Chapter Summaries

Zenin Sawa summoned Mahoraga, the strongest shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique, to fight Kashimo. Kashimo eagerly met Mahoraga in battle, and their fierce clash continued with neither backing down.

• Kashimo taunted the badly injured Zenin Sawa, who summoned Mahoraga with the incantation “Furube... yura yura.”
• Mahoraga emerged from its cocoon and struck at Kashimo, who blocked the Sword of Extermination with his arm.
• Kashimo punched Mahoraga with a powerful physical blow, sending it crashing into a crater, but it rose without injury.
• Kashimo charged Mahoraga again, and the shikigami seized him and hurled him into the air before hammering him into the ground.
• Kashimo and Mahoraga exchanged rapid punches, blocks, and strikes in a fierce close-quarters fight.

Kashimo used Mythical Beast Amber to overwhelm Mahoraga after its defenses rapidly adapted to his attacks. He destroyed Mahoraga and its wheel, then survived the technique’s backlash and healed himself.

• Kashimo severed Mahoraga’s arm and battered him with a rapid series of punches, ending with a fully charged electrical blow that blasted a hole through his abdomen.
• Mahoraga’s wheel turned, and his injuries healed as his defenses strengthened; Kashimo realized he needed to end the fight quickly.
• Kashimo made a binding vow to increase his cursed energy and activated Cursed Technique Release: Mythical Beast Amber, transforming his body into pure electricity.
• Kashimo blasted through Mahoraga with an electromagnetic cannon and a barrage of lightning attacks, then vaporized Mahoraga’s wheel with electromagnetic waves.
• Kashimo returned to normal, used reverse cursed technique to heal his burned body, and stood alone as the victor.

After defeating the Zenin Clan sorcerers, Fenghua found Kashimo victorious over Zenin Sawa, but he ended their connection and ordered her to return to Edo. Kenjaku offered her a chance to seize the Shogunate, while Fenghua remained alone, watching Kashimo leave.

• Fenghua killed every sorcerer sent by the Zenin Clan using hand-to-hand combat and hurried toward Kashimo's fading cursed energy.
• Fenghua found Kashimo standing in a vast crater as reverse cursed technique healed his burns, with Zenin Sawa's corpse nearby.
• Kenjaku congratulated Kashimo and promised to teach him barrier techniques under their binding vow.
• Kashimo told Fenghua he had nothing left to teach her, ordered her to go to Edo, and said there was nothing between them anymore.
• Kenjaku urged Fenghua to return to the Shogunate and seize control through strength, then left her alone as she watched Kashimo disappear.

Ten years after the upheaval of Jujutsu Society, Kashimo grew bored with the weak opponents Kenjaku found and asked him to turn him into a Cursed Object so he could reach the future and fight Sukuna. Kenjaku agreed, and Kashimo’s soul was sealed in his finger as his body was preserved by the Tokugawa, ending the Edo arc.

• Over ten years, Kashimo mastered Barrier Techniques under Kenjaku and defeated the powerful beings Kenjaku found, while his Cursed Energy grew and he learned to use Mythical Beast Amber repeatedly.
• As Kashimo fished without bait, he told Kenjaku that his opponents were unworthy and asked to be sent to the future where Sukuna existed.
• Kenjaku warned that he might not survive until that era, but Kashimo confidently said he would and waited for Kenjaku’s answer.
• That night, Kenjaku sealed Kashimo’s soul inside his index finger, creating a Cursed Object that could let Kashimo return through incarnation in a future host.
• After Kenjaku revealed information about Kashimo’s soulless body, the Kujū Dojo and the Shogunate competed for it, and the Tokugawa secured it in a sealed crystal coffin.

Kenjaku revived Kashimo in a carefully chosen vessel by having him consume his cursed object, and Kashimo awakened in the modern era. The chapter ended with Kashimo demanding to know what Kenjaku had done with his belongings.

• On June 20, 2002, Kenjaku placed Kashimo's index finger in a curse user's mouth to awaken him.
• Kashimo's vessel transformed, and Kashimo opened his eyes in the modern age.
• Kashimo burst into laughter when he recognized Kenjaku in Kaori Itadori's body.
• Kenjaku explained that he was using the body to create a vessel capable of housing Sukuna's soul.
• Kashimo asked Kenjaku to return the things he had left in his care, and Kenjaku reacted awkwardly.
• Kashimo demanded to know what Kenjaku had done with his things.

Kashimo confronted Kenjaku about the Cursed Tools he had left in his care, then asked Kenjaku for money after learning he had no bank card. Kenjaku ended the encounter furious about Kashimo spending his money across four centuries.

• Kashimo demanded to know where Kenjaku had put his Cursed Tools.
• Kenjaku said the Ruyi Staff was in Jujutsu High's Forbidden Vault and admitted his husband had the Thunder Ring.
• Kashimo said he would visit Kenjaku's home in a few days to reclaim the Thunder Ring, then vanished.
• Kashimo returned and asked Kenjaku for money, explaining that he had no bank card.
• Kenjaku shouted that Kashimo had spent his money four hundred years ago and was still spending it now.

