Recaps

Akutagawa Shang failed to buy Kikusuian’s limited-edition daifuku, then destroyed a Cursed Spirit tormenting a girl and accepted her desserts as thanks. On his way back, he ran into Suguru Geto, who invited him to join his cause.

• Akutagawa Shang waited in line at Kikusuian, but the limited-edition daifuku sold out before he reached the front.
• Akutagawa Shang sensed a Cursed Spirit clinging to a girl and asked her about her symptoms.
• Akutagawa Shang exorcised the Cursed Spirit with Reverse Cursed Technique, relieving the girl’s breathing and shoulder pain.
• The girl gave Akutagawa Shang the Kikusuian desserts she had received from a friend, and he left to return to his dorm.
• Suguru Geto stopped Akutagawa Shang and asked him to join his mission to change the world.

Suguru Geto approached Akutagawa Shang after seeing him use Reverse Cursed Technique and tried to persuade him to join his cause of creating a world without non-sorcerers. Akutagawa rejected Geto’s extreme beliefs and fled, while Geto let him go and asked him to greet Satoru Gojo.

• Suguru Geto recognized Akutagawa Shang’s Reverse Cursed Technique and praised his talent, then explained that he wanted him to join his cause.
• Suguru Geto recounted how abuse of two gifted girls and the deaths of fellow sorcerers convinced him that non-sorcerers should be eliminated.
• Akutagawa Shang privately dismissed Geto’s reasoning and told him that his plan was too extreme.
• Suguru Geto invited Akutagawa to consider the offer and said he would not harm fellow sorcerers, so Akutagawa thanked him and ran away.
• Suguru Geto called after Akutagawa to say hello to Satoru Gojo and wondered why Akutagawa had fled so quickly.

Akutagawa Shang returned to Jujutsu High and told Satoru Gojo that Suguru Geto had tried to recruit him into creating a new world. After recalling how Geto became a curse user and left him behind, Gojo learned that Akutagawa had refused and sent him away with a dessert.

• Akutagawa Shang gave Satoru Gojo the desserts and reported that he had encountered Suguru Geto, who wanted to create a new world and had tried to recruit him.
• Akutagawa Shang recounted his conversation with Geto, and Satoru Gojo reflected on Geto’s gradual break from protecting ordinary people and his departure from Jujutsu High.
• Satoru Gojo asked Akutagawa Shang what he thought of Geto’s cause, and Akutagawa refused, saying he had no interest or energy for it.
• Satoru Gojo laughed at Akutagawa’s answer and told him he would handle Geto, then gave him a dessert as a reward for waiting in line.
• Akutagawa Shang added that Geto had asked him to say hello to Gojo, then left eating the dessert Gojo had tossed him.

After returning from his encounter with Suguru Geto, Akutagawa Shang resumed training at Jujutsu High while Satoru Gojo handled the matter. When Gojo announced the upcoming Sister-School Goodwill Event, Akutagawa Shang agreed to compete after hearing about the prize money and time off, and Tokyo Jujutsu High began preparing.

• Akutagawa Shang returned to the field, encouraged Yuta Okkotsu, and sparred with Maki while keeping his encounter with Suguru Geto to himself.
• After several peaceful days of training, Satoru Gojo gathered everyone and announced the upcoming Sister-School Goodwill Event.
• Panda explained that the event was a yearly competition between Tokyo Jujutsu High and Kyoto Jujutsu High, with team and individual battles.
• Akutagawa Shang called the competition unpaid overtime and tried to sit it out, but Maki insisted he participate.
• Satoru Gojo offered three million yen if Tokyo Jujutsu High won, performance bonuses, and seven days off, prompting Akutagawa Shang to eagerly agree.
• Satoru Gojo and Maki accepted Akutagawa Shang's newfound resolve, and Tokyo Jujutsu High began preparing for the competition.

