Chapter Summaries

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.

• Sukuna awoke inside Yuji Itadori with no memories, learned his name from Fushiguro, and briefly took control of Yuji’s body.
• Gojo tested Sukuna for ten seconds and discovered that he did not know what a curse was before Yuji regained control.
• Sukuna woke later as Yuji apologized to a female student, then heard Yuji thank him for saving their upperclassmen and Megumi Fushiguro.
• Yuji explained that the creature Sukuna had struck was a curse, and Sukuna worried that being the King of Curses made him 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.

• Itadori chose to eat another of Sukuna’s Fingers to protect people from the curses the scattered fingers attracted, and Sukuna stayed withdrawn after learning he was a curse.
• Sukuna emerged to inspect his reflection, admired his appearance, and later manifested a mouth on Itadori’s face before arranging for it to appear on the back of Itadori’s hand.
• Itadori and Sukuna passed Principal Yaga’s interview despite Itadori taking a beating, avoiding execution and securing Itadori’s enrollment.
• Gojo explained that Sukuna could taste human food but gained no energy from eating it, and Itadori and Sukuna planned a meal together.
• Itadori invited Fushiguro to eat with him and Sukuna, while Gojo announced that they would pick up the class’s 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.

• Megumi Fushiguro showed Yuji Itadori the cafeteria and explained that students could eat there for free.
• Itadori fed pudding, ice cream, and curry rice to Sukuna through a mouth on his hand, and Sukuna revealed his fondness for sweets.
• Takuma Ino approached Fushiguro and Itadori, then hurried away after Sukuna accidentally bit the bowl off a spoon.
• Sukuna criticized the cafeteria’s curry and blurted out that he could cook, prompting Itadori to suggest they earn money with a food stall, which Sukuna refused.
• Itadori learned that curse-extermination missions could earn him bonuses and proposed taking weekend missions with Sukuna’s help.

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 received a hooded uniform, and Sukuna came out to admire himself in it before accepting Itadori’s offer to come out in the dorm when he wanted.
• Itadori asked Sukuna to call him Yuji, and Sukuna realized he wanted to protect Itadori and let him live.
• Gojo took Itadori and Fushiguro to meet Nobara in Harajuku, where she reacted with disgust to learning that Itadori had eaten Sukuna’s finger.
• Gojo brought the group to a curse-filled building near a cemetery and told Itadori not to let Sukuna out so he could test Yuji’s abilities.
• Itadori entered the building with the Slaughter Demon while Nobara split up from him, kicked him into a spin, and insulted his popularity.

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.

• Sukuna recoiled from the grotesque curse, while Itadori defeated it and continued the mission alone.
• Itadori found Nobara battling a curse that had taken a child hostage, and helped her finish it with Resonance and rescue the child.
• At a sushi restaurant, Gojo described attractive Cursed Spirits and told Sukuna that he had looked human when alive, cheering Sukuna up.
• Gojo announced that Fushiguro would teach morning classes and second-years Panda and Maki would handle afternoon combat training.
• Gojo told Itadori he had no Cursed Technique but might eventually use Sukuna’s, and assigned Sukuna to recover and master his suspected technique, Dismantle.

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.

• Itadori and Sukuna attended Megumi Fushiguro's lesson on Jujutsu Society, cursed spirits, and Sukuna's reputation as the King of Curses.
• Megumi Fushiguro introduced Itadori, Nobara, and Sukuna to the second-years, including Maki, Inumaki, and Panda.
• Itadori assured the wary second-years that Sukuna was a good person, and Maki agreed to help them while warning them to avoid trouble and keep Sukuna's presence from the higher-ups.
• Sukuna tried to greet Maki by insisting she call him Ryomen, but Itadori explained that Ryomen was not his surname.
• Maki and the others laughed at Sukuna's mistake, leaving him embarrassed about having misunderstood his own name.

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.

• Yuji apologized to Sukuna for not telling him that the second-years already knew his reputation, and Maki laughed at Sukuna's embarrassment.
• Maki challenged Yuji to a close-combat test, and Yuji's punch sent her flying into a tree and dented her steel training spear.
• Maki passed Yuji in close combat and told Panda to give him a cursed corpse doll made by Principal Yaga.
• The doll punched Yuji when he stopped feeding it cursed energy, and Panda explained that Yuji had to carry it as a backpack all day to practice control.
• Yuji kept the doll asleep by feeding it cursed energy, then reminded Sukuna that Sukuna would have to carry it 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.

