Arc 2Succession and New Allies

Kuang Wu became the Zenin Clan’s heir, challenged the elders’ restrictions, and took higher-level missions with Toji Zenin as her protector. After rescuing Suguru Geto and uncovering Jujutsu Headquarters’ interference, she brought him together with Satoru Gojo, while Toji announced his departure.

  • Satoru Gojo exhausted his cursed energy during his duel with Kuang Wu, and the Zenin Clan subsequently appointed her as heir.
  • Kamu Zenin developed shadow teleportation and visited the confined Satoru Gojo, who discovered that his clan had concealed her succession ceremony and destroyed the estate’s barriers.
  • Kuang Wu forced the elders to approve internet access and trained until the clan allowed higher-level missions with Toji Zenin as her protector.
  • Kamu rescued Suguru Geto and two children from a cursed spirit’s domain, defeated the spirit with her shikigami, and learned about Geto’s Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
  • Kuang Wu secured compensation from Jujutsu Headquarters for the misleading mission, while Kenjaku’s involvement and Headquarters’ plan to manipulate Suguru Geto were revealed.
  • Kuang Wu introduced Suguru Geto to Satoru Gojo, and Satoru later brought Geto into her courtyard to hide him from Jujutsu Headquarters.
  • Kuang Wu destroyed another elders’ meeting room and obtained an agreement for school enrollment, private tutors, and advancement through exams without attending classes.
  • Satoru Gojo delivered birthday gifts to the girl, and Toji later visited her courtyard and announced that he was leaving.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26Rabbit Escape and Overexertion

The girl and Satoru Gojo fought until Rabbit Escape and Gojo’s Limitless technique destroyed the training grounds. She claimed victory because Gojo had exhausted his cursed energy, but he insisted their interrupted match did not count and fainted from overexertion.

  • The girl sent her Divine Dogs and Hidden Light at Satoru Gojo, but his Limitless technique stopped her blade before it could reach him.
  • Satoru Gojo gathered cursed energy for Blue, so the girl summoned Rabbit Escape, whose giant form charged into the attack and collapsed the training grounds.
  • The girl used Nue to carry her above the dust while Satoru Gojo stood unharmed behind Limitless.
  • The girl returned to the ground and declared victory because Satoru Gojo had run out of cursed energy, but he said the interrupted match did not count and vowed to challenge her again.
  • Satoru Gojo fainted, and the Seventh Elder checked him and confirmed that he had only overexerted himself.

Ch. 27Overrun

After Kuang Wu injured Satoru Gojo, Naobito Zenin gloated over her strength while the Gojo Clan elder defended Satoru’s limits. Meanwhile, Kuang Wu’s Rabbit Escape shikigami spread through the Zenin estate, leaving Naobito baffled by complaints when he returned from a mission.

  • Naobito Zenin welcomed a Gojo Clan elder and implied that Kuang Wu had easily overwhelmed Satoru Gojo with her newly awakened Cursed Technique.
  • The Gojo Clan elder protested that Satoru was young and had fainted from the strain of using Limitless and Blue with the Six Eyes.
  • Kuang Wu’s Rabbit Escape shikigami multiplied throughout the Zenin estate and disrupted the clan’s daily routines.
  • Zenin Clan members reported the rabbit problem to Naobito Zenin, who returned from a mission and wondered what had happened.

Ch. 28Teleportation and social suicide

Kamu Zenin experimented with using her shadow as a portal by imitating Satoru Gojo’s cursed energy, but a teleportation error stranded her in Tokyo. After an awkward visit to the police station, Zenin Clan sorcerers found her and brought her home, where she resolved to demand internet access.

  • Kamu Zenin discovered she could imitate cursed energy in her shadow and use the resonance to teleport between shadows, though the effect was unstable.
  • A teleportation mistake sent Kamu to a Tokyo street, where she had no money and could not provide the police with a phone number or a precise home address.
  • Kamu gave the police a jujutsu sorcerer’s phone number, but the call failed because he was at the Zenin estate in the mountains without signal.
  • Zenin Clan sorcerers followed Kamu’s cursed residue to the police station and apologized for failing to protect her as they took her home.
  • Kamu decided that her father by default had to get internet installed at home.

Ch. 29On succession

As the Zenin Clan prepared to announce Kamu Zenin as its heir, she enjoyed a brief break from lessons and endured a fitting for her ceremonial kimono. The chapter ended when Naobito Zenin asked whether she wanted to leave the clan.

