Chapter Summaries

Haruka, a reincarnated and deeply unmotivated twin, confronted the curse possessing Yuji after their grandfather died and followed Yuji to his damaged school. When Jujutsu sorcerers said Yuji would be executed for swallowing a curse, Haruka stood between them and his brother, preparing to fight.

• Haruka and Yuji grieved their grandfather, who had told each of them to save people.
• Haruka sensed trouble, went to Yuji's school, and found a curse controlling his brother's body.
• Haruka attacked the curse with Cursed Tools and stopped when Yuji regained control of his body.
• Yuji explained that he had swallowed a curse and that Fushiguro and the white-haired man wanted to question him.
• Fushiguro said Jujutsu regulations required Yuji's execution and custody, and Haruka urged Yuji not to give up his life.
• Haruka shielded Yuji from the sorcerers, released eighty percent of his strength, and prepared to fight.

Gojo fought Haruka, a child who could conceal his presence and unleash bursts of speed, until Haruka was injured and Yuji offered his body to Sukuna in exchange for his younger brother’s safety. Sukuna took control, but Haruka asked to face Gojo himself and rushed into battle as Sukuna watched with interest.

• Haruka attacked Gojo with two blades, and Gojo activated Limitless to stop the second knife from reaching his eye.
• Gojo used Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue, but Haruka burst through the rubble and nearly struck him before Gojo kicked him away.
• Yuji caught Haruka and refused Gojo’s offer to heal him, then offered Sukuna his body in exchange for protecting his younger brother.
• Sukuna took control of Yuji and considered abandoning or killing Haruka, who grabbed his kimono and asked to fight in Yuji’s place.
• Sukuna let Haruka go, and Haruka charged toward Gojo while promising his big brother he would wait for him.

Haruka Itadori fought Satoru Gojo to protect Yuji, then woke to learn Yuji had been sentenced to death and confronted the jujutsu higher-ups. Gojo secured Haruka’s provisional Special Grade status and enrollment, while Sukuna plotted to target him after incarnating at the Eishu Juvenile Detention Center.

• Haruka used his released speed to attack Satoru Gojo, but exhaustion forced him to fall asleep as Sukuna protected him from Megumi’s shikigami.
• After waking from nine days of sleep, Haruka learned from Satoru Gojo that Yuji had received a suspended death sentence from the Jujutsu Society’s higher-ups.
• Haruka attacked a higher-up who proposed killing Yuji, and Sukuna revealed that his binding vow with Haruka was a vow of brotherhood that let him reach the higher-ups.
• Satoru Gojo persuaded the higher-ups to enroll Haruka as a provisional Special Grade Sorcerer, with Gojo responsible for executing him if he defected.
• Haruka agreed to attend Jujutsu High because Yuji had chosen to live without regret, and he told Gojo he would keep the confrontation with the higher-ups secret from Yuji.
• At the Eishu Juvenile Detention Center, Sukuna incarnated after Yuji failed to switch back and vowed to find Haruka and gouge out Yuji’s heart in front of him.

Haruka learned that Yuji had died after being sent on a special grade cursed spirit mission, and realized adults had caused his death by treating him as a threat. He confronted his teacher, Satoru Gojo, and awakened immense cursed energy driven by his love for his family.

• Haruka recalled how Grandpa and Yuji cared for him even after he gave up trying to be productive.
• Satoru Gojo brought Haruka beneath Jujutsu High and introduced himself as his homeroom teacher.
• Haruka read an email on Gojo's phone saying Yuji had died during a mission and asked to see him.
• Gojo explained that Yuji had died to regain control of himself and take Sukuna's place.
• Haruka concluded that adults had effectively killed Yuji and challenged Gojo when he stood in his way.
• Haruka's cursed energy surged, and he called the force behind it "family love."

Satoru Gojo fought Haruka Itadori after Haruka stole the Inverted Spear of Heaven and refused to believe Yuji was dead. Gojo used a memory-altering talisman to make Haruka forget Yuji, while Sukuna promised to help him recover those memories; Haruka awoke with a faint sense that something was wrong.

• Haruka Itadori used the Inverted Spear of Heaven and his speed to wound Satoru Gojo, then narrowly missed killing him inside Unlimited Void.
• Haruka insisted Yuji was alive and described their promise to travel to Salar de Uyuni and make brothers together, then broke down grieving for his family.
• Satoru Gojo used a talisman to make Haruka forget everything about Yuji Itadori.
• In Sukuna's domain, Haruka feared losing his memories of Yuji, and Sukuna comforted him by describing Yuji and promising the binding vow would help restore his memories.
• Haruka woke to Satoru Gojo's usual morning greeting, felt that something was wrong, and wondered who Yuji was.

