Chapter Summaries

Sukuna recognized Choso as a possible incarnated vessel and suspected he was the special-grade target of their mission, so Itadori planned to find him after eating. Choso returned home to care for Eso and Kechizu, then prepared to kill Itadori when he sensed someone approaching, but Itadori hesitated outside his door and never knocked.

• Sukuna sensed that Choso might be an incarnated vessel, and Itadori suggested inviting him to Jujutsu High after they finished eating.
• Choso returned to his apartment, relieved that Itadori had not followed him, and prepared food for Eso and Kechizu.
• Choso considered helping Kenjaku create a golden age of curses so his brothers could live freely, while keeping humans around to cook and make video games.
• Choso sensed someone approaching his home and prepared Piercing Blood, believing Itadori had followed him to attack.
• Itadori stopped outside Choso's door and debated whether to knock, while Choso waited with his attack ready and worried that his noodles would get cold.

Itadori tried to recruit Choso to Jujutsu High, but Choso attacked after realizing Itadori knew about his brothers. Sukuna protected Itadori and nearly retaliated before Itadori calmed him down, leaving the confrontation interrupted by a neighbor's angry shout.

• Itadori approached Choso's home and asked him to join Jujutsu High, but Choso refused.
• Itadori mentioned Choso's companions' appearance, and Choso attacked him with Piercing Blood.
• Sukuna emerged, healed Itadori, and immobilized Choso, Eso, and Kechizu with his cursed energy.
• Itadori reassured Sukuna that he was fine and calmed his anger.
• A woman shouted at them for making noise, and Sukuna stepped away from the broken front door.

Sukuna confronted Choso, Eso, and Kechizu, then learned they might want help living among humans. He secured a binding vow that prevented all three brothers from killing anyone, leaving Choso stunned and suspicious of Sukuna’s unexpected values.

• Itadori persuaded Sukuna to enter the house, where Sukuna ordered Choso to identify himself and his brothers and explain their plans.
• Choso introduced Eso and Kechizu and asked whether Jujutsu High could help them avoid prejudice, while Sukuna worried that the school’s higher-ups would reject them.
• Sukuna suggested that Mahito might alter Eso and Kechizu’s appearances, prompting Choso to consider seeking Mahito’s help and reconsidering Kenjaku’s plans.
• Sukuna warned the three brothers not to kill anyone, and Choso agreed without realizing Sukuna had established a binding vow covering all of them.
• Choso realized the vow had bound Eso and Kechizu too and stood stunned.

After Yuji left Choso, Eso, and Kechizu, Choso realized that Yuji was his younger brother and excitedly told the others. The brothers celebrated their new sibling and planned to change their appearances before meeting him again.

• Yuji apologized for interrupting dinner, left the brothers some chocolate, and said goodbye before hurrying back to class.
• Choso cleaned the hallway and discovered that his Blood Manipulation made Yuji's blood ripple, revealing that Yuji was his brother.
• Choso experienced memories of Yuji happily eating with the brothers and declared that they were getting another little brother.
• Choso explained the discovery to Eso and Kechizu, who happily ate the chocolate Yuji had left and looked forward to seeing him again.
• Choso regretted injuring Yuji and resolved to apologize, while Kechizu eagerly chose the appearance of a cute twelve-year-old boy for Mahito to give him.

After completing a night of missions, Itadori returned to school and learned that the Death Painting Cursed Wombs they had encountered were missing objects from Jujutsu High’s vault. Gojo told him and Sukuna not to pursue them, then offered them presents for their work, and Sukuna chose food to share with Itadori.

• Itadori covered his bloodstained sleeve, returned to school, and ran into Megumi Fushiguro, who asked if he had been hurt.
• Over breakfast, Itadori told Megumi that he had handled several missions himself and invited him to come along next time; Megumi agreed and Itadori asked him to carry supplies.
• Itadori reported the missions to Gojo, who recognized Choso, Eso, and Kechizu as missing Death Painting Cursed Wombs from Jujutsu High’s vault.
• Itadori and Sukuna considered returning to look for the Death Paintings, but Gojo said they had already left and told them not to go after them.
• Gojo thanked Itadori and Sukuna for their work and offered them presents, and Itadori let Sukuna choose both of theirs.
• Sukuna chose food so he and Itadori could share it.

