Chapter Summaries

Tokyo Jujutsu High’s students arrived to find Kashimo standing amid the devastation, with Itadori and the others badly injured. Kashimo defeated their attacks with ease, then summoned the Ruyi Staff and invited them to attack him together.

• Panda, Maki Zenin, Nobara Kugisaki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Toge Inumaki arrived and found the crater filled with injured sorcerers.
• Maki Zenin tried to rouse Mai Zenin while Nobara Kugisaki attacked Kashimo with nails.
• Kashimo destroyed Megumi Fushiguro’s Divine Dog with one punch and charged at Megumi.
• Toge Inumaki briefly restrained Kashimo with Cursed Speech, but Kashimo countered Panda’s strike and blew off Panda’s arm.
• Kashimo summoned the Inventory Curse Worm, took out the Ruyi Staff, and challenged the students to attack him together.

Kashimo attacked the Jujutsu High students to weaken them and buy time for the Culling Game, while growing angry at Kenjaku for changing their plan. He left Maki badly injured and Panda near death, with the other students still struggling to rise.

• Kashimo assessed the injured students and confirmed that the attack had weakened Jujutsu High as intended.
• Little Mahito told Kashimo that he had taken the fingers and urged him to leave, but Kashimo chose to keep fighting.
• Maki attacked Kashimo from behind, but he blocked her sword with the Ruyi Staff and kicked her into the crater wall.
• Panda charged Kashimo, who struck him with the staff and destroyed two of his cores with an electric attack.
• Kashimo impaled Panda's head on the Ruyi Staff and looked toward the other students as they struggled to rise.

Megumi Fushiguro used Chimera Shadow Garden to buy time for Satoru Gojo to break the Curtain, but Kashimo escaped before Gojo could confront him. Back at the Time Vessel Association, Kashimo warned Kenjaku not to alter his plans and clarified that he only wanted the Culling Game started and Sukuna fully revived.

• Megumi Fushiguro expanded Chimera Shadow Garden, then dispelled it after Kashimo charged toward him.
• Satoru Gojo broke the Curtain, and Kashimo used his charged coordinate to teleport away rather than fight him.
• Kashimo returned to the Time Vessel Association, where Kenjaku had been waiting with Mahito.
• Kenjaku sent Mahito out, and Kashimo told Kenjaku not to act independently or change his plans.
• Kashimo said he only wanted Kenjaku to start the Culling Game and fully revive Sukuna, prompting Kenjaku to call him cold.

At Jujutsu High, Shoko Ieiri and Satoru Gojo discussed the casualties and their feelings about Old Deer’s return and attack. At the Time Vessel Association, Kenjaku planned the Shibuya operation, and Kashimo volunteered to feed Sukuna the fingers.

• Shoko Ieiri finished treating the injured and told Satoru Gojo that Noritoshi Kamo was gone.
• Satoru Gojo said he did not hate Old Deer for injuring him and Tsukumo to save Geto, but could not understand the recent attack; Shoko said she hated him.
• Kenjaku estimated that the upcoming Shibuya plan could give Sukuna around fifteen fingers.
• Kashimo volunteered to feed Sukuna the fingers, and Kenjaku accepted.
• Kenjaku assigned Jogo and Hanami to hold Satoru Gojo off for one minute while he activated the Prison Realm.
• Jogo protested that Kashimo was better suited to face Gojo, and Kenjaku challenged him to switch places with Sukuna if he thought he could beat him.

Kashimo and Kenjaku finished their preparations while discussing their goals and Kashimo’s plan to fight Sukuna at full strength. A wave of cursed incidents escalated across Tokyo, culminating in the Curtain falling over Shibuya on August 29.

• Kenjaku and Kashimo walked together, and Kashimo agreed that their preparations were nearly complete.
• Kenjaku asked whether Kashimo would face Sukuna alone, and Kashimo said he would wait until Sukuna regained his full strength before fighting him.
• Kenjaku and Kashimo acknowledged that they had spent centuries pursuing their own aims and were using each other to get what they wanted.
• Cursed spirits appeared across Tokyo, and Jujutsu Headquarters assigned Mei Mei to investigate after students found transfigured human corpses.
• Yuji Itadori, Nobara Kugisaki, and Megumi Fushiguro were attacked by Death Paintings Numbers Two and Three, and Yuji swallowed another finger.
• Cursed spirits overwhelmed Shibuya, and after Jujutsu High ended its sweep, the Curtain fell over the district on August 29.

