Chapter Summaries

Shunchen, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto devised a plan to counter the hidden mastermind by keeping Yuji Itadori safe, gathering Sukuna's Fingers, and luring her into a trap. They ended with Jujutsu High controlling seven fingers and needing three more to reach half of the total.

• Shunchen explained that the mastermind's power made covert investigation dangerous, but that hiding would reveal they knew about her.
• Satoru Gojo proposed using Yuji Itadori to locate Sukuna's Fingers, and Shunchen agreed that Jujutsu High should appear to follow normal procedures.
• Suguru Geto raised killing Yuji as an extreme way to thwart the plan, but Shunchen and Satoru rejected the idea and insisted on protecting him.
• Shunchen proposed discovering the mastermind's ultimate goal and using it as bait to draw her into a prepared battlefield.
• Shunchen reasoned that the mastermind avoided Satoru because she feared fighting him at full strength, and set collecting Sukuna's Fingers as a priority.
• Shunchen counted two fingers inside Yuji and five in Jujutsu High's Restricted Storehouse, leaving three more needed to reach ten.

Li, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto divided up an investigation into the mastermind behind Yuji Itadori’s birth and Ryomen Sukuna’s revival, while Li began training Itadori at Jujutsu High. Their lesson ended with Sukuna mocking Itadori from within him.

• Li, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto agreed to investigate the mastermind from three directions, with Gojo probing the clans, Geto investigating curse users, and Li observing Itadori and Sukuna.
• Li warned Geto to flee if he encountered the enemy, and said he should only consider attacking after surviving the enemy’s domain and exploiting cursed technique burnout.
• Li and Gojo left Okinawa after arranging their roles, while Geto stayed behind to make his departure look like an ordinary sightseeing trip.
• Li chose not to involve Yu Haibara, Kento Nanami, or Kinji Hakari in the dangerous investigation, then began teaching Itadori privately at Jujutsu High.
• Li demonstrated the Ten Shadows Technique with Divine Dog: Totality and explained that Itadori could not learn an Innate Cursed Technique through practice.
• Sukuna called Itadori an idiot from inside him.

Teacher Li taught Yuji Itadori that he could learn combat skills without an Innate Cursed Technique and guided him through his first attempt to use cursed energy. The energy Yuji awakened came entirely from his own soul, not Sukuna, leaving Teacher Li questioning what had been done to him and disrupting his plans.

• Teacher Li demonstrated Simple Domain and explained that sorcerers without Innate Cursed Techniques could learn general skills through practice.
• Yuji grew eager to learn, and Teacher Li used a smartphone analogy to explain cursed energy and how it powered cursed techniques.
• Teacher Li guided Yuji to summon cursed energy by recalling fear and despair while monitoring him with Phantom Parade.
• Yuji’s cursed energy began to emerge, and Teacher Li discovered that it came from Yuji’s own soul rather than Sukuna.
• Teacher Li wondered what the stitched woman had done to Yuji and realized the discovery disrupted his plan to analyze Sukuna’s cursed energy.

Li realized Sukuna’s possession of Yuji Itadori and Tsumiki’s condition might involve interference with souls, then gave Yuji the cursed tool Asagirimaru as he learned to control cursed energy. Yuji’s observation about Megumi’s Playful Cloud led Li to question whether his protective teaching had limited Megumi’s ability to adapt and cooperate; Li then announced they would pick up another first-year student.

• Li deduced that Sukuna’s possession of Yuji might be a soul-level phenomenon and suspected the stitched-forehead woman could also be connected to Tsumiki’s condition.
• Li stopped Yuji’s exhausting attempt to control cursed energy and explained that mastering it would take time.
• Li retrieved Asagirimaru from his shadow storage and gave it to Yuji as a way to fight cursed spirits using his physical strength.
• Yuji asked whether Megumi could have lent him Playful Cloud during the earlier attack, potentially preventing him from swallowing Sukuna’s finger.
• Li reconsidered whether his overly protective training had made Megumi less adaptable, and resolved to teach him and Yuji to trust others and cooperate.
• Li told Yuji they would go pick up the year’s last first-year student.

Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and their teacher waited in Harajuku to meet the new first-year student, while discussing how few people became jujutsu sorcerers. A brown-haired girl in a Jujutsu High uniform arrived after chasing off a talent scout, but her furious reaction to his escape left her introduction unfinished.

• Itadori wondered why Jujutsu High had so few first-years, and Megumi explained that people able to see cursed spirits were rare and even fewer chose to become sorcerers.
• The teacher told Itadori and Megumi that they were meeting the new student in Harajuku because she had requested it, and promised to buy Itadori popcorn after they handled a low-level assignment.
• Megumi grew anxious when the teacher mentioned dealing with an assignment, but the teacher reassured him that it was not dangerous and did not require his participation.
• A talent scout harassed a girl on the street until a short-haired girl in a Jujutsu High uniform intervened and offered herself as a model.
• The talent scout fled after looking the girl over, and she angrily shouted after him as he disappeared into the crowd.

