Chapter Summaries

Akutagawa Shang brought Noritoshi Kamo to Kyoto Jujutsu High’s Training Ground and began training him to become strong enough to seize control of the Kamo Clan. After Gojo and Akutagawa failed to teach him Reverse Cursed Technique, Akutagawa called Maki over to help.

• Akutagawa Shang asked Utahime Iori to lead the group to Kyoto Jujutsu High’s Training Ground.
• Akutagawa told Noritoshi Kamo that he needed to become clan head immediately and that gaining strength was essential to taking control of the Kamo Clan.
• Akutagawa identified Blood Manipulation’s blood consumption as Noritoshi’s main weakness and chose Reverse Cursed Technique as the focus of his training.
• Satoru Gojo demonstrated Reverse Cursed Technique, but Noritoshi did not understand his explanation.
• Akutagawa Shang demonstrated healing a wound with Reverse Cursed Technique, but Noritoshi remained confused, so Akutagawa called Maki over.

Akutagawa Shang arranged for Maki Zenin to spar with Noritoshi Kamo in the hope that a dangerous fight would help Kamo learn Reverse Cursed Technique. After Maki and Kamo began training, Satoru Gojo remembered that Megumi Fushiguro also needed a plan to grow stronger, and Akutagawa Shang reminded him of his future role as the Zenin Clan’s Executive Deputy Head of the Family.

• Akutagawa Shang explained that Maki Zenin would spar with Noritoshi Kamo, claiming that a near-death fight could help him learn Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Maki agreed to spar seriously with Kamo, and he followed her to an open space despite his fear of being badly injured.
• Akutagawa Shang and Satoru Gojo watched Maki and Kamo prepare to fight.
• Satoru Gojo remembered that Megumi Fushiguro needed a training plan too, startling Megumi, who had nearly been forgotten.
• Akutagawa Shang reminded Megumi that he was expected to become the Zenin Clan’s Executive Deputy Head of the Family, and Megumi asked how he should get stronger.

Akutagawa Shang explained that Megumi Fushiguro could strengthen his Ten Shadows Technique by subduing more Shikigami, then proposed using Cursed Tools during the rituals. He turned to Mai to supply the tools, leaving Megumi’s plan to subdue his Shikigami about to begin.

• Akutagawa Shang contrasted Noritoshi Kamo’s Blood Manipulation training with Megumi Fushiguro’s need to develop his Ten Shadows Technique.
• Megumi admitted he had subdued only the Divine Dogs, surprising Akutagawa Shang and Satoru Gojo.
• Megumi explained that outsiders could help defeat a Shikigami during a Subjugation Ritual, but that would make the ritual fail to subdue it.
• Akutagawa Shang proposed bringing Cursed Tools into the ritual because they were not people and would not count as outside participants.
• Akutagawa Shang told Megumi not to worry about finding powerful Cursed Tools and called on Mai as the specialist.

Satoru Gojo and the others tested Nue’s lightning during Megumi Fushiguro’s Shikigami taming ritual, then prepared Megumi to face it with armor and cursed weapons. Megumi began the next summoning with everyone else standing clear.

• Mai Zenin created a grounded metal shield that protected the group from Nue’s lightning, though a second strike burned Satoru Gojo’s fingers when he touched it.
• Satoru Gojo destroyed Nue with Red after Akutagawa Shang suggested they had learned enough about its abilities and attack patterns.
• Akutagawa Shang explained Nue’s strengths and weakness to Megumi Fushiguro, and the group built steel frames to restrict its flight.
• Megumi Fushiguro equipped silicone armor, a cursed tool heavy machine gun, cursed energy grenades, and an RPG-style cursed tool rocket launcher.
• Satoru Gojo told everyone to retreat, and Megumi Fushiguro summoned Nue again to begin the taming ritual.

Megumi Fushiguro trapped Nue in Mai’s steel framework and defeated it with a Cursed Energy RPG Launcher after its lightning destroyed his machine gun. The Subjugation Ritual succeeded, and Nue emerged from Megumi’s shadow affectionately nuzzling him.

• Mai constructed a steel framework that stopped Nue from flying freely, allowing Megumi Fushiguro to shoot and injure it with a heavy machine gun.
• Nue unleashed Purple Thunder, melting the bullets and destroying the machine gun, but Megumi Fushiguro dodged the attack.
• Nue began melting the steel framework with lightning, so Megumi Fushiguro fired a Cursed Energy RPG Launcher at it.
• The rocket exploded against Nue, killing it and completing the Subjugation Ritual.
• Megumi Fushiguro summoned Nue again, and it emerged from his shadow and nuzzled him affectionately.

Megumi Fushiguro continued subjugating Shikigami, defeating Great Serpent, Toad, and Rabbit Escape with explosives and a road roller. Akutagawa Shang arranged an unusual showdown for Max Elephant, and a huge suspended villa began falling toward the pink elephant.

