Chapter Summaries

Naoya Zenin defeated Mahiru in the final individual match after Mahiru’s trap targeted a clone. Tokyo Jujutsu High swept the individual matches, and the story moved toward the team event.

• Mahiru dodged Max Elephant’s water blast and trunk strike, then used vines to catch himself and realized Zhiyan might have tamed all ten shikigami.
• Mahiru attacked with Red Thorn Spears, using Max Elephant as a shield while hidden vines crept around Zhiyan’s apparent position.
• Naoya appeared behind Mahiru after revealing that the Zhiyan near Max Elephant had been a clone, and Mahiru conceded.
• The referee declared Naoya Zenin the winner, ending the individual matches with Tokyo Jujutsu High’s victory.
• Tokyo’s group reacted to Naoya’s tactics while Kyoto’s contestants struggled with their defeat and prepared for the team event.

After the individual matches, Shirakawa and Yaga praised the students and reminded them to prepare for the team matches, while Wana, Shoko, and Utahime went shopping. The others stayed behind to discuss strategy, and Geto and Xian Di tricked Satoru Gojo into agreeing to try a cursed spirit orb the next day.

• Shirakawa congratulated the students, joked about Satoru Gojo resembling his father, and reminded them to prepare for the team matches.
• Yaga beat Satoru Gojo for disrespecting Shirakawa, then warned everyone not to underestimate Kyoto Jujutsu High or take the Goodwill Event too far.
• Wana invited Shoko and Utahime shopping, and Zhiyan gave Shoko a card while Satoru Gojo gave Wana one and asked her to bring him a strawberry crepe.
• Wana and Utahime decided to invite Kogi Rin and Yuko along, while Zhiyan, Geto, Xian Di, and Satoru Gojo stayed behind.
• Xian Di proposed that Geto absorb the cursed spirits during the team match, and Geto explained that the cursed spirit orbs tasted revolting.
• Geto and Xian Di tricked Satoru Gojo into agreeing to try a cursed spirit orb the next day.

Tokyo Jujutsu High began the Team Competition with Gojo’s team planning to ambush Kyoto’s teams while Geto, Utahime, and Wana hunted cursed spirits on foot. As Kyoto split up to avoid being spawn-camped, Zhiyan flew with Gojo and Xian Di toward a powerful cursed energy trace.

• Gojo outlined a plan to have Zhiyan, Xian Di, and himself ambush Kyoto’s teams while Geto collected cursed spirits, and Utahime and Wana handled the remaining work.
• Geto agreed to gather cursed spirits despite his revulsion at consuming their orbs, and Gojo learned that the others intended to make him try one.
• Zhiyan summoned Nue and flew into the forest with Gojo and Xian Di, leaving Geto, Utahime, and Wana to enter the woods and hunt cursed spirits.
• Mahiru explained to Tanaka that Kyoto had split into two groups so one could keep exorcising curses if Tokyo blocked the other.
• Gojo detected a strong cursed energy trace, and Zhiyan steered Nue toward it.

Satoru Gojo attacked Shinya Zenin after Shinya had injured Wana, then threatened to kill him if he harmed her again. Zhiyan, Satoru Gojo, and Xian Di left on Nue, while Shinya remained shaken by the encounter and remembered Toji Zenin.

• Shinya Zenin brooded over losing to Wana and called himself trash before Nue suddenly struck him and sent him crashing into a tree.
• Satoru Gojo grabbed Shinya by the throat and lifted him, but Zhiyan told him to let go.
• Satoru Gojo mocked Shinya, dismissed the threat of punishment by Kyoto Jujutsu High and Jujutsu Headquarters, and warned him not to touch Wana again.
• Zhiyan led Satoru Gojo and Xian Di away on Nue, leaving Shinya trembling in the forest.
• Shinya remembered the fear he had felt around Toji Zenin and saw the same cold, superior quality in Satoru Gojo’s eyes.

Zhiyan, Xian Di, and Satoru Gojo tracked Kyoto Jujutsu High using cursed-energy decoys, then followed the threads leading to Mahiru and Takuma Tanaka. Mahiru fled with Tanaka to buy time for Kogi’s team, while Satoru closed in on them.

• Satoru Gojo spotted two apparent Kyoto Jujutsu High members from Nue, but they proved to be wooden dummies made with Kogi Rin’s Construction Technique and Mahiru’s cursed technique.
• Zhiyan deduced that Mahiru was nearby and told Satoru to inspect the decoys more carefully.
• Satoru found thin cursed-energy threads connected to the dummies and raced along them into the forest, followed by Zhiyan and Xian Di.
• Mahiru sensed the dummies’ destruction and fled with Takuma Tanaka, hoping to draw their pursuers away while Kogi’s team exorcised cursed spirits.
• Satoru followed the threads and spotted Mahiru and Tanaka as he drew near.

