Chapter Summaries

As Itadori swallowed Sukuna’s final finger, the real Sukuna manifested in the innate domain and recognized Little Fox. Sukuna confronted the frightened fox, then pulled him into an embrace and said he had finally found him.

• Itadori swallowed the fingers, triggering a cursed energy storm that drained Sukuna and formed the real Sukuna in the innate domain.
• Sukuna recognized Little Fox and learned from his memories that he had lost his memory.
• When Little Fox considered switching places with Yuji Itadori, Sukuna threatened to kill him.
• Sukuna ordered Little Fox to approach, and Little Fox reluctantly climbed Bone Mountain to stand before him.
• Sukuna embraced Little Fox and told him he had finally found him.

The Little Fox restored his memories while Sukuna stayed by his side, and Sukuna carried him to bed after he collapsed. The chapter ended with a snow-white little fox waking in the Heian Era, a thousand years in the past.

• The Little Fox comforted Sukuna and suspected that Sukuna cared for him more than he had realized.
• Sukuna asked why the Little Fox had not restored his memories, and the Little Fox admitted he had forgotten and promised to do it if Sukuna spared Yuji.
• Sukuna agreed not to kill Yuji, and the Little Fox summoned the white orb to restore his memories.
• The Little Fox lost consciousness after the memories returned, so Sukuna carried him to the cottage and laid him in bed.
• A thousand years earlier in the Heian Era, a snow-white little fox struggled to open his eyes.

A starving snow-white fox escaped Uraume’s attempt to stew it and clung to Sukuna, then discovered it could eat Sukuna’s cursed energy. Sukuna ordered Uraume to take the fox along, while Uraume privately vowed to stew and eat it someday.

• A starving fox woke on the grassland as Uraume found it and said it would taste delicious stewed.
• The fox escaped Uraume and clung to Sukuna’s leg, hoping he would protect it.
• Sukuna stroked the fox’s tail, and the fox noticed the cursed markings on his wrist smelled like food.
• The fox licked Sukuna’s cursed markings and absorbed his cursed energy while Sukuna studied it.
• After the fox ate its fill, Sukuna told Uraume to take it with them and not eat it yet.
• Uraume carried the fox away and privately vowed to stew and eat it someday.

Little Fox tried to figure out how to get its beautiful Young Master to help find Sukuna, while Sukuna suspected the fox might be a threat. Sukuna decided to keep it and investigate its ability to absorb Cursed Energy, though he would kill it if it had been sent deliberately.

• Little Fox realized it needed to find someone named Sukuna and decided to win its Young Master's favor so he would help.
• Sukuna considered killing Little Fox as a possible cursed technique threat, but Little Fox pressed its paws against his hand as if playing pat-a-paw, and he dismissed it as too foolish to be an assassin.
• Uraume returned with rabbits and was startled to see Sukuna playing with Little Fox, then wondered when he could cook it.
• Little Fox edged closer to Sukuna while Uraume prepared the rabbit, and Sukuna distracted Uraume by warning him not to add too much salt.
• Sukuna chose to keep Little Fox so he could study how it absorbed his Cursed Energy, while vowing to kill it gruesomely if someone had sent it on purpose.

Little Fox won Sukuna’s affection and improved treatment from Uraume as the three continued wandering away from Sukuna’s family estate. Sukuna reflected on the years of persecution that had driven him to leave and hoped the distance would help him escape the ever-present smell of blood.

• Little Fox rejected the raw rabbit innards Uraume offered and appealed to Sukuna for cooked food, amusing him enough that he stroked its fur.
• Sukuna told Uraume that Little Fox could find its own food, and Uraume decided to let the fox stay because it seemed to improve Sukuna’s mood.
• Uraume made a nest for Little Fox in the carrying basket and asked Sukuna where they would go next; Sukuna said anywhere, as long as they did not return home.
• Sukuna recalled how the curse named Ryomen Sukuna had marked him at birth, how his family had neglected and attacked him, and how he became a Special Grade Sorcerer at fifteen.
• After Sukuna’s family renewed its attempts to kill him and began targeting those around him, he found his wolfdog Xuexiao dead and left the estate with Uraume.
• Sukuna remembered choosing to flee rather than fight the family and its allies, hoping to breathe freer air and escape the smell of blood.

