Recaps

Kento Nanami entered Jujutsu High’s entrance examination, where Yu Haibara befriended him and explained that he wanted to become a sorcerer to protect his sister. When a spider cursed spirit appeared, Yu Haibara rushed to fight it, and Nanami joined him.

• Minako withdrew from the examination, while the remaining teenagers entered the abandoned apartment building.
• Kento Nanami was isolated by the other applicants until Yu Haibara approached him and made him his teammate.
• Yu Haibara told Nanami that he wanted to become a sorcerer to protect his younger sister, prompting Nanami to resolve to use Chingetsu’s gifted blade to cut away his uncertainty.
• The applicants encountered a spider-shaped cursed spirit, and five teenagers withdrew in fear.
• Yu Haibara charged the cursed spirit to shield Nanami, and Nanami joined the fight as the other three teammates watched from the sidelines.

Kento Nanami rescued Yu Haibara from the spider Cursed Spirit and stopped him from rushing into a stronger cockroach-like Cursed Spirit guarding the rooftop. When the creature held Kana hostage and opened the way to the rooftop, it forced the candidates to choose between completing the assessment and helping her; the chapter ended as Nanami told Haibara to go ahead.

• Kento Nanami killed the spider Cursed Spirit with his Ratio Technique, then helped Yu Haibara up while ignoring Kana's attempt to win his protection.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto identified Nanami as the candidate who had exorcised the spider Cursed Spirit.
• Kento Nanami stopped Yu Haibara at the rooftop door, but Kana's group passed them and the cockroach-like Cursed Spirit seized Kana.
• Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara prepared to fight, but the cockroach-like Cursed Spirit opened the rooftop door and left them to choose whether to abandon Kana or face it.
• Kana's two teammates ignored her pleas and went through the door, after which Kento Nanami told Yu Haibara to go ahead too.

Chingetsu investigated the curse at Takiyama Reservoir and drew a giant frog cursed spirit out of the water. He confronted the Grade 2 spirit after discovering it used human corpses as bait.

• Kento Nanami chose to stop running away, attacked the cockroach cursed spirit, and was caught by Satoru Gojo before he could land his strike.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto selected Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami as Jujutsu High's new students.
• After learning Nanami had passed the entrance examination, Chingetsu accepted a job at Takiyama Reservoir and drove there with his sleeping pink cat.
• Chingetsu found a bloated corpse attached to a fishing rod and realized the reservoir's curse used people as bait.
• Chingetsu hauled a giant frog cursed spirit from the water and identified it as a Grade 2 spirit that had eaten many people.

Chingetsu exorcised the frog cursed spirit at Takiyama Reservoir, then discovered that a member of the Seven Deadly Sins had tried to steal the special grade cursed object in his bar. The story left off at Jujutsu High, where Masamichi Yaga assigned Kento Nanami to Satoru Gojo and Yu Haibara to Suguru Geto.

• Chingetsu battered the frog cursed spirit, then used Killer Queen to destroy it and collect cursed energy.
• Chingetsu sensed that someone had touched the special grade cursed object in the Dawn Bar.
• Greed, a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, lost his hand to the box's trap and fled, intent on remembering the bar.
• Chingetsu returned to the bar, reset the trap, erased the bloodstains, and decided it needed a security guard.
• Masamichi Yaga reviewed Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara's entrance results and assigned Nanami to Satoru Gojo and Haibara to Suguru Geto.

Kento Nanami woke in the hospital after passing the assessment and celebrated his admission to Jujutsu High with food from Chingetsu. Chingetsu discussed replacing Nanami at the bar and protecting those around him, while Utahime Iori wondered why her beer had lost its taste and Shoko Ieiri declared she was lovesick.

• Masamichi Yaga assigned Satoru Gojo to mentor Nanami, and Gojo fled after objecting.
• Kento Nanami woke to find Yu Haibara and Satoru Gojo at his bedside and realized he had passed the assessment.
• Chingetsu cooked Spanish garlic lobster for Nanami to celebrate his admission, reminding Nanami of their first meeting and his connection to the Dawn Bar.
• Satoru Gojo said Yu Haibara would learn from Suguru Geto while he mentored Nanami, and Chingetsu discussed finding people to replace Nanami at the bar.
• Chingetsu revealed he wanted an old gatekeeper to help protect the people around him and considered two possible candidates.
• Utahime Iori told Shoko Ieiri her beer had lost its taste, and Shoko suggested she was lovesick.

