Chapter Summaries

University student Akutagawa Shang was transported to an unfamiliar Japanese street, where a cursed spirit attacked him after he found a mutilated victim in an alley. He awakened cursed energy to strike the monster, but collapsed from his injuries as a white figure appeared.

• Akutagawa Shang left his dorm to buy a late-night snack and found himself on an unfamiliar street with Japanese signs he could read.
• Akutagawa Shang entered a dark alley and discovered a mutilated person hanging from electrical wires.
• A cursed spirit blocked the alley exit, pierced Akutagawa Shang's leg, and attacked him.
• Akutagawa Shang instinctively coated his fist in cursed energy and struck the cursed spirit, forcing it to loosen its grip.
• Akutagawa Shang collapsed from blood loss as the enraged cursed spirit lunged at him, and a white figure appeared.

Akutagawa Shang woke up in a hospital after Satoru Gojo rescued him from a cursed spirit and learned he had awakened cursed energy. With no way back to his original world, he accepted Gojo’s offer to join Jujutsu High after he recovered, though he still worried about his upcoming CET-6 exam.

• Shoko Ieiri treated Akutagawa Shang’s injuries and told him he had nearly lost his leg.
• Satoru Gojo visited Akutagawa Shang and explained that he had saved him from a cursed spirit the previous night.
• Akutagawa Shang told Satoru Gojo that he had come from another world, and Gojo concluded that he had latent cursed energy.
• Satoru Gojo invited Akutagawa Shang to Jujutsu High for room, board, and training, and Akutagawa agreed to go after recovering.
• Akutagawa Shang asked about taking the CET-6 exam, then decided to rest and consider his new life at Jujutsu High.

Akutagawa Shang joined Jujutsu High and met his classmates Maki Zenin, Toge Inumaki, and Panda. Satoru Gojo announced that Akutagawa had awakened cursed energy and would learn how to use it, surprising the others.

• Akutagawa Shang entered Jujutsu High after deciding he had nowhere else to go.
• Akutagawa Shang introduced himself to Maki Zenin, Toge Inumaki, and Panda, who explained the school’s small size and the dangers jujutsu sorcerers faced.
• Satoru Gojo arrived late and introduced Akutagawa Shang as their new classmate.
• Satoru Gojo said Akutagawa Shang had awakened cursed energy the previous day and called everyone to the field for a lesson.
• Maki Zenin and the others reacted with surprise when Satoru Gojo revealed that Akutagawa Shang had cursed energy.

Akutagawa struggled to sense or control cursed energy despite demonstrations from Satoru Gojo, Panda, and Inumaki. Maki’s beating finally stirred something inside him, and he eagerly demanded that she keep hitting him.

• Akutagawa complained about the cratered field as Satoru Gojo explained cursed energy and demonstrated its destructive power.
• Akutagawa failed to sense cursed energy, and his attempts to use it produced no effect.
• Panda and Inumaki demonstrated their attacks, but Akutagawa still could not understand how to use cursed energy.
• Maki attacked Akutagawa to teach him through combat, and he began to sense faint ripples of cursed energy after being struck.
• Akutagawa charged at Maki, shouting for her to hit him again, while Satoru Gojo secretly started recording him.

Akutagawa Shang awakened Cursed Energy after Maki repeatedly beat him, but Gojo found that the energy vanished from sight because Akutagawa’s otherworldly body concealed it. The chapter ended with Akutagawa joking that Maki should keep hitting him to bring it back out.

• Akutagawa Shang begged Maki to hit him, and she repeatedly struck him with a staff until he sensed Cursed Energy.
• Akutagawa Shang released a burst of Cursed Energy, then used it to leap high into the air before Gojo rescued him from his fall.
• Gojo examined Akutagawa Shang with the Six Eyes but could not detect his Cursed Energy, and they concluded that his body from another world concealed it.
• Gojo explained that Akutagawa Shang’s undetectable energy could help him evade sorcerers but might draw attacks from Curse Users who despised non-sorcerers.
• Akutagawa Shang joked that Maki should keep beating him to make his Cursed Energy emerge again.

Akutagawa Shang finished training at Jujutsu High and discovered he could see cursed energy, including a tiny trace around Maki. Gojo assigned Akutagawa to pair with Maki for the next day's practical lesson, and Maki messaged him not to be late.

