Chapter Summaries

Madara spent a day in Tokyo with Maki, Okkotsu, and Inumaki, shopping for Panda’s requested souvenirs and enjoying an amusement park. After returning to Jujutsu High, he saw Panda delighted with the gifts and resolved to protect the peaceful everyday life he had enjoyed.

• Madara, Maki, Okkotsu, and Inumaki shared desserts in Shinjuku before heading to Harajuku to buy Panda a giant plush toy and other panda merchandise.
• The group bought curry buns in Shibuya, where Madara memorized places that would become battlefields and vowed to prevent the coming disaster.
• In Akihabara, they found Panda’s requested headband and picked out a few personal items before leaving the crowded district for an amusement park.
• Madara rode a roller coaster with the others, panicked at the heights, then joined them on other rides and watched Tokyo’s lights from the Ferris wheel.
• Back at Jujutsu High, Panda happily opened the souvenirs, and Madara returned to his room determined to protect the ordinary life he valued.

Madara spent his holiday wandering alone and impulsively watched a superhero movie, where he unexpectedly met Kento Nanami. After enjoying the film, Madara parted ways with Nanami, who returned to work.

• Madara went for a walk, passed a movie theater, and bought a ticket to a superhero movie.
• Madara discovered Kento Nanami was seated beside him and awkwardly greeted him.
• Nanami watched Madara react excitedly to the film and reflected that he was still a child who could enjoy ordinary things.
• Madara praised the movie’s climactic scene, and Nanami reminded him not to consume too much sugar.
• Nanami wished Madara a restful holiday and left for work.

On his vacation, Madara went to an abandoned school to practice his Domain Expansion and defeated a special grade cursed spirit inside his completed Heavenly Imperial Pillars. Satoru Gojo and Kiyotaka Ijichi arrived afterward, and Gojo invited Madara to celebrate over a meal.

• Madara went to an abandoned school on Tokyo’s outskirts to practice his domain and found a special grade cursed spirit in an incomplete open domain.
• Madara used Susanoo to block the cursed spirit’s attack, then expanded Heavenly Imperial Pillars and trapped it in his white domain.
• Madara recognized that his cursed technique embodied his entire existence as Madara Uchiha and exorcised the cursed spirit.
• Satoru Gojo and Kiyotaka Ijichi arrived after receiving a report of special grade cursed energy, but Gojo realized Madara had already handled it.
• Madara told Gojo that testing his domain had been too easy, and Gojo invited him to celebrate his first solo special grade exorcism over a meal.

Madara Uchiha welcomed new first-year Megumi Fushiguro to Jujutsu High and took him on his first official mission. When a Grade 1 cursed spirit emerged in the sewers, Madara destroyed it with Susanoo, leaving Megumi newly aware of his senior’s strength as they headed back to report.

• Satoru Gojo introduced Megumi Fushiguro to the students, and Madara Uchiha welcomed him as a fellow jujutsu sorcerer.
• Satoru Gojo assigned Madara to lead Megumi on a sewer mission to investigate suspected Grade 2 cursed energy.
• Megumi summoned his Divine Dogs and exorcised a Grade 2 cursed spirit while Madara watched and supported him.
• A Grade 1 cursed spirit emerged from the remains, and Madara told Megumi to step back instead of calling for backup.
• Madara manifested Susanoo and crushed the Grade 1 cursed spirit in seconds, astonishing Megumi.
• Madara and Megumi returned to the surface and set off to report the mission, with Madara offering to buy ramen.

In June 2018, Madara watched Megumi Fushiguro leave for Sendai to investigate a Special Grade Cursed Object and prepared for Yuji Itadori’s arrival. He sent a Wood Clone to handle his own mission and recorded his plan to ensure Yuji survived, while waiting for events to begin.

• Megumi Fushiguro told Madara he was heading to Sendai to investigate unusual cursed energy and a possible unregistered cursed object.
• Madara let Megumi leave without warning him about Yuji Itadori or Sukuna’s Finger, then sent a Wood Clone to exorcise a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit at an abandoned hospital.
• Madara considered becoming Sukuna’s vessel but rejected the idea because he could not risk Sukuna taking over his body.
• Madara updated his diary with a plan to ensure Yuji Itadori survived and waited for Megumi to return with news.

Madara met Yuji Itadori, sensed Sukuna inside him, and used his Sharingan to enter Itadori’s inner domain and confront the King of Curses. After confirming that Itadori was suppressing Sukuna, Madara planned to stop the upcoming binding vow that could resurrect Itadori.