Chingetsu collected payment for a mission and refused Ku€€ Honichi’s request to remove the Cursed Technique he had placed on him. Chingetsu agreed to lift it if Ku€€ Honichi provided information on ten Grade 2 Cursed Spirits, while Utahime Iori’s growing interest in Chingetsu left Shoko Ieiri plotting to get her drunk and pry out the details.

• Utahime Iori blushed while thinking about Chingetsu, and Shoko Ieiri invited her to karaoke so she could get her drunk and uncover the gossip.
• Chingetsu learned that Kento Nanami could enroll at Jujutsu High once he was discharged from the hospital.
• Ku€€ Honichi brought Chingetsu his mission payment at a kyudo hall and asked him to remove the Cursed Technique placed on him.
• Chingetsu threatened Ku€€ Honichi and demanded information on ten Grade 2 Cursed Spirits in exchange for lifting the technique.
• Ku€€ Honichi accepted the task, while Chingetsu considered how the information could help him build Cursed Energy and unlock Crazy Diamond.

Chingetsu defeated Yusuke Zenin after catching him spying and trying to steal the briefcase, then decided to travel to save Mimiko and Nanako. He booked a flight and was interrupted at the bar by Satoru Gojo, who noticed his travel plans.

• Chingetsu exposed the swordfish Shikigami hiding in the bath and erased its mist concealment before cutting off its bill and fins.
• Chingetsu blasted Yusuke Zenin out of the drain, learned that Yusuke had planned to steal the money and frame Kusumoto Hajime, then erased him.
• Chingetsu returned to the bar with the briefcase after leaving money to cover the archery hall’s repairs.
• Chingetsu searched for Mimiko and Nanako’s location, decided to save them, and booked the earliest available flight for the next day.
• Satoru Gojo appeared at the bar, teased Chingetsu about traveling, and asked where he was going.

Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara arrived at Jujutsu High, where Satoru Gojo showed them around and introduced them to Masamichi Yaga. After Yaga announced afternoon combat training, Nanami resolved to face his powerful seniors without letting Chingetsu down.

• Satoru Gojo declined Chingetsu's invitation to attend the first-years' enrollment and asked him to reopen the bar.
• Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara arrived at Jujutsu High and learned from Suguru Geto why the campus felt eerie.
• Satoru Gojo showed the first-years their dorms and persuaded Nanami to take the room he recommended.
• Satoru Gojo brought Nanami and Haibara to meet Masamichi Yaga, who welcomed them and announced practical combat training for the afternoon.
• Satoru Gojo explained that upperclassmen would spar with the first-years, and Nanami resolved to fight despite his seniors' strength.

Kento Nanami faced Satoru Gojo in practical training and struggled to keep up with his speed and strength. Nanami used Ratio Technique to shatter Gojo’s table knife, creating an opening as their fight continued.

• Satoru Gojo took Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara to the cafeteria, then paired Nanami with himself and Haibara with Suguru Geto for practical training.
• Gojo struck Nanami with a fast punch, but Nanami recovered and resolved to find an opening with his cursed technique.
• Nanami charged Gojo, who blocked his curse-marked short blade with an ordinary cafeteria table knife.
• After trading rapid blows, Gojo launched a powerful attack, and Nanami chose to meet it head-on.
• Nanami used Ratio Technique and Collapse to crack and shatter Gojo’s table knife, briefly distracting him.

Kento Nanami impressed Satoru Gojo during practical training but was defeated once Gojo used Blue, and Masamichi Yaga ordered Gojo to repair the damaged field. After Shoko Ieiri healed Nanami and Yu Haibara, Utahime Iori recognized Nanami from Chingetsu’s bar, and Gojo began plotting to bring her to meet Chingetsu.

