Chapter Summaries

Igarashi Amaha tested Hiromi Higuruma’s resolve and recruited him to Jujutsu High after explaining his talent and having Mirai Oreki describe curses and sorcerers. Higuruma accepted and left with Igarashi and Satoru Gojo for Jujutsu High.

• Kenjaku sent Kurourushi to test Igarashi Amaha’s strength and identify his Cursed Technique, with orders to retreat using Coordinates if necessary.
• Igarashi Amaha told Hiromi Higuruma that the earlier events were an illusion created by Heaven-Deceiving Ruse and said he wanted to recruit him for his talent.
• Igarashi Amaha called Mirai Oreki to explain Jujutsu Sorcerers, curses, and Jujutsu High to Higuruma.
• Satoru Gojo arrived and prompted Higuruma to shout that he would become Gojo’s student, waking Igarashi Amaha with the declaration.
• Igarashi Amaha asked Higuruma to join Jujutsu High, and Higuruma accepted before they set off together.

Igarashi Amaha and Satoru Gojo confronted Kurourushi outside Jujutsu High while Hiromi Higuruma watched. Kurourushi attacked Gojo with the Festering Life Sword, but Gojo emerged unharmed, and Amaha prepared to let him retaliate.

• Igarashi Amaha and Satoru Gojo arrived at Jujutsu High with Hiromi Higuruma and sensed an incoming enemy.
• Kurourushi crashed down and unleashed a swarm of cockroaches, but Amaha moved himself and Higuruma into the air to watch.
• Kurourushi charged at Amaha, who struck him down with enormous rings of light.
• Kurourushi recovered and attacked Satoru Gojo with the Festering Life Sword, repeatedly striking him into a cloud of smoke.
• Igarashi Amaha silenced Kurourushi with a command that burst his ears, and Satoru Gojo emerged uninjured from the smoke.

Igarashi Amaha fought Kurourushi, who became trapped in a hallucination and died from his own injuries. The chapter ended with Amaha watching the moon at Jujutsu High and telling Shoko that he had watched a one-man show.

• Satoru Gojo struck Kurourushi with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, but Kurourushi recovered and charged at Igarashi Amaha.
• Igarashi Amaha overpowered Kurourushi in close combat, then let Kurourushi cover him with cockroaches and attack with the Festering Life Sword.
• Kurourushi realized his attacks had wounded himself as the illusion around him shattered, revealing his ruined body and the intact road.
• Kurourushi collapsed while gazing at the moon and died.
• At Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto bickered while helping prepare dinner, and Masamichi Yaga ordered them to work.
• Igarashi Amaha watched the moon, told Shoko he had watched a one-man show, and went with her to eat.

Satoru Gojo confronted Gakuganji about the conservatives’ role in sending Yuji Itadori and the others against the Cursed Womb, then warned him that the jujutsu world was changing and resisting oversight would bring consequences. The chapter ended with Gakuganji learning that Hiromi Higuruma would join the Sister School Exchange Event as a Grade 1 sorcerer.

• Satoru Gojo arrived in the reception room after deliberately giving Masamichi Yaga the wrong meeting time and accused Gakuganji of arranging the mission against the Cursed Womb 'Daiten.'
• Satoru Gojo tried to show Kasumi Miwa private pictures of Igarashi Amaha, but Gakuganji threatened to tell Igarashi, making Gojo put his phone away.
• Gakuganji called Igarashi Amaha to confirm that Hiromi Higuruma would attend the Sister School Exchange Event, and Igarashi ordered him to register the first-year as a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer.
• Satoru Gojo told Gakuganji that Kenjaku’s returned Special Grades had attacked them and warned that rising sorcerers and the changing world would overwhelm Gakuganji’s resistance to their oversight.
• Satoru Gojo left after warning Gakuganji to watch out for a Special Grade attack.

Kenjaku and the reincarnated sorcerers planned to steal seven Sukuna fingers from Jujutsu High during the Goodwill Event, while the Tokyo and Kyoto students met in Tokyo. The chapter ended as three unexpected figures appeared behind Utahime Iori.

