Recaps

The Jujutsu Higher-Ups tried to recruit Madara by claiming Gojo had killed his parents, but Madara saw through their fabricated evidence and rejected their scheme. He prepared to confront the hidden elders after they insulted Gojo.

• The Jujutsu Higher-Ups summoned Madara and offered him higher status and resources if he joined them.
• The elders showed Madara photographs and forged records claiming Gojo had killed his parents.
• Madara pretended to believe the accusation, making the elders think their attempt to turn him against Gojo had succeeded.
• The elders urged Madara to help overthrow Gojo and avenge his supposed parents.
• Madara called the elders stupid, revealed his Black Rods, and confronted them for insulting Gojo.

Madara killed the Higher-Ups and used Black Rods to control their corpses, keeping Jujutsu Society stable while he prepared to hunt Kenjaku. At Jujutsu High, Satoru Gojo warned Madara that overwhelming power and fixation could twist him, and Madara promised to remember the lesson.

• Madara discovered that the Higher-Ups’ Cursed Technique had tried to manipulate his thinking, then killed them and raised their corpses as puppets.
• Madara returned to Jujutsu High and resolved to find and kill Kenjaku before Satoru Gojo discovered him, then deal with Sukuna.
• Satoru Gojo joined Madara on the terrace and asked whether the Higher-Ups had said anything to him.
• Satoru Gojo warned Madara that excessive power and determination could make him believe his will was always right and lead him astray.
• Madara said he understood and followed Satoru Gojo to dinner, agreeing to remember what he was fighting for and not forget his humanity.

Madara resurrected Mahito with Impure World Reincarnation and used black rods to place him under absolute control. He planned to use Yuji Itadori’s upcoming mission as bait to lure Kenjaku out.

• Madara performed Impure World Reincarnation in an abandoned factory and summoned Mahito into a living vessel.
• Mahito realized he was alive again and could not move under the reincarnation technique’s control.
• Madara pierced Mahito with black rods, erasing his resistance and turning him into a puppet with Idle Transfiguration.
• Madara decided to lure Kenjaku out by exploiting the upcoming mountain mission involving Itadori, Fushiguro, and Kugisaki.
• Madara placed Mahito in a coffin and buried it before leaving the factory.

Kenjaku manipulated Dagon into revealing that it wanted to leave, then used Cursed Spirit Manipulation to capture it as a Cursed Spirit Orb. He left the collapsed domain and planned to check on Itadori while continuing to wait for a chance to act against Madara Uchiha.

• Dagon mourned Jogo, Hanami, and Mahito and told Kenjaku it wanted to leave because the domain felt lonely and was not where it belonged.
• Kenjaku urged Dagon to seek revenge, but Dagon refused, saying it knew Kenjaku had always regarded the curses as pawns.
• Kenjaku admitted he considered Dagon a useful pawn and used Cursed Spirit Manipulation to subjugate it.
• Dagon gave up resisting as Kenjaku compressed it into a Cursed Spirit Orb, and its domain collapsed.
• Kenjaku put away the orb and left the alley, saying he would check on Itadori and keep waiting for a chance to act against Madara Uchiha.

Mechamaru reflected on his feelings for Miwa and was moved when Miwa, Mai, and Nishimiya trusted him to deliver their gifts and messages to Todo. Madara Uchiha appeared at Kyoto Jujutsu High and asked whether Mechamaru wanted to escape his steel shell and live as a whole person.

• Mechamaru remembered Panda's words and thought about his illness and his unspoken feelings for Miwa.
• Miwa, Mai, and Nishimiya asked Mechamaru to deliver items and messages to Todo, telling him they trusted him.
• Mechamaru felt happy to be relied on and prepared to take the items to Todo.
• Madara Uchiha surprised Mechamaru at Kyoto Jujutsu High and said he had come to speak with him.
• Madara asked Mechamaru whether he wanted to stand on his own feet and escape his steel prison.

Kokichi Muta reflected on Madara Uchiha’s promise to cure him and chose to trust him despite his doubts. He accepted that his future depended on Madara and wondered what the strange requests in their Binding Vow meant.