• Megumi Fushiguro resumed the Subjugation Rituals after subjugating Nue.
• Megumi Fushiguro used grenades to kill Great Serpent from inside its body.
• Megumi Fushiguro crushed Toad with a road roller and then killed Rabbit Escape's original rabbit the same way.
• Akutagawa Shang excitedly proposed a plan to Satoru Gojo, Mai, and Megumi Fushiguro for Max Elephant's ritual.
• Megumi Fushiguro summoned Max Elephant as a huge villa suspended by a tower crane began dropping toward it.

Megumi Fushiguro defeated Max Elephant in the fifth Subjugation Ritual with his Shikigami and a falling villa. Though exhausted and drained of Cursed Energy, he insisted on continuing to attempt Round Deer's ritual after Akutagawa Shang healed his injuries.

• Akutagawa Shang played music as Megumi Fushiguro began battling Max Elephant.
• Megumi Fushiguro used Toad, the Divine Dogs, Nue, and Great Serpent to restrain and attack Max Elephant.
• Megumi Fushiguro dropped a villa onto the bound Max Elephant, killing it and completing the fifth Subjugation Ritual.
• Satoru Gojo congratulated Megumi Fushiguro, but Megumi insisted he could subdue another Shikigami.
• Akutagawa Shang healed Megumi Fushiguro's physical injuries, and Megumi began Round Deer's Subjugation Ritual.

Noritoshi Kamo reattached his severed arm with Reverse Cursed Technique and revealed that he had grasped the core of Jujutsu. After demonstrating a reversal of Blood Manipulation that could control and drain blood from injured opponents, he and Maki ended their fight and headed back to Akutagawa Shang and the others.

• Noritoshi Kamo used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal and reattach his severed arm, then declared that he had grasped the core of Jujutsu.
• Noritoshi Kamo resumed fighting Maki, using blood to fly and raining sharpened blood projectiles down on her.
• Maki discovered that Noritoshi Kamo's Cursed Technique Reversal was slowing her wounds' healing and draining her blood.
• Noritoshi Kamo explained that his reversal let him control and absorb blood from enemies he had injured, then removed its effect from Maki.
• Maki called off the fight, satisfied that Noritoshi Kamo had learned Reverse Cursed Technique, and walked back toward Akutagawa Shang and the others with him following.

Akutagawa Shang treated Maki Zenin after her brief training with Noritoshi Kamo, whose new Reverse Cursed Technique left her astonished. After Principal Gakuganji confronted Satoru Gojo over the ruined Training Ground, Aoi Todo challenged Akutagawa to test how much stronger he had become.

• Maki told Akutagawa Shang that Noritoshi Kamo had recovered from severe injuries and awakened Reverse Cursed Technique during their fight, and Akutagawa healed her remaining wounds.
• Noritoshi Kamo demonstrated that he could remove and reattach his arm using Reverse Cursed Technique, while Akutagawa assessed his training results.
• Maki noticed the Training Ground's extensive damage, and Akutagawa explained that it had occurred during Megumi Fushiguro's special training.
• Principal Gakuganji arrived and angrily demanded an explanation from Satoru Gojo, who promised to pay for repairs.
• Aoi Todo sensed Akutagawa Shang's increased strength and launched a challenge, so Akutagawa prepared to fight him.

Akutagawa Shang defeated Aoi Todo in a sparring match, inspiring Todo to train harder and meet him again at next year's Sister Goodwill Event. After the others left, the group planned Noritoshi Kamo's takeover of the Kamo Clan in three days, and Akutagawa asked Kamo where Mechamaru lived.

• Akutagawa Shang caught Todo's attacks, countered with a series of blows, and defeated him in their sparring match.
• Todo praised Akutagawa, then vowed to get stronger and challenge him again at next year's Sister Goodwill Event.
• After Satoru Gojo sent Principal Gakuganji away, Noritoshi Kamo asked what the group would do next.
• Gojo explained that Akutagawa would accompany Kamo to the Kamo Clan while Gojo kept the Jujutsu Higher-Ups occupied.
• Akutagawa ordered Kamo to strengthen his fighting ability and take over as clan head in three days, while Gojo would handle Megumi Fushiguro.
• Akutagawa stopped Kamo as he was leaving and asked where Mechamaru lived.

Akutagawa Shang told Kokichi Muta that a future special grade cursed spirit could heal his body and recruited him to pose as a double agent for Jujutsu High. Muta agreed, and Akutagawa promised that he and Gojo would ambush the curse users during the treatment and help him escape afterward.