As the Goodwill Event approached, Akutagawa Shang accompanied Yuta Okkotsu and Toge Inumaki on a mission so Yuta could gain practical experience without summoning Rika. During the drive, Akutagawa helped Yuta understand Inumaki’s Cursed Speech and the two sorcerers’ shared fears, leaving Yuta and Inumaki on warmer terms.

• Satoru Gojo announced the Goodwill Event participants and sent Toge Inumaki, Yuta Okkotsu, and Akutagawa Shang on a mission for Yuta’s training.
• Akutagawa warned Yuta not to summon Rika, since her return could cause trouble with the jujutsu higher-ups.
• Yuta worried that Inumaki’s quietness meant he disliked him, so Akutagawa loudly asked Inumaki about it.
• Inumaki reassured Yuta with a smile, and Akutagawa explained that Inumaki could only speak through rice ball fillings because of his Cursed Speech.
• Yuta apologized to Inumaki, and Akutagawa explained that both of them feared their powers might hurt others, easing the tension between them.

Akutagawa Shang, Yuta Okkotsu, and Toge Inumaki exorcised a swarm of weak curses at HAPINA Shopping Street, with Yuta practicing against them before Inumaki destroyed the swarm with Cursed Speech. As they prepared to leave, they realized the Curtain remained in place, and Akutagawa sensed a powerful surge of cursed energy nearby.

• Ijichi assigned Toge Inumaki to clear the curses at HAPINA Shopping Street, and Inumaki returned from a nearby convenience store with throat medicine.
• Akutagawa Shang detected countless black fish curses gathering into a huge floating sphere and encouraged Yuta Okkotsu to use them for live combat practice.
• Yuta Okkotsu repeatedly slashed apart the fish curses as they attacked, gaining confidence and successfully defending himself.
• Toge Inumaki commanded the fish curses to explode, destroying the swarm but leaving his voice hoarse.
• As the three headed for the exit, Inumaki warned that something was wrong, and Akutagawa discovered the Curtain had not lifted and sensed a much stronger cursed energy presence.

Akutagawa Shang protected Yuta Okkotsu and Toge Inumaki from Suguru Geto’s Grade 1 cursed spirit, then healed Inumaki and coached Yuta through the fight. Yuta defeated the spirit on his own, while Suguru Geto watched and left after lifting the Curtain.

• A long-haired Grade 1 cursed spirit attacked Akutagawa Shang, Yuta Okkotsu, and Toge Inumaki, but Akutagawa absorbed its beam and returned it at the spirit.
• Toge Inumaki’s cursed speech injured him, so Akutagawa healed his throat with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Akutagawa identified Suguru Geto as the watcher and urged Yuta to fight the cursed spirit using hit-and-run tactics.
• Yuta Okkotsu dodged the spirit’s beams, discovered its eyes were vulnerable, and charged through its attacks to destroy its brain with his sword.
• Akutagawa congratulated Yuta and erased the cursed spirit’s body as Suguru Geto watched from a nearby high-rise.
• Suguru Geto lifted the Curtain and left, allowing Akutagawa Shang, Yuta Okkotsu, and Toge Inumaki to exit together.

After a mission involving a planted Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, Akutagawa Shang and his companions returned safely to Jujutsu High. The next morning, Shang mistook Mai Zenin for Maki and startled her, prompting a confrontation between the sisters before the Goodwill Event.

• Akutagawa Shang told Ijichi that a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit had appeared inside the Curtain after the assigned mission ended, and Ijichi promised to report the incident to Gojo and Principal Yaga.
• Akutagawa Shang invited Yuta Okkotsu and Toge Inumaki to his room for hot pot, using a pot he had borrowed from the cafeteria.
• Akutagawa Shang mistook Mai Zenin for Maki and pressed an icy drink against Mai’s neck, so Mai slapped him and Maki grabbed his ear while he apologized.
• Mai insulted Tokyo Jujutsu High and taunted Maki, who stood between Mai and Akutagawa Shang before the sisters exchanged jabs about the Goodwill Event.
• Mai left after challenging Maki to prove herself at the Goodwill Event, and Maki headed to the meeting point for the two schools.

