Chapter Summaries

Tsukasa Hatayama left his wealthy family to attend Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, where Masamichi Yaga revealed that he had been classified as a Special Grade sorcerer. The chapter ended with Yaga recognizing Tsukasa’s extraordinary abilities and introducing him to a notably unusual new class of students.

• Tsukasa Hatayama woke and dressed for school, reflecting on his past life, the Jujutsu Kaisen world, and the powers he had received from a one-time system.
• Mirei Hatayama tried to keep Tsukasa from leaving, while Tsuki Hatayama explained that the private religious school’s principal had refused a twenty-billion offer to sell.
• Tsukasa said goodbye to his parents and left the family estate with a suitcase.
• At Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, Masamichi Yaga gave Tsukasa his student ID, which identified him as Special Grade.
• Yaga explained that Tsukasa earned the rank after exorcising a Special Grade cursed spirit at a park and praised his immense potential.

Tsukasa Hatayama settled into Jujutsu High and met Suguru Geto, whose cursed spirits reacted fearfully to him. He later inspected his powerful abilities in the first-year classroom, where Geto and Shoko Ieiri arrived, leaving the new class together for the first time.

• Tsukasa Hatayama finished cleaning his dorm room, welcomed Suguru Geto inside, and offered him snacks, prompting Geto to flee in embarrassment.
• Tsukasa Hatayama reflected that he, Suguru Geto, and Satoru Gojo were fifteen-year-old first-years, thirteen years before the main story.
• Tsukasa Hatayama checked his panel and reviewed his immense cursed energy, two cursed techniques, Hogyoku-granted abilities, and improving side effects.
• Shoko Ieiri entered the first-year classroom and began playing with her phone while Tsukasa Hatayama sat by the window.
• Suguru Geto arrived with soda, avoided Tsukasa Hatayama, and judged Shoko Ieiri to be weak after sensing her cursed energy.

Tsukasa Hatayama and Suguru Geto became friends while discussing their cursed techniques, until Satoru Gojo disrupted the class and provoked a confrontation. Tsukasa's immense cursed energy drew Gojo's interest, and Gojo ended the chapter getting punched by Masamichi Yaga again.

• Tsukasa Hatayama and Suguru Geto exchanged apologies over Jasmine Soda and began talking as friends.
• Tsukasa described his Dark Manipulation technique, and Suguru Geto shared his hopes of mastering Cursed Spirit Manipulation and someday performing a Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
• Satoru Gojo interrupted the conversation with a boastful introduction, and Suguru Geto and Tsukasa Hatayama mocked him before the boys traded insults and clashed with cursed energy.
• Tsukasa Hatayama joined the confrontation, unleashing enough cursed energy to shatter the classroom windows, and Masamichi Yaga entered and punched Satoru Gojo after the others blamed him.
• Satoru Gojo used his Six Eyes to examine Tsukasa Hatayama's dark-looking technique, and Masamichi Yaga punched him again when Tsukasa pointed toward the lectern.

On his first night at Jujutsu High, Tsukasa Hatayama was caught between Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, and the trio arrived at training exhausted. When Kyoto students came to meet Satoru, he insulted them and pressured them with his cursed energy, prompting Utahime Iori to demand respect.

• Satoru Gojo slipped into Tsukasa Hatayama's room to borrow his comforter, and Suguru Geto joined them in bed for a long conversation.
• Tsukasa woke to find Satoru and Suguru naked and embracing, slapped them awake, and called his mother to wish her good morning.
• At the training grounds, Masamichi Yaga found Tsukasa, Satoru, and Suguru dozing beside Shoko Ieiri.
• Utahime Iori and a Kyoto group arrived after losing the Sister Team Battle and said they had come to see Satoru.
• Satoru insulted the visitors and released his cursed energy, and Utahime shouted at him to show his seniors respect.

Masamichi Yaga asked Tsukasa Hatayama to spar with Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto to curb their arrogance, and Tsukasa agreed in exchange for a quilt for Satoru. As Gojo stepped onto the Green Field to fight Tsukasa, Mei Mei started taking bets on Gojo, while she secretly discovered Tsukasa was a Special Grade Sorcerer.

• Satoru Gojo mocked Utahime Iori, and Suguru Geto joined in before Masamichi Yaga stopped their argument.
• Masamichi Yaga asked Tsukasa Hatayama to teach Gojo and Geto a lesson, and Tsukasa accepted when Yaga promised to buy Satoru a quilt.
• Yaga announced that Tsukasa would spar with Gojo and Geto, and Tsukasa walked onto the Green Field as his friends eagerly prepared to fight him.
• Mei Mei picked up Tsukasa's Student ID and saw that it identified him as a Special Grade Sorcerer.
• Gojo used Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue to reach the Green Field first, while Mei Mei offered high odds to anyone betting on him.
• Utahime Iori tried to bet on Tsukasa, but Mei Mei refused her and Utahime eventually bet her money on Gojo.