• Kenjaku explained that Kurourushi had barely survived his encounter with Igarashi Amaha, and the group discussed the danger of trying to retrieve Sukuna’s fingers.
• Kenjaku proposed using the Goodwill Event to steal the seven fingers at Jujutsu High, arguing that Yuji Itadori might be eliminated or made to consume them too soon; the others agreed to leave the plan to him.
• Nobara Kugisaki arrived at the Tokyo campus loaded with luggage, then learned that the event was being held in Tokyo rather than Kyoto.
• The Kyoto students arrived, and Mai Zenin, Aoi Todo, Mechamaru, Noritoshi Kamo, and Nobara exchanged barbs before Utahime Iori urged them to stop arguing.
• Three unknown figures suddenly appeared behind Utahime Iori and announced themselves as her grandfathers.

As the Tokyo-Kyoto goodwill event approached, Yuji Itadori demonstrated a move he had learned from Igarashi Amaha, causing chaos among his teammates. Meanwhile, Igarashi confronted the Kyoto school after learning that Gakuganji had ordered Yuji’s assassination, and he took Gakuganji’s seat by force.

• Masamichi Yaga announced the team battle rules for the goodwill event, while Maki warned her teammates that Gakuganji was watching Yuji Itadori.
• Yuji performed a strange speech and routine about Divergent Fist and Serious Punch, embarrassing Nobara Kugisaki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Maki.
• Yuji used what turned out to be Black Flash against Maki, and Panda prompted Toge Inumaki to intervene with cursed speech.
• Gakuganji ordered Noritoshi Kamo to kill Yuji and promised to take responsibility if Igarashi Amaha retaliated.
• Igarashi Amaha appeared in the Kyoto meeting room, overwhelmed those present with his aura, kicked Gakuganji from his seat, and threatened Kamo.

Yuki Tsukumo intervened after Igarashi Amaha attacked Gakuganji and the others, negotiating for him to leave without killing anyone. The group learned Gakuganji’s arm could not be healed, and they prepared to recover before the afternoon competition.

• Utahime Iori, Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Yuki Tsukumo entered as Igarashi Amaha held the Kyoto group under pressure, and Yuki apologized and pleaded for mercy.
• Gakuganji’s right arm exploded after Yuki helped him up, and Yuki stopped Utahime from confronting Igarashi.
• Igarashi mocked Yuki, said he had considered killing her, and disappeared, releasing the pressure on everyone.
• Yuki explained that Igarashi’s attack prevented Reverse Cursed Technique from restoring Gakuganji’s arm and warned Noritoshi Kamo that his clan had risked destruction by agreeing to kill Yuji Itadori.
• Yuki said Igarashi had reduced the pressure on Mechamaru, Momo Nishimiya, and Kasumi Miwa, while Mai and several others had suffered more; she guessed he had spared Aoi Todo because he appreciated him.

Tokyo Jujutsu High began the team battle with Yuji Itadori assigned to hold off Aoi Todo while the others pursued their objectives. After Todo knocked Yuji unconscious, Yuji got back up, and Todo asked him what type of woman he liked.

• Maki Zenin assigned Yuji Itadori to hold off Aoi Todo, and Yuji vowed to win.
• Mechamaru considered asking Igarashi Amaha to reshape his soul so he could meet Kasumi Miwa as Kokichi.
• Igarashi Amaha gave the students an irreverent speech before Masamichi Yaga started the team battle.
• Tokyo Jujutsu High split into an interception squad of Maki Zenin, Yuji Itadori, and Panda and a search squad of Toge Inumaki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki.
• Aoi Todo ambushed Maki Zenin, Yuji Itadori, and Panda, and Yuji stayed behind to fight him.
• Todo beat Yuji unconscious, but Yuji stood back up, gave his name, and heard Todo ask what type of woman he liked.

During the Sister School Exchange Event, Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo became best friends and clashed in a fierce fight, while Nishimiya was attacked by a shikigami. The chapter left their fight ongoing as the observers scored it and Mei Mei and Igarashi Amaha traded barbs.

