Recaps

Itadori, Fushiguro, and Kugisaki recovered from their encounter with the special grade curse and resolved to grow stronger after Shiratori Gotsu encouraged them. After learning the mission had been engineered to target Itadori, Satoru Gojo confronted Jujutsu Headquarters and killed two higher-ups as a warning.

• Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro admitted they felt useless against the special grade curse, and Shiratori Gotsu reassured them that their inexperience made their struggle understandable.
• The three students laughed, then asked Shiratori Gotsu to give them special training so they could become stronger.
• Satoru Gojo returned, thanked Shiratori Gotsu for helping the students, and revealed that Jujutsu Headquarters had deliberately understated the mission's grade and sent him away to target Itadori.
• Shiratori Gotsu urged Satoru Gojo to kill some of the higher-ups to deter further plots against his students.
• Satoru Gojo went to Jujutsu Headquarters, warned the elders not to interfere behind his back again, and killed two of them.

Shiratori Gotsu trained Itadori and Kugisaki, then took Fushiguro to Kiroko Mine to begin preparing Mahoraga to resist Sukuna’s slash and Corpse Attraction Shock Blast. As Fushiguro started the plan, Satoru Gojo watched from nearby before leaving to handle a Special Grade Cursed Womb in Sendai.

• Shiratori Gotsu taught Itadori cursed energy control and gave him a modified five-yen coin that heated up when he mishandled his energy.
• Shiratori Gotsu gave Kugisaki a cursed nail gun named Nobara, and her first burst of fire and Hairpin blast startled Itadori into burning his coin again.
• Shiratori Gotsu returned with Fushiguro to Kiroko Mine and checked the cursed energy stored in the coins he had made to extend Mahoraga’s manifestation.
• Fushiguro summoned Mahoraga and began having it adapt to Sukuna’s Dismantle, followed by repeated attacks with First Bomb and Third Bomb until it resisted Corpse Attraction Shock Blast.
• Satoru Gojo watched the explosions at the mine, then accepted Ijichi’s request to deal with a Special Grade Cursed Womb in central Sendai City.

Shiratori Gotsu used his control of Fushiguro’s body to defeat Jogo with Domain Expansion, then explained the technique to Itadori and Fushiguro. Gojo began interrogating Jogo while Kenjaku and Hanami watched from nearby, and Hanami disappeared to act on her own.

• Shiratori Gotsu and Fushiguro returned to Jujutsu High after Mahoraga adapted to explosions, impact, fire, and slashing attacks.
• Gojo brought Itadori and Fushiguro to a lake to teach them about Domain Expansion, where they encountered Jogo.
• Shiratori Gotsu took control of Fushiguro’s body and provoked Jogo into expanding his domain.
• Shiratori Gotsu’s Lamp-Lighting Blossom overwhelmed Jogo’s Coffin of the Iron Mountain and blasted off Jogo’s head.
• Shiratori Gotsu and Gojo explained Domain Expansion and its guaranteed-hit effect to Itadori and Fushiguro.
• Gojo began interrogating Jogo while Kenjaku left and Hanami vanished, apparently going to save Jogo.

Shiratori Gotsu defeated Hanami and stopped Gojo from exorcising her and Jogo, citing the need to interrogate them while secretly avoiding the consequences of his Binding Vow. After the group returned to Jujutsu High, Kenjaku told Mahito that Jogo was near death and expected Hanami to rescue him.

• Gojo questioned the defeated Jogo, but Jogo refused to reveal who was working against the curses.
• Hanami arrived to rescue Jogo, but Shiratori Gotsu used Chimera Shadow Garden and Feathered Thunder to help Mahoraga kill her in seconds.
• Shiratori Gotsu persuaded Gojo to take Jogo and Hanami back alive for interrogation, concealing that the Binding Vow prevented him from letting Gojo kill them.
• Gojo remembered his meeting with Yaga, returned to Jujutsu High with Itadori and Fushiguro, and left the captured curse heads with Shiratori Gotsu.
• Kenjaku met Mahito at the abandoned guesthouse and said Jogo was near death while expecting Hanami to return shortly.

After Jogo and Hanami were interrogated at Jujutsu High, Shiratori Gotsu realized his Binding Vow’s backlash had weakened his link to Megumi Fushiguro and decided to transfer into another vessel. With Shoko’s help, he incarnated in a death row inmate, leaving his return to his original body as the next step.

