back down, told Megumi Fushiguro to take care of Mashiro, and died after asking his friends to live long lives.
• Satoru Gojo arrived, carried Itadori and Fushiguro back to Jujutsu High, and learned that the mission records had been erased and the assignment left unsigned.
• Mashiro arrived at the treatment room, heard Itadori’s last words from Fushiguro, and told Satoru Gojo that those responsible would pay.

Mashiro and Satoru Gojo pieced together how the Higher-Ups arranged the Juvenile Detention Center trap, while Mashiro waited beside Itadori until he revived. With Itadori awake and his friends recovering, they decided to let the Higher-Ups believe he was dead while he trained in secret.

• Mashiro and Satoru Gojo discussed how a Kyoto meeting kept him away while three orders aligned to target Itadori, and Gojo narrowed the possible conspirators to three people.
• Mashiro asked Nanami to trace which terminal sent the Juvenile Detention Center mission assignment, then stayed with Shoko Ieiri as she treated Itadori.
• Itadori's finger moved, his heartbeat returned, and he woke; Mashiro hugged him and reminded him to make breakfast.
• Satoru Gojo arrived, confirmed Itadori was himself rather than Sukuna, and told him Fushiguro and Kugisaki were recovering.
• Mashiro and Satoru Gojo agreed to let the Higher-Ups think Itadori had died and to have him train in secret.

Mashiro learned that multiple groups inside Jujutsu Society had arranged the missions meant to remove her and Satoru Gojo and kill Yuji, while Gojo hid Yuji in the underground training room. She left the apartment determined to uncover the plot and take revenge if the conspirators threatened those around her.

• Satoru Gojo took Itadori to the underground training room for secret training, and Mashiro thanked Shoko for treating him before visiting the recovering Kugisaki.
• Kugisaki mistook Mashiro's silence for confirmation that Itadori had died, accepted a lemon candy, and vowed to grow stronger and join Mashiro on a future mission.
• Mashiro received Kento Nanami's findings linking Sakakibara Shigeru to the mission arrangements and learned that his sick-leave preparations had begun before the missions were dispatched.
• Mashiro read Gojo's messages confirming that Itadori's death would be entered into official records and that at least two groups had coordinated the plot.
• Mashiro told Gojo she would kill anyone who came after people close to her, then drew Murasame and promised it would have its turn once she uncovered the truth.

Kenjaku discussed plans with Jogo to defeat the jujutsu sorcerers while Yuji trained for the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event. Mashiro and Satoru Gojo fought Jogo, who expanded his domain as the chapter ended.

• Kenjaku told Jogo that their plan required incapacitating Satoru Gojo, recruiting Yuji Itadori, and fulfilling one other condition.
• Yuji trained to control his cursed energy and learned from Satoru Gojo that he would return at the Goodwill Event.
• Maki Zenin found Megumi Fushiguro and Kugisaki training while injured and told them to recover before the Goodwill Event.
• Mashiro and Satoru Gojo went to investigate the Window's servers but encountered Jogo on the way.
• Jogo attacked Mashiro and Satoru Gojo with Ember Insects and Maximum Technique: Meteor, but both remained unharmed and counterattacked.
• Jogo expanded his domain, Coffin of the Iron Mountain, against Mashiro and Satoru Gojo.

Mashiro studied the remnants of Jogo’s Domain Expansion while Satoru Gojo overwhelmed him with Unlimited Void, then pursued and defeated Jogo after he fled. She left him pinned by Murasame and draining of cursed energy, refusing his offer to open his domain again.

• Satoru Gojo expanded Unlimited Void, overpowering Jogo’s Coffin of the Iron Mountain while Mashiro studied its remaining cursed energy structures.
• Mashiro asked Satoru Gojo to make Jogo open his domain again so she could learn from it, but Jogo fled when Unlimited Void ended.
• Mashiro chased Jogo through the forest, cut apart his lava attacks, and used Space Cutting with Straw Doll Technique and Resonance to sever him at the waist.
• Mashiro pinned Jogo to the ground with Murasame and drained his cursed energy, then refused his offer to reopen his domain and said he could die.

Mashiro and Satoru Gojo faced Mahito, Hanami, and Dagon after Mahito rescued Jogo from Mashiro. As the cursed spirits retreated into the woods, Mashiro circled Hanami’s vine barriers and closed in on its next attack.

