Recaps

Yagami Kisei unleashed his Fish Shadows against Suguru Geto, whose cursed spirits gradually contained the attack. Kisei merged the shadows into a giant Black Fish, but his stolen fortune and cursed energy ran out, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Yagami Kisei sent his Fish Shadows at Suguru Geto, whose movements and defenses grew increasingly unreliable as the fish stole his fortune.
• Suguru Geto considered whether Kisei was seeking revenge and decided he might recruit the boy into the Time Vessel Association if he was not indiscriminately killing innocents.
• Yagami Kisei poured his stolen fortune and remaining cursed energy into his Fish Shadows, merging them into an enormous Black Fish that attacked Geto’s cursed spirits.
• Suguru Geto summoned an armored cursed spirit to block the Black Fish and a swift one to slash at it, controlling both with precise timing.
• Yagami Kisei exhausted his plundered fortune and cursed energy, and the Black Fish weakened and began to fade.

Yagami Kisei remembered how Suguru Geto had spared him and invited him into the Time Vessel Association, then walked away from Panda, Maki Zenin, and Toge Inumaki after their accusations. He continued toward the rendezvous point where Suguru Geto was waiting.

• Suguru Geto had defeated Yagami Kisei and, recognizing his own past in him, killed the bully instead of executing him.
• Suguru Geto had invited Yagami Kisei to join the Time Vessel Association and become part of his family, and Yagami had accepted.
• Yagami Kisei had snapped back to the present and walked away after Maki Zenin had called Suguru Geto's followers crazy.
• Panda had apologized to Yagami Kisei and questioned whether Suguru Geto was truly evil, while Maki Zenin and Toge Inumaki watched him leave.
• Yagami Kisei had continued toward the agreed rendezvous point, following Suguru Geto's instructions.

Luo Wen Tianmo challenged Kinji Hakari to a fight for his ninety Culling Game points and used Skillful Seizure to copy Hakari’s Domain Expansion. Their identical domains merged instead of canceling each other out, expanding the space around them.

• Luo Wen Tianmo sent Luo Wen Tianyou to the second floor before confronting Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi.
• Kinji Hakari accepted Luo Wen Tianmo’s challenge after hearing that he had ninety points, while Kirara Hoshi went upstairs and met Luo Wen Tianyou.
• Kinji Hakari gained the upper hand in close combat, but Luo Wen Tianmo touched him and activated Skillful Seizure.
• Luo Wen Tianmo revealed that he could take Kinji Hakari’s Cursed Technique and domain, then formed the Benzaiten Seal.
• Kinji Hakari and Luo Wen Tianmo simultaneously used Domain Expansion: Idle Death Gamble, and their domains fused into one larger space.

Luo Wen Tianmo and Kinji Hakari’s domains merged into a single casino, so they agreed to gamble for points and control of the territory. After Kinji Hakari won back most of Luo Wen Tianmo’s points in three-card brag, he challenged Luo Wen Tianmo to keep playing on credit with a Binding Vow.

• Luo Wen Tianmo and Kinji Hakari argued over why their domains had merged instead of clashing, then agreed to settle their conflict by gambling.
• Kinji Hakari proposed pachinko, but Luo Wen Tianmo chose three-card brag because he knew how to play it.
• Kinji Hakari shuffled the deck while secretly arranging cards, and Luo Wen Tianmo grew confident as he won the first few rounds.
• Kinji Hakari began winning hand after hand, reducing Luo Wen Tianmo’s ninety-odd points to a small remainder.
• Luo Wen Tianmo tried to quit, but Kinji Hakari urged him to borrow points under a Binding Vow, and Luo Wen Tianmo agreed to continue.

Kinji Hakari outplayed Luo Wen Tianmo in their point-based card match, causing Luo Wen Tianmo's domain to collapse. After Hakari and Kirara Hoshi left with Luo Wen Tianyou, Luo Wen Tianmo insisted he had won and set out to earn more points.