Li Shunchen brought Nobara Kugisaki to meet Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro, then sent Nobara and Yuji into an abandoned building to exorcise low-level cursed spirits. He secretly followed them after warning Yuji not to release Sukuna, while telling Megumi the mission would test Nobara’s resolve against dangers attracted by Yuji’s existence.

• Nobara Kugisaki introduced herself to Li Shunchen, Yuji Itadori, and Megumi Fushiguro, then complained that they were going straight to an exorcism instead of exploring Tokyo.
• Li Shunchen assigned Yuji and Nobara to clear cursed spirits from a nearby abandoned building, and Megumi stopped Yuji from drawing Asagirimaru on the crowded street.
• Megumi told Nobara that Yuji had swallowed Ryomen Sukuna’s finger, prompting her to recoil in disgust.
• At the building, Li assured Megumi that the spirits were low-level, while Nobara and Yuji insisted they could handle the assignment.
• Li warned Yuji never to release Sukuna, then sent him and Nobara inside as Megumi cast the Curtain.
• Li told Megumi he would secretly follow the pair and explained that he was testing Nobara’s ability to withstand dangers drawn to Yuji; after Megumi asked what he meant, Li vanished.

The narrator secretly controlled two Grade 3 Cursed Spirits to test Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki, using a trapped boy to see how they balanced civilian safety with exorcism. Nobara defeated one spirit but nearly fell to its dying counterattack, leaving her shaken by the vitality of Tokyo’s Cursed Spirits.

• The narrator subjugated two low-level Cursed Spirits on the building’s top floor and decided to use them in a test for Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki.
• The narrator found a trapped boy and chose to leave him in place as a test of the students’ priorities, promising himself he would take him home afterward.
• Nobara Kugisaki entered the mannequin-filled room and attacked the disguised Cursed Spirit with nails and her hammer.
• Nobara used Straw Doll Technique: Hairpin to destroy the mannequin Cursed Spirit’s head, then relaxed without checking whether it was fully exorcised.
• The dying spirit launched a sudden attack at Nobara’s back, but the narrator cut off its Cursed Energy before it could reach her.
• Nobara survived the close call and wondered whether all Tokyo Cursed Spirits had such frightening vitality.

Nobara Kugisaki surrendered her weapons to protect a child held by a cursed spirit, but Yuji Itadori broke the stalemate by hurling Asagirimaru and exorcising the monster. The child was left unharmed, and the entrance test ended with Yuji celebrating his hit.

• The narrator let the second cursed spirit pretend to threaten the child while secretly preventing it from causing harm.
• Nobara Kugisaki dropped her hammer and nails and offered herself to the cursed spirit in exchange for the child's safety.
• The cursed spirit ignored Nobara's surrender, leaving her to believe she and the child were doomed.
• Yuji Itadori rushed into the room and threw Asagirimaru at the cursed spirit.
• Asagirimaru destroyed the cursed spirit's head and the monster dissolved, while Yuji celebrated his bull's-eye.

After analyzing Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki’s combat weaknesses, you studied the Straw Doll Technique and identified how its rituals strengthen it. You discovered that Sukuna’s fingers could potentially let Nobara strike his soul from afar, but you held back because the attack might also harm Itadori.

• You decided Yuji needed rigorous combat training and lessons in recognizing when to flee, while Nobara needed stronger cursed energy output and hand-to-hand skills.
• You analyzed Nobara’s Resonance and Hairpin techniques, noting that Resonance attacked through a body part’s causal link and Hairpin detonated cursed energy stored in nails.
• You concluded that Resonance could use any medium capable of holding an enemy’s body part, while alternative weapons could work but would weaken the technique’s ritual-based power.
• You realized that Sukuna’s fingers met Resonance’s activation condition and could potentially serve as a means to strike his soul from a distance.
• You refrained from testing the idea because the soul damage might also reach Itadori, but kept a spare Sukuna finger in mind as a possible emergency weapon.

Li Shunchen used the lull in danger to advance his plans and train Nobara Kugisaki and Yuji Itadori, while Megumi Fushiguro sought help from Satoru Gojo to develop a domain. Gojo began teaching Megumi by opening Unlimited Void, forcing him to experience a domain firsthand.

• Satoru Gojo found no trace of the mysterious stitched woman, while Suguru Geto retrieved Ryomen Sukuna's Finger from a special grade cursed spirit.
• Li Shunchen gave Nobara Kugisaki a detailed notebook on unconventional applications of the Straw Doll Technique, and she eagerly studied his methods.
• Li Shunchen taught Yuji Itadori New Shadow Style: Simple Domain, helping him use its automatic counterattacks to capitalize on his immense physical strength.
• Megumi Fushiguro asked Li Shunchen for further training, but Li directed him to Satoru Gojo for advice on Domain Expansion.
• Satoru Gojo struggled to explain domains to Megumi, then opened Unlimited Void so Megumi could experience one firsthand.