Jujutsu sorcerers entered Shibuya to investigate the Curtain and encountered curses underground and aboveground. Yuji Itadori recognized Mahito, while Dagon transformed into a fully developed cursed spirit before Maki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Naobito Zenin.

• Kento Nanami warned Yuji Itadori to seek help from Kusakabe if anything unexpected happened, and they entered the subway station together.
• Yuji Itadori and Kento Nanami encountered Mahito after Nanami cut down a transfigured human, and Yuji recognized him.
• Maki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Naobito Zenin attacked Dagon, who was still a cursed womb.
• Dagon unleashed a flood of human bones that swept the three sorcerers back, then emerged in its fully developed form.
• Megumi Fushiguro reacted to the mass of human bones, and Naobito Zenin questioned whether Dagon was a Special Grade.

Satoru Gojo fought Jogo and Hanami in Shibuya’s crowded subway station while Transfigured Humans attacked the trapped civilians. He used Unlimited Void for 0.2 seconds to incapacitate the attackers and began killing the Transfigured Humans, leaving Jogo and Hanami stunned.

• Satoru Gojo entered the Curtain and found Jogo and Hanami waiting in the subway station among trapped civilians.
• Jogo and Hanami attacked with Domain Amplification, but Satoru Gojo evaded them and wounded both, blasting a hole through Hanami’s abdomen with Red.
• Jogo pulled Hanami back as a train arrived carrying Transfigured Humans, who poured onto the platform and attacked civilians.
• Satoru Gojo expanded Unlimited Void for 0.2 seconds, overwhelming the Transfigured Humans and stunning Jogo and Hanami.
• Satoru Gojo rapidly killed the Transfigured Humans, then turned toward the dazed Jogo and Hanami.

Kenjaku used Kashimo’s magnetic field to keep Satoru Gojo inside the Prison Realm’s range and sealed him in Shibuya. As Mahito fled the battlefield, Choso headed toward Yuji Itadori to pursue his own revenge.

• Kenjaku opened the Prison Realm behind Gojo, and Gojo recognized the figure wearing Suguru Geto’s body as an impostor.
• Gojo tried to escape the Prison Realm’s range, but Kashimo’s magnetic field immobilized him.
• Kenjaku revealed that his cursed technique let him replace his brain and change bodies, then sealed Gojo at 8:19 p.m.
• Mahito recovered from the domain’s effects and fled toward Kenjaku, Jogo, and Hanami to escape the coming battle between Kashimo and Sukuna.
• Choso recovered and walked away from Kenjaku, heading toward Yuji Itadori to avenge his younger brothers.

Kashimo waited for Kenjaku’s signal while Naobito Zenin and Maki fought Dagon inside his domain. Megumi Fushiguro used his incomplete domain to suppress Dagon’s sure-hit effect, but the battle left Naobito injured and Maki knocked down.

• Kashimo waited atop a high-rise for Kenjaku to signal him after the four special grade cursed spirits reached Kenjaku.
• Dagon opened Horizon of the Captivating Skandha, trapping Naobito Zenin, Maki, and Megumi Fushiguro inside his domain.
• Megumi opened Chimera Shadow Garden and neutralized Dagon’s sure-hit effect, but had to remain still and maintain his incomplete domain.
• Naobito and Maki attacked Dagon while avoiding his Death Swarm of cursed-energy fish.
• A fish broke Naobito’s arm, and another swarm struck Maki, sending her into a palm tree and leaving her bleeding on one knee.

Kashimo emerged from Megumi Fushiguro’s shadow in Dagon’s domain as Megumi faced Dagon’s attack. At a subway station, Yuji Itadori fought Choso, who blamed him for killing his younger brothers.

• Dagon sent a massive wave of fish toward Megumi Fushiguro as his Chimera Shadow Garden reached its limit.
• Megumi’s shadow rippled, and Kashimo emerged from it, startling Maki and Megumi.
• Yuji Itadori woke alone in a subway station and called for Kento Nanami.
• Choso confronted Itadori and attacked him with Piercing Blood, accusing him of killing his younger brothers.
• Itadori dodged Choso’s attacks, landed a punch to his abdomen, and threw a hand-soap bottle at him.

Itadori and Choso continued their fight in the flooded bathroom, where the water weakened Choso’s Blood Manipulation but did not stop him from gaining the upper hand. Choso severed Itadori’s arm and smashed him into a cracked wall, leaving him bleeding and embedded in the stone.

