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A flashback finds a bored young Todo crossing paths with Yuki Tsukumo, the woman whose query about his ideal type first suggested life could get interesting for him. Cut to the present, where Todo and Yuji stay on the offensive against Hanami. As the curse's roots hurl Todo toward a bed of spikes, he triggers Boogie Woogie to trade places with Yuji, dumping Hanami onto the spikes instead. The pair then string the technique together, swapping spots to pummel the special grade with a flurry, and just as Hanami readies for another switch, Yuji delivers four straight Black Flash strikes that leave the curse severely weakened.

Pushing Hanami back to the riverbank where the fight opened, Todo swaps Yuji out for Playful Cloud, the cursed tool Megumi had said was resting in the riverbed, having recalled that Hanami's weak points are the trees growing on its face. Hanami starts siphoning the nearby plants to power a Domain Expansion, but the overhead curtain dissolves and reveals Gojo hovering above the battlefield. Elsewhere, Gakuganji keeps Juzo pinned at range with sound waves, while curse user Haruta Shigemo jumps Utahime only to bolt the moment Nobara and Mai show up and the curtain drops.

Gojo remarks on Yuji's growth and trusts Todo to keep him out of harm, then severs Juzo's limbs in an instant at Gakuganji's request so the man can be healed for questioning. Recognizing that Hanami will probably withdraw like the fleeing curse user, and warned by Todo not to let Yuji turn into collateral, Gojo merges Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue with Cursed Technique Reversal: Red to loose Hollow Technique: Purple, ripping a fissure across the ground. Meanwhile, Mahito slips off carrying Cursed Womb: Death Painting wombs one through three plus a single Sukuna finger, his mission done as he steps past two murdered staff members.

Todo unveils Boogie Woogie and rides it to dominate Hanami alongside Yuji's four straight Black Flashes. Gojo arrives, dissolves the curtain, and maims Juzo Kumiya for interrogation. Gojo unleashes Hollow Technique: Purple on the retreating Hanami. Haruta Shigemo surfaces and runs. Mahito wraps up his real goal, making off with the Death Painting wombs and a Sukuna finger after killing school staff.

This installment covers Chapters 50 through 52 and brings in Haruta Shigemo alongside a flashback cameo for Yuki Tsukumo. It marks the debut of Gojo's fused Hollow Purple. In the anime, Mahito is shown walking into the warehouse with a Sukuna finger in hand rather than leaving empty-handed as the manga depicts. It is also the second entry to close on the same spot a collected volume did, lining up with the end of the sixth volume.