Akutagawa Shang apologized to Mai Zenin with an unopened drink, disrupting the tense reunion between Mai and Maki. The Tokyo students then met their upperclassmen Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi, who revealed they were a couple and that Kirara was male.

• Akutagawa Shang wondered about the strained relationship between Maki and Mai before heading with her to the Kyoto students.
• Akutagawa Shang bowed to Mai Zenin and offered her an unopened drink as an apology, which she accepted.
• Maki dragged Akutagawa Shang away, and Mai taunted her while Kasumi Miwa accidentally laughed.
• Kinji Hakari called the Tokyo first-years over and introduced himself as their second-year upperclassman, along with Kirara Hoshi.
• Kirara Hoshi revealed he was male and kissed Kinji Hakari, announcing that they were a couple.

The Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu High students gathered for their Goodwill Event, but Satoru Gojo’s disruptive entrance derailed the introductions. After Utahime Iori resumed the proceedings, Aoi Todo singled out Yuta Okkotsu and Akutagawa Shang to ask what kind of women they liked.

• Yuta Okkotsu, Panda, and Toge Inumaki reacted with shock to Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi’s intimacy, while Maki scolded Akutagawa Shang for staring at Kirara Hoshi.
• Satoru Gojo made a theatrical entrance, handed out macarons, and provoked Utahime Iori and Principal Gakuganji until Masamichi Yaga restrained him.
• Utahime Iori introduced the Kyoto Jujutsu High participants, and Akutagawa Shang identified Noritoshi Kamo, Kasumi Miwa, Mai Zenin, Momo Nishimiya, and Mechamaru.
• Aoi Todo stepped forward, asked Yuta Okkotsu and Akutagawa Shang their names, and demanded to know what kind of women they liked.

Aoi Todo pressed Yuta Okkotsu to name the kind of woman he liked, prompting Rika to emerge and frighten the Kyoto students. After Yuta calmed her and confessed that he still loved Rika, Todo approved and turned to question Akutagawa Shang.

• Aoi Todo demanded that Yuta Okkotsu answer his question about what kind of woman he liked, while Yuta struggled with the attention.
• Rika emerged from the shadows behind Yuta and released a terrifying wave of cursed energy that left the Kyoto students shaken.
• Akutagawa Shang urged Yuta to calm Rika, and Yuta reassured her until she retreated into the shadows.
• Yuta told Todo that he would always love Rika, no matter what she became or how much time passed.
• Todo praised Yuta's love, shook his hand, and said he would seek him out during the Goodwill Event before asking Akutagawa Shang the same question.

Akutagawa Shang answered Aoi Todo’s question about his ideal woman, earning Todo’s friendship and an invitation to meet at the Goodwill Event. Mai Zenin then provoked Maki over Akutagawa, leaving him caught between the sisters as their rivalry escalated.

• Aoi Todo introduced himself to Akutagawa Shang and demanded to know what kind of woman he liked, while Maki and Mai Zenin began arguing.
• Akutagawa Shang described his preference for a tall, mature, affectionate older woman, and Aoi Todo declared them best friends before crushing him in an excited embrace.
• Aoi Todo invited Akutagawa Shang to meet him at the Goodwill Event, and Maki shyly asked whether his description had been about her.
• Mai Zenin mocked Maki and flirted with Akutagawa Shang, provoking Maki and drawing excited gossip from the students.
• Maki demanded to know whether Akutagawa Shang thought Mai was prettier, and he admitted he had looked at her before Maki started hitting him.

Utahime Iori stopped Maki and Mai from fighting as the Tokyo and Kyoto Goodwill Event began. After Gakuganji announced that Yuta Okkotsu could not fully manifest Rika Orimoto, Satoru Gojo confronted him, but Yuta accepted the restriction and the students were dismissed to prepare for the competition.