• Itadori kept training with the dummy despite his injuries, while Sukuna urged him to rest.
• Itadori and Sukuna decided to sneak to the restroom so Sukuna could take control and try Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Sukuna switched in before a mirror and healed Itadori’s injuries almost instantly.
• Sukuna realized he could heal other people and began boasting about it before Megumi entered and startled him into retreating.
• Megumi caught Itadori with the dummy and angrily confronted him, reflecting that he had just scared Sukuna away.

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.

• Itadori told Fushiguro that Sukuna could use reverse cursed technique to heal him and others, so Fushiguro ordered him to keep it secret until Gojo returned.
• Gojo explained that the higher-ups might try to capture Itadori and use Sukuna’s healing ability, then arranged nightly training to make them stronger.
• After Itadori left to prepare, Gojo told Fushiguro that he had lied about the danger because he wanted to motivate Itadori and Sukuna.
• Gojo carried Itadori through the air to their training spot, and the exhausted boy fell asleep against him.
• Sukuna unexpectedly emerged while Itadori slept and discovered that Gojo was carrying him, then questioned why he had come out and concealed his agreement with Itadori to switch places nightly.

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 used Dismantle to cut down a distant cursed spirit, impressing Gojo with the technique’s range and power.
• Gojo laughed at Sukuna for carrying Yuji’s Tiger-Head Doll, which punched Sukuna in the face when he tried to take it back.
• Sukuna restrained himself from attacking Gojo and hung the doll from a branch to watch it punch the air.
• Sukuna asked whether Yuji needed sleep during the five hours of nightly training, and Gojo explained that Sukuna’s Reverse Cursed Technique could heal fatigue.
• Sukuna realized Gojo intended to have him heal Yuji so the boy could train day and night, while Gojo suggested Yuji drink more milk to grow taller.

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 told Sukuna that his next assignment was to regain his domain, but first he needed to rebuild his combat sense.
• Gojo attacked Sukuna, who blocked the punch with a barrier of cursed energy and realized his fighting reflexes remained intact.
• Sukuna sent repeated Dismantles at Gojo and covered the area with a net of slashes, then feared he had killed him when Gojo disappeared beneath the dust.
• Gojo emerged unharmed after firing Red and teased Sukuna for retreating instead of fighting him at close range.
• Sukuna asked Gojo to demonstrate his domain and admitted he had not remembered the hand sign needed to activate his own.
• Gojo smiled, asked whether Sukuna was sure he wanted to see the domain, and began forming its hand sign.

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 opened Unlimited Void, knocked Sukuna unconscious, and caught him before he fell.
• The next morning, Itadori told Megumi that he had fallen asleep, while Megumi privately recalled seeing Gojo carry the unconscious Sukuna into Itadori’s room and stay there for two hours.
• Sukuna learned about the bridal carry and became flustered by Gojo’s looks, then asked Gojo why he had stayed in the room; Gojo explained he had waited for Itadori to return.
• Gojo teased Sukuna about carrying him again, and Maki, Nobara, Panda, Inumaki, and Okkotsu spread the story through their group chat as gossip.
• Gojo told Itadori that Sukuna had learned to use his cursed technique, and Sukuna blamed Itadori for falling asleep before his three-hour allowance was used.
• When Itadori asked how Gojo and Sukuna planned to keep him awake, Sukuna told him he would find out that night and privately anticipated relentless training.

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.

• Sukuna healed Itadori so he could train without resting, and Gojo sent him into a forest to practice maintaining cursed energy while dodging curses.
• Gojo flung Itadori from a cliff, and Itadori landed in the forest as a swarm of curses rushed toward him.
• Sukuna, terrified by the leech-like curses, refused to heal Itadori and suggested that fear could replenish his cursed energy.
• Itadori adjusted his emotions and endured the pursuit until Sukuna told him to climb a tree, then healed him and withdrew.
• Itadori lasted longer between recoveries and completed five hours of training at dawn, grateful that Sukuna had stayed with him.

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.

