Shinjuku Showdown Arc

The eighth and concluding storyline builds to the long-promised reckoning between the heroes and Ryomen Sukuna, the reigning King of Curses. Centered on the ruined Shinjuku battlefield, it pairs the headline duel between today's strongest sorcerer and the strongest in history with the all-out assault that follows. Both sides spend the run-up readying their forces for a clash set for Christmas Eve.

While Gojo plans alongside the Jujutsu High sorcerers, Sukuna consumes his mummified head to compensate for a missing finger and Kenjaku steers the Culling Game toward its end. On December 24, 2018, Gojo travels to Shibuya and taps the Solo Forbidden Area ritual cast by Utahime, boosting his Hollow Purple to double output, fires it across the city into Shinjuku, costing Sukuna both reinforced arms before he teleports in to greet his rival. Their warm-up alone levels whole districts as the allies watch through Mei Mei's shared senses.

The fight becomes a duel of domains. Sukuna's open barrier lets him slash the exterior of Gojo's Unlimited Void, exhausting the Limitless and leaving Gojo to weather Malevolent Shrine. Gojo repeatedly restores his burnt-out technique by damaging and then healing the engraving in his brain, baffling the onlookers, and trades blows that crush Sukuna's heart and bathe him in Unlimited Void. Victory seems near until Mahoraga, borne by Megumi's soul, is summoned and instantly destroys Gojo's domain, having already adapted to it. Sukuna brings in Merged Beast Agito for a three-on-one fight, and Gojo answers with a combined Red and Blue blast that disintegrates Mahoraga and gravely wounds the curse.

The sorcerers believe Gojo has won, but Sukuna copies Mahoraga's final adaptation, applying it to his Dismantle through a binding vow that bypasses the Infinity and bisects Gojo, killing him. The allies then launch their raid. Hajime Kashimo falls after forcing Sukuna to resume his true incarnated form, and Yuji and Higuruma arrive to press the attack. In a separate thread, Kenjaku moves to wrap up the Culling Game by killing off its remaining players but is undone when Fumihiko Takaba's nonsensical Comedian technique distracts him long enough for Yuta Okkotsu to behead him, though Kenjaku warns that his legacy will endure. The raid on Sukuna and the series' resolution carry the story to its close.