At the Eishu Juvenile Detention Center, Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki learned that a cursed womb could become a special grade while Satoru Gojo was away. As the team prepared to enter and confirm survivors, a desperate mother asked after her son, and Yuji resolved to save everyone inside.

• Kiyotaka Ijichi explained that a cursed womb had been detected inside the sealed detention center and warned that it could mature into a special grade cursed spirit.
• The narrator explained the grading system to Yuji Itadori, while Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki noted that the grade 2 narrator was hiding his true strength and would handle the danger in Satoru Gojo's absence.
• Ijichi instructed the students to prioritize confirming survivors and flee rather than fight a special grade, then entrusted the situation to the narrator.
• A panicked mother broke through the security cordon to ask about her son Tadashi, and Ijichi told her that the rescue operation was underway.
• Yuji Itadori declared that they had to save the people inside, and Nobara Kugisaki agreed and urged them to go.

The group entered the Juvenile Detention Center’s vast innate domain, where Itadori found the body of the son whose mother had pleaded for help and insisted on bringing it back. After Nobara was swallowed by a shadow and a special grade cursed spirit appeared, you copied its cursed technique and ordered it not to move.

• You explained that a special grade cursed spirit had created the domain and led Itadori, Nobara Kugisaki, and Megumi Fushiguro deeper inside.
• The group found a mutilated boy’s body, and Itadori recognized him as the son of the mother outside and decided to take his body back.
• You supported Itadori’s decision, while Megumi Fushiguro objected to the danger and burden of carrying the corpse.
• A shadow swallowed Nobara Kugisaki and transported her elsewhere in the domain.
• The special grade cursed spirit emerged and overwhelmed Megumi Fushiguro and Itadori with its cursed energy.
• You activated Phantom Parade, copied the special cursed technique, and used cursed speech to command the spirit, “Don’t move.”

You defeated the Special Grade Cursed Spirit in the Juvenile Detention Center while teaching Yuji Itadori not to mistake reckless bravery for courage. The spirit disintegrated and left a Sukuna's Finger behind, while Ryomen Sukuna watched you with renewed interest.

• You used Cursed Speech to freeze the Special Grade Cursed Spirit, then combined Projection Sorcery and Star Rage to kick it through the walls.
• You sent Megumi Fushiguro to follow the cursed residue and find Nobara Kugisaki, then warned Yuji Itadori to run when he faced an unwinnable fight.
• You blocked the spirit's cursed-energy blast with Limitless and waited for it to charge within your two-meter range.
• You used New Shadow Style: Iaido: Evening Moon and Projection Sorcery to slash the spirit into countless pieces with the Soul Liberation Blade.
• You watched the spirit disintegrate around a Sukuna's Finger as Yuji realized how much mercy you had shown him and Ryomen Sukuna grinned from within him.

Kaori met with Jogo and the other cursed spirits to discuss their plan to overturn the human-cursed spirit order. She insisted they first incapacitate Satoru Gojo and recruit Ryomen Sukuna, proposing the Prison Realm as a way to seal Gojo, while warning Jogo to follow her plan.

• Jogo complained that Kaori had wasted a precious Sukuna finger to test Sukuna's strength, and Kaori said the test had confirmed her conjecture.
• At a fast-food restaurant, Jogo declared that curses were purer than humans and argued that humans should be eradicated; Kaori warned that the curses would be exterminated if they launched an all-out war immediately.
• Kaori named two conditions for victory: render Satoru Gojo unable to fight and get Ryomen Sukuna to join their side.
• Kaori explained that fighting Gojo head-on was too dangerous and proposed using the special grade cursed object Prison Realm to seal him.
• Jogo asked how many Sukuna fingers his strength equaled, and Kaori estimated eight or nine; he then vowed to kill Gojo and claim the Prison Realm.
• Kaori forbade Jogo from acting recklessly, warned that Suguru Geto might subjugate him if he were weakened, and offered him a chance to face Gojo if he followed her plan.

After recovering Sukuna’s Finger at Eishu Juvenile Detention Center, Shunchen suspected the stitched woman had orchestrated the incident, though Gojo and Geto reassured him that the sorcerers still controlled the situation. The mission left Yuji grieving the victim and questioning whether curses could ever be stopped, while Shunchen revealed that ending the emergence of curses was his ultimate goal.

