Chapter Summaries

Kenjaku used his amplified gravity to break Tachibana Mio’s and Yuki Tsukumo’s domains, leaving Yuki badly injured. Okkotsu opened his domain again and coordinated an attack on Kenjaku, but Kenjaku dodged Okkotsu’s point-blank Piercing Blood.

• Okkotsu summoned Rika and fired a Pure Love Cannon at Kenjaku as Uraume attacked with Frost Calm.
• Kenjaku’s gravity and the blast shattered Tachibana Mio’s domain and then Yuki Tsukumo’s, leaving Yuki bloodied and unable to maintain her domain.
• Kaneki and Choso gave Rika severed arms, allowing Okkotsu to use Copy and expand Authentic Mutual Love again.
• Okkotsu used Cursed Speech to freeze Uraume and Tachibana Mio while Kenjaku protected himself from the domain’s sure-hit effect with Hollow Wicker Basket.
• Kaneki, Choso, Rika, and Okkotsu attacked Kenjaku together, but Kenjaku used cursed spirits to escape their assault.
• Okkotsu fired Piercing Blood at Kenjaku’s brain from point-blank range, but Kenjaku twisted his neck and dodged it.

Yuta Okkotsu and Yuki Tsukumo fought Kenjaku while Ken Kaneki targeted Uraume and Tachibana Mio. Okkotsu reversed the conditions of his domain to match Kenjaku’s, and Kaneki broke through Uraume’s ice as the battle continued.

• Yuki Tsukumo struck Kenjaku while Okkotsu used Projection to freeze his cursed spirits, and Kenjaku deduced how Okkotsu was resetting his burned-out technique.
• Tachibana Mio enhanced Uraume, whose high-output ice technique briefly froze the fighters while Kenjaku reset his domain.
• Kenjaku opened Womb Profusion, but Okkotsu reversed the conditions of his domain and slashed Kenjaku’s face, blinding his right eye.
• Okkotsu and Yuki Tsukumo attacked Kenjaku with Rika and Garuda while Ken Kaneki recovered and charged Uraume and Tachibana Mio.
• Uraume tried to freeze Kaneki, but Kaneki shattered the ice, reminding Uraume of Yuki Tsukumo.

Kaneki and the others battled Kenjaku in the Tombs of the Star Corridor, where Kaneki landed a Black Flash that collapsed Kenjaku’s domain. Uraume froze the battlefield to help Kenjaku escape, and Kaneki stopped the others from pursuing him.

• Kaneki overwhelmed Tachibana Mio, then used Projection to rush Kenjaku through the swarm of Cursed Spirits.
• Kenjaku used gravity to pin Kaneki and Great Serpent, then fought Okkotsu and Yuki Tsukumo while trying to conceal a miniature Uzumaki.
• Kusakabe, Choso, and Naobito Zenin joined the fight; Choso pierced Kenjaku’s chest, but Okkotsu’s domain collapsed and Kenjaku expanded his own.
• Kaneki landed a Black Flash that sent Kenjaku flying and caused his domain to collapse, while Divine Dogs attacked him.
• Uraume froze the fighters and the Tombs of the Star Corridor, allowing Kenjaku and his allies to escape; Kaneki warned the others not to pursue their desperate enemy.

After escaping Kenjaku, Kaneki and the others discussed his limits and explored ways to strengthen their side, including breaking the twin curse and acquiring Limitless. The chapter ended with Kaneki asking Tengen for an arm from her real body.

• Kaneki and the others relocated to avoid Kenjaku’s possible return, and Kaneki tamed Max Elephant, Piercing Ox, and Tiger Funeral.
• Okkotsu estimated Kenjaku could repair his brain and reset his cursed technique only a few times, while Kaneki warned that Fumihiko Takaba might already be dead and the suited woman might have his body.
• Tengen explained Tachibana Mio’s cursed technique could break the twin curse, and Kaneki asked for Sukuna’s Sokushinbutsu, learning it was in the Flying Spirit Mountain Pure Realm.
• Kaneki asked about Gojo Clan members with Limitless and learned that Gojo Kongxu had awakened it, though Tengen did not know where the preserved bodies of Limitless users were buried.
• Kaneki learned Tengen’s Immortality made her immune to physical damage and domain sure-hit effects, then asked for one arm from her real body.

