Chapter Summaries

Satoru Gojo left Naomitsu with Kento Nanami, who took him on a mission to teach him practical combat. They defeated a cursed spirit that mimicked speech, and Nanami explained it had only been a Semi-Grade 1 spirit.

• A month after leaving Naomitsu at Tokyo Jujutsu High, Satoru Gojo brought him to Kento Nanami's apartment and passed him off to Nanami.
• Nanami welcomed Naomitsu, invited him to stay overnight, and planned to take him on a mission to gain experience.
• Nanami and Naomitsu traveled to a school and investigated reports of a cursed spirit in the mountain behind it.
• The cursed spirit mimicked Naomitsu's question about its grade and then repeated the name of Nanami's Ratio Technique, briefly making them fear it could copy abilities.
• Nanami struck the cursed spirit's weak point and exorcised it, then judged it to be a Semi-Grade 1 spirit that had only recently learned to speak.
• Naomitsu asked whether Nanami had used his full strength, and Nanami implied that he had fought with everything he had.

On his fifth birthday, Naomitsu celebrated with Maki, Mai, Megumi, Tsumiki, and Naoya before attempting to tame Max Elephant. With Nanami’s help, he successfully added Max Elephant as his fifth shikigami.

• Naomitsu’s cursed energy rose to 423,700 before his binding vow reduced it to 381,330.
• Maki, Mai, Megumi, Tsumiki, and Naoya visited Naomitsu for his birthday, and Maki, Mai, and Tsumiki made him eat their lunchboxes.
• Nanami took the visitors out for sushi while Naomitsu finished the enormous lunches, and Naomitsu promised Maki and Mai a surprise for their birthday in three months.
• After the visitors left, Naomitsu began a taming ritual for Max Elephant, and Nanami weakened the shikigami with his Ratio Technique.
• Naomitsu dodged Max Elephant’s trunk and defeated it with a Cursed Energy Cannon, successfully taming it as his fifth shikigami.

Naomitsu prepared birthday gifts for Maki and Mai, while laying groundwork with Hiromi Higuruma to help Maki awaken in the future. After visiting Tokyo Jujutsu High, he learned Kyoto Jujutsu High wanted him to return as a teacher, leaving him horrified at the prospect of teaching his sisters.

• Naomitsu visited the University of Tokyo and asked Hiromi Higuruma to help his sister, securing a promise Higuruma treated as a child’s joke.
• Naomitsu went to Tokyo Jujutsu High with Utahime Iori and asked Satoru Gojo for a present, receiving glasses that let non-sorcerers see cursed spirits.
• Naomitsu bought a hamster named Moji and decided the glasses and hamster would be birthday presents for Maki and Mai.
• Nanami told Naomitsu that Kyoto Jujutsu High had arranged his return, and Masamichi Yaga explained that Gakuganji wanted him to teach there.
• Naomitsu imagined Maki and Mai becoming his students and cringed at the thought.

Naomitsu accepted a teaching post at Kyoto Jujutsu High and met Suguru Geto before leaving Tokyo, but Geto refused to abandon his plan to eliminate humanity. After Gojo warned Naomitsu to stay out of the conflict, Naomitsu spent his final months training in his dorm.

• Naomitsu agreed to return to Kyoto Jujutsu High as a teacher at the beginning of the next year, then explored Tokyo and ran into Mimiko and Nanako.
• Naomitsu asked Mimiko and Nanako to arrange one last meeting with Suguru Geto before he left Tokyo, and they exchanged contact information.
• Naomitsu met Geto at a café and learned that Geto remained determined to carry out his human extinction plan, even if it cost him his life.
• Naomitsu told Geto that they might be enemies the next time they met, and the two parted after sharing coffee.
• Gojo confronted Naomitsu about visiting Geto, then told him to stay out of the matter and focus on teaching in Kyoto.
• Naomitsu spent his remaining months in Tokyo training his cursed energy in his dorm.