  • After Kamu Zenin defeated the Six Eyes and displayed a third shikigami, the Zenin Clan decided to announce her appointment as heir at a banquet.
  • The Seventh Elder suspended Kamu Zenin's lessons for three days to prepare for the appointment ceremony.
  • Kamu Zenin was made to try on an elaborate red kimono while Naobito Zenin watched.
  • After the maid left, Naobito Zenin asked Kamu Zenin whether she wanted to leave the Zenin Clan.

Ch. 30The Resolve to Leave

The narrator wanted to escape the Zenin Clan but learned that Naobito Zenin could not release her from the clan’s hold over the Ten Shadows Technique. After becoming the clan’s young heir, she resolved to grow strong enough to claim her freedom and began testing her shadow teleportation.

  • The narrator explained that she had always wanted to leave the Zenin Clan and resented the restrictions that came with the Ten Shadows Technique.
  • Naobito Zenin told her that he could not authorize her departure and warned that becoming the young heir in three days would make leaving Jujutsu Society impossible.
  • Naobito Zenin said that only reaching the pinnacle of Jujutsu Society would let her escape its constraints, and the narrator resolved to become stronger.
  • Three days later, the narrator appeared at the ceremony as the Zenin Clan’s young heir and was placed under protection in her courtyard.
  • The narrator practiced her shadow’s teleportation ability, then stepped into the shadow to seek out Satoru Gojo.

Ch. 31Satoru Gojo was confined

Satoru Gojo staged a hunger strike to learn why the Gojo Clan had confined and sealed him, and the clan head told him it was to protect him from assassins. Satoru accepted the explanation, unaware that the real reason was to keep him from attending the Zenin Clan’s Ten Shadows Technique Succession Ceremony.

  • Satoru Gojo discovered that the Gojo Clan elders had sealed his cursed energy and planned to escape so he could challenge Kamu Zenin again.
  • Satoru Gojo refused to eat, prompting the attendant to report his hunger strike to the Gojo Clan head.
  • Satoru Gojo demanded to see the Gojo Clan head and threatened to keep fasting and break through the jujutsu seal.
  • The Gojo Clan head told Satoru Gojo that assassins had targeted him after his defeat and promised to lift the seal in a few days.
  • The Gojo Clan head revealed to the Fourth Elder that Satoru Gojo had really been confined to stop him from attending the Ten Shadows Technique’s Succession Ceremony at the Zenin Clan.

Ch. 32Rumors in Jujutsu Society

Kamu Zenin visited Satoru Gojo, who had been sealed inside the Gojo Clan estate, and told him that her succession ceremony was taking place that day. After learning the Zenin Clan had invited his family, Satoru understood the clan politics behind his confinement and destroyed his courtyard and the surrounding barriers.

  • Satoru Gojo wondered why his clan had not stopped the assassination attempts and felt glum that he had not returned to fight Kamu Zenin.
  • Kamu Zenin entered the sealed estate through Satoru’s shadow and explained that she had discovered a new way to use shadows.
  • Satoru said the elders had sealed his cursed energy because more assassins had targeted him after his duel with Kamu.
  • Kamu told Satoru that her succession ceremony was that day and that the Zenin Clan had sent the Gojo Clan an invitation.
  • Satoru realized the elders had concealed the ceremony from him, then blasted apart his courtyard and the estate’s barriers.

Ch. 33Games and sweets

After escaping the Gojo Clan estate with Satoru Gojo, Kuang Wu walked through Kyoto with him as he searched for games and sweets. They headed out for dessert, leaving Satoru Gojo awkwardly praising the sweets Kuang Wu had served him at the Zenin Clan.

  • Satoru Gojo said his Six Eyes had shown him how Kuang Wu undid the seal on his cursed energy, so the clan could not lock him up again.
  • Satoru Gojo asked Kuang Wu about games and other hobbies, and Kuang Wu explained that she mostly stayed home, though she did go out for sweets and missions.
  • Satoru Gojo became excited when Kuang Wu mentioned sweets and suggested they get some before shopping for a game console.
  • Kuang Wu threatened to tell the Gojo Clan where Satoru Gojo was and refuse to spar with him if he called the Zenin Clan sweets bad, so he changed his answer and praised them.

Ch. 34Internet Access and Demolition

Kuang Wu demanded internet access at the Zenin Clan estate, but the elders rejected her request and criticized her for defying tradition. She unleashed Rabbit Escape on their meeting room, and her next request for internet access was approved without objection.