Sukuna and Uraume brought Little Fox to an inn, where Sukuna stopped it from watching him bathe and then gave it a separate basin to wash in. After seeing how Little Fox’s fur dried itself, Sukuna considered making durable clothes from it, leaving the fox appalled.

• Sukuna put Little Fox in the carrying basket and entered town with Uraume.
• Little Fox watched the food stalls and longed to eat the snacks but stayed quiet after Uraume warned it.
• At the inn, Sukuna ordered Little Fox to turn around while he undressed, and a Dismantle shaved hairs from its ear when it disobeyed.
• Sukuna gave Little Fox a clean wooden basin, and the fox happily bathed before its fur returned to normal without drying.
• Sukuna said clothes made from Little Fox’s fur would be durable, and Little Fox was horrified.

Little Fox tried to steal a chicken leg during dinner, but Sukuna took it first and gave the fox only half. Still hungry, Little Fox later fed on Sukuna’s cursed energy, leaving him wondering what it was before he tossed it onto the floor.

• Little Fox tried to get Sukuna and Uraume’s attention at dinner, then dragged a plate toward itself to steal a chicken leg.
• Sukuna secretly snatched the chicken leg, gave half to Uraume, and tossed the rest onto Little Fox’s plate.
• Little Fox angrily protested before eating its half, while Uraume decided to order extra meat next time.
• Sukuna lured the still-hungry Little Fox with cursed energy and made it sit before letting it feed from his wrist.
• Sukuna asked what Little Fox was, then grabbed it by the scruff and flung it onto the floor after suspecting it was thinking something strange.

Sukuna discovered that Little Fox had been using him as a bed and sneaking out to steal pastries, though it returned to pay for them when he intervened. After sharing the pastries and letting the fox coax him into petting it, Sukuna gave the remaining pastries to Uraume the next morning and explained that Little Fox had bought them.

• Little Fox climbed onto Sukuna to sleep, then smelled cake and slipped out the window to steal pastries from the shop next door.
• Sukuna caught Little Fox trying to open the pastry box, paid for the pastries, and sent it back to return the box.
• Little Fox shared two pastries with Sukuna and persuaded him to keep petting it by offering him the other one.
• The next morning, Sukuna told Uraume that Little Fox had bought the pastries for him, and Uraume eagerly ate one.

Sukuna took Uraume to exorcise a curse and restrained it with Dismantle while Uraume fought. When Little Fox panicked at seeing the cursed spirit, Sukuna held and comforted it, leaving Uraume surprised when he returned from defeating the curse.

• Sukuna accepted a curse-exorcism commission and accompanied Uraume to a wealthy household's courtyard.
• Uraume faced a nearly Grade 2 cursed spirit while Sukuna confined it with Dismantle and blocked attacks that could seriously injure him.
• Little Fox saw the cursed spirit, trembled in fear, and clung to Sukuna instead of returning to its basket.
• Sukuna cradled Little Fox beneath his sleeve and soothed it until it relaxed in his arms.
• Uraume exorcised the cursed spirit despite sustaining minor injuries and returned to find Sukuna holding Little Fox.

After Little Fox healed Uraume’s wounds by licking them, Sukuna realized it could use Reverse Cursed Technique and ordered Uraume to keep the ability secret. The discovery left Sukuna intrigued by the fox’s origins and quietly touched by Uraume’s concern for him.

• Sukuna pretended he had only caught Little Fox to keep it from running away, while Uraume suspected he had been petting it.
• Uraume collected the bounty for exorcising the curse, and he and Sukuna went to the market before returning to the inn.
• Little Fox licked Uraume’s wound, and Uraume discovered that it had completely healed.
• Uraume presented another wound to Little Fox, which healed it as well, revealing that the fox could heal others.
• Sukuna recognized the fox’s ability as Reverse Cursed Technique and told Uraume to keep it secret.
• Uraume said Little Fox could heal Sukuna if he ever got hurt, and Sukuna quietly agreed.