Haruka Itadori’s memories of his twin brother Yuji returned, and he reunited with Yuji after nearly attacking two people who insulted him. As Haruka struggled with guilt and self-hatred, Ryomen Sukuna decided to favor him.

• Gojo brought Haruka Itadori to Jujutsu High, where Fushiguro and Kugisaki learned he was Yuji’s younger twin and a second Sukuna vessel whom the higher-ups considered expendable.
• Fushiguro and Kugisaki confronted Gojo for sealing Haruka’s memories of Yuji, and Gojo explained that restoring them could make Haruka lose control and kill again.
• Haruka found a coin bank and strawberry milk that stirred his memories, and a woman’s taunts caused him to remember Yuji and attack her and her companion with his speed Cursed Technique.
• Gojo stopped Haruka before he could finish attacking, and Yuji appeared, prompting Haruka to cry and embrace his living brother.
• Haruka admitted his fears and self-hatred to Ryomen Sukuna, who promised to favor him no matter how much he hated himself.

Haruka rescued Yuji and Junpei from Mahito by unleashing his Domain Expansion, then broke down and wished he and Yuji could remain inside it forever. Yuji comforted him as Gojo arrived, and they found a damaged phone whose video began with an unknown boy saying he was already dead.

• During dinner, Gojo told Haruka and Yuji that they had separate missions and that he would not accompany them, explaining that the assignments were meant to help them grow.
• At Junpei's school, Yuji was trapped while Mahito prepared to hurt Junpei, and Haruka arrived with a Domain Expansion that flooded the building with clear water.
• Haruka fought Mahito inside his domain and killed him, while Yuji defeated the Transfigured Humans and found Junpei alive.
• After Haruka's domain collapsed, Yuji carried him home; on the train, Haruka expanded his domain again and asked Yuji to stay there with him forever.
• Yuji rejected Haruka's wish to withdraw from the world and promised to support him, and Gojo appeared as Haruka calmed down.
• Yuji and Gojo discovered a damaged phone in Haruka's hand and played a video in which an unknown boy said he was already dead.

Satoru Gojo argued with Yuji over hiding Junpei’s cursed message from Haruka, and Yuji made a Brotherly Binding Vow with Sukuna so Sukuna could confront Gojo. Haruka woke to find the phone beside him and sank back into grief before the story shifted to his first meeting with Kai Sagami, a fellow transmigrator.

• Gojo kept Haruka asleep and took away the phone containing Junpei’s final message, fearing Haruka would be consumed by its curse.
• Yuji demanded that Gojo return the real phone so Haruka could hear Junpei’s last words, but Gojo refused and the two fought over how to protect Haruka.
• Yuji made a Brotherly Binding Vow with Sukuna, who manifested and struck Gojo before warning him not to block Haruka’s path forward.
• Haruka woke, realized the friend whose voice was preserved on the phone was gone, and chose to return to sleep with his memories.
• A month earlier, Haruka met Kai Sagami on their first mission, and Sagami recognized him as a fellow transmigrator.

Haruka traveled to Kyoto, where a woman’s letters from her son Kai made her confront her guilt over the past. After befriending Kai and returning to face a dangerous shrine deity, Haruka was poisoned and badly injured, and a colossal cursed spirit appeared overhead as Kai pulled her to her feet.

• Haruka rode the Shinkansen to Kyoto and met Kai’s mother, whose letters from her lonely son brought Haruka to tears and renewed her guilt.
• A month earlier, Haruka and Kai had bonded over their families, and Haruka had called Kai her friend.
• Haruka and Kai’s mission led them to a shrine on Mount Akagi, where shadow attacks wounded Haruka and forced them to retreat.
• After recovering, Haruka and Kai returned to the shrine, where the innkeeper and other locals revealed that they had summoned its deity and poisoned Haruka’s tea.
• The deity’s attacks overwhelmed the pair, and Haruka strained to protect Kai before a colossal cursed spirit appeared above them.
• As Haruka froze in despair, Kai took her hand and pulled her to her feet.

Kai Sagami sacrificed himself to protect Haruka Itadori from a god, and Haruka awakened his Domain Expansion and destroyed the threat. Grieving Kai’s death, Haruka found his phone and then heard his other half calling, so he opened his Domain again to reach him.