• Kokichi Muta questioned how Madara knew the truth about his condition and whether a Cursed Technique had influenced him.
• Kokichi Muta imagined recovering, leaving his life-support pod, and standing beside Miwa and his Kyoto Jujutsu High classmates.
• Kokichi Muta decided to give Madara’s promise the benefit of the doubt and take the gamble, even if it might be dangerous.
• Kokichi Muta recalled agreeing to inform Madara about Kyoto Jujutsu High and mark graves of powerful people, protected by a Binding Vow against harming the school’s students and faculty.
• Kokichi Muta accepted that he could not break the Binding Vow and placed his hopes for treatment and his future in Madara’s hands.

Junpei Yoshino endured Maki Zenin’s punishing sparring to improve his close-combat skills and protect his companions. After hearing why Junpei wanted to grow stronger, Yuta Okkotsu offered to teach him techniques.

• Maki trained Junpei in close combat, repeatedly knocking him down while he kept getting back up and gradually improving.
• Panda told Yuta Okkotsu that Junpei had requested intense sparring to make up for his lack of combat experience.
• Yuta asked Maki to give Junpei a break when he was nearing exhaustion, then encouraged Junpei by pointing out his progress.
• Junpei explained that he wanted to stop being helpless and become someone who could stand beside and protect his companions.
• Yuta praised Junpei’s resolve and offered to teach him techniques, and Junpei eagerly accepted.

Madara began repairing Kokichi Muta’s ruined body by using Mahito to reshape his soul, leaving Kokichi to experience an unfamiliar sensation of his body being reassembled. The procedure ended, and Madara told Kokichi he could open his eyes.

• Madara arrived at the Kyoto Jujutsu High safe house after taking precautions to avoid surveillance.
• Madara instructed Kokichi to close his eyes, relax, and let him handle the treatment without resistance.
• Madara summoned a coffin and brought out a puppet-like Mahito controlled by Black Rods.
• Madara had Mahito touch Kokichi and repair his body by changing the shape of his soul.
• After the treatment, Madara sent Mahito and the coffin away and told Kokichi he could open his eyes.

Kokichi Muta discovered that Madara Uchiha had healed his body, freeing him from the pain and paralysis that had confined him for over a decade. After Madara left, Kokichi stood on his own feet for the first time and broke down in tears of joy.

• Kokichi Muta opened his eyes and tested his restored hands, arms, and legs, confirming that he could move without pain.
• Kokichi removed his bandages and saw that his body had healed and returned to normal proportions.
• Madara Uchiha told Kokichi to adjust to his new body, reminded him of their partnership, and vanished from the basement.
• Kokichi climbed out of the Life-Sustaining Fluid and stood on his own feet before falling to his knees and sobbing with joy.

Megumi Fushiguro learned that his sister Tsumiki had been cursed and called Madara Uchiha for help. Madara agreed to protect Tsumiki, but warned that the curse’s source needed to be exorcised quickly and began addressing Fushiguro, Yuji Itadori, and Nobara Kugisaki about the dangerous mission.

• Megumi Fushiguro froze when he realized the curse might be connected to Yasohachi Bridge and that Tsumiki had been cursed.
• Yuji Itadori brought Fushiguro back to his senses and urged him to make sure Tsumiki was safe.
• Fushiguro called Kiyotaka Ijichi, who said only Grade 2 sorcerers could be sent immediately, so Fushiguro asked whether Madara Uchiha was available.
• Madara answered Fushiguro’s call, promised to go to Tsumiki’s address, and warned that he might not be able to stop the curse from harming her if it activated too quickly.
• Madara told Fushiguro that exorcising the curse’s source was the safest solution and challenged him not to underestimate Itadori and Kugisaki.
• Fushiguro put Madara on speakerphone so he could speak to all three sorcerers.

Madara encouraged Fushiguro and his companions before they entered the curse’s domain beneath Yasohachi Bridge to exorcise the cursed spirits. Meanwhile, Madara’s clone guarded Tsumiki in the hospital as the original prepared to lure Kenjaku into a trap.