• Kenjaku told Mahito and Dagon that Jogo and Hanami were likely captured at Jujutsu High, and Mahito proposed creating a diversion to rescue them.
• Toge Inumaki used Cursed Speech to learn that the curses aimed to replace humans as the world’s rulers and had five core members, but he could not extract more information.
• Shiratori Gotsu realized his Binding Vow backlash had loosened his Incarnation link with Fushiguro and decided he could escape the vow’s restrictions by transferring to another vessel.
• Inumaki shared the interrogation results with Fushiguro, who relayed them to Satoru Gojo; Gojo praised them and returned to Jujutsu High that evening.
• Gojo arranged a death row inmate as Shiratori Gotsu’s new vessel, and Shoko helped him transfer a piece of Fushiguro’s costal cartilage to the inmate so he could fully incarnate there.
• After completing the transfer, Shiratori Gotsu prepared to return to his original body.

Shiratori Gotsu emerged from Fushiguro and reunited with the students before asking Satoru Gojo and Toge Inumaki to help him deal with Hanami and Jogo. After turning the two Cursed Spirits into bombs and erasing their memories, he planned to use their expected rescue as a trap for Kenjaku’s side.

• Shiratori Gotsu appeared with Fushiguro, greeted the students, and asked Satoru Gojo to bring Toge Inumaki to the interrogation room.
• Shiratori Gotsu transformed Hanami and Jogo into bombs, then asked Inumaki to erase their memories of the transformation and their earlier interrogation.
• Satoru Gojo used Unlimited Void to shut down Hanami and Jogo so Inumaki could use Cursed Speech without suffering the backlash himself.
• Shiratori Gotsu taught Inumaki to channel a Cursed Energy Storage Coin through a Binding Vow, and Inumaki successfully erased the spirits’ memories.
• Shiratori Gotsu told Satoru Gojo that he intended to exploit the expected rescue of Hanami and Jogo, and the two joined in a sinister laugh.

Shiratori Gotsu staged a prisoner escape with Kenjaku, making him believe their Binding Vow prevented Shiratori from interfering. After Kenjaku left with Jogo and Hanami, Shiratori reunited with Satoru Gojo and declared that the bomb had been planted.

• Cursed Spirit outbreaks erupted across Tokyo, and the Jujutsu Sorcerers left Jujutsu High while Shiratori Gotsu stayed behind.
• Shiratori met Kenjaku in the underground interrogation room and let him believe he had abandoned Megumi Fushiguro and could not interfere because of their Binding Vow.
• Kenjaku tested Shiratori's intentions, then agreed to damage the underground entrance so their staged escape would look convincing.
• Kenjaku took Jogo and Hanami away in a shopping bag, and Shiratori obtained Hajime Kashimo's vertebra from him.
• Satoru Gojo returned with Itadori, Fushiguro, and Kugisaki, and Shiratori told him the bomb had been planted as they all laughed.

Shiratori Gotsu restored access to the Ten Shadows Technique through a soul fragment and used Binding Vows to complete it. He summoned Mahoraga before Itadori, Kugisaki, and Fushiguro, then made it dance alongside Fushiguro’s Mahoraga, leaving Sukuna convinced that Shiratori had won.

• Shiratori Gotsu used a soul fragment from his time with Fushiguro to engrave the Ten Shadows Technique into his soul, then made three Binding Vows to obtain the complete technique.
• Shiratori Gotsu summoned the Divine Dogs in the training hall, where Satoru Gojo gave him identification and a Jujutsu Sorcerer rank certificate before inviting him on a mission to Kiroko Mine.
• After taming shikigami at Kiroko Mine, Shiratori Gotsu returned to Jujutsu High and gathered Fushiguro, Itadori, and Kugisaki on the field.
• Shiratori Gotsu summoned Mahoraga and explained to the others how he had regained the Ten Shadows Technique.
• Fushiguro summoned his own Mahoraga, and Shiratori Gotsu played Swan Lake as the two Mahoragas danced together.
• Sukuna watched the display from his Innate Domain, gave up hope, and conceded that Shiratori Gotsu had won.

