Recaps

Tan Man awakened his cursed technique, entered the Zenin Clan, and partnered with Toji to earn money and strength. At a gathering of the Three Great Families, his fight with Satoru Gojo ended with Gojo losing his right arm and the clans on the brink of war.

• Tan Man’s cursed technique awakened and killed his abusive mother, after which Yaga contacted Naobito Zenin at Tan Man’s request.
• Tan Man proved his strength to Naobito, who confirmed his paternity and named him Tan Man Zenin, while Tan Man frightened Naoya and secretly approached Toji.
• Tan Man offered Toji help making money in exchange for his strength, and Toji agreed to consider working with him after Tan Man earned money.
• Tan Man and Toji rigged an underground fight with Tan Man’s Evil Eye, killed Bookmaker and his gang, and left with more than 180 million yen.
• Naobito took Tan Man to bury his mother, then brought him and Naoya to a banquet where the Three Great Families arranged matches against Satoru Gojo.
• After Satoru Gojo defeated Naoya, Tan Man summoned Corpses and trapped Gojo in a black-flame prison, then prepared a hidden Wailing attack.
• The Gojo Clan head disrupted Tan Man’s aim, but the fissure still bit off Gojo’s right arm, and Naobito warned that further fighting could mean war between the Gojo and Zenin Clans.

Tan Man joined Tokyo Jujutsu High while secretly manipulating the Star Plasma Vessel crisis and confronting Kenjaku’s plans. The arc ended with Suguru Geto missing after Kenjaku attacked him, as Tan Man and Satoru Gojo joined the search.

• Naobito Zenin warned Tan Man about the consequences of his attack on Satoru Gojo, then arranged for him to train with Akari and gave him Toji’s Glock through Toji.
• Tan Man accepted a bounty on his life as a chance to grow stronger, used the Evil Eye to defeat Jiro Awasaka and Ogami, and decided to enroll at Tokyo Jujutsu High.
• Tan Man passed Satoru Gojo’s entrance test by disrupting Limitless with Black Rope and using Eight Hot Hells and the Evil Eye, then told Masamichi Yaga he wanted to be needed by everyone.
• Tan Man kidnapped Riko Amanai, challenged her to consider whether she truly chose to merge with Tengen, and concealed her in his courtyard while asking Naobito Zenin to trust his plan.
• Tan Man and Toji confronted Kenjaku at the Time Vessel Association, escaped Kenjaku’s domain through the Evil Eye’s illusion, and Tan Man told Toji he would make the jujutsu powers depend on him.
• Kenjaku attacked Suguru Geto among the ruins of the Time Vessel Association, overpowering him with Womb Profusion while Satoru Gojo searched nearby.
• Tan Man paid Mei Mei to help him learn New Shadow Style: Simple Domain and joined fellow first-years Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami.
• Tan Man stopped Gojo from attacking Masamichi Yaga, then joined Gojo, Nanami, and Haibara in discussing Geto’s disappearance and the enemy who had evaded Gojo’s Six Eyes.