Chapter Summaries

Kenjaku, inhabiting Kaori Itadori, learned at a prenatal checkup that she was carrying twins, though he had intended to give birth to a vessel for Ryomen Sukuna. He left with Jin Itadori and planned to return to his laboratory to discover where the second child had come from.

• A doctor told Kaori Itadori and Jin Itadori that both twins were healthy.
• Kenjaku realized the second child was impossible, since he had intended to create only a vessel for Ryomen Sukuna.
• Jin Itadori expressed concern about the difficult delivery and celebrated that their family would soon have two children.
• Kenjaku declined Jin's offer to celebrate and said he wanted to go home and rest.
• Kenjaku planned to investigate the unexpected second child in his laboratory.

Kenjaku investigated the twins after a prenatal checkup and discovered that only one was the vessel while the other had a Heavenly Restriction with zero cursed energy. He returned home exhausted and irritable, still carrying the twins and planning to abandon them after birth.

• Kenjaku told Jin Itadori that he needed to return for forgotten items, then went to his laboratory to examine his pregnancy.
• Kenjaku learned that the twins were not identical and that the second child had a Heavenly Restriction with zero cursed energy.
• Kenjaku discovered that the twins were clinging to each other and decided to wait a few days rather than risk removing one before giving birth.
• Kenjaku returned home to find Jin Itadori had prepared dinner, pushed away his attempt to hug him, and sat down to eat as Wasuke Itadori watched silently.

Kenjaku went into labor with the twins, but Jin Itadori insisted on taking him to the hospital instead of letting him go to Uraume’s laboratory. Doctors rushed Kenjaku into surgery, leaving Jin Itadori and Wasuke Itadori waiting anxiously outside.

• Kenjaku felt labor begin during breakfast and tried to leave for Uraume’s laboratory.
• Jin Itadori realized Kaori Itadori’s water had broken and carried him to the car despite his protests.
• Jin Itadori drove Kenjaku to the Sendai hospital with Wasuke Itadori, running several red lights along the way.
• The hospital staff scolded Jin Itadori and Wasuke Itadori for bringing in a twin pregnancy so late, then wheeled Kenjaku into the operating room.
• Jin Itadori and Wasuke Itadori waited anxiously in the hallway while Kenjaku underwent surgery.

Kenjaku underwent an emergency C-section and gave birth to twin boys, one of whom had a familiar presence that startled him. After the twins were brought to Jin Itadori, Kenjaku named the second child Alluka, leaving Jin to name the first Yuji Itadori.

• A nurse told Kenjaku that he needed an emergency C-section, and the doctors began the operation.
• The doctor delivered the first baby, a boy with Jin Itadori's pale gold eyes, and Kenjaku looked away in disgust.
• The doctor delivered the second boy, and Kenjaku reacted to the familiar presence he sensed in the child.
• Jin Itadori and Wasuke Itadori learned that Kenjaku and both twins were safe, and Jin admired the newborns.
• Jin proposed the name Yuji Itadori for the first child and asked what to name the second.
• Kenjaku named the second child Alluka as he drifted into his memories.

Alluka was brought to a sacrificial ceremony and bound to a stone pillar so her family could offer her to the Demon God. After Kirei repeatedly rejected her requests, Alluka’s power twisted him into a rope and killed him, leaving her smiling amid the blood.

• Alluka spent her childhood isolated in a dilapidated courtyard while the maids pitied her and spoke of her as an ill-omened child.
• Alluka woke bound to a stone pillar in ceremonial robes, with her father and Kirei preparing to sacrifice her to the Demon God.
• Kirei taunted Alluka, refused her requests for a hug and to be released, and denied her the dagger at his waist.
• Alluka firmly asked Kirei not to leave, and her appearance changed as an unseen force crushed and twisted him to death.
• Alluka watched Kirei die and smiled innocently as blood spattered her face.

Alluka’s execution was interrupted when her brother arrived and slaughtered the family members and warriors at the estate. She recognized the pink-haired boy with a second face as her older brother, and he prepared to leave.

• Kirei and the family head were crushed and killed by an invisible force as Alluka stood on the altar.
• A pink-haired boy with a second face appeared, then killed the fleeing maids and warriors with slashes.
• The boy destroyed the warped monsters left within the ruined estate.
• Alluka asked whether the boy was her big brother and identified him as her monster of an older brother.

Sukuna left Alluka behind in the blood-soaked mansion after freeing her from her bonds, and she remained there until a scouting party found her. The Neeshi Suppression Squad took her in, leaving her fate with the Sugawara Clan’s forces.

• Sukuna inspected Alluka, dismissed her as boring, and walked away without answering when she asked his name.
• Sukuna cut the ropes binding Alluka’s wrists with invisible slashes, then disappeared into the snow.
• Alluka stayed in the corpse-filled mansion for three days, fell ill from hunger and cold, and woke with the realization that she was free.
• A scouting party discovered Alluka hiding in the mansion and took her with them.
• Alluka learned that the group was the Neeshi Suppression Squad, a band of scouts serving the Sugawara Clan of Kyoto.