Tsukasa Hatayama and Satoru Gojo fought at Jujutsu High, showing off Cursed Pressure, Dark Treasure, and their powerful techniques. Hatayama cut through Gojo’s Limitless and knocked him out with a single punch, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Hatayama used Cursed Pressure against Gojo, explained how he had developed it, and agreed to teach it to him if Gojo won.
• Hatayama unleashed Dark Treasure, raining weapons from black rings in the sky, while Gojo defended himself with Limitless and tried to destroy the rings using Blue.
• Hatayama ended his ranged assault and drew a knife, then revealed his eyes could see the Death of All Things and used them to cut Gojo’s Blue apart.
• Gojo attacked Hatayama with Black Flash, but Hatayama blocked the strike, moved behind him, and claimed he had learned the technique.
• Hatayama used his knife to dissolve Gojo’s Limitless, then punched him into Masamichi Yaga’s feet.

After Tsukasa Hatayama defeated Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto challenged him and was also outmatched, though Tsukasa promised to teach him Cursed Pressure. The students returned together after Geto recovered from his loss.

• Masamichi Yaga asked Shoko Ieiri to heal Satoru Gojo's bruised jaw after Tsukasa knocked him unconscious.
• Masamichi Yaga encouraged Suguru Geto to challenge Tsukasa Hatayama so he would learn that stronger people existed.
• Suguru Geto attacked Tsukasa with hand-to-hand moves, then summoned Big-Mouth Monster to swallow him.
• Tsukasa escaped Big-Mouth Monster by turning into white mist with Dark Manipulation and appeared behind Geto with a knife at his neck.
• Suguru Geto accepted Tsukasa's offer to buy him a drink and teach him Cursed Pressure, then walked back with him to the others.

Tsukasa Hatayama introduced Suguru Geto to the seniors, then taught Geto and Satoru Gojo how to use cursed pressure. Satoru quickly mastered the technique and showed Geto how to do it as well.

• Tsukasa Hatayama and Suguru Geto greeted their seniors, then carried the unconscious Satoru Gojo back to the dormitory.
• Masamichi Yaga left Tsukasa's wallet and Student ID with Mei Mei, who later returned them to Tsukasa.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto woke Tsukasa and insisted he teach them cursed pressure, then persuaded him to buy them drinks.
• Tsukasa explained that cursed pressure worked by compressing cursed energy before releasing it, and reassured Geto that it would not accidentally curse anyone.
• Satoru Gojo suddenly mastered cursed pressure, released a powerful burst that knocked bees unconscious, and taught Suguru Geto the technique.

Suguru Geto learned to control pure cursed energy with help from Satoru Gojo and Tsukasa Hatayama, and a month later Tsukasa demonstrated his mastery of Reverse Cursed Technique. The chapter ended with Shoko Ieiri healing Gojo while Tsukasa’s friends worked to improve their cursed-energy control.

• Suguru Geto successfully controlled pure cursed energy after Satoru Gojo explained Cursed Pressure and Tsukasa Hatayama shared his ability.
• Satoru Gojo teased Suguru Geto into agreeing to feed him five bites at dinner, and Tsukasa Hatayama hurried away from their exchange.
• A month later, Satoru Gojo called Tsukasa Hatayama a mama’s boy, prompting Tsukasa to chase and beat him while Shoko Ieiri watched.
• Suguru Geto explained that Tsukasa loved his mother but disliked others knowing, and Masamichi Yaga asked Shoko Ieiri to heal the bruised Gojo.
• Tsukasa Hatayama recalled mastering Reverse Cursed Technique with the Hōgyoku’s help and described how he taught Gojo and Geto to refine their cursed-energy control.

Masamichi Yaga told Tsukasa Hatayama that the higher-ups had ordered him to begin missions early because curses were appearing in large numbers. Tsukasa accepted a temporary partner, and Mei Mei arrived to meet him as Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto secretly watched.

• Masamichi Yaga announced that Tsukasa Hatayama would start taking missions the next day as a Special Grade Sorcerer because rising curse activity had overwhelmed other sorcerers.
• Tsukasa Hatayama accepted the early missions and learned that an upperclassman would guide him temporarily.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto protested the pairing and worried that Tsukasa's partner might be Utahime.
• The next day, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto spied on Tsukasa Hatayama at the school gates in the rain.
• Mei Mei appeared, watched the two friends flee, and walked toward Tsukasa Hatayama as his temporary partner.

Tsukasa Hatayama and Mei Mei traveled to a deserted village in Kanagawa to exorcise a curse hidden in a well. After capturing the skeletal cursed spirit, they discovered they might be trapped fifty meters underground.

