Chapter Summaries

Toji defeated Satoru Gojo and confronted Ze Zenin at the Tombs of the Star Corridor, where master and disciple fought over the Star Plasma Vessel. Ze Zenin held Toji off and revealed that Gojo had survived and was already there.

• Toji used the Inverted Spear of Heaven and a dagger to leave Satoru Gojo apparently dead, then headed for the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
• Ze Zenin met Toji at the entrance and asked him to spare the child inside, but Toji challenged his former disciple to a fight.
• Ze Zenin and Toji exchanged cursed tools and attacks, with Ze Zenin using his Sharingan, teleportation, and Chidori to counter Toji.
• Toji and Ze Zenin agreed to settle the clash with Taijutsu, trading blows until they separated after a headbutt.
• Toji claimed that Six Eyes was unimpressive, and Ze Zenin told him that Gojo was alive and had arrived.

Satoru Gojo survived Toji’s attack, awakened Reverse Cursed Technique, and demonstrated Hollow Purple while Ze Zenin protected Toji and exposed Kenjaku’s presence. A year later, Gojo and Ze were Special Grade Sorcerers, but Suguru Geto quietly struggled with feeling left behind.

• Gojo recovered through Reverse Cursed Technique, then fired Hollow Purple into the sky instead of attacking Toji, whom Ze identified as his teacher.
• Geto emerged with Riko Amanai and Kuroi, and Ze reassured him that Toji was not an enemy.
• Kenjaku watched the explosion, fled after Ze sensed him, and vowed to continue his plan to obtain Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
• In August 2007, Ze, Gojo, and Geto entered their third year as Special Grade Sorcerers, and Gojo showed off his improved automatic Limitless.
• Ze summoned Mahoraga for Gojo, then let Shoko pet the shikigami while Geto hid his discouragement at his friends’ strength.

At Jujutsu High’s Goodwill Event, Ze Zenin reunited with Naoya Zenin as Satoru Gojo and the others traded insults with the Kyoto students and staff. The matches were set by drawing lots, and Ze’s first opponent was Kamo Sheng of the Kamo Clan.

• Masamichi Yaga told the students their performance at the Goodwill Event would determine their jujutsu sorcerer grades, and Satoru Gojo boasted that he, Suguru Geto, and Ze Zenin were the strongest.
• At the event, Utahime confronted Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, while Yu Haibara enthusiastically greeted Suguru Geto as his idol.
• Shoko learned from Utahime that a Zenin and a Kamo student were among Kyoto’s participants.
• Ze Zenin recognized Naoya Zenin among the Kyoto group and learned that Naoya had enrolled at Kyoto Jujutsu High.
• Satoru Gojo agreed with Yoshinobu Gakuganji on the event’s rules: matches were decided by lots, each match was worth one point, and the first side to win two matches took the event.
• The students drew lots, and Ze Zenin was assigned to fight Kamo Sheng in the first match.

Ze Zenin fought Kamo Sheng in a sparring match, using the battle to test Mahoraga’s adaptation to Blood Manipulation. After Mahoraga adapted, Ze caught Kamo Sheng’s Black Flash with one hand and ended the match by disappearing into the shadows.

• Ze Zenin opened the fight with lightning and shikigami attacks, while Kamo Sheng countered with Piercing Blood and Flowing Red Scale.
• Ze used Amenotejikara, fire, Chidori, and a purple skeletal defense to overwhelm Kamo Sheng, who continued attacking with blood techniques.
• Ze summoned the All-Enveloping Elephant and copied Kamo Sheng’s Piercing Blood with a water attack, then revealed Mahoraga’s Dharma Wheel to adapt to Blood Manipulation.
• Kamo Sheng landed a Black Flash as Mahoraga completed its adaptation, but Ze caught the strike barehanded.
• Ze slipped into the shadows and was replaced by a towering white shikigami.

Ze Zenin revealed that he had tamed Mahoraga and defeated Kamo Sheng, then Satoru Gojo began fighting Naoya Zenin in the tournament. Gojo launched Hollow Purple at the end of the chapter.

• Mahoraga ignored Kamo Sheng's Blood Manipulation after adapting to it, and Kamo Sheng surrendered when he realized Ze Zenin had tamed the shikigami.
• Ze returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High's team, where he teased Satoru Gojo about losing a month's meal money and spoke with Shoko.
• Naoya Zenin drew Satoru Gojo as his next opponent and entered the arena to fight him.
• Gojo repeatedly blocked or repelled Naoya's Projection Sorcery with Limitless, Blue, and Red.
• Gojo combined Blue and Red and activated Hollow Purple against Naoya.

Satoru Gojo defeated Naoya with Hollow Purple, while Kenjaku met a powerful being hidden in an embryo and agreed to work with it against Ze Zenin. The being claimed it would handle Ze, as Kenjaku continued planning to seal Gojo.

