Chapter Summaries

Edano took Satoru Gojo, Nobara Kugisaki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Yuji Itadori to a spicy hot pot restaurant, where their joking and concern helped her feel fully at home with her friends. The dinner ended with Gojo teasing Edano about struggling with the heat and winning an apology by acting hurt.

• Edano brought the group to a highly rated Chinese hot pot restaurant, and Gojo insisted he could handle the spice despite coughing as they entered.
• Edano ordered a split pot and treated everyone to a huge spread of food, prompting the group to jokingly compete to be her favorite.
• After tasting the hot pot, Edano cried with happiness and told her friends that Jujutsu High was her home and they were her family.
• Edano silently resolved to protect everyone, and Xiao Ba reassured her that it would always stay with her.
• Megumi gave Edano a drink when the spicy broth overwhelmed her, while she and Gojo teased each other about their own reactions to the heat.
• Gojo acted wounded until Edano apologized and promised to buy him Kikufuku, leaving Nobara, Megumi, and Yuji exasperated by his use of his looks.

Takechi recalled how Satoru Gojo made her exorcise Cursed Spirits while he queued for desserts, then learned that Xiao Ba had concealed its reason for pushing her toward life-threatening situations. The chapter left Takechi and Xiao Ba reconciled after she kept the money and roulette draws from his upgrade rewards.

• Satoru Gojo left Takechi to exorcise a Cursed Spirit while he went to buy limited-edition desserts, then publicly clung to her until she promised to buy him Strawberry Daifuku.
• Takechi viewed her personal panel and found that her identity described her as the frail sole heir of a reclusive Chinese family, while her Cursed Technique remained unawakened.
• Xiao Ba admitted that Takechi's enlightenment states gave him energy to upgrade and that fear of death helped draw out her potential.
• Takechi told Xiao Ba not to hide things from her, and Xiao Ba gave her three roulette draws, an 80-million bank deposit, and other rewards.
• Takechi kept the money and roulette draws, returned the other rewards, and reconciled with Xiao Ba.

Takechi used her new teleportation ability to save Junpei Yoshino from bullies, then befriended him. Junpei thanked her and introduced himself by his given name.

• Takechi accepted quests to save and befriend Junpei Yoshino, drew the Arrival ability, and got the day off from Satoru Gojo.
• Takechi arrived as Junpei was being beaten and used her commands to make two bullies attack each other.
• Takechi injured the bullies, silenced the girl who had accused Junpei, and made the witnesses forget what happened.
• Takechi worried Junpei would fear her, but he thanked her and called her cool.
• Takechi introduced herself as Takechi, and Junpei told her to call him Junpei.

Edano encouraged Junpei Yoshino to become a jujutsu sorcerer and healed the cigarette burns on his forehead with Reverse Cursed Technique. After spending the day together, they exchanged contact details and parted, with Junpei eager to see her again.

• Edano told Junpei that he could become a jujutsu sorcerer and join her class.
• Edano persuaded Junpei to show his injuries and healed the cigarette burns on his forehead.
• Junpei thanked Edano with a hug, and she asked him to keep her healing secret.
• Edano and Junpei explored shops and dessert spots together, then exchanged contact details when it grew late.
• Junpei walked Edano part of the way home and watched her leave, already looking forward to seeing her again.

Edano returned to Jujutsu High, where Satoru Gojo confronted her for ignoring his messages and brought her to the faculty dorm to explain her day. After she told him about rescuing a new friend, they argued over the desserts she had brought, and she left after teasing him.

• Edano met Satoru Gojo while struggling up the mountain to Jujutsu High, and he carried her to the faculty dorm.
• Satoru Gojo asked Edano to explain why she had ignored his messages, and she told him she had rescued a cute jujutsu sorcerer and made a new friend.
• Satoru Gojo admitted he had already eaten some of Edano's desserts, prompting her to demand replacements for Shoko, Megumi, and the others.
• Satoru Gojo teased Edano about being unable to resist his handsome face, and she grew flustered before turning away.
• Edano pinched Satoru Gojo's cheeks and stroked his hair before making a quick exit, leaving him blushing.

Takechi received a frailty aura reward, apologized to Junpei for missing their meeting, and then trained at Jujutsu High with Satoru Gojo and Yuji Itadori. After Gojo knocked both students out, he explained Yuji’s Divergent Fist and began putting him through more practice.