• Yuji Itadori trained nightly with Sukuna’s healing and sparred with Panda while carrying the doll, visibly improving.
• Kugisaki asked Itadori about training without rest, and he proudly said Sukuna healed him; Fushiguro watched in exasperation.
• The students brought Sukuna snacks, and Sukuna concluded that his spiritual charm had made him the most popular King of Curses.
• Itadori suggested Sukuna take over his body during the day, but Sukuna refused to risk upsetting the students or drawing the higher-ups’ attention.
• Itadori worried that Sukuna might change when he recovered his memories, but he did not ask Sukuna to promise he would stay the same.
• Itadori accidentally ate Sukuna’s favorite snack, and Sukuna lamented their poverty before suggesting a hospital night job that Itadori said Teacher Gojo would reject.

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.

• Sukuna asked Gojo to find Itadori missions, and Gojo arranged a Grade 2 assignment through Mei Mei.
• Gojo brought Itadori to fight a Corpse Flower curse but stayed a hundred meters away because of its stench.
• Itadori fought the curse’s regenerating vines and tentacles, while Sukuna advised him to search for its core.
• A Doll struck Itadori from behind, and Sukuna took over as the curse’s spikes threatened to hit him.
• Sukuna awakened a fire ability and burned away the Corpse Flower curse, surprising both himself and Gojo.
• Sukuna prompted Itadori to ask about mission pay, and Gojo gave them ten 10,000-yen bills.

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.

• Itadori asked Sukuna to go shopping with him, and Megumi Fushiguro agreed to help choose clothes after learning they were for Sukuna.
• Itadori invited Satoru Gojo, who changed his destination and brought them to his family’s expensive clothing store.
• Gojo arranged for Sukuna to take over, and Sukuna picked out a white hoodie and a color-block jacket with Megumi’s help.
• Gojo, Megumi, and Miss Mori joined in selecting outfits, and Sukuna tried on clothes ranging from a cream coat to a burgundy shirt and black suit jacket.
• Miss Mori admired the handsome group while Sukuna enjoyed seeing himself in the different outfits.

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.

• Gojo bought Sukuna, Megumi Fushiguro, and Itadori the clothes they had chosen, then took Sukuna and Megumi Fushiguro to a Western restaurant.
• Sukuna eagerly ate the meal and impressed Gojo with his polished Western table manners.
• Gojo questioned how Sukuna knew to use a knife and fork, and Sukuna realized he had unexplained knowledge of modern society.
• Gojo took Itadori to Principal Yaga, who explained that incarnated individuals inherit some memories from their vessels.
• Itadori asked whether Sukuna had all his memories, and Sukuna clarified that he had not even known Itadori’s phone password.

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.

• Itadori learned that Sukuna had inherited only general knowledge of his memories and left the principal's office relieved.
• Itadori returned to the shopping street with the remaining money and spotted a white kimono that caught Sukuna's attention.
• Itadori bought Sukuna the kimono for ninety-eight thousand yen, making Sukuna cheerful as they set off to buy snacks.
• Itadori suggested bringing gifts back for Maki and the others, but he and Sukuna realized they had only two thousand yen left.
• Itadori proposed that Sukuna make a cake, and Sukuna worried it might turn out awful while Itadori promised to eat it anyway.

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.

• Itadori bought ingredients and switched Sukuna in to make a chocolate cake in the dorm kitchen.
• Sukuna followed a video tutorial and put the cake in the oven, then discovered Panda and Toge Inumaki watching him.
• Panda and Toge Inumaki reassured Itadori that they accepted Sukuna, then summoned the other students to the dorm.
• Megumi Fushiguro arrived with Maki, and Itadori claimed he had made the cake himself while nervously offering Megumi a slice.
• Megumi Fushiguro accepted the cake, tasted it, and reached for another bite as the students waited for his reaction.

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.

• Maki realized Itadori had more cake and rallied everyone to ask for slices.
• The students praised the cake Sukuna had made, while Sukuna secretly enjoyed their compliments.
• Gojo arrived too late for the afternoon tea, so he demanded a large cake of his own and shared it with Sukuna that night.
• Gojo told Sukuna he was leaving overseas for work and that evening training was on hold.
• After Gojo left, Sukuna returned to Itadori’s body, saved some cake for Yuji, and went to sleep.
• Itadori woke Sukuna and announced a mission involving a Special Grade imaginary vengeful spirit cursed womb.