Chapter Summaries

Satoru Gojo trained Dai Li to precisely control cursed energy by making him work with ten cat-shaped cursed corpses, then announced a transfer student. Yuta Okkotsu arrived at Jujutsu High amid an overwhelming surge of cursed energy, leaving Dai Li and the others on guard.

• Satoru Gojo explained that Dai Li needed precise cursed energy control for his Projection Cursed Technique and assigned him to feed different amounts of energy to ten cursed corpses.
• Dai Li repeatedly woke the cat-shaped cursed corpses and dodged their attacks while continuing the difficult training.
• Two months into classes, Satoru Gojo announced that a transfer student would arrive in three days, and Dai Li recognized that it would be Yuta Okkotsu.
• Dai Li, Maki, Inumaki, and Panda waited for the transfer student, while Maki and the others discussed rumors that he had injured classmates.
• Yuta Okkotsu entered the classroom, and Rika Orimoto's immense cursed energy spread through the room, putting Dai Li and the others on guard.

Yuta Okkotsu arrived at Tokyo Jujutsu High, where Rika attacked his new classmates and Dai Li intervened until Satoru Gojo stopped her. After Gojo introduced the first-years and assigned teams for the afternoon practical, Dai Li welcomed the nervous Yuta.

• Maki, Panda, Inumaki, and Dai Li prepared to confront Yuta when Gojo explained that the school trained sorcerers to exorcise curses.
• Rika manifested from the black mist and attacked Maki, Inumaki, and Panda, but Dai Li drew her attention and blocked her strikes with projected cursed tools.
• Dai Li attacked Rika with more cursed tools, and Gojo intervened before she could fully manifest and overwhelm the campus.
• Gojo introduced Yuta, Maki, Inumaki, Panda, and Dai Li, then paired Yuta with Maki and Panda with Inumaki for the afternoon practical.
• Yuta nervously greeted Dai Li, who reassured him and offered to answer his questions.

Dai Li reassured Yuta Okkotsu after Maki criticized him, then went alone to a school for field training. He exorcised a swarm of weak cursed spirits and defeated the Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit lurking in the classroom building.

• Maki Zenin harshly confronted Yuta Okkotsu, and Dai Li, Panda, and Inumaki reprimanded her.
• Dai Li encouraged Yuta Okkotsu to prepare for field training, while Yuta blamed himself for others getting hurt.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi erected a Curtain at the school and sent Grade 2 Sorcerer Dai Li inside to exorcise the target curse.
• Dai Li searched the classroom building and used projected cursed tools to destroy dozens of weak cursed spirits.
• Dai Li pierced the bullfrog-like Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit with fifty-eight cursed tools, causing it to dissolve into black mist.

Dai Li collected a small Projection Cursed Technique reward and went to use the restroom, where a special grade imaginary vengeful spirit trapped him in her domain. Under attack from its sure-hit spikes, he invoked Life and Binding to learn Falling Blossom Emotion immediately.

• Dai Li reviewed his status and concluded that ordinary cursed spirits no longer gave him meaningful gains, while a special grade cursed object could help him reach Special Grade.
• Dai Li searched the abandoned school for a restroom, entered a stall, and wondered how Okkotsu was doing with Rika Orimoto.
• A pale cursed spirit in a sailor uniform appeared and expanded her domain, trapping Dai Li in an endless corridor of restroom stalls.
• The domain's sure-hit cursed energy spikes attacked Dai Li, and his projected shields cracked under their assault.
• Dai Li activated Life and Binding, trading away his ability to learn Hollow Wicker Basket so he could immediately learn Falling Blossom Emotion.

Dai Li fought Miss Delia inside her domain, using Falling Blossom Emotion to counter her sure-hit attacks before defeating her as the domain collapsed. He exorcised the special grade imaginary vengeful spirit at the school.

• Dai Li used Falling Blossom Emotion to automatically block Miss Delia’s cursed spikes and destroyed the stall doors to reveal her.
• Miss Delia emerged and caused the corridor floor to dissolve, dropping Dai Li toward a giant toilet filled with lethal cursed sewage.
• Dai Li stood on projected tower shields and launched more than a hundred cursed tools at Miss Delia, gravely wounding her.
• Miss Delia tried to escape, but her domain collapsed and left her unable to use her cursed technique or repair herself.
• Dai Li drove thirty cursed tools through Miss Delia’s core and exorcised her.

Dai Li survived and exorcised Miss Delia, a special grade imaginary vengeful spirit with a complete Domain Expansion, but suffered severe injuries. After treatment, Satoru Gojo arranged to report the incident as a highly confidential special grade file and proposed Dai Li for promotion to Grade 1.

