Chapter 13

Gojo hands Yuji an odd assignment for sharpening his command over cursed energy: sit through a lineup of films designed to pull at different emotions. The catch is that Yuji must cradle one of the principal's cursed corpses the entire time, a doll that stirs to life and lashes out the moment its supply of cursed energy lapses. The point is steadiness, learning to hold a stable output no matter what the screen throws at him, yet Yuji can only keep the corpse dormant for brief stretches before his frustration mounts.

Across the school, Megumi talks weapons with Maki and Panda. He decides against carrying tools by hand, and Maki explains that a rare few sorcerers can raise familiars that stash gear for them. Buoyed by Sukuna's earlier scolding for fleeing a special grade, Megumi starts to suspect he could tuck weapons inside the shadows tied to his shikigami. Meanwhile, after leaving Yuji to his solo training, Gojo asks Kiyotaka to pull the car over and let him out, sensing trouble ahead.

Before departing, Gojo presses Yuji on whether he struck any bargain with Sukuna in exchange for having his heart repaired, but Yuji cannot recall the specifics of their conversation. Out on the road, Jogo drops down from the sky to ambush the sorcerer, only for Gojo to weather a torrent of flame without harm. He clocks at once that this curse is no ordinary threat: it is both intelligent and off the records. Gojo gauges Jogo as a greater danger than Sukuna in his present state, and rather than worry, he grows eager for the bout to come.

The chapter belongs to the Fearsome Womb Arc and was collected in Volume 2, first published in 2018. Its events are split across the anime, with the bulk dramatized in Episode 6 and the closing pages carrying into Episode 7. A fantasy depiction of Sukuna appears alongside the regular cast.