Chapter Summaries

Shoichi Kano, a teenager who had discovered he could see cursed spirits, encountered the Slit-Mouthed Woman on his way to a ramen shop and found himself trapped before her. Asked whether she was beautiful, he instinctively called her “Mom,” leaving her startled.

• Shoichi Kano reflected on his transmigration into the world of Jujutsu Kaisen and his hopes of becoming a jujutsu sorcerer.
• Finding his fridge empty and money running low, Shoichi headed out to buy ramen and turned down an unfamiliar street.
• Shoichi sensed something was wrong with a woman in a raincoat and tried to flee, but an invisible barrier blocked his way.
• The woman approached and revealed her unnatural eyes and mask, then asked Shoichi whether she was beautiful.
• Shoichi remembered a game and blurted out “Mom,” surprising the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

Shoichi Kano encountered the special grade cursed spirit known as the Slit-Mouthed Woman and awakened his innate cursed technique, Thread Manipulation, while provoking and confusing her. After stitching the slits at the corners of her mouth, he escaped as she stood stunned with her mask in hand.

• Shoichi Kano answered the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s question by calling her “Mommy,” leaving her confused and furious.
• Shoichi Kano pretended to cling to the Slit-Mouthed Woman and chased her inside her Simple Domain, then awakened his cursed energy and Thread Manipulation.
• Shoichi Kano used his threads to snatch the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s mask, and she asked him whether she was beautiful.
• Shoichi Kano praised her as the most beautiful, returned her mask, and stitched the slits at the corners of her mouth with cursed-energy threads.
• Shoichi Kano noticed the Simple Domain had disappeared and fled, leaving the Slit-Mouthed Woman standing stunned.

After escaping the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Shoichi Kano weighed whether to join Jujutsu High and decided to focus on getting stronger instead. When the cursed spirit followed him home, a misunderstanding over his family led her to spare him and agree to a binding vow that made her his protector and caretaker.

• Shoichi Kano recalled the Jujutsu Kaisen timeline, rejected joining Jujutsu High, and practiced shaping cursed-energy threads while eating noodles.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman appeared in Shoichi Kano's apartment, grabbed him, and scolded him for spitting noodles at her.
• Shoichi Kano explained that his mother had died and his sailor father was often away, and the Slit-Mouthed Woman mistook his words for an emotional attachment to her.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman decided to keep Shoichi Kano alive as an amusing plaything and proposed a binding vow requiring him to find something interesting for her every three months.
• Shoichi Kano added that the Slit-Mouthed Woman had to protect and care for him during each vow period, and she agreed.

Shoichi Kano struggled with the ambiguous Binding Vow he had made with the Slit-Mouthed Woman Cursed Spirit, who began acting like his mother. After school, she waited at the school gate and took him home, leaving Kano anxious about the three months he had to satisfy her or grow strong enough to defeat her.

• Shoichi Kano realized the Binding Vow did not specify how many interesting things he had to find, leaving the Slit-Mouthed Woman to decide whether he fulfilled it.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman prepared breakfast for Shoichi Kano, and he discovered the silver ring she had given him would not come off his finger.
• Hiroshi Yamakawa and Junko Hayasaka noticed Shoichi Kano's ring and asked about it, while he avoided explaining its connection to the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• Shoichi Kano went to the Kendo Club, where Junko Hayasaka had arranged for the members to watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman waited outside Shoichi Kano's school and linked arms with him, insisting on walking him home.

Shoichi Kano struggled to find a way to earn money without endangering himself or angering the Slit-Mouthed Woman. The chapter ended with the two sitting in silence, still without a plan for their expenses.

• The Slit-Mouthed Woman entered Shoichi Kano’s home, where she had found his notebook and teased him about its drawings.
• She bit Shoichi Kano when he tried to stop her from discussing the notebook, then admitted she could not understand most of its Chinese writing.
• Shoichi Kano told the Slit-Mouthed Woman that he had run out of money after buying food and supplies for them.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman offered to take money from her prey, but Shoichi Kano objected because her outings could attract powerful jujutsu sorcerers.
• Shoichi Kano suggested earning money by taking private commissions to exorcise cursed spirits, but the Slit-Mouthed Woman opposed risking either of their lives against stronger opponents.
• Shoichi Kano dropped the idea of exorcism work, and he and the Slit-Mouthed Woman sat silently without finding another way to cover their expenses.

