Chapter 3

Brought into the mountains beyond Tokyo to join Tokyo Jujutsu High, Yuji first sits down before the principal. Yaga probes why the boy wants in and what beliefs drive him. Yuji resolves to live each day without regret and accepts that he alone can be the vessel to consume Sukuna. Once Yaga and Gojo have each put him to the test and he comes through, his admission is settled, and he sets off with Megumi to fetch the final first-year, Nobara Kugisaki.

Gojo walks Yuji deep into the mountains to the school, one of two strongholds where jujutsu sorcerers are based, warning him that an interview comes first and might end in rejection, which leaves Yuji dreading execution. Irritated by Yuji's apparent frailty, Sukuna grows mouths to speak through him and vows to kill Gojo first; Gojo coolly answers that being marked by a thousand-year-old king of curses is an honor, yet insists he would prevail in a fight. Running eight minutes behind, the two find an annoyed Yaga waiting, scolding Gojo while sculpting cute dolls, and his lone question is why Yuji wants to attend.

Yuji replies that helping people was his grandfather's last request, an answer that displeases Yaga, who disqualifies him and brings out a cursed corpse to attack him, reasoning that cornered people speak honestly and that sorcerers need genuine drive and a streak of madness. Yaga presses whether Yuji will pin the blame on his grandfather when a curse eventually kills him, insisting no sorcerer dies free of regret, and asks his reason once more. Restraining the corpse, Yuji counters that the sealing of Sukuna falls to him alone, refuses to stay idle while others suffer, and declares he will not regret the way he lives.

Yaga admits Yuji but neglects to switch off the incantation, so the boy is struck again as he tries to reintroduce himself before being led to his dorm. In his room, Gojo asks whether Yuji would prefer to hang back while other sorcerers fight; Yuji declines, and Gojo notes it was never a real choice anyway, since the boy's new body serves as a radar for Sukuna's fingers. Yuji then meets Megumi next door, and Gojo announces that the following day they will go recruit the third first-year, Nobara Kugisaki. The chapter debuts Masamichi Yaga and Nobara, wraps the Secret Execution event, and ran in 2018 during the Fearsome Womb Arc.