Chapter Summaries

Akutagawa Shang and Yuta Okkotsu discovered an underground room where a cursed spirit had been born from years of organ trafficking and slaughter. After Akutagawa Shang killed it, they found themselves trapped behind a door that would not open.

• Akutagawa Shang warned Yuta Okkotsu to call out Rika if the fight became dangerous, and they descended into the hidden basement.
• They found the dismembered remains of two missing workers and learned that the hospital had harvested organs from both dead and living victims.
• Akutagawa Shang identified the stitched-together cursed spirit and attacked it while Yuta Okkotsu watched.
• Akutagawa Shang dodged the spirit's tentacles and cut it in half, killing it without Yuta Okkotsu needing to use Rika.
• Yuta Okkotsu discovered the iron door had shut, and Akutagawa Shang could not force it open even with a cursed-energy-infused kick.

Akutagawa Shang fought the hospital-bound cursed spirit, which repeatedly regenerated and attacked him through the building. After Akutagawa was badly wounded and Yuta Okkotsu overcame his fear, Yuta summoned Rika Orimoto and came to his aid.

• The hospital transformed into the cursed spirit’s body, trapping Akutagawa Shang and Yuta Okkotsu inside a domain-like space.
• Akutagawa Shang attacked the spirit’s enormous flesh form, but it regenerated and revealed that the hospital had to be destroyed to kill it.
• The spirit overwhelmed Akutagawa Shang with endless tentacles, and one pierced his chest and hurled him into a wall.
• Yuta Okkotsu blamed himself for leaving Akutagawa to fight alone and resolved to save him.
• Yuta Okkotsu put on his ring and fully manifested Rika Orimoto, then hurried to Akutagawa Shang’s side.

Yuta Okkotsu commanded Rika to destroy the cursed spirit and the warped hospital, saving himself and Akutagawa Shang. Afterward, Yuta resolved to break his curse, while a monk-robed man secretly watched and coveted Rika.

• Akutagawa Shang pretended to lose consciousness, and Yuta Okkotsu blamed himself for letting his senior fight alone.
• Yuta Okkotsu ordered Rika to destroy everything, and she crushed the cursed spirit and demolished the hospital until its altered space returned to normal.
• Satoru Gojo praised Yuta Okkotsu and Akutagawa Shang, then left to confront those responsible for the mission's incorrect information.
• Akutagawa Shang listened as Yuta Okkotsu told him how he and Rika had met, and Yuta resolved to break the curse at Jujutsu High.
• A monk-robed man picked up Yuta Okkotsu's student ID and said he wanted Rika for himself.

Satoru Gojo confronted the higher-ups over their treatment of Yuta Okkotsu and their manipulation of a mission, then returned to Jujutsu High as Yuta and Akutagawa Shang began training. The chapter ended with Maki sparring against both students as Yuta steadily improved.

• Satoru Gojo forced his way into the council chamber and accused the higher-ups of concealing the danger of Yuta Okkotsu's mission.
• Satoru Gojo threatened the higher-ups, warned them not to reinstate Yuta Okkotsu's execution, and demanded that they promote Akutagawa Shang.
• Kenjaku considered Akutagawa Shang's promotion and decided that a Grade 4 Sorcerer would not affect his plans.
• Satoru Gojo destroyed the council chamber with Blue and left the higher-ups exposed before returning to Jujutsu High.
• Maki checked Akutagawa Shang for injuries, then agreed to spar with him and Yuta Okkotsu.
• Akutagawa Shang attacked Maki head-on while Yuta Okkotsu repeatedly charged back into the fight and gradually improved.

After several days of training, Yuta Okkotsu and Akutagawa Shang received new equipment and instructions from Satoru Gojo. Gojo assigned Akutagawa to train Yuta in cursed energy, and Yuta returned to the field eager to improve.

• Yuta Okkotsu and Akutagawa Shang showed progress sparring with Maki, while Maki pulled Panda into a sparring match.
• Satoru Gojo brought Yuta Okkotsu and Akutagawa Shang to the cursed weapons room and explained that Yuta could undo Rika Orimoto's curse by channeling it into a sword.
• Yuta Okkotsu chose a tachi, and Satoru Gojo gave Akutagawa Shang a glove that could absorb cursed energy, resist cursed energy attacks, and form a defensive barrier.
• Satoru Gojo explained that Yuta needed to build his cursed energy capacity and swordsmanship, then put Akutagawa Shang in charge of training him.
• Yuta Okkotsu and Akutagawa Shang returned to the training field, where Panda fled behind them to escape Maki, and Yuta began training with his new sword.

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.