Shoichi Kano struggled to face the problem of explaining the Slit-Mouthed Woman to his father, who was returning from a voyage, but they made peace after dinner. The next morning, she stayed in bed instead of making breakfast, leaving Shoichi to fend for himself.

• Takeshi Kano called Shoichi from Dalian and said his company would send him a bonus, while Shoichi avoided telling him about the Slit-Mouthed Woman and cursed energy.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman pressed Shoichi about how he would explain her and the cursed object ring to his father, and Shoichi insisted they would deal with it when the time came.
• Shoichi's anger caused his cursed energy to surge, but the Slit-Mouthed Woman suppressed it and stiffly apologized before they made dinner together.
• Shoichi added increasingly revealing drawings of the Slit-Mouthed Woman to his notebook, then accepted cherry tomatoes from her as a peace offering and called her Mom.
• The next morning, the Slit-Mouthed Woman woke beside Shoichi, then wrapped herself in the covers and fell asleep again instead of making breakfast.

Shoichi Kano tried to find a new source of income by writing a light novel based on stories from his previous life, then visited his sick friend Hiroshi Yamakawa at the hospital. There, Kano discovered that an unknown mass of cursed energy was attacking Hiroshi, and he wondered whether to intervene.

• Junko Hayasaka’s enthusiasm for light novels gave Shoichi Kano the idea to plagiarize stories from his previous life and write a novel for money.
• Shoichi Kano stitched together familiar webnovel elements in class until Ms. Kanroji caught him writing and told him to save it for later.
• Mr. Tanaka told Shoichi Kano that Hiroshi Yamakawa had gone to the hospital because his heart felt uncomfortable, so Kano decided to visit him after school.
• Shoichi Kano arrived at the hospital with Miss Slit-Mouthed Woman and saw a dying man point at her, confirming that people near death could see cursed spirits.
• Hiroshi Yamakawa’s parents explained that doctors could find no medical cause for his condition, and Shoichi Kano saw purple cursed energy piercing Hiroshi’s chest and drawing something out.

Shoichi Kano learned that a cursed technique was draining Hiroshi Yamakawa’s life and asked the Slit-Mouthed Woman to help save his friend. She agreed to investigate at the hospital that night, leaving Shoichi safely at home behind her protective barrier.

• The Slit-Mouthed Woman recognized that a cursed technique was draining Hiroshi Yamakawa’s life and said he would die within a week if it continued.
• Shoichi Kano decided to help Hiroshi because he was his friend, then left the hospital ward to speak privately with the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman demanded that Shoichi beg for her help, and he put on a tearful act until she agreed.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman planned to question Hiroshi at the hospital that night and use his answers to narrow down the culprit.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman went out, telling Shoichi to stay home within her protective barrier.

Shoichi Kano tracked the source of the life-draining Cursed Technique and found a taxi driver who had targeted his friend. After the driver revealed his ties to the Q Organization, Kano prepared to confront him.

• Shoichi Kano emailed his class-written novels to Dengeki Bunko and learned that the Slit-Mouthed Woman had returned from the hospital.
• Shoichi Kano took the day off and set out to find the source of the Cursed Technique while carrying the Slit-Mouthed Woman's shopping list.
• Shoichi Kano spotted Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, and Gojo noticed Kano's Cursed Energy through the crowd.
• Shoichi Kano sensed matching Cursed Energy from a taxi driver and asked him to talk in an abandoned underground parking garage.
• Shoichi Kano accused the driver of draining his friend's life force and demanded that he withdraw the technique.
• The taxi driver refused, claimed the Q Organization and Lord Bayer backed him, and invited Kano to join; Kano shrugged off his jacket and asked if he was done.

Shoichi Kano fought a curse user who mistook his cursed technique for a feint-based attack, then killed him with a web of sharpened threads. Shaken by the bloody scene, Kano called the Slit-Mouthed Woman, who promised to arrive in ten minutes.

• Shoichi Kano cut the middle-aged curse user with a hidden cursed-energy thread, then dodged the man's punches and switchblade attacks.
• The curse user claimed he had figured out Kano's technique, but Kano invited him to attack while he stood still.
• Shoichi Kano trapped the curse user's arm in a reinforced thread web and sliced it into chunks.
• Shoichi Kano expanded the web over the badly wounded man and cut him apart.
• Shoichi Kano called the Slit-Mouthed Woman and told her he had killed the curse user; she said she would arrive in ten minutes.

Shoichi Kano killed a Q Organization Curse User and accepted Mr. Bayer’s offer to join in exchange for money. At the hotel, Bayer confirmed Kano’s account and hinted at a major opportunity, then began explaining what he wanted to verify.