• Utahime Iori broke up Maki and Mai's argument, and Satoru Gojo told Maki to stand down before the principals began the ceremony.
• Masamichi Yaga and Principal Gakuganji announced the two-day Goodwill Event, beginning with a team cursed spirit exorcism contest and followed by individual matches.
• Gakuganji announced that Yuta Okkotsu was forbidden from fully manifesting Rika Orimoto, prompting Satoru Gojo to angrily challenge the restriction.
• Yuta Okkotsu accepted the rule, explaining that he wanted to lift Rika's curse without relying on her power, while Satoru Gojo promised to take responsibility if Yuta faced danger.
• Satoru Gojo warned Gakuganji against endangering his students, and Masamichi Yaga dismissed everyone to prepare for the competition beginning in one hour.

After Maki and the Tokyo Jujutsu High students left their confrontation with Principal Gakuganji and Kyoto Jujutsu High, Akutagawa Shang devised a no-holds-barred strategy for the Goodwill Event. The team agreed to use Yuta Okkotsu as bait while they raided Kyoto’s side, then exploit the final cursed spirit to force a legitimate fight, leaving them ready for the match.

• Maki led the Tokyo Jujutsu High students away from Principal Gakuganji and Kyoto Jujutsu High, then struggled to open the lounge door before Akutagawa Shang told her it pulled.
• Akutagawa Shang proposed that the team use every legal means to retaliate against Kyoto Jujutsu High, and Yuta Okkotsu agreed after Panda encouraged him.
• Akutagawa Shang planned to have Yuta draw Kyoto’s six students away while the rest of Tokyo’s team exorcised cursed spirits at their base.
• Akutagawa Shang argued that Yuta’s Special Grade status and vast cursed energy would let him evade the Kyoto team, and the others unanimously approved the plan.
• Akutagawa Shang proposed capturing the last Grade 2 cursed spirit to lure Kyoto into a sanctioned fight, and the team laughed and praised his strategy.
• Akutagawa Shang promised Maki that he would help her confront the people back home who had mistreated her.

Principal Gakuganji ordered the Kyoto students to kill Yuta Okkotsu during the Goodwill Event, claiming the higher-ups would cover it up as an accident. Aoi Todo refused to join the plan, and Noritoshi Kamo decided the students would attack Yuta together while preparing for Tokyo’s other fighters.

• Gakuganji told the Kyoto students that they must kill Yuta Okkotsu and explained that he could be killed safely while Rika was not manifested.
• Kasumi Miwa and Mai Zenin objected to the mission, while Noritoshi Kamo accepted Gakuganji’s instructions and confirmed that Yuta must be killed with cursed energy.
• Aoi Todo kicked down the door, refused to use dirty tactics against Yuta, and left to watch Takada-chan’s show.
• After Gakuganji left, the Kyoto students discussed whether to carry out the mission, and Kamo ordered them to surround and attack Yuta together.
• Momo Nishimiya warned that Toge Inumaki might counter them with cursed speech, and Mai volunteered to face Maki.

The sister-school Goodwill Event began, and Yuta Okkotsu was singled out by the Kyoto students. Surrounded by five of them, Yuta welcomed the fight and charged to break through their encirclement.

• Satoru Gojo opened the competition while teasing Utahime Iori and warning Principal Gakuganji not to target his students.
• Tokyo Jujutsu High split into pairs, while Yuta Okkotsu raced ahead alone.
• A Kyoto student attacked Yuta with arrows and a cursed-energy beam, but he deflected or endured each strike.
• Noritoshi Kamo, Momo Nishimiya, Mechamaru, Kasumi Miwa, and Mai Zenin emerged and surrounded Yuta.
• Yuta recognized the attack as a chance to fight the Kyoto team, then leapt toward the edge of the encirclement and told Akutagawa and the others to focus on scoring points.

Yuta Okkotsu lured Kyoto Jujutsu High away from the cursed spirits, then stopped and faced their overwhelming barrage of attacks. The chapter ended with Kyoto Jujutsu High believing they had defeated him in a massive explosion.