• Satoru Gojo brought Yuji Itadori to Jujutsu High, and Madara sensed something ominous within him.
• Gojo explained that Itadori had swallowed Sukuna’s Finger and was perfectly suppressing Sukuna, then introduced him to Madara.
• Madara used his Sharingan to enter Itadori’s inner domain, where he met Sukuna and declared that Sukuna’s era was over.
• Madara safely withdrew from the domain and confirmed that Sukuna remained sealed inside Itadori.
• Gojo took Itadori to see Principal Yaga and told Madara he would speak with him that night, while Madara resolved to prevent Itadori from making a binding vow with Sukuna.

Satoru Gojo reflected on the loneliness of being the strongest and felt hopeful that Madara Uchiha could soon stand alongside him. Their conversation turned to Yuji Itadori’s burden and Madara’s progress toward Reverse Cursed Technique, leaving Gojo in unusually high spirits as he went to handle school business.

• Satoru Gojo sat alone by the Training Ground and considered how Madara Uchiha’s strength could soon match his own.
• Madara joined Satoru Gojo for drinks, and they discussed Yuji Itadori’s enrollment and the responsibility he faced as Sukuna’s vessel.
• Satoru Gojo admitted Yuji might die if Sukuna died, but said he believed Yuji was strong enough to endure.
• Madara told Satoru Gojo that he was close to mastering Reverse Cursed Technique, and Satoru Gojo responded with genuine approval.
• Satoru Gojo left to report to the Principal and handle enrollment paperwork, feeling that his loneliness might soon end.

Madara secretly went to the special prison after realizing the mission was a plot to kill Yuji Itadori, while Megumi Fushiguro faced Sukuna after Sukuna tore out Yuji’s heart. Madara watched from nearby, waiting for Megumi to reach the point where he needed help.

• Madara sent a Wood Clone to handle his assigned mission and secretly headed for the special prison.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi drove the injured Nobara Kugisaki away while Megumi Fushiguro stayed behind to wait for Yuji Itadori.
• Sukuna emerged, told Megumi that Yuji could not return, and tore out Yuji’s heart to ensure he would die if he regained control.
• Megumi refused to flee, summoned Nue, and prepared to fight Sukuna so Yuji might have a chance to return.
• Madara watched the confrontation from a nearby rooftop, holding back because he believed Megumi still had room to grow.

Megumi Fushiguro fought Sukuna with Nue and Great Serpent, but Sukuna overwhelmed him and drove him to summon Mahoraga. Madara Uchiha stopped the ritual, challenged Sukuna, and trapped him in Susanoo, crushing his wrist.

• Megumi Fushiguro used Nue and Great Serpent to attack Sukuna, but Sukuna tore apart Great Serpent and emerged unharmed.
• Sukuna brutally beat Megumi Fushiguro until he was embedded in a wall and began chanting to summon Mahoraga.
• Madara Uchiha appeared beside Megumi and reassured him, then told Sukuna that Itadori, Megumi, and Kugisaki would be saved.
• Madara taunted Sukuna and challenged him, while Sukuna threatened to tear him apart.
• Sukuna attacked Madara, but Susanoo shielded him and seized Sukuna’s wrist, which Madara crushed.

Madara defeated Sukuna in close combat and forced him to retreat into Yuji Itadori, then revealed that Jujutsu Society higher-ups had arranged a mission to kill Yuji. Madara disguised a clone as Yuji’s corpse and told Yuji to hide and grow stronger while Satoru Gojo arrived to take him away.

• Madara outmaneuvered Sukuna in close combat, breaking his ribs and demonstrating that he had seen through Sukuna’s attacks.
• Sukuna restored his heart, decided to retreat into Itadori, and left Megumi Fushiguro and Madara as potential future vessels.
• Yuji Itadori regained control, and Madara told him that Jujutsu Society higher-ups had used the mission to try to kill him.
• Madara created a clone disguised as Yuji’s corpse and instructed Yuji to stay hidden and train until Gojo made arrangements.
• Satoru Gojo arrived, and Madara left with the injured Megumi while Gojo took Yuji away.

Satoru Gojo began Yuji Itadori’s cursed energy control training in a hidden basement and told him that some Jujutsu Society higher-ups wanted him dead. Itadori resolved to grow stronger and protect his companions as he started the exercise.

