Chapter Summaries

An Xinyi and Sea City's leaders prepared for the final judgment, but a Doomsday Cult official detonated bombs that killed and injured people and damaged the city's power system and engine. With only three hours remaining, An Xinyi rallied the survivors to repair the damage and fight for Sea City's seven million residents.

• An Xinyi and Zhou Zhou discussed the danger facing humanity as Sea City prepared for the final judgment.
• A hidden Doomsday Cult leader detonated bombs at the government conference and broadcast a message before being shot dead.
• An Xinyi woke amid the destruction, treated Zhou Zhou and himself, and learned that the power system and engine compartment were damaged.
• An Xinyi refused to give up and urged the survivors to believe they could save Sea City despite the three-hour deadline.
• Leo and the other survivors joined An Xinyi, organized themselves, and began helping the injured and checking equipment.

After Dawn City suffered severe damage and the crowd gave in to despair, An Xinyi rallied its people to fight for survival. The chapter ended with people from Dawn City and other nations joining the rescue effort as the city continued to shake.

• Mizuki Tsujimura declared that humanity would never admit defeat, while Ango Sakaguchi and Santoka Taneda praised An Xinyi for taking responsibility.
• As people panicked and abandoned hope, An Xinyi addressed the crowd and urged them to fight so they and their families could live.
• An Xinyi called on power-system experts and Repair Bay engineers to volunteer for rescue work and fight until the end.
• People answered An Xinyi's call, and Yukichi Fukuzawa, Mori Ougai, Chūya Nakahara, and others admired his resolve.
• Residents of Dawn City and people from Britain, Russia, and Country M joined the effort, declaring that they would not surrender.

Osamu Dazai joined the effort to repair Sea City's stabilizer, inspired by humanity's resolve and his trust in An Xinyi. When the great flood struck early, a repair team captain saved Dazai from falling but plunged to his death.

• Osamu Dazai volunteered to repair the stabilizer, claiming he had memorized An Xinyi's blueprints, and led two repair teams despite the storm and violent shaking.
• An Xinyi learned Dazai was at the stabilizer, realized the site was especially dangerous, and sent two more teams as reinforcements.
• As Dazai and the workers hurried to finish the repairs, the great flood arrived ahead of schedule and threw Dazai into the air.
• The repair team captain caught Dazai and lifted him to safety, then fell away and disappeared.

As Osamu Dazai clung to a railing in the shaking sea city, he accepted that he wanted to live but believed rescue would not come. Ordinary residents formed a dangerous human chain and pulled him to safety, giving him a new view of humanity.

• Osamu Dazai realized he did not want to die and thought of the man who had sacrificed himself to save him.
• Osamu Dazai thought of An Xinyi and wished he could keep living, but his strength failed and he closed his eyes.
• Residents of the sea city formed a chain using their safety ropes and reached down to Osamu Dazai.
• Osamu Dazai took a resident's hand and trusted the chain to hold him.
• Osamu Dazai recognized the residents' courage as a miracle and felt he had finally made peace with humanity.

After surviving the storm, Osamu Dazai reunited with An Xinyi and chose to live while remembering the nameless people who had sacrificed themselves. As humanity celebrated its victory and faced the hardships ahead, An Xinyi vowed to help humanity endure, and the record ended with their reincarnation beginning.

• Osamu Dazai and the others celebrated surviving the disaster, while Osamu Dazai realized he had become part of humanity and could cry.
• Osamu Dazai reunited with An Xinyi, thanked him for the rescue, and said he would carry the past forward and live properly.
• Osamu Dazai vowed to remember the ordinary heroes who had given their lives, and Satoru Gojo praised their extraordinary courage.
• The Human Alliance leader announced humanity's victory, honored the sacrifices of nearly six billion people, and urged survivors to keep fighting the new challenges ahead.
• An Xinyi and Osamu Dazai joined the global salute to humanity, and An Xinyi vowed to help humanity survive as the Ark of Hope continued onward.

The observers watched An Xinyi 144 relive the moment he first used “Regret,” after he fled from young Osamu Dazai and broke down over abandoning his doomed world. The memory ended with An Xinyi declaring himself a coward and traitor, as the chapter framed that day as both his rebirth and his death.

