Chapter Summaries

Araki Itsuki faced Todo in a fight at Jujutsu High, overwhelming him with speed and technique. Todo’s instincts and extraordinary intellect helped him spot an opening and avoid Araki’s counter, leaving him eager to continue the battle.

• Araki Itsuki arrived as Todo was beating Fushiguro, and Todo asked what kind of girls Araki liked.
• Araki Itsuki handed his Special Grade student ID to Yuji Itadori and caught Todo off guard with a throw that slammed him into the ground.
• Araki Itsuki traded rapid kicks and punches with Todo, eventually landing a hook that sent him through a wall.
• Todo read Araki’s planned Superman Punch and jumped back to avoid the counterattack.
• Todo recalled how Yuki Tsukumo had changed his once-boring life, then challenged Araki to fight again.

Araki Itsuki defeated Todo in a brutal fight that demolished the dormitory rooms. After Yuji Itadori told Todo his preferred type of woman, Todo formed false memories of their friendship and declared them best friends.

• Todo charged Araki Itsuki, who countered his attacks and overwhelmed him with a series of strikes and kicks.
• Araki Itsuki slammed Todo into the floor, then launched him through the dormitory buildings with a powerful kick.
• Yuji Itadori searched the rubble, rescued Todo, and recovered his Jennifer Lawrence poster.
• Todo asked Yuji Itadori what type of woman he liked, and Yuji said he liked tall women with big butts.
• Todo imagined a history of friendship with Yuji and tearfully declared that they were best friends.

Araki Itsuki watched the Kyoto students clash and met Panda and Inumaki, while reflecting on the grim fates awaiting many of them. After Yuji Itadori left with Todo for Takada-chan’s handshake event, Araki discovered his Student ID was missing and called out in anguish; at the venue, Yuji waited for Todo to save him.

• Araki Itsuki explained Todo’s immense IQ to Megumi Fushiguro and Yuji Itadori, then Todo took Yuji to Takada-chan’s handshake event.
• Araki Itsuki and Fushiguro watched Kugisaki and Mai fight, then met Panda and Inumaki, who had come to Jujutsu High for the Goodwill Event.
• Araki Itsuki realized that the people around him faced terrible futures, while Maki stopped the fight and explained that she had no cursed energy and wanted to defy her family.
• When Maki asked Araki Itsuki’s grade, he realized Yuji had taken his Student ID and shouted Yuji’s name across the school grounds.
• Todo reached Takada-chan’s event and, after his handshake, found Yuji pale and trembling by the door, asking him for help.

Araki Itsuki rescued Junpei Yoshino from his bullies and offered him a partnership in exchange for following his instincts at a movie screening. After Araki revealed he could heal Junpei’s scars, Junpei was left consumed by hatred and madness.

• Araki Itsuki interrupted the bullies tormenting Junpei Yoshino and quickly overpowered two of them.
• Araki forced the remaining bullies to fight, then let them go after Junpei asked him to spare them.
• Araki told Junpei to watch Evil Dead 3 at the September Kinema Cinema on Monday and contact him if anything strange happened.
• Araki offered Junpei revenge, power, wealth, and a chance to heal his cigarette-burn scars.
• Junpei touched his scars after Araki left, his eyes filled with hatred and madness.

Junpei Yoshino met Mahito, who altered his brain so he could use his cursed technique, then manipulated him into following him. Araki Itsuki intervened and forced Junpei to choose to leave Mahito, but Junpei ended the chapter still eager to play with him.

• Mahito killed three delinquents in the theater, and Junpei followed him to ask whether he could gain the same power.
• Mahito showed Junpei his experiments, persuaded him that humans had no hearts, and altered his brain so he could use his poison-based cursed technique.
• Mahito praised Junpei and taught him about his shikigami, while Junpei decided to stop contacting Araki Itsuki.
• Araki Itsuki confronted Junpei and warned that Mahito was using him, offering to heal his scars and give him money if he disappeared for a while.
• Junpei chose Mahito, so Araki beat him until he agreed to leave; afterward, Araki healed his scars, and Junpei declared he wanted to play with Mahito.

Kento Nanami joined Yuji Itadori and Araki Itsuki to investigate the movie theater, teaching Yuji to follow cursed residue and fight transfigured humans. The investigation ended with Nanami realizing that their opponent was human, not a cursed spirit.