• Kento Nanami launched an all-or-nothing attack, but Satoru Gojo used Blue to shatter it and end their sparring match.
• Satoru Gojo praised Nanami, then Suguru Geto fought Yu Haibara and left him bruised before Masamichi Yaga commended both first-years.
• Masamichi Yaga ordered Gojo to repair the field, and Gojo tried to enlist Geto to help him.
• Shoko Ieiri used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal Nanami and Haibara after Gojo promised to take her somewhere with plenty of alcohol.
• Utahime Iori arrived, recognized Nanami from Chingetsu’s bar, and confronted Gojo about what he knew of Chingetsu.
• Gojo wondered whether Utahime had feelings for Chingetsu and laughed at the thought of bringing her to meet him.

Chingetsu encountered Lust carrying Sukuna's Finger at the airport, then discovered that the cursed object was drawing Grade 1 curses toward his plane. He broke into the cockpit to protect the flight, where the captain’s hand appeared stuck to the controls.

• Chingetsu entered the airport lounge and found Lust holding Sukuna's Finger, but left without confronting her.
• Lust watched Chingetsu leave, while Utahime Iori asked Shoko Ieiri what it felt like to like someone.
• Chingetsu boarded the plane and noticed that Lust was seated behind him in first class.
• Chingetsu spotted a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit outside the plane and realized Sukuna's Finger would attract more curses, possibly toward the cockpit.
• Chingetsu used Bites the Dust to cut through the cockpit door and warned the captain not to press a button, noting that his hand seemed unable to move.

Chingetsu exorcised a cursed spirit controlling the captain and confronted a slime cursed spirit attacking the plane, leaving them facing off above the aircraft. The chapter then ended with an author’s note about the story going premium.

• Chingetsu used The Hand to exorcise the octopus-like cursed spirit controlling the captain’s arm and explained the danger to him.
• Chingetsu told the captain to keep flying and used Killer Queen’s ability to make the captain’s uniform a bomb that could destroy any cursed spirit that touched him.
• When a green slime cursed spirit covered the cockpit windshield, Chingetsu tore through the plane’s outer shell and used his ability to reach the aircraft’s top.
• The slime cursed spirit transformed into a vulture and flew up as Chingetsu insulted it, prompting it to rage at him.
• The author posted a note announcing the book’s premium release and describing the motivation behind writing the story.

Nanami recalled his return to Jujutsu High, his bond with Gojo and Haibara, and his final moments in Shibuya before the author added a note about the novel. In the next scene, Chingetsu fought the Slime Cursed Spirit and tore off its wings, while the curse regenerated and began to fear him.

• Nanami returned to Jujutsu High after leaving his office job, and Gojo told him that he had killed Geto and lost his body.
• Nanami urged Gojo to take responsibility for recovering Geto's remains, and they mourned their friend through a long phone conversation.
• During the Shibuya incident, Nanami continued fighting despite his exhaustion, remembered Haibara, and entrusted the rest to Itadori before dying.
• The author explained that the novel aimed to give its characters a happier ending and asked readers to support the paid chapters.
• Chingetsu used Bites the Dust to appear above the Slime Cursed Spirit and tore off its wings.
• The Slime Cursed Spirit regenerated its wings, but Chingetsu's speed and brutal attacks left it frightened.

Chingetsu killed a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit that attacked the plane, then returned to first class and confronted the dangerous Lust. The chapter ended with him warning her that she would die if she came any closer.

• Chingetsu beat the slime Cursed Spirit into submission after it changed into a gray wolf and tried to retreat.
• Lust ordered the Cursed Spirits gathered in first class to withdraw and watched Chingetsu with interest.
• Chingetsu used Killer Queen to destroy the slime Cursed Spirit, then deactivated a bomb on the captain’s clothing in the cockpit.
• Chingetsu returned to first class, where Lust approached him with wine and invited him to drink.
• Chingetsu warned Lust not to take another step, and she stopped when she realized he was serious.

Chingetsu tracked down Mimiko Hasaba and Nanako Hasaba, who were being abused and held in a cage by their village chief. He offered to buy the sisters for five million yen and led the greedy chief outside to collect the money.

• Chingetsu arrived at the village and paid local women to direct him to the village chief’s house.
• Mimiko and Nanako huddled together in their cage as the village chief blamed them for the village’s misfortunes and mistreated them.
• Chingetsu entered the chief’s house and offered to buy the sisters.
• The village chief raised his asking price from five hundred thousand yen to five million, and Chingetsu agreed.
• Chingetsu told the sisters to wait while he took the village chief outside to get the money.

