Chapter Summaries

Yuanli and Megumi Fushiguro shared the painful histories and regrets shaping their lives, then promised to face the future together. After Megumi named himself Yuanli’s steadfast shield, they reconciled their worries and saw Toji approaching with food.

• Megumi Fushiguro listened as Yuanli recounted her past and decided he wanted to trust and love her.
• Megumi prepared to tell Yuanli about himself, and she encouraged him to begin with his past rather than define himself.
• Megumi told Yuanli that he had returned to being two years old and wanted to change the Shibuya Incident.
• Yuanli told Megumi she cared about the future he hoped to save and considered how his knowledge could help prevent disaster.
• Megumi said he could be Yuanli’s steadfast shield and asked to be her one and only partner; Yuanli accepted and vowed to protect him.
• Yuanli and Megumi decided to find Toji, but Megumi noticed that Toji was already approaching with a lantern and food.

Toji struggled to connect with Yuanli during their Hawaii trip and sought advice on how to be a better father. After watching Shinichi and Yusaku Kudo together, Toji began to understand that he needed to learn how to build a relationship with his gifted daughter, and Yusaku encouraged him to be there when Yuanli needed him most.

• Toji arrived in Hawaii hoping to bond with Yuanli, but she arranged for each family member to pursue separate activities.
• After Toji admitted to Furuya that he struggled to get along with his children, Furuya gave him a flyer for a Hawaii parent-child summer camp.
• Toji and Furuya were nearly taken for questioning before Yusaku and Shinichi Kudo vouched for them and helped them join the camp activities.
• During a shared reading session, Shinichi explained why he admired Sherlock Holmes, prompting Toji to reflect on how Yuanli differed from ordinary children.
• Yusaku shared how he had recognized his own shortcomings as a father and told Toji that Yuanli might need him now.
• Shinichi called Yusaku to join the next parent-child activity, Bomb Disposal.

Toji struggled to express his feelings to Yuanli and Megumi, then finally followed his heart and found them on the beach. Their family grew closer as they made plans to visit a volcano and go sea fishing together.

• At the hospital, Yusaku Kudo told Toji that Yuanli was unusually intelligent and advised him to express his feelings without pressuring her.
• After the hotel lobby was sealed, Toji opened the kitchen’s back door but returned to find Yuanli and Megumi gone.
• Toji waited for his children, wrestled with whether to take the initiative, and eventually set out to find them.
• Toji found Yuanli and Megumi on the beach, told them he had missed them, and they hugged.
• Toji suggested surfing, but Yuanli reminded him about his injured arm and booked a volcano trip for the next morning.
• Toji proposed going sea fishing, Megumi eagerly agreed, and Yuanli arranged a boat and fishing rods.

Yuanli tried to kill Suguru Geto by luring him with beef bone soup, hoping to repay his kindness before removing the hesitation she felt. Her plan failed when the white-haired boy intervened, drank the soup, and spotted her sniper position.

• Yuanli decided she would kill Suguru Geto for Megumi Fushiguro and Toji, but first wanted to repay his kindness with beef bone soup.
• Yuanli cooked the soup with Toji, stored a portion in her void space, and arranged for it to be served to Suguru Geto and his classmates at Tokyo Skytree.
• Yuanli watched Suguru Geto prepare to drink the soup and struggled with her anger and anxiety at his gentle demeanor.
• The white-haired boy snatched Suguru Geto's bowl, drank the soup, and pretended to suffer poisoning.
• Yuanli shattered the bowl with an energy bullet, and the white-haired boy spotted her position and glared toward her through the scope.

After returning from Hawaii, the narrator moved with Toji and Megumi to Tokyo and learned that Megumi’s memories of the Demon King were uncertain. The narrator went to kill Suguru Geto but recognized him as the boy who had comforted her after Yuanyin’s death.

• The narrator watched Toji share emotional farewells with Yusaku Kudo and Furuya Sō before the family left Hawaii.
• After returning to Kanagawa, the narrator and her family renewed their old lease and moved to Tokyo for Megumi Fushiguro.
• Megumi recalled the Demon King as Suguru Geto but admitted his memories of the man and the timing of past events were hazy.
• The narrator worried that other people might have been reborn and offered to investigate whether Suguru Geto remembered a previous life.
• The narrator traveled to Tokyo Jujutsu High with a sniper rifle and fired at Suguru Geto, but deliberately or accidentally hit a tree after he turned around.
• The narrator recognized Suguru Geto as the boy who had comforted her while she held Yuanyin’s ashes.