• Satoru Gojo fired Hollow Purple past Naoya, who surrendered, and the referee declared Tokyo the winner.
• Utahime, Shoko, and Ze Zenin discussed Gojo's Hollow Purple and Ze's hidden trump card, while Gakuganji recognized Tokyo's three exceptional sorcerers.
• Suguru Geto worried that Gojo and Ze Zenin were leaving him behind.
• Jogo admitted Kenjaku to the embryo's hidden location, where its occupant identified him by name.
• Kenjaku and the being discussed their shared goal of eliminating Ze Zenin and Kenjaku's plan to seal Satoru Gojo with the Prison Realm.
• The being told Kenjaku to leave Ze Zenin to it, and Kenjaku began explaining his plan.

Ze Zenin brought his Jujutsu High friends together for a carefree day, helping Suguru Geto feel less alone and troubled. After seeing their group photograph, Geto heard an unseen voice question his beliefs about cursed spirits and non-sorcerers.

• Suguru Geto dreamed of a world without Ze Zenin, then found Ze, Satoru Gojo, Shoko Ieiri, Yu Haibara, and Kento Nanami waiting to take him out.
• Ze Zenin spent the day with the group and talked with Shoko Ieiri about quitting smoking and the stories he planned to tell her.
• The friends took photographs together, and Shoko Ieiri kept a picture that was special to her.
• Ze Zenin and Satoru Gojo urged Suguru Geto to rest and share anything that was troubling him before they parted.
• Suguru Geto looked at the group photograph, then heard an unseen voice challenge his views on cursed spirits and non-sorcerers.

Suguru Geto’s unsettling dreams and questions about the relationship between sorcerers and Non-Sorcerers deepened, while Yuki Tsukumo visited Jujutsu High to discuss ending the Cursed Spirit problem. Ze Zenin revealed his plan to reform Jujutsu Society, leaving Geto wondering whether his friend’s dream could succeed.

• Suguru Geto dreamed of a world where he and Satoru Gojo had become enemies, then questioned whether Non-Sorcerers indirectly caused sorcerers’ deaths.
• Suguru Geto exorcised a Cursed Spirit, coated its sphere in honey, and swallowed it, while recalling Ze Zenin’s remarks about the burden of powerful abilities.
• Suguru Geto spoke with Yu Haibara about the purpose of being a Jujutsu Sorcerer, and Ze Zenin assigned them a Grade 2 mission together.
• Yuki Tsukumo asked Ze Zenin and Suguru Geto how they viewed Jujutsu Society’s future and proposed addressing the root cause of Cursed Spirits.
• Ze Zenin described plans to reform Jujutsu Society, expand sorcerer education, and replace corrupt leadership, then said he would become Zenin Clan Head to bring change.
• After Yuki Tsukumo rode away, Suguru Geto realized that Ze Zenin’s dream was to create a world without Cursed Spirits and wondered if it could succeed.

Suguru Geto saved Haibara and Nanami, but his growing anger at non-sorcerers reached a breaking point when he found Nanako and Mimiko imprisoned and abused. Ze Zenin intervened and challenged Geto to a fight, which ended with Geto admitting that Ze’s dream of a world without cursed spirits seemed more achievable than killing all non-sorcerers.

• Suguru Geto joined Yu Haibara and Nanami on a mission, defeated a Grade 1 cursed spirit, and saved them from death.
• Suguru Geto swallowed the cursed spirit without hesitation, though he continued to struggle with his growing doubts about protecting non-sorcerers.
• Suguru Geto found Nanako and Mimiko imprisoned by villagers who abused them, and Ze Zenin killed one villager and left another mindless before Geto freed the girls.
• Ze Zenin told Suguru Geto that he had been watching over him and trying to keep him from falling into darkness, then challenged him to a fight.
• Ze Zenin and Suguru Geto fought with cursed spirits, lightning, and fire techniques, and Geto admitted that Ze’s dream seemed more realistic than killing every non-sorcerer.

Ze Zenin defeated Suguru Geto in their spar, then helped him reconsider abandoning jujutsu sorcery by offering to work together to change the world. They took Nanako and Mimiko from the abusive village to Jujutsu High, where Geto decided he wanted to become a teacher.

• Ze Zenin overwhelmed Suguru Geto with his techniques, and Mahoraga broke Slit-Mouthed Woman’s Simple Domain after adapting to it.
• Suguru Geto conceded defeat and admitted he was tired of protecting non-sorcerers who mistreated sorcerers.
• Ze Zenin urged Geto to stay and help him, Gojo, and Jujutsu High change the world, and Geto agreed to remain for now.
• Nanako and Mimiko asked to leave the village with them, and Ze Zenin invited the girls to study at Jujutsu High with Geto as their teacher.
• Suguru Geto said he wanted to stay at Jujutsu High and become a teacher, and a month later the villagers were arrested for child abuse and unlawful imprisonment.