• Hiroshi Yamakawa felt the pain in his hospital ward suddenly ease after Shoichi Kano killed Kobayashi.
• Shoichi Kano answered a call from Mr. Bayer, admitted he had killed Kobayashi, and accepted Bayer’s offer to join the Q Organization for money.
• Shoichi Kano drove Kobayashi’s taxi with the Slit-Mouthed Woman to meet Bayer at a hotel, where Bayer’s security team surrounded them.
• Shoichi Kano introduced the Slit-Mouthed Woman as someone who could become his mother, easing the tension with Bayer and the others.
• Mr. Bayer confirmed Kobayashi’s death and told Shoichi Kano that Kobayashi’s unclaimed bonuses and assets would pass to him.
• Mr. Bayer offered Kano a chance to make a fortune and said he could not handle the prize alone, prompting Kano to ask what he wanted to confirm.

Shoichi Kano proved his strength to Bayer by breaking through his metal defenses and earning a job with the Q Organization. Bayer revealed that the mission was to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel, and Kano secured a 3.5-million-yen advance as the chapter ended.

• Bayer tested Shoichi Kano by building a cursed-energy-coated metal shield and challenging him to attack.
• Kano formed a rotating cutter from cursed-energy threads, punched through Bayer's shield, and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Bayer confirmed Kano had passed and explained that the mission was to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel for the Time Vessel Association.
• Bayer revealed that the Time Vessel Association had hired Toji Fushiguro, and asked Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman to cooperate with him.
• Kano demanded advance payment, and Bayer eventually put 3.5 million yen on the table.

Shoichi Kano bet the Slit-Mouthed Woman that the Q Organization could not track him, lost, and endured her teasing while washing her feet. He found a message arranging a meeting with Toji Fushiguro and later discovered Bayer selling cheap, improvised cursed tools on the dark web, revealing one source of the Q Organization's funds.

• The Slit-Mouthed Woman proved she had extracted unfamiliar cursed energy from Shoichi Kano and won their bet, making him wash and dry her feet.
• Shoichi Kano checked Mr. Kobayashi's phone and found a message saying Toji Fushiguro wanted to meet him at an arranged time and place.
• Shoichi Kano found no reply from Dengeki Bunko and used his computer to access the dark web.
• Shoichi Kano watched Bayer livestream a sale of supposedly special grade cursed tools for 159,800 yen, while Bayer's assistants protested the price.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman revealed she had watched beside Shoichi Kano and guessed Bayer made the tools from scrap metal, suggesting the Q Organization profited from selling them.

Shoichi Kano received a rejection from Dengeki Bunko and later met Toji Fushiguro at a racetrack with the Slit-Mouthed Woman. Toji recognized them as the Q Organization’s helpers, rejected the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s attempt to examine him, and answered a call from Shiu Kong.

• Shoichi Kano received Dengeki Bunko’s rejection letter, which criticized his stiff emotional writing and shallow characters, along with a consolation check for 1,800 yen.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman laughed at the rejection, and her teasing helped ease Shoichi Kano’s gloom before his meeting with Toji Fushiguro.
• Shoichi Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman found Toji Fushiguro at the racetrack after horse number eight won his race.
• Toji Fushiguro identified Shoichi Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman as the Q Organization’s helpers, and the Slit-Mouthed Woman tried to touch him to study his heavenly restriction.
• Toji Fushiguro dodged her hand, told her she was not his type, and answered a phone call from Shiu Kong.

Toji Fushiguro brought Shoichi Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman to his apartment, where Kano shared intelligence about the jujutsu sorcerers guarding Riko Amanai. Toji then laid out his assassination plan, assigning Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman to handle Suguru Geto and Riko while he targeted Satoru Gojo.

• Toji Fushiguro evaded the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s attempted attack and forced her to back down by threatening Shoichi Kano.
• Toji led Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman to his apartment, where they met his young son, Megumi.
• Shoichi Kano told Toji that Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto were guarding Riko Amanai, the star plasma vessel.
• Toji showed Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman a map he had made after scouting the area around the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
• Toji planned to use his advance payment to post assassination contracts and wear Satoru Gojo down, while Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman would target Suguru Geto and Riko Amanai.

Toji Fushiguro hired Shoichi Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman to post fake jobs that would harass two targets, while the Slit-Mouthed Woman sought Cursed Tools to prepare for Suguru Geto. Afterward, Kano hid his source of secret information when she questioned him in bed, and she held him as they fell asleep.