Mahiru and Tanaka made a stand against Satoru Gojo, Naoya Zenin, and Kamo Xian Di, but their attacks failed and their opponents exposed the weakness in their plan. Gojo then fired Blue at Kogi Rin, Yuko, and Matsumoto Futa, knocking Kyoto Jujutsu High’s remaining team unconscious.

• Mahiru revealed Hundred Forests Flourish and used it with Tanaka’s Hardening Cursed Technique to attack Gojo with the forest.
• Gojo emerged unharmed, while Naoya Zenin and Kamo Xian Di arrived and confronted Mahiru and Tanaka.
• Mahiru admitted defeat but argued that his teammates could still win; Zhiyan explained that their hidden team could be located by the forest’s empty patch of cursed energy.
• Gojo asked Zhiyan if he could get a little reckless, then launched Blue toward Kogi Rin’s group.
• Kogi Rin warned Yuko and Futa to get down, but Blue’s pull sent all three crashing into trees and knocked them unconscious.

Kogi Rin woke after Tokyo Jujutsu High’s attack and learned that her team had lost the competition. At dinner, Satoru Gojo tasted Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirit Orb after Suguru Geto and Kamo Xian Di tricked him, and he dry-heaved while they laughed.

• Kogi Rin woke beside Utahime and learned Tokyo Jujutsu High had exorcised the remaining cursed spirits while she, Yuko, and Feng Tai were unconscious.
• Utahime helped Kogi Rin stand, and Suguru Geto carried Yuko and Feng Tai away on Floating Weasels.
• The referee announced that Tokyo Jujutsu High had beaten Kyoto Jujutsu High, sixty-two cursed spirits to thirty-eight.
• At dinner, Suguru Geto showed Satoru Gojo a Cursed Spirit Orb, and Kamo Xian Di and Suguru Geto convinced him it was safe to taste.
• Satoru Gojo licked the orb, gagged at its foul taste, and accused Suguru Geto and Kamo Xian Di of tricking him into eating poop.

After their final exams, the students joked about their scores and made plans for the break. Zhiyan invited Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo to visit Wana’s home, and the group agreed to leave the next morning.

• Satoru Gojo and Wana argued over who would score higher and bet that the loser would serve the winner over the break.
• Shoko asked Zhiyan who would score highest among him, Xian Di, and Suguru Geto, prompting Geto to boast about his past grades.
• Zhiyan asked Suguru Geto about his plans for the break, and Geto said he would probably go home.
• Satoru Gojo asked to stay at Zhiyan’s place, and Zhiyan invited both him and Suguru Geto to come along.
• Suguru Geto accepted Zhiyan’s invitation after Satoru Gojo and the others encouraged him.
• Zhiyan told everyone to pack so they could leave first thing the next morning, and Suguru Geto quietly looked forward to seeing them then.

Zhiyan and his friends traveled to the Zenin Clan residence, where Suguru Geto explored his room and Shoko reunited with her parents. Shoko’s parents asked when she and Zhiyan planned to marry, and Zhiyan said they would discuss it after graduation if Shoko wanted to.

• Zhiyan, Xian Di, and Suguru Geto woke Satoru Gojo and hurried him to pack before the group left the school with Shoko and Wana.
• The six traveled by minivan to the Zenin Clan estate, where Suguru Geto joked about wanting a mountain and marveled at the grounds.
• A butler showed Satoru Gojo, Kamo, and Suguru Geto their rooms in the East Wing, and Zhiyan told Suguru Geto he was taking Shoko to visit her parents next door.
• Zhiyan and Shoko visited her parents, who welcomed them and asked how they were doing at school.
• Shoko’s father asked when Zhiyan and Shoko planned to marry, and Zhiyan said he would ask what Shoko wanted after graduation and would not keep her waiting too long.
• Shoko’s father said he no longer worried about Shoko being lonely, and Zhiyan stayed with the family for tea.

Zhiyan took Shoko, Suguru Geto, and their companions to explore Kyoto, where Geto met a pink-haired boy named Yuji and the boy’s mother, whose forehead bore stitches. The woman left with Yuji after asking what he thought of the group, while Geto remained uneasy about their encounter.