• Mahito’s severed hand seized Jogo and dragged him to Mahito, Hanami, and Dagon in the woods.
• Satoru Gojo joined Mashiro as Hanami attacked them with branching vines and wooden spearheads.
• Mashiro endured a vine spearhead and hurled flame lances at Hanami, but Mahito intercepted them before Hanami pulled him back.
• Satoru Gojo used Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue to destroy Dagon’s Water Formation Wall, while Hanami raised layers of vine barriers to cover the group’s retreat.
• Mashiro ran around the vine barriers, saw Hanami turn toward her, and watched its left arm transform into a spiral drill.

Mashiro and Satoru Gojo fought Hanami, Mahito, and Dagon, but the cursed spirits used a coordinated retreat to escape into the forest. Mashiro destroyed Hanami’s severed arm and accepted that the group would not cause trouble for a while.

• Mashiro endured Hanami’s Drill Vines, sent cursed energy through them, and forced Hanami to sever them.
• Mahito attacked Mashiro with a regenerated arm, but she pierced his palm and struck his wrist before he withdrew behind Dagon’s water wall.
• Dagon filled the forest with mist as Hanami’s barrier fell, and Mashiro charged through it and severed Hanami’s left arm.
• Satoru Gojo arrived as Hanami fled with Jogo, Mahito, and Dagon, and the cursed spirits vanished into the forest using mist and animated debris to hide their traces.
• Mashiro turned Hanami’s severed arm to ash with Murasame, and Satoru Gojo explained that the cursed spirits had been buying time to escape.

Mashiro and Satoru Gojo investigated the Affairs Department’s backup terminal and uncovered the three people who tampered with the Juvenile Detention Center mission. They identified a higher-ranking mastermind in Kyoto, while Mashiro resolved to find the operatives and kill them.

• Satoru Gojo and Mashiro examined the server room and found an offline copy of the operation logs.
• Mashiro discovered that Sakakibara Shigeru, Yoshio Tanaka, and Hikaru Sato used separate administrator accounts to falsify and conceal the mission records.
• Satoru Gojo detected Hikaru Sato’s cursed energy residue and traced the department head’s remote logout to an IP address in Kyoto.
• Mashiro told Nanami the three names, and Nanami reported that Hikaru Sato’s annual leave began the day after tomorrow.
• Mashiro decided the three operatives had to die and noted that the mastermind remained at Jujutsu Headquarters in Kyoto.

After gaining strength and a partial understanding of domains, Mashiro learned that three people involved in plotting a minor’s murder had been tracked down. She planned to confront them separately that night, with Nanami and Gojo supporting her.

• Mashiro tried to form a Domain Expansion but could only produce a faint barrier that quickly collapsed.
• Mashiro exchanged good-night messages with Itadori, who said Gojo believed he would be ready for the exchange event after a few more days of training.
• Gojo told Mashiro that they had found three addresses, and she insisted on handling all three targets herself and separately.
• Nanami identified Hikaru Sato as a Grade 3 sorcerer with cursed energy perception and said Sakakibara Shigeru and Yoshio Tanaka had no grades.
• Nanami warned Mashiro to leave no evidence, then admitted the targets deserved to pay for plotting a minor’s murder; Mashiro left to confront them.

Mashiro killed Yoshio Tanaka, Sakakibara Shigeru, and Hikaru Sato while tracing their orders to Kazanin and higher-ups at Jujutsu Headquarters. She and Satoru Gojo decided to postpone confronting Kazanin until after the Sister-School Exchange Event, which was nine days away.

• Mashiro broke into Yoshio Tanaka's home, killed him, and took a photo of an encrypted email from Kazanin on his laptop before burning the house.
• Mashiro killed Sakakibara Shigeru after cutting through his cursed paper attacks, then disposed of his body in a lake.
• Mashiro fought Hikaru Sato in his apartment, severed both his hands, and killed him after he revealed that people above Kazanin were involved.
• Mashiro told Satoru Gojo that Hikaru Sato had named Kazanin, and they agreed to deal with Kazanin after the exchange event because confronting him would provoke the Higher-Ups.
• Mashiro reviewed Nanami's message confirming Kazanin controlled budget approvals and Window System task priorities, then noted that nine days remained until the Sister-School Exchange Event.