Alluka traveled with Sugawara Kazukazu’s squad through a war-ravaged, freezing countryside and encountered a white-haired boy at an abandoned temple. The boy introduced himself as Mei.

• Sugawara Kazukazu’s squad left Hida with Alluka, heading through the snow while refugees traveled the opposite way.
• Sugawara Kazukazu led the squad to an abandoned Buddhist temple so they could rest and regroup.
• Alluka found a frozen sparrow beneath the temple’s shutters and prodded it with a branch.
• A white-haired boy approached Alluka, removed his face covering, and told her his name was Mei.

Uraume and Alluka’s unit was attacked by a powerful curse, and Sugawara Kazukazu spent his life force to defeat it. As he lay dying, Alluka asked him to hold her hand, revealing a sinister presence within her.

• Alluka gave Uraume the nickname Little Ume, and the two ate with Sugawara Kazukazu’s unit in an abandoned temple.
• A curse broke into the temple and attacked the soldiers, while Uraume pushed Alluka toward shelter and fought with his ice technique.
• Sugawara Kazukazu unleashed his cursed technique to strengthen himself and crushed the curse’s skull, but the effort left him dying.
• Alluka knelt beside the wounded Sugawara Kazukazu and asked him to hold her hand, making Uraume sense a cold, sinister presence from her.

Alluka’s requests awakened Nanika, who granted Sugawara Kazukazu’s wish to become strong by transforming him into a monstrous being overwhelmed by cursed energy. Sugawara left the temple to challenge nearby curses, while Uraume questioned Alluka about the entity that had appeared.

• Alluka asked Sugawara Kazukazu to hold her hand, praise her, and hug her, and he complied as his condition worsened.
• Nanika asked Sugawara Kazukazu for his wish, and he wished to become strong enough to exorcise every curse in Tōsandō.
• Nanika granted the wish, and cursed energy flooded Sugawara Kazukazu as his body transformed and his reason disappeared.
• Sugawara Kazukazu left the temple to challenge nearby curses, while Alluka told Uraume that Nanika had granted his wish.
• Uraume asked whether the frightening child had been Alluka, and Alluka confirmed it.

Uraume and Alluka waited out the night after Sugawara Kazukazu left, then set out to follow him. They encountered an eerie procession led by a powerful boy in white, who questioned them about a strange presence on the mountain.

• Uraume refused to search for Sugawara Kazukazu at night, and he and Alluka sheltered in the bloodstained temple until morning.
• Uraume and Alluka left the temple and followed the snowy road without knowing where it led.
• Alluka heard voices ahead and spotted a torchlit crowd moving through the mountain woods, but Uraume sensed a dangerous presence.
• A boy in a Black Court Cap and white Kariginu appeared before them and recognized Uraume's ice-forming technique and Alluka's companion cursed spirit.
• The boy asked Alluka whether she and Uraume were connected to the strange thing on the mountain.

A white-haired youth fought the monstrous Sugawara Kazukazu on the mountain but could not defeat him. He fled with Alluka, leaving Uraume alone as the monster approached.

• The white-haired youth brought Alluka and Uraume to the summit, where Sugawara Kazukazu had become a monster and was gnawing on a creature.
• The youth attacked Sugawara Kazukazu with cursed energy and used Cursed Technique Lapse-Blue, but the monster endured the blows and counterattacked.
• Realizing he could not defeat Sugawara Kazukazu, the youth grabbed Alluka and fled, telling Uraume to run too.
• The samurai scattered at their lord's command, while Uraume remained behind as Sugawara Kazukazu drew closer.

Alluka was questioned by a white-haired boy about the cursed spirit tied to her and the trouble surrounding Sugawara Kazukazu, but she avoided answering. Taken to Kyoto and confronted by Sugawara Kentarō, she made a series of chilling requests for parts of his body, ending with his skull.

• The white-haired boy questioned Alluka about the cursed spirit and Sugawara Kazukazu, but she showed little interest in answering.
• The white-haired boy threatened to hand Alluka over to the clan elders, then left when she ignored him.
• Warriors of the Sugawara Clan took Alluka by ox carriage to their ancestral residence in Kyoto.
• Sugawara Kentarō accused Alluka of killing Kazukazu and tried to seize her by the neck.
• Alluka asked Sugawara Kentarō for his rib cage, backbone, neck bones, and finally his skull, while he refused each request.

People across the country were mysteriously twisted into rope people, with the Sugawara Clan suffering especially heavy losses. The head of the Northern House of Fujiwara saw members of his own clan die the same way and realized no known Jujutsu Sorcerer could be responsible.

• Mashiro began convulsing aboard a pleasure boat and was crushed into a rope person as Meguru and the other passengers watched in horror.
• People throughout the country were inexplicably twisted into rope people, and 163 members of the Sugawara Clan died overnight.
• The head of the Sugawara Clan returned from Rokujō-in, found the estate covered in corpses, and wondered who could have killed so many of his people.
• The head of the Northern House of Fujiwara learned of the Sugawara Clan's deaths and gloated over their misfortune.
• Several members of the Northern House of Fujiwara twisted and died before their clan head, who concluded that no Jujutsu Sorcerer in Heian-kyō had such power.