Satoru Gojo introduced Itadori to Kento Nanami, who agreed to assess whether Itadori could prove himself as a Jujutsu Sorcerer. At the cinema crime scene, Itadori learned to spot Cursed Residue, while Shiratori Gotsu secretly left to find Mahito.

• Satoru Gojo introduced Kento Nanami as Itadori's mission partner and told Itadori to prove his worth despite Sukuna inside him.
• Nanami said he trusted Satoru Gojo's abilities but did not respect him, and insisted he followed the rules.
• Nanami, Itadori, and Shiratori Gotsu arrived at the cinema and examined the Cursed Residue left by the attack.
• Shiratori Gotsu explained how to detect Cursed Residue, and Itadori spotted faint footprints and followed Nanami.
• Shiratori Gotsu pretended he needed the bathroom, then left the cinema to seek out Mahito.

In the sewer, Mahito tried to persuade Junpei Yoshino to embrace his hatred, but Shiratori Gotsu intervened and proved Mahito could not transfigure his soul. Shiratori left after secretly planting a tracker in Mahito, while Itadori and Nanami concluded their opponents had probably been human.

• Mahito showed Junpei a shrunken human and a giant mass of flesh, then told him to live freely and kill whoever he hated.
• Shiratori Gotsu appeared in the sewer and told Mahito he followed the Cursed Residue, while explaining he was on the side of the people he cared about.
• Mahito tried to use Idle Transfiguration on Shiratori, but his soul resisted; Shiratori blasted Mahito's wrist with Corpse Attraction Shock Blast: Second Bomb.
• Shiratori returned Mahito's severed hand after secretly turning it into a bomb, creating a lasting connection that let him track Mahito.
• After Shiratori left, Itadori and Nanami examined a photograph of their opponent and suspected it had been human.

After investigating the Transfigured Humans, Nanami and Shiratori Gotsu identified the sewer area where their enemy was hiding and prepared to track him down. They sent Itadori and Ijichi to investigate Junpei Yoshino while the two adults headed toward Mahito.

• Shoko reported that the victims had been human before a Cursed Technique altered their bodies, and Shiratori Gotsu said the technique twisted their souls as well.
• Shiratori Gotsu reassured Itadori that killing the Transfigured Humans had ended their suffering, while Itadori vowed to punish the culprit.
• Nanami used reports of missing people and mysterious deaths to narrow the enemy's activity to an area of sewers.
• Nanami assigned Itadori and Ijichi to investigate Junpei Yoshino, while he and Shiratori Gotsu took responsibility for tracking down the enemy.
• Shiratori Gotsu revealed that he could track Transfigured Humans he had turned into bombs and pinpointed Mahito's location, then set out with Nanami.

Ijichi and Itadori prepared to test Junpei Yoshino while Shiratori Gotsu attacked Mahito in the sewers. Nanami arrived to help Shiratori, intent on finishing the fight before the end of his workday.

• Ijichi explained how Itadori should respond when they released Fly Heads near Junpei Yoshino, including arresting him if he used Jujutsu.
• Nanami killed a Transfigured Human and headed toward an explosion after suspecting Mahito was with Shiratori Gotsu.
• Shiratori Gotsu took Mahito apart, taunted him, and claimed he could torment him without violating his supposed Binding Vow with Geto.
• Shiratori Gotsu used an explosion to signal Nanami, then sent Feathered Thunder and Divine Dogs: Totality after Mahito.
• Nanami arrived at 17:50, straightened his tie, and joined the battle against Mahito.

Itadori befriended Junpei by the river while Kenjaku watched, and Nagi Yoshino invited Itadori, Shiratori Gotsu, and Nanami to dinner. Elsewhere, Mahito escaped the fight with Shiratori Gotsu and vowed to kill him next time, while Kenjaku laughed at his confidence.

• Itadori questioned Junpei about the movie theater deaths, but Junpei concealed his connection to Mahito and bonded with Itadori over movies.
• Kenjaku watched Itadori and Junpei talk and decided their meeting was a success.
• Nagi Yoshino arrived, met Itadori, and invited him and his seniors to dinner; Junpei pretended not to know Shiratori Gotsu when Itadori introduced them.
• Kenjaku found Mahito in the sewers after Mahito escaped by splitting himself and crawling into a pipe.
• Mahito complained about Shiratori Gotsu and vowed to kill him next time, while Kenjaku mocked his confidence.