• Itadori used the bathroom mist and pooled water to disrupt Choso’s blood and tried to attack him at close range.
• Choso overwhelmed Itadori with punches, then pierced his liver with Blood Meteorite.
• Itadori kept fighting despite the wound, but Choso hardened blood over his fist and landed further blows.
• Itadori used a burst of blood mist to kick Choso away, then counterattacked with an elbow and punch.
• Choso hardened blood over his abdomen to block Itadori’s punch, severed Itadori’s arm with a Blood Blade, and struck him into the wall.

Kashimo reached Kenjaku and the Cursed Spirits after defeating Dagon, then killed Jogo, Hanami, and Mahito in an instant. Kenjaku turned all four Spirits into Cursed Spirit Orbs and prepared to leave, while Kashimo continued on to feed Itadori the fingers.

• Choso found the unconscious Itadori still breathing and raised his hardened fist to strike him.
• Dagon crawled toward Jogo, Hanami, and Kenjaku with his body ruined and warned them to run from Kashimo.
• Kashimo emerged from the passage and instantly burst Jogo's, Hanami's, and Mahito's chests and abdomens apart.
• Kenjaku lifted Dagon, Jogo, Hanami, and Mahito with cursed energy and condensed them into four Cursed Spirit Orbs.
• Kenjaku said he could lift the Curtain and start the Culling Game, but Kashimo reminded him that he still had to feed Itadori the fingers and walked away.

Kashimo made Mimiko and Nanako feed Itadori ten Sukuna fingers, awakening Sukuna. After Sukuna attacked Kashimo and demanded the girls explain themselves, Kashimo struck Sukuna through a subway wall and told the girls to leave.

• Kashimo gave Mimiko a bag of ten fingers and ordered her and Nanako to feed them to the unconscious Itadori.
• Itadori awakened as Sukuna, and his Dismantle was deflected by Kashimo's Falling Blossom Emotion.
• Sukuna pressured Mimiko and Nanako to speak, and they asked him to kill the stitched-forehead man and free Lord Geto, promising to reveal another finger's location.
• Kashimo questioned whether Sukuna was really Sukuna, then dodged his Dismantle and punched him through a subway wall.
• Kashimo told Mimiko and Nanako to leave and continued forward.

Kashimo and Sukuna fought at full force, but Kashimo’s domain overwhelmed Sukuna and left him badly injured. Kashimo spared him, expressing disappointment as Sukuna began healing.

• Sukuna recognized Kashimo’s cursed energy output and reinforcement as comparable to his own peak and asked his name.
• Kashimo and Sukuna exchanged blows, and Kashimo shrugged off Sukuna’s Dismantle before driving him back.
• Both fighters expanded their domains, with Sukuna using Malevolent Shrine and Kashimo using Thunder-Mourning Turbid Heaven.
• Kashimo gained the advantage in their close combat, shattered Sukuna’s domain, and paralyzed him with his domain’s magnetic field.
• Kashimo’s residual lightning detonated Sukuna’s chest, and Kashimo dismissed his domain after Sukuna fell to one knee.
• Kashimo said he would not kill Sukuna, expressed disappointment, and watched as Sukuna’s wounds began to heal.

Uraume arrived to aid Sukuna, while Kenjaku and the Jujutsu High fighters converged on the ruined street. Yuji regained control of his body and faced the memories of Sukuna’s slaughter as Uraume froze the fighters, leaving Choso to confront him.

• Uraume appeared and apologized to Sukuna, who praised Kashimo and said he would kill him after recovering his full power.
• Kenjaku reappeared and noticed Jujutsu High fighters approaching; Kashimo recognized that Shoko had healed Megumi.
• Sukuna lost control of his body, and Yuji regained control, recoiling from memories of the destruction and casualties.
• Choso accused Kenjaku of deceiving him into trying to kill Yuji and attacked with Piercing Blood, but Kenjaku blocked it with a barrier from the Thunder Ring.
• Uraume froze the Jujutsu High fighters; Choso began melting the ice with Flowing Red Scale, and Uraume approached him with an icy finger.

Kenjaku revealed that he had activated Idle Transfiguration on people across Japan and announced that a major battle was beginning. As the Shibuya Incident’s aftermath spread nationwide, Yuta Okkotsu was appointed to execute Yuji Itadori.