• Satoru Gojo tested Itadori’s cursed energy and explained that he needed to regulate its flow rather than rely on extreme emotions.
• Gojo gave Itadori a cursed corpse bear that attacked whenever its cursed energy supply stopped or became unstable.
• Gojo instructed Itadori to keep the bear supplied with steady cursed energy while watching emotionally provocative movies.
• Itadori asked whether Jujutsu Society higher-ups wanted to kill him, and Gojo confirmed it while promising to protect him.
• Gojo explained that Madara protected Itadori because he saw him as a companion and perhaps a little brother.
• Itadori committed to training, then began watching the movie while maintaining the bear’s cursed energy supply.

Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki learned the truth about Itadori and began training harder, while Madara gave Fushiguro new advice about the Ten Shadows Technique. Madara then set out to find Itadori and planned to save Junpei Yoshino by killing Mahito before the curse could harm him.

• Megumi Fushiguro told Nobara Kugisaki that the Higher-Ups had tried to kill Itadori and that Satoru Gojo and Madara had intervened, and they agreed to pretend to grieve their companion.
• Kugisaki and Fushiguro trained at the Training Ground because they felt too weak to protect Itadori, and Maki noticed their gloomy expressions.
• Madara visited the Training Ground and suggested that Fushiguro try using the shikigami's abilities through shadows without fully summoning them.
• Madara told Maki that he would not participate in the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event, and Kugisaki introduced herself and thanked him for saving them.
• After leaving Jujutsu High, Madara decided to save Junpei Yoshino and kill Mahito before he could transform or kill him.
• Madara created a Wood Clone to return to Jujutsu High while he disguised himself and headed out to locate Itadori and monitor the Special Grade Cursed Spirits.

Kenjaku told Jogo how to defeat the Jujutsu Sorcerers, advising him to seal Satoru Gojo and win over Sukuna. Jogo rejected caution and went to challenge Gojo, while Kenjaku left the burned restaurant to continue his plans.

• Jogo argued that Cursed Spirits were the true humans and asked Kenjaku how they could defeat the Jujutsu Sorcerers.
• Kenjaku said they needed to neutralize Satoru Gojo and win over Sukuna, and mentioned Madara Uchiha as an unlikely alternative ally.
• Kenjaku advised Jogo to seal Gojo with the Prison Realm, warning that fighting him directly would mean certain death.
• Jogo killed the restaurant manager and all the customers and employees with his flames.
• Jogo left to find Gojo, declaring that the Prison Realm would be his if he won, while Kenjaku called him foolish and departed.

Madara Uchiha ambushed Jogo and overwhelmed the special grade cursed spirit with his strength and Susanoo, prompting Jogo to prepare a Domain Expansion. Kenjaku watched the fight in disbelief as Satoru Gojo’s car approached, and Gojo decided to stop and observe.

• Jogo waited on a mountain road to ambush Satoru Gojo, but Madara Uchiha dropped from the sky and slammed him into the ground.
• Madara identified himself, and Jogo realized he was the Madara Uchiha Kenjaku had mentioned before attacking him with a volcanic eruption.
• Madara summoned Susanoo to withstand Jogo’s magma and Ember Insects, then taunted Jogo as the attacks failed to harm him.
• Jogo prepared to turn the area into a volcanic hell, while Madara dissolved Susanoo and revealed his Rinnegan.
• Kenjaku watched from a nearby mountain and wondered where Madara had come from and whether he had mastered Domain Expansion.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi warned Satoru Gojo about the powerful cursed energy ahead, but Gojo told him to pull over so he could watch the fight.

Madara overlaid Jogo’s Coffin of the Iron Mountain with his Heavenly Imperial Pillars domain and summoned Six Paths Madara to test whether Yin-Yang Release could affect souls. Six Paths Madara killed Jogo, and Madara returned to the mountain forest with his theory about soul attacks confirmed.

• Jogo activated Coffin of the Iron Mountain, and Madara overlaid it with his Heavenly Imperial Pillars domain.
• Madara summoned Six Paths Madara, whose presence left Jogo overwhelmed by the difference in their power.
• Jogo unleashed Maximum: Meteor, but Six Paths Madara interrupted the attack with Yin Release Lightning Dispatch and severed Jogo’s arm with his Cursed Staff.
• Jogo failed to heal his wound, and Madara realized that Yin-Yang Release could interfere with souls.
• Six Paths Madara pierced Jogo through the chest and erased him, then Madara’s domain faded and Six Paths Madara merged back into him.