• Maki stopped chasing Akutagawa Shang, and they rested together after their playful fight brought him closer to the others.
• Akutagawa asked Satoru Gojo about the blue light around him and learned it was cursed energy; he also saw faint energy around Panda and Inumaki.
• Akutagawa noticed a nearly imperceptible glimmer around Maki and told her she had cursed energy and looked good in her glasses.
• Satoru Gojo announced that Akutagawa and Maki would be paired for the next day's practical jujutsu lesson, while Panda and Inumaki formed the other group.
• Gojo gave Akutagawa a phone with everyone's contact details, and Maki texted him not to be late the next morning.

Akutagawa Shang joined Maki and Satoru Gojo on his first practical mission at an elementary school where two children had gone missing. After Maki defeated several cursed spirits, Akutagawa followed her toward the dark classroom building.

• Akutagawa Shang rushed to meet Maki and Satoru Gojo after waking late.
• Satoru Gojo explained that they were investigating an elementary school where two children had gone missing and placed a Curtain over the campus.
• Gojo sent Maki and Akutagawa inside while he waited outside.
• Maki and Akutagawa encountered several stitched, dragon-like cursed spirits on the school grounds.
• Maki killed the cursed spirits with a sweeping strike, and Akutagawa prepared to follow her into the dark classroom building.

Akutagawa Shang and Maki investigated a school building, where a giant cursed spirit swallowed them. Trapped in its stomach with Maki's sword lodged in its throat, they found two weakened people calling for help.

• Akutagawa Shang guided Maki through the dark building, and they exorcised several weak cursed spirits.
• A wounded cursed spirit blasted Akutagawa Shang with cursed energy, but he recovered and Maki finished it off.
• Akutagawa Shang sensed a powerful curse above them, but it broke through the ceiling and swallowed him and Maki.
• Akutagawa Shang awoke inside the giant cursed spirit's stomach, where Maki said her sword was stuck in its throat and they could not escape without it.
• Akutagawa Shang and Maki heard cries for help and found two weakened people lying in the darkness.

Akutagawa Shang absorbed the curses afflicting Maki and the two children, then drew the cursed energy hidden in Maki’s body into himself, triggering her full awakening as a Heavenly Tyrant. Maki regained her strength and tore open the cursed spirit from within, leaving it screaming in pain.

• Akutagawa Shang found Maki unconscious from a cursed wound while the two children remained close to death inside the cursed spirit.
• Akutagawa Shang absorbed curses from Maki and the children, stabilizing the children and reviving Maki.
• Akutagawa Shang drew the trace of cursed energy hidden in Maki’s abdomen into himself, removing the restriction that had limited her strength.
• Maki awakened her full physical power, sensed the cursed spirit, and launched herself toward the top of its stomach.
• Maki used a long blade to slash open the cursed spirit’s flank from within and vowed to finish it.

Maki escaped the cursed spirit with Akutagawa Shang and the children, then learned that Akutagawa could temporarily remove the limitation on her strength by absorbing cursed energy. She asked if he could help her transform again, and his reassurance left her quietly pleased as they rode back to Jujutsu High.

• Maki cut through the cursed spirit's arm and head, killing it, while Akutagawa Shang and the two children escaped its body.
• Maki and Akutagawa carried the sleeping children outside and met Satoru Gojo, who praised their destructive power and called them an incredible combination.
• Akutagawa explained by message that Maki's twin sister Mai's cursed energy had made Maki's heavenly restriction incomplete, and that he had absorbed it to let her reach her complete form temporarily.
• Maki grabbed Akutagawa's collar and asked whether he could help her become that strong again, revealing how badly she wanted to gain strength and return to the Zenin Clan.
• A child woke and interrupted their close moment, and Akutagawa later promised Maki they could repeat the process and told her she had looked cool.
• Maki texted Akutagawa to get lost, then quietly agreed, smiling as they rode toward Jujutsu High.

At Jujutsu High, Shoko Ieiri healed the children and Maki, then treated Akutagawa Shang and explained reverse cursed technique to him. During treatment, Akutagawa Shang’s strange cursed energy absorbed positive energy and gave him an apparent insight into the technique, leaving him able to gather a faint white glow in his palm.

