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Foolish Survivor!!

Manga ChapterCh. 239

While the other sorcerers are tied up against Sukuna, Kenjaku methodically hunts the last Culling Game players. His tidy scheme stalls when a comedian he tries to kill simply walks away from the curses unharmed.

Issue: 47, 2023
Pages: 19
Volume: Volume 27
Location: Lake Gosho Colony, Iwate Prefecture
Next Chapter: Chapter 240
Release Date: October 23, 2023
Japanese Title: バカサバイバー!!
Previous Chapter: Chapter 238
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Summary

With most of the sorcerers committed to the Shinjuku battle against Sukuna, Kenjaku uses the chapter to eliminate the few Culling Game players left, one after another. His plan proceeds without a hitch right up until a stand-up comic crosses his path and flatly declines to die.

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Key Events

Inside Iwate Prefecture's Lake Gosho Colony, a reincarnated female player frets over the freshly added rules and rails at Kenjaku for handing players a second life only to snatch it back. A slime-like curse settles atop her skull and starts to choke the life from her, and Kenjaku materializes in a nearby tree, likening the incarnated to seasoning and water. Twisting her hair into a spinning drill, she fires it at him; he disappears, turns the curse on her skull to stone, then flicks it to drive a deadly shockwave through her. Speaking aloud over her body, he describes how cursed objects and cursed seals let him pinpoint the survivors.

Iori Hazenoki arrives and sarcastically takes up an offer of friendship, but the gag falls apart once Kenjaku treats it as genuine. On his phone Kenjaku watches Satoru Gojo fall to Sukuna, praising how the curse stretched his technique's target, while Hazenoki grieves the loss of his fallback. Kenjaku then exposes a hidden lattice of cursed spirits surveilling Shinjuku, monitoring total cursed energy, Yuta Okkotsu, the energy-less Maki Zenin, and the teleporting Ui Ui. A swarm charges Hazenoki, who detonates a tooth and tears out an eye to retaliate, mending himself with Reverse Cursed Technique, until small flying curses pierce his neck to choke off his regeneration.

Kenjaku confesses he struck the head precisely because of that healing. Pressed on why he murders players, he points to a binding vow compelling him to clear every one so he can fuse Japan with Tengen, his true motive being a craving to see what he has never seen. Hazenoki dies still baffled. Shortly after, Fumihiko Takaba comes jogging up, blithely confusing Iwate with Hakodate. Kenjaku conjures curses to flatten him and bemoans how tedious awakened players are, only to discover Takaba standing entirely intact. Stunned by an assault that achieved nothing, Kenjaku listens as Takaba proclaims the true thrill is a disposable comedian stealing the spotlight, a notion Kenjaku finds he agrees with.

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Notes

Set within the Shinjuku Showdown Arc, this chapter stages Iori Hazenoki against Kenjaku and launches the contest between Fumihiko Takaba and Kenjaku at the Lake Gosho Colony. The techniques shown include Comedian, Hazenoki's explosive flesh, Reverse Cursed Technique, and Cursed Spirit Manipulation. Its title references a song tied to a comedy anime, and Takaba's survival deliberately echoes a celebrated Dragon Ball crossover gag.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happens in Chapter 239 of Jujutsu Kaisen?

Chapter 239, Foolish Survivor, follows Kenjaku as he methodically eliminates the last Culling Game players while the other sorcerers fight Sukuna, until a stand-up comedian named Fumihiko Takaba simply walks away from his curses unharmed.

Why is Kenjaku killing the Culling Game players in Chapter 239?

In Chapter 239 Kenjaku reveals he is bound by a binding vow compelling him to clear every Culling Game player so he can fuse Japan with Tengen, his true motive being a craving to see something he has never seen.

How does Kenjaku find the surviving Culling Game players?

In Chapter 239 Kenjaku explains that cursed objects and cursed seals let him pinpoint the survivors, and he also deploys a hidden lattice of cursed spirits surveilling Shinjuku to monitor figures like Yuta Okkotsu, Maki Zenin, and Ui Ui.

How does Iori Hazenoki die in Chapter 239?

In Chapter 239 Iori Hazenoki detonates a tooth and tears out an eye to fight Kenjaku, mending himself with Reverse Cursed Technique, until small flying curses pierce his neck to choke off his regeneration and Kenjaku finishes him, having struck the head precisely to stop that healing.

Why can't Kenjaku kill Fumihiko Takaba in Chapter 239?

At the end of Chapter 239 Kenjaku conjures curses to flatten Fumihiko Takaba but finds him standing entirely intact, stunned that the assault achieved nothing, foreshadowing the unusual contest of jokes that follows.

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