• Yuta Okkotsu broke through Kyoto Jujutsu High's encirclement and deliberately let them pursue him while Mei Mei concealed his movements from Satoru Gojo.
• Momo Nishimiya and Noritoshi Kamo attacked Yuta Okkotsu as he slowed down, but he deflected Kamo's arrows with his sword.
• After drawing Kyoto Jujutsu High far from the cursed spirits, Yuta Okkotsu stopped and faced the group.
• Noritoshi Kamo, Mechamaru, and Mai Zenin unleashed a coordinated barrage that engulfed Yuta Okkotsu in an explosion.
• Noritoshi Kamo and the others assumed Yuta Okkotsu had been killed and declared their mission complete.

Yuta Okkotsu survived Kyoto Jujutsu High’s barrage without injury and overwhelmed Kasumi Miwa, leaving the group stunned by his seemingly endless cursed energy. Noritoshi Kamo tried to summon a hidden cursed spirit, unaware that Maki and Akutagawa Shang had already destroyed it, and the standoff ended with a sudden clap.

• Yuta Okkotsu rushed Kasumi Miwa after Momo Nishimiya warned her, but Miwa’s Simple Domain counterattack failed to hurt him, and he knocked her away and took her sword.
• Yuta Okkotsu stood unharmed despite Kyoto Jujutsu High’s sustained attacks and declared that he had surrounded the five sorcerers.
• Noritoshi Kamo tried to summon a hidden Grade 1 Cursed Spirit with a piccolo, but nothing appeared.
• Maki restrained the Grade 1 Cursed Spirit while Akutagawa Shang destroyed it with Reverse Cursed Technique, then healed Maki’s back.
• Yuta Okkotsu and the Kyoto Jujutsu High group remained in a tense standoff until a sharp clap rang out.

Aoi Todo rescued Yuta Okkotsu from the Kyoto Jujutsu High group and challenged him to a one-on-one fight, prompting the others to flee. Mai Zenin and Kasumi Miwa ran off to find Maki Zenin, and Mai admitted that she blamed Maki for leaving her alone.

• Aoi Todo used Boogie Woogie to swap places with Yuta Okkotsu and threatened the Kyoto Jujutsu High group for surrounding him.
• Aoi Todo challenged Yuta Okkotsu to a one-on-one fight, and Yuta returned Kasumi Miwa's sword before agreeing to fight with his fists.
• Mai Zenin and Kasumi Miwa fled, while Mechamaru and Momo Nishimiya also left the battlefield; Noritoshi Kamo eventually ran after finding himself alone.
• Mai Zenin suggested that she and Kasumi Miwa target Maki Zenin, dismissing her as weak, while Kasumi Miwa questioned Mai's hostility toward her sister.
• Mai Zenin told Kasumi Miwa that Maki Zenin had left her all alone, then continued running to look for her.

Yuta Okkotsu fought Aoi Todo, who confronted him about relying on cursed energy and holding back because he feared hurting others. After breaking down in tears, Yuta chose to become stronger and faced Todo again, ready to give the fight everything he had.

• Satoru Gojo celebrated Yuta Okkotsu's return on the monitoring screen while Utahime Iori threw tea at him, and Gakuganji worried that his plan to kill Yuta might fail.
• Yuta Okkotsu and Aoi Todo traded blows until Todo deliberately took a punch and criticized Yuta for relying on cursed energy and holding back.
• Yuta Okkotsu lowered his head and cried as he remembered fearing that his power might hurt innocent people.
• Aoi Todo slapped Yuta Okkotsu and demanded to know whether he wanted to get stronger, prompting Yuta to declare that he did.
• Aoi Todo embraced Yuta Okkotsu and let him cry before Yuta stepped back and prepared to fight again without holding back.

Aoi Todo trained Yuta Okkotsu in hand-to-hand combat and cursed energy control, helping him adapt his fighting style to instinct. Their sparring ended when Yuta landed a Black Flash on a massive tree.