Madara reflected on the power he had mastered and concealed, while Kenjaku and Hanami watched him after his victory over Jogo. Gojo arranged for Yuji to witness Madara’s Domain Expansion as a lesson, and Madara waited for them to arrive.

• Madara recognized that he could use six paths mode and all of Madara Uchiha’s abilities, but hid his true strength because he feared his friends would see him as a monster.
• Kenjaku considered whether Madara had killed Jogo without questioning him because he was inexperienced or because he had already learned Jogo’s memories.
• Kenjaku warned Hanami that Gojo was coming and left, and Hanami eventually vanished into the forest.
• Gojo met Madara and asked about the special grade cursed spirit; Madara said he had killed Jogo and pretended he had forgotten to ask about the organization behind him.
• Gojo arranged for Yuji Itadori to come watch Madara demonstrate a domain, and Madara waited eagerly for the lesson to begin.

Satoru Gojo tested Itadori’s control of cursed energy, then took him to a mountain forest for a lesson on Domain Expansion. After Madara demonstrated his domain and Gojo explained its rules and counters, Gojo opened Unlimited Void, changing the world again.

• Itadori maintained a steady flow of cursed energy into the Little Bear Cursed Corpse even when Satoru Gojo startled him.
• Satoru Gojo transported Itadori to a mountain forest, where Madara was waiting.
• Madara expanded Heavenly Imperial Pillars, transforming the forest into a vast white space filled with stone pillars.
• Satoru Gojo explained domain effects, sure-hit attacks, and three ways to counter a domain, while Madara clarified that his eyes were unrelated to his domain.
• Satoru Gojo removed his blindfold and expanded Unlimited Void.

Satoru Gojo and Madara demonstrated their domain expansions for Itadori, then planned a month of training and difficult missions to prepare him for the Goodwill Event. As Kyoto Jujutsu High’s principal arrived for a meeting, Madara left the training ground to check on the first-years.

• Satoru Gojo and Madara clashed their domains without using their sure-hit effects, then both dispelled them.
• Satoru Gojo told Itadori to train for a month and promised combat practice and difficult missions before the Goodwill Event.
• Masamichi Yaga worried that Yoshinobu Gakuganji and the conservatives would use the Goodwill Event to pressure Tokyo Jujutsu High.
• Panda, Maki, and Inumaki discussed the political threat to the students and wondered whether Mai Zenin had come with the Kyoto delegation.
• Madara left the training ground, and Maki said he had likely gone to check on the first-years.

Nobara Kugisaki and Megumi Fushiguro encountered Kyoto students Mai Zenin and Aoi Todo, who provoked them over Yuji Itadori’s death. Todo then challenged Fushiguro to answer what kind of woman he liked, leaving Fushiguro and Kugisaki stunned by his bizarre demand.

• Nobara Kugisaki and Megumi Fushiguro met Mai Zenin and Aoi Todo at the vending machine.
• Mai Zenin mocked Yuji Itadori’s death and suggested Fushiguro and Kugisaki were relieved he was gone.
• Kugisaki prepared to fight Mai, while Fushiguro positioned himself between them and suggested they attack together.
• Aoi Todo interrupted Mai and challenged Fushiguro to prove himself worthy of standing in for Yuta Okkotsu at the Goodwill Event.
• Todo demanded to know Fushiguro’s type of woman and threatened to beat him if his answer disappointed him.

Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki faced Aoi Todo and Mai Zenin in the corridor, where Todo attacked Fushiguro after disliking his answer about his ideal type. As Todo prepared to strike Fushiguro again, Madara Uchiha appeared between them.

• Nobara Kugisaki asked Megumi Fushiguro why Aoi Todo called this the last Goodwill Event, and Fushiguro explained that fourth years could not participate.
• Todo demanded to know Fushiguro's type, then attacked him after Fushiguro said he had no particular preference beyond individuality.
• Mai Zenin held a handgun against Kugisaki's waist to stop her from helping Fushiguro.
• Fushiguro recalled that Todo had defeated five Grade 1 Cursed Spirits and a Special Grade during the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, using his cursed technique against the Special Grade.
• Fushiguro summoned Nue and Toad with Well's Unknown Bottom, but Todo's speed overwhelmed the shikigami and left Fushiguro exposed to another blow.
• Madara Uchiha appeared between Todo and Fushiguro and asked Todo whether he was bullying his dear junior.