• While waiting for the match, Kirara Hoshi showed Luo Wen Tianyou hair clips and reassured him that the brothers were probably fighting because they were on different sides.
• Luo Wen Tianmo drew three aces and, thinking he had the winning hand, pretended to hesitate so Kinji Hakari would keep betting.
• Kinji Hakari called Luo Wen Tianmo's raises and revealed a mixed-suit two-three-five, which beat the three aces.
• Luo Wen Tianmo accused Kinji Hakari of cheating, and his unstable domain shattered, returning the mall to its abandoned state.
• Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi left after a call from Qingxiao, while Luo Wen Tianyou found his kneeling brother.
• Luo Wen Tianmo told Luo Wen Tianyou that he had won and took him away to earn points.

Yuta Okkotsu escorted a little girl through the barrier when Hayakawa Fuma ambushed them with attacks that copied Okkotsu’s cursed energy. Okkotsu defended the girl and counterattacked, but Hayakawa replicated his strike and turned it back on him.

• Okkotsu guided the little girl toward the barrier’s edge and learned she could see cursed spirits.
• Rika destroyed a low-grade cursed spirit that lunged at them, then followed Okkotsu’s warning to hold back.
• Hayakawa Fuma attacked Okkotsu with three copied cursed blades, wounding his arm as Rika shielded him.
• Okkotsu placed the girl behind him and stopped Hayakawa’s attack from reaching her, realizing Hayakawa meant to kill everyone inside the barrier.
• Okkotsu charged Hayakawa with his cursed-energy-coated blade, but Hayakawa copied the strike and sent it back along the same path.

Okkotsu and Rika overwhelmed Hayakawa with coordinated attacks, but Hayakawa used Domain Expansion to keep pace by recording and reproducing their moves. Okkotsu copied Hayakawa's technique and turned his recorded attacks back on him, then destroyed the cursed blades as Hayakawa protested that no such technique existed.

• Okkotsu realized Hayakawa was using Replay and decided that Hayakawa had to die for threatening a child and endangering others.
• Hayakawa copied Rika's attacks and sent cursed blades toward Okkotsu, but Rika shielded him from every strike.
• Hayakawa insulted Okkotsu's relationship with Rika, and Okkotsu calmly declared that their love was pure before they attacked together.
• Hayakawa activated Domain Expansion and used its increased recording speed to fend off Okkotsu and Rika's coordinated assault.
• Okkotsu struck Hayakawa's wrist, copied his technique, and sent Hayakawa's recorded attacks back at him.
• Okkotsu dispersed the cursed blades with a net of Cursed Energy as Hayakawa shouted that no such Cursed Technique existed.

Okkotsu defeated Hayakawa, whose memories revealed that he had killed to fulfill Kenjaku’s false promise of bringing back the girl he loved. Okkotsu rescued the little girl and was summoned back to Jujutsu High ahead of the Shinjuku Showdown.

• Okkotsu used cursed speech and overwhelming cursed energy to break Hayakawa’s brush and strike him through the chest.
• As Hayakawa died, he remembered the girl he had promised to paint the sea for and recalled that Kenjaku had tricked him with a binding vow.
• Okkotsu reassured the hidden little girl, then received Qingxiao’s instruction to return to Jujutsu High for the coming battle with Sukuna.
• Okkotsu led the little girl away with Rika following as dusk fell.

Choso and Yuki Tsukumo split up to hunt Players in their barrier, and Choso pursued Hanyu Suzu. Hanyu lured Choso into a mirror maze with Kyoka Suigetsu and revealed that Choso had fallen into his illusion.

• Choso worried about Itadori, and Yuki Tsukumo suggested they split up and finish their hunts quickly.
• Choso chose Hanyu Suzu, while Yuki Tsukumo took Mifune Toru as her target.
• Choso attacked Hanyu Suzu, who blocked his strike with a bronze mirror before fleeing through reeds and an abandoned amusement park.
• Hanyu Suzu entered a mirror maze and used Kyoka Suigetsu as Choso pursued him, only for the maze to trap Choso among mirrors that resisted his attacks.
• Hanyu Suzu appeared in a mirror and confirmed that Choso was caught in his illusion.