• The observers praised humanity’s sacrifices, while Osamu Dazai said he felt Yiyi’s pain and wondered if he had to give up even humanity’s greatest epic.
• DD called An Xinyi’s fate cruel, and An Xinyi 144 said there had been no other choice.
• Ranpo Edogawa angrily condemned both An Xinyi and his other self, while Ayatsuji Yukito, Fyodor, and Osamu Dazai continued watching.
• An Xinyi 144 remembered fleeing from young Osamu Dazai when Dazai pleaded for help.
• An Xinyi stood alone in the street and imagined the people who had died, then collapsed in grief and apologized for abandoning them and Aji.
• An Xinyi’s former self died in that moment, marking the day as both his rebirth and his death, and the observers coughed up blood.

The chapter recounts the Ark of Hope setting sail after a path of sacrifice and despair, then describes a boy regaining faith in humanity through Yiyi and others who showed him kindness. It ends with ordinary people affirming that they would face danger and keep moving forward.

• The Ark of Hope set sail, carrying hope as those left behind blessed it to live on.
• A boy whose wings had been broken by human cruelty gave up on humanity and on being human.
• Yiyi reached out to the boy, prompting his rebirth and renewed faith in human kindness.
• Ordinary people acknowledged their fear and flaws, but resolved to charge ahead when needed.

The viewers witnessed the devastation of An Xinyi’s repeated resets, while An Xinyi reaffirmed that he would keep protecting humanity despite the pain. He explained that Zero’s past suffering had already passed, and revealed that meeting a willful troublemaker had changed him.

• Mori Ougai and Chūya Nakahara recognized that An Xinyi was trapped in a cruel cycle of resets, while Ranpo Edogawa cried and Yukichi Fukuzawa comforted him.
• Osamu Dazai blamed himself for An Xinyi’s suffering, and he and Fyodor suspected that the screening was connected to the Book.
• An Xinyi told DD that he would not abandon the pain of humanity’s struggle, which he saw as proof that he and the other An Xinyis still retained their humanity.
• Satoru Gojo praised An Xinyi’s willpower, while Shoko Ieiri and Ranpo Edogawa insisted that An Xinyi was human.
• An Xinyi 144 explained that Zero had endured the worst pain alone and had remained gentle, until he met a self-righteous, willful troublemaker identified as the strongest.

Satoru Gojo reunited with the deceased Suguru Geto in the viewing space, then watched a memory of his first encounter with An Xinyi and mistook the human for a cursed spirit. The chapter left An Xinyi facing Gojo after privately struggling with thoughts of giving up.

• Suguru Geto appeared among the viewers and said his memories ended when he died, while Gojo boasted that the next viewing would feature him.
• Hao Asakura joined the audience and watched the screen with interest.
• In the memory, Gojo sensed special-grade cursed energy in Tsugaru and found An Xinyi carrying groceries for Akino.
• Gojo prepared to attack An Xinyi, then realized he was human when Akino spoke to him; Ranpo and the others mocked Gojo for his mistake.
• An Xinyi returned to the house tormented by thoughts of dying and resolved that he had no right to give up.
• Gojo scrutinized An Xinyi and insulted his appearance, leaving An Xinyi confused.

Satoru Gojo decided to supervise An Xinyi, who carried a special grade cursed womb, and followed him to work as a patrol officer. After a long day of mundane neighborhood disputes and errands, Gojo was exhausted and regretted volunteering.

• Satoru Gojo announced that he would keep An Xinyi under surveillance, but An Xinyi left for work and told him to follow if he wanted.
• Satoru Gojo called Masamichi Yaga to inform him of his decision, then hung up while Yaga was still yelling.
• An Xinyi and Satoru Gojo responded to two women fighting over ten yen, and Gojo got caught in their scuffle while exorcising a grade 4 cursed spirit.
• An Xinyi got the women to stop fighting by threatening to call Doctor Kitano, then settled the dispute by buying the vegetables and having the vendor add scallions.
• Satoru Gojo followed An Xinyi around Kaneki Town as he handled neighborhood problems, and Gojo ended the day exhausted and wishing he had not volunteered.

An Xinyi spent the day settling petty disputes in Kaneki Town with Satoru Gojo, who remained with him to avoid the Jujutsu Society's higher-ups. As Gojo grew interested in An Xinyi's views on protecting people, he invited him to Jujutsu High, but An Xinyi refused; Gojo then made himself at home in An Xinyi's bed.