• Kai stood between the poisoned Haruka and the god, then embraced Haruka and said they had to part.
• Kai drew the Futsu-no-Mitama Sword and gave his life to hold back the god’s attack, protecting Haruka until his body and the sword were destroyed.
• Haruka activated Domain Expansion: Clear Mirror, Still Water, erased the god and the surrounding enemies, and survived the god’s final strike to his right eye.
• Haruka mourned Kai, blamed himself for the mission and Kai’s death, and found Kai’s phone, which Kai had slipped into his hood during their farewell embrace.
• Haruka heard his other half calling and opened Clear Mirror, Still Water again, directing his tears and Cursed Energy toward him.

Haruka Itadori listened to Kai Sagami’s final message and watched a recording of them together, grieving the friend who had died protecting him. Satoru Gojo stayed beside Haruka and held him as he sobbed.

• Haruka woke in darkness and heard Kai’s recorded message through earphones.
• Kai told Haruka not to blame himself, recalled their time together, and spoke of the future and friendship he had wanted.
• Kai said he wanted Haruka to remember him, then asked him to cry and get back up before saying goodbye.
• Haruka watched a recording of himself and Kai together and tearfully begged for his friend to be given back.
• Satoru Gojo held Haruka’s hand and cradled him as he sobbed.

Haruka reunited with Yuji’s friends after grieving Kai, then uncovered a plan to assassinate Yuji and confronted the jujutsu elders. Gojo rescued Haruka and promised he could rest safely with him, while the Kyoto sorcerers renewed their plan to eliminate both brothers and Haruka struck back during the exchange event.

• Haruka reunited with Kugisaki and Fushiguro, showed them his injured eye, and watched Yuji reconnect with his friends.
• After getting lost, Haruka overheard the elders plotting to kill Yuji and confronted them before Gojo arrived to protect him.
• Gojo carried Haruka away and reassured him that he could rest around Gojo without needing to pretend to be strong.
• Kamo and the other Kyoto sorcerers reaffirmed their goal to eliminate Yuji and Haruka, then targeted Yuji during the exchange event.
• Haruka appeared above Kamo and the attackers and used Haze Strike against them.
• Gojo watched the event with Junpei Yoshino, Utahime, and the principal while wondering whether to buy Gyokuro Tea.

Haruka Itadori fought Kyoto Jujutsu High to protect Yuji, then used his Domain Expansion to destroy Hanami and rescue Yuji’s group. Afterward, a cursed spirit searching the Tombs of the Star Corridor found Sukuna’s fingers missing and suspected someone had taken them first.

• Haruka shot through the Kyoto students’ dominant hands, broke Nishimiya’s broom, and kicked her into Mechamaru before Yuji caught him as he fell.
• Haruka and Yuji shared a nostalgic moment, then Yuji fought Todo while Haruka attacked Mechamaru and the other Kyoto students.
• Haruka nullified Mechamaru’s cannon with the Inverted Spear of Heaven, knocked out the sword-wielding girl, and followed the withering plants to Yuji’s group.
• Haruka released his cursed technique, expanded his domain, and erased the cursed spirit attacking Yuji and the others before Gojo arrived.
• A cursed spirit searching the Tombs of the Star Corridor found the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings but no Sukuna fingers, and noticed the sealing talismans scattered on the ground.

Haruka recalled how his big brother Sukuna had noticed his hatred of his Heavenly Restriction and offered to make a deal, then woke up after napping with Gojo beside him. Yuji told Haruka to get up and apologize to the Kyoto Jujutsu High students he had injured, but Haruka objected because they had nearly killed Yuji.

• Haruka remembered that Sukuna had asked whether he hated his Heavenly Restriction and offered to make a deal.
• Haruka woke up to find Gojo sleeping with his head on Haruka’s stomach.
• Gojo and Yuji tried to get Haruka out of bed, and Yuji lifted him when he clung to the blanket.
• Yuji told Haruka to apologize to the Kyoto Jujutsu High students he had injured.
• Haruka refused, arguing that the students had nearly killed Yuji.

Haruka went with Yuji to ask Noritoshi Kamo about Kai Sagami, while Sukuna briefly threatened Kamo through Haruka. Back at school, Gojo told Haruka that Sukuna’s Fingers had been stolen and wondered whether Haruka could have eaten them, but Haruka denied it.

• Gojo stopped Haruka and Yuji’s argument and persuaded Haruka to ask Kamo about Kai Sagami.
• Kamo recalled the Goodwill Event injuries and resolved to stop Yuji and Haruka, but Haruka’s Sukuna-marked arm lunged at him before Haruka warned him not to try again.
• Haruka and Yuji returned to Gojo, and Haruka settled down to drink the green tea Gojo had brewed.
• Gojo explained that Sukuna’s Fingers and the cursed wombs had been stolen, and Haruka joked that the thief must like strange things.
• Gojo asked whether Haruka had eaten Sukuna’s Fingers, and Haruka denied it while folding paper figures.