Chingetsu stopped the Village Chief and Ueda from stealing his money, then killed them after they tried to murder him. He freed the imprisoned sisters and invited them to come home with him.

• Chingetsu showed the Village Chief a case full of cash, and the Village Chief silently ordered Ueda to kill him and take it.
• Killer Queen restrained Ueda, and Chingetsu seized Ueda’s hammer and smashed both of his feet.
• Chingetsu split Ueda in two and killed the Village Chief after mocking his greed and cruelty.
• Chingetsu went to the Village Chief’s house, erased part of the cage holding the two sisters, and invited them to come home with him.

Chingetsu rescued Nanako and Mimiko, arranged their adoption, and took them shopping for new clothes while Shiki planned to attack his bar with a skeletal army. The chapter ended as Yu Haibara prepared to thank Kento Nanami with a meal at a sushi restaurant.

• Chingetsu left the village with Nanako and Mimiko and began handling their adoption paperwork.
• Shiki showed Kimura €€suke his White Bone Kingdom and planned to exhaust Chingetsu before attacking him with his skeletal army.
• Chingetsu took Nanako and Mimiko to a clothing store, reassured Nanako he would not abandon them, and chose new clothes for them.
• Chingetsu admired Nanako and Mimiko and thought they could become poster girls for the Dawn Bar.
• Yu Haibara arranged a sushi meal to thank Kento Nanami and eagerly wondered whether Nanami liked mackerel sushi.

Yu Haibara fought a powerful mackerel cursed spirit that trapped him in an alley and nearly ate him. Satoru Gojo and Kento Nanami arrived just as Haibara was captured.

• Yu Haibara spotted the mackerel cursed spirit emerging from the Sushi Restaurant sign and lured it into an alley to keep it away from the crowd.
• Yu Haibara escaped its grasping arms and fought back, but the cursed spirit took his phone and grew four additional arms after he broke one of its limbs.
• The mackerel cursed spirit restrained Yu Haibara and dragged him toward its mouth, declaring that it wanted wasabi.
• Satoru Gojo and Kento Nanami arrived, and Yu Haibara realized he was still alive.
• Satoru Gojo confronted the mackerel cursed spirit as it threatened Yu Haibara.

Satoru Gojo stopped a Zenin Clan assassination attempt on Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami, while the clan’s agents considered hiring Toji Fushiguro to deal with him. After warning his juniors that humans were also their enemies, Gojo left with Haibara and Nanami; elsewhere, Chingetsu encountered a bald man who coveted Mimiko and Nanako’s cursed energy.

• Satoru Gojo sensed the person controlling the mackerel cursed spirit and frightened Zenin Clan agent Shadow One into fleeing.
• Shadow Two told Shadow One to report back and said he would contact Toji Fushiguro, while Shadow One would investigate Yusuke Zenin’s mysterious death.
• Gojo explained that someone had tamed the mackerel cursed spirit and crushed it beneath his foot, warning Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami to grow stronger because their enemies included humans.
• Nanami condemned the higher-ups as corrupt and gripped his cursed-marked short blade as he thought of Gojo Chingetsu.
• Gojo cheerfully led Haibara and Nanami away, then Chingetsu encountered a bald man who noticed Mimiko and Nanako’s cursed energy and tried to provoke him.

Chingetsu protected Nanako and Mimiko from a Bald-Headed Man and corrupt Street Patrol officers, then destroyed them with his Stand and took the sisters to an inn. Nanako and Mimiko grew more trusting of him, while Yu Haibara struggled to pay for a meal after competing with Satoru Gojo.

• The Bald-Headed Man tried to take Nanako and Mimiko, but Chingetsu struck him, caught his cursed-tool baton, and crushed it.
• The Bald-Headed Man summoned three Street Patrol officers, who pointed their guns at Chingetsu, but Chingetsu used The Hand to cut their pistols apart.
• Chingetsu took Nanako and Mimiko away and detonated Killer Queen: Second Bomb behind them, engulfing their attackers in an explosion.
• At the inn, Mimiko told Nanako that Chingetsu was a good person, while Nanako worried that she was too weak to help him.
• At a sushi restaurant, Yu Haibara tearfully prepared to pay after competing with Satoru Gojo over food and drink.