At the Yoshino home, Shiratori Gotsu revealed Mahito’s plot against Junpei and Nagi, then saved them when Mahito’s plan began. Junpei agreed to help Shiratori lure Mahito into a trap, while Shiratori took Nagi to Jujutsu High for treatment.

• Ijichi learned that Itadori, Nanami, and Shiratori were at Junpei’s house and hurried over, but got stuck in traffic.
• Nanami told Itadori and Shiratori that Mahito had escaped their sewer fight, while Shiratori explained he could still track him.
• Junpei asked Shiratori why he had pretended not to know him, and Shiratori warned him that Mahito was plotting against him and Nagi.
• Mahito entered the Yoshino home, left Sukuna’s Finger, and sent a Cursed Spirit to attack Nagi; Shiratori arrived, exorcised the curse, and confirmed Nagi was alive.
• Shiratori took Nagi to Jujutsu High and told Junpei to pretend he had only discovered her disappearance at daybreak, then help draw Mahito into a trap without killing anyone.
• Junpei agreed to follow Shiratori’s plan and said he would make Mahito pay.

Shiratori Gotsu and Junpei’s allies tried to turn Mahito’s plot against him at Satozakura High School, but Mahito escaped by using a clone. Junpei joined Itadori’s side, while Mahito and Kenjaku mistakenly believed Mahito had won.

• Shiratori Gotsu and Shoko kept their plan from Itadori and Nanami while Nagi Yoshino recovered.
• Mahito manipulated Junpei into believing a curse had killed his mother, then sent him to confront Shota Ito at Satozakura High School.
• Junpei incapacitated the students and attacked Ito, but Itadori arrived and tried to stop him before Mahito appeared and exposed Junpei’s deception.
• Shiratori Gotsu trapped Mahito in his domain and used Corpse Attraction Shock Blast, while Mahito’s original escaped after sending a clone into the trap.
• Shiratori Gotsu told Junpei and Itadori that Mahito had survived, and Junpei agreed to join Jujutsu High and fight alongside Itadori.
• Itadori punched Shiratori Gotsu for keeping the plan secret, then agreed to celebrate with him and Junpei over sushi.

Junpei Yoshino passed his admissions interview and joined Jujutsu High, while Shiratori Gotsu arranged for his old friend Hajime Kashimo to reincarnate. Hajime awoke and immediately blamed Shiratori for the long wait, demanding an eighty-eight-dish feast.

• At Satozakura High School, Tonomura confronted Shota Ito about injuring Yoshino and told him they would both carry the guilt of Yoshino's death.
• At Jujutsu High, Junpei told Masamichi Yaga he wanted to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, protect his mother, and pursue a peaceful life, so Yaga admitted him.
• Shiratori Gotsu joined Satoru Gojo in planning a public prank, while Nanami explained that he had handed over the cursed finger found at Yoshino's house.
• Shiratori Gotsu asked Satoru Gojo to find a death-row inmate and explained that he intended to use Hajime Kashimo's Incarnation Cursed Object to bring his friend back.
• Shiratori Gotsu incarnated Hajime Kashimo in the inmate, and Hajime awoke, punched him, and demanded an eighty-eight-dish feast as compensation for the long wait.

Kenjaku and the cursed spirits planned to retrieve six fingers from Jujutsu High while avoiding Shiratori Gotsu. At the Goodwill Event in Tokyo, the schools met, Junpei and Hajime Kashimo joined the group, and Gakuganji ordered the Kyoto students to kill Yuji Itadori.

• Mahito told Jogo and Hanami that Shiratori Gotsu could attack his soul, and Kenjaku said they would avoid him while pursuing their plans.
• Itadori and Junpei learned about the Goodwill Event, while Kugisaki discovered it was being held in Tokyo rather than Kyoto.
• Satoru Gojo, Shiratori Gotsu, and Itadori introduced Junpei Yoshino and Hajime Kashimo to the gathered students.
• Yaga read the event rules, and the Tokyo students welcomed Junpei and discussed his mistreatment at his former school.
• Gakuganji told the Kyoto students to kill Yuji Itadori and avoid close contact with Shiratori Gotsu and Hajime Kashimo, while Todo walked out.