• In Jujutsu High's cursed warehouse, Dhruv Lakdawalla questioned Kenjaku about his insider at the school, and Kenjaku said the source was a central figure he had not expected to hear from.
• Aoi Todo asked Yuji Itadori what kind of woman he liked, then declared them best friends after Yuji named a tall woman with a big butt like Jennifer Lawrence.
• Nishimiya reported to Noritoshi Kamo that she had found Todo and Yuji, and Kamo told her to search for Fushiguro and the others instead.
• A purple-lightning shikigami appeared behind Nishimiya and electrocuted her as she tried to scout elsewhere.
• Yuji and Todo exchanged powerful punches, including a clash of Serious Punch and Black Flash, while Todo urged his new best friend to keep fighting.
• Suguru Geto, Igarashi Amaha, and Satoru Gojo rated the fight from the observation room, while Mei Mei and Igarashi exchanged teasing remarks.

During the Tokyo-Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event, a mysterious curtain trapped the forest as powerful outsiders began attacking. Igarashi Amaha and Satoru Gojo were sent to protect the students, but the chapter ended with Gojo discovering the curtain repelled him with black lightning.

• Kasumi Miwa answered Mechamaru's call and fell asleep after he used cursed speech, forfeiting the team battle.
• Ryu Ishigori emerged from the forest after throwing out a woman's corpse, and Toge Inumaki confronted him.
• Takako Uro and her companion prepared to attack, while the companion raised a curtain over the forest.
• Crimson cursed energy destroyed the talismans in the viewing room, and Masamichi Yaga sent Igarashi Amaha, Suguru Geto, and Satoru Gojo to protect the students.
• Igarashi Amaha and Satoru Gojo pretended to be too ill to help, then Suguru Geto blasted them through the room's wall with Maximum Technique: Uzumaki.
• Satoru Gojo tried to break through the curtain but was hurled back by black lightning, and Igarashi Amaha admitted he had known about its effect.

During the Kyoto-Tokyo Sister School Exchange Event, a Curtain blocked Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Igarashi Amaha while allowing everyone else through. Gojo realized Amaha had passed information through the moon, and their confrontation escalated into a fight that remained unresolved.

• Utahime and Suguru Geto discovered that the Curtain excluded only Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Igarashi Amaha, so Utahime and Principal Gakuganji entered to protect the students.
• Satoru Gojo suspected Igarashi Amaha knew more about the Curtain, and Amaha admitted he was bored and wanted a fight.
• Igarashi Amaha refused to hand over what the curse users wanted, saying they would have to take it themselves, and insulted Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto attacked Igarashi Amaha, who fended them off using the Inverted Spear and Soul Liberation Blade and destroyed Rainbow Dragon.
• Satoru Gojo accused Igarashi Amaha of using the moon to pass information on the night of the gathering, and Amaha acknowledged that Gojo had figured it out.
• Suguru Geto attacked Igarashi Amaha from behind with Playful Cloud as the fight continued.

Igarashi Amaha fought Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, then the three crashed through the Curtain into the battlefield below. After joking about who would wash their socks, Igarashi and Gojo left Suguru to handle the students’ rescue and pursue a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

• Igarashi Amaha used Boogie Woogie to switch places with Satoru Gojo, who was struck by Suguru Geto’s Playful Cloud before countering with Red.
• Igarashi Amaha, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto battled in the sky until Igarashi dragged Suguru through the Curtain, shattering it above the battlefield where Megumi Fushiguro and the others fought Ryu Ishigori.
• Suguru Geto revealed that an octopus Cursed Spirit had cushioned his landing, while Igarashi had stayed above the ground, leaving Satoru Gojo to take the blame for washing their socks.
• Igarashi Amaha left to eat and told Gojo and Suguru to save the students; Gojo followed Igarashi, while Suguru was left to pursue the escaped Special Grade.

Igarashi Amaha admitted he was willing to let Sukuna revive, and Satoru Gojo agreed to help him play along while protecting civilians. At the aftermath meeting, the group learned the forbidden-storehouse incident caused no casualties, though Masamichi Yaga denied summoning the guards away.