Gojo learned that Haruka had arranged for Yuji to swallow Sukuna’s fingers and had used Sukuna’s cursed energy to remove his heavenly restriction, then asked Yuji and the others if they could kill him. On October 31 in Shibuya, Haruka appeared as Gojo was sealed in the Prison Realm, and Gojo recognized the plan just before the gate closed.

• Gojo told Yuji and the other students that the higher-ups had been killed and Haruka was officially a curse user marked for execution.
• Sukuna revealed that Yuji had swallowed eight fingers and explained that Haruka had made a deal with him to remove his heavenly restriction by transferring cursed energy.
• Gojo pieced together how Haruka had secretly arranged for Yuji to swallow the fingers, and concluded that Haruka had defected and purged the higher-ups.
• Gojo asked Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara if they could kill Haruka; Yuji said he would stop and protect his younger brother instead.
• On October 31, Gojo was trapped in the Prison Realm at Shibuya Station as Haruka appeared, and the gate closed before Gojo could finish saying his name.

Haruka Itadori swallowed the Prison Realm and transformed it into a living cursed object before opening his Domain Expansion against Mahito, Geto, and Jogo. The Prison Realm sealed the cursed spirits away, leaving Mahito in a hellish landscape with a silver figure as Haruka’s fate remained uncertain.

• Haruka swallowed the Prison Realm despite the pain and began changing its restrictions and unsealing method from within.
• Haruka stabbed himself, altered the Prison Realm into a living cursed object, and opened his Domain Expansion, Clear Mirror, Still Water.
• Mahito and Jogo prepared their Domain Expansions as Haruka’s domain spread water reflecting countless red eyes.
• Haruka declared that the targets were all cursed spirits in Japan and opened the Prison Realm, which pulled Mahito into darkness.
• Mahito awoke among cursed spirit remains and saw a silver figure who said they needed to hurry and get Haruka.

Yuji and Haruka fought to the death over their opposing plans for the jujutsu world, but Yuji reached for his brother as they collapsed. Haruka appeared to accept his hand, then Sukuna seized control and attacked Yuji with Black Butterfly.

• Yuji found Haruka on the station tracks, and the brothers declared that they would fight over whether to destroy or protect the world.
• Haruka and Yuji exchanged brutal attacks, and Haruka revealed that he had eaten the Prison Realm and held Gojo inside him.
• The brothers admitted their hatred for each other and resumed fighting with their fists, feet, and blades.
• As they collapsed from exhaustion, Yuji said he wanted to protect Haruka and reached for his bloodied hand.
• Haruka appeared to take Yuji's hand, but Sukuna revealed that he had been waiting to take over Haruka's body and swung Black Butterfly at Yuji.

Sukuna tried to kill Yuji Itadori with Black Butterfly, but Haruka’s lingering will turned the blade against Sukuna and protected Yuji. Yuji pierced his own heart with White Butterfly, and Sukuna collapsed as his cursed energy vanished.

• Sukuna stabbed Haruka Itadori’s body in the heart with Black Butterfly, but Haruka’s remaining influence made him wound himself instead.
• Sukuna used Reverse Cursed Technique to recover and threatened to kill Yuji, insisting Yuji could not harm his younger brother.
• Sukuna repeatedly swung Black Butterfly at Yuji, but an unseen force blocked every strike.
• Yuji declared that Haruka’s heart remained with him and drew White Butterfly.
• When Yuji pierced the heart, Sukuna saw Haruka’s phantom use the Inverted Spear of Heaven to block his blade.
• Sukuna collapsed as his cursed energy rapidly drained away.

Yuji watched Haruka, possessed by Sukuna, stab himself rather than strike Yuji, and held on to the belief that Haruka’s heart remained. As Sukuna attacked, Yuji raised Haruka’s cursed tool and saw Haruka’s face reflected in Sukuna’s weapon.

• Sukuna used Haruka’s body to attack Yuji, but Haruka turned the blade and stabbed himself.
• Haruka’s eyes returned to their original copper color, and he smiled at Yuji before collapsing.
• Sukuna stood over Haruka’s body and threatened to kill Yuji, but Yuji refused to give up on Haruka.
• Sukuna accused Yuji of making Haruka lose everything and swung his cursed tool at him.
• Yuji declared that Haruka’s heart was still with him and raised the cursed tool Haruka had used.
• Yuji saw Haruka’s relieved, content, and slightly lonely face reflected in Sukuna’s weapon.