• Kiyotaka Ijichi called Satoru Gojo for help when a powerful special grade cursed spirit appeared inside the Curtain.
• Dai Li emerged from the Curtain badly wounded and told Ijichi he had exorcised the special grade imaginary vengeful spirit.
• Ijichi took Dai Li to Jujutsu High, where Shoko Ieiri treated him before Gojo arrived and questioned him about the battle.
• Dai Li explained that Miss Delia's complete Domain Expansion had a guaranteed hit and kill, and that he survived by using Life and Binding.
• Gojo and Ijichi prepared a classified report that credited Dai Li with learning Falling Blossom Emotion and exorcising Miss Delia.
• Gojo proposed that two Grade 1 Sorcerers recommend Dai Li for promotion to Grade 1.

Satoru Gojo arranged Dai Li’s Grade 1 promotion recommendation and told him to rest while recovering from his injuries. As Yuta Okkotsu improved his training and the Goodwill Event approached, Maki Zenin struck him for losing focus during a spar.

• Kento Nanami and Atsuya Kusakabe recommended Dai Li for promotion to Grade 1 Sorcerer before Yoshinobu Gakuganji.
• Satoru Gojo took Yuta Okkotsu to the cursed tool storehouse to help him control Rika, and arranged for Mei Mei to guide Dai Li’s promotion after his recovery.
• Dai Li discussed the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event with Maki, Panda, and Toge Inumaki, while Panda worried that drawing attention could cause trouble for Principal Yaga.
• By August, Yuta Okkotsu had improved at sparring with Maki Zenin, but he lost focus when Satoru Gojo called out and Maki struck him in the face.

Dai Li joined Mei Mei and Ui Ui on a mission to eliminate a group of curse users, then returned to Jujutsu High and earned promotion to Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer. Satoru Gojo asked whether Dai Li would participate in the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event, and Dai Li eagerly agreed.

• At Jujutsu High, Satoru Gojo watched Yuta Okkotsu spar with Maki and learned that Dai Li had gone on a mission with Mei Mei.
• Dai Li and Mei Mei killed the curse users who ambushed them, while Ui Ui watched and helped Mei Mei handle her axe.
• Mei Mei told Dai Li that completing three missions rated Grade 1 or higher with her should secure his promotion.
• Dai Li returned to Jujutsu High and officially became a Semi-Grade 1 Sorcerer.
• Satoru Gojo asked Dai Li to join the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event, and Dai Li accepted enthusiastically.

Satoru Gojo selected Dai Li and Yuta Okkotsu to represent Tokyo Jujutsu High at the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event, and he brought them to Kyoto despite concerns about Yuta and Rika. The students from both schools gathered as Noritoshi Kamo warned Aoi Todo that Dai Li and Yuta were especially dangerous opponents.

• Dai Li proposed that Maki Zenin compete, but the others explained that she had returned to the Zenin Clan to handle her own affairs.
• Satoru Gojo asked Yuta Okkotsu if he could control Rika, and Dai Li, Inumaki, and Panda left when Gojo began recounting his past at the event.
• Satoru Gojo brought the Tokyo students to Kyoto, where Yoshinobu Gakuganji and Utahime Iori challenged his decision to bring Yuta and warned him to keep Rika under control.
• Yuta Okkotsu worried that the Kyoto students saw him as a threat, while Dai Li, Kinji Hakari, and Kirara Hoshi reassured him.
• Dai Li assessed Kyoto's competitors, and Noritoshi Kamo warned Aoi Todo that Yuta and Dai Li were the opponents they needed to watch most closely.

At the Goodwill Event, Aoi Todo challenged Yuta Okkotsu by asking what kind of woman he liked. Yuta’s sincere answer about Rika Orimoto won Todo’s respect, while Dai Li realized Rika had nearly gone berserk and worried about keeping her under control.

• Aoi Todo sized up Yuta Okkotsu and Dai Li, while Dai Li and Kinji Hakari noticed Todo staring at them.
• After Satoru Gojo and Utahime Iori left, the Tokyo and Kyoto students traded taunts and began arguing.
• Aoi Todo interrupted the argument and demanded that Yuta Okkotsu name the kind of woman he liked.
• Yuta Okkotsu said he loved Rika Orimoto and intended to break her curse and set her free.
• Aoi Todo praised Yuta’s answer, while Dai Li sensed Rika’s cursed energy surge and worried that she had nearly manifested in full.