Yuanli tried to kill Suguru Geto because his resemblance to Yuanyin reopened the pain of her unrequited love, but she could not bring herself to harm him. The chapter ended with Suguru comforting her tenderly, leaving Yuanli unable to resist the kindness she had feared.

• Yuanli dreamed that she rode in a taxi with Suguru Geto, then recognized that she wanted him to comfort her despite trying to shut out his kindness.
• Yuanli saw Suguru Geto buying a Queen album and was unsettled when the shop clerk mentioned his mother, bringing back painful memories of Yuanyin.
• Yuanli decided Suguru Geto was the source of her distress and followed him for a week, waiting for the Six Eyes to leave him alone.
• Yuanli charged at Suguru Geto with Jinchūmaru but could not strike him, realizing he had done nothing wrong and only reminded her of Yuanyin.
• Suguru Geto found Yuanli sobbing, covered her with his uniform jacket, and held and comforted her while she touched his neck but could not hurt him.

Suguru Geto struggled to fit in with his new classmates at Tokyo Jujutsu High while memories of Kanagawa and the person who drove him away resurfaced. After a silent bullet shattered his soup bowl and Satoru Gojo disappeared, Geto realized that person had come for him and that he would have to kill them to face the past.

• Suguru Geto agreed to go to dinner with Satoru Gojo and Shoko Ieiri, then awkwardly deferred to Shoko when she questioned Gojo's plan to eat at Tsukiji Market.
• At a restaurant near Tokyo Skytree, Geto hid his discomfort with the unfamiliar food and his longing for Kanagawa while Shoko ordered him miso soup.
• Gojo teased Geto about ordering miso soup, but Shoko ordered it for him; when it arrived as beef bone soup, it stirred painful memories of Kanagawa.
• Gojo snatched Geto's soup and pretended to be poisoned, but a silent bullet shattered the bowl and Gojo vanished.
• Geto sent Shoko back to Jujutsu High, recognized that the attack was meant for him, and concluded he would have to kill the person connected to that summer.

Suguru Geto prepared to kill the mysterious person he blamed for Ming Bai’s death, but his guilt and emotional strain made him doubt he could follow through. When he finally confronted the person in a secluded alley, he found himself facing a little girl and could not strike her.

• Suguru Geto bought a kitchen knife, infused it with cursed energy, and spent three days trying to prepare himself to kill the person who had escaped Satoru Gojo.
• Suguru suffered nightmares about Ming Bai and struggled with the strain of consuming Cursed Spirit Orbs and dealing with Satoru Gojo.
• After leaving school to clear his head, Suguru listened to a song in a music shop and fled when its lyrics about killing someone struck too close to his situation.
• Suguru used a day without Satoru following him to lure his pursuer into a secluded alley, believing the person was ready to attack.
• Suguru turned and swung his cursed knife at the pursuer, but stopped when he realized the target was a little girl.

Suguru Geto comforted Yuanli, believing she was a child controlled by an evil force, and brought her to a scenic area while still intending to kill her. After realizing he had mistaken her for someone else, he urged her to become someone beyond her misery and offered her a path as a jujutsu sorcerer.

• Suguru Geto draped his jacket over the sobbing child, comforted her, and carried her away while resolving to kill the force controlling her later.
• Yuanli noticed Suguru Geto's murderous intent and chose to follow him rather than escape, hoping he would attack her.
• Suguru Geto took Yuanli to a scenic area, held her hand, and asked why she had chosen to become Yuanli.
• Yuanli asked whether becoming someone else would let her escape Yuanli's misery, and Suguru Geto said it might be better than becoming misery.
• Suguru Geto summoned a cursed spirit and asked Yuanli whether she wanted to become a jujutsu sorcerer someday.

Yuanli struggled with the loss of her hopes involving Yuanyin and used conversations with her reflection to consider Suguru Geto’s future. She recognized that the Jujutsu Society might eventually kill him, but remained unsure whether to intervene or simply await his death.

• Yuanli spoke with her reflection about finding a motive to kill Suguru Geto, but the mirror offered no new advice.
• Yuanli watched Toji work on a manga with guidance from Yusaku Kudo while Furuya Sō helped polish the pages.
• Megumi returned from training at the martial arts school, where Makoto Kyogoku had been keeping watch over him.
• Alone in her room, Yuanli admitted to her reflection that her hopes of Yuanyin returning or remembering her had vanished.
• Yuanli considered confiding in Suguru Geto and recalled her premonition that the Jujutsu Society would eventually kill him.
• Yuanli asked whether she should stand by and watch, then accepted her reflection’s argument that she could only be happy once Suguru Geto was dead.