Young Fish and Revere Punishment, Part 6

A mutual love of movies brings Yuji Itadori and Junpei Yoshino closer, and Yuji lingers for dinner with Junpei's mother. Far below, Kento Nanami and Mahito both tend to the injuries left by their earlier fight.

The two boys keep talking films, Junpei championing a sequel while Yuji admits his recent circumstances have him watching a lot, just never in a theater. After Yuji suggests they go together one day and they trade contact details, Junpei's mother shows up, takes in the boy her son has befriended, and asks Yuji to stay for dinner. Underground, Mahito claws free of the rubble Nanami trapped him in, thrilled by what the duel taught him about holding his soul together under pressure and steering his cursed energy on will alone. Pseudo-Geto arrives to talk, though Mahito cannot say what became of Nanami.

A call from Kiyotaka Ijichi reaches Yuji, and the shocked manager rushes to fetch him, only to blurt out Yuji's location when Nanami phones asking for Shoko Ieiri's aid. Nanami fixes on the grim truth that he survived only because Mahito is still young, dreading how lethal the curse could grow, perhaps rivaling Jogo.

Over dinner, Yuji warms to Junpei and his cheerfully drunk mother, calling her a good person and noting he never knew his parents, only his grandfather. Junpei then asks whether Yuji is a sorcerer and whether killing will ever fall to him; Yuji hopes not, yet will not pretend the choice will pass him by, fearing the day his regard for life dims. After Yuji leaves, Junpei resolves he could never kill, sure it would taint his soul, while his mother stirs in the kitchen, baffled by a severed finger on the table, one of Sukuna's, which draws a cursed spirit up behind her.

Belonging to the Vs. Mahito Arc, this chapter plays out at the Yoshino House in Kawasaki City and lines up with Episode 11 of the anime. Reverse Cursed Technique gets a mention by way of Shoko Ieiri, along with terminology for cursed objects, cursed spirits, and jujutsu sorcerers. The final shot of Nagi alone beside a cursed finger sets up the tragedy ahead.