As the Kyoto-Tokyo Sister-School Goodwill Event began, Tokyo Jujutsu High had no battle plan while Kyoto Jujutsu High strategized around Yuta Okkotsu, Dai Li, and Kinji Hakari. Aoi Todo charged at the Tokyo students, and Dai Li volunteered to handle him.

• Noritoshi Kamo called the Kyoto students back to prepare, while Aoi Todo declared his interest in fighting Yuta Okkotsu and Dai Li.
• Utahime Iori announced the team battle rules: the first team to exorcise the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit would win, or the team with the higher exorcism count by sunset.
• Mechamaru advised Kyoto Jujutsu High to distract Yuta Okkotsu before targeting him, and Noritoshi Kamo warned the group to account for Dai Li and Kinji Hakari as well.
• Yuta Okkotsu asked Tokyo Jujutsu High to make a plan, but Dai Li, Kinji Hakari, and Kirara Hoshi stayed relaxed; Dai Li urged Yuta to show that he could act without relying on Rika.
• When the team battle began, Aoi Todo charged toward the Tokyo students, and Dai Li said he would handle him.

Dai Li fought Aoi Todo during the Goodwill Event, testing his projected cursed tools against Todo’s strength and Boogie Woogie. As the Tokyo students continued exorcising curses and Kyoto’s plan took shape, their clash intensified and the event’s newcomers proved formidable.

• Dai Li stepped forward to fight Aoi Todo, dodging his punches and using projected cursed tools while Todo quickly recognized how his technique worked.
• Todo asked Dai Li what kind of woman he liked, then resumed fighting after Dai Li named a blonde twin-tailed tsundere rich-girl loli.
• Yuta Okkotsu watched Dai Li and Todo fight and resolved to grow stronger, while Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi commented on the battle.
• Momo Nishimiya located the remaining Tokyo students for Kyoto’s plan, and Mechamaru assigned himself to deal with Kinji Hakari and Noritoshi Kamo to face Yuta.
• Todo used Boogie Woogie to switch positions with Dai Li’s attack, but Dai Li redirected his projected blades and prepared to continue fighting in earnest.

Yuta Okkotsu fought Noritoshi Kamo while Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi clashed with Mechamaru and Momo Nishimiya during the search for the specially marked Grade 2 cursed spirit. The spirit emerged near Yuta and Noritoshi, and both fighters spotted it.

• Noritoshi Kamo intercepted Yuta Okkotsu in the forest and attacked to keep him from reaching the cursed spirit.
• Yuta Okkotsu and Noritoshi Kamo exchanged blows, and Yuta called on Rika's power to strengthen himself.
• Mechamaru and Momo Nishimiya blocked Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi, leading to separate fights between the four students.
• As Yuta and Noritoshi's battle intensified, the hidden Grade 2 cursed spirit changed hiding places and moved toward them.
• The cursed spirit emerged from a thicket, and Yuta Okkotsu and Noritoshi Kamo both noticed it.

Dai Li and Aoi Todo fought to a standstill until the team match ended with Tokyo Jujutsu High exorcising the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit. Tokyo’s victory set up a rematch between Dai Li and Todo in the individual matches.

• Dai Li and Aoi Todo traded attacks, with Todo’s Boogie Woogie countering Dai Li’s projected cursed tools.
• A whistle ended the team match before Todo could swap positions and continue fighting; Dai Li left for the assembly point.
• Utahime Iori announced Tokyo Jujutsu High’s victory, and Dai Li confirmed he was unharmed to Yuta Okkotsu.
• Satoru Gojo praised the students, announced that the next Sister-School Goodwill Event would be held at Tokyo Jujutsu High, and teased Yoshinobu Gakuganji.
• Todo signaled that he intended to resume his fight with Dai Li during the individual matches, while Gojo joked that Dai Li had found an opponent.

The individual matches of the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event began, and Dai Li swiftly defeated Noritoshi Kamo after Momo Nishimiya forfeited against him. As the second-round matches continued, Mechamaru defeated Yamada, and Yuta Okkotsu prepared to face Kinji Hakari.

• Satoru Gojo drew the first match between Aoi Todo and Hiroshi Sato, while Momo Nishimiya forfeited her match against Dai Li.
• Aoi Todo overwhelmed Hiroshi Sato and advanced, then Satoru Gojo drew Dai Li against Noritoshi Kamo and Yuta Okkotsu against Kinji Hakari.
• Dai Li quickly pressured Noritoshi Kamo with projected blades and a sword strike, prompting Kamo to surrender.
• Noritoshi Kamo recognized the vast gap between himself and Dai Li, while Dai Li returned to his chair and fell asleep.
• Mechamaru defeated Yamada with cannon blasts, and Utahime Iori announced the match between Yuta Okkotsu and Kinji Hakari.