Shiratori Gotsu and Hajime Kashimo sparred at a mine while Megumi Fushiguro watched, and Kashimo then challenged Fushiguro to fight. Fushiguro unexpectedly summoned Mahoraga in an instant, and Satoru Gojo left the rest to Shiratori Gotsu.

• Megumi Fushiguro explained the modern Special Grade rank to Hajime Kashimo, who learned that Shiratori Gotsu had been reincarnated thirteen years earlier and beat him in anger.
• Kashimo challenged Shiratori Gotsu to another fight, and the two arranged to spar at a mine with Kiyotaka Ijichi and Fushiguro watching.
• Shiratori Gotsu used his Ten Shadows Technique and Chimera Shadow Garden to defeat Kashimo, who then beat him up before Shiratori healed him with Round Deer.
• Kashimo challenged Fushiguro, and Fushiguro summoned Mahoraga from his shadow, where he had secretly kept it hidden to conserve Cursed Energy.
• Fushiguro explained his method to Shiratori Gotsu, who praised him before receiving a message from Satoru Gojo saying he would leave the rest to him.

Kenjaku’s group launched an assault on Jujutsu High while Shiratori Gotsu was away, targeting the Cursed Warehouse and the students. As the intruders’ Curtains trapped Satoru Gojo and isolated the school, Jujutsu High’s leaders realized the attack was underway and tried to summon Shiratori back.

• Kenjaku learned that Shiratori Gotsu, Hajime Kashimo, and Megumi Fushiguro had left Jujutsu High, then ordered Mahito to find the Cursed Warehouse and Hanami and Jogo to attack the sorcerers there.
• Inumaki put Miwa to sleep, then encountered Hanami, who killed a Cursed Spirit nearby.
• Junpei and Noritoshi Kamo paused their fight to evade Hanami’s roots after Inumaki warned them with Cursed Speech.
• Utahime, Mei Mei, Satoru Gojo, and Gakuganji discovered that unregistered Cursed Energy had burned away the monitoring talismans, and Yaga sent them to protect the students while he went to Tengen.
• Juzo Kumiya raised a Curtain that barred Satoru Gojo from entering the event grounds, and a second Curtain descended as Gojo tried to call Shiratori.
• Kenjaku explained that his group planned five nested Curtains to trap Gojo, block communications, and prevent Shiratori from returning.

Multiple Curtains sealed Jujutsu High as Curse Users and Cursed Spirits attacked, leaving students and staff fighting to protect one another while Satoru Gojo was trapped. Jogo and Mahito confronted Gojo as part of Kenjaku’s plan to force him to use his domain and become vulnerable to the Prison Realm.

• Gakuganji shielded Utahime from Juzo Kumiya and challenged him to a fight while Utahime hurried onward.
• Hanami attacked Inumaki, Noritoshi Kamo, and Junpei; Inumaki blasted it through walls, but it emerged unharmed, and the three prepared to fight together.
• Haruta ambushed Utahime, but Kugisaki and Maki arrived and confronted him.
• Satoru Gojo confirmed that multiple Curtains blocked entry, escape, and communication, then sent Nishimiya to seek safety and removed his blindfold.
• Jogo and Mahito confronted Gojo, who invited them to attack together, while Kenjaku’s plan to make Gojo use his domain and suffer Cursed Technique Burnout was revealed.

Satoru Gojo was sealed in the Prison Realm after Kenjaku revealed himself as the brain inhabiting Suguru Geto’s body. Gojo sent Shiratori Gotsu a message, and Shiratori realized something had happened at Jujutsu High.

• Uraume appeared before Yuji Itadori and Todo and addressed Yuji as Lord Sukuna.
• Kenjaku used Suguru Geto’s appearance to distract Satoru Gojo, then sealed him inside the Prison Realm.
• Kenjaku explained that he had taken over Suguru Geto’s body and planned to keep Gojo sealed while pursuing his goal.
• The Prison Realm became immensely heavy and fell from Kenjaku’s grasp after its eyes turned the blue of the Six Eyes.
• Inside the Prison Realm, Gojo sent Shiratori Gotsu a message saying he would leave the rest to him.
• At Kiroko Mine, Shiratori received Gojo’s message, found he could not sense Jogo or Hanami, and realized something had happened.