Choso outlasted Hanyu Suzu’s Kyoka Suigetsu and took his points, then emerged believing he had returned to Jujutsu High to reunite with Itadori. When Itadori and the others began mechanically demanding his points, Choso realized he was still trapped in the illusion.

• Choso refused to surrender his points to Hanyu Suzu, and the two held a standoff inside Kyoka Suigetsu for four days.
• The illusion shattered, allowing Choso to seize Hanyu Suzu and force him to transfer 21 points.
• Choso left to find Itadori and believed he had returned to Jujutsu High, where Itadori welcomed him and Yuki Tsukumo, Suguru Geto, and Qingxiao asked for his points.
• When Choso refused, Yuki Tsukumo, Suguru Geto, Qingxiao, and Itadori froze and repeated, “Give me your points.”
• Choso noticed the surroundings had stopped moving and realized he had never escaped Kyoka Suigetsu.

Hanyu Suzu used the Tōsō Talisman to trap Choso in an illusion of his brothers’ deaths, but Choso broke free in a surge of rage. He confronted Hanyu Suzu, declaring that he had given him reason to kill him.

• Hanyu Suzu placed the Tōsō Talisman on Choso and dragged him into a deep illusion.
• Choso witnessed the events at Yasohachi Bridge, where Eso and Kechizu died fighting Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki.
• Hanyu Suzu listened to Choso’s anguish and thought about taking his points to impress Yuki Tsukumo.
• Choso shattered the illusion with a burst of cursed energy, and the backlash left Hanyu Suzu unable to move.
• Choso advanced on Hanyu Suzu with Flowing Red Scale active and threatened to kill him for mocking his brothers.

Hanyu Suzu’s Kyoka Suigetsu failed against Choso, who nearly killed him before stopping after hearing that Suzu knew Yuki Tsukumo. Suzu confessed his feelings to Tsukumo after waking, but she teased him and made clear she preferred Choso’s type; she and Choso then left for Jujutsu High, where an urgent matter awaited.

• Hanyu Suzu’s cursed technique failed, and Choso overpowered him, wounded his arm, and pinned him by the throat.
• Hanyu Suzu offered his Special Grade Cursed Tool and asked Choso to tell Yuki Tsukumo that he loved her, so Choso knocked him unconscious and called her over.
• Tsukumo recognized Hanyu Suzu as the Hanyu Family’s young master, and he confessed his feelings when he woke, believing he had died.
• Tsukumo asked Suzu to transfer his twenty-one points, then teased Choso by saying she preferred his type, leaving both men flustered.
• Guyue Qingxiao called with urgent news, so Tsukumo and Choso headed back to Jujutsu High; Choso resolved to protect Itadori and his younger brothers.

Qingxiao convened the sorcerers to plan for Sukuna’s challenge in Shinjuku one month later, assigning himself and Satoru Gojo to the direct fight. Ryu Ishigori secured permission to face Sukuna first, while Qingxiao ordered Hajime Kashimo to pursue Kenjaku and addressed him by his full name.

• Qingxiao reviewed the sorcerers’ strength rankings and announced that Sukuna had challenged them to fight in Shinjuku one month later.
• Kento Nanami suspected Sukuna’s challenge concealed a trap, while Yuji Itadori reacted painfully to Sukuna’s name and Satoru Gojo remained unusually quiet.
• Qingxiao assigned himself and Satoru Gojo to confront Sukuna directly, and no one objected.
• Ryu Ishigori asked to fight Sukuna first, and Qingxiao agreed so he could test for a trap.
• Hajime Kashimo volunteered to fight Sukuna, but Qingxiao assigned him to pursue Kenjaku instead.
• Hajime Kashimo objected that he had spent four hundred years seeking a battle with the strongest sorcerer, and Qingxiao addressed him as Hajime Kashimo.