Yuta Okkotsu defeated Kinji Hakari in a spar after summoning Rika and combining their attacks. The match ended with Hakari surrendering, while Dai Li woke from a nap after the fight was over.

• Kinji Hakari charged Yuta Okkotsu and pressed him with a rapid series of attacks, but Okkotsu countered and struck Hakari in the chest.
• Okkotsu summoned Rika and warned Hakari that he would no longer hold back.
• Rika attacked before Hakari could expand his domain, and Okkotsu joined her in a coordinated assault that forced Hakari to retreat.
• Hakari surrendered, and Utahime Iori declared Yuta Okkotsu the winner.
• Okkotsu checked on Hakari, who praised him, while Dai Li woke up and complained that he had missed the fight.

After the morning matches, Kirara Hoshi forfeited, leaving Okkotsu, Dai Li, Aoi Todo, and Mechamaru as the semifinalists. Dai Li and Yuta Okkotsu prepared to fight seriously that afternoon, and the chapter ended as Dai Li was called to face Mechamaru in the first semifinal.

• Kirara Hoshi forfeited his match against Aoi Todo, who advanced to the semifinals alongside Okkotsu, Dai Li, and Mechamaru.
• Satoru Gojo dismissed the students early and told them the semifinals and final would take place that afternoon.
• Dai Li rested in the Kyoto Jujutsu High lounge while Yuta Okkotsu asked him not to hold back if they met in the tournament.
• Dai Li said he would not use Life and Binding at the event because Satoru Gojo had warned him against it.
• Satoru Gojo visited Dai Li and Okkotsu, told them to fight seriously, and the first semifinal was announced as Dai Li versus Mechamaru.

Dai Li defeated Mechamaru by breaking his reinforced armor with a warhammer. He then watched as Aoi Todo and Yuta Okkotsu began their semifinal match, which escalated when Okkotsu summoned Rika Orimoto.

• Mechamaru opened the fight with a barrage of cursed-energy blasts, but Dai Li evaded and damaged his puppet with a blade.
• Dai Li sent cursed tools at Mechamaru, used them as cover to close the distance, and smashed through his armor with a warhammer.
• Utahime Iori declared Dai Li the winner after Mechamaru could no longer move, and Dai Li took a seat to watch the next fight.
• Aoi Todo rushed Yuta Okkotsu and used Boogie Woogie to swap places with cursed-energy-infused rubble, keeping up his attack.
• Yuta Okkotsu called on Rika Orimoto, whose immense cursed energy filled the arena as Aoi Todo welcomed her arrival.

Yuta Okkotsu defeated Aoi Todo in the Goodwill Event, and Dai Li prepared to face Yuta and Rika in the finals. To strengthen himself, Dai Li sacrificed his memories of Jujutsu Kaisen in exchange for a massive increase in cursed energy.

• Aoi Todo used Boogie Woogie to attack Yuta Okkotsu, but Yuta and Rika Orimoto coordinated their defense and stopped Todo’s final blow.
• Utahime Iori declared Yuta Okkotsu the winner, and Todo promised to beat him next time.
• Satoru Gojo asked Dai Li whether he could defeat Yuta and Rika, and Dai Li said he would win and received permission to use his original cursed technique.
• Dai Li considered the risks of Life and Binding: Tempering and asked the system whether exchanging his memories would harm his mind.
• Dai Li activated Life and Binding, traded away his memories, and massively increased his total cursed energy.

Dai Li activated Life and Binding, unleashing a huge surge of cursed energy and revealing that his innate technique was not Projection Cursed Technique. Though he insisted he was fine and ready for the afternoon final, the technique had left him with a muddled head and memories that no longer felt like his own.

• Dai Li's cursed energy surged as he activated Life and Binding, alarming Yuta Okkotsu and the other sorcerers nearby.
• Satoru Gojo explained that Dai Li's innate technique was Life and Binding, while the Projection Cursed Technique he usually displayed came from it.
• Yoshinobu Gakuganji confronted Satoru Gojo, and Dai Li told him the surge marked a breakthrough and declared that he was strong now.
• Satoru Gojo reassured Gakuganji that Dai Li was well, while Gakuganji decided to report the revelation to the Higher-Ups.
• Dai Li told Yuta Okkotsu he was fine, though he admitted his head felt muddled and reflected that his memories had suddenly ceased to belong to him.