• Utahime Iori, Shoko Ieiri, and the others laughed about An Xinyi's skill at handling disputes and discussed how hard the day's work was.
• An Xinyi cooked noodles for Satoru Gojo and asked why he was following him instead of returning to Jujutsu Society; Gojo said he did not want to deal with the higher-ups.
• Satoru Gojo noticed the strange cursed womb appearing on An Xinyi and invited him to join Jujutsu High, but An Xinyi declined and compared jujutsu sorcerers' work to police work.
• An Xinyi explained that frontline police officers faced sudden dangers and accounted for most officers killed on duty, prompting Satoru Gojo to reflect on Suguru Geto.
• Satoru Gojo took An Xinyi's bed for the night, leaving An Xinyi to sleep on the floor.

An Xinyi took Satoru Gojo up the mountain to gather wild vegetables, where Gojo eagerly struggled with the unfamiliar chores and chatted with Grandma Yoshida. An Xinyi reflected on Gojo’s uncomplicated happiness and his own loneliness, while hoping Gojo would not come to truly regard him as a friend.

• An Xinyi got up early to gather wild vegetables, and Satoru Gojo woke and insisted on joining him.
• Satoru Gojo tried weaving a basket, then carried An Xinyi’s basket up the mountain.
• Satoru Gojo mistook weeds for edible vegetables until An Xinyi and Grandma Yoshida corrected him and taught him what to gather.
• Satoru Gojo struggled to dig up bamboo shoots and cut his finger, while the gathered sorcerers joked about beating him because he could not use jujutsu.
• An Xinyi watched Satoru Gojo happily talk with Grandma Yoshida and reflected that he envied Gojo’s uncomplicated joy but did not want Gojo to see him as a friend.

Satoru Gojo spent time with An Xinyi in the mountains, finding peace in his company and enjoying a home-cooked meal. After Gojo was shaken by another encounter with Suguru Geto, An Xinyi received word that something had happened at Grandma Yoshida’s place, and the two set out to investigate.

• Satoru Gojo and An Xinyi gathered bamboo shoots and wild vegetables on the mountain, where Gojo grew more curious about An Xinyi’s suspiciously ordinary background.
• An Xinyi cooked sukiyaki with the gathered food, and Satoru Gojo stayed at his home, enjoying the meal and a quiet afternoon.
• Satoru Gojo continued visiting An Xinyi between missions and later admitted, through his subdued mood, that he had encountered Suguru Geto and let him go.
• An Xinyi received a call reporting trouble at Grandma Yoshida’s place and told Satoru Gojo to come with him.
• Satoru Gojo followed An Xinyi, his expression turning cold as he prepared to confront whoever had threatened Grandma Yoshida.

An Xinyi and Satoru Gojo investigated Grandma Yoshida’s fraud case and stopped her from taking her own life. After reflecting on Gojo’s willingness to admit mistakes, An Xinyi resolved to help recover her money, though Gojo’s teasing quickly drove him away.

• An Xinyi questioned Grandma Yoshida and learned that a scammer had stolen her hundred thousand in savings.
• Satoru Gojo offered Grandma Yoshida money but upset her further with his blunt remarks.
• An Xinyi recognized the danger in Grandma Yoshida’s distress, and Satoru Gojo used the Six Eyes to stop her suicide attempt.
• An Xinyi comforted Grandma Yoshida with a story about being scammed and promised to solve the case and recover her money.
• An Xinyi explained to Satoru Gojo how shame and the loss of meaningful savings had harmed Grandma Yoshida, and Gojo admitted he had handled things badly.
• An Xinyi praised Gojo’s humility and willingness to help ordinary people, then walked away when Gojo teased him.

An Xinyi and Satoru Gojo investigated Grandma Yoshida’s fraud case in Tokyo, where the painstaking search tested Gojo’s patience and changed how he viewed ordinary people. After Asamitsu Aki secretly gave them access to bank records, Gojo affirmed An Xinyi’s belief that even small acts of kindness were goodness.

• Hao Asakura called himself arrogant, and Suguru Geto admitted he would still choose the convictions he had died for.
• An Xinyi secured a letter from Inspector Akino and took Satoru Gojo to Tokyo to investigate Grandma Yoshida’s fraud case.
• An Xinyi and Hagiwara Jisei searched post offices and questioned people, while Gojo learned how much ordinary police work demanded.
• Hagiwara Jisei explained that he kept working overtime because Grandma Yoshida was waiting for news, and Gojo praised the small things ordinary people could do.
• After two days, a post office clerk helped An Xinyi narrow the suspects, but a bank refused to provide their financial records.
• Asamitsu Aki secretly left her keys and access card so An Xinyi and Gojo could inspect the records, and Gojo agreed that small acts of kindness counted as goodness.