Naomitsu returned to the Zenin Clan, celebrated Maki and Mai’s birthday, and began his first day as a teacher at Kyoto Jujutsu High. Meeting his students, including Fujiwara Sora, left him realizing the story had changed more than he had noticed.

• Naomitsu returned to the Zenin Clan and planned his training before Maki and Mai rushed to see him.
• Naomitsu told Maki and Mai he would teach at Kyoto Jujutsu High, and they doubted him until he mentioned Utahime.
• Naomitsu celebrated Maki and Mai’s birthday, giving Mai a hamster named Moji and Maki glasses that let her see cursed spirits.
• Naomitsu went to Kyoto Jujutsu High for his first day as a teacher and met Nobara Kugisaki, Inumaki Yaki, and Fujiwara Sora.
• Naomitsu recognized Nobara Kugisaki’s name as Nobara’s cousin and was startled by Fujiwara Sora’s presence.

Naomitsu tested the abilities of his three freshmen, Nobara Kugisaki, Fujiwara Sora, and Inumaki Yaki, using his shikigami. Inumaki’s Cursed Speech proved powerful enough to stop even Naomitsu’s Max Elephant, leaving Naomitsu shaken by its reach.

• Naomitsu introduced himself as a five-year-old teacher and led the freshmen to the indoor basketball court for an ability test.
• Nobara fought Naomitsu’s Divine Dogs, injured the black one with Hairpin, and was knocked down by the white one.
• Inumaki removed his mask to reveal stitched wounds beside his mouth, then agreed to take his turn.
• Inumaki used Cursed Speech to make the Divine Dogs and Nobara kneel, then commanded Naomitsu’s shikigami to kill one another.
• Naomitsu summoned Max Elephant, but Inumaki’s command to stop froze it, the other shikigami, and Nobara, while Naomitsu felt his own body stiffen.

Naomitsu tested Nobara Kugisaki, Inumaki Yaki, and Fujiwara Sora against his shikigami, then assessed their strengths and training needs. Fujiwara Sora’s Enhancement Cursed Technique was revealed, and the chapter ended with Naomitsu outlining his next steps for each student.

• Inumaki Yaki used cursed speech to stop Naomitsu’s shikigami, then returned to the sidelines with Nobara Kugisaki.
• Fujiwara Sora fought Naomitsu’s shikigami with overwhelming physical strength, catching Divine Dog, dodging Toad, and stopping Max Elephant’s attack.
• Utahime Iori explained that the Fujiwara Clan’s Enhancement Cursed Technique boosted its users’ physical abilities and soul strength with cursed energy.
• Utahime Iori told Naomitsu that the principal viewed him as Kyoto Jujutsu High’s future, and Naomitsu demanded payment for teaching future students.
• Naomitsu planned targeted training for Nobara Kugisaki’s conditioning and cursed-tool use, and for Inumaki Yaki’s cursed-energy control.
• Naomitsu told Fujiwara Sora, already a Grade 1 sorcerer, to pursue precise cursed-energy control for Black Flash or develop a domain through continued combat.

On his birthday, Naomitsu’s cursed energy doubled, giving him enough confidence to attempt solo shikigami subjugations and practice forming a domain. After easily subjugating Great Serpent, he fought Round Deer through the night, and the chapter ended as he attempted Domain Expansion.

• Naomitsu’s cursed energy doubled to 870,400 before a Binding Vow deduction left him with 783,360.
• Naomitsu traveled to a deserted mountain clearing and easily subjugated Great Serpent with a Cursed Energy Cannon.
• Naomitsu began Round Deer’s subjugation and found that their strength and instant regeneration made them difficult to defeat.
• Naomitsu fought Round Deer until nightfall, healing himself repeatedly with Reverse Cursed Technique while gaining combat experience.
• With 600,000 cursed energy remaining, Naomitsu took his stance and attempted Domain Expansion for the first time.

