Chapter Summaries

Naobito Zenin and Naoya Zenin shared a vision of heading north toward a new version of themselves before Naobito died after Uraume froze him in Malaysia. Meanwhile, Ogi Zenin led cursed spirits in an assault on the Zenin Clan, whose defenders prepared to fight to the death.

• On a beach, Naobito Zenin and Naoya Zenin discussed their regrets and chose to head north together.
• Uraume revealed that Kenjaku’s plan in Shibuya was complete and shattered the ice imprisoning Naobito Zenin, who collapsed and died.
• Ogi Zenin led six special grade cursed spirits and a horde into the Zenin Clan estate, intending to destroy the clan.
• Jinichi Zenin ordered Ranta Zenin to carry out his mission while the clan’s defenders resisted the invading spirits.
• Jinichi Zenin charged into the horde as the Hei Organization’s captains joined the fight, and the estate filled with blood and bodies.

After Kenjaku’s defeat, Ze Zenin reunited with Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo while comforting Maki over Naoya’s death. The fighting in Shibuya ended, but Ze’s lingering unease and thoughts of Mai left the story unsettled.

• Ze Zenin and Suguru Geto reflected on their long separation as Riko Amanai joined them and teased Ze.
• Maki grieved Naoya Zenin, and Ze comforted her while Suguru Geto recognized Ze’s sorrow over Kenjaku’s role in the night’s events.
• Choso thanked Ze for protecting Yuji Itadori, and Ze saw that most of their allies had survived the battle.
• Yuki Tsukumo arrived as Ze remained uneasy and wondered whether something had happened to Mai in Kyoto.
• At Tokyo Jujutsu High, Satoru Gojo reunited with Ze and Suguru Geto, and Ze left the meeting room after they encouraged him to follow Shoko.

Ze Zenin learned that Ranta had arrived at Jujutsu High with news that the Zenin Clan had been attacked and its members were likely dead. After Ranta died in the infirmary, Ze left with Maki to face the news about their family.

• Ze Zenin told Shoko that he had created a clone by nourishing a ninjutsu technique with cursed spirits for ten years, and admitted he blamed himself for not reaching his younger brother in time.
• Ranta Zenin arrived at Jujutsu High badly wounded and reported that Ogi Zenin and cursed spirits had ambushed Jinichi and the others.
• Ranta told Ze Zenin that he had admired him since childhood, then died while Ze held his hand.
• Satoru Gojo warned that Ze's mother might also have died, and Ze asked Maki to contact Mai.
• Ze and Maki left the infirmary, while Choso stopped Yuji Itadori from following and said Ze needed to be with his family.

Ze Zenin, Maki, and Mai returned to the massacred Zenin Clan estate and found their mother dying. She urged Ze to live for himself, wished him a happy birthday, and died with her daughters beside her.

• Ze Zenin arrived at the Zenin Clan estate with Maki, and Mai joined them at the gates.
• The siblings entered the estate and found their clansmen dead; Ze burned Shinro Zenin's corpse and closed Jinichi Zenin's eyes.
• Maki and Mai found their mother barely alive, and she stopped Ze from trying to heal her.
• Their mother told Ze she knew how much he had sacrificed and urged him to live for himself.
• Their mother wished Ze a happy birthday, reassured Maki and Mai about being twins, thanked them for making her a mother, and died.

After the deaths of his mother and Naobito, Ze Zenin grieved the destruction of the Zenin Clan and wondered whether he had failed to change its fate. Toji joined him beneath their old tree and vowed to take the Zenin name again because Ze was family.

• Ze Zenin left his mother's room and watched Maki and Mai set out to kill Ogi Zenin.
• Ze Zenin stayed behind on the hill overlooking the estate, and Toji came to comfort him.
• Ze Zenin asked Toji whether he had ever truly changed the Zenin Clan, since he could not protect his clansmen.
• Toji recalled how he had met and taught Ze Zenin, then told him he would take the Zenin name again as family.
• Ze Zenin thanked Toji, and the two sat together overlooking the estate.

Ze Zenin told Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto that he would end the Culling Game alone, refusing to let his friends share the bloodshed. Before heading off to face the coming fight, he said goodbye to Shoko, who asked him to return soon.