Kaneki tested his new immortality, retrieved Sukuna’s Sokushinbutsu, and used it to grant Maki Zenin a fully realized Heavenly Restriction through a contract with Mai Zenin. The chapter ended with Kaneki explaining that Maki still needed to awaken the special perception that would let her reach Toji Fushiguro’s level.

• Kaneki ate part of Tengen’s arm, survived tearing out his heart, and traveled alone to the Flying Spirit Mountain Pure Realm.
• Kaneki retrieved Sukuna’s Sokushinbutsu and returned to the Tombs of the Star Corridor, where Okkotsu used [Copy] as Rika ate it.
• Kaneki ate one of Sukuna’s arms and explained that [Brain Devouring] granted cursed techniques temporarily when he devoured limbs, but permanently when he devoured a sorcerer’s brain.
• Kaneki used a contract ritual to exchange Maki Zenin’s potential to develop a cursed technique for a fully realized Heavenly Restriction, with Mai Zenin accepting the request.
• Kaneki told Maki Zenin that she needed to develop her perception of the world’s [Facets] before she could become like Toji Fushiguro.

Kaneki revealed details about the aliens who would arrive in sixty-eight years, including the Okkotsu siblings destined to fight them and the aliens’ abilities and history. The aliens were refugees divided between a faction seeking peaceful coexistence and one intent on conquering humanity.

• Kaneki told Okkotsu and Maki that their granddaughter Oyu Okkotsu would fight the strongest alien at age sixteen, and that Okkotsu would be dead by then.
• Kaneki said Oyu had awakened the Ten Shadows Technique but would die of brain cancer if she refused to fight, and described the alien’s ability to emit light.
• Kaneki revealed that Shinken Okkotsu had inherited Maki Zenin’s heavenly restriction and would fight alongside his twin brother, whose technique could create a spaceship and enable communication in Japanese.
• Kaneki told Tengen that the aliens had a long-lived species, a god named Karian, and a history of conflict sparked by cursed spirits.
• Kaneki explained that the aliens were refugees seeking land to rebuild their civilization, with one faction favoring peaceful coexistence and another seeking to conquer humanity.

Tengen revealed that Kenjaku had started the culling game and that Angel was inside its eastern Tokyo barrier, prompting Kaneki and the others to plan how to reach her and free Gojo. Kaneki arranged for Todo to remain outside the barrier and changed Inumaki’s Cursed Speech markings so Inumaki could join the mission; the group prepared to enter the culling game and find Angel.

• Tengen told the group that Kenjaku had started the culling game and that Angel was inside the eastern Tokyo barrier.
• The group discussed how to rescue Gojo and counter Kenjaku, including Todo using a binding vow with Boogie Woogie and Kugisaki attacking Kenjaku’s remaining flesh and blood.
• Kaneki explained that Angel would help them because Megumi had saved her vessel, Hana Kurusu, and proposed using Angel’s technique to shut down Kenjaku’s domain.
• Kaneki decided to enter the barrier after obtaining Todo’s cursed technique, while Todo stayed behind, and Inumaki offered to help.
• Kaneki moved Inumaki’s Cursed Speech markings from his mouth to his right hand, completing a contract that required Inumaki to cover his mouth when using the technique.

Kaneki prepared the group to learn Soul Strike and strengthened their barriers while deciding to confront Jujutsu Headquarters after its announcement. Before leaving alone, he revealed Sukuna’s origins and warned the others that Sukuna could defeat them without special preparations.

• Kaneki proposed monitoring Tsumiki Fushiguro and possibly separating Uro from her, but prioritized learning Soul Strike first.
• Yuki Tsukumo taught Okkotsu to reverse a domain’s internal and external conditions, while Kaneki learned Barrier Technique from Tengen and had the Emptiness Barriers layered.
• After Jujutsu Headquarters issued its announcement, Kaneki said he would send its members to Mahito and explained how Mahito could remain in the passage to reincarnation.
• Kaneki revealed that Itadori’s grandfather was the reincarnation of Sukuna’s twin brother and said Itadori had potential equal to Sukuna.
• Kaneki warned that Sukuna would kill everyone unless Satoru Gojo learned to shrink his domain, then speculated that Sukuna died from a prion disease caused by eating people.
• Kaneki refused Okkotsu’s offer to accompany him and left alone to confront Jujutsu Headquarters, so Okkotsu could protect the group if Kenjaku returned.