Naomitsu created the Three Births, All Things domain and subdued Round Deer, then returned to the Zenin Clan and went back to Kyoto Jujutsu High. He planned to test his students’ training before Utahime Iori confronted him over his absences.

• Naomitsu trapped Round Deer in Three Births, All Things and won their cursed-energy contest, subduing it as both a shikigami and a domain template.
• Naomitsu returned to the Zenin Clan, where Maki and Mai had waited anxiously for him.
• Naomitsu considered using the domain at full power against Piercing Ox and planned to defeat Mahoraga with an overwhelming discharge of cursed energy.
• Naomitsu ate the breakfast Maki and Mai had prepared, then told Nobara Kugisaki and the other students their training results would be tested from nine to twelve.
• Utahime Iori scolded Naomitsu for skipping work, and he threatened to quit if she kept pushing him.

Naomitsu tested Fujiwara Sora, Nobara Kugisaki, and Inumaki Yaki against his seven massively strengthened shikigami on Back Mountain. The students defeated Rabbit Escape, but the battle continued with Fujiwara surrounded and demanding that Inumaki immobilize every shikigami at once.

• Naomitsu led the three students to Back Mountain and set them a test against all his shikigami working together.
• Inumaki Yaki restrained Nue and Max Elephant while Fujiwara Sora attacked, and Nobara Kugisaki used her Straw Doll Technique to disable all of Rabbit Escape's rabbits.
• Fujiwara Sora struck Great Serpent away from Inumaki and attacked the remaining shikigami, but Round Deer healed Max Elephant, which slammed Fujiwara and Nue into the ground.
• The shikigami overwhelmed Fujiwara, tossing him around before Great Serpent swallowed him, but he burst out alive and told Inumaki to hold them all still for one second.
• Nobara Kugisaki objected that Inumaki could control only two shikigami at once.

Fujiwara Sora, Nobara Kugisaki, and Inumaki Yaki completed Naomitsu’s brutal shikigami test, with Inumaki’s powerful Cursed Speech giving Nobara the chance to defeat Round Deer. After the battle, Utahime Iori explained Inumaki’s clan trait and made the exhausted students clean up the mountain, while Naomitsu left and later chatted with Tsumiki Fushiguro.

• Inumaki tore out the threads sealing his mouth and used Cursed Speech to freeze the shikigami, letting Fujiwara Sora take Round Deer’s antler and disable other attackers.
• Nobara used the antler with her Straw Doll Technique to halt Round Deer, then attacked until Naomitsu recalled it and saved her from the other shikigami.
• Inumaki used Cursed Speech again to stop Max Elephant, and Fujiwara emerged from Great Serpent to finish the test by crippling the remaining shikigami.
• Naomitsu used Round Deer’s Reverse Cursed Technique to heal Inumaki, while Utahime explained the Inumaki Clan’s heaven-born cleft and told Nobara to stitch his mouth shut.
• Naomitsu flew away on Nue, leaving Utahime to make the students repair the mountain until nightfall.
• At the school gate, the students found Naomitsu eating ice cream and talking with Tsumiki Fushiguro.

Naomitsu welcomed Aoi Todo, Noritoshi Kamo, and Naoya Zenin as Kyoto Jujutsu High’s new first-years, but Todo’s challenge ended with Naomitsu blasting off his arm and then healing him. After arranging for the students to return the next day, Naomitsu asked Utahime Iori to cover for him during a month-long leave, and she agreed.

• Aoi Todo, Noritoshi Kamo, and Naoya Zenin fought at the school gates, where Todo narrowly beat Kamo and Zenin fought Kamo to a draw.
• Aoi Todo mistook the sleeping Naomitsu for a student and challenged him, so Naomitsu blasted off Todo’s left arm with 100,000 cursed energy.
• Naomitsu summoned Round Deer to heal Todo, then had Todo, Noritoshi Kamo, and Naoya Zenin introduce themselves and told them to return for lessons the next day.
• Naomitsu went to Utahime Iori’s office and asked her to cover for his students while he took about a month off, and she agreed.