• Yuki Tsukumo confronted Kenjaku, who explained that he had used Mahito’s Idle Transfiguration to alter marked non-sorcerers and release cursed objects, setting off a deadly struggle among them.
• Kenjaku departed with the Prison Realm and Kashimo, telling Yuji Itadori that he had high hopes for him and addressing Sukuna before declaring that a major battle was about to begin.
• The Shibuya Incident’s consequences spread across Japan as the government struggled with refugees, blackouts, and the possibility of revealing cursed spirits to the public.
• Yuta Okkotsu rescued a lost girl from a cursed spirit in Ginza and realized that she could see cursed spirits.
• At Jujutsu Headquarters, Yuta said he would kill Yuji Itadori, and the authorities appointed him to carry out Yuji’s reinstated execution sentence.

Yuta Okkotsu revealed that he had faked Yuji Itadori’s execution and revived him, while Megumi Fushiguro asked Yuji to help save Tsumiki from the Culling Game. The group planned to return to Jujutsu High and find Master Tengen, and Choso offered a way through the doors guarding the route.

• Jujutsu Headquarters received Naoya Zenin’s report that Yuji Itadori was dead.
• Yuji woke beside Yuta Okkotsu, who explained that he had used Reverse Cursed Technique to revive him after staging his execution.
• Megumi Fushiguro told Yuji about the Culling Game and asked him to help rescue Tsumiki; Yuji agreed and asked Okkotsu to kill him if Sukuna took control again.
• Megumi proposed meeting Master Tengen to learn how to unseal the Prison Realm and investigate Kenjaku’s plans, while Okkotsu warned that the Culling Game’s barriers hid Kenjaku and Kashimo.
• Choso arrived and said they could use the method Mahito had used to find the real door to Master Tengen.

Maki, Yuji, and the others entered the Tombs of the Star Corridor to meet Tengen, but were initially denied access. Tengen appeared as they turned to leave and warned them about Kenjaku, who now resided in Suguru Geto.

• Choso explained that his Cursed Technique could sense his younger brothers in Jujutsu High’s Forbidden Vault, then guided the group toward the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
• At the entrance, Choso paused to promise his brothers he would return for them.
• The group found dried bloodstains in the Tombs, and Yuki Tsukumo said the tragedy there twelve years earlier might have been when everything began to go wrong.
• Tengen initially denied them entry to the white space, but appeared when they started to leave.
• Tengen said the Tombs had been closed to prevent Kenjaku from synchronizing with them and revealed that Kenjaku now resided within Suguru Geto.

Tengen explained that Kenjaku planned to assimilate all of humanity with Tengen, risking the destruction of the world, and revealed that Kashimo, the strongest sorcerer from four hundred years ago, was an even greater threat. The group still needed to learn how to unseal the Prison Realm, while Tengen demanded that two people stay behind as guards.

• Itadori asked why Tengen no longer looked human, and Tengen explained that immortality had not stopped it from aging.
• Okkotsu asked Tengen about Kenjaku's objective and unsealing the Prison Realm, but Tengen required two of Okkotsu, Yuki Tsukumo, and Choso to remain as guards.
• Tengen revealed that Kenjaku intended to force all humans in Japan to assimilate with it, which could erase the boundaries between people and spread corruption across the world.
• Tengen explained that Kenjaku could absorb it through Cursed Spirit Manipulation and might break into the Tombs of the Star Corridor, making guards necessary.
• Tengen warned that Kenjaku was not the greatest threat and identified Kashimo as the strongest sorcerer from four hundred years ago, possibly on Sukuna's level or beyond.

Tengen revealed Kashimo’s history as the Thunder God and explained that killing Kenjaku would not end the Culling Game. The group prepared to enter the game, while Yuki Tsukumo and Choso stayed behind and Tengen gave them the Back of the Prison Realm to unseal Gojo.

• Tengen told the group that Kashimo had killed the Six Eyes and Ten Shadows wielders of his era and that Kenjaku had erased records of him.
• Tengen explained that the Culling Game prepared humanity for assimilation and that killing Kenjaku would not stop it.
• Tengen said a player could propose a rule to end the Culling Game by spending one hundred points, and the group agreed they would need to enter it and unseal Gojo.
• Yuki Tsukumo and Choso volunteered to stay behind, with Choso hoping to kill Kenjaku for his younger brothers.
• Tengen gave the group the Back of the Prison Realm, which they needed to unseal Gojo.