Chapter Summaries

Shiratori Gotsu told Hajime Kashimo he planned to turn part of himself into an Incarnation Cursed Object and return centuries later. He persuaded Kashimo to do the same, and they arranged a serious rematch before he left.

• Shiratori Gotsu said he would create an Incarnation Cursed Object himself and return a few hundred years from now.
• Hajime Kashimo admitted he did not want Shiratori Gotsu to leave and explained that he was his only friend and a worthy opponent.
• Shiratori Gotsu suggested that Hajime Kashimo undergo Incarnation too so they could return in the future and Kashimo could fight Ryomen Sukuna.
• Hajime Kashimo agreed to pursue a more exciting era and challenged Shiratori Gotsu to a serious fight before his departure.
• Shiratori Gotsu and Hajime Kashimo scheduled their rematch for the morning three days later on the mountain where they first met, with Kenjaku present.

Shiratori Gotsu and Hajime Kashimo fought a devastating battle on the mountain, ending when Shiratori turned his whole body into a bomb and sacrificed himself. Kenjaku found Shiratori’s surviving eyeball and Hajime Kashimo barely alive, then left with the materials to make Cursed Objects.

• Kenjaku agreed to incarnate Hajime Kashimo in the same era as Shiratori Gotsu and watched them begin their fight.
• Shiratori used Corpse Attraction Shock Blast to destroy Kashimo’s lightning staff and blow off one of Kashimo’s arms.
• Kashimo released Mythical Beast Amber, transformed, and wounded Shiratori while accidentally striking Kenjaku with a lightning bolt.
• Shiratori turned his entire body into a bomb through a Binding Vow and unleashed a massive explosion that devastated the hill.
• Kenjaku found Shiratori’s intact eyeball and Kashimo unconscious but alive, then departed carrying the eyeball and a piece of spinal bone.

After returning to his Innate Domain, Shiratori Gotsu discovered he could go back to the System Space and have the system materialize comforts to help him endure centuries of waiting. Meanwhile, Hajime Kashimo was left alone in his Innate Domain, where boredom put him to sleep.

• Shiratori Gotsu grew restless in his Innate Domain and asked the system to keep him company.
• The system told Shiratori Gotsu he could return to the System Space, and he went back to the house he had built there.
• Shiratori Gotsu asked the system to create a day-night cycle and then went to eat lunch.
• Hajime Kashimo complained about the boredom of waiting for incarnation before falling asleep in his Innate Domain.
• Shiratori Gotsu ordered electrical appliances and a 5G network from the system, while Kashimo remained asleep.

Kenjaku targeted young Megumi Fushiguro, while Shiratori Gotsu learned his Incarnation had succeeded and chose to wait until Megumi was older. Nine years later, Megumi searched Sugisawa Third High School for a missing Special Grade Cursed Object, encountered Yuji Itadori, and Yuji heard Wasuke’s final advice before his grandfather fell silent.

• Kenjaku approached six-year-old Megumi Fushiguro, knocked him unconscious, and considered targeting Hajime Kashimo next.
• Shiratori Gotsu confirmed his Incarnation had succeeded and decided to let Megumi follow the original storyline for nearly ten more years.
• At Sugisawa Third High School, Megumi found the box meant to hold a Special Grade Cursed Object empty and called Satoru Gojo.
• Megumi traced Cursed Energy to the rugby field, saw Yuji Itadori display extraordinary strength, and sensed a Cursed Object’s aura as Yuji ran past.
• Yuji visited Wasuke Itadori at the hospital, where Wasuke urged him to save people and avoid dying alone; Yuji received no answer after several minutes of silence.

Megumi Fushiguro found Yuji Itadori and learned that the Special Grade Cursed Object Itadori had taken was about to be unsealed at school. After Ryomen Sukuna possessed Itadori, a strange presence named Shiratori Gotsu appeared on Fushiguro’s body, leaving Satoru Gojo demanding an explanation.

• Megumi Fushiguro explained to Yuji Itadori that the Cursed Object was dangerous, then discovered Itadori’s club seniors planned to remove its seal that night.
• Fushiguro arrived at the school and watched Ryomen Sukuna take over Itadori, while Shiratori Gotsu’s mouth appeared on Fushiguro’s hand and announced his return.
• Itadori regained control of his body, and Fushiguro tried to silence Shiratori Gotsu by slapping the mouth on his hand.
• Shiratori Gotsu’s mouth appeared on Fushiguro’s face, and Fushiguro accidentally poked it in the throat.
• Satoru Gojo arrived, photographed the mouth on Fushiguro’s face, and asked everyone to explain what was happening.