Ken Kaneki forced the Gojo Clan to let him take part of a preserved clan head’s corpse so he could obtain Limitless and help unseal Satoru Gojo. After Gojo Yūkurō brought him to the hidden tomb, Kaneki removed the corpse’s brain, but hurried footsteps approached before he could finish.

• Kaneki entered the Gojo Clan grounds, knocked out Gojo Keita, and dodged the guard’s cursed bullets until Gojo Shinji and Gojo Yūkurō arrived.
• Kaneki demanded the corpse of someone who had awakened Limitless, then outmaneuvered Gojo Shinji and revealed his Ten Shadows Technique to stop the clan sorcerers from attacking.
• Kaneki said he could use Limitless without the Six Eyes and wanted it to strengthen himself and help unseal Satoru Gojo, persuading Gojo Yūkurō to take him to the clan’s hidden tomb.
• Gojo Yūkurō opened the coffin of a previous clan head with the Six Eyes, and Kaneki used a cursed tool to remove the corpse’s brain.
• Hurried footsteps sounded as Kaneki began preparing to stitch the corpse back together.

Ken Kaneki devoured the brain containing the Gojo Clan’s Limitless and used the technique to protect Gojo Yūkurō from the clan’s conservatives. He demonstrated his power by taming Mahoraga, then left for Jujutsu Headquarters while promising to help rescue Satoru Gojo.

• Ken Kaneki ate the brain and dodged the Gojo Clan conservatives’ attacks while his Cursed Technique analyzed Limitless.
• Gojo Yūkurō stopped the conservatives from attacking Kaneki and confirmed that he was the Acting Clan Head.
• Kaneki used Limitless to throw the old man and the other clan members out of the cavern, then promised to rescue Satoru Gojo.
• Kaneki summoned Mahoraga and used [Limitless] to stop the Sword of Extermination before killing Mahoraga with [Eightfold] and successfully taming him.
• Kaneki warned the old man not to harm Gojo Yūkurō, then left the Gojo Clan estate for Jujutsu Headquarters.

Kaneki infiltrated Jujutsu Headquarters and killed the rotten higher-ups, sparing Gakuganji to take him to the Tombs of the Star Corridor. He visited Itadori and then awakened Megumi Fushiguro, leaving with him as he prepared to secure the Ten Shadows Technique.

• Kaneki secretly entered Jujutsu Headquarters and killed the higher-ups who were discussing how to punish Yuta Okkotsu, while sparing Gakuganji because he was still useful.
• Kaneki took Gakuganji to the Tombs of the Star Corridor after buying supplies and storing them in his shadow, revealing his Ten Shadows Technique.
• Kaneki visited Itadori and Choso in the Emptiness Barrier, gave them food, and told Itadori to wait a few more days as Sukuna threatened him.
• Kaneki told Tengen he wanted to visit Megumi Fushiguro, entered his Emptiness Barrier, and left with Megumi awake.

After Megumi Fushiguro stayed behind in the Emptiness Barrier, the sorcerers trained for the coming Culling Game while Ken Kaneki studied Barrier Technique. Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi arrived and learned about the crisis, and Kaneki revealed his fear that Sukuna could take over his body.

• Kaneki refused Fushiguro's request to see Itadori, warning that Sukuna could seize Fushiguro's body, and Tengen opened the Emptiness Barrier for Fushiguro and the others to stay in.
• The remaining sorcerers trained in Facets, Construction, Soul Strike, and Simple Domain while Kaneki continued studying Barrier Technique.
• Tengen opened a door, and Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi arrived and asked Okkotsu whether Gojo had really been sealed.
• Okkotsu told Hakari and Kirara about recent events, and Yū Shinji explained how Kaneki had helped him survive Mahito and later become a sorcerer.
• Kaneki said he could not warn Itadori because Sukuna might learn about his ability to see the future, then revealed his strong suspicion that Sukuna could use Enchain to take over his body.