• Zhiyan returned to the Zenin Clan estate with Shoko, where Wana caught Satoru Gojo teasing Zhiyan and Shoko and twisted his ear.
• Zhiyan invited the group to explore Kyoto, and they visited a wagashi shop and a secondhand bookstore.
• Suguru Geto and the others encountered a pink-haired boy named Yuji after he bumped into Geto in the street.
• A woman with stitches across her forehead came to collect Yuji, apologized to the group, and left with him.
• Geto could not shake his unease about Yuji and the woman, who later asked Yuji what he thought of the group before leading him into the darkness.

Zhiyan, Xian Di, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto investigated a Zenin property where everyone had vanished and two teams had gone missing. They confronted a powerful special grade cursed spirit resembling Ganesha, which sent all four crashing through nearby buildings.

• An attendant told Zhiyan that everyone at a Zenin property in the eastern city had disappeared and neither of the two teams sent there had reported back, so Zhiyan suspected a powerful special grade cursed spirit.
• Xian Di urged Zhiyan to call Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, and Zhiyan told Naobito Zenin he would handle the mission; Naobito warned him to retreat if things went wrong.
• Zhiyan, Xian Di, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto reached the property and sensed heavy cursed energy inside the eerily silent buildings.
• A huge cursed spirit with an elephant's head, four arms, and a crown emerged from a shattered wall; Xian Di compared its appearance to Ganesha from Indian mythology.
• The cursed spirit unleashed an invisible force that hurled all four sorcerers through buildings, leaving them at a disadvantage.

Zhiyan, Satoru Gojo, Xian Di, and Suguru Geto defeated Kangiten by exploiting the Cursed Spirit’s directional removal ability, and Geto captured it. The group left the courtyard, while Kenjaku and Firmament discussed the fight and their agreement.

• Xian Di identified Kangiten and explained that its ability removed threats rather than attacking them, while Kangiten deflected Gojo’s Blue.
• Tiger Funeral blindsided Kangiten, and the group realized they could exploit the Cursed Spirit’s need to notice and target threats.
• Gojo drew Kangiten’s attention, but Kangiten detected Xian Di’s attack from behind and deflected his blood arrows.
• Zhiyan struck Kangiten from above with a Black Flash, leaving it too injured to fight back.
• Suguru Geto used Cursed Spirit Manipulation to capture Kangiten, and the four sorcerers left after informing the waiting sorcerers that the matter was resolved.
• Kenjaku and Firmament discussed Kangiten’s defeat, and Kenjaku assured Firmament that she remembered their agreement.

Zhiyan took Xian Di's advice and asked Shoko on a date, then dressed up and went with her to an amusement park. The date began as they entered the park together, with Zhiyan still nervous but holding Shoko's hand.

• Yuko called Xian Di away, and Zhiyan teased him about losing at chess as he left.
• Suguru Geto left the courtyard, while Satoru Gojo and Wana were out getting dessert, leaving Zhiyan alone with Shoko.
• Remembering Xian Di's advice to take Shoko on dates, Zhiyan hugged her by the pond and asked her to go out with him.
• Shoko accepted and told Zhiyan to change; he put on a navy jacket, and they left the Zenin Clan estate hand in hand.
• Zhiyan and Shoko arrived downtown and entered the amusement park together, where Shoko teased him for being nervous.

Zhiyan took Shoko on a date to an amusement park, where he learned how to make her happy and shared a kiss with her at the top of the Ferris wheel. They ended the day laughing together, eating crepes, and watching the sunset with a pink rabbit balloon tied to Shoko’s wrist.

• Shoko led Zhiyan onto the carousel, where they rode side by side and laughed together.
• On the Ferris wheel, Zhiyan told Shoko he wanted to learn how to keep her company, and she became his “Teacher Ieiri.”
• Shoko asked Zhiyan to kiss her at the Ferris wheel’s highest point, and they kissed before the cabin descended.
• Shoko chose the roller coaster, and she and Zhiyan rode together with their hands clasped.
• Zhiyan and Shoko bought crepes, joked about Gojo, and walked through the amusement park’s food street.
• Zhiyan bought Shoko a pink rabbit balloon, and they watched the sunset together before he kissed her forehead.

Zhiyan and Shoko spent an evening together, walking to a movie theater and watching a romance before heading to dinner. On the way, Zhiyan stopped a thief who had stolen a woman’s bag, while Shoko returned it to its owner and the man with them called the police.

• Zhiyan and Shoko walked from the amusement park to the movies, reminiscing about an earlier visit to a bakery and agreeing to go on dates more often.
• Zhiyan took Shoko to a screening room at a Zenin Clan theater, where they watched a romance and held hands.
• After the movie, Zhiyan and Shoko headed to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
• Zhiyan tripped a fleeing bag thief, pinned him down, and told the pursuing man to call the police.
• Shoko returned the stolen bag to its owner, and the man called the police.