• Takechi equipped the frailty aura, switched it off because it made her look ghostly, and apologized to Junpei for missing their meeting.
• Takechi admired Satoru Gojo’s appearance at the training room and described him as a sweet, fragile baby boy, making him choke and blush.
• Satoru Gojo ambushed Takechi during training and knocked her out, then sent Yuji Itadori flying when he laughed at her.
• Satoru Gojo checked Takechi over with Shoko’s help and explained that her hand-to-hand combat had improved, though her body still could not keep up.
• Satoru Gojo explained that Yuji Itadori’s delayed cursed energy created two impacts with each strike, calling the technique Divergent Fist.
• Satoru Gojo dragged Yuji Itadori into practice, leaving Takechi to listen to his screams.

Kento Nanami joined Yuji Itadori and Taketori on a mission, explaining his return to sorcery and setting expectations for the students. At a movie theater, he taught them to identify Cursed Residue and led them to follow its trail.

• Satoru Gojo introduced Kento Nanami to Yuji Itadori and Taketori, and Nanami explained that he returned to sorcery after deciding both office work and sorcery were unpleasant.
• Nanami told Yuji to prove himself to the Jujutsu Society’s higher-ups and warned Taketori not to act on a whim despite her Special Grade strength.
• At a movie theater, Nanami showed Yuji and Taketori how to see Cursed Residue and said they needed to sense it before seeing it to hold their own.
• Nanami led the students to follow the residue trail while Yuji and Taketori whispered about how reliable he was.

Taketori, Yuji Itadori, and Kento Nanami fought cursed spirits in a movie theater stairwell, while Nanami taught Yuji about his cursed technique. After Taketori photographed one of the spirits, they realized their opponents had been humans transformed by Mahito.

• Nanami led Taketori and Yuji up the theater stairs and warned Taketori that the transformed humans could not be saved.
• Nanami assigned Yuji and Taketori to fight one cursed spirit while he handled another, and he explained his seven-to-three technique and the binding vow of revealing one's hand.
• Taketori used cursed speech to help Yuji during the fight, and Yuji eventually defeated his opponent with a cursed-energy-coated punch.
• Taketori stopped Nanami from finishing off the other spirit after spotting a watch, then showed Yuji a photo in which the spirit appeared.
• Nanami, Taketori, and Yuji realized that the beings they had fought were humans.

Kento Nanami and the others learned that the altered victims had died before they exorcised them, then began investigating Junpei Yoshino and the curse behind the deaths. Nanami concealed that he already knew the culprit was luring them, while Yuji Itadori and Ijichi set out to investigate Junpei.

• Shoko Ieiri told Kento Nanami that the victims had been altered through jujutsu and had died of shock before Yuji Itadori and Edano exorcised them.
• Yuji Itadori mourned the victims, and Edano comforted him by ruffling his hair.
• In the sewers, Mahito explained to Junpei Yoshino that curses could arise from fears of natural disasters and that he was born from humans' hatred and fear of one another.
• Kento Nanami showed Yuji Itadori a photograph of Junpei Yoshino and assigned Yuji and Ijichi to investigate him.
• After Yuji and Ijichi left, Kento Nanami admitted to Ijichi that the culprit was deliberately luring them and said he had chosen to risk himself rather than take Yuji along.
• Yuji returned to tell Kento Nanami to be careful, then began calling him Nanamin.

Junpei Yoshino listened to Mahito’s ideas about souls and was encouraged to act without restraint. Later, Edano and Yuji Itadori confronted Junpei’s teacher Tomura over his treatment of Junpei, and Junpei agreed to join them in beating him up.

• Mahito showed Junpei Yoshino his altered humans and argued that life had no value, urging Junpei to kill whoever he hated.
• Junpei received messages from Edano saying they could hang out, then continued listening as Mahito affirmed his feelings.
• Ijichi and Yuji Itadori tracked Junpei and discussed testing his ability to deal with curses; Edano teleported into their car and joined them.
• Edano and Yuji found Junpei with Tomura, who defended the bullies and blamed Junpei for being withdrawn.
• Edano confronted Tomura, Yuji put up a Curtain, and Junpei accepted Edano’s invitation to beat the teacher up.

Edano and Yuji Itadori spent the evening with Junpei Yoshino after asking him about the movie theater deaths and cursed spirits. Junpei’s mother, Nagi Yoshino, invited them home for dinner, while “Suguru Geto” watched from a bridge and then left.