Sugawara Satoru investigated the mass deaths at the Sugawara Residence and confirmed that Alluka’s attached Special Grade cursed spirit was likely responsible. As the deaths drew the attention of the Palace and Tōdai-ji, he faced a visit from one of the temple’s masters before he could uncover more about Alluka.

• Sugawara Satoru found Alluka beside a mangled corpse and ordered warriors to investigate the deaths in the residence.
• The warriors learned that Sugawara Kentarō had visited Alluka’s room a day before more than a hundred Sugawara Clan members died.
• Sugawara Satoru rebuked the Clan Head for ignoring his warning about Alluka and her Special Grade companion cursed spirit.
• The Clan Head told Sugawara Satoru that a lady-in-waiting had died as a Rope Person and that the Empress had fainted, bringing the Sugawara Clan under scrutiny.
• Sugawara Satoru noted that Alluka asked about the ice-manipulating child and his name, but chose not to reveal his own name.
• A master from Tōdai-ji Hokke-dō arrived, and Sugawara Satoru agreed to meet him.

Genkai took Alluka to a temple at the Fujiwara Clan's request so they could investigate her powers. When Alluka transformed and offered to grant wishes, Genkai learned that her ability was wish-granting.

• Sugawara Satoru told Genkai that his household had found no evidence about the Rope Person incident.
• Genkai took Alluka from the Sugawara estate to an ancient temple in the woods.
• As Genkai carried Alluka toward the main sanctuary, she asked him to hold her, lift her, and kiss her.
• Alluka transformed into a monster and repeatedly asked Genkai whether he had a wish.
• Genkai asked about Alluka's ability, and she said she could grant wishes before returning to her normal appearance.

At Tōdai-ji, Fujiwara tested Alluka’s wish-granting ability by having novice monk Huixiang ask to become a jujutsu sorcerer, and the wish gave him a great deal of cursed energy. The chapter ended with Alluka making Genkai a disturbing request.

• Fujiwara questioned Genkai about Alluka’s three requests and her wish-granting ability.
• Alluka asked novice monk Huixiang to dance and give her a horsey ride, and he fulfilled all three requests.
• Alluka’s inhuman presence asked Huixiang if he had a wish, and he asked to become a jujutsu sorcerer.
• A torrent of cursed energy flooded Huixiang, transforming him into a jujutsu sorcerer after tens of minutes of agony.
• Fujiwara urged Genkai to test what happened if someone refused a request, and Alluka asked Genkai for his right kneecap.

Lord Fujiwara tested Alluka’s requests and witnessed the deadly consequences when Genkai refused them, followed by several monks becoming rope-like victims. Alluka was locked up, but she wondered whether something had escaped and dreamed of seeing her brother and Little Ume again.

• Lord Fujiwara ordered Genkai to refuse Alluka’s request, and Genkai refused her requests for his kneecap, hip bone, and liver.
• Alluka asked Genkai for his brain matter, and his refusal caused him to suffer before exploding into blood.
• Huixiang and three other little monks were twisted into rope people as Lord Fujiwara and the others watched.
• Lord Fujiwara ordered Alluka locked up and told his people to count the dead.
• Alluka asked Nanika whether something had escaped, wondered if her brother would come for her, and fell asleep.

The Fujiwara Clan had learned how Alluka’s wish-granting ability and the Rope Person deaths were connected, and they began testing its limits with captured refugees. They forced a bound man to fulfill Alluka’s requests and prepared him to make a wish, while the clan debated whether the previous wish to destroy the monster in Mutsu had reset the cost.

• Fujiwara Michimitsu revealed Alluka’s existence to the Fujiwara Clan head after another Rope Person incident at Tōdai-ji.
• The Fujiwara Clan determined that Rope Person victims had recently come into contact with Genkai and inferred rules linking Alluka’s requests, wishes, and deaths.
• The Fujiwara Clan used refugees as test subjects, planning to exploit Alluka’s ability while keeping their own names and the secret hidden.
• A bound man fulfilled Alluka’s three requests, and Fujiwara Clan warriors slit his throat to ensure he could not reveal what had happened.
• The elders decided to test a simple wish, and a Fujiwara official forced the dying man to agree to Alluka’s request to rest.

Sukuna and Uraume found a village full of dead Rope Persons, then Sukuna killed a Fujiwara squad that confronted them. In Heian-kyō, the Fujiwara patriarch learned of the deaths and wondered whether another monster had appeared.

• Sukuna and Uraume came upon a snow-covered village where corpses of Rope Persons lay scattered.
• Uraume froze the corpses and crows, but Sukuna sliced the bodies apart beneath the ice.
• A squad of Fujiwara warriors arrived and accused Sukuna and Uraume of slaughtering civilians.
• Sukuna revealed his extra arms and killed the squad, while its leader's paper crane escaped to carry a message.
• The Fujiwara patriarch received reports of the squad's deaths and questioned whether a new monster had appeared.