After graduation, Ze Zenin pursued institutional change while Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto remained at Jujutsu High. Kenjaku ambushed Suguru, stole a finger, and planted a black bead in his body before leaving to begin his plan.

• Ze Zenin became head of the Zenin Clan and joined the higher-ups, gradually building a faction to reform Jujutsu Society.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto sparred, discussed Ze's absence and their own paths, and agreed to reunite with Ze and Shoko.
• Suguru Geto escorted Nanako and Mimiko to their dormitory, then encountered Kenjaku on his way home.
• Kenjaku overwhelmed Suguru with gravity, severed his finger, and fought off his cursed spirits using Blood Manipulation and his Domain Expansion.
• Suguru used Simple Domain to escape the gravity, but Kenjaku grabbed him, mentioned trading Anti-Gravity Cursed Technique for Cursed Spirit Manipulation, and fused a black bead into his body.
• Kenjaku fled toward the airport, wary of Ze Zenin and Satoru Gojo, while Suguru lost consciousness.

After Suguru Geto was attacked and left unconscious, Ze Zenin worried that Kenjaku was behind it and warned Satoru Gojo. Years later, Ze began training Megumi Fushiguro, and in 2011 Satoru Gojo found Yuta and offered to make him his student.

• Satoru Gojo learned that Suguru Geto had been attacked and remained unconscious despite Shoko's treatment.
• Ze Zenin found traces of another sorcerer's cursed energy on Geto and privately suspected Kenjaku was responsible.
• Ze Zenin visited Toji and met Tsumiki Fushiguro and Megumi Fushiguro, then agreed to train Megumi in the Ten Shadows Technique.
• Toji told Ze Zenin that Megumi's mother had died after giving birth, and admitted that guilt had kept him from facing his son.
• In 2011, Satoru Gojo stopped a car from hitting Rika and invited Yuta to become his student.

Megumi Fushiguro searched Sugisawa Third High School for Sukuna’s Finger and sensed it with Yuji Itadori, who displayed extraordinary physical strength before leaving to visit his hospitalized grandfather. Yuji’s grandfather died after urging him to save others, leaving Yuji alone.

• Megumi Fushiguro found the Stevenson screen empty, learned Sukuna’s Finger was likely with the Occult Research Club, and sent his Divine Dogs to track cursed spirits.
• Yuji Itadori defeated Takagi in a shot-put contest by throwing the shot roughly thirty meters, then told Setsuko Sasaki and their clubmate he wanted to remain in the Occult Research Club.
• Megumi Fushiguro sensed a Cursed Object near Yuji Itadori but watched Yuji rush out of school after taking a phone call.
• Yuji Itadori visited his grandfather, Wasuke Itadori, at the hospital and listened as he urged Yuji to save others and not die alone.
• Wasuke Itadori died, leaving Yuji Itadori grieving the loss of his closest family member.

After Yuji Itadori’s grandfather died, Megumi Fushiguro warned him that the missing special-grade cursed finger was dangerous, but Yuji’s upperclassmen had already taken it to school. As Megumi fought the cursed spirits there, one forced the finger down Yuji’s throat, awakening a sinister presence that declared it had returned after a thousand years.

• Megumi Fushiguro told Yuji Itadori that the special-grade cursed object was a dangerous finger, and Yuji revealed that his upperclassmen planned to remove its talisman paper.
• Satoru Gojo and Ze Zenin headed toward the school after learning that the finger had gone missing and the King of Curses might appear that night.
• Megumi Fushiguro exorcised a cursed spirit with Radiant Beast while Setsuko Sasaki lay unconscious nearby.
• Yuji Itadori entered the school to help Megumi, but a cursed spirit seized the finger and forced it into Yuji’s mouth.
• A hidden figure revealed that they had prepared the cursed spirit as a pawn and had temporarily sealed someone’s memories, then left as Satoru Gojo and Ze Zenin approached.
• Cursed energy erupted from Yuji Itadori, the cursed spirit was sliced apart, and a sinister voice announced its return after a thousand years.

Ze Zenin fought Sukuna after Yuji Itadori gave the curse control of his body, overpowering him and trapping him in an illusion until Sukuna fell asleep. Ze healed Yuji and told Satoru Gojo to bring him to Jujutsu High as Megumi Fushiguro’s classmate, while Gojo fled with Yuji and Megumi after teasing him.

• Ze Zenin told Yuji Itadori to let Sukuna take control for one minute, then fought Sukuna as Satoru Gojo and Megumi Fushiguro watched.
• Ze used his shikigami, Chidori, Susanoo, fire, and sword attacks to injure Sukuna, then absorbed Sukuna’s slashes.
• Ze trapped Sukuna in an illusion where he endured forty-eight hours of stabbing, while only an instant passed in reality and Yuji regained control.
• Ze healed Yuji and asked Gojo to enroll him at Jujutsu High as Megumi’s classmate.
• Gojo teased Ze about taking pictures of him, then teleported away with Yuji and Megumi using Blue.