Qingxiao persuaded Hajime Kashimo to stay alive and avoid using Mythical Beast Amber, then the sorcerers planned how to divide their forces against Kenjaku and Sukuna. The chapter ended with Yuji Itadori being told the teachers would keep the students off the battlefield.

• Qingxiao asked Hajime Kashimo not to use Mythical Beast Amber and to stay alive, and Kashimo agreed to help deal with Kenjaku.
• Satoru Gojo explained that Kenjaku occupied Nagayumi Jin's body and could copy cursed techniques by eating body parts, prompting Aoi Todo to worry that Kenjaku might use his lost hand to copy Boogie Woogie.
• Satoru Gojo assigned Suguru Geto, Yuki, Yuta Okkotsu, and Hajime Kashimo to handle Kenjaku, with orders to join the Shinjuku battlefield if Kenjaku was absent.
• Suguru Geto assigned Hana Kurusu and Kinji Hakari to support the flanks, while Takako Uro and the remaining Grade 1 Sorcerers guarded the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
• Mei Mei offered to use Black Bird Manipulation to broadcast updates between battlefields, and Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo told Yuji Itadori that the teachers would keep the students off the battlefield.

Qingxiao resolved to shoulder the danger of the coming battle and protect his friends while killing Sukuna and Kenjaku. After the meeting, he left with Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, and the three planned their training and a visit to a temple.

• Qingxiao reflected on his eagerness to fight Sukuna and decided that saving Megumi Fushiguro would not prevent him from making necessary choices in battle.
• Qingxiao vowed to protect everyone and take on Sukuna and Kenjaku himself, accepting responsibility for the bonds he had chosen.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto joined Qingxiao as he packed away the Shinjuku Map and left the conference room.
• Suguru Geto said he planned to clear out Cursed Spirits, while Satoru Gojo teased him about wanting Cursed Spirit Orbs.
• Qingxiao said he would train with Shoko and try the method Satoru Gojo had described for reversing Cursed Technique Burnout.
• Satoru Gojo proposed visiting Heian Ancient Temple for good fortune, and Qingxiao and Suguru Geto agreed.

Qingxiao, Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Shoko visited a temple and drew fortunes, with Qingxiao interpreting Megumi Fushiguro’s misfortune as a “mere trifle.” They left together amid their familiar banter, while Qingxiao kept Megumi’s fortune close to his heart.

• Qingxiao took the driver’s seat from Satoru Gojo, and Shoko joined him in the front while Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto sat in back.
• At the temple, Satoru Gojo drew “Free as the clouds and cranes,” Suguru Geto drew “different paths, the same destination,” Shoko drew “No effort goes unrewarded,” and Qingxiao drew “no rebuilding without breaking.”
• Qingxiao drew a fortune for Megumi Fushiguro and pulled the cylinder’s lone misfortune stick, leaving the group and the monk stunned.
• Qingxiao jokingly reinterpreted “misfortune” as “mere,” explained that Megumi had always been a “mere trifle,” and tucked the stick into his coat.
• The four descended the mountain together, and Shoko quietly told Qingxiao not to worry as he touched the fortune in his pocket.

Qingxiao tested a technique that slowed his perception of the world and discovered he could sustain it for two minutes, though it strained his nerves. After recovering, he tried Satoru Gojo's circuit-blasting method but decided it was too dangerous and unnecessary for him.

• Shoko warned Qingxiao that his brain could tolerate the technique for only one minute before risking irreversible nerve damage.
• Qingxiao used Cursed Energy to slow his perception of the world and found that his thoughts remained clear while his movements slowed.
• Qingxiao continued the technique for two minutes, felt a sharp nerve pain, and withdrew his energy, then realized the effect gave him far more time to react in battle.
• Shoko checked Qingxiao after he became dizzy and reproached him for exceeding the limit.
• After resting, Qingxiao tried Satoru Gojo's circuit-blasting method once and stopped because it was too risky and offered him little benefit.
• Qingxiao decided to practice moving in slowed time.