Sukuna traveled through the woods with Uraume and Little Fox, while the Fallen’s voice reminded him that the curse within him was eroding him. When a python threatened Sukuna as he rested, Little Fox tried to protect him but accidentally strengthened the snake with Reverse Cursed Technique.

• Sukuna heard the Fallen’s voice in his mind and coldly refused to discuss his Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Sukuna, Uraume, and Little Fox left town and continued toward the next settlement through the forest.
• Sukuna kept Little Fox from running off, and Uraume prepared a meal from pheasants, eggs, greens, and mushrooms.
• After lunch, Little Fox tried to sneak away while Sukuna and Uraume rested, but it came face-to-face with a hungry python.
• Little Fox stood between the python and the sleeping Sukuna, then fired positive cursed energy from its tail and accidentally empowered the snake.

Sukuna killed the Python threatening Little Fox and kept the fox close while Uraume prepared the snake for dinner. The next morning, Little Fox discovered it had grown a second tail, then made it disappear and returned to having one tail.

• Little Fox fled from the Python, and Sukuna killed it with Dismantle and brought the fox into his lap.
• Uraume prepared the Python, and Little Fox eagerly ate a large piece of snake meat.
• The next morning, Sukuna and Uraume noticed that Little Fox had grown a second tail.
• Little Fox panicked about its extra tail, and Sukuna comforted it by suggesting it might be a mythical fox.
• Little Fox slapped its tail, causing one tail to disappear, then proudly showed Sukuna its single remaining tail.
• Sukuna accepted Little Fox's return to one tail and reassured it that nothing had happened.

Sukuna hid Little Fox in his kimono while Uraume went into town, but Uraume returned with a wanted poster naming Sukuna. As Sukuna prepared to fight the family hunting him, Little Fox recognized him as the person it had been searching for.

• Sukuna tucked the sleeping Little Fox inside his kimono and waited outside town while Uraume went shopping.
• Little Fox woke and licked the cursed markings on Sukuna's abdomen, so Sukuna scolded it and warned he would train it to hide its tail.
• Sukuna sensed tension in town, spotted Uraume fleeing, and whisked him away to the woods.
• Uraume showed Sukuna a wanted poster demanding his capture dead or alive, and Sukuna resolved to fight the family pursuing him.
• Little Fox recognized Sukuna's name and portrait on the poster, celebrated finding him, and crawled over him licking him until Sukuna pulled it away.

As Sukuna and Uraume escaped sorcerers hunting them, Little Fox recovered memories of his past life and realized he had been embarrassingly clingy with Sukuna. The trio settled into life on the run, and Sukuna began planning to destroy his family so the bounty against him would disappear.

• Little Fox regained his memories and watched his past self cling to Sukuna, then worried that Sukuna would reveal his embarrassing behavior.
• Sukuna confirmed Uraume was not wanted and considered sending him away, but Uraume insisted on staying with him.
• Little Fox and Uraume both refused to leave Sukuna, and Uraume returned to town to buy supplies before the three began traveling together.
• Sorcerers of varying grades repeatedly pursued them, and Sukuna and Uraume killed their attackers while Little Fox healed them and helped keep Sukuna calm.
• As the number of pursuers dwindled, Sukuna decided to eliminate his family and end the reason for the wanted notice.

Sukuna prepared to destroy the last branch family while struggling against the Fallen’s influence, but the main family ambushed him and left him gravely wounded. Little Fox found him and exhausted itself using its Reverse Cursed Technique to heal him, hoping he would be happy when he woke.

• Sukuna resisted the Fallen’s growing influence and decided he had to live for Uraume and Little Fox.
• Sukuna returned to the cave and calmed himself by holding Little Fox, resolving to keep it by his side.
• The main family’s forces ambushed Sukuna, and he sent Uraume to hide Little Fox before luring the attackers away.
• Uraume chased after Sukuna, and Little Fox woke alone and followed Sukuna’s scent through the forest.
• Little Fox found Sukuna gravely wounded and used all its cursed energy to heal him, then curled inside his clothes to keep healing him as it drifted toward exhaustion.

