Ch. 41Picking on Satoru Gojo

Suguru Geto explained that he could finally pursue a happy life with the person he loved, then the group teased Satoru Gojo about his feelings for Utahime. Satoru fled the conversation after everyone urged him to give her a clear answer.

  • Suguru Geto thanked the group for their blessing and said Dio's reforms had let him set aside his burdens and live for himself and the person he loved.
  • Suguru Geto asked Satoru Gojo about Shoko and Utahime, and Satoru admitted he saw Shoko as family but thought there might be hope with Utahime.
  • Kento Nanami relayed Shoko's comment that she would never fall in love with Satoru Gojo or Suguru Geto but had felt lonelier after Geto left Jujutsu High.
  • Suguru Geto and Kento Nanami pointed out that Satoru Gojo's teasing and apologies toward Utahime seemed like flirting, while Atsuya Kusakabe questioned whether it was fair to her.
  • Masamichi Yaga and Dio urged Satoru Gojo to give Utahime a clear answer, and Satoru turned red, raised his hands in surrender, and tried to escape.

Ch. 42Out with the old, in with the new

Mei Mei returned with documents and amused everyone by recounting Naoya Zenin’s excited praise of Dio. Dio and Satoru Gojo discussed replacing the ruined Jujutsu Headquarters, and Suguru Geto sent the group back to work, promising wedding invitations after the assembly.

  • Mei Mei arrived with Toshihisa Negi and Manami Sugata, then teased the group about Naoya Zenin’s sudden devotion to Dio.
  • Mei Mei imitated Naoya urging his siblings to attend a meeting and proclaiming Dio’s era, leaving Dio embarrassed by his fanboy’s behavior.
  • Dio ordered the ruined room cleaned and renovated into a spacious, bright, modern space that reflected the changed times.
  • Satoru Gojo offered to fund a new building, but Suguru Geto discouraged his proposed flashy names and suggested keeping the name Jujutsu Headquarters.
  • Suguru Geto ended the discussion and said he would deliver wedding invitations after the general assembly concluded successfully.

Ch. 43The Director's Bizarre Encounter

Dio met Yuki Tsukumo, who returned from overseas after hearing about his overthrow of the old Jujutsu order and praised his plans to address the root causes of Cursed Spirits. Yuki joined Dio’s cursed energy optimization project, while he identified society’s resistance to change as the reformers’ central challenge.

  • Dio encountered Yuki Tsukumo on his way to Jujutsu headquarters, and she introduced herself as a Special Grade Sorcerer who had flown back to see his reforms.
  • Yuki stopped Dio from repeating Suguru Geto’s old description of her as an unreliable senior who avoided missions.
  • Yuki explained that she wanted to eliminate Cursed Spirits at their source and saw common ground between her goals and Dio’s plans.
  • Dio welcomed Yuki as the fifth Special Grade Sorcerer supporting cursed energy optimization.
  • Dio argued that the hardest part of reform would be overcoming people’s fear, resignation, and reluctance to change.

Ch. 44Dominion and ambition

Yuki Tsukumo challenged Dio over the risks of his cursed energy plan, but his vision of equal rights and a new order convinced her to join him. The chapter ended with Yuki asking for a leadership role and Dio teasing her about competing for titles.

  • Yuki Tsukumo warned Dio that Japan's barrier advantage could provoke foreign powers to seize control of sorcerers and cursed energy.
  • Dio argued that Zhengguo could also build wide-area barriers and said Zhengguo and Fusang Province would lead the future under his rule.
  • Dio promised to bear the burden of establishing a new order and declared that sorcerers and non-sorcerers deserved equal rights and dignity.
  • Yuki Tsukumo said Dio's plan gave her hope and agreed that they should pursue cursed energy optimization despite the risks.
  • Yuki Tsukumo asked Dio to appoint her as a deputy director-general or assistant, and Dio teased her for competing over job titles.

Ch. 45Honeycomb, glass, and dry landscape gardens, part one

Dio appointed Yuki Tsukumo as his director’s assistant and brought her to the old Jujutsu Headquarters site, where he reviewed proposals for the new headquarters. The Gojo Clan’s architect presented a traditional design that Dio rejected, leaving the team to continue with its modern proposal.

  • Dio offered Yuki Tsukumo a choice between deputy director and director’s assistant, and she chose to be his assistant.
  • Yuki Tsukumo agreed to start immediately and rode with Dio to the old Jujutsu Headquarters site.
  • Dio publicly announced Yuki Tsukumo’s appointment to the staff.
  • Dio and Yuki Tsukumo met Terunobu Gojo and the Gojo Clan’s architectural team to review preliminary headquarters designs.
  • Terunobu Gojo presented a traditional design with a Four Symbols Alignment barrier, and Dio rejected its style before the team opened the modern proposal.

