Chapter Summaries

Tsukasa Hatayama used a Black Orb and Reverse Cursed Technique to create a second Star Plasma Vessel, giving Suguru Geto and Satoru a way to deceive Tengen and spare Riko Amanai from immediate Assimilation. The new Riko left for Tengen’s dwelling while the original remained with Suguru and Tsukasa.

• Tsukasa Hatayama explained that the Black Orb had copied Riko Amanai’s body and asked her for a drop of blood to give the replica her Star Plasma Vessel essence.
• Riko Amanai trusted Tsukasa Hatayama and gave him blood, which he multiplied with Reverse Cursed Technique before using positive energy to complete the replica’s body.
• Tsukasa Hatayama finished the new Riko Amanai and warned Suguru Geto to turn around before the black covering peeled away.
• Suguru Geto saw the replica undressed, and Riko Amanai covered his eyes while Tsukasa Hatayama gave the replica his uniform.
• The new Riko Amanai dressed, exchanged a parting look with her original self, and left for Tengen’s tree dwelling as Tsukasa Hatayama bowed farewell.

Tsukasa left the Tombs of the Star Corridor with Riko Amanai, Suguru Geto, and Satoru Gojo alive, then carried out the execution of the Time Vessel Association’s leaders. Afterward, he encountered Kaori Itadori, who flirted with him despite his hostility.

• Tsukasa decided to protect his friends and change the tragedies of their original story, then left the Tombs of the Star Corridor with Riko Amanai, Suguru Geto, and Satoru Gojo.
• Satoru Gojo told Toji Fushiguro that his son would be sold to the Zenin Clan, and Toji died from his wounds.
• Tsukasa told Masamichi Yaga that Riko Amanai had died, then volunteered to execute the Time Vessel Association’s leaders.
• Tsukasa killed Shigeru Sonoda and the other ninety-nine members of the Time Vessel Association at their Kyoto headquarters.
• Kaori Itadori appeared after the massacre and flirted with Tsukasa, who drew Kitetsu and threatened her.

Tsukasa Hatayama confronted Kaori Itadori and exposed her as Kenjaku, who confessed to creating the Death Paintings through horrific experiments. Tsukasa attacked her, but her mysterious gravity repeatedly deflected his strikes, leaving them face to face as she continued to obsess over him.

• Tsukasa Hatayama deduced that Kaori Itadori was Kenjaku based on the scars on her forehead and records about Kenjaku's past.
• Kaori Itadori admitted she had taken over Kenjaku's body and revealed that she had experimented on a woman, producing nine cursed objects known as the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings.
• Tsukasa Hatayama condemned Kenjaku and attacked her with Kitetsu, but an unseen force redirected his sword slashes into nearby stone pillars.
• Tsukasa Hatayama appeared behind Kaori Itadori and struck at her, but the gravity surrounding her deflected his fist as she flirted with him.

Tsukasa Hatayama fought Kaori Itadori, adapted to her gravity technique, and overwhelmed her with physical attacks before unleashing Maximum Technique: Rational Universe. Kaori escaped through spatial teleportation, leaving Tsukasa to realize Kenjaku had made his body a target.

• Kaori Itadori used gravity to pin Tsukasa Hatayama down, but his Cursed Pressure forced her to the ground in turn.
• The Hōgyoku helped Tsukasa adapt to Kaori's gravity, and she decided she needed to obtain his body before he mastered a domain.
• Tsukasa Hatayama battered Kaori and broke her hands, but she recovered with reverse cursed technique and prepared a Long Hand Seal.
• Tsukasa activated Maximum Technique: Rational Universe, trapping Kaori in a black hole and destroying her soul.
• Kaori escaped by spatial teleportation, and Tsukasa concluded that Kenjaku had shifted his attention to his body.

Tsukasa warned Masamichi Yaga that Kenjaku could steal bodies and retain their Cursed Techniques, prompting Yaga to alert Jujutsu Society. At the dormitory gathering, Tsukasa offered to destroy the Inverted Spear of Heaven if Satoru Gojo agreed to an experiment, and Suguru Geto realized Tsukasa wanted to extract the weapon’s technique-canceling effect.

• Tsukasa told Masamichi Yaga that Kenjaku had occupied another body, could transfer his brain between bodies, and had escaped using his Cursed Technique.
• Masamichi Yaga chose to trust Tsukasa and said he would warn both schools and the Three Great Families about Kenjaku.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto traded the Inverted Spear of Heaven for the Chain of a Thousand Miles and the Soul Liberation Blade during a subdued camping session.
• Satoru Gojo asked Tsukasa to destroy the Inverted Spear of Heaven, and Tsukasa offered to help if Gojo agreed to an experiment involving Dark Manipulation.
• Suguru Geto guessed that Tsukasa planned to use Dark Extraction to take the Inverted Spear of Heaven’s forced technique-cancellation effect, leaving everyone stunned.

Tsukasa Hatayama revealed that Dark Manipulation could extract cursed properties from the Inverted Spear of Heaven and used it to create a Black Rod that nullified Satoru Gojo’s Limitless Inviolability. His friends recognized how far his strength had surpassed theirs, while Satoru accepted Tsukasa’s rise and hoped they could reshape Jujutsu Society together.