Kenjaku waited for the Prison Realm to process Satoru Gojo while the sorcerers rushed back to Jujutsu High and launched counterattacks against Uraume and Hanami. Shiratori Gotsu and Fushiguro reached the Curtain, and Shiratori summoned Mahoraga to break through it.

• Kenjaku stayed beside the immobilized Prison Realm as Mahito and Jogo recovered and left to rest.
• Shiratori Gotsu flew toward Jujutsu High on Nue, Fushiguro followed by shikigami, and Ijichi drove Hajime Kashimo after them.
• Maki, Ino, and Nanami freed Itadori and Todo from the ice, and Itadori rallied them to fight Uraume.
• Mei Mei arrived to rescue Noritoshi Kamo, Inumaki, and Junpei from Hanami and prepared to fight her for a fee.
• Shiratori Gotsu found that the Curtain barred him but allowed Fushiguro through, then summoned Mahoraga to break it.

Mei Mei and Hanami fought until Fushiguro summoned Mahoraga and exorcised Hanami, while Shiratori Gotsu charged Kenjaku on Mahoraga and disrupted the Prison Realm’s final analysis. Kenjaku activated his Domain Expansion to stall Shiratori as Uraume froze the Jujutsu High fighters and escaped.

• Mei Mei and Hanami battled in the forest, and Hanami recalled Mahito urging her to embrace the joy of fighting.
• Fushiguro summoned Mahoraga, who pierced Hanami with the Sword of Extermination and exorcised her in an instant.
• Shiratori Gotsu rode Mahoraga through Kenjaku’s Curtains, forcing Kenjaku to dodge as the Prison Realm’s analysis neared completion.
• Uraume unleashed Maximum Output: Ice Formation: Icefall, freezing Nanami, Todo, Itadori, and the other Jujutsu High fighters before fleeing.
• Shiratori Gotsu admitted he had found a way around his Binding Vow with Kenjaku, and Kenjaku responded by activating Domain Expansion: Womb Profusion to stall him.

Shiratori Gotsu defeated Kenjaku in their domain clash and forced him to surrender the Prison Realm and swear not to harm Jujutsu High members. The chapter ended with Kenjaku leaving on a flying Cursed Spirit while Shiratori Gotsu kept the Prison Realm and prepared to experience the Culling Game.

• Shiratori Gotsu expanded Lamp-Lighting Blossom with a Binding Vow, trapping Kenjaku's Womb Profusion and canceling their sure-hit effects.
• Shiratori Gotsu and Mahoraga attacked Kenjaku, and Shiratori Gotsu replenished his Cursed Energy with a full storage pendant.
• Kenjaku summoned Elephant God, but Mahoraga and Round Deer destroyed and exorcised the Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
• Shiratori Gotsu grabbed Kenjaku and used Corpse Attraction Shock Blast: Second Bomb, blowing off Kenjaku's right arm and badly injuring his left.
• Kenjaku offered a Binding Vow to protect Jujutsu High students, and Shiratori Gotsu accepted on condition that Kenjaku leave the Prison Realm behind.
• Kenjaku swore not to harm Jujutsu High members, while Shiratori Gotsu promised not to attack him with a septic truck, and Kenjaku departed on a flying Cursed Spirit.

After Kenjaku escaped with Satoru Gojo sealed, Shiratori Gotsu informed the sorcerers about Kenjaku and his plans, then took the students and allies to celebrate. Kenjaku absorbed Mahito, Jogo, and Dagon, but later ran into Shiratori Gotsu at a restaurant and fled.

• Todo asked Shiratori Gotsu about his ideal type, was horrified by a bizarre joke, and then declared them destined best friends after hearing Shiratori’s real preferences.
• Shiratori Gotsu told the gathered sorcerers that Kenjaku had sealed Satoru Gojo, explained Kenjaku’s body-switching technique, and showed them that he was using Suguru Geto’s body.
• The Goodwill Event ended, and Shiratori Gotsu took Hajime Kashimo, Itadori, Fushiguro, Kugisaki, and the others to feast.
• Kenjaku returned to his beach domain and absorbed Mahito, Jogo, and Dagon, then worried about how to get his hands on Tengen.
• Kenjaku encountered Shiratori Gotsu in a Tokyo restaurant restroom and escaped through a window rather than fight him again.