• Satoru Gojo introduced Nanami to Yuji and Araki, and Nanami explained why he had left office work and returned to jujutsu sorcery.
• Nanami taught Yuji how to recognize cursed residue as they traced it from the movie theater to a tall building.
• Nanami told Yuji to fight a second enemy while he handled a transfigured human, then explained his Ratio technique and Araki described Cursed Technique Disclosure.
• Yuji struck the transfigured human with Divergent Fist while Nanami assessed the technique's potential.
• Nanami noticed the enemy's watch, photographed it, and warned Yuji not to kill it because it was human.

Araki Itsuki joined Kento Nanami in confronting Mahito, while Yuji Itadori was sent to investigate Junpei Yoshino. After Nanami fought Mahito, Araki revealed a monstrous form and challenged Mahito’s beliefs about the soul and body, leaving Mahito shaken and unable to explain what he saw.

• Shoko Ieiri explained that the victims had been transformed through jujutsu and died from shock, but Yuji Itadori still felt responsible for their deaths.
• Kento Nanami assigned Yuji Itadori and Ijichi to investigate Junpei Yoshino while Araki Itsuki accompanied Nanami to Mahito’s hideout.
• Araki Itsuki and Kento Nanami found Mahito in a sewer, where Nanami fought him and severed his arm before retreating.
• Araki Itsuki challenged Mahito’s claim that the soul determined the body’s shape and transformed into a monstrous form without using Idle Transfiguration.
• Mahito was left terrified and confused as Araki Itsuki mocked his belief in the soul, while Kento Nanami reached for his phone to call Satoru Gojo.

Araki Itsuki overwhelmed Mahito in a sewer, mocking and crushing the curse while demonstrating his extraordinary strength. Mahito escaped during an attack by several Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, and Itsuki hinted that he had deliberately toyed with Mahito as a cat toys with its prey.

• Araki Itsuki reassured Kento Nanami that his changed body was only a flesh-and-blood vessel he could alter at will.
• Araki Itsuki dodged Mahito's transfigured humans, then beat him down and taunted him to become his dog.
• Several Grade 1 Cursed Spirits attacked Kento Nanami, but Araki Itsuki restrained and crushed them with purple-black giant hands.
• Kento Nanami realized Mahito had escaped while Araki Itsuki stopped the other attackers.
• Araki Itsuki compared his treatment of Mahito to a feline playing with its prey, leaving Kento Nanami unsettled.

Mahito and Suguru Geto plotted to use Junpei Yoshino to make Yuji Itadori seek help from Ryomen Sukuna, while Yuji met Junpei and began befriending him. Junpei’s mother invited Yuji over for dinner, and Junpei secretly mocked Suguru Geto after he hurried away to investigate an explosion.

• Mahito escaped through a sewer, described what he had learned from Araki Itsuki, and vowed to kill him.
• Suguru Geto and Mahito planned to exploit Yuji Itadori’s friendship with Junpei Yoshino to create a binding vow with Ryomen Sukuna.
• Yuji Itadori and Ijichi found Junpei, but canceled their test after Junpei punched his teacher for failing to stop bullying.
• Yuji spoke with Junpei by the riverbank, and the two bonded over the movie Evil Dead 3.
• Junpei’s mother invited Yuji to dinner, while Suguru Geto watched them from a bridge before leaving to investigate an explosion.
• Junpei called Suguru Geto an idiot under his breath, then smiled and told Yuji and his mother that everything was fine.

Yuji Itadori shared a cheerful dinner with Junpei Yoshino and Nagi Yoshino before leaving, unaware that Junpei had transformed Nagi into a decoy and arranged for her to be killed by a curse drawn to Sukuna’s finger. Mahito then comforted the horrified Junpei and encouraged him to blame curse users, leaving Junpei pretending to ask for help as Mahito’s plan proceeded.

• Ijichi drove to pick up Kento Nanami and Araki Itsuki after Nanami warned that Mahito could grow more powerful and cause many more victims.
• Yuji Itadori laughed and joked with Nagi Yoshino and Junpei Yoshino over dinner, then learned Junpei had been bullied and said he feared killing would change how he valued life.
• After Yuji left, Junpei used purplish-black energy and a double to replace Nagi with a transformed decoy, then waited in his bedroom.
• A Sukuna finger attracted a curse that killed and devoured the real Nagi Yoshino while Junpei listened without showing concern.
• Mahito entered Junpei’s room with the finger, and Junpei acted terrified as Mahito suggested curse users had planted it and urged Junpei to seek revenge.

Junpei Yoshino attacked his former bullies, and Yuji Itadori tried to stop him and bring him to Jujutsu High after hearing about his mother's death. Mahito moved to transfigure Junpei, but Araki Itsuki, disguised as Junpei, stabbed him with a purple-black dagger.