Naomitsu arranged training matches at Kyoto Jujutsu High so the new students could see what their seniors could do. The matches ended with Fujiwara Sora drawing Aoi Todo, Inumaki Yaki defeating Noritoshi Kamo, and Nobara Kugisaki winning over Naoya Zenin before their fight began.

• Naomitsu introduced the new students to Inumaki Yaki and Fujiwara Sora, and Aoi Todo declared Fujiwara Sora his best friend after they shared their preferences in women.
• Naomitsu paired Aoi Todo with Fujiwara Sora, Inumaki Yaki with Noritoshi Kamo, and Nobara Kugisaki with Naoya Zenin.
• Aoi Todo landed a Black Flash during his hand-to-hand fight with Fujiwara Sora, who endured the blows to study the technique; their ten-minute match ended in a draw.
• Inumaki Yaki defeated Noritoshi Kamo almost immediately by using Cursed Speech without removing his mask.
• Nobara Kugisaki revealed that she had taken a strand of Naoya Zenin's hair, so Naomitsu declared her the winner before their match began.

Naomitsu settled in Sendai, arranged his schooling near Sugisawa Third High School, and joined Yuta Okkotsu and Rika’s class. He also located Yuji Itadori and planned to use Rika’s death to draw out Kenjaku, while hiding his true strength from Baijie.

• Naomitsu assigned Aoi Todo, Noritoshi Kamo, and Naoya training plans, then left Kyoto Jujutsu High for Sendai.
• Naomitsu asked Yuki Tsukumo to arrange housing and schooling, and she connected him with Fujiki Baijie, who welcomed him into her villa.
• Baijie arranged Naomitsu’s enrollment at Sugisawa Elementary School, where he joined Yuta Okkotsu and Rika’s class.
• Naomitsu watched Rika and Yuta, intending not to prevent Rika’s death because he wanted to learn the power of Yuta’s vengeful spirit.
• Naomitsu found Yuji Itadori near his home and decided to wait for Kenjaku to appear, believing Rika’s death would draw Kenjaku out.

Naomitsu witnessed Rika’s death and negotiated with Kenjaku, asking him to find Hiromi Higuruma after completing his plans. He later confronted Yuta Okkotsu and Rika, drained most of their cursed energy with his domain, and left Yuta with an invitation to seek him out.

• Naomitsu went to the hospital and saw Yuta Okkotsu bind Rika’s soul to himself after she died.
• Naomitsu followed Kenjaku, recognized the stitches on his head, and struck a deal for Kenjaku to find Hiromi Higuruma in the future.
• Naomitsu visited Yuta Okkotsu and found him with Rika in her vengeful spirit form.
• Naomitsu used Three Births, All Things to drain Yuta and Rika’s cursed energy, then added statues of them to his domain.
• Yuta refused to leave with Naomitsu, who told him to come to Kyoto Jujutsu High if he ever needed help.

Tengen's announcement of breaches across Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu sent Jujutsu Society into a crisis, while Kenjaku warned Naomitsu that Yamata no Great Serpent had revived. Naomitsu returned to Kyoto Jujutsu High and the Zenin Clan estate, where Maki and Mai confronted him for leaving without a word.

• Masamichi Yaga told Satoru Gojo and the gathered jujutsu leaders that breaches had appeared across three of Japan's major islands, and the higher-ups planned to assess the danger before acting.
• Kenjaku told Naomitsu that he was a loophole in the world and warned him that Yamata no Great Serpent had revived.
• Naomitsu left Sendai after receiving calls from Utahime Iori, Aunt Bai Jie, and Teacher Nanami urging him to return and stay safe.
• Naomitsu traveled back to Kyoto and worried that Yamata no Great Serpent could threaten Japan if Satoru Gojo and Sukuna could not stop it.
• Maki and Mai cornered Naomitsu at the Zenin Clan estate for leaving without telling them, but Maki only flicked his forehead.