• Madara warned Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro that the mission could involve a Special Grade curse, then urged Fushiguro to trust his companions and act in the moment.
• Fushiguro regained his resolve, and Itadori and Kugisaki agreed to face the curse together and celebrate afterward.
• At night, Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro entered the river beneath Yasohachi Bridge and crossed into the curse’s domain, where swarms of mole cursed spirits attacked them.
• At a Tokyo hospital, Madara’s clone guarded the sleeping Tsumiki and reasoned that Angel’s technique could safely remove her curse.
• Madara’s clone revealed that the dangerous mission and Tsumiki’s predicament were bait intended to draw Kenjaku out, while the original Madara waited to strike.

Fushiguro, Itadori, and Kugisaki fought through a swarm of mole cursed spirits inside the cavern. After Itadori sensed something hatching, Fushiguro suspected a sealed Sukuna's Finger was accelerating the birth of the curse's main body, and the trio began searching for it.

• Fushiguro used a water-based attack derived from Max Elephant's abilities, then drew a curved blade from his shadow to fight the moles.
• Kugisaki cleared groups of mole cursed spirits with Resonance while Itadori and Fushiguro cut through the swarm, briefly stopping their advance.
• Itadori sensed something breaking out of a chrysalis, prompting Fushiguro to connect the curse's emergence in June to Itadori swallowing Sukuna's Finger.
• Fushiguro warned that a sealed Sukuna's Finger might be in the cavern and that the mole spirits could be guarding or nourishing the curse's main body.
• The trio changed their goal to finding and exorcising the main body as Itadori charged ahead, Kugisaki cleared their path, and Fushiguro rode Nue to search from above.

Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki combined their attacks to destroy the barrier containing a cursed spirit born from Sukuna's Finger. They interrupted its transformation, and as Itadori and Fushiguro charged the weakened spirit, Kugisaki prepared to strike it through its severed arm.

• Itadori spotted the barrier overhead, and Fushiguro ordered him and Kugisaki to destroy it before the spirit finished transforming.
• Fushiguro used Nue to carry Itadori into range while Kugisaki prepared her nails and hammer.
• Fushiguro's Water Slash, Kugisaki's Straw Doll Technique, and Itadori's punch struck the barrier together, breaking it and knocking the cursed spirit onto a platform below.
• Fushiguro's Divine Dog severed the cursed spirit's right arm and carried it back to him.
• Fushiguro gave the severed arm to Kugisaki, who pressed a straw doll against its wound as Itadori and Fushiguro charged the spirit.

Itadori, Fushiguro, and Kugisaki coordinated their attacks to exorcise the special grade cursed spirit. As they celebrated and Fushiguro picked up Sukuna's Finger, a voice spoke from behind them.

• Itadori struck the cursed spirit twice while Fushiguro and the Divine Dogs pressured it.
• Kugisaki used Straw Doll Technique: Resonance through the cursed spirit's severed arm, stopping its attack and causing it intense pain.
• Itadori, Fushiguro, and the Divine Dogs launched a combined final attack that destroyed the cursed spirit.
• The three celebrated their victory, and Fushiguro picked up Sukuna's Finger.
• A voice spoke from behind them just as they relaxed.

Kenjaku appeared after the students exorcised a Special Grade Cursed Spirit and attacked them with his Open Domain, Womb Profusion. Megumi Fushiguro awakened an incomplete Chimera Shadow Garden to protect his friends, and the chapter ended with Yuji Itadori speaking in a manner that sounded like Madara Uchiha.

• Kenjaku revealed himself to Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki, and Yuji Itadori, then told Itadori to return to his side.
• Kenjaku deployed Womb Profusion and summoned several powerful Cursed Spirits to attack the students.
• Megumi nearly summoned Mahoraga but instead found the resolve to unleash his incomplete Chimera Shadow Garden, countering Kenjaku's sure-hit effect.
• Megumi urged Kugisaki and Itadori to flee while he held off Kenjaku and the Cursed Spirits.
• Itadori calmly praised Megumi's domain and referred to an earlier reminder, making Megumi suspect that Madara Uchiha was speaking through him.