• Igarashi Amaha and Satoru Gojo surveyed the ransacked forbidden storehouse, and Satoru accused Amaha of letting Itadori swallow Sukuna's finger so Sukuna could revive.
• Igarashi Amaha said he did not care how many ordinary people died and dismissed Satoru's warning about Sukuna's potential destruction.
• Satoru Gojo said he would defeat Sukuna at full strength, while Igarashi Amaha insisted that fighting Sukuna would be like an adult facing a child.
• Satoru Gojo told Igarashi Amaha he could play along this time and promised that he and Suguru Geto would evacuate ordinary people when the fighting began.
• At Jujutsu High's meeting, Ijichi reported zero casualties because the guards had left after being told Masamichi Yaga summoned them, but Yaga denied doing so.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto silently concluded that Igarashi Amaha's illusions had kept the personnel safe, then bickered over his disregard for ordinary people.

Igarashi Amaha turned the Goodwill Event’s individual competition into a King of Fighters tournament, with students from both schools drawing opponents and competing for a mystery prize. As the first match began, he and Satoru Gojo realized they had forgotten to invite Igarashi’s new student, Hiromi Higuruma, and decided to leave him out until next year.

• Megumi Fushiguro showed Noritoshi Kamo Igarashi Amaha’s lavish private hall and explained that Igarashi had given Okkotsu a priceless painting as a reward.
• Igarashi Amaha announced a gaming tournament with cursed techniques allowed, a single-game elimination format, and a mystery grand prize.
• The students drew their first-round opponents, including Yuji Itadori against Aoi Todo and Megumi Fushiguro against Noritoshi Kamo.
• Igarashi Amaha started Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo’s match, but Satoru Gojo pointed out that Hiromi Higuruma was missing.
• Igarashi Amaha admitted he had forgotten to call Hiromi Higuruma and, with Satoru Gojo, decided that Higuruma would have to wait until next year.

The individual King of Fighters tournament continued at the Tokyo-Kyoto Sister School Goodwill Event, while Takako Uro and Kenjaku tested cursed objects and discussed Igarashi Amaha. Kenjaku said he thought he had identified Igarashi Amaha’s cursed technique, but did not reveal what it was.

• Aoi Todo used Boogie Woogie to swap places with Yuji Itadori during the final seconds of their game and won by time out.
• Noritoshi Kamo forfeited his match against Megumi Fushiguro after Divine Dogs surrounded him.
• Toge Inumaki used his cursed speech to put Kasumi Miwa to sleep and won their match.
• Takako Uro tried to break special grade cursed objects, then forced an organ into a man to test whether he could become a vessel.
• Kenjaku said a modified vessel could not contain Sukuna’s full power and discussed Igarashi Amaha’s desire for battle and his relationships with Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto.
• Kenjaku said he thought he had identified Igarashi Amaha’s cursed technique.

Kenjaku explained to Takako Uro that Igarashi Amaha inherited a world-spanning Cursed Technique tied to his father’s ancestry and that Kenjaku’s own actions helped make Amaha strong enough to awaken it. He lost control while recalling Amaha’s insult, then regained his composure and asked Choso and the others to keep his outburst secret.

• Kenjaku told Takako Uro that Igarashi Amaha’s mother, Igarashi Akemi, had fled her family and that Amaha was born and abandoned during the Igarashi family’s destruction.
• Kenjaku revealed that Akemi’s husband wielded the Sword of Authority and traced Amaha’s ancestry to the First Emperor of Qin.
• Kenjaku said Amaha’s Cursed Technique let him use every Cursed Technique unconditionally and more powerfully than its original user.
• Kenjaku blamed himself for helping dissolve the Igarashi Cursed Technique, which he said made room for Amaha to awaken his immense power.
• Kenjaku smashed a window, raged about Amaha and Mahito, and told Takako Uro that Amaha had called him weak.
• After calming down, Kenjaku returned to Choso and two others and asked them not to tell anyone about his outburst.

Kenjaku arranged to gather Sukuna’s fingers and cause chaos in Shibuya, while Igarashi Amaha rejected contact from the Igarashi Family. Satoru Gojo learned the truth of Amaha’s birth as Amaha reflected on the life that had ended before He Liangchuan took over his body.