Satoru Gojo sent Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara to investigate disappearances at a hospital, warning them that curse users might be involved while he watched from afar. Nanami and Haibara reached the basement, where Nanami discovered a gruesome trail of fresh blood and body parts.

• Kento Nanami paid the restaurant bill after Satoru Gojo had no cash, and Gojo received a mission call from Masamichi Yaga.
• Satoru Gojo persuaded Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara to join him on a hospital mission, promising to teach Nanami Black Flash afterward.
• Satoru Gojo explained that people had vanished from the hospital, cursed residue had been erased, and curse users might be involved, then left Nanami and Haibara to investigate while he observed.
• Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara entered the hospital, exorcised several weak fly head cursed spirits, and made their way toward the basement.
• Kento Nanami descended ahead of Yu Haibara and found fresh blood, scattered limbs, and damaged organs on the basement stairs.

Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami found a monstrous mass assembled from human remains and fought it as it released poisonous gas. Nanami decided they needed to kill it in one strike and prepared to behead it while Haibara distracted it.

• Yu Haibara became enraged at the mutilated bodies, but Kento Nanami calmed him and suspected a curse user was responsible.
• Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami followed a trail of blood to a basement room, where they found a flesh monster stitched from human remains.
• Kento Nanami attacked the monster and concluded its head might be its weak point, but the stitched heads burst and filled the room with poison gas.
• Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara retreated as Nanami used cursed energy to hold the poison back.
• Kento Nanami told Yu Haibara to distract the monster, covered his eyes against the gas, and prepared to kill it with one slash.

Yu Haibara held the monster in place so Kento Nanami could kill it, but a Curse User named Hayato Zenin emerged from the corpse and attacked them. Nanami was nearly out of Cursed Energy as he faced Hayato, who noticed his exhaustion.

• Yu Haibara drew the monster's attention and held it back while Kento Nanami charged his attack.
• Kento Nanami used Ratio Technique: Collapse to behead the monster, and a hidden Earwig Shikigami burst from its corpse.
• Hayato Zenin appeared, tore into the Earwig Shikigami, and attacked Nanami and Haibara with its remains.
• Kento Nanami pulled Yu Haibara clear, identified Hayato as a Curse User, and clashed with him using his short blade.
• Hayato Zenin recognized that Kento Nanami was nearly out of Cursed Energy.

Satoru Gojo arrived just as Hayato Zenin was about to kill Kento Nanami, forcing Hayato to sacrifice himself and summon a monstrous spider shikigami. Gojo defeated the creature effortlessly, leaving Nanami and Yu Haibara alive while the spider Hayato was torn apart by Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.

• Satoru Gojo threw Hayato Zenin into a wall and revealed himself to Hayato, Kento Nanami, and Yu Haibara.
• Hayato Zenin crushed his own heart to activate Reverse Sacrifice and transform into a giant spider shikigami.
• The spider Hayato attacked Gojo with blood-red silk, but the strands stopped before reaching him.
• Gojo appeared behind the spider Hayato and kicked it off its web, leaving a hole in its abdomen.
• The spider Hayato unleashed a sonic attack that ruptured Nanami’s and Yu Haibara’s eardrums but did not affect Gojo.
• Gojo used Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue to tear apart and suck in the spider Hayato.

Chingetsu arrived at the airport with Mimiko and Nanako, where Toji Fushiguro targeted him after noticing his lack of cursed energy. The chapter ended as Toji confronted Chingetsu and Suguru Geto, who summoned Rainbow Dragon to face him.

• Satoru Gojo dismissed Hayato Zenin’s threats against Gojo Chingetsu, believing Chingetsu could handle the curse users himself.
• Toji Fushiguro waited at the airport for Chingetsu, intrigued by his apparent lack of cursed energy.
• Chingetsu stepped off the plane holding Mimiko’s and Nanako’s hands and ran into Suguru Geto.
• Toji Fushiguro appeared behind Suguru Geto, who summoned Rainbow Dragon and challenged the intruder.
• Toji Fushiguro identified Chingetsu as his target, told Suguru Geto to move aside, and prepared to fight.