Yamata no Great Serpent awakened in Kanane Suzuki’s body and began searching for her scattered heads, while Naomitsu doubled his cursed energy on his birthday. At the Zenin Clan, he rescued the bullied Zhenwei Zenin and promised to help her grow stronger.

• Yamata no Great Serpent took control of Kanane Suzuki’s body and set out to find her other seven heads.
• On his birthday, Naomitsu’s cursed energy doubled before his binding vow reduced it, and he decided to visit Kyoto Jujutsu High.
• Naomitsu found Hei members tormenting Zhenwei Zenin and drove them away.
• Naomitsu comforted Zhenwei, brought her to his courtyard, and asked his mother to care for her.
• Naomitsu promised Zhenwei that Maki would train her, and Zhenwei resolved to become strong enough to protect him.

Naomitsu survived an assassination attempt on the way to Kyoto Jujutsu High and learned that a billion-yen bounty had been placed on him because people blamed him for disrupting the balance of the jujutsu world. He then began assessing six students by trapping them in his domain and pitting their cursed energy against his, leaving them shocked as their reserves rapidly vanished.

• Naomitsu found Utahime Iori waiting in his car, and she warned him that a billion-yen bounty had been placed on him.
• A heavy truck tried to crash into Naomitsu's car, but his Great Serpent shikigami burst from the ground and overturned it.
• Utahime Iori explained that Naomitsu was targeted because people believed his strength had disrupted the world's balance and damaged its barriers.
• Naoya Zenin arrived with the dying truck driver and bragged that he was strong enough to compete for clan head, so Naomitsu ordered him to join the students' assessment.
• Naomitsu gathered six first- and second-year students on the field and trapped them in his domain, where cursed techniques were forbidden and they had to compete against his cursed energy.
• The students initially thought they could win by combining their cursed energy, but their reserves began disappearing rapidly.

Naomitsu recovered after his domain battle, while Kenjaku planned to expand the Culling Game across Japan and create a catastrophic cursed spirit. After agreeing to investigate barrier breaches in Hokkaido despite suspecting the higher-ups wanted him dead, Naomitsu decided to train Zhenwei to protect herself, Maki, and Mai.

• Naomitsu recovered from technique burnout, dismissed his exhausted students, and returned to the Zenin Clan after killing several pests along the way.
• Kenjaku planned to spread the Culling Game across Japan, using the population's fear to create a cursed spirit beyond Yamata no Great Serpent, then left Sendai to prepare.
• Naobito Zenin told Naomitsu that the Zenin Clan had to investigate Tengen's barrier breaches in Hokkaido, and Naomitsu agreed after realizing the higher-ups intended to send him into danger.
• Naomitsu saw Maki, Mai, and Zhenwei at home and decided to train Zhenwei so she could protect herself and his sisters.

Naomitsu intensified Zhenwei Zenin’s training before leaving for a dangerous mission in Hokkaido, and he gathered six Kyoto Jujutsu High students to accompany him. After the group boarded their chartered plane, they began their journey while Naomitsu hoped to finish the mission quickly and return home.

• Naomitsu gave Zhenwei Zenin punishing workouts, discovered that his attention made her push herself harder, and set her an even more demanding routine before his departure.
• Naobito Zenin arranged permission for Naomitsu to bring Kyoto Jujutsu High students to Hokkaido, and Naomitsu promised to bring Naoya Zenin back alive.
• Naomitsu said goodbye to his sisters and left Zhenwei’s training in their care before flying to Kyoto Jujutsu High on Nue.
• Naomitsu warned Fujiwara Sora, Aoi Todo, Inumaki Yaki, Naoya Zenin, Noritoshi Kamo, and Nobara Kugisaki that the mission could be deadly; all six agreed to go.
• Naomitsu led the students aboard a chartered plane to Hokkaido as they watched the morning sun rise.