• Mei Mei met Tsukasa Hatayama in the rain and recruited him for a mission, then had him carry her case.
• Tsukasa Hatayama and Mei Mei reached a deserted village in Kanagawa and located a cursed spirit deep inside a dry well.
• Tsukasa Hatayama descended into the well, used Dark Gravity to force the skeletal cursed spirit to kneel, and took its throne.
• Mei Mei followed Tsukasa Hatayama into the cavern and watched him capture the cursed spirit inside a Dark Matter sphere.
• Mei Mei realized the well was fifty meters deep and asked Tsukasa Hatayama how they could get back out.

Tsukasa Hatayama used his dark matter abilities to exorcise curses for Mei Mei while she collected the fees, and he prepared cursed spirits as Suguru Geto’s birthday gift. The chapter ended with Utahime Iori arriving at Geto’s party and trading barbs with Satoru Gojo over his recent defeat.

• Tsukasa Hatayama lifted Mei Mei out of a well with dark matter and revealed he had discovered a way to extract incarnated beings from human hosts.
• Mei Mei accepted Tsukasa Hatayama’s payment for their assignments, and he let her hold the money until he turned eighteen.
• Tsukasa Hatayama exorcised curses for Mei Mei and planned to give Suguru Geto six Grade 1 Cursed Spirits and a new attack method for his birthday.
• Suguru Geto celebrated his birthday at Jujutsu High while Satoru Gojo tossed little Panda around until Masamichi Yaga caught him.
• Utahime Iori arrived with a gift, and she mocked Satoru Gojo for being knocked unconscious by an unknown opponent.

Utahime Iori visited Tokyo and traded insults with Satoru Gojo before joining the group to celebrate Suguru Geto’s birthday. After a chaotic cake fight, Tsukasa Hatayama and Suguru reassured Gojo that they would help him get revenge on his next birthday.

• Utahime Iori reunited with Shoko Ieiri, argued with Satoru Gojo, and gave Suguru Geto a birthday gift.
• Tsukasa Hatayama and Mei Mei returned from Kanagawa with local specialties, and Tsukasa handed out gifts before Suguru made a birthday wish.
• Satoru Gojo smeared cake on Suguru, and Utahime Iori, Masamichi Yaga, Panda, Shoko Ieiri, and Suguru joined the ensuing cake fight.
• Tsukasa Hatayama and Mei Mei watched the cake fight from outside, while Satoru Gojo later complained that everyone had targeted him.
• Tsukasa Hatayama and Suguru Geto promised to help Gojo get revenge on his next birthday, then shared a secret chuckle behind his back.

Tsukasa gave Geto six Grade 1 Cursed Spirits and showed Geto and Gojo his cursed-energy Rasengan, then went with Mei Mei to investigate a string of deaths on a mountain near Sendai. They suspected a Special Grade Cursed Spirit might be involved, and Tsukasa confidently continued toward it.

• Tsukasa gave Geto six sealed Grade 1 Cursed Spirits as a birthday present, and Geto absorbed them despite their foul taste.
• Tsukasa handed Geto and Gojo a notebook describing the Rasengan and demonstrated its power by punching through a stone table.
• Geto and Gojo eagerly claimed the Rasengan training method, while Tsukasa explained that cursed energy lacked the elemental nature needed to create a Rasenshuriken.
• Ten days later, Tsukasa and Mei Mei traveled to the outskirts of Sendai to investigate ten adventurers who had died after disappearing on a mountain.
• Mei Mei suspected a Special Grade Cursed Spirit with a domain because the adventurers' bodies were intact and their faces wore smiles, but Tsukasa said he believed he could exorcise it.

Tsukasa Hatayama and Mei Mei investigated a shrine haunted by a powerful Special Grade 1 Imaginary Cursed Spirit, whose Simple Domain exploited Mei Mei’s greed. Tsukasa exorcised the spirit with his Orochi-inspired Void cursed technique and left carrying the unconscious Mei Mei.

• Mei Mei questioned whether Tsukasa Hatayama could exorcise the powerful curse, and he revealed that he had already defeated a special grade cursed spirit before joining Jujutsu High.
• Mei Mei saw piles of imaginary money as she entered the shrine’s Simple Domain and tried to leap off a cliff, so Tsukasa knocked her unconscious and laid her safely aside.
• The cursed spirit demanded to know why Tsukasa had no desires, and Tsukasa said he already had wealth, friendship, love, immortality, and an undying soul.
• The Special Grade 1 cursed spirit burst from the shrine and attacked Tsukasa, who kicked it into the building’s ruins.
• Tsukasa transformed with the Moment of the Gods' Descent, sliced the cursed spirit apart, and annihilated its remains with One-Handed Universal Radiance.
• Tsukasa returned to normal, put on his jacket, and left the mountainside carrying the sleeping Mei Mei.