• Tsukasa explained that Dark Manipulation could extract an incarnated sorcerer’s soul and had allowed him to study the Inverted Spear of Heaven’s properties.
• Satoru gave Tsukasa the Inverted Spear of Heaven, and Tsukasa gave Satoru a notebook detailing the Flowing Water Rock Smashing Fist.
• Tsukasa used Dark Manipulation to drain the weapon’s special Cursed Energy and form a Black Rod that could pierce Satoru’s Inviolability.
• Satoru, Suguru Geto, Shoko Ieiri, Yu Haibara, and the others stared in disbelief as Tsukasa demonstrated the Black Rod’s ability to nullify Cursed Techniques.
• Suguru told Satoru to accept that he could no longer keep up with Tsukasa, while Satoru resolved to pursue his own dream and welcomed Tsukasa’s growing strength.

Tsukasa Hatayama gave Suguru Geto a martial arts notebook intended to pair with Satoru Gojo’s style, then dealt with Kaori Itadori’s obsessive plans to capture him. A month later, Tsukasa visited Masamichi Yaga, who had become principal, and joined him for coffee.

• Tsukasa Hatayama gave Suguru Geto the Whirlwind Iron-Cutting Fist notebook and explained that it paired with Satoru Gojo’s Flowing Water Rock Smashing Fist.
• Suguru Geto offered his body to repay Tsukasa Hatayama, who kicked him away and locked his room before calling his mother.
• Kaori Itadori failed to regenerate her right arm, cut off the remaining part, and vowed to capture Tsukasa Hatayama and possess his body.
• Jin Itadori heard Kaori Itadori moaning with a Tsukasa Hatayama doll and quietly left without knocking.
• A month later, Tsukasa Hatayama visited Masamichi Yaga, learned he had become principal, and heard Panda reveal that Yaga had been thrilled about the appointment.
• Masamichi Yaga offered Tsukasa Hatayama coffee, and Tsukasa chose the extra-bitter kind.

Tsukasa Hatayama gave Masamichi Yaga three of the Six Powers to teach Tokyo Jujutsu High’s students, withholding the rest to avoid upheaval in Jujutsu Society. A year later, Satoru Gojo demonstrated improved control of Limitless, while Suguru Geto realized Tsukasa might be developing a second domain.

• Tsukasa Hatayama gave Masamichi Yaga a notebook containing the training methods for Shave, Finger Pistol, and Iron Body, explaining that he withheld the other three forms to prevent disruption in Jujutsu Society.
• Masamichi Yaga agreed to teach the three forms to Tokyo Jujutsu High’s students, and Tsukasa warned him to call on their allies if the Higher-Ups or others tried to seize the methods.
• On August 10, 2007, Shoko Ieiri tested Satoru Gojo’s automatic Inviolability, and Satoru explained how Reverse Cursed Technique let him keep Limitless active with minimal energy use.
• Suguru Geto asked whether Tsukasa Hatayama had mastered a domain, and Tsukasa said he had but still sensed untapped potential in Dark Manipulation.
• Suguru Geto concluded that Tsukasa might be developing a second domain, leaving Shoko Ieiri and Satoru Gojo stunned.

Tsukasa Hatayama revealed that Dark Manipulation had given him the ability to develop two domains, astonishing Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Shoko Ieiri. He explained his open domain, Blissful Asura's Slumber, and left his friends discussing how its blissful dreams could conceal deadly slashes.

• Tsukasa Hatayama confirmed that Dark Manipulation had given him two distinct domains, leaving his friends stunned.
• Suguru Geto, Shoko Ieiri, and Satoru Gojo pinned Tsukasa down and stripped and humiliated him to avenge their bruised egos.
• Tsukasa Hatayama warned his friends he would take revenge, then returned to contemplating his cursed technique.
• Tsukasa Hatayama told Shoko Ieiri that his first domain was the open domain Blissful Asura's Slumber, which immobilized people through bliss rather than a barrier's sure-kill effect.
• Suguru Geto inferred that the domain gave its victims a fleeting dream before Tsukasa struck them with darkness slashes, and Satoru Gojo compared it to attacking someone in their sleep.

Tsukasa Hatayama discussed his domains with Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Shoko Ieiri, who helped him realize he had been developing his second domain in the wrong direction. He completed it by expanding Zhuang Zhou's Butterfly Dream.

• Satoru Gojo envied Tsukasa Hatayama's powerful open domain and worried that Tsukasa was developing a second one.
• Tsukasa Hatayama admitted he had no idea how to develop his second domain, and the others mocked him until he retaliated against Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto.
• Shoko Ieiri asked Tsukasa Hatayama to describe the darkness in his Innate Domain, and he said it was quiet, eerie, and impossible to touch.
• Shoko Ieiri suggested the darkness was suited to support rather than offense and compared its untouchability to Limitless's Inviolability.
• Tsukasa Hatayama realized he had been pursuing offense in the wrong direction and used Domain Expansion: Zhuang Zhou's Butterfly Dream.