Okkotsu, Kaneki, and Hakari planned how to enter the Culling Game, confront Kenjaku’s allies, and rescue Megumi Fushiguro’s sister. After Shoko convinced Kaneki to rest, he woke from a nightmare and struggled with severe nausea.

• Okkotsu outlined the plan for Kaneki and Hakari to enter the Culling Game with him, and Kaneki revealed he could acquire cursed techniques, including Limitless and Ten Shadows Technique.
• Kaneki assigned Hakari to hold off Uraume while the group searched for Angel, gathered points, and prepared to rescue Megumi Fushiguro’s sister.
• Kaneki planned to acquire Ui Ui’s cursed technique so he could leave the barrier and bring reinforcements back to the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
• Shoko urged Kaneki and the others to rest, and Tengen changed the Emptiness Barrier surroundings to night.
• Kaneki woke from a nightmare retching, snapped his finger to interrupt the nausea, and eventually lay back down without healing the injury.

Kaneki cared for the exhausted group at the Tombs of the Star Corridor while struggling to eat after his nightmares, and the others supported him by sharing his meals. He revealed that he had tamed Mahoraga and had Okkotsu train it to adapt to [Dismantle] before dismissing it, confident Kenjaku was too busy to attack.

• Kaneki bought food himself to guard against Kenjaku poisoning it, then returned to the Tombs of the Star Corridor and served breakfast to the others.
• Kaneki explained to Megumi Fushiguro that he had acquired [Ten Shadows Technique], then struggled to eat vegetable porridge until Kugisaki gave him mint candy.
• The group trained harder, and at lunch everyone avoided the meat dishes Kaneki had brought and ate vegetables with him.
• Kaneki had Tengen close the passage to Megumi Fushiguro's Emptiness Barrier, then summoned Mahoraga and shocked the others by revealing he had tamed it.
• Kaneki asked Okkotsu to use [Dismantle] on Mahoraga, which adapted to the slashes, and stopped the training before it could be exposed to [Open].

Kaneki advised Naobito Zenin on ways Megumi Fushiguro could develop the Ten Shadows Technique, then trained with the others while preparing a new use for Yuki Tsukumo’s Star Rage. He left with a bracelet of cursed-tool shikigami beads that could potentially unleash attacks on the scale of Blue and Red.

• Kaneki told Naobito Zenin that taming Mahoraga with the Ten Shadows Technique alone was likely impossible, but suggested fusing shikigami and using their abilities without manifesting them.
• Over the next two days, Kaneki studied barrier techniques with Tengen, while Okkotsu and the others switched from Soul Strike to learning Hollow Wicker Basket and Falling Blossom Emotion.
• Kaneki asked Kirara Hoshi to set up his cursed technique to make it harder for Kenjaku to reach Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro.
• Kaneki learned to use Star Rage to create a cursed-tool shikigami and made eighteen black prayer beads, which he called [Hell] beads.
• Kaneki proposed imbuing a bead with Star Rage and using it to create a [Black Hole], and Yuki Tsukumo realized his precise cursed energy control might make it possible.

Mei Mei brought the unconscious Ui Ui to Ken Kaneki, who healed his missing arm in exchange for the group’s severed limbs and ate them to obtain their techniques. After Ui Ui woke, Kaneki asked him to take him to their agreed destination, and Ui Ui prepared to do so.

• Mei Mei brought Ui Ui to Kaneki, and Round Deer regrew Ui Ui’s missing arm.
• Yuki Tsukumo, Todo, Nanami, Naobito Zenin, Toge Inumaki, Arata Nitta, Kugisaki, and Tengen gave Kaneki their arms; Kaneki stopped Takuma Ino from cutting off his own.
• Shoko and Okkotsu treated the group’s bleeding while Round Deer healed their severed arms, including Kugisaki’s forearm.
• Kaneki ate the collected limbs, repeatedly retching and breaking his fingers to suppress it as Reverse Cursed Technique healed his hand.
• Ui Ui woke from the anesthetic, and Kaneki asked him to take him to their agreed destination immediately.