• Kento Nanami told Yuji Itadori and Araki Itsuki to keep watching Junpei Yoshino, and Araki gave Yuji Junpei's bullying records.
• Mahito and Suguru Geto placed a Curtain around Junpei Yoshino's school, where Junpei attacked Shota Ito and the other bullies.
• Yuji Itadori confronted Junpei Yoshino, listened to his grief over his mother's death, and urged him to join Jujutsu High.
• Mahito appeared and struck Yuji Itadori, while Araki Itsuki held back to avoid putting Junpei in danger.
• Mahito tried to use his cursed technique on Junpei, but Junpei revealed himself as Araki Itsuki and stabbed Mahito in the abdomen.

Araki Itsuki revealed that Death Omen Star Sako had impersonated Junpei Yoshino and helped expose Mahito's deception. After Sako vanished, Araki Itsuki savagely beat Mahito and explained the clues that had exposed the fake Junpei, leaving Mahito crushed and still pinned beneath his foot.

• Araki Itsuki revealed Sako's disguise and explained how the Demon Jester had portrayed Junpei Yoshino while the real Junpei stayed hidden.
• Sako's presence terrified Yuji Itadori until Araki Itsuki steadied him, then Sako and Nagi Yoshino's remains vanished.
• Araki Itsuki attacked Mahito and explained that Junpei had been replaced after Mahito modified him.
• Araki Itsuki recounted the clues Mahito missed: his greeting, Junpei's avoidance of touch, and Junpei's failure to use his shikigami's poison.
• Araki Itsuki taunted Mahito for being manipulated, then stomped his face into the concrete as Mahito struggled beneath him.

Araki Itsuki explained to Yuji Itadori that Junpei Yoshino’s memories and personality were real, then tormented Mahito before allowing Yuji to fight him. Yuji and Mahito battled through the school, and Mahito impaled Yuji with spikes of flesh.

• Araki Itsuki told Yuji Itadori that Sako had played Junpei Yoshino but possessed the real Junpei’s memories and personality.
• Yuji vowed to kill Mahito, while Araki mocked and repeatedly stomped Mahito as he tried to climb from a hole.
• Mahito climbed out and challenged Yuji, who charged him; Mahito used his changing body to evade and strike back.
• Yuji pursued Mahito through the school as Mahito transformed his arms into chainsaws and a drill, damaging walls and a pillar.
• Yuji grabbed Mahito’s drill-like arm despite spikes piercing his hands, dragged him close, and punched him in the head.
• Mahito countered by impaling Yuji at close range with spikes and spears of flesh, then told him not to let anger and impulse blind him.

Mahito’s attempt to force Ryomen Sukuna out of Yuji Itadori backfired, and Sukuna’s safeguard left Mahito vulnerable to Yuji. Suguru Geto arranged a hostage exchange to save Mahito, and Jogo called Yuji just as he was about to finish it off.

• Mahito tried to activate Idle Transfiguration on Yuji Itadori, but Ryomen Sukuna wounded it from within his innate domain, allowing Yuji to recover and strike back.
• Mahito expanded its domain, but Ryomen Sukuna’s safeguard slashed Mahito and collapsed the domain before Yuji could kill it.
• Yuji received a call from Jogo, who demanded that Mahito be released because the cursed spirits had captured two jujutsu sorcerers.
• Suguru Geto discovered that Junpei Yoshino’s mother’s corpse had vanished and realized Araki Itsuki had interfered with his plans.
• Suguru Geto ordered Jogo to capture Kento Nanami and another sorcerer alive, then use their phones to call Yuji and arrange a hostage exchange.

Kento Nanami and Ino cleared transfigured humans from the sewer, but Jogo and Hanami ambushed them and took Ino hostage. Jogo called Yuji Itadori to demand Mahito’s release, while Araki Itsuki ordered the cursed spirits to meet him at the school.

• Kento Nanami reassured Ino that Araki Itsuki and Yuji Itadori could handle the school while they cleared the sewer.
• Jogo attacked Nanami as he emerged from the sewer, and Nanami urged Ino to flee while he faced the special grade cursed spirit.
• Hanami captured Ino, and Jogo threatened to burn him unless Nanami stopped fighting.
• Jogo used Nanami’s phone to call Yuji Itadori and demanded that Mahito be released in exchange for the two sorcerers.
• Araki Itsuki told Jogo to come to the school within ten minutes and taunted him with sounds of Mahito being beaten, prompting Jogo to crush the phone.