• Akutagawa Shang admitted that he could not heal Kokichi Muta himself but said a future special grade cursed spirit could alter souls and restore him.
• Akutagawa explained that the curse users would offer to heal Muta in exchange for a binding vow and intelligence from Jujutsu High.
• Akutagawa instructed Muta to accept their offer and pass along only screened intelligence while secretly reporting their movements if possible.
• Motivated by his hope of becoming normal again, Kokichi Muta agreed to act as a double agent under the codename Mechamaru.
• After learning he would likely lose a fight against the curse users, Muta heard Akutagawa's plan for him to signal Gojo and Akutagawa, escape after the treatment, and let them ambush his enemies.

Kokichi Muta agreed to secretly help Akutagawa Shang in exchange for the chance to be cured, and gave him a prototype communicator. Akutagawa left excited by the prospect of piloting Ultimate Mechamaru once he learned Puppet Manipulation.

• Kokichi Muta accepted Akutagawa Shang’s offer and activated a Mechamaru puppet to hand him a communicator.
• Kokichi explained that the communicator worked independently of modern signals and that only two prototypes existed.
• Akutagawa asked to pilot Ultimate Mechamaru, and Kokichi explained that Puppet Manipulation was required to activate it.
• Akutagawa concluded that learning Puppet Manipulation would let him pilot the giant mecha and asked Kokichi to save it for him.
• After Akutagawa left, Kokichi decided to practice being a secret agent and brought up a video titled "The Self-Cultivation of a Secret Agent".

After several days of training Noritoshi Kamo and Megumi Fushiguro, Akutagawa Shang accompanied Noritoshi to the Kamo Clan headquarters. When they found that the secluded clan could only be reached by climbing a mountain, Akutagawa decided to carry Noritoshi toward the summit by launching them into the air.

• Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo left Kyoto Jujutsu High for the Kamo Clan headquarters while Gojo Satoru and the others prepared to return to Tokyo.
• Ijichi drove Akutagawa and Noritoshi as far as the mountain road allowed, where they found no buildings or signs of the clan.
• Noritoshi explained that the conservative Kamo Clan headquarters lay in the mountains and could only be reached on foot.
• Akutagawa Shang picked up Noritoshi Kamo and launched them toward the summit, startling Noritoshi with the sudden flight.

Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo reached the Head of the Family's Room so Noritoshi Kamo could confront his father, but Kamo Anzai tried to stop them. After Akutagawa Shang knocked Anzai unconscious, Noritoshi Kamo opened the door with a shout, and strange noises came from inside.

• Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo headed for the Head of the Family's Room without being stopped by the other clan members.
• Kamo Anzai blocked their way and refused to let Noritoshi Kamo enter because the family head had ordered everyone to stay out.
• Akutagawa Shang tricked Kamo Anzai into turning around and knocked him unconscious with a chop to the neck.
• Akutagawa Shang carried Kamo Anzai up the steps, and he and Noritoshi Kamo heard strange noises from behind the door.
• Noritoshi Kamo opened the door and shouted, "FBI, open the door-!!!"

Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo found the Kamo Clan head with two concubines and subdued him when he resisted. Noritoshi asked his father to give up the clan head position, and Akutagawa pressed him for an answer.

• Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo entered the Head of the Family's Room, where they found the Kamo Clan head with two concubines.
• The Kamo Clan head noticed Akutagawa Shang and ordered Noritoshi Kamo to throw him out, but Noritoshi refused.
• Akutagawa Shang dislocated the old man's jaw and limbs, knocked the concubines unconscious, and disrupted his Cursed Energy with a punch.
• Noritoshi Kamo asked his father to let someone else take over as clan head, suggesting himself.
• Akutagawa Shang kicked the old man and demanded to know whether he would give up his position.

After Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo forced the old clan head to comply, he agreed to step down and make Noritoshi Kamo the new head of the Kamo Clan. The old clan head gave up checking the decree, leaving its details to the others.

• Akutagawa Shang woke Kamo Anzai, who hurried to tend to the bloodied old clan head.
• The old clan head ordered Kamo Anzai to prepare a bath and change of clothes while Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo waited outside.
• The old clan head told Kamo Anzai to draft a decree naming Noritoshi Kamo as his successor and to gather the clan members.
• Kamo Anzai quickly assembled the clan members and brought the written decree to the old clan head.
• Akutagawa Shang and Noritoshi Kamo reviewed the decree, and the old clan head declined to check it, saying the outcome would not change.

Kamo Anzai read the former clan head’s decree announcing his retirement and Noritoshi Kamo’s succession. The elders rejected Noritoshi’s appointment, and the former clan head told them to take their objections to his son.

• Kamo Anzai gathered the Kamo Clan members and announced that he would read a decree from the clan head.
• Kamo Anzai read that the former clan head was stepping down and that Noritoshi Kamo would succeed him.
• The elders protested the abdication and begged the former clan head to rescind his decree.
• The former clan head claimed his health prevented him from continuing and said Noritoshi could lead the clan.
• The elders declared Noritoshi unsuited to become clan head, but the former clan head told them to discuss the matter with Noritoshi.