Satoru Gojo explained that Yuji Itadori had been sentenced to die after consuming Sukuna’s Finger, but offered to let him collect and consume all twenty first. Shiratori Gotsu claimed to Megumi Fushiguro that he was a guardian spirit placed inside him by Toji, then offered to help Megumi get stronger.

• Satoru Gojo told Yuji Itadori that he could either die immediately or collect Sukuna’s Fingers and die after consuming them all.
• Yuji asked to finish some things first, and Satoru agreed to wait for his answer.
• Satoru questioned Shiratori Gotsu about his identity and purpose, and Shiratori claimed Toji Fushiguro had placed him in Megumi as a guardian spirit.
• Shiratori repeated the story to Megumi and said he had awakened when Sukuna put Megumi in danger.
• Shiratori told Megumi he would remain with him and offered to help him get stronger.

Shiratori Gotsu taught Megumi Fushiguro to use his bomb-like Cursed Technique with the Ten Shadows Technique, then helped him tame several Shikigami. After four Shikigami submitted, they prepared to face Mahoraga.

• Shiratori Gotsu took control of Megumi Fushiguro’s body and demonstrated how his First Bomb and Second Bomb could turn body parts and Shikigami into explosives.
• Fushiguro practiced the technique for two and a half hours and successfully used Rabbit Escape as a Bouncy Bomb.
• Shiratori Gotsu proposed using many Bouncy Bombs during Shikigami taming rituals to make them easier to complete.
• Fushiguro and Shiratori Gotsu used explosions to tame Max Elephant, Round Deer, Piercing Ox, and Tiger Funeral in thirty minutes.
• Shiratori Gotsu announced that Mahoraga was next.

Shiratori Gotsu taught Megumi Fushiguro how to use Corpse Attraction Shock Blast's Third Bomb, which turned inanimate objects into bombs based on their mass. After hours of practice, Fushiguro understood the technique and successfully detonated a pebble.

• Fushiguro began summoning Mahoraga, but Shiratori Gotsu stopped him and said they needed a stronger attack before attempting the taming ritual.
• Shiratori Gotsu took control of Fushiguro's body and explained how to expand the technique's interpretation from a living body's relative importance to an object's mass.
• Shiratori Gotsu turned a pebble into a bomb and demonstrated Third Bomb by detonating it in midair.
• Fushiguro practiced for four hours and realized he could simplify relative weight into mass.
• Fushiguro used Third Bomb on a pebble, creating a small crater and successfully mastering the technique.

Megumi Fushiguro and Shiratori Gotsu prepared an explosive plan to tame Mahoraga, with Satoru Gojo watching. The blast knocked Megumi unconscious, and after the dust settled, Mahoraga and the pit had vanished.

• Satoru Gojo arrived and teased Megumi Fushiguro after secretly sharing shirtless photos of him in the student group chat.
• Shiratori Gotsu asked Satoru Gojo to dig a large pit, and Gojo used [Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue] to make one.
• Shiratori claimed he had seen the Six Eyes and [Limitless] user Gojo Shinichi fight the Ten Shadows user Zenin Kei four hundred years earlier.
• Megumi summoned Max Elephant to fill the pit with water, and Shiratori had him turn the pool into a bomb with [Third Bomb].
• Megumi began the taming ritual and detonated the water bomb as Mahoraga fell into the pool, creating a huge explosion that sent Megumi crashing into a wall.
• Shiratori took control to dodge falling rocks and used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal Megumi, while Gojo watched from behind [Limitless]; afterward, Mahoraga and the pit were gone.

After Megumi Fushiguro woke, Shiratori Gotsu urged him to live for himself and told him to keep his newly tamed shikigami secret. Two weeks later, Kenjaku’s trap at the juvenile detention center led Megumi to defeat Shuten-dōji and confront Sukuna, whom Shiratori attacked with Mahoraga.

• Megumi woke at Jujutsu High and confirmed he could summon all his shikigami, including Mahoraga, while Shiratori encouraged him to prioritize his own life.
• Shiratori told Megumi not to reveal that he had tamed all his shikigami or use several of them in battle; Megumi agreed.
• Yuji Itadori moved into the room next to Megumi’s, and the two met Nobara Kugisaki, who learned about Shiratori and Sukuna.
• Two weeks later, Kiyotaka Ijichi sent Megumi, Itadori, and Kugisaki into the juvenile detention center to find and rescue survivors amid a special grade threat.
• Kenjaku sent Shuten-dōji to delay Shiratori, but Megumi exorcised the cursed spirit with a fifteen-hit attack; afterward Sukuna emerged when the domain ended.
• Shiratori summoned tamed Mahoraga and had it overpower Sukuna, who tried to fool him by claiming to be Itadori before Mahoraga struck him again.

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.