Madara revealed that he had impersonated Itadori to lure Kenjaku into his innate domain, Heavenly Imperial Pillars, while keeping Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki outside. Kenjaku prepared to fight, but Madara dismissed him and his cursed spirits as trash and ordered them to bow.

• Madara dropped his disguise as Itadori and expanded Heavenly Imperial Pillars, pulling Kenjaku and his cursed spirits inside while leaving Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki outside.
• Kenjaku realized Madara had used Sukuna's Finger to imitate Itadori's presence and had staged the encounter to lure him into a trap.
• Madara explained that his clones had surveilled Tokyo and the Kanto Region for nearly a month, allowing him to anticipate Kenjaku's appearance at Yasohachi Bridge.
• Kenjaku suppressed his anger, raised his hand, and declared that he would eliminate Madara as the greatest variable.
• Madara laughed at Kenjaku's confidence, called him and his cursed spirits trash, and ordered them to bow their heads.

Madara’s Heavenly Imperial Pillars overwhelmed Kenjaku’s domain and revealed itself as an independent world that rejected intruders. Its sure-hit shikigami mutilated Kenjaku, who admitted defeat as Madara prepared to kill him.

• Kenjaku’s Womb Profusion shattered against Madara’s Heavenly Imperial Pillars, causing cursed technique burnout.
• Kenjaku used New Shadow Style: Simple Domain to resist the sure-hit effect while Madara explained that Heavenly Imperial Pillars was an independent world.
• The Simple Domain collapsed, and Six Paths Madara appeared and severed Kenjaku’s left arm and right leg.
• Madara approached the defeated Kenjaku as Kenjaku recognized the shikigami’s role and admitted that he had lost.
• Madara mocked Kenjaku’s ideals and told him to die.

Madara killed Kenjaku and destroyed the released Cursed Spirits inside the Heavenly Imperial Pillars, then sealed Suguru Geto’s remains so he could be buried. He released the domain, told Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki the battle was over, and led them back down the mountain.

• Madara crushed Kenjaku’s true body, killing him and causing Suguru Geto’s stored Cursed Spirits to burst free.
• Madara pierced the rampaging Cursed Spirits with Black Rods and erased them from the domain.
• Madara arranged Suguru Geto’s remains, sealed them in a scroll, and decided not to use Impure World Reincarnation on him.
• Madara released the Heavenly Imperial Pillars and reappeared near Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki.
• Madara told Fushiguro and Kugisaki the battle was over, then led them down the mountain.

Madara Uchiha and Yuji Itadori carried out the Complete Sukuna Exorcism Plan by bringing Ryomen Sukuna back in his complete form so Madara could exorcise him under controlled conditions. Sukuna retreated to avoid Madara’s domain as Madara summoned Susanoo and prepared to fight, leaving his attention fixed on Itadori.

• Satoru Gojo and Madara Uchiha rejected the proposal for a group assault, and Madara was chosen as the sole fighter with Gojo standing by as backup.
• Madara gave Itadori the remaining Sukuna’s Fingers, and Itadori swallowed them all at once.
• With all twenty fingers reunited, Ryomen Sukuna revived in Itadori’s body and confronted Madara.
• Sukuna immediately retreated more than a hundred meters to avoid being caught in Madara’s domain.
• Madara summoned Susanoo and began forming hand seals as he watched Sukuna—and Itadori.

Tokyo Jujutsu High’s students and Satoru Gojo enjoyed a ski vacation in Hokkaido after Kyoto Jujutsu High took on some of their missions. Madara arrived at the beginner slope, accepted Gojo’s challenge to a ski race, and the group began their day on the snow.

• Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki, Toge Inumaki, and Junpei Yoshino arrived at the resort excited for their first real vacation.
• Satoru Gojo arranged the rooms and equipment, then challenged Yuji to serve as his ski instructor while claiming he was a nervous first-timer.
• The group found Madara waiting near the beginner slope, and Satoru Gojo teased him for arriving early to admire the snow.
• Satoru Gojo challenged Madara to a ski race, wagering that the loser would pay for dinner and give everyone massages; Madara agreed and headed to rent equipment.
• Nobara began teaching Junpei and Megumi the basics as Yuji, Inumaki, Panda, and Satoru Gojo skied and played in the snow.

Madara Uchiha beat Satoru Gojo in a ski race, and the two warmed up at a café while watching their students play. Gojo reflected on the hardships ahead and hoped they could enjoy more carefree days together.

• Madara Uchiha and Satoru Gojo raced down the intermediate ski run, and Madara crossed the finish line first.
• Gojo congratulated Madara and promised to pay for dinner and a massage, but Madara accepted only dinner.
• Gojo and Madara drank hot chocolate and tea at the café while watching Itadori, Kugisaki, Fushiguro, Junpei, and Inumaki on the slopes.
• Gojo said that the students had many fights and hardships ahead, but he hoped they could enjoy more moments like this.
• Madara agreed that relaxing together was not bad and quietly drank his tea.

At the Resort's open-air hot spring, Yuji Itadori asked Madara Uchiha why he treated him with such care. Madara explained that looking after his juniors was his responsibility, leaving Itadori relieved and sincerely grateful.

• Yuji Itadori played in the hot spring while Madara Uchiha rested quietly beside him.
• Itadori asked Madara why he took such good care of him and said he felt embarrassed about causing trouble.
• Madara told Itadori that he looked after him, Fushiguro, Kugisaki, and Junpei because they were his juniors and their safety and growth were his responsibility.
• Madara told Itadori to accept kindness without feeling guilty or indebted.
• Itadori thanked Madara, who covered his face with the towel and returned to resting.

Satoru Gojo told Madara and Itadori that nearly all of Sukuna’s Fingers had been recovered and brought to Tokyo, making Sukuna’s revival possible. As Gojo promised careful preparations, Madara declared that he would defeat Sukuna.

• Satoru Gojo cannonballed into the hot spring, soaking Madara and Itadori.
• Satoru Gojo revealed that nearly all of Sukuna’s Fingers had been collected and transferred to Tokyo.
• Itadori realized that gathering the Fingers in his body could revive Sukuna, and Satoru Gojo reassured him that they would prepare carefully.
• Madara insisted that he should fight Sukuna and declared to the presence inside Itadori that he would win.

Madara revealed to Satoru Gojo that he wanted to face Sukuna alone to pursue transcendence, and Gojo agreed to trust him. In the final battlefield, Madara used clones and a wood-and-fire assault to hold Sukuna in place, then invoked Tengai Shinsei.

• Madara told Satoru Gojo he wanted to fight Sukuna alone to gain a clearer view of transcendence, and Gojo reluctantly agreed.
• Madara asked Gojo to prepare a battlefield capable of withstanding a meteor impact.
• At the Sukuna Extermination Plan battlefield, Madara formed two Wood Release clones beside his Half-Body Susanoo.
• The clones unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, trapping Sukuna in a vast burning forest.
• Madara opened his Rinnegan and announced Tengai Shinsei as Sukuna realized a terrifying attack was coming.

Madara Uchiha summoned a colossal meteor toward the battlefield, leaving Sukuna trapped beneath its approach. Satoru Gojo watched in astonishment as the meteor’s wind pressure and heat struck Sukuna, while the impact itself had yet to arrive.

• Madara Uchiha summoned a meteor larger than a hundred meters that descended toward Sukuna and the battlefield.
• Sukuna tried to flee, but Madara’s Wood Clones restrained him with wooden hands and flame dragons.
• Sukuna cut through the restraints with Dismantle, but the delay left him unable to escape the meteor’s path.
• Satoru Gojo removed his blindfold, laughed at Madara’s power, and called him a walking natural disaster.
• The meteor’s wind pressure and heat struck Sukuna, who roared in pain and fury before the meteor’s impact.