• Ze Zenin declared that he would end the Culling Game alone and shoulder its slaughter and hatred himself.
• Satoru Gojo insisted on joining Ze Zenin, but Ze Zenin said he did not want Gojo, Suguru Geto, Maki, or the others stained with blood.
• Ze Zenin left to visit Shoko and reflected on their shared past as he walked through Tokyo Jujutsu High.
• Shoko comforted Ze Zenin as he grieved his mother, his clansmen, and Naobito Zenin, while he admitted inwardly that he wanted revenge on Uraume and the others.
• Shoko kissed Ze Zenin and asked him to come back soon, while he combed her hair beside their old photograph.

Ze Zenin and Satoru Gojo began the long-awaited final fight at Jujutsu High, while their allies gathered outside a powerful Curtain to watch. Their battle escalated as they traded techniques, and Ze’s Amaterasu engulfed Gojo’s maximum-output Blue.

• Ze Zenin said goodbye to Shoko and went to meet Satoru Gojo at Jujutsu High.
• Ze Zenin and Satoru Gojo raised a powerful Curtain around the athletic field, drawing the attention of students and staff.
• Satoru Gojo and Ze Zenin began fighting, exchanging close-range attacks, Chidori, and Gojo’s improved Blue.
• Ze Zenin attacked with lightning-charged sword slashes, and Gojo countered with Multiple Reds before unleashing maximum-output Blue.
• Ze Zenin used Amaterasu to engulf Gojo’s Blue in black flames.

Satoru Gojo and Ze Zenin fought with their varied techniques, and Gojo struggled to keep up with Ze’s abilities. Gojo ended by combining Red and Blue into a concealed attack as Ze drew him close.

• Satoru Gojo fired Red at Ze Zenin, but Ze deflected it with Shinra Tensei and cut a lock of Gojo’s hair with his Chidori Blade.
• Gojo threw rubble at Ze, and Ze engulfed it in a tornado of Amaterasu.
• Ze flew into the air and summoned a skeletal Susanoo, while Gojo struck it with a Rasengan and surrounded the battlefield with Multiple Blues.
• Ze used Lightning Attraction God to draw Gojo toward him and shattered the Blues with lightning.
• Gojo used Domain Amplification to preserve Red, then combined it with a newly created Blue as he was pulled toward Ze.

Ze Zenin and Satoru Gojo fought with their strongest techniques, then clashed domains as Ze Zenin demonstrated how his open domain overwhelmed Gojo’s Unlimited Void. Gojo struggled to counter Shadow Shrine while Ze Zenin watched for signs that he might discover a way to survive the clash.

• Gojo fired Hollow Purple at Ze Zenin, who countered with a black-flamed Rasenshuriken, and both emerged from the blast unharmed.
• Ze Zenin and Gojo resumed their taijutsu duel, with Ze Zenin’s Sharingan, Kusanagi Sword, and Lightning Release forcing Gojo onto the defensive.
• Gojo and Ze Zenin expanded Unlimited Void and Shadow Shrine simultaneously, and Ze Zenin explained that destroying the Black Coffin would not disable his domain’s sure-hit effect.
• Gojo tried to neutralize Shadow Shrine’s sure-hit effect but lacked the skills to counter an open domain, and his Unlimited Void shattered.
• Gojo used Falling Blossom Emotion and Reverse Cursed Technique to defend himself as Piercing Ox Shikigami charged through Shadow Shrine, while Ze Zenin wondered whether Gojo would find a counter and thought of Xuan'an as a possible threat.

Ze Zenin defeated Satoru Gojo in a sparring match and left Tokyo Jujutsu High to end the Culling Game. As Gojo and Suguru Geto resolved to catch up to him, Yuki Tsukumo offered to join the fight, while Yuta Okkotsu stopped Maki from leaving.

• Satoru Gojo tried shrinking Unlimited Void and reinforcing it, but Ze Zenin broke the domain and knocked him back.
• The Curtain fell, and Ze Zenin helped an exhausted Satoru Gojo to his feet; they discussed the gap between their strength and the paths they followed.
• Ze Zenin formed wings and left Tokyo Jujutsu High, thinking of his friends and Shoko as Satoru Gojo watched him go with unease.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto vowed to catch up to Ze Zenin, and Yuki Tsukumo asked whether they would join her in the Culling Game.
• Yuta Okkotsu blocked Maki from leaving and told her that Senior Zenin had asked him to stop her.

Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto prepared to join the Culling Game despite Ze Zenin’s orders, while Ze entered Tokyo Colony 1 to hunt players and end the game. In Tokyo Colony 2, Hajime Kashimo learned about Ze’s immense cursed energy, then faced Kinji Hakari, who demanded his points.