After carrying Mei Mei down the mountain, Tsukasa Hatayama spent three days exorcising curses before taking leave to endure the Void Cursed Technique’s aftereffects. He woke from a fifteen-day slumber at Hatayama Manor, stronger than before, and was welcomed by his worried mother.

• Mei Mei woke on Tsukasa Hatayama’s back, recalled falling for the Shrine’s cursed spirit, and teased him while deducting money for carrying and touching her.
• Tsukasa Hatayama threatened to ask for a new partner, prompting Mei Mei to take his hand before he carried her down the mountain.
• Tsukasa Hatayama exorcised Grade 1 and Grade 2 curses for three days, then obtained fifteen days of leave from Masamichi Yaga.
• Tsukasa Hatayama returned to Hatayama Manor, prepared defenses against intruders, and went to sleep as the Void Cursed Technique’s aftereffects began.
• Fifteen days later, Tsukasa Hatayama woke with increased strength, and Mirei Hatayama embraced him with relief.

Tsukasa Hatayama returned to Jujutsu High after recovering from the side effects of his cursed technique and reunited with his friends. Masamichi Yaga told him that sorcerers had dubbed him the “Jujutsu Professor,” and invited him to meet the Higher-Ups for a reward.

• Tsukasa Hatayama checked his status panel and found that his recovery period had shortened by another day and a half.
• Tsukasa Hatayama returned to the training grounds, where Suguru Geto greeted him with a hug and Satoru Gojo eagerly claimed the food and desserts he had brought.
• Tsukasa Hatayama, Masamichi Yaga, and the others shared a meal and caught up on the recent decline in powerful cursed spirits.
• Masamichi Yaga explained that sorcerers and curse users called Tsukasa Hatayama the “Jujutsu Professor” because he was creating a unique path, and warned him to be wary of the Higher-Ups.
• Tsukasa Hatayama pointed out that Yaga could also be in danger if the Higher-Ups learned about Panda, and Yaga invited him to meet them for a reward.

Tsukasa Hatayama visited Kyoto Jujutsu High’s higher-ups, who presented him with the special grade cursed tool First Kitetsu. When the blade began draining his cursed energy, Tsukasa grinned and unleashed his reserves into it.

• Masamichi Yaga brought Tsukasa Hatayama to Kyoto Jujutsu High’s teleportation tower and explained that it led to the higher-ups.
• Tsukasa appeared before the six higher-ups and bowed, earning their warm approval.
• The higher-ups presented Tsukasa with money and the First Kitetsu, a cursed blade said to slay shikigami in one strike and destroy barriers.
• Tsukasa picked up the blade, which greedily began absorbing his cursed energy.
• Tsukasa blasted away the screens and poured his cursed energy into Kitetsu.

Tsukasa Hatayama accepted Kitetsu and one billion yen from the Higher-Ups after his cursed energy overwhelmed them and the Kyoto sorcerers outside. He left the attic with the elders accompanying him to explain the disturbance.

• Kitetsu consumed Tsukasa Hatayama’s cursed energy, while its killing intent frightened the six Higher-Ups and knocked out three Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerers.
• Masamichi Yaga and the Kyoto students and teachers rushed to the attic, where Tsukasa’s and Kitetsu’s auras forced them to stop.
• Tsukasa examined Kitetsu, decided he would eventually leave it to Yuta Okkotsu, and used Dark Gravity to gather the scattered money.
• The Higher-Ups offered Tsukasa two billion yen, and he accepted one billion after deciding to avoid challenging Jujutsu Society for now.
• Tsukasa took the money and Kitetsu and left with the Higher-Ups, who offered to explain the disturbance to the sorcerers below.

Tsukasa Hatayama apologized for the disturbance in Kyoto and returned to Jujutsu High with Yaga, then went looking for Senior Mei Mei to share Kitetsu and a gift. The chapter left Tsukasa nervously seated in Mei Mei’s room, preparing to show her what he had brought.

• Tsukasa Hatayama apologized to the Kyoto teachers and students, then carried Yaga away as the senior Higher-Up knocked Yoshinobu Gakuganji unconscious for trying to detain him.
• Tsukasa Hatayama explained the loft incident to Yaga, returned to Jujutsu High, and found that his friends were absent from the dorm.
• Tsukasa Hatayama remembered Mei Mei’s email, bought her favorite Bak Kut Teh, and asked Shoko Ieiri which room Mei Mei lived in.
• Tsukasa Hatayama found Mei Mei at room 109 and told her he had brought something to share, explaining that he had thought of her after his friends were unavailable.
• Mei Mei invited Tsukasa Hatayama inside, and he sat stiffly at her study desk, keeping away from the bed.