Araki Itsuki traded Mahito for Kento Nanami and Ino after Hanami threatened them with Cursed Buds. Once the sorcerers were safe, Araki revealed he had prepared a gift for the departing Cursed Spirits: a powerful demon waiting to attack them.

• Araki Itsuki taunted the wounded Mahito while Yuji Itadori pleaded with him to save Kento Nanami.
• Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon arrived with Kento Nanami and Ino as hostages, and Hanami threatened to detonate Cursed Buds planted on them.
• Araki Itsuki gave Mahito back, and Hanami released Ino and Kento Nanami so the groups could leave.
• Araki Itsuki wished Mahito would return stronger and more cunning, while the sorcerers discussed their escape and Ino claimed Kento Nanami's watch.
• Araki Itsuki told Yuji Itadori that he had prepared a gift for the Cursed Spirits, and a demon with a huge scythe confronted them outside the city.

Jogo, Hanami, and Mahito fought Rhaast, but the demon endured their attacks and wounded Hanami. Rhaast seized Hanami and tried to bite her as she struggled to keep his jaws away from her head, leaving her desperately hoping her teammates would help.

• Rhaast charged the group, but Jogo, Hanami, and Mahito combined flames, roots, and a giant drill to attack him.
• Jogo blasted Rhaast with volcanic flames, but Rhaast survived and rushed Hanami.
• Hanami struck Rhaast with her fist, but he wounded her arm with his scythe before Jogo drove him back with fire.
• Hanami launched herself at Rhaast and punched him in the head, but he grabbed her leg and dragged her into a violent tumble.
• Rhaast tried to bite Hanami's head, and she held his jaws apart while calling inwardly for help.

Jogo and Hanami tried to kill Rhaast with their domains, but he survived by using his scythe as his true body and killed Dagon after Dagon’s desperate transformation and domain failed. Rhaast left after delivering the Harbinger’s warning, while Araki Itsuki watched students complete anti-bullying questionnaires with Yuji Itadori.

• Mahito, Jogo, and Hanami freed Hanami from Rhaast, then Jogo and Hanami trapped Rhaast in their simultaneous domains and appeared to destroy him.
• Hanami realized Rhaast’s scythe was his true body, and Rhaast seized Dagon after the domains collapsed.
• Dagon reached full strength, opened his domain, and attacked Rhaast, but Rhaast’s mark caused Dagon’s body to rupture and explode.
• Jogo tried to avenge Dagon, but Mahito restrained him, and Rhaast departed after warning that challenging a god was folly.
• Araki Itsuki and Yuji Itadori watched Rizakura High School students fill out questionnaires about bullying, and Araki declared his actions were justice.

After Dagon’s death, Suguru Geto planned to seal Satoru Gojo, release Ryomen Sukuna, and kill Araki Itsuki. As the Goodwill Event began, Kyoto’s attempt to target Yuji Itadori ran into resistance from Todo, while Araki Itsuki’s group prepared to travel to Kyoto expecting trouble.

• Jogo, Mahito, and Hanami regrouped after Rhaast killed Dagon, and Suguru Geto offered them a place to recover.
• Mahito, Jogo, and Suguru Geto agreed to gather Ryomen Sukuna’s fingers, seal Satoru Gojo, release Sukuna, and kill Araki Itsuki.
• Yoshinobu Gakuganji ordered Kyoto’s students to kill Yuji Itadori, but Todo threatened the group for targeting his best friend.
• Gakuganji privately gave Noritoshi Kamo a vial and whistle for a Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, but Kamo refused to take part in the plan.
• Nobara Kugisaki learned that the Goodwill Event would be held in Tokyo because Yuta Okkotsu had won the previous year.
• Araki Itsuki’s group prepared for the event, and Itsuki told them to enjoy themselves while he awaited honored guests.

Araki Itsuki used his immense cursed energy to exorcise every grade 3 cursed spirit in the forest while hiding the grade 2 spirit underground. He told his team the Kyoto students would have to defeat him to win.

• Masamichi Yaga explained the Goodwill Event rules and warned the students not to seriously injure one another.
• Araki Itsuki explained the limits of Inumaki's cursed speech to Yuji Itadori and the others.
• Satoru Gojo told Utahime Iori that someone at Jujutsu High might be colluding with curses or curse users and asked her to investigate Kyoto.
• Satoru Gojo forced Utahime Iori to give an unprepared speech before the competition began.
• Araki Itsuki unleashed his cursed energy, instantly crushing every grade 3 cursed spirit while leaving the grade 2 spirit buried underground.
• Araki Itsuki told his teammates that the Kyoto students would have to defeat him to win.