Ch. 46Honeycomb, glass, and dry landscapes, part two

Dio reviewed Terunobu Gojo’s three proposals for a new Jujutsu Headquarters, weighing their defenses, costs, and practicality. He chose the glass-and-steel building with layered barriers, rejecting the vastly more expensive weaponized honeycomb design.

  • Terunobu Gojo presented a glass-and-steel headquarters with nested barriers and warned that its specialized materials and installation would cost forty times as much as the traditional proposal.
  • Terunobu revealed a honeycomb fortress equipped with Kokichi Muta’s Small Exorcism Cannons, but admitted it could not reliably withstand a special grade curse and would cost ten times as much as the glass building.
  • Yuki Tsukumo questioned the costs, and Dio considered whether appointing Kokichi Muta to a government position could reduce the expense; Terunobu said it would not.
  • Dio concluded that the honeycomb fortress was impractical and selected the glass-and-steel proposal with layered barriers.

Ch. 47An invitation to the bar

Dio and Yuki Tsukumo finalized requirements for the Jujutsu Society headquarters and then went to a bar, where their flirtatious conversation turned to their romantic lives. Yuki learned that Satoru Gojo had just made his relationship with Utahime Iori official, leaving her as the only one of the three special grades from ten years ago still single.

  • Yuki Tsukumo outlined the headquarters floors, including a strategic reserve basement, and Dio specified layered barriers and dining facilities for at least five thousand people.
  • Terunobu Gojo proposed dining halls distributed across several floors, and Dio approved the idea before Terunobu promised detailed plans and a budget in three days.
  • Dio and Yuki went to a quiet bar, where they flirted and discussed Dio's uncertain memories and past relationships.
  • Dio said he felt drawn to Yuki after seeing Geto and Satoru embrace their love, and Yuki asked which Geto and Satoru he meant.
  • Dio confirmed he meant Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo, then told Yuki that Satoru and Utahime Iori had made their relationship official the night before.

Ch. 48Young Love

Dio and Yuki Tsukumo shared personal secrets and agreed to go on a date at Tokyo Disneyland, with Yuki opening up about her past as a Star Plasma Vessel. As Yuki embraced the prospect of a new beginning, Dio stopped time and discovered that witnessing her beauty advanced his progress on the “beauty” element.

  • Yuki Tsukumo learned that Utahime had accepted Gojo and that Geto was getting married, then told Dio she was over thirty and hoped to marry before forty.
  • Dio asked Yuki to go on a proper date, and they agreed to visit Tokyo Disneyland the next day.
  • Yuki explained that she had rejected past suitors because she was a Star Plasma Vessel and feared her power and fate could endanger others.
  • Dio reassured Yuki that her power could not hurt anyone and offered to help her with her feelings; Yuki accepted his support with a hopeful smile.
  • Dio sensed a tremor from the Reverse Life Tree, stopped time, and found that admiring Yuki’s smile increased his progress on the “beauty” element by one-tenth.

Ch. 49Sleepwalking through Paradise · Part One

Yuki Tsukumo and Dio spent the day exploring Tokyo DisneySea, where they found an unlisted aquarium and began making up a story about a little fish. Dio’s tale ended with the fish preparing to face the disaster’s aftermath and reunite with its scattered shoal.

  • Yuki Tsukumo met Dio at the station, and they rode the Shinkansen to Tokyo DisneySea.
  • Yuki chose the aquarium after she and Dio had explored many themed areas and grown tired of queues.
  • Dio noticed that the Marine Life Pavilion was missing from both park guidebooks, but followed Yuki inside anyway.
  • Yuki and Dio walked through the quiet aquarium, watching the sea life and teasing each other about a turtle.
  • Yuki began a story about a lonely blue fish wishing for a happy life, and Dio continued it with a tsunami that scattered its shoal.
  • Dio’s story said the strong little fish would face the disaster’s shadows, find its missing companions, and reunite with the shoal.

Ch. 50A Dreamwalk Through Paradise · Part Two

At the aquarium, Yuki Tsukumo and Dio shared a tender moment over a story about a little fish before visiting the penguins and flirting over their resemblance to sea creatures. They left the aquarium for a café, where Yuki invited Dio to try her iced latte from the same straw.

  • Yuki Tsukumo imagined the little fish reuniting with its companions, and Dio compared her to a brave blue fish while calling himself a sea turtle.
  • Yuki grew flustered and walked away after saying Dio should not read too much into the story.
  • Dio found Yuki a less crowded spot to watch the penguins, and they teased each other while a penguin stared at them through the glass.
  • After Yuki and Dio left, the aquarium visitors remained unnaturally motionless as black-and-white down began growing on their faces and necks.
  • Yuki and Dio rested at a café, where Yuki offered him her iced latte and he drank through the straw she had used.
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