An Xinyi and Satoru Gojo caught a swindler who had stolen Grandma Yoshida’s money, and Gojo used Unlimited Void to make him confess. After returning the money, An Xinyi reminded Gojo that ordinary people working together could help far more people than even the strongest sorcerer, leaving Gojo to accept that he could not save everyone alone.

• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto discussed whether ordinary people’s kindness could matter, and Gojo argued that society still strived toward goodness.
• An Xinyi identified the swindler using information from Asamitsu Aki, and Satoru Gojo used Unlimited Void to force the man to confess and promise to repay his victims.
• An Xinyi and Hagiwara Jisei spent two days completing the police procedures, while Satoru Gojo realized how much extra work he had caused officers by neglecting to put up curtains.
• An Xinyi returned Grandma Yoshida’s money, and she broke down in tears before regaining her spirits.
• An Xinyi compared neighborhood officers to candles whose combined efforts could turn night into day, and Satoru Gojo accepted that ordinary people together could accomplish what he could not.

An Xinyi and Satoru Gojo attended the Aomori Nebuta Festival together, where Gojo embraced the festivities and asked An Xinyi to return with him next year. An Xinyi avoided promising, but Gojo insisted that their next visit was settled.

• Satoru Gojo told Suguru Geto he was glad he could not defeat his counterpart, because he hoped humanity would someday grow strong enough to surpass him.
• Satoru Gojo persuaded An Xinyi to leave his lantern stall in Miss Yui Sagawa’s care and attend the Nebuta Festival with him after An Xinyi agreed they first needed yukata.
• An Xinyi tied haneto bells onto himself and Satoru Gojo, and they watched the parade before joining the dancing and cheers.
• Satoru Gojo failed to scoop a goldfish, sampled festival snacks, and let An Xinyi wipe his mouth before they went to their reserved fireworks spot.
• Satoru Gojo asked An Xinyi to attend the festival with him again next year, and An Xinyi laughed without giving a definite promise.

During a sweltering summer, An Xinyi and his companions noticed signs of an impending drought as he worked through his worries with woodworking. Gojo discovered An Xinyi’s handmade toys and, playing with them, found a childlike happiness he had never experienced before.

• Gojo complained about the heat while An Xinyi worked outside, then An Xinyi noticed the unusually hot weather and lack of rain.
• Dazai, Ranpo Edogawa, and Kunikida connected the heat and drying crops to a possible drought.
• Gojo watched An Xinyi’s woodworking and wondered how he had learned such a refined craft.
• Gojo found a handmade Daruma and a collection of toys, then played with them and decided they were all his.

Satoru Gojo discovered that An Xinyi’s Kokeshi Doll was a remarkable Luban Lock made for Osamu Dazai, then watched Dazai’s younger self retrieve it after throwing it away. When Gojo returned home, he found that An Xinyi had made him a Kokeshi Doll of his own.

• Satoru Gojo dismantled An Xinyi’s Kokeshi Doll into 666 pieces and learned that it could also be assembled into a Fukushima Red Cow.
• An Xinyi let Satoru Gojo take his toys, while Osamu Dazai feared this meant An Xinyi had given up on him.
• Satoru Gojo followed the window An Xinyi often watched and saw a boy with russet eyes throw the Kokeshi Doll into the grass.
• The boy climbed out, searched the grass, retrieved the undamaged doll, and carried it back inside.
• Satoru Gojo returned home and found a hastily made Kokeshi Doll with “Satoru” carved into its base.

An Xinyi explained how Satoru Gojo’s absence from the Battle of Tokoyami Island had made him a target for resentment and worsened the pressure on Jujutsu Society. He stopped Gojo from acting rashly and urged him to see how ordinary people were suffering, leaving them preparing to go beyond Kaneki Town.

• An Xinyi told Satoru Gojo about the Immortal Army and the Battle of Tokoyami Island, and Gojo grew angry that an eleven-year-old girl had been sent to fight.
• An Xinyi revealed that the officer in charge had asked Jujutsu Society to send Gojo to war, but the Gojo Clan had refused because he was a minor.
• Akiko Yosano recognized Tokuya Akino as someone connected to the Immortal Army, and Ranpo Edogawa promised to help her find the people she had failed to remember.
• An Xinyi explained that people blamed Gojo for not fighting and that Jujutsu Society faced growing hostility; Gojo asked him what to do.
• An Xinyi stopped Gojo from attacking the higher-ups and told him to see how people at the bottom of society were struggling to survive.