As December 24 approached, Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo prepared to face Sukuna in Shinjuku while their allies offered encouragement and returned to their assigned positions. After Shoko embraced Qingxiao, the two strongest sorcerers set out together, and the decisive battle began.

• The sorcerers gathered at Jujutsu High as Suguru Geto arrived and Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo prepared to leave for Shinjuku.
• Yuji Itadori told Satoru Gojo that his cursed technique was in the way, and Satoru dispelled Limitless before accepting the crowd’s encouragement.
• Hajime Kashimo urged Qingxiao to prove himself, and Qingxiao teased him about blowing himself up.
• Suguru Geto promised that the others would handle Kenjaku, while Shoko warned Qingxiao not to push himself and embraced him before departing.
• Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo exchanged a final nod with their allies, then walked together toward Shinjuku as Sukuna’s cursed energy darkened the skyline.

Qingxiao and Jujutsu High’s strongest fighters entered the barrier surrounding Tokyo to confront Sukuna and Kenjaku. After Qingxiao used Hakari’s jackpot to regain his fighting touch, Sukuna unleashed a devastating wave of cursed energy as the battle began.

• Qingxiao ordered Kinji Hakari to use Idle Death Gamble on him, hit the jackpot, and then struck Hakari with a Black Flash that Hakari quickly healed from.
• Qingxiao entered the barrier with Satoru Gojo, Yuta Okkotsu, Suguru Geto, Hajime Kashimo, Ryu Ishigori, Kinji Hakari, Hana Kurusu, and the others.
• Qingxiao recognized Sukuna wearing Megumi Fushiguro’s face and identified Kenjaku as being in his real body.
• The fighters split into groups, with Yuta Okkotsu, Hajime Kashimo, Suguru Geto, and Yuki Tsukumo facing Kenjaku while Kinji Hakari and Hana Kurusu prepared to support from a nearby building.
• Ryu Ishigori challenged Sukuna, while Satoru Gojo and Qingxiao taunted him from the front line.
• Sukuna dismissed the fighters as small fry and unleashed a crushing wave of cursed energy that cracked the road and shattered nearby windows.

Sukuna confronted Qingxiao, Satoru Gojo, and the others, while Ryu Ishigori challenged him with his Cursed Energy Discharge. Sukuna overwhelmed Ryu’s beam and left him gravely wounded in the rubble.

• Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo joined forces to hold back Sukuna’s cursed energy, and Satoru warned Qingxiao not to kill Megumi.
• Ryu Ishigori fired a powerful slushy beam at Sukuna, who praised his cursed energy output before their attacks canceled each other out.
• Sukuna appeared in midair before Ryu Ishigori, who stepped forward and charged his beam for another attack.
• Sukuna chanted and sent three slashes through Ryu Ishigori’s beam, striking his chest and throwing him into the rubble.

Mei Mei reassured Takako Uro that Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo had not yet shown their full strength as Gojo prepared and fired a two-hundred-percent Hollow Purple at Sukuna. After Sukuna survived and regenerated, Qingxiao and Gojo faced him together, beginning their decisive battle.

• Mei Mei told Takako Uro that Qingxiao had held back in Sendai and pointed out that Satoru Gojo had disappeared from the battlefield.
• Qingxiao moved to rescue the badly wounded Ryu Ishigori while Satoru Gojo completed the Amplification Ritual with Utahime Iori and Yoshinobu Gakuganji seven kilometers away.
• Satoru Gojo unleashed a two-hundred-percent Hollow Purple that devastated several square kilometers and tore away Sukuna's left arm and shoulder.
• Qingxiao handed Ryu Ishigori to Kinji Hakari and ordered him to evacuate the others before joining Satoru Gojo.
• Sukuna regenerated his arm, and Satoru Gojo and Qingxiao challenged him as the Eight-Headed Dharma Wheel began adapting to Limitless.
• Sukuna and the two fighters released their Cursed Energy, officially beginning the decisive battle.