• Edano and Yuji Itadori sat with Junpei Yoshino by the river after Edano helped Junpei get revenge on Tomura.
• Yuji Itadori asked Junpei whether he had seen cursed spirits at the movie theater, and Junpei said he had only recently become able to see them clearly.
• Edano noticed “Suguru Geto” watching from a bridge, exchanged silent taunts with him, and watched him leave.
• Yuji Itadori and Junpei Yoshino chatted about movies, and Edano joined in before teasing Yuji for complaining about her.
• Nagi Yoshino arrived, met Edano and Yuji Itadori, and invited them to her home for dinner.
• Edano and Yuji accepted Nagi Yoshino’s invitation, and Yuji began explaining who Nanami was.

Nanami survived his battle with Mahito and warned that the curse was growing stronger, while Yuji and Taketori visited Junpei Yoshino’s home for dinner. They ran into Nobara and Megumi, who joined them, and Megumi urged Taketori and Yuji to be careful as they continued investigating the theater incident.

• Mahito recovered from the rubble, described what he had learned fighting Nanami, and decided to visit the special grade cursed speech user named Takechi.
• Nanami called Ijichi for a pickup and medical treatment, then worried that Mahito would soon become powerful enough to use Domain Expansion.
• Yuji told Ijichi that he and Taketori were going to Junpei Yoshino’s house for dinner, prompting Ijichi to hurry toward them.
• Nobara and Megumi ran into Yuji and Taketori with Junpei and his mother, Nagi, and Nagi invited them to dinner.
• Megumi asked Taketori whether their visit was part of her mission, then cautioned her and Yuji to be careful.
• Nobara suggested bringing a gift to Nagi, and Megumi remarked that Taketori was the only person at Jujutsu High who would bring Gojo a souvenir.

The narrator visited Junpei Yoshino’s home with Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki, and Yuji Itadori, and watched the group bring laughter and warmth to Junpei and Nagi Yoshino. Determined to protect Nagi and keep Junpei from turning evil, the narrator struggled to find an excuse to stay longer as the group prepared to leave.

• The narrator received a side quest to save Nagi Yoshino and prevent Junpei Yoshino from turning completely evil.
• Yuji Itadori entertained Junpei Yoshino and Nagi Yoshino with jokes and dramatic performances, making them laugh.
• Nagi Yoshino told the group how glad she was to see Junpei laughing happily, then served them dinner.
• Yuji Itadori spoke with Ijichi by phone, and Megumi Fushiguro arranged for Ijichi to pick them up in an hour.
• The narrator used [Cleanse] to remove a stain from Junpei Yoshino’s clothes, then played around with Nobara Kugisaki while Megumi urged everyone to leave.

Edano returned to Junpei Yoshino’s house after Xiao Ba warned her that Sukuna’s Finger had been planted there, but Mahito ambushed her. She struggled to protect Junpei and Nagi Yoshino while fighting Mahito and his transfigured humans, leaving her on the defensive outside their hiding place.

• Junpei Yoshino asked Yuji Itadori whether he had ever killed anyone, and Yuji said he still did not want to kill.
• Ijichi arrived, and Edano and Yuji left Junpei Yoshino’s house after saying goodbye to him.
• Xiao Ba warned Edano that Sukuna’s Finger had been planted in Nagi Yoshino’s house, so Edano returned alone and found a cursed spirit inside.
• Edano destroyed the cursed spirit, then explained her return to Junpei Yoshino and Nagi Yoshino and ushered them into another room.
• Mahito ambushed Edano, attacked her with Idle Transfiguration, and unleashed transfigured humans.
• Edano healed herself and fought to keep Mahito away from Junpei Yoshino and Nagi Yoshino, but the battle left her struggling on the defensive.

Taketori awakened a powerful cursed technique while fighting Mahito, but she collapsed before learning what happened after the battle. As she recovered in the system space, Xiao Ba explained her new abilities, while Satoru Gojo waited anxiously at her bedside.

• Taketori used [Netherworld Crossing Guide] to overpower Mahito briefly, but he impaled her and escaped after Nanami arrived.
• Taketori lost consciousness holding Sukuna's Finger, and reinforcements failed to stop Mahito; Jogo rescued him, a cursed spirit killed Nagi Yoshino, and Junpei Yoshino was knocked unconscious.
• Shoko Ieiri treated Taketori at Jujutsu High and told Satoru Gojo that her severe injuries, exhausted cursed energy, and Cursed Speech backlash had left her unconscious.
• Satoru Gojo learned Taketori had returned to retrieve a souvenir for him and stayed beside her, struggling with his feelings.
• Xiao Ba brought Taketori's soul to the system space to recover, and she furnished the space with a cozy room.
• Xiao Ba showed Taketori that her cursed technique had awakened as Netherworld Crossing Guide and that her Reverse Cursed Technique mastery had risen to 45%.