Sukuna tested whether he could protect someone inside Malevolent Shrine and discovered that he could spare Megumi and Megumi’s shikigami by adjusting the domain’s targeting. He left Megumi able to move safely through the domain, but wondered whether carrying a rabbit during missions would be practical—and whether it could become dinner.

• Sukuna tested Malevolent Shrine with a stone, plants, insects, and Megumi’s hair, confirming that things he touched were spared from its slashes.
• Sukuna guided Megumi into the domain while holding his hand, and Megumi remained unharmed.
• Megumi tested whether his Rabbit Escape shikigami would be protected by sending rabbits into the domain, but the first one was killed.
• Sukuna adjusted the domain’s targeting while holding a rabbit, allowing Megumi and the other rabbits to enter safely without him touching them.
• Sukuna wondered how he would carry a rabbit during combat and considered eating the one in his arms.

Sukuna enjoyed Gojo’s roast chicken so much that it stirred nostalgic memories, while Itadori shared the food with his friends. Gojo later discussed Itadori’s rapid progress with Shoko and explained that Itadori had refused Grade 1 advancement to avoid putting Sukuna in greater danger.

• Sukuna returned to his dorm for dinner, eagerly ate Gojo’s roast chicken, and recalled that he had loved it a thousand years earlier.
• Gojo heard that the chicken had made Sukuna cry, brought more to Jujutsu High, and watched Sukuna enjoy another one.
• Itadori packed food for Sukuna, Megumi Fushiguro, and his friends, then discovered that Gojo’s chicken was delicious himself.
• Gojo told Shoko that Itadori and Sukuna had each completed six Grade 1 missions in one night, and said he planned to nominate Itadori alongside other students later.
• Gojo explained that Itadori had declined Grade 1 advancement because he feared it would put Sukuna in greater danger.

Megumi Fushiguro joined Itadori and Sukuna on a night of curse missions to test his strength, discovering that he had grown far stronger than he realized. After Megumi failed to open his domain during four fights, Itadori suggested he try during their upcoming special grade mission, leaving Megumi worried he would die before succeeding.

• After dinner, Itadori gave Megumi a large food container and spare clothes, and they set off for a night of missions.
• In the taxi, Megumi learned Itadori had exorcised six grade 1 or semi-grade 1 curses the previous night and accepted Sukuna's offer to let him choose missions and receive healing.
• Megumi exorcised a grade 1 curse with The Well and realized he had become much stronger than he thought.
• Megumi fought four curses before mental exhaustion forced him to rest, and Sukuna quickly handled the remaining missions while Megumi waited in the car.
• Before three in the morning, they finished every mission except the special grade one, and Megumi told Itadori he had been unable to open his domain.
• Itadori suggested Megumi join the special grade mission to try opening his domain under pressure, and Megumi feared the attempt would get him killed.

Sukuna and Megumi Fushiguro investigated a villa where several sorcerers had vanished, but Sukuna's fear of the haunted-looking place was interrupted when a strange doorway swallowed Megumi and The Well. Sukuna was left alone outside as Megumi disappeared inside.

• Sukuna and Megumi Fushiguro ate and rested before approaching the villa, where children and multiple sorcerers had vanished.
• The iron gate opened by itself, and Sukuna nervously insisted he was not scared before dragging Megumi inside.
• Megumi explained that the villa and gate were covered in cursed energy, then entered the house with The Well to scout it.
• A ripple in the doorway swallowed Megumi and The Well, leaving Sukuna outside in shock.

Megumi Fushiguro and Sukuna were trapped in an innate domain where the villa and its ordinary creatures appeared enormous, forcing them to navigate a town-sized room. They reunited while fleeing giant cockroaches, but Sukuna exhausted his Domain Expansion and they ended the chapter still running.

• Megumi Fushiguro arrived in a dining room where everything appeared a hundred times larger and realized they would have to search the immense domain for its Special Grade Curse.
• Sukuna screamed as car-sized cockroaches chased him through the kitchen, and he ran toward Megumi Fushiguro after hearing The Well howl.
• Sukuna expanded Malevolent Shrine to destroy the cockroaches around him, then reached Megumi Fushiguro and continued running with him.
• Megumi Fushiguro drew his black blade, but Sukuna objected to fighting the cockroaches at close range, so Megumi Fushiguro kept running with him.
• Sukuna admitted he needed a quiet place to heal his Cursed Technique burnout, while the cockroaches continued chasing them.