Sukuna woke after the battle and discovered that Little Fox had died, while Uraume was barely alive. Too injured to save either of them or escape, Sukuna sensed scavenging Sorcerers approaching and faced their imminent arrival helplessly.

• Sukuna woke beside Uraume and realized his injuries left him too weak to carry him to safety.
• Sukuna found Little Fox against his body and initially believed the fox had healed him with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Sukuna discovered Little Fox was dead and broke down as he realized Uraume would die without treatment.
• The Fallen warned Sukuna that more Jujutsu Sorcerers were approaching, and Sukuna sensed a group of bounty-seeking scavengers nearby.
• Sukuna realized he had no strength to fight or escape, leaving himself and Uraume in danger.

After Little Fox dies, Sukuna accepts The Fallen’s warning, joins Uraume in slaughtering the Sorcerer families, and vows to kill every Sorcerer in the world. On the seventh day, as Sukuna mourns beside Little Fox’s body, one of their ears twitches.

• Sukuna refuses to let The Fallen finish speaking, then struggles to decide what to do as Sorcerers approach and Uraume’s condition worsens.
• Uraume wakes healed and finds Sukuna holding the lifeless Little Fox; Sukuna tells him they are asleep and asks him to join in killing every Sorcerer.
• Uraume agrees, and Sukuna and Uraume annihilate the branch family half a day later and the main family three days after that.
• Sukuna carries Little Fox’s unchanged body as he wanders, then spends the seventh day mourning before beginning another round of revenge.
• Sukuna holds Little Fox close beneath the night sky, and one of Little Fox’s ears gives a tiny twitch.

Little Fox revived after Sukuna used Reverse Cursed Technique, but fainted when he saw the strange mask covering part of Sukuna’s face. Sukuna rejoiced at having him back, while Uraume learned that Little Fox had awakened.

• Noroi waited anxiously for the memory screen to resume showing what happened after Little Fox healed Sukuna.
• Little Fox opened his eyes, saw the bizarre mask on Sukuna’s face, and screamed before fainting.
• Sukuna held Little Fox as his heartbeat returned and his body warmed, then laughed with relief and lingering grief.
• Uraume rushed to Sukuna after hearing him laugh and saw that Little Fox was breathing again.
• Sukuna told Uraume that Little Fox had woken up and lifted him toward the starry sky.

Little Fox woke to find Sukuna still wearing a frightening mask, but Sukuna suppressed the Fallen’s power and made the mask crumble away. Delighted to see his handsome face restored, Little Fox showed Sukuna exactly which appearance it preferred, and Uraume suggested they eat.

• Little Fox woke the next morning, saw the mask on Sukuna’s face, and fled from him in terror.
• Sukuna realized the Fallen’s cursed energy had frightened Little Fox and worked to suppress it within his core.
• The mask cracked apart and vanished, and Little Fox happily rushed back into Sukuna’s arms.
• Little Fox patted Sukuna’s cheeks, rejected the masked appearance, and approved of his restored face.
• Uraume chuckled at Little Fox’s looks-conscious demands and urged Sukuna and Little Fox to eat the meal he had prepared.

Sukuna abandoned his plan to head for Kyoto and took Little Fox sightseeing instead, where he secretly helped them catch a haul of fish. Away from Little Fox, Sukuna briefly let The Fallen surface before suppressing him again, leaving The Fallen trapped and furious.

• After Little Fox woke, Sukuna decided to turn back rather than continue toward the Capital, and he spent the next few days showing Little Fox the scenery along their route.
• Little Fox repeatedly plunged into a pool trying to catch fish, while Sukuna secretly used Dismantle to kill fish and help them succeed.
• Little Fox proudly caught more than a dozen fish, and Sukuna told Uraume to cook them for lunch.
• Sukuna went out of Little Fox's sight to recover after suppressing The Fallen's mask, and The Fallen threatened to kill Little Fox.
• Sukuna suppressed The Fallen again and mocked him by saying Little Fox thought he was too ugly to come out.