After Morikawa Chika and Hiromi Higuruma thanked Naoya Zenin and Shoko Ieiri for helping recover Morikawa’s bag, the four shared dinner and learned about Higuruma’s work defending people in criminal cases. They parted on warm terms, while Naoya and Shoko left feeling they would meet Higuruma and Morikawa again.

• Morikawa Chika and Hiromi Higuruma thanked Naoya Zenin and Shoko Ieiri, then invited them to dinner.
• At the restaurant, Morikawa and Shoko chatted while Naoya asked Higuruma about his legal work.
• Morikawa explained that Higuruma defended criminal defendants in difficult cases, and Higuruma said he wanted fair judgments for both the guilty and the innocent.
• Shoko and Naoya expressed sincere admiration for Higuruma, who thanked them and smiled.
• Naoya offered Higuruma a possible job with him if Higuruma ever left law, and Higuruma said he would consider it.
• Morikawa and Higuruma exchanged contact details with Shoko and Naoya before parting, and Naoya and Shoko walked to the parking lot together.

Utahime and Mei Mei discovered that the Western-style house was trapped in a looping, distorted barrier, and their attempt to collapse it left Utahime buried in the wreckage. Satoru Gojo and the others arrived, Suguru Geto captured the cursed spirit, and the group completed the mission and returned to Jujutsu High.

• Utahime escaped a room and learned from Mei Mei that the first-floor hallway repeated and that they were likely inside a distorted Barrier Technique.
• Utahime reasoned that running in opposite directions would destabilize the barrier, so she and Mei Mei sprinted apart and triggered the house's collapse.
• Utahime fell into the rubble and was pinned by a plank before Satoru Gojo arrived to rescue her.
• A cursed spirit emerged from the ruins, and Suguru Geto's worm swallowed it before he ordered the worm to leave some for him to capture.
• Wana and Shoko comforted Utahime, while Xian Di noted that Satoru Gojo had forgotten to put up a Curtain again.
• Zhiyan reported the mission complete, and the group left the ruins and returned to Jujutsu High.

Yaga assigned the students three missions, including protecting the Star Plasma Vessel before her consciousness was erased through assimilation with Master Tengen. After learning what assimilation meant, Satoru Gojo declared that he would give the girl a choice and refuse to let her assimilate if she did not want to.

• After returning to Jujutsu High, Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, Xian Di, Zhiyan, Wana, and Shoko played basketball and discussed why Curtains kept ordinary people from seeing jujutsu missions.
• Yaga announced three missions: Zhiyan and Xian Di would each exorcise a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, while Gojo, Geto, and Wana would protect the Star Plasma Vessel; Shoko would remain at Jujutsu High.
• When Gojo questioned why the mission required protecting and erasing the girl, Yaga explained that assimilation with Master Tengen would erase her consciousness, and Xian Di described the danger of Tengen's barriers collapsing.
• Gojo said he would let the Star Plasma Vessel choose and would not allow her to assimilate if she refused, while Geto agreed to stand with him despite the risk of fighting Master Tengen.
• Zhiyan urged everyone to begin their missions and work out the details once they arrived.

Kenjaku struck a deal with Ogi Zenin to help him kill Naoya Zenin in exchange for bringing her Toji Zenin. Days later, Woe subdued Toji and branded him for a mission to kill the Star Plasma Vessel.

• Kenjaku demonstrated her power by having Woe incapacitate Ogi Zenin’s four guards, then offered to help kill Naoya Zenin.
• Kenjaku asked Ogi to bring her Toji Zenin, and Ogi accepted the deal.
• Ogi summoned Toji to the tea room, where Toji attacked him after finding Kenjaku there.
• Woe used Hundredfold Manipulation to subdue Toji, then branded him for the mission to kill the Star Plasma Vessel.

Geto rescued the Star Plasma Vessel from an explosion on the twenty-fifth floor, while Gojo and Wana fought an attacker waiting outside. Gojo defeated his opponent, and the chapter ended with him looking toward the shattered window and wondering whether Geto was all right.

• Geto entered the hotel to retrieve the Star Plasma Vessel while Gojo and Wana stayed outside to provide cover.
• An explosion shattered the room on the twenty-fifth floor, and Geto rescued the unconscious Star Plasma Vessel as she fell from the building.
• A masked attacker confronted Geto upstairs and demanded that he hand over the girl.
• Dozens of floating blades appeared in front of Gojo, and another masked attacker challenged him outside.
• Gojo struck the attacker into a wall, and Wana confirmed that his face looked like a pig's.
• Gojo checked his phone for news from Geto, then looked up at the shattered window.