• Maki and Akutagawa Shang brought the two children to Shoko Ieiri, who examined them and learned Akutagawa had absorbed some of the curses eroding them.
• Shoko used reverse cursed technique to remove the remaining curses from the children and heal Maki’s wounds.
• Akutagawa asked Shoko to teach him reverse cursed technique, but her vague demonstration left him confused, so he agreed to be examined.
• As Shoko treated Akutagawa, his strange cursed energy absorbed positive energy and revealed the technique’s flow and transformation to him.
• After Shoko finished treating him, Akutagawa remained still, then raised his hand as a faint white glow gathered between his fingers.

Akutagawa Shang learned Reverse Cursed Technique after absorbing Shoko Ieiri’s positive energy, prompting Satoru Gojo to test his ability to absorb cursed energy. Akutagawa Shang absorbed Gojo’s energy up to his limit and began forming Blue, but collapsed before completing it.

• Akutagawa Shang demonstrated Reverse Cursed Technique, shocking Satoru Gojo and Maki.
• Akutagawa Shang explained that his body had absorbed positive energy from Shoko Ieiri’s Reverse Cursed Technique, and Satoru Gojo took him to the basement to investigate.
• Akutagawa Shang tried absorbing Satoru Gojo’s cursed energy directly, but Gojo resisted and made the process too inefficient.
• Satoru Gojo injected cursed energy into Akutagawa Shang, who absorbed it until he reached his storage limit.
• Akutagawa Shang began forming Blue, then rolled his eyes back and collapsed as the unfinished technique dissipated.

After discovering that Akutagawa Shang could use techniques tied to absorbed cursed energy, Satoru Gojo designed training to help him build his reserves and combat skills. Akutagawa agreed to spar with Maki, though her promise to train him properly left him uneasy.

• Akutagawa Shang woke after nearly injuring his brain while attempting to use Satoru Gojo's Limitless without the Six Eyes.
• Akutagawa Shang and Satoru Gojo concluded that he could use an absorbed technique only while its source's cursed energy remained in his body.
• Satoru Gojo proposed that Akutagawa Shang absorb cursed energy from attacks and improve his close combat through sparring with Maki.
• Akutagawa Shang agreed to train with Maki after Satoru Gojo threatened to make him repay his food debt.
• Maki accepted Akutagawa Shang's request after he brought her food, but warned him not to quit once training began.

Akutagawa Shang arrived at the field exhausted after a sleepless night and was teased by Panda about his opinion of women. Maki overheard his comments, accepted his apology drink, and began the extra training they had agreed on, leaving him facing fifty laps without using Cursed Energy.

• Akutagawa Shang greeted Panda and Inumaki at the field, and they remarked on his dark circles after his sleepless night.
• Panda asked Akutagawa Shang whether he preferred big boobs or flat chests, then pressed him for his opinion of Maki.
• Maki overheard Akutagawa Shang praise her looks and call her a testosterone monster, while Panda teased them and ran away.
• Akutagawa Shang offered Maki an iced Americano and blamed Panda for the rude remark; Maki said she would treat him to a meal sometime.
• Maki started Akutagawa Shang's training with fifty laps and forbade him from using Cursed Energy to reinforce himself.

Akutagawa Shang endured an exhausting training run with Maki, then shared advice with Inumaki about using Cursed Speech more efficiently. The group reacted with disgust to his cruel suggestions, though Inumaki appeared to take them seriously.

• Maki made Akutagawa Shang run fifty laps, and he collapsed into her when he could not stop in time.
• After recovering with Reverse Cursed Technique, Akutagawa Shang apologized, and Maki helped him to the cafeteria for lunch.
• Panda asked Akutagawa Shang to teach him and Inumaki Reverse Cursed Technique, but his explanation left them confused.
• Akutagawa Shang suggested that Inumaki use subtle commands such as causing cramps to reduce Cursed Speech's backlash while disrupting enemies.
• Akutagawa Shang proposed even nastier commands, prompting Maki and Panda to recoil while Inumaki silently considered the ideas.