• Shunchen discussed his suspicions about the stitched woman and the recovered Sukuna’s Finger with Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, who argued that their control of Yuji and the other fingers kept the initiative with them.
• After Shunchen destroyed the Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Megumi found Nobara unharmed, and Ijichi arranged for A-Zheng’s remains to be taken to the morgue.
• Yuji asked Shunchen to contact A-Zheng’s mother, and Shunchen gave him her number and the morgue’s address so he could tell her what had happened himself.
• Yuji apologized to A-Zheng’s mother over the phone and heard her grieve that she was the only person left to cry for her son.
• Shunchen told Yuji that sorcerers usually arrived only to clean up after tragedy, then revealed that he was working toward a world where curses no longer arose from people.

Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki trained at Jujutsu High before Maki and the other second-years invited them to the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event. Shunchen chose Megumi and Kugisaki to represent the first-years and told the disappointed Itadori that he had made other special arrangements for him.

• Itadori used a small Simple Domain to intensify his close-combat attacks during a spar with Megumi, while Kugisaki trained her physical conditioning and cursed energy coating.
• Maki, Toge Inumaki, and Panda arrived, and Panda introduced himself to the first-years as a cursed corpse created by Principal Yaga and Shunchen.
• Maki invited the first-years to the Goodwill Event, explaining that Tokyo needed two of them to fill out its six-person team for the battles against Kyoto Jujutsu High.
• Itadori eagerly volunteered to join, but Shunchen selected Megumi and Kugisaki instead.
• Shunchen told the disappointed Itadori that he had prepared special arrangements for him.

The teacher explained why Itadori had been kept from the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event and argued that copied techniques would make better sparring practice. He then told Itadori that, despite having Grade 2-level combat strength, he lacked the investigative and practical skills of a qualified jujutsu sorcerer, and planned to train him personally on low-level commissions.

• The teacher told Itadori that the Goodwill Event would offer little benefit and that he could spar against techniques copied with Phantom Parade instead.
• Itadori realized that mastering Simple Domain and using his physical strength mattered more to his current fighting style than studying many techniques.
• The teacher assessed Itadori as having Grade 2 combat strength but inadequate overall abilities as a jujutsu sorcerer.
• The teacher compared Itadori’s lack of field knowledge with Megumi Fushiguro’s and Kugisaki’s experience, warning that he might struggle to find curses alone.
• The teacher announced that Itadori would leave his team temporarily and learn investigation, cursed-residue tracking, Curtain techniques, and information analysis through low-level commissions.

Li Shunchen trained Yuji Itadori through routine missions until they were assigned a bizarre case involving three students whose bodies had been grotesquely transformed. After deducing that a rare cursed technique was responsible, Li vowed to find the culprit and reverse the effects, while Yuji resolved to help.

• Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki trained with Maki and Inumaki for the Goodwill Event, while Panda instructed from the sidelines.
• Li Shunchen spent more than half a month teaching Yuji Itadori the fundamentals of jujutsu through low-level missions around Tokyo.
• Li and Yuji received a mission concerning three students found dead in a movie theater with severely deformed heads.
• After examining the photographs, Li deduced that the victims had been reshaped by a rare cursed technique rather than injured by physical force or an illusion.
• Li vowed to find the culprit and obtain a way to undo the transformation so the victims' families would not have to see their bodies in that state.
• Yuji watched Li's resolve and silently vowed to help him in the investigation.

You led Itadori from the cinema crime scene to the rooftop, where they found two grotesquely transformed beings. You realized they were living humans rather than cursed spirits and stopped Itadori from attacking them.

• You guided Itadori along the cursed residue and taught him not to assume the boy seen leaving the cinema was innocent.
• You and Itadori followed the residue up to the rooftop, where they encountered two deformed creatures.
• Itadori prepared to fight one creature, but you noticed a wristwatch embedded in its limb and realized the creatures were not the source of the residue.
• You used Cursed Speech to freeze the creatures and Itadori before he could attack.
• You confirmed that the creatures were living humans, and Itadori realized the culprit had transformed them.

Shunchen discovered that reverse cursed technique could not restore two living transfigured humans, whose bodies were treated as healthy in their altered forms and were slowly failing. After learning the culprit’s transformation might be reversible only by copying his cursed technique, Shunchen and Yuji Itadori split up to pursue separate leads.

• Shunchen used Projection Sorcery to disable two transfigured humans, then tried reverse cursed technique to heal them, but it judged their altered bodies intact.
• Shunchen severed one victim’s deformed hand and regenerated it with reverse cursed technique, only for the same grotesque hand to grow back.
• Shoko told Shunchen that the transfigured people were human and that the deceased had died hours after their organs and immune systems failed.
• Shunchen and Shoko concluded that the victims’ brains may have been altered to produce cursed energy and that the living victims were nearing death.
• Yuji Itadori became enraged after hearing what had happened, while Shunchen ordered Ijichi to secure the victims and investigate the boy who had left in the video.
• Shunchen set out to follow the cursed residue, while Yuji agreed to investigate the boy and protect the leads.