• Suguru Geto identified the group joining the Culling Game, including Yuji Itadori, Satoru Gojo, and himself, and comforted Gojo about Ze Zenin’s departure.
• Satoru Gojo said he had contacted Kinji Hakari but had wanted to keep Hakari’s gambling operation from Ze.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto headed toward Sakurajima Colony to help Ze Zenin, despite Ze’s instruction not to interfere.
• Ze Zenin entered Tokyo Colony 1, where he had already defeated twenty sorcerers and added a rule, and he sensed the ruined colony’s cursed spirits.
• Hajime Kashimo added rules making player information public and allowing point transfers, then set his sights on Ze’s cursed energy.
• Kinji Hakari confronted Hajime Kashimo and demanded his points, but Kashimo welcomed the chance to fight him.

Kinji Hakari fought Hajime Kashimo, using his overwhelming cursed energy and Idle Death Gamble to withstand Kashimo’s attacks. After Hakari expanded his domain repeatedly, Kashimo learned how the jackpot granted Hakari four minutes and eleven seconds of immortality and decided to kill him before he won.

• Kinji Hakari introduced himself to Hajime Kashimo and attacked him with powerful cursed-energy strikes.
• Hajime Kashimo countered Hakari with electrified hand-to-hand attacks, but Hakari sent him crashing into a high-rise.
• Kashimo caught Hakari’s leg and drove him into the ground, prompting Hakari to activate Domain Expansion: Idle Death Gamble.
• Hakari’s domain restored his broken arm, and he struck Kashimo before expanding his domain again.
• Kashimo learned that Hakari could repeatedly use his domain and become immortal for four minutes and eleven seconds after hitting the jackpot.
• Kashimo resolved to kill Hakari in one blow before Hakari won the jackpot.

Yuta Okkotsu entered the Sendai Colony and defeated Dhruv Lakdawalla and Kurourushi before clashing with Takako Uro. They began negotiating a fight to decide whether she would cooperate with him, but another powerful player interrupted them with a Granite Blast.

• Maki followed her intuition into the Sendai Colony, believing Ogi Zenin was inside, while Yuta Okkotsu joined her and Mai remained unconscious.
• Takako Uro learned that Yuta Okkotsu had defeated Dhruv Lakdawalla and that Kurourushi had been exorcised.
• Yuta Okkotsu confronted Takako Uro, dodged her space-warping attacks, and began working out how her cursed technique functioned.
• Yuta Okkotsu offered to spare Takako Uro if she would cooperate with a senior of his, and she agreed to fight him on the condition that she would not become his subordinate.
• A man fired a Granite Blast at Yuta Okkotsu and Takako Uro, tearing through the nearby high-rises.

Yuta Okkotsu fought Ryu Ishigori in Sendai Colony while Takako Uro waited for a chance to intervene. After Uro and Ishigori both struck Yuta, his Reverse Cursed Technique began healing him, and both opponents turned their attention back to him.

• Ryu Ishigori joined Yuta Okkotsu and Takako Uro, and Yuta charged him while Uro held back to exploit the fight.
• Yuta evaded Ryu's tracking missiles and used their impact to slip beneath a bridge and slash Ryu's back.
• Yuta and Ryu exchanged close-range blows, and Yuta deflected Ryu's Granite Blast with his bare hand before their blasts sent Yuta flying.
• Takako Uro struck Yuta with Thin Ice Breaker, then redirected Ryu's Granite Blast back at him.
• Yuta healed his injuries with Reverse Cursed Technique, and Uro and Ryu prepared to attack him again.

Yuta Okkotsu restored his strength, overwhelmed Takako Uro, and prepared for a final battle with Ryu Ishigori after their three-way Domain Expansion collapsed. Elsewhere, Maki fought Ogi Zenin until Mai Zenin arrived and helped stab him with the Soul Devouring Blade.

• Yuta Okkotsu summoned Ink Moon, used Cursed Speech to catch Takako Uro off guard, and fought Ryu Ishigori with the shikigami.
• Yuta Okkotsu and Ryu Ishigori forced Takako Uro onto a rooftop, where all three activated Domain Expansions and the clash collapsed.
• Ink Moon knocked Takako Uro down, Ryu Ishigori struck her with Granite Blast, and Yuta Okkotsu healed her before challenging Ryu Ishigori to a final battle.
• Maki confronted her father Ogi Zenin, broke his sword, and was wounded when he used Projection Sorcery and prepared to burn her.
• Mai Zenin arrived as Ogi Zenin prepared to attack Maki, and the Soul Devouring Blade pierced his abdomen.