Kenjaku took Kashimo shopping for modern clothes after paying for his apartment, while Kashimo casually claimed he had guessed Kenjaku would survive and knew about the bond between Tengen, the Star Plasma Vessel, and the Six Eyes. Kenjaku bought nearly everything in a menswear store, and Kashimo wondered where his money came from.

• Kenjaku asked Kashimo how he had known Kenjaku would live to the present, and Kashimo said he had guessed.
• Kashimo demanded that Kenjaku use honorifics, but Kenjaku threatened to cancel his apartment lease because Kashimo was living off him.
• Kenjaku told Kashimo that a Six Eyes user existed in the modern era, and Kashimo said he knew about the connection among Tengen, the Star Plasma Vessel, and the Six Eyes.
• Kenjaku took Kashimo to a mall and selected clothes for him after Kashimo admitted he did not know how to choose any.
• Kenjaku told the manager to charge his card for nearly everything in the menswear store, while Kashimo wondered where he got his money.

Kashimo headed home with his shopping after Kenjaku went to retrieve the Thunder Ring, and he speculated that Kenjaku might be pregnant. He stopped when a girl who resembled Rinko spoke to him, then learned she was thirteen-year-old Shoko Ieiri and reacted with stunned confusion.

• Kashimo walked home carrying his purchases while Kenjaku left to retrieve the Thunder Ring.
• Kashimo reasoned that Kenjaku's urgency meant he was probably pregnant.
• A little girl stopped Kashimo and asked why he was carrying his bags that way.
• Kashimo crouched to ask the girl her name, mistaking her resemblance to Rinko for a moment.
• The girl introduced herself as Shoko Ieiri, and Kashimo froze before reacting with a complicated expression.

Kashimo spent the afternoon with Shoko and her father before returning to the apartment Kenjaku had rented for him. He discovered he had no key and ended the day waiting in the corridor outside his own door.

• Kashimo asked Shoko where her parent was and learned her father was waiting in line to buy her a crepe.
• Shoko's father returned, gave her the crepe, and led her home after Shoko called Kashimo a weird mister.
• Kashimo reached his apartment building at dusk and realized he had left the key with Kenjaku.
• Kashimo failed to find a way inside, set his shopping bags outside the apartment, and sat down to wait by the door.

Kenjaku found Kashimo asleep outside his apartment after Kashimo forgot his key and failed to buy a phone. He made Kashimo dinner, and the chapter ended with them sharing curry while Kenjaku promised to retrieve the Thunder Ring the next day.

• Kenjaku found Kashimo asleep outside his apartment among his shopping bags and woke him by unlocking the door.
• Kashimo admitted he had forgotten his key and had not thought to ask Kenjaku for it.
• Kenjaku made curry while Kashimo dragged his shopping bags inside and asked about the Thunder Ring.
• Kashimo ate ravenously and admitted he had forgotten to buy a phone because Kenjaku had rushed him.
• Kenjaku pushed his own untouched plate toward Kashimo and told him to eat more.

Kashimo woke in Sendai and headed out to buy daily necessities. At Jujutsu High, Yuki Tsukumo again asked Yaga to help her study Toji Zenin, then left after announcing she would stay in Japan for two more weeks without taking missions.

• Kashimo struggled to get out of bed, got ready, and took his shopping list and essentials before leaving to buy supplies.
• Yuki Tsukumo asked Masamichi Yaga to help her study Toji Zenin.
• Yaga told Yuki that the Zenin Clan had refused her request before and that he could no longer make Toji cooperate now that he had left the clan.
• Yuki said she would stay in Japan for two more weeks and would not take any missions, then left Yaga’s office.
• Yaga resumed sewing his cursed corpse after Yuki departed.

Kashimo went to Asaichi to eat Sendai specialties while Yuki Tsukumo arrived in the city for a food-filled visit. As Kashimo ate grilled beef tongue, Yuki called out to him and asked what kind of woman he liked.

• Kashimo bought household supplies and saved Kenjaku's number in his new phone.
• Kashimo headed to Asaichi after realizing he was hungry.
• Yuki Tsukumo arrived at Sendai Station and set off for Asaichi to try its food.
• Kashimo ate fried fish cakes and an edamame milkshake, then ordered grilled beef tongue.
• Yuki called out to Kashimo and asked what kind of woman he liked.

Kashimo met Yuki Tsukumo at Asaichi, where she explained her plans to end the suffering caused by cursed energy. He rejected both proposals as impossible, leaving Yuki without an answer to his objections.

• Yuki Tsukumo approached Kashimo and assessed his immense cursed energy while asking what kind of women he liked.
• Kashimo identified Yuki Tsukumo, introduced himself as Kashimo, and said he belonged to no one.
• Yuki Tsukumo asked Kashimo whether he had considered ending the world's suffering, and he agreed to sit and hear her out.
• Yuki Tsukumo described her two plans: eliminating cursed energy in all humans or teaching everyone to control it.
• Kashimo crushed an empty can and argued that both plans were unworkable because neither could feasibly change cursed energy across humanity.