Megumi Fushiguro and Sukuna fought their way through a vast villa after being shrunk by a Special Grade Curse’s domain, then found an unconscious jujutsu sorcerer on a coffee table. The sorcerer warned them to watch for threads above, and they looked up to see what he meant.

• Megumi Fushiguro used Max Elephant and Nue to electrocute the cockroaches chasing him and Sukuna.
• Megumi Fushiguro explained that their cursed techniques remained powerful, but their range had shrunk, and Sukuna realized his perception extended only a few meters.
• Giant ceramic dolls emerged and chased them, repeatedly reassembling after Sukuna’s Dismantle shattered them.
• Megumi Fushiguro used Nue to carry him onto a coffee table, and Sukuna climbed up after him.
• Megumi Fushiguro and Sukuna found an unconscious middle-aged jujutsu sorcerer and Sukuna healed him with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• The sorcerer warned Megumi Fushiguro and Sukuna about threads above, and they looked up.

Megumi Fushiguro discovered that invisible threads were draining cursed energy from him and Sukuna, and Sukuna protected him by taking on the drain. After Megumi Fushiguro revealed another way for them to climb, Sukuna began scaling the villa wall with him.

• Megumi Fushiguro noticed that his cursed energy was being siphoned by invisible threads that reappeared whenever he severed them.
• Megumi Fushiguro explained the threads to Sukuna and realized the vanished door meant they had to find the special grade curse above.
• Sukuna found that the threads drained his abundant cursed energy without seriously weakening him, then shielded Megumi Fushiguro and took on his drain.
• Sukuna decided to climb toward the roof and tried to carry Megumi Fushiguro, but Megumi Fushiguro punched him and promised another way to go up together.
• Five minutes later, Sukuna climbed swiftly up the wall using the method Megumi Fushiguro had shown him.

Sukuna and Megumi Fushiguro destroyed a giant spider curse on the building’s roof, but discovered that another curse was still controlling the porcelain dolls below. Fushiguro began searching for the remaining curse while Sukuna rested and prepared to repair his brain after using his domain.

• Sukuna spotted a giant spider curse and asked Fushiguro to help him reach it without getting caught in its webs.
• Fushiguro summoned Nue, and Sukuna used cursed energy, Dismantle, and flames to clear a path toward the spider.
• Sukuna opened Malevolent Shrine, destroying the spider, its swarm, and the roof before Nue carried him and Fushiguro back down.
• Sukuna realized the room remained enormous, and Fushiguro explained that the spider and the porcelain dolls were controlled by two different curses.
• Fushiguro set out on Nue to search for the curse controlling the dolls while Sukuna rested and planned to repair his brain.

Megumi Fushiguro exorcised a special grade curse and secretly opened his domain during a mission with Sukuna, then returned to Jujutsu High exhausted. After Itadori told their friends about the mission, he suggested taking Sukuna out for fun, and Nobara eagerly agreed.

• Sukuna replenished Megumi Fushiguro's cursed energy and sent him to investigate the little girl's room, where a special grade curse trapped him in darkness.
• Megumi Fushiguro defeated the little girl curse with his domain and a black blade before Sukuna arrived and healed him.
• Sukuna realized Megumi Fushiguro had opened a domain, but Megumi kept its strange details secret.
• After they returned to Jujutsu High, Itadori told Nobara, Junpei, and Tsumiki that Megumi Fushiguro had completed four Grade 1 missions and exorcised a special grade curse.
• Itadori invited Nobara and the others to take Sukuna out for fun, and Nobara enthusiastically agreed to go that day.

Itadori, Nobara, Junpei, and Tsumiki took Sukuna out for food and activities, and Sukuna eagerly tried monjayaki and ice skating. After discovering how much he enjoyed skating, Sukuna and Tiger planned to keep going on outings and try more new experiences.

• Junpei, Tsumiki, and the others joined Itadori in planning a day out while Sukuna slept.
• Sukuna woke at the restaurant, tried cooking monjayaki, and later bought takoyaki with the group.
• At the ice rink, Sukuna nervously switched with Tiger, who skated smoothly while Nobara struggled to stay upright.
• Itadori helped Nobara skate, and Tsumiki invited Sukuna to skate with her; Sukuna quickly learned and impressed the rink's onlookers.
• After skating, Sukuna and Tiger agreed to go on more weekend outings and try activities and food during future trips.