  • After spending time with Satoru Gojo, Kuang Wu returned to the Zenin estate and proposed building a signal base station, but the elders opposed it.
  • Kuang Wu told Naobito Zenin she wanted internet access, challenged his authority, and was summoned to the elders' meeting room.
  • The elders ordered Kuang Wu to avoid Satoru Gojo and rejected her request for internet access as contrary to tradition.
  • Kuang Wu ordered Rabbit Escape to bite, and the rabbits demolished the meeting room, leaving one elder unconscious.
  • When Kuang Wu asked for internet access for the third time, the Zenin Clan approved it without objection.

Ch. 35A Hopeless Hand-to-Hand Combat Failure

Kuang Wu was denied higher-level missions because the Zenin Clan considered her hand-to-hand combat too weak, and the First Elder demonstrated the strength she needed to reach. After a year of training, she finally defeated the Seventh Elder, only to learn that she had completed just the first stage of her combat lessons.

  • The Zenin Clan restricted Kuang Wu to Grade 2 missions because they feared her poor hand-to-hand skills would put her in danger.
  • The First Elder broke a tree with one punch and told Kuang Wu she needed comparable strength before taking higher-level missions.
  • Kuang Wu accepted the First Elder's judgment and spent a year practicing hand-to-hand combat with the Seventh Elder.
  • Kuang Wu caught the Seventh Elder off guard and defeated him, celebrating her progress.
  • The Seventh Elder cried with relief and explained that Kuang Wu had only completed the first stage of her training.

Ch. 36Heavenly Restriction

Kuang Wu struggled with hand-to-hand combat, leading the Zenin Clan to suspect she had a Heavenly Restriction and shift her training toward defense and escape. When she began taking high-level missions, Toji Zenin was assigned to accompany her, and she realized his lack of cursed energy had given him an extraordinarily powerful body.

  • The Seventh Elder despaired at Kuang Wu's poor hand-to-hand skills, and they considered whether she had a Heavenly Restriction.
  • After a meeting, the Zenin Clan eased Kuang Wu's combat drills and focused her training on defense and running away, which she learned quickly.
  • Three months later, the clan allowed Kuang Wu to take high-level missions but insisted on assigning her a protector.
  • The Seventh Elder's pleas persuaded Kuang Wu to accept one companion, Toji Zenin, chosen by her father.
  • Kuang Wu read Toji Zenin's file and learned that his lack of cursed energy had granted him an ultimate Heavenly Restriction and a powerful body.

Ch. 37Silence and Taking Sides

The narrator arrived at the training ground and refused to take the side of a Zenin clan member who had provoked Toji Zenin. After having the noisy man dragged away, she invited her cousin Toji to talk outside.

  • The narrator watched Toji Zenin defeat people who mocked and provoked him during training.
  • A beaten clan member threatened Toji Zenin and demanded that the narrator give him justice.
  • The narrator refused to help the man, and her guards dragged him away.
  • The narrator told Toji Zenin she had come to see him and invited him outside to talk.

Ch. 38Toji's Little Fanboy

Kamu Zenin arranged for Toji Zenin to protect her on an upcoming mission, then taunted Naoya Zenin for being jealous that she would get to watch Toji fight. Naoya was left frustrated after Kamu pretended to invite him along, then threatened to tell the elders he was too weak to go.

  • Kamu Zenin told Toji Zenin that they would leave for a mission the next day and said she wanted to see the strength of his fully realized Heavenly Restriction.
  • Naoya Zenin confronted Kamu Zenin, accused her of threatening or bribing Toji, and insisted she would hold him back.
  • Kamu summoned her Divine Dogs and teased Naoya about secretly admiring Toji Zenin.
  • Kamu told Naoya that Toji had been assigned to protect her and taunted him for not receiving the same treatment.
  • Naoya appeared eager when Kamu offered to let him come, but she said she would tell the elders he was too weak to go.

Ch. 39The school and the cursed spirit

On the way to a Tokyo school to exorcise a Grade 1 cursed spirit, the narrator and Toji Zenin discussed the missing children and Toji’s offer to protect her. They arrived with the driver still uneasy after Toji casually asked whether he should be killed for overhearing their conversation.

  • The narrator left with Toji Zenin for a mission at a Tokyo school, where a Grade 1 cursed spirit had killed four students and a teacher, and three students were missing.
  • The driver said Jujutsu Headquarters wanted the missing children rescued before the cursed spirit was exorcised, and Toji asked how long they had been missing.
  • The narrator suspected the children were probably dead and pitied how vulnerable ordinary people were to cursed spirits.
  • Toji warned the narrator not to risk her life trying to save others, and she explained that Rabbit Escape had let her overhear Naobito Zenin offering Toji terms to protect her in exchange for leaving the Zenin Clan.
  • Toji asked whether the driver, who had heard their conversation, needed to be dealt with, but the narrator said he did not matter.