Akutagawa Shang trained with Maki, gradually improving until he landed a hit and she challenged him to beat her. After their exhausting spar, Gojo announced that a transfer student would arrive in a couple of days and asked Akutagawa Shang to help welcome him the next day.

• Maki began weapon sparring with Akutagawa Shang and repeatedly knocked him down while correcting his stance and technique.
• Akutagawa Shang improved through repeated rounds, eventually striking Maki in the abdomen and prompting her to challenge him to beat her.
• Panda and Inumaki watched the spar and cheered as Maki and Akutagawa Shang continued fighting until they were exhausted.
• Gojo arrived and told the group that a transfer student would arrive in a couple of days.
• Gojo asked Akutagawa Shang to help pick up the unusual, withdrawn new student the next day, and Akutagawa Shang agreed.

Gojo dragged Akutagawa Shang out early to meet the transfer student, Yuta Okkotsu, and drove him recklessly to the place where Yuta was being held. They entered the heavily guarded compound to see him.

• Gojo woke Akutagawa Shang and took him along to pick up Yuta Okkotsu, explaining that Yuta had been confined after a powerful entity possessed him and injured bullies.
• Akutagawa Shang read Yuta's file and supported his enrollment, while Gojo said he had persuaded the higher-ups to let the boy attend Jujutsu High.
• Gojo drove at high speed through Tokyo traffic, terrifying Akutagawa Shang before stopping at a guarded compound on the outskirts.
• Gojo spoke with the sorcerers guarding the sealed building, and Akutagawa Shang followed him inside to meet Yuta Okkotsu.

Satoru Gojo and Akutagawa Shang visited Yuta Okkotsu in the execution holding facility and persuaded him to join Jujutsu High. Yuta accepted their offer, leaving the dark building with them.

• Akutagawa Shang entered the talisman-covered holding facility with Satoru Gojo and found a twisted knife on the floor.
• Satoru Gojo showed the knife to Yuta Okkotsu, who explained that he had tried to kill himself but Rika had stopped him.
• Satoru Gojo told Yuta he would attend a new school, while Yuta said he feared hurting others and wanted to be killed.
• Akutagawa Shang reassured Yuta that the students at Jujutsu High would not fear him and introduced Satoru Gojo as a powerful sorcerer who could keep Rika from harming anyone.
• Akutagawa Shang explained that Yuta could use his cursed energy to save people, and Yuta accepted their invitation to join Jujutsu High.
• Yuta left the holding facility with Satoru Gojo and Akutagawa Shang.

Yuta Okkotsu arrived at Jujutsu High as a transfer student, where Rika’s powerful curse frightened his new classmates before Gojo helped calm the situation. After the group welcomed Yuta, Gojo assigned him to practical combat training with Akutagawa Shang.

• Akutagawa Shang avoided riding with Gojo, while Yuta endured Gojo’s reckless drive back to Jujutsu High.
• Akutagawa helped Yuta recover in the dorms, then pushed him into the classroom to meet his new classmates.
• Panda, Maki, and the others mistook Yuta’s visible cursed aura for an attack and cornered him, prompting Rika to emerge and strike them.
• Gojo blocked Rika’s next attack, and Yuta persuaded her to retreat before Akutagawa explained that Yuta carried a Special Grade curse and had been spared execution.
• The classmates welcomed Yuta, and Gojo paired him with Akutagawa for practical combat training while Maki left for another task.

Akutagawa Shang and Yuta Okkotsu went to an abandoned hospital to exorcise a suspected Grade 2 Cursed Spirit and search for missing demolition workers. After explaining Yuta’s Special Grade status and helping him stop blaming himself for Rika’s power, Akutagawa led him toward the basement, where the cursed energy was strongest.

• Akutagawa Shang complained to Ijichi about Satoru Gojo before Gojo sent him and Yuta Okkotsu on a mission to an abandoned hospital.
• Satoru Gojo briefed them on the hospital’s disappearances and suspected Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, then left Akutagawa to lower a Curtain and lead the mission.
• Akutagawa lowered the Curtain and explained the sorcerer ranks, telling Yuta that he was one of Jujutsu Society’s four Special Grade Sorcerers.
• Yuta blamed Rika for his power, so Akutagawa shook him out of his self-recrimination and led him toward the basement, where cursed energy gathered.