Chapter 87

Yuji confronts the grasshopper curse guarding the curtain on the second basement floor of Meiji-Jingumae Station. Facing humanity's manifested loathing of the Grasshopper Plague, he proves how far apart they are in raw ability. Below them, Mahito carries on with his plotting and slips off before the Mei Mei Team can close in on him.

Ko-Guy, born from the fear and hatred mankind directs at locust swarms, springs at Yuji with its leaping power and tries to bite down. Yuji evades while sizing up the curse, noting that its ability to speak makes it more formidable than most. When Yuji points out that genuinely smart people never brag about being smart, the remark genuinely stuns Ko-Guy, who covers its mouth in shock. The two then trade blows up close, and although the grasshopper counts on its two extra arms for an edge in numbers, Yuji simply outclasses it, battering the curse with far greater skill.

Ko-Guy spits black mucus, prompting Yuji to duck for an uppercut, and the curse extends its egg-laying abdomen to jab at the lowered student with its hardened tip. Too fast to be caught, Yuji deflects the appendage and severs it with a chop, proving no number of sneaky tricks can bridge the gap between them. Unable to forgive a curse that eats people, he exorcises Ko-Guy at once and breaks the stake to dispel the curtain. Mei Mei, meanwhile, finishes off the transfigured humans on the fourth floor and rescues the civilians, and when Ui Ui reports the barrier is gone, she chooses to wait and regroup with Yuji before going to the fifth floor. Down below, Mahito boards the train from Harajuku to Shibuya Station, registers that Ko-Guy was beaten by a skilled sorcerer, voices his disappointment at missing the fight, and commits to the plan and the job ahead.

This Shibuya Incident Arc chapter ran in issue 2 of 2020 and adapts to Episode 32. It concludes the Yuji Itadori versus Ko-Guy battle and features the Commissioned Curtain cursed object. Akutami's comment notes the desert locust served as the design reference for the grasshopper curse.