After Nobara’s disastrous karaoke performance, Sukuna tried singing and surprised everyone with his rich voice, soon enthusiastically recording more songs. Gojo heard a clip of Sukuna singing and rushed back to Jujutsu High, upset that he had missed karaoke.

• After dinner, Sukuna, Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Junpei, Tsumiki, and Nobara went to karaoke, where Sukuna passed the microphone around because he could not sing.
• Nobara sang, leaving everyone sprawled across the room, so Sukuna asked her to take a break.
• Itadori sang a duet with Tsumiki, then encouraged Sukuna to try a song he recognized from a tune he often hummed.
• Sukuna learned and sang “Something Just Like This,” impressing the others, who recorded him and asked him to sing again.
• Sukuna grew excited about karaoke and asked Tiger to find him another song.
• Gojo received an edited recording from Nobara and Megumi Fushiguro, recognized Sukuna’s voice, and decided to ditch work and return to Jujutsu High.

Sukuna and Itadori planned a trip to the zoo, but Sukuna hid the mask so Itadori would go without him taking over. As Itadori searched for the fox enclosure, two mysterious figures who recognized him followed him to the zoo.

• Sukuna asked Itadori where he wanted to go, and Itadori suggested visiting the zoo together the next day.
• Itadori invited the first-years, but everyone except him slept through the morning.
• Sukuna admitted he had hidden the mask, so Itadori continued to the zoo without it.
• A little boy recognized Itadori on the bus and urged his punk-looking companion to follow him.
• The two chased the bus in a taxi, frightened the driver into speeding, and entered the zoo after Itadori.
• The taxi driver found that the camera footage was static and realized the companion had worn gloves, leaving him with no proof of what he had seen.

Itadori and Sukuna went to the zoo hoping to see foxes, but instead encountered Kechizu and Eso, who insisted that Itadori was their younger brother. The brothers happily got Itadori to call them big brother and reminded him to call Choso his eldest brother when they met again.

• Itadori and Sukuna searched the zoo for foxes, found none, and decided to explore its other animals.
• Sukuna recognized the cursed energy of two of the brothers who had followed them, and Itadori led them somewhere quieter to ask what they wanted.
• Kechizu ran up to Itadori, asked for a hug, and declared that Itadori was his little brother because they were related by blood.
• Kechizu introduced Eso as their second big brother, and Itadori indulged them by calling Kechizu big brother and Eso second brother.
• Eso told Itadori to call Choso his eldest brother when they met again.

Itadori reunited with Kechizu and Eso, who became his self-proclaimed big brothers, while Sukuna grew jealous of their time together. The chapter ended with Sukuna calling Itadori his foolish little brother and Itadori preparing to make him rephrase.

• Itadori asked Kechizu and Eso how they had changed their appearance, but they could not explain because of a Binding Vow.
• Itadori accepted Kechizu and Eso as brothers and told them not to hurt people or damage property.
• Itadori toured the zoo with Kechizu and Eso while Sukuna watched from inside, feeling left out.
• Kechizu and Eso returned to Choso and told him that Itadori had accepted them as brothers, leaving Choso upset that he had missed his chance to be the first big brother.
• Sukuna admitted he was a little jealous and asked Itadori to confirm that he was his only real big brother.
• Sukuna called Itadori his foolish little brother, and Itadori smiled and asked him to rephrase it.

Gojo took Sukuna out on the small wooden boat he had built, and the two relaxed beneath the stars as Gojo shared his growing premonition that something bad would happen. Gojo also revealed that Geto had been the only other person to ride the boat and called him his one and only best friend, while Sukuna jokingly labeled him Gojo’s boyfriend.

• Gojo brought Sukuna roast chicken at lunch and invited him to ride a boat that evening.
• Sukuna was disappointed by the small wooden boat until Gojo explained that he had built it himself, then eagerly climbed aboard.
• Sukuna and Gojo settled into the boat’s sofa chairs and watched the stars reflected on the lake.
• Gojo told Sukuna that he had a growing sense that something bad would happen soon and said he had asked Okkotsu to return and look after the students.
• Sukuna asked who else had ridden the boat, and Gojo described Geto as his one and only best friend.
• Sukuna mistook Gojo’s friend for a girlfriend, then called him Gojo’s boyfriend after learning Geto was a man.