Hajime Kashimo, Suguru Geto, Yuta Okkotsu, and Yuki Tsukumo attacked Kenjaku together in Shinjuku, but his copied Boogie Woogie turned their assault into a near-friendly-fire disaster. As the fight continued, Geto seized Kenjaku’s Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, and Kenjaku used Gravity to pin down the group and stall their advance.

• Suguru Geto, Yuta Okkotsu, Yuki Tsukumo, and Hajime Kashimo confronted Kenjaku and launched a coordinated attack to get past him and support Satoru Gojo and Qingxiao.
• Kenjaku used Boogie Woogie to swap places with Hajime Kashimo, sending the team’s attacks past Kashimo and into the wall.
• Yuki Tsukumo warned the others that Kenjaku could use clapping to switch positions, but Hajime Kashimo kept pressing forward.
• Kenjaku unleashed a swarm of Cursed Spirits, and Suguru Geto used Subjugating Tamed Cursed Spirit to take control of them.
• Suguru Geto realized Kenjaku’s swarm contained only Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, then Kenjaku used Gravity to slow Kashimo and halt the Cursed Spirits’ advance.

Yuki Tsukumo, Hajime Kashimo, Yuta Okkotsu, and Suguru Geto pressured Kenjaku until he activated his domain, Womb Profusion. The group had anticipated the move and waited for the domain to end, when Kenjaku’s techniques would burn out and their numbers would give them the advantage.

• Rika charged through Kenjaku’s gravity field, and he used Boogie Woogie to swap Hajime Kashimo into her path and evade her attack.
• Yuki Tsukumo struck Kenjaku with Star Rage, destroying his left arm, while Kashimo and Yuta Okkotsu rushed in to attack him.
• Kenjaku swapped himself into the crowd of cursed spirits, but Suguru Geto ordered four special grade spirits to attack and Rainbow Dragon to block his escape.
• Kenjaku summoned shikigami, then expanded his domain, Womb Profusion, suppressing the four special grade cursed spirits and breaking their encirclement.
• Suguru Geto and the others revealed they had expected Kenjaku to use his domain and planned to exploit his technique burnout once it ended.

Suguru Geto, Yuta Okkotsu, and Yuki Tsukumo expanded their domains together to destroy Kenjaku’s Womb Profusion, while Hajime Kashimo protected himself with Hollow Wicker Basket. After all four domains shattered and cursed techniques burned out, Kashimo charged at Kenjaku.

• Suguru Geto expanded Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, and Yuta Okkotsu drew power from Rika to expand Authentic Mutual Love.
• Yuki Tsukumo expanded Myriad-Weight Star Sea as Hajime Kashimo raised Hollow Wicker Basket around himself.
• Geto, Yuta, and Yuki pressed their domains into Womb Profusion from three directions and shattered it in a four-domain collision.
• The backlash shattered every domain and caused cursed technique burnout for the fighters.
• Hajime Kashimo dropped his barrier and charged at Kenjaku, eager to fight while Kenjaku’s cursed technique was burned out.

Qingxiao and Satoru Gojo attacked Sukuna in Shibuya, with Qingxiao overwhelming him in close combat through repeated Black Flashes. As Satoru Gojo unleashed Hollow Technique: Purple, Sukuna was left facing the incoming attack from behind a shattered wall.

• Satoru Gojo used Blue to push Sukuna toward the ruins while Qingxiao rushed in and struck Sukuna’s chest with Black Flash.
• Sukuna healed his broken ribs and chest with Reverse Cursed Technique, but Qingxiao continued attacking and wounded him despite his Cleave.
• Qingxiao’s Black Flashes grew stronger as Mahoraga’s adaptation helped Sukuna endure the blows, leaving Sukuna on the defensive.
• Qingxiao rebounded from a broken wall and hit Sukuna with a Black Flash heel kick that sent him crashing into another wall and twisted his arms.
• Satoru Gojo formed Hollow Technique: Purple, and Sukuna saw the destructive attack approach through the dust and smoke.