• Toji Fushiguro gave Shoichi Kano a card with thirty million yen and instructions to use it to post fake jobs, then gave him the password.
• Megumi Fushiguro entered with the Inventory Curse Worm, and Toji explained that it stored Cursed Tools before leaving with it and giving Megumi money for himself and Tsumiki.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman asked Toji to lend her Cursed Tools for her mission against Suguru Geto, but Toji left without answering.
• Megumi dropped some of the money, and Shoichi Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman helped him pick it up before leaving the Fushiguro home.
• That night, the Slit-Mouthed Woman pressed Kano for the source of his intelligence, but he pretended to be asleep and kept his secrets hidden.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman stopped questioning Kano and wrapped her arms around him, and they drifted back to sleep.

Shoichi Kano arranged Dark Web bounties to distract Gojo and Geto while he waited for Toji Fushiguro’s signal, then went shopping as the Q Organization was destroyed. The chapter ended with Toji telling Kano that the plan would continue.

• Shoichi Kano posted bounties under Toji Fushiguro’s instructions and left to buy supplies for the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• Bayer’s subordinates followed the bait and exposed a Q Organization base, where Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto attacked while protecting Riko Amanai.
• Satoru Gojo killed Bayer by crushing his metal shell with Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.
• Shoichi Kano received a shopping prize and bought clothes before Toji Fushiguro called to say the Q Organization had been wiped out.
• Toji Fushiguro learned Shoichi Kano was alive and said their plan would continue.

Shoichi Kano and Toji Fushiguro prepared to assassinate Riko Amanai after learning the Q Organization had been destroyed. Toji ambushed Satoru Gojo outside the Tombs of the Star Corridor, seemingly killed him, and brought Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman inside to confront Riko and Suguru Geto.

• Shoichi Kano told the Slit-Mouthed Woman that Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto had likely destroyed the Q Organization, leaving them unsure who would pay for the assassination.
• Toji Fushiguro lent Shoichi Kano the Wrongful Death Blade and a pistol, then alerted him when Riko Amanai returned to Tokyo.
• Suguru Geto took Riko Amanai and Kuroi through the shrine gate while Satoru Gojo stayed outside to guard them.
• Toji Fushiguro attacked Satoru Gojo with the Inverted Spear of Heaven, stabbed his neck and brain, and left him collapsed on the ground.
• Toji Fushiguro entered the inner barrier with Shoichi Kano and the Slit-Mouthed Woman, then ordered Kano to deal with Riko Amanai and Suguru Geto.

Shoichi Kano shot Riko Amanai and confronted Suguru Geto in the Tombs of the Star Corridor, while Slit-Mouthed Woman fought Geto’s cursed spirits. The chapter ended with Geto preparing to avenge Riko and Kano challenging him.

• Riko Amanai chose to abandon the merger and return with Suguru Geto and Kuroi, but Shoichi Kano shot her in the temple.
• Shoichi Kano told Suguru Geto that their companion had killed Satoru Gojo, and Slit-Mouthed Woman blocked Kuroi from reaching Riko.
• Suguru Geto unleashed Centipede Cursed Spirits, Rainbow Dragon, and Tamamo-no-Mae Incarnate against Kano and Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• Kano used his cursed energy threads to fend off the cursed spirits while Slit-Mouthed Woman battled Rainbow Dragon.
• Suguru Geto realized Riko’s body was missing, and Kano suggested the fighting had reduced it to bloody mist.
• Suguru Geto vowed to avenge Riko, and Kano drew a Switchblade cursed tool and challenged him.

Shoichi Kano kept Riko Amanai alive while fighting Suguru Geto, and Slit-Mouthed Woman trapped Geto in her Simple Domain. The chapter ended with Geto forced to answer her question as he tried to break free.

• Shoichi Kano revealed that he had used a rubber bullet to knock Riko Amanai unconscious and secretly carried her to safety with a thread spider.
• Suguru Geto disarmed Kano, but Kano used his thread technique to recover the Switchblade and evade Geto’s attacks.
• Slit-Mouthed Woman climbed onto Rainbow Dragon and stabbed between its scales, weakening the cursed spirit before it shook her off.
• Kano wounded Tamamo-no-Mae Incarnate, escaped Geto’s attacks, and forced Geto to recall the cursed spirit.
• Slit-Mouthed Woman fell toward Geto, activated Simple Domain: Forced Q&A, and asked him, “Am I beautiful?”
• Suguru Geto resisted the Simple Domain and shouted an insult as he tried to break free.