Yuki Tsukumo recruited Kashimo as a teacher at Jujutsu High by offering excellent pay and access to the Forbidden Vault's Cursed Tools. After Kenjaku returned Kashimo's Thunder Ring, Kashimo's appointment as Tokyo Jujutsu High's hand-to-hand combat instructor was approved.

• Yuki Tsukumo offered Kashimo a teaching position at Jujutsu High, and he accepted when she promised excellent pay and access to the Forbidden Vault's Cursed Tools.
• Kashimo returned home from Asaichi and found Kenjaku waiting with the Thunder Ring.
• Kashimo put on the ring, sensed Kenjaku's cursed energy layered within it, and thanked him.
• Three days later, Jujutsu Headquarters approved Kashimo's appointment as Tokyo Jujutsu High's hand-to-hand combat instructor on Yuki Tsukumo's recommendation.

Yuki Tsukumo told Kashimo that Jujutsu Headquarters had approved his recommendation and that he had to report to Tokyo Jujutsu High that afternoon. After she left, Kashimo rushed to find something decent to wear before meeting Masamichi Yaga.

• Yuki Tsukumo found Kashimo at his apartment and told him Jujutsu Headquarters had approved his recommendation.
• Yuki Tsukumo and Kashimo exchanged contact details, and she revealed he had to report to Tokyo Jujutsu High at four that afternoon.
• Kashimo sprayed water across Yuki Tsukumo when he realized how soon he had to start.
• Yuki Tsukumo gave Kashimo the school's address and contact details, said Masamichi Yaga would meet him, and left.
• Kashimo went to sort through his clothes so he could dress appropriately for the meeting.

Kashimo left Kenjaku’s apartment for Tokyo after Kenjaku asked him to act as a mole at Jujutsu High. At Tokyo Station, Masamichi Yaga waited hours ahead of time to welcome a new Special Grade teacher.

• Kenjaku found Kashimo packing and asked whether he was going to Jujutsu High.
• Kenjaku jokingly asked Kashimo to be his mole if he went to Jujutsu High, then told him to leave soon and not take the bedding.
• Kashimo zipped his suitcase, left Kenjaku asleep in the bedroom, and headed toward Tokyo.
• Masamichi Yaga waited at Tokyo Station with an assistant manager to greet the incoming Special Grade teacher.
• Masamichi Yaga told the assistant manager they had to show the new teacher proper respect, despite having arrived five hours early.

Kashimo arrived in Tokyo and met Masamichi Yaga, who brought him to Jujutsu High. During the drive, Kashimo asked about the students and combat classes, and he looked forward to bringing his cursed tool home.

• Kashimo got off the Shinkansen at Tokyo Station and met Masamichi Yaga and an assistant supervisor.
• Masamichi Yaga welcomed Kashimo and drove him toward Jujutsu High.
• Kashimo asked Masamichi Yaga how many students attended the schools and how combat classes were organized.
• Kashimo rode into the mountains, feeling exhilarated about bringing his cursed tool home.

Kashimo arrived at Jujutsu High with Masamichi Yaga and met Yoshinobu Gakuganji, who came to reassess his Special Grade classification. He then fell asleep during a lengthy explanation of his class schedule and agreed to it without hearing the details.

• Kashimo followed Masamichi Yaga into Jujutsu High, expecting to spend three years working there before Satoru Gojo and Shoko Ieiri enrolled.
• Yoshinobu Gakuganji visited the academic affairs office to reassess Kashimo's Special Grade classification and left after meeting him.
• Masamichi Yaga and the academic affairs teacher began explaining Kashimo's class schedule and school requirements.
• Kashimo fell asleep during the academic affairs teacher's explanation and woke when Masamichi Yaga tapped his arm.
• Kashimo gave a drowsy agreement to the schedule, and the academic affairs teacher made notes on the timetable form.

Kashimo arrived at Jujutsu High and settled into dorm room 302, refusing Masamichi Yaga’s suggestion that he spend the week getting to know the students. He found a stream of messages from Kenjaku, replied that he had arrived, and went to sleep after Kenjaku answered with a single “Oh.”

• Masamichi Yaga gave Kashimo the key to dorm room 302 and suggested he use the week before teaching to meet the students.
• Kashimo refused Yaga’s suggestion, then entered his room and unpacked his clothes.
• Kashimo found numerous messages from Kenjaku asking whether he had arrived and replied, “I’m here.”
• Kenjaku answered, “Oh,” and Kashimo put down his phone and went to sleep.

Kashimo received a Special Grade mission to investigate cursed energy fluctuations in a village in Yamazaki and traveled there to confront the source. He encountered a Snow Woman cursed spirit who attacked him, and the chapter ended with him questioning whether she was truly newly born.

• An Assistant Supervisor delivered Kashimo a Special Grade mission report about a village in Yamazaki where a cursed womb was suspected.
• Kashimo refused a car and vanished from Jujutsu High, eager to fight and hoping the mission would justify reclaiming the Ruyi Staff.
• Kashimo arrived at the deserted village and sensed an unnatural chill in the air.
• The Snow Woman attacked Kashimo from behind with icy mist and shards of ice.
• Kashimo studied the Snow Woman and questioned how a supposedly newly born cursed spirit knew about Jujutsu Sorcerers.