Arc 1Chapters 1–25
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Yuji Itadori swallowed Sukuna’s finger, but the revived Sukuna had amnesia and mistook his own name and status for clues to his identity. After learning that curses resembled the grotesque creature he had fought, Sukuna feared he was the same kind of monster.
Itadori ate a second of Sukuna’s Fingers and began his life as a student at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, while Sukuna discovered new ways to appear through Itadori’s body. After Principal Yaga approved Itadori’s enrollment, the two headed to eat with Fushiguro and learned they would pick up a third student the next day.
Yuji Itadori brought Sukuna to Jujutsu High’s cafeteria, where their conspicuous meal and a broken spoon unsettled Megumi Fushiguro and Takuma Ino. After Sukuna unexpectedly claimed he could cook and Itadori proposed opening a food stall, they discussed how Itadori could earn money by taking curse-extermination missions.
After Itadori received his new uniform, he and Sukuna grew closer as Itadori offered to let Sukuna come out in the dorm and asked him to use the name Yuji. The next day, Yuji, Fushiguro, Gojo, and Nobara headed to a curse-filled building in Roppongi, where Yuji and Nobara began their first mission together.
Itadori and Nobara defeated a curse and rescued its hostage, then joined Gojo for sushi, where Sukuna recovered his spirits after Gojo reassured him about his appearance as a human. Gojo outlined the students’ training and explained that Itadori lacked a Cursed Technique, leaving Sukuna tasked with recovering and mastering his own.
Itadori and Sukuna learned about Jujutsu Society from Megumi Fushiguro before meeting the second-year students. Their introduction ended in laughter when Sukuna learned that Ryomen was not his surname, leaving him mortified.
Yuji Itadori trained with Maki and demonstrated overwhelming physical strength before receiving a cursed corpse doll backpack to help him control cursed energy. He reluctantly accepted the doll, and Sukuna stopped laughing when Yuji pointed out that Sukuna would have to carry it too if he took over.
Itadori endured brutal training with a dummy, then persuaded Sukuna to take over so they could test whether Sukuna knew Reverse Cursed Technique. Sukuna healed Itadori’s injuries instantly, but fled as soon as Megumi caught him, leaving Itadori to face Megumi’s anger.
After Sukuna healed Itadori, Fushiguro warned him to keep the ability secret, and Gojo urged Itadori and Sukuna to grow stronger. Gojo privately admitted he had exaggerated the threat to motivate them, then took Itadori to training, where Sukuna unexpectedly emerged while Itadori slept and found himself in Gojo’s arms.
Sukuna demonstrated Dismantle during Gojo’s special training, then learned Gojo planned to use his Reverse Cursed Technique to keep Yuji training around the clock. Sukuna accepted the plan despite worrying that Yuji would not get enough sleep to grow.
Sukuna regained his combat instincts while fighting Satoru Gojo, then asked to see Gojo’s domain so he could learn how to use his own. Gojo began forming a hand sign, leaving Sukuna uneasy about what he was about to show him.
Gojo defeated Sukuna with Unlimited Void, then carried him unconscious to Itadori’s room and waited for him to switch back. The next day, Sukuna learned that Gojo had carried him bridal-style, while Gojo revealed that Sukuna had learned to use his cursed technique and hinted that Itadori’s new training would keep him awake.
Gojo sent Itadori to train in a forest full of fast curses, where he had to dodge while feeding cursed energy to the Doll. Itadori endured five hours with Sukuna’s reluctant support and finished the training as dawn broke.
Yuji Itadori grew stronger through nightly training while Sukuna became popular with the students, who brought him snacks. When Itadori suggested Sukuna come out during the day, Sukuna refused, and the conversation turned to Sukuna’s uncertain memories and their lack of money.
Sukuna pushed Gojo to find Itadori a mission, and Itadori faced a Grade 2 Corpse Flower curse without Sukuna’s help until a blow to the head forced Sukuna to take over. Sukuna unexpectedly awakened a powerful fire technique and exorcised the curse, then secured mission pay from Gojo.
Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Satoru Gojo took Sukuna shopping for clothes at Gojo’s family store, where Sukuna tried on a variety of outfits. The group kept choosing more clothes, and Sukuna was still enjoying his fashion show when the chapter ended.
During lunch, Gojo noticed Sukuna knew Western table manners despite having lived a thousand years ago, and Sukuna realized he had inherited unexplained knowledge of modern life. Principal Yaga explained that incarnated individuals inherit some of their vessels’ memories, leaving Gojo embarrassed and Itadori wondering what Sukuna had learned from him.
After learning that Sukuna had inherited only general knowledge from Yuji's memories, Itadori took him shopping and bought him a kimono he liked. With little money left, they considered making a cake as a gift for their friends, and Sukuna reluctantly warmed to the idea.
Sukuna made a chocolate cake in the dorm kitchen after Itadori switched him in, then Itadori served it to the gathered students and Megumi Fushiguro tried a bite. The chapter ended with everyone watching Megumi Fushiguro for his verdict.
After Sukuna’s cake delighted the students, Gojo secured a whole cake for himself and bonded with Sukuna over dessert. Sukuna returned to sleep inside Itadori, but Itadori soon woke him to report a mission involving a Special Grade curse.
Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Kugisaki entered Eishu Juvenile Detention Center to rescue five inmates trapped with a cursed womb. After finding three inmates dead, Itadori asked Sukuna to punish the Special Grade if they encountered it.
Sukuna took control after a special grade cursed womb appeared and Nobara was swallowed by a shadow. He sent Megumi to find her and began beating the curse with his fists, leaving it wounded in the water below.
Sukuna killed the special grade cursed spirit and discovered it had one of his fingers, which Itadori ate after briefly taking control. They then remembered Megumi Fushiguro and Kugisaki were still in danger and rushed to help them.
Megumi Fushiguro and Kugisaki struggled against a swarm of curses until Sukuna defeated the Special Grade and joined them. Sukuna destroyed the remaining curses, recovered his third finger, and left to wash and eat it while Megumi Fushiguro tried to process his casual attitude.
After the mission, Sukuna fell asleep inside Itadori and dreamed of his thousand-year-old self resting in a meadow with a little white fox. He awoke to discover his inner world was a vast landscape of bones and blood, leaving him horrified by how vicious his past self must have been.