Ch. 40Survivors

The narrator and Toji Zenin entered a domain created by a near-special-grade cursed spirit and discovered survivors inside. After rescuing two children, the narrator faced Suguru Geto, who asked to stay and help.

  • The narrator led Toji Zenin into the classroom building after sensing a near-special-grade cursed spirit on its top floor.
  • The narrator sent Rabbit Escape into the spirit's domain and heard survivors calling for help.
  • The narrator entered the domain, leaving Toji outside to guard the Divine Dogs and the rescued children.
  • The narrator found Suguru Geto with two terrified children and sent the weaker children outside through the shadows.
  • Suguru Geto asked the narrator to let him help, but the narrator made no comment on his request.

Ch. 41Suguru Geto, the kid with the weird bangs

Kamu Zenin broke the domain trapping Suguru Geto and helped defeat the cursed spirit. Afterward, Suguru asked about the monsters and his own powers, so Kamu invited him to talk over desserts.

  • Kamu ordered Nue to attack the domain, and the shikigami shattered it with a powerful blow.
  • Kamu's Divine Dogs rushed the weakened cursed spirit and defeated and devoured it.
  • Kamu and Toji Zenin prepared to leave, but Suguru Geto stopped them to ask about the monsters and his strange power.
  • Kamu introduced herself to Suguru, then took him to a dessert shop to talk and try her favorite non-sweet treats.

Ch. 42"One of my own"

Kamu Zenin explained jujutsu to Suguru Geto and learned that his technique was Cursed Spirit Manipulation. After Geto revealed his loneliness and asked to see her again, Kamu decided to introduce him to Satoru Gojo.

  • Kamu sent dessert photos to Satoru Gojo, then shared sweets with Suguru Geto.
  • Kamu explained that cursed spirits came from ordinary people's negative emotions and asked Geto about his awakened technique.
  • Geto revealed that his technique, Cursed Spirit Manipulation, let him control cursed spirits after subduing them, though he had no spirits left to demonstrate it.
  • Geto asked to see Kamu again, and his memories showed how he had felt alone after awakening his technique and swallowing cursed spirit balls.
  • Satoru Gojo messaged Kamu asking for a sugary strawberry parfait, and Kamu told Geto she would introduce him to another friend.

Ch. 43Jujutsu Headquarters' Scheme

Kuang Wu suspected Jujutsu Headquarters had deliberately concealed vital information to put her in danger, so she told Naobito Zenin and the Zenin Clan forced Headquarters to compensate them. Their apology and Kuang Wu’s mention of Suguru Geto convinced her that his encounter with the cursed spirit had also been no accident.

  • Kuang Wu noticed that her mission information had omitted a near-special-grade cursed spirit, its domain, and three students trapped inside, and suspected Jujutsu Headquarters had set her up.
  • Kuang Wu told Naobito Zenin that Headquarters had tried to kill her, and he promised the Zenin Clan would handle the matter.
  • Kuang Wu’s Rabbit Escape overheard the Third Elder and Fourth Elder confront Jujutsu Headquarters, which admitted an oversight and surrendered a share of its interests.
  • Jujutsu Headquarters sent two higher-ups to apologize and offered five grade one cursed tools and one special grade cursed tool as compensation.
  • Kuang Wu demanded an apology and invoked Suguru Geto’s case, leading a higher-up to bow and apologize to her.
  • Kuang Wu concluded that Suguru Geto’s encounter with the cursed spirit had not been an accident.

Ch. 44Suguru Geto, the mission, and what came before

Kenjaku reassured Jujutsu Headquarters that the Ten Shadows user did not care about Suguru Geto, while explaining how he had used the headquarters’ plot to take control of it. He left the officials confident that their scheme to turn Geto against the Ten Shadows user would succeed, unaware that Kenjaku was exploiting them.

  • Kenjaku told Jujutsu Headquarters that the Ten Shadows user was only using Suguru Geto to pressure them and had no real attachment to him.
  • Kenjaku reflected that the Ten Shadows user’s goal was to grow strong enough to leave the Zenin Clan, making her unlikely to interfere with his plans.
  • Jujutsu Headquarters planned to alienate Suguru Geto from ordinary people, then recruit him as an obedient Special Grade weapon when he was desperate.
  • After Geto chose to transfer schools and return to ordinary society, Jujutsu Headquarters devised a mission meant to make him blame the Ten Shadows user for the deaths of trapped children.
  • Kenjaku revealed that he had taken over Nobuyuki Kamo and risen to lead Jujutsu Headquarters by exploiting its scheme.