Kenjaku and Mahito planned to use Yuji Itadori to draw out Kujo Mashiro and investigate whether her cursed technique was Copy. At Jujutsu High, Mashiro warned the others about Mahito, and Nanami agreed to take Itadori on a field investigation while Gojo prepared to leave overseas.

• Kenjaku said Jogo would not recover in time for the exchange event and identified Mashiro as a greater obstacle than expected.
• Kenjaku suggested targeting Sukuna's vessel to influence Mashiro and told Mahito to expand his experiments and confirm whether her technique was Copy.
• Mashiro explained Mahito's Idle Transfiguration and demonstrated how it could deform a human body by changing the shape of the soul.
• Gojo announced that he would travel overseas to see Yuta Okkotsu and asked Nanami to take Itadori to investigate Mahito.
• Nanami assigned Itadori field training, and Mashiro warned him not to get separated from Nanami because he was a target.

Itadori accompanied Nanami to investigate a quiet Tokyo neighborhood where several residents had gone missing, and they fought transfigured humans. Nanami acknowledged Itadori’s resolve but told him he still needed to become stronger.

• Nanami told Itadori that he had to prove his worth through his actions, and Itadori vowed to become strong enough to protect Mashiro.
• Nanami and Itadori investigated an outlying neighborhood where at least three residents had disappeared and abnormal cursed energy had been detected.
• Itadori and Nanami fought and killed a transfigured man who pleaded for help, with Nanami explaining that the victim had lost his human awareness.
• Two more transfigured creatures attacked, and Itadori killed one with a cursed-energy punch while Nanami dealt with the other.
• Nanami acknowledged Itadori’s performance and explained that Mashiro had earned her strength through her injuries, while warning that Itadori was not strong enough yet.

Itadori learned from Nanami how to sense Mahito’s cursed residue, while Mashiro tracked Junpei Yoshino, whom Mahito was gradually targeting. The chapter left Junpei heading home as Mashiro followed him from a distance.

• Itadori sensed the warped cursed residue on a transfigured human and learned from Nanami how to use it to track Mahito.
• Nanami and Mashiro exchanged updates, and Mashiro said Mahito had contacted a high school student near Satozakura High School without transfiguring him.
• Nanami told Itadori that Mashiro was observing the student and wanted him to join her later.
• Mashiro watched Junpei Yoshino leave Satozakura High School and sensed that Mahito’s cursed residue had accumulated inside him.
• Junpei stopped to look at a horror film poster, then headed home through an alley as Mashiro followed at a distance.

Mashiro and Itadori interrupted Junpei Yoshino before he could attack Mr. Tomura, then brought him to the river to talk and get to know him. Junpei agreed to watch a movie with Itadori, and their conversation left them beginning to trust each other.

• Mashiro summoned Itadori after identifying Junpei Yoshino as the student being targeted, then followed Junpei to his home.
• When Junpei grew enraged at Mr. Tomura’s claim that he had been close to the deceased, Mashiro kicked Itadori into his path and stopped him from acting.
• Mashiro told Mr. Tomura to investigate Junpei’s relationship with the deceased instead of assuming they had been close.
• Itadori took Junpei to the river, where Mashiro confirmed Junpei could see the Halo above her head and then prompted them to talk about movies.
• Itadori invited Junpei to watch a movie with him, and Junpei accepted before sharing stories about cooking, his grandfather, and his absent father.
• Itadori listened without interrupting and told Junpei he did not think he was boring, and Junpei recognized him as a good person.

Yuji Itadori and Kujo Mashiro met Junpei Yoshino’s mother, Nagi, and joined the Yoshinos for dinner. After they left, Junpei stood looking at their slippers beside his own, quietly pleased by his new friends.

• Yuji introduced himself and Mashiro to Nagi, who invited them home for dinner.
• Mashiro noticed Junpei had read his film magazine several times, and the group shared a meal while Nagi spoke about Junpei’s difficulty making friends.
• After dinner, Mashiro told Junpei they attended Jujutsu Technical High School, and Junpei stiffened but did not ask further.
• Nagi sent Mashiro home with instant curry, and Yuji invited Junpei to watch movies together.
• After the visitors left, Junpei looked at their slippers beside his own while Nagi smiled at him.