Girl of Steel

Nobara Kugisaki is introduced as the third first-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High, joining Yuji and Megumi. To get a read on how Yuji and Nobara perform, Gojo dispatches the pair to clear cursed spirits out of a derelict house beside a cemetery.

Eating ice cream as he waits with Megumi at Harajuku Station, Yuji wonders aloud why a class would have just three pupils. Megumi attributes it to how uncommon jujutsu sorcerers are. Gojo arrives and is glad to find Yuji already wearing his new uniform. Across town, Nobara fails to land a modeling job, and when Yuji and Megumi interrupt her, she sizes them both up with sharp judgment. Gojo dangles the promise of a Tokyo tour for the two recruits, then instead delivers them to a curse-infested abandoned home near a graveyard.

The outing is a field assessment. Gojo orders the duo to exorcise the spirit, instructs Yuji to keep Sukuna's power sealed, and benches Megumi so the spotlight falls on Nobara's capabilities. Inside, Nobara insists they separate, and a curse soon ambushes Yuji, who cuts it down with the Slaughter Demon blade Gojo gave him, his natural athleticism making the kill look effortless. Gojo already understands that Yuji is a touch unhinged, an everyday teenager who slaughters curses without flinching, and today he wants to gauge how far Nobara's edge goes. Nobara, for her part, runs into a mannequin inhabited by a curse and brings her hammer and nails to bear.

The fourth chapter of the series belongs to the Fearsome Womb Arc and ran in Volume 1, adapted into Episode 3 of the anime. The locations span Harajuku and Roppongi in Tokyo. Confronting the possessed mannequin, Nobara learns firsthand that urban curses around a city like Tokyo carry far more strength than the ones she dealt with back in her rural hometown. The chapter also marks the start of Yuji and Nobara's joint battle against the cursed spirits and introduces the Slaughter Demon cursed tool.