Kaneki sent most of the group to Malaysia to keep them safe while he and the others prepared for the Culling Game. After Naobito returned to the Zenin Clan, Kaneki’s group chose to delay entering the game until the deadline and began making plans to improve their techniques.

• Kaneki arranged for Mei Mei to monitor the remaining group with her crows, then sent everyone except Naobito Zenin to Malaysia, with Ui Ui helping make the trips.
• Kaneki gave Okkotsu ribs from Inumaki, Ui Ui, and Arata Nitta for Rika to eat, then took Naobito back to the Zenin Clan estate.
• Kaneki warned Naobito to focus on education and told him that, in the future he had seen, only Maki and Fushiguro remained in the clan.
• Kaneki asked whether the group wanted to enter the Culling Game immediately or closer to the deadline, and they chose to wait.
• Kaneki gave Okkotsu Ui Ui’s written instructions for his Cursed Technique and proposed soul-swapping training with Yuki Tsukumo, who agreed.

Kaneki and Yuki Tsukumo completed their soul exchange training, then reunited with the others as the group prepared for the Culling Game and Kenjaku’s arrival. The chapter ended with Kaneki, Okkotsu, and Hakari heading for the Sendai Colony, where Angel and Uro had been located.

• Yuki Tsukumo and Kaneki swapped souls, trained their technique control, and discovered that Kaneki could eat normally in Yuki Tsukumo’s body.
• The group trained for the Culling Game while Mai practiced forging the Soul Liberation Blade and Maki prepared to use a sword.
• After switching back, Kaneki gained [Star Rage] and [Ten Shadows Technique] engraved in his brain, and Mai finally replicated the Soul Liberation Blade.
• Kaneki took Mai to Malaysia, where Maki saw the [Facets] and completed her awakening.
• Tengen assigned Yuki Tsukumo, Maki, Choso, and Todo to protect the Tombs of the Star Corridor while Kaneki, Okkotsu, and Hakari went to find Angel and deal with Tsumiki Fushiguro.
• Tengen located Angel in the Sendai Colony, where Uro had also gone after meeting Kenjaku.

Kaneki, Okkotsu, and Kinji Hakari entered the Sendai Colony and were separated, each facing threats from ancient sorcerers. Kaneki went searching for Angel while Kinji survived a barrage of attacks and figured out how the archer’s technique worked.

• Sasaki and Iguchi watched as Kaneki, Okkotsu, and Kinji Hakari entered the Sendai Colony together.
• After the barrier separated them, Kaneki survived Ryu Ishigori’s [Granita Blast], spotted Takako Uro, and followed a crow toward the others.
• Kaneki searched for Angel while Ryu Ishigori and Takako Uro pursued him.
• Kinji Hakari found Angel surrounded by ancient sorcerers and was targeted by an archer’s homing Eight-Headed Arrow.
• A samurai’s iron ball caused a high-rise to collapse, but Kinji escaped the rubble and healed his wounds with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Kinji noticed the archer targeting him again and worked out the prerequisite for activating the man’s technique.

Ken Kaneki arrived just as the samurai and his allies overwhelmed Kinji Hakari, using [Blue] to rescue him and reveal that he had acquired [Limitless]. As Kaneki began healing Hakari with Round Deer, the samurai and the others attacked him, and Hakari warned him about an enemy technique that distorted distance.

• The samurai, Yuriko, Mulong, Dwarf, and the archer coordinated their attacks against Kinji Hakari, and the samurai cut open Hakari's abdomen.
• As Dwarf and the archer moved in to finish Hakari, Ken Kaneki used [Blue] to rush in, knock Dwarf away, and crush the Eight-Headed Arrow.
• Kaneki switched to [Ten Shadows Technique] and summoned Round Deer to heal Hakari, prompting Hana Kurusu to recognize Megumi Fushiguro's technique.
• The samurai charged Kaneki during his technique switch, while the other four attackers joined in.
• Hakari warned Kaneki that one enemy could alter his perception of distance and that the technique appeared to affect only one person at a time.