• Kenjaku decided to set events in motion in Shibuya seven days later, after obtaining another of Sukuna’s fingers.
• Aman visited Igarashi Amaha with information about Igarashi Akemi and Zhao Feng, and said they wanted to meet him.
• Igarashi Amaha rejected his family ties, ordered Aman to destroy the documents, and vanished after warning the Igarashi Family to leave him alone.
• On the rooftop, Igarashi Amaha reflected that the original Amaha had died after his parents abandoned him as a newborn, allowing He Liangchuan to inhabit his body.
• Satoru Gojo read the investigation documents and learned how Igarashi Akemi and Zhao Feng fled their clans, leaving their infant son behind as a diversion.

Aman told Satoru Gojo that Amaha’s family had known he survived but stayed away, while Gojo reassured him that Amaha had found a family in his friends. As Kenjaku’s side obtained the nineteenth Sukuna’s Finger and a battle approached, Igarashi Amaha ordered Shibuya’s civilians evacuated, and Gojo proposed fighting him alongside Sukuna.

• Satoru Gojo destroyed the papers and told Aman that Amaha had already repaid his debt to his birth family and had friends who stood by him.
• Igarashi Amaha reflected on his chosen family, and Suguru Geto returned from sending Mimiko and the others abroad using Amaha’s card.
• Satoru Gojo told Igarashi Amaha and Suguru Geto that Kenjaku’s side had obtained the nineteenth Sukuna’s Finger, signaling that a major battle was near.
• Igarashi Amaha said Sukuna might seek a new vessel after taking control of Itadori and instructed Gojo and Geto to begin evacuating ordinary people from Shibuya.
• Satoru Gojo proposed fighting Igarashi Amaha with Sukuna as his partner, and Amaha said they might give him a satisfying fight but probably could not kill him.

Igarashi Amaha, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto prepared to confront Sukuna and Kenjaku, while Shibuya’s evacuation plans and Jujutsu High’s defenses unfolded. On December 29, a Curtain appeared over central Shibuya, beginning the incident.

• Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo discussed the possibility that Sukuna would target Megumi Fushiguro’s Ten Shadows Technique, but Satoru said they would keep Megumi at Jujutsu High.
• Igarashi Amaha told Satoru Gojo he would monitor Itadori and confront Sukuna if it took over his body, while Suguru Geto agreed to handle Kenjaku and the others with help from the 12 Chess Pieces.
• From December 23 to 28, jujutsu sorcerers returned to Jujutsu High, the government managed Shibuya’s evacuation, and Kenjaku prepared his plan to seal Satoru Gojo and draw crowds into Shibuya.
• On December 29, crowds gathered in Shibuya for Halloween despite warnings, and a Curtain appeared around the Tokyu Toyoko Store with a radius of about 400 meters.
• Igarashi Amaha declared that the game had begun.

Jujutsu sorcerers took their positions around the Veil trapping civilians in Shibuya as Satoru Gojo was ordered to enter alone. Igarashi Amaha stayed at Jujutsu High playing cards with Gojo and Yuta Okkotsu, and promised to join Gojo when Sukuna revived.

• Kento Nanami led Megumi Fushiguro and Takuma Ino through the Veil after learning the civilians inside could not leave and the government had failed to evacuate them.
• Mirai Oreki, Maki Zenin, and Nobara Kugisaki waited outside the Veil while an assistant supervisor explained that the civilians were demanding Gojo's arrival and forbidding Igarashi Amaha's.
• Atsuya Kusakabe told Panda and Hiromi Higuruma that Gojo would enter Shibuya alone, while the other teams stood by outside the Veil; he also said special grade cursed spirits were gathered underground at Hikarie.
• Igarashi Amaha played cards for money with Satoru Gojo and Yuta Okkotsu while Rika watched, until Masamichi Yaga demanded that Gojo go to Shibuya.
• Gojo left for Shibuya in a huff, and Igarashi told him he would join him when Sukuna revived.