• Yuta Okkotsu struck Aoi Todo hard, but Todo dodged his next attacks and explained how predictable patterns made him easy to counter.
• Todo urged Yuta to trust his fighting instincts, and Yuta kicked Todo in the crotch with an unexpected move.
• Yuta and Todo resumed sparring, with Yuta using increasingly unpredictable attacks as Todo continued teaching him.
• Todo pointed out that Yuta’s cursed energy lagged behind his movements and told him to make it flow through his body instinctively.
• Yuta synchronized his cursed energy with his punch and unleashed a Black Flash that shattered part of a massive tree.

Yuta Okkotsu landed a Black Flash against Aoi Todo and entered an enhanced state, while the Kyoto students found almost no cursed spirits left on the grounds. Momo Nishimiya was caught by Kinji Hakari, Kirara Hoshi, Toge Inumaki, and Panda, who confronted her over the plot against Yuta and surrounded her for a four-on-one fight.

• Yuta Okkotsu landed a Black Flash, and Aoi Todo explained its effects before agreeing to keep fighting him.
• Satoru Gojo celebrated Yuta's achievement in the monitoring room, while Gakuganji realized the assassination plan was failing.
• Kyoto Jujutsu High searched the grounds but found only a few scattered grade 3 cursed spirits.
• Panda spotted Momo Nishimiya flying overhead, and Toge Inumaki used Cursed Speech to make her fall into a tree.
• Kinji Hakari took Momo Nishimiya's broom, and she admitted nothing as the group confronted her about the plan to kill Yuta.
• Kinji Hakari, Kirara Hoshi, Toge Inumaki, and Panda surrounded Momo Nishimiya for a four-on-one fight.

Mai Zenin and Kasumi Miwa searched the arena for Cursed Spirits, then confronted Akutagawa Shang after he caught one. Their standoff was interrupted by Maki Zenin’s arrival.

• Mai Zenin rallied a dispirited Kasumi Miwa after they heard Momo Nishimiya scream, and the two resumed searching the arena.
• Kasumi Miwa and Mai Zenin found a rustling bush and discovered Akutagawa Shang dragging out a Cursed Spirit.
• Akutagawa Shang cut off the Cursed Spirit’s legs and refused Mai Zenin’s demand to hand it over.
• Mai Zenin drew her handgun while Kasumi Miwa took a sword-drawing stance, and Akutagawa Shang prepared to fight them.
• Maki Zenin arrived and broke the standoff.

Maki Zenin arrived to find Mai Zenin trying to take Akutagawa Shang’s captured cursed spirit and challenged Mai and Kasumi Miwa alone. Maki defeated Kasumi Miwa and turned to face Mai Zenin.

• Maki Zenin reached the confrontation and learned that Mai Zenin wanted Akutagawa Shang’s cursed spirit.
• Maki refused to let Akutagawa Shang handle the fight and stepped forward to face Kasumi Miwa and Mai Zenin alone.
• Kasumi Miwa attacked Maki, but Maki overwhelmed her with powerful, rapid strikes and sent her flying with a kick.
• Kasumi Miwa activated New Shadow Style: Simple Domain, but Maki triggered its counterattack with a thrown spearhead and used the opening to take her sword.
• Maki knocked Kasumi Miwa unconscious, returned her tachi, and called on Mai Zenin to fight next.

Maki defeated Mai in their fight during the Goodwill Event team competition, but Mai’s anger over Maki leaving home left the sisters estranged. Akutagawa Shang treated Maki’s wound and ended the cursed spirit’s life as the event was declared over.

• Maki pursued Mai through the trees, deflecting her shots and severing the branch Mai stood on.
• Mai fired her final conventional bullet as she fell, grazing Maki’s shoulder, then used Construction to create one more bullet that Maki caught in her hand.
• Mai charged Maki in a rage after her trick failed, and Maki struck her down with the blunt edge of her blade.
• Mai confronted Maki about leaving home and tearfully blamed her for making her strive to become a jujutsu sorcerer; Maki apologized and left her beneath the tree.
• Akutagawa Shang treated Maki’s shoulder, then used Reverse Cursed Technique to kill the cursed spirit as the loudspeakers announced the team competition was over.