Ze Zenin and Satoru Gojo enrolled Yuji Itadori at Jujutsu High after explaining that he could serve as Sukuna’s prison by swallowing all of Sukuna’s fingers. Yuji agreed, then met the school’s principal and Suguru Geto as he began enrollment.

• Satoru Gojo and Ze Zenin explained Yuji Itadori’s role as Sukuna’s vessel and asked him to keep Sukuna sealed inside himself until he died.
• Yuji Itadori agreed to serve as Sukuna’s prison after Ze Zenin reassured him that Sukuna would not be able to hurt anyone while Ze was around.
• Satoru Gojo told Yuji Itadori that Jujutsu High had fewer than ten students across its three years, then brought him to meet principal Masamichi Yaga.
• Masamichi Yaga told Satoru Gojo to guide Yuji Itadori properly and sent them to complete Yuji’s enrollment paperwork.
• Satoru Gojo and Yuji Itadori met Suguru Geto, Nanako, and Mimiko, and Suguru Geto offered to accompany them to finish the paperwork.

Ze Zenin visited Maki at Jujutsu High, where Shoko confronted him about breaking his promise to tell her a story. He revealed that he was being transferred to Kyoto Jujutsu High as an adviser for the upcoming Sister-School Goodwill Event, and Shoko reacted with concern.

• Ze Zenin visited Maki's classroom, where Panda and Toge Inumaki learned that Maki was his younger sister.
• Shoko confronted Ze Zenin about forgetting his promise to tell her the story of Spirited Away, then led him away from the classroom.
• Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, Nanako, and Mimiko secretly watched Ze Zenin and Shoko together, while Nanako and Mimiko worried about Geto's memory and changed relationships.
• Ze Zenin and Shoko talked on a bench, where he nearly confessed his feelings before changing the subject.
• Ze Zenin told Shoko that he would temporarily transfer to Kyoto Jujutsu High to advise and train its students before the Sister-School Goodwill Event.
• Shoko worried about the transfer and pinched Ze Zenin's waist again as he said he had plans of his own.

Toji spent a rare day with Tsumiki and Megumi, then told Megumi the truth about his mother. Megumi accepted Toji as his father, and they reaffirmed their bond as family.

• Toji welcomed Tsumiki home and watched news of a terrorist attack at Miyagi Prefecture's Third Middle School.
• Megumi returned home and awkwardly asked Toji to stay longer, while Tsumiki teased him for wanting his father around.
• Toji remembered Ze Zenin taming Mahoraga and reflected on how his life had changed after Satoru Gojo spared him twelve years earlier.
• Toji took Tsumiki and Megumi to an amusement park, where he and Megumi sat together while Tsumiki rode the Ferris wheel.
• Toji told Megumi that his mother had died shortly after his birth and explained why he had returned to working as an assassin.
• Megumi accepted Toji despite his past, and Toji agreed that they would always be family.

Ze Zenin reviewed Kenjaku’s plans and visited Junpei Yoshino to prepare him for becoming a sorcerer. He warned Junpei that he would soon encounter the cursed spirit Mahito, but had not yet explained what Junpei should do.

• Ze Zenin considered how the changed timeline and his own strength had disrupted Kenjaku’s plans to seal Satoru Gojo and advance the Culling Game.
• Ze decided to visit Junpei Yoshino before leaving for Kyoto, then used his Ten Shadows technique to enter Junpei’s high school unnoticed.
• Junpei happily reunited with Ze on the rooftop and recalled how Ze had taught him about jujutsu and Taijutsu.
• Ze told Junpei that his cursed energy should awaken in a few days and that he would be away in Kyoto for several months.
• Ze began warning Junpei about an upcoming encounter with Mahito, but the chapter ended before he finished his instructions.

Satoru Gojo learned that Suguru Geto still had false memories and watched him leave to investigate a powerful cursed spirit at Ze Zenin’s request. Geto defeated the spirit and entered its palace, while fragments of unfamiliar memories surfaced in his mind.

• Satoru Gojo teased Suguru Geto about their supposed shared youth, but Geto repeated false memories about his ordinary family and late awakening of Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
• Shoko told Suguru Geto that Ze Zenin had requested he handle a mission, and Geto agreed after reading the message.
• Suguru Geto and Kiyotaka Ijichi found a mutilated victim in a forest village near Osaka, and Ijichi raised a Curtain around the area.
• Suguru Geto tracked the special grade cursed spirit to a palace and defeated it using his cursed spirits and Playful Cloud.
• Suguru Geto swallowed the cursed spirit and heard fragments of unfamiliar memories before entering the palace.