Maki and Mai fought Ogi Zenin, but Mai sacrificed herself to protect Maki and gave up the last of Maki’s cursed energy. Awakened and empowered, Maki killed Ogi Zenin, leaving Mai dead and her family’s future uncertain.

• Mai told Maki she had come to protect her, and the sisters prepared to fight Ogi Zenin together.
• Ogi Zenin overwhelmed Maki and hurled his sword at her as she hung helpless in the air.
• Mai shielded Maki from the sword, confessed her wish to be their brother’s sister again in her next life, and died after their kiss removed Maki’s remaining cursed energy.
• Maki rose with the Soul Devouring Blade, and Ogi Zenin recognized Toji’s power in her and trembled in fear.
• Maki recalled her family, charged Ogi Zenin, and sliced his head in two with the Soul Devouring Blade.

Yuta Okkotsu defeated Ryu Ishigori in a rooftop battle and secured his points without killing him. After Takako Uro agreed to keep her promise, Yuta left to check on Maki's fight.

• Yuta Okkotsu challenged Ryu Ishigori to a head-on cursed energy beam clash while Ink Moon kept Ishigori occupied.
• Yuta used his recovered Copy technique to redirect Ishigori's blast and strike him with Takako Uro's Thin Ice Breaker.
• After Ink Moon disappeared, Yuta kept attacking until he restrained Ishigori and made him hit himself with his own cannon.
• Ishigori accepted defeat, transferred all his points to Yuta, and thanked him before the two watched the sunset together.
• Takako Uro praised Yuta and agreed to keep her promise, while Yuta left to check on Maki's battle.

Ze Zenin fought the ancient player Uro in Tokyo No. 1 Colony, overpowering her despite her Cursed Technique and insect-inspired armor. After recognizing her, he stood over her in the crater and laughed, saying he remembered who she was.

• Ze Zenin checked the leaderboard while continuing his slaughter of players in Tokyo No. 1 Colony.
• Uro flew toward Ze Zenin, flirted with him, and introduced herself after he wounded her with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Uro attacked Ze Zenin with her Construction Technique, but he broke free and struck back with Amenotejikara, Susanoo, and Amaterasu.
• Uro recalled her unrequited love for Sukuna and activated her Insect Armor to boost her speed and strength.
• Ze Zenin blocked Uro's punch, threw her through several high-rises, and crushed her with a summoned Giant Elephant.
• Ze Zenin looked down at the exhausted Uro and laughed as he said he remembered who she was.

Ze Zenin defeated Uro by using Genjutsu to make her believe her domain had trapped him, then killed her with a lightning strike and black flames. He used his Shadow Shrine domain to save Mai, preventing Maki’s Heavenly Restriction awakening, before leaving the Sendai Colony as Maki watched him go.

• Uro remembered meeting Sukuna a thousand years earlier and how he killed her after she embraced him.
• Ze Zenin recognized Uro as the one who had possessed Tsumiki and prepared to kill her without a domain clash.
• Uro believed she had created a Sphere of Truth and expanded her domain, but Ze Zenin’s Genjutsu made her see Sukuna being humiliated; Mahoraga shattered the imagined domain, and Ze killed her.
• Ze Zenin expanded Shadow Shrine across three hundred meters and used Round Deer’s sure-hit Reverse Cursed Technique to revive Mai.
• Maki’s Heavenly Restriction strength faded as Mai survived, while Momo Nishimiya, Kasumi Miwa, Atsuya Kusakabe, and the others reacted to Ze Zenin’s feat.
• Maki thanked Ze Zenin as he left and wondered whether he would return.

After Kinji Hakari defeated Hajime Kashimo and claimed his points, a powerful presence appeared in the Tokyo No. 2 Colony. Uraume and Kamo Sheng attacked Yuji Itadori and Choso, whose fight ended with both unleashing Domain Expansions.

• Kinji Hakari spared Hajime Kashimo, learned he was saving Mythical Beast Amber for Ryomen Sukuna, and received his points.
• Uraume confronted Yuji Itadori and Choso in Ginza, demanding Yuji’s body for Sukuna.
• Kamo Sheng joined Uraume and attacked Choso, while Uraume used Ice Formation-Frost Calm against Yuji Itadori.
• Choso outmatched Kamo Sheng with Blood Manipulation, and both fighters were wounded when their blood spheres exploded.
• Kamo Sheng opened Domain Expansion-Blood Mist Pagoda, and Choso answered with Domain Expansion-Blood Heart: Birth of the Nine Phases.