Ch. 45A Sense of Shame

Kuang Wu, frustrated by the Zenin Clan’s restrictions on his training, slowed down and settled back into his routine. He arranged to take Satoru Gojo to Tokyo, but their traditional clothes drew stares on the Shinkansen, so he insisted they buy summer outfits when they arrived.

  • Kuang Wu’s father urged him to stop rushing to summon his shikigami, and Kuang Wu reluctantly eased up on his missions.
  • Kuang Wu invited Satoru Gojo to go out, and they agreed to travel to Tokyo, where Kuang Wu planned to introduce him to Suguru Geto.
  • Kuang Wu and Satoru Gojo boarded the Shinkansen wearing traditional clothes despite the summer heat, attracting strange looks from other passengers.
  • A middle-aged woman asked whether the boys were dressed for an event or whether their adults had dressed them inappropriately for the heat.
  • Kuang Wu told Satoru Gojo they would buy clothes after reaching the station, embarrassing him with a threat not to claim they knew each other if he refused to change.

Ch. 46Satoru Gojo felt wronged but wouldn't say it

Kuang Wu took Satoru Gojo shopping in Tokyo before introducing him to Suguru Geto. Satoru mistook the meeting for proof that Kuang Wu preferred Geto as a friend and felt left out.

  • Kuang Wu used the Zenin Clan's Black Card to buy ten outfits, while Satoru Gojo chose a simple black outfit.
  • As they hurried to their meeting, Satoru Gojo asked Kuang Wu if they would go out together again.
  • Suguru Geto unexpectedly met them at the mall and gave Kuang Wu a coffee-flavored cake as thanks.
  • Kuang Wu introduced Suguru Geto to Satoru Gojo, who glared at her resentfully.
  • Satoru Gojo accused Kuang Wu of inviting him along only because she wanted to see Geto and privately concluded that she preferred Geto as a friend.

Ch. 47Satoru and Geto

Kuang Wu introduced Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, easing Gojo’s suspicion and helping the two boys become friends. After spending time with them, she used a mission as an excuse to leave them together.

  • Kuang Wu explained that Suguru Geto was a friend she had known for nearly two years and introduced him to Satoru Gojo.
  • Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, Satoru Gojo quickly decided Suguru Geto was a good match for him, and the two began to get along.
  • Suguru Geto accepted Satoru Gojo’s temper after Kuang Wu told him Gojo was sensitive and had few friends.
  • After spending an hour with them, Kuang Wu claimed she had a mission and left, pleased that they were getting along.

Ch. 48A clan-raised illiterate

Kuang Wu found Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto playing video games in her courtyard after Satoru had secretly brought Geto there. She reflected on their growing friendship and the differences in their education, ending with frustration that the Zenin Clan had kept her from receiving a proper education.

  • Kuang Wu returned to her courtyard and found Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto gaming in her lounge chair's shade.
  • Satoru Gojo won their game while Suguru Geto explained that Satoru had brought him there.
  • Kuang Wu realized Satoru had been smuggling Geto into her courtyard to hide him from Jujutsu Headquarters.
  • Kuang Wu asked why the boys were there, and Satoru said he had finished his work while Geto said school was closed for Sunday.
  • Kuang Wu compared their schooling with her own restricted education and thought she might have been illiterate without memories of her previous life.

Ch. 49Satoru Gojo, the Uneducated Bum

Kuang Wu demanded that the Zenin Clan let her attend an ordinary school so she could earn academic qualifications. After she destroyed the meeting room to silence the Elders’ objections, they agreed to enroll her and hire private tutors, leaving her pleased that Satoru Gojo would remain uneducated.

  • Kuang Wu gathered Naobito Zenin and the Elders and announced that she wanted to attend an ordinary school outside the clan.
  • The Elders objected, and Kuang Wu used her shikigami to destroy the meeting room and injure several of them.
  • Naobito Zenin warned that attending school could expose Kuang Wu to danger because of the bounty on her head.
  • Kuang Wu and the Elders agreed that the clan would enroll her, hire private tutors, and let her advance by passing scheduled exams without attending classes.

Ch. 50Birthday and farewell

On her tenth birthday, the Zenin Clan celebrated the young girl while Satoru Gojo and Geto sent her gifts. The peaceful day ended when Toji told her he was leaving.

  • The Zenin Clan held a lavish birthday banquet for the girl, who left after growing sick of the guests' flattery.
  • Satoru Gojo surprised the girl with strawberry milk candy and gave her Geto's gift, a silver bracelet with purple beads.
  • The girl returned to her courtyard and watched the Divine Dogs tear into the guests' gifts.
  • Toji visited the girl, drank tea, and casually told her he was leaving.
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