After waking from a three-day coma, Edano arrived too late to save Junpei Yoshino and killed him to end his suffering, then fought Mahito and lost consciousness. She woke at Jujutsu High to learn Xiao Ba had been weakened, and Satoru Gojo stayed behind to speak with her privately.

• Junpei Yoshino went to school wearing Nagi Yoshino’s black coat, convinced that wealthy people had caused his mother’s death and Edano’s condition.
• Edano learned Nagi Yoshino had not been saved and teleported to Rikō High School, where she found Mahito had transfigured Junpei and Yuji Itadori was pleading with Sukuna to heal him.
• Edano shielded Yuji, used her technique to destroy Junpei, and received a Soul Seed that could gradually restore his soul.
• Edano attacked Mahito, then fought him inside his domain with Kento Nanami before Gojo knocked her unconscious; the system penalized her for failing to save Junpei.
• Edano woke in the infirmary, learned her rampage had nearly caused hundreds of deaths, and discovered Xiao Ba had used up much of his energy making the Soul Seed.
• Satoru Gojo sent Nobara Kugisaki and Megumi Fushiguro out of the infirmary and closed the door to speak privately with Edano.

After Edano woke in the infirmary, Satoru Gojo explained how he had stopped the higher-ups from executing her and secured a suspended sentence with strict conditions. Edano thanked him and mistook his attempt to get a hug for a threat, before the two embraced.

• Satoru Gojo recalled finding Edano wounded and out of control, then knocking her unconscious and carrying her to Shoko.
• Satoru Gojo told Edano that the higher-ups had sentenced her to death, then recounted confronting them and forcing them to suspend the execution.
• The higher-ups required Edano to have a guarantor or supervisor, keep her eyes sealed outside combat unless permitted, wear a white uniform, and face execution if she killed innocents; Satoru Gojo accepted responsibility for her.
• Edano praised Satoru Gojo and offered to treat him to Kikufuku, but she panicked when he reached toward her and asked if he planned to twist her head off.
• Satoru Gojo hugged Edano, and she called him a clingy kitty as he nuzzled her and enjoyed the embrace.

After Edano learned that her eyes had bewitched the sorcerers during her loss of control, she sealed them with the Silk Ribbon and discovered the world now appeared in black and white. Shoko Ieiri warned that another outburst could irreversibly damage Edano, and Satoru Gojo moved her into the teachers’ dormitory to keep her under watch, where Edano secretly planted the Soul Seed on the balcony.

• Satoru Gojo told Edano that her eyes had bewitched the lower-grade sorcerers, and Edano covered them with the Silk Ribbon.
• Shoko Ieiri explained that Edano’s soul and body were badly damaged and warned Satoru Gojo that she could not afford another loss of control.
• Satoru Gojo told Edano she had to move rooms and carried her belongings to the teachers’ dormitory.
• Edano tried to choose a room far from Satoru Gojo, but he stopped her and settled her into the room next to his.
• After Satoru Gojo left, Edano secretly planted the Soul Seed on the balcony.

After reliving the painful events that left her unconscious, Edano struggled to sleep until Satoru Gojo came to comfort her. The next morning, she prepared to see her classmates and upperclassmen, and Gojo said he might take her to a shrine for peace of mind.

• Edano woke from a distressing nightmare and found Satoru Gojo sitting on her windowsill in the middle of the night.
• Edano and Gojo traded jokes over daifuku, and she admitted she was thinking about Junpei.
• Gojo stayed beside Edano until she fell asleep, telling her not to bottle everything up and to lean on her teacher.
• After waking, Edano fed her Cursed Energy into the Soul Seed and checked that Gojo had slept properly.
• Gojo told Edano that her classmates and upperclassmen wanted to see her, and they set off to meet them.

Edano reunited with her friends at Jujutsu High after being badly injured, and they told her to take better care of herself. The group ended the day eating hot pot and dressing the boys in Edano’s skirts, while Edano and Maki planned a shopping trip.

• Edano tried to get her friends to fuss over her, and they confronted her about risking her life with Cursed Speech.
• Yuji Itadori told Edano that her friends needed her, and she promised to get stronger and protect herself.
• Edano invited everyone to eat hot pot, where the group teased each other over the food and Megumi Fushiguro’s cooking.
• Satoru Gojo arrived wearing a familiar dress, and Edano tried to fight him before her friends restrained her.
• Edano made Yuji Itadori, Toge Inumaki, and Satoru Gojo model her skirts and took photos, while Megumi Fushiguro refused to join.
• Maki agreed to go dress shopping with Edano over break, and Edano delighted in embracing Maki and Nobara Kugisaki.